unfortunately, the ussr lost to sweden in the quarterfinals.gh to the final, but lost to brazil. we were one of the eight best teams in the world. my the eight best teams in the world. my own view is that this was a success. but the communist party considered it a failure. between matches, the team managed to get some downtime. there was a lake nearby, and our legendary goalkeeper lev yashin loved to fish. so he went off and bought himself a fishing rod and went fishing. so what advice would this veteran player gifted a's team? of course, they need to be ready, physically and tactically. but more important than that, they need to be ready psychologically. will he be watching this time? are you kidding? 0f will he be watching this time? are you kidding? of course i will. that was the bbc‘s chloe arnold reporting. and for more about lev yashin, there is an in—depth look at the soviet goalkeeper on the bbc sport website. so russia come into this tournament of the back of a disappointing showing at the european championships two years ago, where a

most recently, after the fall of the ussr.s with any war, particularly wars with ethnic or religious component over territory, it was ugly, murderous, and with atrocities committed by both sides. 1992 was a turning point. the armenians organized and created their own army, and surprising every one pushed through and took full control of karabakh and the surrounding areas. these buffer zones are ethnically azeri, and bitterly contested in the subject of continuing dispute. there are still violent confrontations, the latest being a four-day battle in the spring of 2016. russia's role in the conflict is suspiciously cynical. they actively arm, support, and advise both sides as it appears in their interest that there be no lasting resolution. travel to this region continues to be a particularly sensitive issue, especially for the azeris. simply by coming here, i have become, as i read in the papers a few days later, officially persona non-grata in azerbaijan. stepanakert is the capital of the autonomous republic of nagorno- karaba

most recently, after the fall of the ussr.th any war, particularly wars with an ethnic or religious component over territory, it was ugly, murderous, and with atrocities committed by both sides. 1992 was a turning point. the armenians organized and created their own army, and surprising every one pushed through and took full control of karabakh and the surrounding areas. these buffer zones are ethnically azeri, and bitterly contested and the subject of continuing dispute. there are still violent confrontations, the latest being a four-day battle in the spring of 2016. russia's role in the conflict is suspiciously cynical. they actively arm, support, and advise both sides as it appears in their interest that there be no lasting resolution. travel to this region continues to be a particularly sensitive issue, especially for the azeris. simply by coming here, i have become, as i read in the papers a few days later, officially persona non-grata in azerbaijan. stepanakert is the capital of the autonomous republic of nagorno-karabak

russia is not ussr. it's a geopolitical problem i believe but it is not ussr. so we have real question, which is why a strong really transatlantic relationship, and to do what? and very basic questions and a don't believe that we are really able to answer to these questions. but i'm ready of course answer to all your questions, please. [applause] >> thanks, gerard, very much for provocative way of opening up this conversation. as you mentioned you and i were speaking before and about the reality that there were huge changes on the international landscape as we enter into this new era of the rise of the global powers like china, the information revolution, technology revolution, changes in the global economic system as well. all of this would have to come to grips with it transatlantic allies had to come to grips with but it seems to me there is an equally significant set of changes going on in terms of the domestic moves of the united states and france picky travel a lot in this country as well, so wanted to ask you to draw you out a bit more on your sense of t

war, europe was fighting ussr. happen?y, what would i think president obama and president trump -- i remind you that the two presidents are very they are raising and were raising more or less these questions, because i think they were sensitive to the moods of the country in terms of fatigue after what happened under george w. bush. so i think it is one of the is the doubts i have of thehe commitment americans for the security of europe, we do not have a unifying threat. that russia might be analyzed as a real security europe,but in western you can consider that russia is youopolitical problem, but do not see it anymore as a unifying threat. so you have all of these elements which i think are our alliance in the long run. bill: what to think of the wider argument? broader basis for the transatlantic partnership, of which nina -- nato is an essential part but not the only feature, what you think of the argument that in that kind of a world, a transatlantic partnership matters just as much as it ever? in terms of challenges

those things, whatever you might think about the dictator, he was not an agent of our chief in en, the ussr figures not an agent to cuba another one of our chief enemies want the ussr to hit us with nuclear missiles in the cuban missile crisis if you recall. why we so eager to make excuses for for a regime like that on the grounds that we have so much to be ashamed of? >> guest: first of all i've been to nicaragua. i've been there maybe five times 50 people that i talk to nicaragua a lot happier under the sandinistas than they were under --, they voted him out as soon as the got the opportunity but go on. >> guest: they did, people are much happier there. i'm not holding the sandinistas of as the perfect role model for american democracy but a think they're better for the nicaraguan people and with no business trying to overthrow them. that's our job. i also don't buy the threat that cuba was such, the cuban missile crisis yes, candidly handled that ever got out of that. but other than that this idea that for decades we had to consider cuba as a mortal enemy that will invade florida. i thou

the ussr now no longer exists. perhaps there needs to be a renegotiation of those terms and the underlying assumptions. vonnie: i do want to speak a little bit more about trade. yup have your own plans to lower health care costs. i wonder what makes you think your plans will make it to congress? sen. cassidy: my plan should be bipartisan. it gives the patient power. can you imagine the doctor orders a ct scan on your daughter's abdomen and you know the price of that scan before u go and y find someplace just as good you can get it for a 10th of the cost. the cash price does vary by 10 fold. let's give the patient to the power of knowing the price. we think begs dri prices down just as it has done in cell phones and blue jeans. 's unleash market forces. vonnie: t attornegeneral has told a fhat th requires mixing protections with people with pre-existing conditions. will you file an amicus brief on this? in no waydy: congress intended protection for pre-existing conditionto done away with. that is clear from all the

. >> host: the elected government of nicaragua was a proxy of cuba and therefore the ussr and it was they were originally elected in a broad coalition who were democrats and they immediately saw what they were doi in cuba and turning the nicaragua into a communist totalitarian state burning down newspapers and locking up opponents and doing secret tribes and all of those -- whatever you might think about he was a dictator but he was not an agent of our chief enemy and he was not an agent of cuba another chief enemy that wanted the ussr to hit us with nuclear missiles if you call -- wire you so eager to make excuses for a resume like that on the ground that we have so much to be ashamed of? >> guest: i haveeen to nicaragua about five times and they were a lot happier under the sandinistas. >> host: as soon as the got the opportunity they overthrew them. >> guest: no, they did and much people were happier and i'm not calling the sandinistas as the perfect role model for american democracy but think they were better for the nicaraguan people and we had no business trying to overthrow it

the ussr having nuclear weapons was assisted and i.e. and non-in a very controversial position where i think it was not stable or perhaps a bit risky. so that is just one example. >> we were always in a position of superiority in that conflict. >> you think that darpa is trying to -- [inaudible] >> i do. i think there's examples in our portfolio, particularly when the context of a.i., where we are anticipating these challenges. the trusted economy, those sorts of programs are looking to address the challenges of how we we -- how we might address unintended consequences. but you know, our mission is to ensure we never have another spot back. we are looking to see where the technology can go. we don't have a guess to make dean a catechism. but in the course of addressing these questions, the questions of unintended consequences do, but we do think about maybe arguably not as much as we could, but generallyoo to see how might they be defeated. how might we be surprised. we are always looking athat. >> this project seems to be an example --

and the ussr having nuclear weapons was assisted by us having nuclear weapons; right? and i am not in a very controversial position where i think having these two pointing nukes at each other was not stable, right, or desirable, perhaps a bit risky; right? that's just one obtuse example. >> we were always in a position of technology superiority during that time. >> well, you think they are trying to think of the kind of defenses valerie that -- >> i do. i think there are examples in our portfolio, particularly when the context of ai, where we are anticipating these sorts of challenges and those sorts of programs are looking to address the challenges of how we -- of how we might address unintended consequences, but you know, our mission is to ensure we never have another moment. so we are looking to see where the technology can go. we do -- we don't have the -- but in the course of addressing these questions, what is the impact? the questions of unintended consequences, and that dialogue do come up and we do think about them. maybe, you know, arguably not as much as we

regan went on to give an absolutely blistering critique of the ussr. this wasn't the evil empire speech. but the speech he gave in british parliament was equally blunt and provocative toward russia. one of the things that regan denounced the soviet union for in that speech was them giving covert political training and assistance to marxist lennonist in the went ever after the ussr. and he announcesed a american counterpunch against soviet efforts to promote communism around the world. he announced american led international efforts to promote democracy, small d, democracy around the world. >> while we must be cautious about forcing the pace of change, we must not hesitate to declare our ultimate objectives and take concrete actions to move toward them. we must be staunch in conviction that freedom is not the sole prerogative of a lucky few but the inalienable and universal right of all human beings. so states the united nations universal declaration of human rights. which among other things guarantees free elections. the objective i propose is quite si

park, lennin and stalin, under their leadership some of the darkest periods in the history of the ussrhere millions of people were killed. today their statues along with others of soviet leaders have been collected into a modern day sculpture brark kids come to play and ride bikes, it's one way the russian people deal with their past without forgetting. >> i see this monument with wonder and delight. they took them down in a lot of places but here i can return to my past. >> one statue ran secret police that preceded the kbg. >> good thing we didn't throw it out, i don't think that's right, it's a reminder what happened to the country and to us, you can't reject it, you have to remember it. >> but questions remain about how to best address these g about that has been, i think, a question that the whole country has been asking for the past 2 a or so years. how can we use these as examples of the tragedies that can a rise from political movements. >> the park tries to do this by including a sculpture called victims to total dlt itarian regime and serves as a lasting tribute to those who

he was not an agent to cuba another one who wanted the ussr to hit us with missiles. why are you so eager to make excuses for a regime like that on the grounds that we have much to be ashamed of. >> guest: i've been to nicaragua about five times. they were much happier under the sandinistas they did -- i'm not holding that up as the perfect role model for american democracy. but i think they were better for the american people when we had no business trying to overthrow them. that was not our job. i don't buy the story that yes the cuban missile crisis but but for decades we had to consider that that could invade florida. >> guest: they were sending people throughout the world to undercut governments. >> guest: so did we. >> host: bill buckley, my own mentor used to say that this argument that you're making now it was for completely different purpose. so it's like saying lemming let me get the line i'll give you that there may be an element of that but it was not the primary reason. the fact is, most of the time the united states when it did intervene was doing so to

. >> host: the elected government of nicaragua was a proxy of cuba and therefore of the ussr and it was they were originally elected in a broad coalition included [inaudible] who were democrats and they immediately saw what they were doing copying cuba and trying to determine nicaragua into a communist totalitarian state closing down newspapers and locking up opponents and doing secret trials and all of those things whatever you might think about him -- yeah, he was a dictator but he was not an agent of our teeth m&a, the ussr. he was not an agent of cuba, another chief agency that wanted us to hit with nuclear weapons during the cuban missile crisis. why are you so eager to make excuses for the regime like that on the grounds that we have so much to be ashamed of? >> guest: first of all, i've been to nicaragua maybe five times and the people i talked to were a lot happier under [inaudible] then [inaudible] >> host: they voted him out as soon as they got the opportunity but go on. >> guest: they were much happier and -- i'm not holding them up as the perfect role models for american dem

just went after the ussr. it was a very aggressive speech. but then he announce what amounted to an american counterpunch against soviet efforts to promote communism around the world. he announced an american-led international effort to promote democracy. small d democracy around the world. >> while we must be cautious about forcing the pace of change, we must not hesitate to declare our ultimate objectives and to take concrete actions to move toward them. we must be staunch in our conviction that freedom is not the sole prerogative of a lucky few but the inalienable and universal right of all human beings. so states the united nations universal declaration of human rights, which among other things guarantees free elections. the objective i propose is quite simple to state. to foster the infrastructure of democracy, the system of a free press, unions, political parties, universities, which allows a people to choose their own way, to develop their own culture, to reconcile their own differences through peaceful means. >> to foster the infrastr

worker who rose through the ranks of the soviet communist party and seized his opportunity when the ussron victories are coronations, not contests, last time around he won 97% of the vote. that doesn't seem to trouble western who see him as a bulwark of stability and an economic partner. now the president is driving a process of economic transformation, from commodities to trade, taking advantage of kazakhstan‘s proximity the most dynamic economic engine on earth, china. for me, travelling the silk road has always conjured up images of adventure and romance. but this is the reality today, a four—lane brand—new superhighway that slices through the kazakh steppes. and this new silk road is all about china's ambition to be the dominant global economy of the 21st century. imagine what marco polo would have made of this. khorgos dry port towers over the silk road on kazakhstan‘s eastern frontier. five years ago, this was empty steppe. now chinese railfreight rolls in, gets transferred onto a kazakh gauge track and can be in europe within a dozen days, halving shipping times. if you look in a

leaders of the soviet ion, under that leadership, some of the darkest periods in the history of the ussr where millions of people were killed. today there are statues aith others of soviet aders have been collected into a modern day sculpture come where kids and play and ride their bikes. it's one way the russian people deal with their past withou forgetting it. >> i see this monument with wonder and deght. they took them down in a lot of placesbut here i can return to my past. >> one particularly controversial sta isix of f who ran the secret police that proceeded the kgb. >> good thing they didn't throw him out. i don't think it's right to destroy monuments. apt's a reminder of what hned to the country and to us. you can't reject it. you have to remember it >> but questions remain about how t best address these monuments without glorifying them. how to best go about that has been i think a question the veracity whole country has been asking for the past 25 or so years. how can we use these as examples of the tragedies that can is ar from political movement. >> the p tries to do this by

and the ussr having nuclear weapons was assisted by us having nuclear weapons, right? very m not in a controversial position where i countriesng these two offsetting each other was not stable. that was just one. >> we were always in a position f power. >> you think they're trying to -- >> i do. i think for example in our portfolio, particularly in the context of a.i., where we are nticipating these challenges and the economy and those sorts of programs are looking to address the challenges of how we might address unintended oush mission is to make sure we don't have another putnik moment. the question of unintended consequences do come up. we do need tth about them. maybe arguably not as much as we cod. but generally we look to see how might we be surprised, we are always looking at where might the surprise come from. >> the project seems to be an example, can we spend a moment on that. it' not in my office. it's becoming a fairly democratized tool, looking at both unintentional, if something ets out into the environment how go we know there's a gene that's beendid d h

the last time i was here russia was kaulgd the ussr, my brother and i somewhere in the middle of siberiand in 1980s moscow, the only indication there was western influence was the pepsi stand outside our in tourist state-run hotel. that was it. today you come to st. petersburg and there's a four seasons hotel and american fast food. subway, kfc. you look at this. this is a russian made automobile. it was common place back then. i'm sure it is in some other parts of the country. today in st. petersburg, it's considered to be a classic automobile, something us tourists were taking pictures next to and you look over there, there's a range rover. all i'm suggesting the standard of living has gotten better for a number of people here in this country. you can check me on twitter @bobnbc. i'll post scenes from right over there at the st. petersburg soccer stadium for march 39, that is again, tonight. from st. petersburg. >> i love it. nice moon to do that on his vacation. don't forget telemundo 48 is the home for copa de mundial. australia taking on peru in just a few minutes and denmark agains

all to contain the ussr. that's now gone.o the relationships still exist where peter navarro had an editorial yesterday speaking of canadian dairy products and how tariffs doesn't allow us to accepted them in. so there are these where we are at a disadvantage. >> it is all a chess game. there are all sorts is of consequences for every single move. here's what john mccain had to say about this. to our allies, bipartisan majorities remain pro free trade, pro globalization and supportive of alliances based on 70 years of shared values. americans stand with you, even if our president doesn't. who do you agree with? >> i agree with both and i will tell you why. >> they are die metrically opposed. >> it is supposed to be 2% gdp. it is 1.2%. the united states cannot care more about your defense than europe does. so europe has not funded their defense of europe and yet they have relied on us to do so. at the same time, they had high tariffs against our goods going in where we have low tariffs. >> these are important issues to bring u

when the soviet union still existed, the ussr was the main outside entity that was propping up north korea, more than any other ally or any other benefactor. one of the great humanitarian catastrophes of the 20th century happened very late in the 20th century. it happened in the 1990s in north korea, when widespread sustained famine country is estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands if not millions of people. in the '90s. that famine and its astounding death toll were sort of hard for the rest of the world to see because north korea is such a closed and secretive and ed country. but that famine didn't happen in isolation. part of the reason that famine is believed to havepened and happened then is because of the cose of e soviet union. at the end of the '80s, beginning of the '90s. they really had been north korea's main lifeline in terms of economic support. when the soviet union collapsed at the start of the '90s, so did north korea's ability to feed its population. its patron went into chaos. north korea started to starve to death. well, now of course it's china that is the

when the soviet union still existed, the ussr was the main outside entity that was propping up north korea, more than any other ally or any other benefactor. one of the great humanitarian catastrophes of the 20th century happened very late in the 20th century. it happened in the 1990s in north korea, when widespread sustained famine in that country is estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands if not millions of people. in the '90s. that famine and its astounding death toll were sort of hard for the rest of the world to see because north korea is such a closed and secretive and isolated country. but that famine didn't happen in isolation. part of the reason that famine is believed to have happened and happened then is because of the collapse of the soviet union. at the end of the '80s, beginning of the '90s. they really had been north korea's main lifeline in terms of economic support. when the soviet union collapsed at the start of the '90s, so did north korea's ability to feed its population. its patron went into chaos. north korea started to starve to death. well, now of cours