vladimir putin has navigated hard times well.ll, and kept it in check. he is a conservative. >> the outward seeming aspect of wealth looks closer to dubai than it does to moscow 30 years ago. just an amazing transformation. >> reporter: add to the exhibition, putin's secret sauce, nationalism. and it surged in 2014 after an invasion that shocked the world. >> bigger nations must not be allowed to bully the small. >> reporter: vladimir putin grabbed a piece of ukraine for russia. the west was horrified. >> that's the thing that adolf hitler did in the 1930s. we thought those days were gone. >> reporter: but it looked very different through russian eyes. >> i never accepted the notion of ukraine as a separate state. >> reporter: many ukrainians deeply resented the invasion. but not russians. they see it as the revival as a deep sense of power and national destiny. >> putin has given them their pride back. russia is once again a great power. ♪ >> reporter: putinism is an ideology of social conservativism, of anti-westernism, and abo

he said he wa nted vladimir putin had hoped.wanted 70%, it is only 60%.ij vladimir putin had hoped. he said he wanted 70%, it is only 60%. i think it isa wanted 70%, it is only 60%. i think it is a good one, i don't know why you don't think it is good. he wa nted you don't think it is good. he wanted the result to have legitimacy by having a higher turnout. 6096 is one of the highest we have ever had actually. there have been many people who are speculating there it isa people who are speculating there it is a level of apathy in russia, that because the result was known, that it didn't inspire people to come out, and also there was a call for a boycott from alexei navalny. do you think that kept people at home? boycott from alexei navalny. do you think that kept people at home7|j think that kept people at home?” think that kept people at home?” think that kept people at home?” think that 60% means the ideas of alexei navalny have completely failed, because people went to elections and voted. as i said, it was one of the highest

but is there a dangerfor russia vladimir putin.there a danger for russia in this urbanisation of politics? my guest is one of the seven hatless are that candidates. boris titov, a vladimir putin appointee for business. does russia need reform rather than authoritarianism? russia need reform rather than authoritarianism 7 party of —— boris titov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. . you are going to be in the election that comes ahead in just a few days from now. to the outside world, it looks at the charade, a mockery of a democratic process. is that the way it feels to you? no, it is a democratic process because we are all by our own world participating in it. but of course the popularity of vladimir putin is very high, and that is why we, of course, understand that the chances are very low. our chances are very low. you are not really a serious candidate, are you? because during the course of the campaign, you have said that as hang on...” the course of the campaign, you have said that as hang on... i am a serious man. i am a busines

putin or a servant of vladimir putin, a colluder with vladimir putin. so while he spent the day furious and embarrassed by the leak to not congratulate. we had to publically be proud of the thing that we know mba rae s embarrasses him. so he tweeted i called president putin of russia to congratulate him on his election victory. the l.a. times is reporting one person who speaks regularly with white house officials said the most recent leak seemed more geared toward infant liezing trump who has ignored numerous suggestions that he rebuke putin. i'm sure tlchere's going to be scalping over this. how is the leakiest white house in history going to catch the person or persons responsible for this particular leak? we now know that all of the white house leakers have signed a completely ridiculous and unenforceable confidentiality agreement that they violate every time they leak something. it was the trump family's idea to force them to sign the nondisclosure agreements. ivanka trump was a cheerleader of the idea. it was a stupid idea. in all of the reporting

interesting question, vladimir putin hasjust citizens.r putin has just been re—elected with a landslide victory, it is clear that although this was not a level playing field, this selection, and only those candidates who pose no serious challenge to vladimir putin were allowed to take part, many russians do support vladimir putin, some because they really like his muscle flexing, his strong arm tactics, his anti—western rhetoric. there are other people who support him because they fear change, many russians fear change, they don't want life to get worse thanit they don't want life to get worse than it is now and they fear picking a new president. you talked about being on the campaign trail for the selection, added compare to covering western election? it is not like a western election? it is not like a western election, as i said before, only those candidates who did not threaten vladimir putin were allowed to ta ke threaten vladimir putin were allowed to take part, russia —— russia's most prominent opposition figure was barred from taki

which is why vladimir putin was a lwa ys which is why vladimir putin was always going to win this voteoosing a new president. it was about reappointing the old one. and although many russians to support vladimir putin, crucially, it is the political system he has built in russia that guaranteed him a landslide win. these images are embarrassing, however. caught on cctv, a woman stuffs a ballot box near moscow. suddenly, there is none of them at it. and during a vote count in siberia, balloons are moved to cover the camera. election officials say they will investigate. but the results will not change. neither will the name of russia's president. the 42—year—old television presenter seen the 42—year—old television presenter seen here on the left was arrested after hailing a roadside breathalyser test. police were called to lower richmond road in mortla ke late called to lower richmond road in mortlake late this afternoon along with ambulance and fire crews. a number of people were treated for minor injuries and a child was taken to hospital. much of the uk has been on the mid—of a second

vladimir putin has not even released a manifesto.bate with you and the other six challenging candidates. he doesn't regard you as serious. the only thing the kremlin wanted the was for you and the others... the country regards me as serious. let me finish my point. the kremlin wanted you to stand as a figleaf to give the impression that they were some sort of choice. i am sorry. the kremlin did not want me to stand. the only question that i asked the kremlin, because really, i am working in the kremlin administration, so the only thing which i asked was it would be a conflict of interest. do i have to leave my day—to—dayjob to run for the election? they said, ok, we thought it was not a conflict of interest, so i am still giving thejob and going for a elections. otherwise, i would have to decide, because it is a big chance that i would have left the job to run for the elections. alexei navalny is by far the most prominent opposition voice in russia today. he wanted to run in the election. he was barred from running on the basis of a

our top stories: vladimir putin wins another six yea rs vladimir putin wins another six years as a resident of russia. he's also dismissed britain's claims that russia was behind the poisoning of former spy, sergei skripal. syria's president assad visits soldiers fighting rebels on the frontline in eastern ghouta. and it's a medical breakthrough, say scientists — after stem cell transplants are used to treat multiple sclerosis. vladimir putin has secured another six—year term as russia's president following a landslide election win. he told supporters he saw the result as a vote of confidence in his achievements and in the country. speaking at a news conference he spoke about the ongoing dispute with britain over the poisoning of a russian spy. he insisted that his government had no chemical weapons and had nothing to do with it. these are the latest figures from the russian central election commission. with 98% of the vote now counted, mr putin has won 76.6% — hugely ahead of his nearest rival — the communist party candidate pavel grudinin. he's won just under 12%. the far—right nationalis

here the russian behaviour doesn't match with vladimir putin's rhetoric.s an information operation. vladimir putin reaches out, without making any tangible concession, to whomever wants to pick up the hand in europe, you have the freedom party co-governing in austria or an italian government. and they'll want an excuse to say why sanctions are nonsense and why we should not reach out to this hand. ignoring the fact that the hand is well armed. brent: what do you think about what we here coming out of the united states with cambridge analytica and facebook. there's a controversy over facebook, and the controversy over russia being behind everything. is there any way to hold vladimir putin and the kremlin to account for in? >> well, that is difficult. first of all, because it's not so clear cut on what the kremlin does. russia here is - it's not such as vladimir putin is the only evil sislord sitting on the conceiving plots. it's more people that have moscow consensus, and we are at war with the west. they are trying to sell products to vladimir putin, raisi

which is why vladimir putin was always going to win this vote.ection was not about choosing a new president. it was about reappointing the old one. and although many russians support vladimir putin, crucially, it is the political system he has built in russia that guaranteed him a landslide win. these images are embarrassing, however. caught on cctv, a woman stuffs a ballot box near moscow. suddenly, there are two of them at it. and during a vote count in siberia, balloons are moved to cover the camera. election officials say they will investigate. but the results will not change. neither will the name of russia's president. i spoke to an election observer tonight who mentioned some of those regularities but he said nothing will change here. the results certainly will not change. i also spoke to a young supporter of president putin. is the only xi has ever known and she says she was smiling from ear to ear. she believes he is the strongman that this country needs to lead it forward despite the fact that we are now seeing russia increasingly isola

vladimir putin were allowed to take part.nent opposition figure, alexei navalny, he was barred from taking pa rt navalny, he was barred from taking part in the election. and then you look at the amount of airtime that was given to president putin on russian television ahead of the election, he had far more airtime that all of the other candidates put together and all of the coverage of vladimir putin was very positive. so, you know, in that sense, no, this is not like a western election. the russian authorities have been particularly critical of the british media. do you worry about your safety at all? i have worried up till this point. as i say, walking around moscow right now, it feels pretty normal. you go into the coffeeshop, you get happy smiley serving you. and although i have noticed more anti— british sentiment on russian television, for example, i saw on russian television, for example, isawa on russian television, for example, i saw a report the other day where the reporter claimed that over the last few centuries,

still, vladimir putin was relaxed as he voted.rogramme i am offering my country, the president said. and his supporters agreed. he is a genius, he says. putin wants russia to prosper and russians to live in happiness. it is thanks to putin, she says, that russia still exists. but, critics of the kremlin said the election was fixed, that only those candidates who stood no chance of unseating vladimir putin, were allowed to run. the problem with russia is, there is no such thing as russian politics. politics has been eliminated in russia altogether. there is only one political situation in russia and thatis political situation in russia and that is the physical body of vladimir putin. which is wide the results of this vote was never in doubt. this election is less about choosing a new president, but more about reappointing the old one. the system vladimir putin has built ensures he doesn't face any challenge. he's set for a fourth term in the kremlin. but these images will embarrass the kremlin. caught on cctv, the woman stuffs but

vladimir putin there and his supporters.g is under way in the russian presidential election. a huge effort, you can imagine in a ca nd reva a huge effort, you can imagine in a candreva size of this, 11 different time zones, 97,000 polling stations we re time zones, 97,000 polling stations were open today across russia. we saw some scenes of cosmonauts boating in space, even down in antarctica, polling stations were open there. it has been an incredibly busy day, quite festive at some of the polling stations, i was at one earlier, there were people singing, a man with an accordion, people playing sports as well. there was all very festive, but with a wrap—up of what has been happening around the country for us, here's our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg. it looked more like a show than an election. russian polling stations providing free entertainment to boost the turnout. inside, you could cast a ballot, and cast an eye at the art. pride of place here reserved for a legendary russian ruler, who had battled the west. th

putin. >> vladimir putin.u ever met the guy? >> tough guy. i met him once. >> reporter: on the day of the pageant, he said this. >> i do have a relationship with him. >> reporter: afterward, this. >> i was in russia. i was in moscow recently and i spoke indirectly and directly with president putin who could not have been nicer. >> reporter: and in 2016, this. >> i never met putin. i don't know who putin is. he said one nice thing about me. he said i'm a genius. >> reporter: mr. putin's version of the story, however, hasn't changed. >> now, donald came over here to russia even before he was a candidate. i didn't even know that had been here. well, in other words, i found out after the fact. i was told that he, in fact, had been in russia. i have no clue that he was in russia. >> years ago before donald trump ran for president he said he knew you and that he spoke with you a lot. is that true? >> no. no i never met him. before -- before his presidency? before he ran? >> before he ran. >> no, i didn't know him. i

what did vladimir putin know and when did he know it? and tonight we have reason to believe that special prosecutor robert mueller is closer than ever to the answer to that putin question. we have exclusive new reporting tonight that robert mueller and his team are preparing new charges against the russians responsible for hacking and leaking the e-mails of the democratic national committee and the clinton campaign chair, john podesta, sources were not specific about the timetable of these charges, when they might come. but they have told nbc news that they could come in the next few weeks or months and the indictments could include counts of conspiracy, violations of election law and violations of the computer fraud and abuse act. the nbc news report says it is unlikely that the united states would be able to extradite alleged russian hackers or their pay masters but an indictment would send a signal both to russian and any americans who may have participated a government official said. it is unclear whether any americans could be charg

after every election, vladimir putin gives way to more vladimir putin. little turnd see out. >> only 30% of people turned out to vote yesterday because the island as been seeing a lot of unrest for the last month. this has to do with problems caused by the influence -- i nflux of migrants. ofthe problems are most visibln schools. classrooms are overcrowded and have become the stage of violence between rival gangs. primary school kids have been bringing knivest t t t t t t t d themselv. people have also been rounding up illegal immigrants themselves and taking them to police stations to get them deported. deputy prime minister has visited the island. they warned of a climate of civil war and say the french government has to act. molly: coming under fire for a controversial children's book in india. >> it is a list of 11 liters a single inspire you. -- leersers they say they say will inspire you. alongside barack obama and mahatma gandhi is adolf hitler. that has brought shop across the world. publishers say the reason they chose adolf hitler was because o

she was eight when vladimir putin came to power.ors for the election will stop xenia calls it a fa ke vote election will stop xenia calls it a fake vote in any case, and as vladimir putin's last term brought warand vladimir putin's last term brought war and sanctions, she is worried what the next might hold. translation: i want russia to continue as part of western civilisation, and not closed off behind a wall. yes, we want to be seen as equals. we want to protect our interests, but we do not want to be seen as north korea. we don't wa nt to be seen as north korea. we don't want to be isolated. that seems to be the direction the country is heading in, though. we travelled north to st petersburg to investigate claims that russia's information war is now targeting the west, too. from here, the kremlin has been accused of using the internet to manipulate opinion at home and abroad. and this building has become notorious as russia's troll factory. it is mostly empty now. the signs as it is up for rent. but an investigation in the unite

which is why vladimir putin was always going to win this vote.ection was not about choosing a new president. it was about reappointing the old one. and, although many russians do support vladimir putin, crucially, it is the political system he has built in russia that guaranteed him a landslide win. these images are embarrassing, though. caught on cctv, a woman stuffs a ballot box near moscow. suddenly, there are two of them at it. and during a vote count in siberia, balloons are moved to cover the camera. election officials say they will investigate. but the results won't change. neither will the name of russia's president. international chemical weapons inspectors will arrive in southwest england later on monday. they will try to verify the type of nerve agent used to attack the former russian agent sergei skripal and his daughter. the british foreign secretary has accused russia of making and stockpiling the agent. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. whatever the weather, the decontamination work and forensic investigation in s

i am for vladimir putin, says natalia. at least vladimir putin traces his best. —— prize.e. they worry that change can bring in greater instability and those in power exploit that fear. that benefits are vladimir putin. it allows the kremlin to argue that it's much safer to stick the same path. more than 12,000 people have been fleeing syria's rebel—held area of eastern ghouta, as government forces advance. men, women and children were seen leaving the town of hamouria, near damascus. it's the first medical evacuation since a massive assault began nearly a month ago. and for many of those who've managed to flee the violence in syria, the shadow of war remains. rouaa and mustafa — two seven year—olds — were born in the year the conflict began. our correspondent caroline hawley has been following their stories. rouaa and herfriend hoda are part of a whole generation of syrians growing up as refugees. her family fled eastern ghouta in 2013, after a chemical attack. a nappy soaked in vinegar is all her parents have to try to protect her. this is home now, she says. one room fo

which is why vladimir putin was always going to win this vote. choosing a new president. it was about reappointing the old one. and, although many russians do support vladimir putin, crucially, it is the political system he has built in russia that guaranteed him a landslide win. these images are embarrassing, though. caught on cctv, a woman stuffs a ballot box near moscow. suddenly, there are two of them at it. and during a vote count in siberia, balloons are moved to cover the camera. election officials say they will investigate. but the results won't change. neither will the name of russia's president. well, we heard vladimir putin dismiss claims that russia was involved in that chemical attack on a former double agent in england — but britain is unwavering in its position that moscow has a case to answer. foreign secretary borisjohnson is to meet eu colleagues and the nato secretary general later and is expected to seek support for the uk's stance in the stand—off. meanwhile, experts from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapo

and vladimir putin likes it that way. he wants a degree of animosity between the west and russia because what he'll do is exaggerate the threat from the united states, exaggerate the military threat. i think that's one of the reasons behind this icbm test right after the election. he's not going to dial down the anti-west rhetoric because his regime security depends on it. the real threat to vladimir putin is democracy. he wants to con inflate this military threat from the united states and nato with our ideals of freedom and liberty and democracy which so threaten himself, threaten his ability to remain in power. >> we have the expulsion of 60 russian diplomats, intelligence officers, moscow has responded in kind by expelling 60 of our diplomats out there. what happens next? is this just standard tit for tat or are we going down a dangerous path? >> kind of depends what the trump administration decides to do next, but it was entirely foreseeable that russia would reciprocate, which is defy expulsion of diplomats is never

but aides here to be clear are not mad that the president congratulated vladimir putin on his election victory. they are mad this information was leak out but that sent. . is being reflected by republicans on capitol hill as mark toshco rubio just told my colleague manu raju. >> you know what i like even less, there's someone close to him leaking stuff out. in you don't like the guy, quit. to leak things out, it's dangerous and i don't like what he did but i really hate there's someone in the inner circle willing to leak the stuff. you don't like working for the president, resign your job. >> so clearly that sentiment there echoed by the president here, john. i should note it is snowing here in washington, all of the events on the president's schedule have been canceled today and likely to spend the day in the west wing -- in the residence stewing over the fact that somebody leaked some very sensitive information about his call to a foreign leader. >> sort of extended executive time today. kaitlan collins at the snowy white house. thank you very much. ben cardin of maryland, thank you

>> ratings. >> it is popular to offer political cover to vladimir putin? >> it's political audience. >> i can tell you when it happened, march of 2016, when it became clear that donald trump was going to be the nominee of the party and suddenly some of us who maintained our consistent opposition to trump's candidacy found ourselves being invited less and less often to the point of being never invited onto the network. now, whose decision -- >> that was your experience? >> that was my experience. bhoz decision it was i don't know. it would be foolish to consider the possibility that a network owner who treasures his proximity to power, his proximity to the candidate and now his proximity to the president might be averse to having someone like ralph peters with impeccable conservative credentials attacking him for the right, precisely on this hypersensitive issue of russia because, of course, on this subject peters is absolutely right. >> i have to just say also, it's a business decision, right? if your audience is aligned with trump because of rote extreme

matthew, it's been quite a weekend speak of vladimir putin. we've seen tensions heightened between russia and the uk over the nerve attack agent in england. is that having any sort of spillover on the election? was it expected to? >> reporter: you might expect it to looking from outside. the fact that vladimir putin has once again apparently led russia into confrontation with the west. but, in fact, it doesn't appear to have dented his popularity at all, as we've had no sense of that. if anything, vladimir putin has been using this latest standoff with in this case britain to reassert this idea that he is a powerful russian leader, that he will not allow russia to be pushed around by its enemies in the west. an example of that is just yesterday, the day before, voting opened in this country. that was the day that vladimir putin and the russian foreign ministry chose to issue their response, their retaliation for the expulsion by britain of 23 russian diplomats earlier this week. they just yesterday announced they were expelling 23 british dipl

and russians go to the polls to choose a new president vladimir putin is expected to easily win a fourth term in office but can he mobilize voters turned off by the predictability of the contest which. i'm michel henery and berlin thanks for joining us on camera back forces have taken control of the northern syrian town of the frain the town has been the target of turkey's two month offensive against the syrian kurdish militia if used as terrorists its capture marks a major victory for turkey but as less thousands of civilians homeless and desperate. this is the moment taiki has been working towards for two months. the raising of the turkish flag over the town of affray in northern syria. this footage is said to show turkish backed rebels entering the town on sunday morning. i was there at the time these men have been fighting since january to ask the kurdish militia known as the people's protection units a white b.g. over the plans it does allow us are going to have to take he says the group is an offshoot of the band p k k terrorist group and as such a threat to its national security.

markedly pointing the finger vladimir putin and his regime. give us vladimir putin and his regime.take on the story. you know, the thing is that at this point, it is all rumours and we don't know. if it is true that the russians were behind it and if it was true that they were behind these other 11 mysterious deaths of people who criticised the regime, then clearly her majesty's government has to do something. but at this point, we are in speculation phase. we do need the brew. now, it was not clever vladimir putin to make these remarks. but, you know, these leaders, especially if they are autocrats and have been in there a long time, they say many things. what you think about the timing? they have an election coming up in a few weeks? of course, everybody is assured that vladimir putin will be reaffirmed as president for another term. but also the world cup is coming up in the summer. the football world cup. you know, ring ute sanctions were difficult relations with other countries. it is not good timing for them. relations with other countries. it is not good timing for themm rel

this is developing news live from berlin that vladimir putin that wins a fourth term in office partial results in russia's presidential election give putin more than seventy percent of the vote but many say the result was a done deal before polls opened to go live to russia for analysis. from the syrian city of africa is now in turkish hands and her back to find has been raising the turkish flag after a lightning advance against kurdish militia overnight the battle for afrin has forced more than one hundred fifty thousand people from their homes we ask what's next for the region. i'm edith to money thank you for joining us vladimir putin has won russia's presidential election all that's according to partial results which give him around three quarters of the vote so really no surprises there vladimir putin as of mention has been reelected to a fourth term and with a commanding lead over his rivals but few were expecting a second place for this man the communist candidate have a good dean in and in third place a firebrand ultranationalist vladimir zhirinovsky who heads what's known as t

has brought sanctions against several individuals in vladimir putin's country. attacking the russia probe again in a series of what you likely saw were some typo-filled tweets. john mccain blasted the president for the call. the senate's top republican, mitch mcconnell, he did as well. >> when i look at a russian election, what i see is the lack of credibility in tallying the results. calling him wouldn't have been high on my list. >> reporter: that was mitch mcconnell yesterday. sarah sanders saying the white house can't dictate how other countries operate. the vice president is supposed to speak today, his remarks -- >> peter, what is she talking about? we comment on those things as a world leader all the time. how could she possibly say that? >> reporter: it was striking to hear her say that. we're spotted to hear from the vice president later today, if it doesn't get canceled, he's supposed to address the organization of american states, and specifically on the topic of venezuela, the humanitarian crisis there, expected to call them out, to hold free and fai

which was white vladimir putin was always going to win this fight.t about choosing a new president, it was about reappointing the old one. and although many russians to support putin crucially it is the political system that he has built in russia that guarantees him a landslide win. but these images are embarrassing, caught on cctv woman stuffs a ballot box near moscow. suddenly two of them are at it and giving the vote count in siberia balloons are moved to cover the camera. election officials say they will investigate but the results will not change. neither will the name of russia's president. steve rosenberg bbc news moscow. as the government here blames russia for stockpiling novichok nerve agents, a group of international chemical weapons experts is due to arrive in the uk tomorrow 0ur security correspondent gordon corera is at the foreign office now. gordon — what was behind that assessment from the foreign secretary today. today boris johnson today borisjohnson deliberately revealed a piece of sensitive intelligence, the claim that russia ha

>>> and the president on the hot seat after congratulating vladimir putin and he is furious about that leak. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. that is how the white house works. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. you said it best when the facebook issues started to snowball. you are their product. you are not their customer. >> yes. >> you were well ahead of the curve. >> you are a product. selling your information is how they make money. that is the business model. >> advertisers are their customer. we are their product. mark zuckerberg, the ceo of facebook, finally speaking out about russian meddling and the cambridge analytica mess. it may not be the last time we hear from him. so cambridge analytica, the data firm with ties to the president trump campaign, accessed information of 50 million facebook users without their knowledge. an exclusive interview with cnn, mark zuckerberg says he agrees to tighten the platform. >> it is hard to know what we will find. we will review thousands of apps. this is an intensive process. this is important. this is somethi

. —— it is or is on vladimir putin's side. win, ijust wa nt to so i'm not trained to win, ijust want to be heard. —— it is always on. once upon a time, in the former capital of the czars, eight girl was born with a silver spoon in the mou. —— a. when the soviet empire collapsed, so it was turned into gold for some. ksenia sobchak‘s family was among those view. her father, one of the founders of russia's new democracy, became the mayor of st petersburg. he would later die in uncertain circumstances, while his former deputy, a once unknown kgb officer, would become the most powerful man in russia. it was a person who gave but admitted his first job. in russia. it was a person who gave but admitted his firstjob. —— vladimir putin his firstjob. but admitted his firstjob. —— vladimir putin his first job. but by a strange twist of fate, nearly two decades later, the girl with the silver spoon would challenge the new star for the silver spoon would challenge the new starfor the highest silver spoon would challenge the new star for th

about a range of issues including a possible meeting between president trump and russian president vladimir putin. as well as a special counsel's investigation into the 2016 elections and russian interference. this is 20 minutes. sarah: good afternoon. happy agriculture day. today we honor the men and women who work every day to feed, fuel, and clothe the people of the united states and the world. secretary of agriculture sonny perdue hosted vice president pence at the department of agriculture to commemorate the day. as you may remember when the president spoke at the american farm bureau convention earlier this year , he said our farmer deserve a government that serves their interests and empowers them to do the hard work they love to do so much. this administration is making sure government does that by reducing burdensome regulations allowing them to be more productive by cutting their taxes and empowering them to make their own decisions about investing in their operations. and by working to make sure our trade agreements are fair and that other countries play by the rules. the preside

>>> and the president on the defensive after he congratulated vladimir putin.ious about the leak. how do we know he is so mad? somebody leaked it. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. interesting on the spending bill. these are the types of bills paul ryan and mitch mcconnell used to rail against and rail against cramming them through in 24-to-48 hours. now they are in control and here we go again. we start with mark zuckerberg finally speaking out and speaking out about the cambridge analytica mess and it may not be the last time we hear from him. the data firm with ties to the trump campaign accessed the information of 50 million facebook users without their knowledge. in an exclusive interview with laurie segal, he said facebook will investigate all apps with access to large amounts of user data. >> it is hard to know what we will find. we will review thousands of apps. this is an intensive process. this is important. this is something we clearly should have done up front with cambridge analytica. we should not have truste

will it be a new vladimir putin? or an old vladimir putin? >> we all change. thank you. theelcome the graduate of u.s. military academy at west point and the wilson center. let's talk about the situation in russia and the poisoning of that russian double agent and his daughter. what do we know about the nerve agent? guest: the nerve agent was produced during the soviet era. it is a reference to the products themselves that were put together to create the poison. it is a standard nerve agent that inhibits nerve -- inhibits brain activity. host: do you have any doubt that putin was behind this effort? confidentcan be especially when you have statements coming from the united states, france, germany and the united kingdom condemning this and say that they believe it was led by the russian leadership. condemnation,t what will that mean for russia? does it make any difference for vladimir putin? guest: i don't think it does. the intended assassination, any ifders on the road that even , thatraitor company doesn't mean the russians cannot second,k after you? there's a signal i

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officials here call the poisoning in salisbury a provocation, and they say comments linking vladimir directly to attempted murder were unforgivable. but this row could yet escalate. moscow will continue to deny everything, and officials here warn that they are ready to impose further sanctions and match any moves made by the uk. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has been addressing party faithfuls at their north east regional conference at newcastle university. speaking after his address he gave his reaction. we have to have relations with governments. therefore, there has to be a limit to how far you go with that. clearly, there has to be a relationship where we can talk to the russian government. i challenge the russian government on human rights in russia, on lgbt rights, on chechnya and much of its foreign policy. does that mean we don't talk to them? absolutely not. we have to talk to them and assert all of those values. borisjohnson yesterday named putin as being responsible. do you think it's wise for the foreign secretary to antagonise the r

it's very interesting to watch vladimir putin.ou know, as he voted r , he ca over to reporters, they asked him a couple questions and said what do i want? any results that would allow me to take office. vladimir putin doesn't really describe, you know, a platform in great detail, that's not really what he's doing. he's aperson w person who repree russian state. he represents what people read into him. from across many perspectives. so he, without defining himself, without even participating in these debates, he has not participated in debates, he is above the fray. and so ultimately if they get a good turnout, they will argue that the russian people are now on their side for this crucial vote. they are depicting it as defining, deciding the fate of the nation. others would say it's not really that much of a contest, it's not much of a question. but for vladimir putin, he needs that stamp of approval from the people. >> all right, jill. and in the backdrop of all of this that nerve agent attack, this back and forth of punitive acti

will we see a new vladimir putin or an old vladimir putin? everything is changing.ing changes. thank you. vladimir putin, speaking to a huge number of interested journalists, asking if you would be interested in asking if you would be interested in a further term in office. he says it is funny to ask such a thing now, do you think i'm going to live to be a hundred? you think i'm going to live to be a hundred ? when we you think i'm going to live to be a hundred? when we firstjoined him he said it made no sense for russia to be involved in the sergei skripal case with the election and the world cup not far away. he says we are prepared to discuss what happened in salisbury and overcome any differences. more about that throughout the evening. mps demand answers from facebook, after accusations that data from millions of users is being mishandled without consent. they believe alexander nix has fresh questions to answer about the way facebook used the data. the head of cambridge analytica, the data firm used by donald trump's election campaign has been called back befor

guest: vladimir putin is to be the next president. the other candidates run on an implicit agreement with the kremlin. the russiant seeing media come after them. you would see the kremlin clamping down on that. they have to maintain some veneer of fair and free elections. host: my guest is jeffrey edmonds. -- an army veteran. let's get to your phones. we are focusing on russia election day. the investigation into spies that have been poisoned. steve is joining us from massachusetts. republican line. caller: good morning. let me try to understand this. we have the russian state taking the spontaneous, 100% risk with zero benefit assassinating a washed up long out of service, retired double agent spy in a foreign country using a unique chemical directly traceable to a 30-year-old russian -- preceding the russian election? russiansow that the aren't yet involves -- are in the end results. routinely probe ask inebriated with vodka. give me a break. there is nothing in the story that is not similar to saddam's bio weapons and anthrax in a

. -- v vladimir putin is a must certain to win the election. civilians stay put -- amid a renewed g gun control debate in washington, president trump told u.s. lawmakers not to be so petrified of the powerful gun lobby, the nra. coming up as the agriculture fair gets underway, our french -- local and organic food and the world's most popular music streaming service is going public. spotify -- we will have a peek inside their books in our business update. we start with russia where vladimir putin delivers his annual stat of -- state of the nation address less than three weeks before russians had to ballot boxes to decide who w wil be their next leader with h evey indication that putin will win his fourth term. thomas is standing by in moscow. -- a lot ofmake praise for moscow and of course, this only weeks ahead of thee election. wasbsbsolutely, part of this really at his voter base two and a half weeks beforore the presidentialal election, which t a mere putting -- vladimir putin is certain to win. this is rhetoric about doubling the amount of

will it be a new vladimir putin? or an old vladimir putin? >> we all change. this week on the communicators, journalist jimmy .ony >> in 1948, this is decades before the world we know had come to pass, he sits down and write a paper where he shows that all type of information are the same and that that information can be turned into bits and then encoded and compressed so that you could take a message from point a and have it received in point be. b.point someone had to lay the intellectual architecture for all of that. that is the feel of information. announcer: watch the communicators, monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. withess returns this week less than one week to go before current government funding runs out. they will pick up the on the this spending measure that would have to -- omnibus spending measure.

schroders, in terms of the economy, vladimir putin has quite a job on his hands.merged from recession and grown to be given in the years to come. what you would expect now is that they would maybe have one or two years where they grow above trend growth. and then it is back towards i.5% grow above trend growth. and then it is back towards 1.5% that we think they are stuck at medium to long—term. they need to fit the supply side of the economy to help productivity grow faster and that is why he's talking about spending on infrastructure education and healthcare. he has made some big promises and i think that people feel that perhaps with the price of oil much higher than it has been an seemingly staying at the level it is that at the moment, that really does help russia. to what extent can he deliver on his promises and how quickly can he? one of the long—term aims is to get growth to about three oi’ aims is to get growth to about three or4%, aims is to get growth to about three or 4%, double what it is at the moment. he does sound like president trump, doesn't it?

the president did not condemn vladimir putin as that part of call that he did. instead he talked about syria and north korea, which were also topics that were supposed to be discussed on the call that were provided in the briefing. he did mention those two parts with vladimir putin, but ignored the other two that the national security team put in the briefings ahead of the call. >> obviously it's up to any president to discuss what they want to discuss. how unusual is it for a president or i don't know if you know this, for a president to ignore, you know, two things of advice. particularly one that's in all caps saying do not congratulate this man on a sham election? >> well, we're in un-parallel territory here with president trump. whether you like him or dislike him, the president keeps his own counsel. he does what he wants to do, says what he wants to say. he has congratulate china's president for extending his term as president for life and turkey president, erduwan for his election win. this president when he makes thee phone calls, he is going to say wha

that benefits vladimir putin.afer to stick to the same path. in hungary, large pro and anti—government rallies have been held to mark hungary's national day, the anniversary of the 18118 revolution. just weeks before the general election, viktor 0rban‘s fidesz party is determined to win its 3rd term in a row. but the opposition have begun to believe they can stop him. they marched across the country in their tens of thousands. much more is at stake in the coming election, viktor 0rban said, than his own rule. europe and hungary is at a turning point in world history. 0n the one hand, stan the nationals millions, on the other, the global elite. and that global elite support immigration in order to dial it is the nations of europe. we feel safe year, there isn't a single refugee running around the streets. you can go out on the streets not like paris, berlin, sweden and neighbouring countries. long live viktor 0rban. just a few streets away, opposition parties held their own rallies. 0ne away, opposition parties hel

vladimir putin is a despot. the president of the united states was wrong to congratulate him. >> i'm not sure why the president felt like he needed to call and congratulate vladimir putin on what was a fake election. i think most of us don't see that as necessary. >> and let's remind you, when president obama had a phone call congratulating putin, it was republicans who went off, saying how inappropriate it was. i want to bring my latest panel in, evan mcmullin, a former cia operative who ran for president in 2016, and my friend eli stokeles, an msnbc political analyst. evan what do you say? trump says he's right to cultivate a good relationship with putin because russia can, quote, help solve problems in north korea, syria, ukraine, isis, iran, i mean, when he says syria, does he remember who funds assad? >> yes, right. of course it would be great if we could have a stronger relationship with vladimir putin but it can't be under vladimir putin's terms, right? a lot of the challenges we face internationally arou

he said that he had congratulated vladimir putin. that set off a fire storm across washington with the republicans on capitol hill and beyond admonishing the president for doing that. well, it turns out his own national security advisers urged him that he should not congratulate him. of course, that leaked out last evening in "the washington post." now the white house trying to get a handle on who did that exactly. essentially, wolf, everything is closed here at the white house today as federal offices across washington indeed are as well. but there is a look internally for a leak. so certainly raising questions about what the president said yesterday. so we've heard him talk a lot about witch hunts, wolf. it sounds like there is one under way to find out who leaked that information. >> i'm sure there is. the president also unleashed another twitter attack on the russia investigation today. tell our viewers what he said this time. >> reporter: wolf, he did. and this is yet another example of the president clearly watching media accou

he knows vladimir putin and his cronies well. the president launching another -- against the mueller investigation. what happens next? >> if you look the jurisdiction for robert mueller, first and foremost, what did russia do to this country in 2016? that is supremely important and has nothing to do with collusion. so to suggest that robert mueller should shut down and all he is looking at is collusion, if you have an innocent client, act like it. lod and notice one another and take the time for each other. that's his gift. ♪ i'll stand by you. but their nutritional needs remain instinctual. that's why there's purina one true instinct. real meat #1. a different breed of natural nutrition. purina one true instinct. now, try new purina one true instinct treats. >> and a fox news alert. russian president vladimir putin winning 1/4 term in office today. this was expensive as they observed today on the anniversary of the invasion and annexation of crimea. something that officials their thought would reflect well on vladimir putin. we