vladimir putin cannot tolerate any dissent and on top of that, what vladimir putin does to stay in power is in addition to repressing anybody who might pose a threat to him, he also needs to create a distraction. so the war in ukraine is not because the russians have any beef with the ukrainians. the war in ukraine is to create a foreign conflict so everybody has to become nationalistic and jingoistic fighting with these terrible enemies. the war in syria is the same thing. so as time goes on and as people become less and less enamored with putin, he's got to repress more in russia and he's got to create more foreign problems so as time goes on, those foreign problems are going to be our problems. and vladimir putin, i would argue, is one of the most dangerous dictators out there as far as america is concerned because he has a nuclear arsenal and so people are always saying how do we deal with vladimir putin. it's not like we can go to him and say, vladimir, please behave yourself? he laughs at that type of stuff. he only understands the boot on the throat and the only thing we can do wi

eal with vladimir it's not like we can go to him and say, vladimir, please behave yourself? he laughs at that type of stuff. he only understands the boot on the throat. and the only thing we can do with vladimir putin is contain him. and show him that any type of pushing beyond his boundaries will come with an enormous consequence. host: and again, my colleagues are collecting those who question cards. we will get to as many of them as we can. can you talk about the bigger, broader scope and scale of the magnitsky act, the idea of a global magnitsky act, how it could apply to other countries, and perhaps also the difficulty , relatively speaking, a united states is a large economy, russia is a foreign country, but the volume of trade between the two is relatively small. when it comes to the european union, much of central europe gets a lot of its gas from there, germans and wealthier countries in the west have huge investments in russia, billions of dollars invested in the u.k. in the financial system there. can you talk about what steps have been taken, in regards to europe

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trump's private conversations with vladimir putin. why are they insisting on secrecy?p team is on alert right now, awaiting robert mueller's report. we're learning about how the president's legal and political teams are getting ready. >>> tweeting recognition. president trump overturns a u.s. policy on twitter, saying it's time for the united states to recognize israeli sovereignty over the golan heights. was it a gift to his prime minister pal who is in a very, very tough re-election fight? >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room."

soon forming file of russia's new president vladimir putin. in two thousand and five browder was expelled from the country and declared a threat to national security he's home intelligent vestment fund was raided and he says a complex fraud conducted by russian officials resulted in the theft of some two hundred thirty million dollars it was a scheme uncovered by browed his lawyer surrogate magnitsky whose latest death in prison apparently the result of torture gave brown to a thirst for revenge and justice purpose the putin's regime has been to commit terrible crimes in two thousand and twelve the united states congress passed the magnitsky act aimed at freezing the assets of those suspected of financial crimes and human rights abuses and magnitsky style provisions of being adopted by the european union so russia is a country where a thousand individuals have stolen all the money bill browder multi millionaire investor turned anti putin activist talks to al-jazeera. thank you for talking to al-jazeera. you've been on record describing yoursel

liberty. ♪ >>> i think i get along very well with vladimir putin.hink i get along well with him. while the mueller investigation nears the two-year mark and no information about its findings are available. president trump and his white house repeatedly stated there was no collusion between his presidential campaign and russia. >> there was no collusion. >> no collusion. >> evidence of contact between russia and his family and associates and donald trump himse himself. one event stands above the rest as evident potential collusion between the trump campaign and russian operates. the meeting of june 9th, 2016 at trump tower. >> who was trump's closest business associates in russia? the guy he did miss universe with. so if you want to get a message to the trump campaign from the russia's side, those are the people who you go to. >> rob goldstein, a publicist orchestrated the event and would not attend the meeting. the message to his e-mail no donald trump jr. would later raise eye brows. >> some officials documents and information that'll i n criminae

. >> trump's regard for vladimir he's a strong leader. putin also peaked the interest of the fbi as did the many russia connections among his campaign staffs. >> you have carter page and george papadopoulos and felix sater, all of these characters paul manafort, were having contacts with russian officials in one way or another. >> michael flynn, the adviser with a russian connection, michael flynn. >> we do not need a reckless president who believes she is above the law. >> in 2015, flynn had traveled to moscow where he was paid to appear on r.t., russia today. the kremlin tv channel. >> the president thinks he's containing isis? >> i know he said that and i disagree with that. i definitely disagree with that. >> he stood and applauded putin's speech when emerged later that he was paid, his company was paid some $45,000. >> after trump's victory in november, he named flynn national security adviser against the advice of out going president barack obama who reportedly warned trump that flynn lacked the temperament for the job. >> i had the

trump's conversations with russia's vladimir putin. democratic leaders released this letter from the white house counsel stating, while we respectfully seek to accommodate appropriate oversight requests, we are unaware of any president supporting such sweeping requests. house democrats are seeking any documents that could reveal why the president seemed so eager to accept putin's denial of russian interfere answer. >> >> i will tell you that, president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. >> reporter: the attorney for the president's daughter and son-in-law that kushner has been using whawhatsapp. that's what trump slammed hillary clinton for doing. >> i hope you are able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >> reporter: as for the mueller report, the president is urging its release. >> let it come out. let people see it. that's up to the attorney general. we have a very good attorney general. he is a very highly respected man. we will see what happens. >> reporter: one reason why growing optimism inside

are vladimir putin's favorite bikers. through the city of sebastopol marking five years since the russian takeover is more than just a bit of fun. back in two thousand and fourteen the plea to very real part in helping the kremlin bring the peninsula under its control. setting up roadblocks and patrolling the streets while the russian special forces in unmarked uniforms took over government buildings. so. it's a miracle this all happened. for the first time it all happened without bloodshed. a claim that ignores at least six deaths in fifteen disappearances attributed to russian security services by human rights activists over the years since moscow took control. one of them was. a member of the region's three hundred thousand strong muslim to tar minority and a vocal opponent of the russian takeover of the region in may twenty sixteen he was abducted just a few hundred meters from his home men dressed as traffic police stopped at a friend's car for what appeared to be a routine check. soon they were bundling him into an

from a port on the ukrainian side which has become somewhat of a rarity businesses not be good for vladimir chair or possibly the owner of the fishing company it's a job where you work at it we're now sailing along the canal to the port of bradley and sick or the tragically empty you know freight ships in sight although it. which is in your. vicinity of as of borders russia and ukraine a treaty states that both countries have equal usage rights yet since the kurdish bridge opened linking russia to the annex crimean peninsula russia has been treating the sea as its own softened water as russia decides who is committed to sail on the sea and who is not. sort of us our ship is here the russian ship is in front of us. and one of our coast guards or. a couple of the four of the russian border control officers check everyone asking each ship for its name the size of their crew their nationality. or. anything you want to see how busy they are that the people are working they're getting on with their business. the group of workers. the ukrainians feel intimidated. it's one fifty one this is vera he

fishing company owner vladimir. is on his way to court proceedings against him beginning today he's accused of poaching. with just a quarter of his lawyer latimeria wants the court to grant him permission to fish understood the on regulated fishing quotas between kiev and moscow have created a legal vacuum flatter me is fighting so that he and his staff do not have to be penalized for it. mr mishra what about the paperwork of what you need anything else should. we've got everything from the most important thing is that we have the original permits. of the most important thing is that there here is a solution for. the court hearing is due to start at eight thirty. vladimir is called into the judge's office but just for a few minutes the hearing is postponed neither the fishing authorities nor the public prosecutor were invited. today i did not get a court decision which would have made it clear whether i'm right or they are that's the worst thing there's uncertainty. so i'm deeply disappointed but if the way this cou

soon forming file of russia's new president vladimir putin. in two thousand and five browder was expelled from the country and declared a threat to national security he's head of intelligence vestment fund was raided and he says a complex fraud conducted by russian officials resulted in the theft of some two hundred thirty million dollars it was a scheme uncovered by browed his lawyer surrogate magnitsky whose later death in prison apparently the result of torture gave brown to a thirst for revenge and justice purpose of putin's regime has been to commit terrible crimes in two thousand and twelve the united states congress passed the magnitsky act aimed at freezing the assets of those suspected of financial crimes and human rights abuses and magnitsky style provisions of being adopted by the. european union so russia is a country where a thousand individuals have stolen all the money bill browder multimillionaire investor turned anti putin activist talks to al-jazeera. thank you for talking to al-jazeera. you've been on record describing yours

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vladimir putin is a we willy and a thug. his troops may hold crimea in a strangle hold, but we must be clear that crimea will always be part of ukraine, not part of russia. this measure will put that rejection permanently into our laws. i'm pleased to support it. i ask all members to do likewise, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from illinois is regged. -- is recognized. mr. kinzinger: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kinzinger: madam speaker, i rise today with the majority, also, in strong support of h.r. 596, the crimea annexation nonrecognition act. i'm proud to co-sponsor this legislation, which clearly states that america will not recognize the russian sovereignty over crimea. ukraine continues to face significant challenges from russia from their meddling and from their aggression. in congress, we know the true intentions

>> you -- vladimir putin coming to the -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah. yeah. >> that's going to be special. >> that exchange, which did not go over well with the president, is one of many instances that put a strain on the relationship between donald trump and that man, director of national intelligence dan coats. but according to brand-new reporting from nbc news, the tipping point for coats was the president's declaration that he would pull troops out of syria in december. "the country's intelligence chief is on the verge of resigning at the end of last year but was talked out of it by his closest ally in the administration, vice president mike pence." that's according to current and former senior administration officials. carol, this is your reporting here. take us through more of it. it's an incredible piece of reporting. >> well, so just to step back what we were trying to do was look at, if you look at dan coats, he is next to mike pompeo the longest serving with trump national -- top national security official, and yet he's also had these moments,

even vladimir putin himself said he wanted donald trump to win. usually the president believes him more than anybody. >> so when will we see the full mueller report? the house judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler fears never. he says attorney general william barr would not commit to making the full report public. barr, though, did commit to testifying before congress. mean. while health care is back on front burner in washington. white house official says there's no fresh plan to replace the affordable care act despite the president backing a court ruling to strike down the aca in its entirety. plus someone is joining the 2020 race for president. and will be making the announcement in just minutes on "new day". let's begin with on cnn boris sanchez who is live at the white house. >> reporter: good morning. almost one week after robert mueller finished his work questions about his report still linger here at the white house and on capitol hill. one thing is clear. the president is not letting this go. >> we can never allow this treasonous, the

this is president who stood in helsinki and took the side of vladimir putin against the members of his intelligence community and said he believed them when he said the russians had nothing to do with interfering or attacking on american presidential election. this is president who was attacking john mccain and can't say a nice word about anybody but can't manage to say one critical thing about vladimir putin as having secret conversations with him, throwing out the interpreter, taking way notes. this is not normal. and to begin an effort to understand what those conversations were about, what documents exist that might record what they were about is perfectly reasonable. we have over sight responsibility on the foreign affairs committee. i'm on the oversight subcommittee. we have a responsibility to oversee and hold this administration accountable, and we're going to do it. >> all right, thank you very much congressman. appreciate your time tonight. >>> and next alexandria ocasio-cortez getting the cover treatment. but is all this attention actually hurting democrats? >> a.m.y and i a

esteemed panelists will address the inter-play between business, government and intelligence in vladimir putin's russia. putin uses business and corruption to maintain control at home and influence foreign policy and finally we will delve into the issues of sanctions and why sanctions relief was so central to russian's foreign policy or foreign influence campaign, and remains a preoccupation of putin's today. let me now take a moment to introduce our panelists. mike mcfall served as the u.s. ambassador to russia from 2012 to 2014. and as currently director of the freeman -- institute for international studies at stanford university where he is also a senior fellow at the hoover institution. steven hall is the former cia chief of russia operations and enjoyed a 30-year career in the agency. heather conley is a senior vice president for europe, eurasia, the author of the kremlin playbook. thank you all for joining us today. i now yield to the ranking member for any opening remarks he'd like to make. >> thank you, mr. chairman, today we will hear from a panel on russian oligarchs, challenge

and they're now demanding the notes from the conversations the presidents had with vladimir putin. >>> the interview just coming in tonight. the two young sisters surviving nearly 48 hours stranded in the woods, freezing rain and cold. how they stayed alive. >>> the unthinkable crime. the mother killed. her family telling authorities it was a panhandler. instead, tonight, police say it was them. the husband and step-daughter now charged in her murder. >>> the ceo of the san francisco giants, the video of the altercation with his wife. and what the ceo has just revealed tonight. >>> and the drives in their cars when an avalanche of snow buries them. >>> and good evening tonight from beauregard, alabama, the center of a tornado disaster zone stretching across four states tonight. at least 40 tornadoes reported, leaving an enormous trail of death and destruction. here in this community alone, at least 23 dead. in fact, the sheriff here telling me today, entire families were killed in their homes together. you can see behind me here tonight, this home lifted right off its foundation. actu

kennedy: does not exonerate vladimir putin. >> and look.now that vladimir putin, i met him more than 30 time, high attack my country, i know him. can you imagine if mule ar muled a kgbofficer recruits president of u.s. u.s. they are unhappy with the conclusion, that i want to really project the influence all over the world, look how tough we are. i knew the way through it was could not be further from the truth. i know very well donald trump since many years. i know putin. i know that collusion was bs from the beginning, i have said it. kennedy: president has been very forceful about that. and you know hillary clinton plaplaced a lot of blame to dond trump but it seemed to be a pay for play organization, when she was secretary of state she took very unusual donations, one of largest donors of president of ukraine. >> well, there were shady characters, maybe everywhere. all over the place. and both camps, i agree with my old friend lindsey graham for the sake of fair net. kennedy-- fairness. kennedy: you think there should be an investigatio

soon forming file of russia's new president vladimir putin. in two thousand and five browder was expelled from the country and declared a threat to national security he's home intelligent vestment fund was raided and he says a complex fraud conducted by russian officials resulted in the theft of some two hundred thirty million dollars it was a scheme uncovered by browed his lawyer surrogate magnitsky whose later death in prison apparently the result of torture gave brown to a thirst for revenge and justice purpose of putin's regime has been to commit terrible crimes in two thousand and twelve the united states congress passed the magnitsky act aimed at freezing the assets of those suspected of financial crimes and human rights abuses and magnitsky style provisions are being adopted by the european union so russia is a country where a thousand individuals have stolen all the money bill browder multimillionaire investor turned and t. putin activist talks to al-jazeera. thank you for talking to al-jazeera. you've been on record describing yoursel

since he met with vladimir putin in helsinki in july, where he took the interpreter's notes or hasn't told any u.s. official what they discussed, he has taken us out of syria, which is a top priority of russia. he sought to diminish or pull out the u.s. from nato. and he's easing sanctions on vladimir putin's friends, who are under investigation -- >> but he did pass sanctions against russia. he has armed the ukraine. he has killed 200 russians in syria. i mean, those aren't the actions of an agent of russia, either. >> he signed, i think, you know, begrudgingly, sanctions against russia after congress and people expressed concern and he got backed into it. but as soon as he could, he has pulled those away. >> what makes him an agent of russia, though? >> during the campaign, the russians were offering -- and we saw this in our investigation, and free-press reporting showed this. they were offering their assistance to help him. they were reaching out, you know, whether it was the trump tower meeting, whether it was, you know, the number of subject-line e-mails we saw that said, you kn

>> sources and outside sources are telling us skrp vladimir pu has to be crowing inside the kremlin,ccomplished his goals of wreaking havoc on the american elections. he has an open the slate ahead with vladimir putin and the doesn't look like he's going to suffer consequences. the one person implicated in crimes in robert mueller's final report may come away as its biggest winner, russian president vladimir putin. former intelligence officials and analysts says report confirms what u.s. intelligence always knew. that russia attempted to influence the election. >> they've certainly sown discord. the russians have caused more than they could have hoped for in terms of domestic, political, upheaval in the united states. >> reporter: the attorney general's brief summary of the mueller report released sunday says the special counsel documents crimes committed by persons associated with the russian government in connection with efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. a campaign the russians deny. mueller reportedly says the russians used two tactics to sow chaos. hacking e-mails from d

>> there is still a lot of reasoning with this president's relationship with russia and vladimir putin. >> laura: republicans should note here that the tenacity of these people, even when proven completely wrong, they pressed their case again and again and again. imagine what republicans could do with that kind of commitment? all these democrats showed hideously flawed judgment in each and every one of them should face primary challenges. absolutely. kellyanne conway took it further today. >> adam schiff, he believes that the scandal is size and scope of watergate and plenty of evidence of collusion. he ought to resign today. he's been on every tv show 50 times a day times a day for practically the last two years promising americans that this president would either be impeached or indicted. >> laura: these democrats and many more made a cataclysmic mistake. countless hours on tv, giving speeches, pronouncing the end of the trump presidency and literally accusing of seditious behavior. now, i don't think a lot of them even believe what they were saying but they didn't care. hating trump

the magnitsky act had of likeredible effect really upsetting vladimir putin. sponsors of the magnitsky act, john mccain and ben carden said, well, wait a second, this seems to really work, why don't we use this for other dictators and bad guys? why should the venezuelans or chinese or other human rights violators get a better deal than ended up witho we a global magnitsky act in 2016 which was passed unanimously by the senate. then we started to

. >> reporter: vladimir putin, 20 years at the helm. how are you going to deal with vladimir putin? st ( translated ): ff all, we will do everything to make sure that vladimir putin neveren up at the helm of our country. the main problem in our relaonsp with russia is the war. no one has a real answer, how to stop putin. all we can do is continue talks to achieve a cease-fire. >> reporter: achieve a cease- fire and rely on assistance from u wkraine's allies in tt. in that, his platform doesn't ndffer from those of the other main candidates, a the polling lose. until recently, it was supposed to be a two-person battle between the current president and yulia tymoshenko, whose candidacy representseb remarkable cack. >> reporter: before the 2014 revolution, she serv as prime minister. but in 2011, she was imprisoned under ukraine's pro-russia president, viktor yanukovych, on dicharges of excee her authority in signing a gas supply deal with russia. she says the charges were polically motivated. >> tymoshenko! tymoshenko! >> reporter: but her message to ukrainian voters doesn't focus on

requesting among other things records of president trump's communications with vladimir putin.o discredit the probe. >> translator: we do not have the capacity nor the desire to comment on every single new investigation launched by one or the other groups of u.s. lawmakers. there are so many of these investigations that their value has definitely diminished. >> the chairman of three house committees citing, quote, profound national security, counterintelligence, and foreign policy concerns. saying they want to know whether putin managed to influence trump's foreign policy decision making. the kremlin trying to laugh off those concerns. >> translator: it's less and less resembling a serious approach. the most important thing is that none of the previous investigations have yielded any sort of serious results. it's nothing but laughable results. >> the kremlin's line, very similar to president trump's. >> you know the beautiful thing. no collusion. it's all a hoax. you will learn about that. it's a political hoax. there's no collusion. >> all this as russia seems to increasingly

the night wolves and their leader legs on the result are vladimir putin's favorite bikers. there rally through the city of sebastopol marking five years since the russian takeover is more than just a bit of fun. back in two thousand and fourteen they played a very real part in helping the kremlin bring the peninsula under its control. setting up roadblocks and patrolling the streets while the russian special forces in unmarked uniforms took over government buildings. so i assume it's a miracle this all happened fairness went out for the first time that it all happened without bloodshed a person just growing up. a claim that ignores at least six deaths in fifteen disappearances attributed to russian security services by human rights activists over the years since moscow took control. one of them was. a member of the region's three hundred thousand strong muslim to tar minority and a vocal opponent of the russian takeover of the region in may twenty sixteen he was abducted just a few hundred meters from his home men dressed as traffic police stopped at a friend's car for what

vladimir hernandez, bbc news.a stunning result tonight in the champions league for liverpool. they're through to the quarterfinals after beating bayern munich 3—1. it makes clement the fourth english tea m it makes clement the fourth english team to make it through to the stage of the champions league. katie gornall was watching. it's been suggested the bright lights of the champions league could be a distraction for liverpool this season. this, after all, is a club in a race for the premier league title. but then the top teams take everything in their stride. europe often brings out the best in liverpool. in the first half, it also brought the best from sadio mane. mane! and it's in! his twists and turns left the great manuel neuer stranded. try telling him the champions league doesn't matter. the away goal meant bayern now had to score twice, and joel matip made that task easier when he turned the ball into his own net. in the second half, bayern had to go for it, but their frustration was building and liverpool

lawmakers are adopting a tougher stance on russia pressing for new bills condemning vladimir putin's leadership has more details. according to some members of the u.s. congress trump is just not hard enough on russia new legislation is required the u.s. house of representatives just passed for bill specifically targeting russia they are mandating that no federal agency actually recognize crimea as being part of russia furthermore they are demanding that the intelligence agency dig into vladimir putin and his family's assets but that is just the tip of the iceberg resolution condemns the putin regime we speak out against strongman and dictator we will sanction them oppose strict sanctions imposed sanctions expose condemned reveal and they must be brought to account for their actions anyone who has ever watched mainstream media has heard that whole trouble putin montra but just in case you missed it why is he on russian president trump i said nothing but kind words to say for vladimir putin peace surrendering to putin's world view russia's handling of the loss was an asset that seems t

putin would themselves be the ones responsibility for giving vladimir -- responsible for giving vladimirs greatest victory over american democracy. think about that. a dossier funded by the democrats, peddled through the obama intelligence community, falsely very orfied by the obama justice department, then sold to the american people by those very same elected democrats and willing folks in the media. all of that taking place really is extraordinary. vladimir putin, in his wildest dreams, could not have devised a more destructive scheme to fabric of american society, and yet it has consumed the public discourse for the last two years. maria: right. and that's what i want to ask you. we're going to take a short break. i want to ask can you about the accountability here. john brennan, james clapper, jim comey, peter strzok, lisa page, jim baker, the lawyer, and then jim comey has the nerve to write an op-ed about this in this past week. let's talk more about that when we come back, plus reaction from the democratic side with congressman ro khanna. more of my interview with president trump

made vladimir putin possible. perhaps he needs an enemy as any tips to the main problem is that there was something on the table some years ago it was an idea from go but something like a common how as in europe to have a common security system. we have it in our program that visit there should be something like a common security system but what includes russia that's very important that includes russia europe and the united states right and you know that was that was offered as early as one nine hundred ninety seven. according to madeline albright the former secretary of state of the us to boris yeltsin and he refused to take the offer seriously unfortunately because i think it would be the best idea in a moment we have a terrible situation that something is something like a new enemy for western states and total increasing of spending money for arms and it would be possible to have something like common security so it was a mistake to make it in this time the next nato expansion right you see those mistakes what

remember when president trump stood next to vladimir putin and said he didn't see any reason russia would interfere in our election? taking the russian president's word over his own intelligence chiefs. >> my people came to me, dan coats came to me and some others. they said they think it's russia. i have president putin, he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. >> now house democrats attempting to investigate the president's contacts with putin charge the white house is stone walling them. the white house today rejecting congress's request for do you means insisting presidential communications with foreign leaders are protected and confidential. and house oversight chairman elijah cummings said today his committee has new information, new information alleging that jared kushner has been using whatsapp to communicate with foreign leaders and alleging that ivanka trump may be in violation of the presidential records act with her use of personal e-mails. hmm, personal e-mails. seems to me i recall someone else complaining about that. >> russia,

we have seen vladimir putin celebrating the last few days the fifth anniversary of the of crimea. ——to said that could not stand, five years later here we sit, vladimir putin is very happy, nato‘s threats, the talks of sanctions and punishments, have not worked. i am not saying that the ukraine is not a serious issue and nato has responded to what russia did in ukraine, but that doesn't change the message that nato has helped create and unprecedented period of peace in europe, 70 years of peace is unprecedented. i'm thinking about how i would be listening to your words if i were a ukrainian. what has nato‘s response over the past five years achieved in ukraine? we have provided strong political and practical support. what have you achieved? training ukrainian troops, nato allies helped to do that. nato established different programs, trust funds, we helped them with command control, logistics, modernised their armed forces, their security institutions, so we... have you forced russia to pull out its special forces from east ukraine? no, but ukraine is not an nato ally. ukraine is a p