seen on trump's face and many many months when he sees vladimir putin. it's just amazing to watch. >> you don't see trump smiling very often in office, do you? well, we are ready for questions from the audience. we have a microphone. just raise your hand and we will put the microphone and it. >> thank you for an interesting presentation. we see so much information about corruption among leaders, not just here, in other countries with populist leaders and reading all the details about corrupt activity and yet nothing happens, so i start to wonder, do people really care? the theory is if you have transparency, that you force accountability, but we see document after document after front of people and yet the balance of power. there aren't any revolution caused by all of this information. what's your sense on that chimeric. >> i think there's a fundamental shift in at least the way our country evaluates information brought to us weather comes from us and news organizations or other sources. you know, sort of trump most potent symbol, i think, of a broader p

how will this weakness impact vladimir putin who is already praising it. go into ukraine? >> joe, putin feeds on week naes and d -- weakness. if you look at the situation around ukraine today you see the following. you see a sustained build up of russian forces along ukraine's eastern frontier. for two years russia has been building bases and roads and deploying large amounts of tafrpgs, forces and just recently more tanks, more aircraft into that area, air troops into that area. from putin's vantage point he sees a west in political disarray and paralysis. he sees germany in disarray. he sees the protest in france. he sees britain frozen by brexit and he looks across the ocean and sees a president faced with distractions at home. you look at the west response when russian seized those three ukrainian ships. no response. eu had a big summit they did nothing. yesterday president decreased and increased sanctions. winter is a bad time for ukraine. least capable at that time to defend its territory. >> senator coombs let me ask you how this decision was made

we had vladimir putin there.e wasn't quite licking his lips, but he may as well have been doing so. whatever the president says, it does seem to play for russia. this is a win for them. they have already been winning in syria and this is another chapter of it. they are feeling good. iran have also had a pretty good day. the syrian over mid—has had a good day. it has been terrible for the kurds we have been working there. it is also good for turkey. it is really unsettling for a american allies. it doesn't take place in a vacuum. this is an administration that is pulled the us out of agreements, it has picked fights with what were our closest allies in europe. how do you know the united states won't suddenly decide that we really don't need those 28,000 american troops there? why would the taliban believe that they have two negotiate in good faith. it is only a matter of time before the us leaves there as well. a lot of countries are going to start appeasing some of their powerful neighbours. in places like the mi

announcer: vladimir putin! the polls have even opened, or cctv cameras in polling stations being conveniently covered up. hey, we were watching that! recently, the main opposition leader, alexei navalny, has found himself in and out ofjail after being arrested for stuff he says has just been made up to stop him doing hisjob. so, a lot of the rules here are unwritten and quite subtle. so, the government would say people have freedom of speech, but at the same time, if you're seen chatting to someone like the bbc in certain parts of the country, you might find yourself — coincidentally, of course — getting a visit from the police later on. despite this, we've come to chat to some people who've told us they're not afraid to speak to us. to be completely honest, i think there is a distinction between being afraid and being free. i can't say that i'm afraid because i never was challenged by something to be afraid of, if that makes sense. but i can't say that i'm free. there's no political power or political party wh

vladimir putin.licly announced, and she may go back to russia, the russians are not going to be happy about this if she gives valuable information. if she has valuable information. so i'm curious to see if in the end she does go back to russia or if she asks to stay here. and let's not forget, even if she stays here, if she has given away something or gives away something valuable, the russians have a way of hunting down people who doublecross them. look at the skripals who were poisoned in the uk. i think we should wait and see what the next step is after this. >> and let's -- >> yeah, go ahead. >> and let's be clear. she may very well not have valuable information, going back through the years from the sake of a plausible deniability at the very least. vladimir putin, i never want to say i'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt, but he could very well have not known about her time here in the united states. obviously now she's become an international figure and sort of the poster child of the

bush but then finally vladimir putin found the time to talk to the price and obviously the first question that was asked was about his relations with mr trump and that quick conversation that actually happens lattimer putin began by saying that he doesn't think mr trump is afraid of contacts with them and here's what else he said in the future for the first of all it was a u.s. initiative and then we counseled that meeting in paris because we didn't want to interfere in the shuttle for one commemorations so we decided to me from going to serious but then the provocation in the black sea took place says the u.s. decided not to have to meet we still have the chance to chat with president trump on this issue we expressed some positions and remain committed to the islets no we think of the incident is a shame that we are unable to have this this meeting. but i hope it will take place sooner or later when the u.s. is ready for it like this quick exchange between mr trump and mr putin we know that there were full proper meetings between the german chancellor and the russian president and also t

donald trump following doubts of a meeting with vladimir putin doesn't seem like a big deal given the already poor state of affairs between the two countries to the manner in which it was cancelled over twitter may sting the kremlin more than the cancellation itself is the mythical trump truth in a bromance finally over. who should. we call chancellor merkel runs. germany and russia. but. let's start back in france where central park us was brought to a standstill on saturday by the so-called yellow vest the movement against soaring fuel prices it was the most violent of three successive weekends of unrest and riot police riot in for some incredible numbers associated with this four hundred twelve people arrested one hundred thirty three injured including their correspondent peter all over he was hit by a rubber bullet here's what he witnessed throughout the day. these demonstrators have been very clear in what they've wanted to say they want to say that fuel prices are getting too high they want to say they're unhappy with the current government headed up by a minute call actually is

and that quick conversation that actually happened vladimir putin began by saying that he doesn't think mr trump is afraid of contacts with them and here's what else he said. used to support the scottish post which is that it was actually sinister to. you and. we counseled that meeting in paris because we didn't want to interfere with the. schedule of events related to world war one so we decided to meet in going to sars instead but unfortunately we. encountered with this provocation in the black sea so there's so i guess it's close because of. the united states decided not to have this meeting still we. shouldn't you know people talk to each other so i got a chance to talk weird briefly to president trump i am certain he's questions related to this incident in the black sea he has his positions on these issues and problems i have my position so. we remain committed to our positions soon but. i let him know what we think about this incident it's shamed and we are on the able to have a full fledged meeting. because i think it's a long overdue so i hope that this meeting will happen soone

>> reporter: well, on the face of it, vladimir putin says no.m drugs are the big issue. he said -- he said he believes that people rap also, as far as the sex issue is concerned, a lot of their body parts is not something he wants to necessarily hear, but it's not necessarily something he says that he wants to restrict. but, of course, here in russia there is a track record of trying to rein in protests and trying to stop at least public protests. certainly there are a lot of people, husky probably being one of them, this rapper, who believes that the protest part of it is the actual real problem. and if you look at some other popular culture acts like, for instance, the band of pussy riot who have very much been restricted, members are in jail, they accuse the russian government of poisoning a band member. they deny they have. there have been a problem with bands in the past that have lyrics contradictory to some of the things the state wants to hear here. it is a delicate issue and you can tell vladimir putin knows it's a delicate issue here.

he is reaching out to vladimir putin.joined right now by the man who socialist venezuela owes a whole lot of money to. the man running the effort to recoup the socialist country's debt. adam johnson. good to see you both. what is it going to take for venezuela to get back on its feet? does maduro need to go? do you need to get market capitalism injected back into this economy? >> yes. what's really terrible about this is in the past the venezuelans have been the most of pro american country in all of south america. it's true, the creeping social i'm that came from the 70s and the 80s. and the fact that the u.s. isn't paying attention to it allowed this regime to come in and destroy the economy. the only way out is for them to return to a mark heat based economy and doing business with the united states. trish: they are look at doing business with vladimir putin. i would say this is a major security concern. we are talking about them having an interest and launch pad the likes of which they haven't had since 1962. >> you w

topics of the year bragg said on russia's relationship with britain been spoken a fight there by vladimir putin. well blood to me putin was asked whether he had met the resume and about how breaks it will affect russia vladimir putin said that yes he said hello to each other at the g twenty summit in scene but with regards to relations between the two countries britain is traditionally one of russia's fiercest critics in the european union in in europe itself and relations are at a dead then and getting worse he says russia is interested in improving with relations with the united kingdom he says that there are economic ties big british companies operating in russia british petroleum b.p. for example but relations for now a dead then presumably not a lot of desire to improve relations on the other side is for brics itself and how it will affect russia well not so much believes vladimir putin but it will have a knock on effect so it will affect other countries in the european union it will face. affect other countries in asia in the americas and eventually the waves of consequences will reach ru

vladimir putin does not want to be part of the west.es not want a democratic russia, so you're limited in what you can do there. the second thing that i think is important for leaders today is that president bush always knew he was the leader of the free world. he always thought of himself in terms of being one of many of the liberal world, you know, the coalition of democratic states. that was with respect to the solve yes union. i wish our president would think more about that, the importance of democratic ally when is you're trying to do things in the world. >> to your point, though, our current president while traveling to argentina canceled, he says, his meet with vladimir putin because of the military standoff between russia and ukraine. do you buy that explanation? >> no, of course not. i mean, russia had attacked ukraine, the president equivocated on that, by the way. he never once criticized vladimir putin directly, and as he got onto the plane, he said he was still going to meet with him. the news of mr. cohen came out and the

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in argentina as the final day gets underway german chancellor angela merkel holds talks with vladimir putin the first of the leaders be able to agree on a communique. and caused a blaze in the streets of paris the riot police fire water cannon tear gas and thousands of protesters angry at rising fuel prices more than one hundred people have been arrested and we'll have the latest from the french capital. money welcome to the program former u.s. presidents george herbert walker bush the forty first president of the united states has died at the age of ninety four his one term in office so the collapse of the soviet union and the fall of the berlin wall bush sr will be remembered here in germany as one of the architects of reunification. as reaction continues to come in from around the world a stick a look back at his life and legacy. this was one of george bush's last public appearances and surely one of his toughest to make it was his wife barbara funeral an early twenty eight hundred. he did farewell to have after seventy three years of marriage. the couple married shortly after the end of

program russia has successfully tested a new hypersonic strategic missile named god president vladimir putin called it a big event for the armed forces and the country as a whole a bit earlier in the program my colleague spoke to our correspondent don off to find out more. tell us about the media reaction to this. launch did certainly become a top news story all over the world those analytical pieces that have. it's to come out there were more along the lines of why the united states should fear this missile and i should say it kind of does carry the same message that we've been that we've been seeing for months really because this evan god missile was one out of five vance to weapons unveiled by vladimir putin back this march and that's when just everybody went bonkers and everybody should feel scared even though it has been since the message of the russian government that it is purely defensive that these weapons they are meant to defend russia not to attack any other country obviously a very important launch certainly for the security of russia or and as is said by the russian president v

how will vladimir putin respond? >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news as president trump is looking for a new chief of staff tonight, cnn has learned one strong option, and that's a quote, for the job is the former new jersey governor, chris christie. that comes as the president who has stayed behind closed doors all day, is lashing out on twitter about the russia investigation, denying any inclusion between his 2016 campaign and moscow. but cnn has counted at least 16 trump associates who had contacts with russians during the campaign or during the transition, and sources say that list may grow larger. i'll talk about that and more with congressman adam kinzinger and our correspondents, analysts and associates are also standing by. first, let's go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. jim, as the russia investigation reaches a critical new stage, the president is also apparently struggling to fill a critical position in the west wing. but some new names, i ta

intelligence community and firmly embracing vladimir putin's world view. >> john, you said you've never seen putin so happy. >> never seen a shot of him this happy. and the both of them were all grins. the picture said everything you needed to know about their attitude about what's going on. they know exactly they're winni winning, and we're losing. >> it's really outrageous. thank you all. have a good weekend. >>> robert mueller reportedly investigating exactly what don junior and ivanka trump knew about the trump tower/moscow deal. could they be in legal jeopardy? i'm going to ask the man who wrote the book on trump and russia. that's next. once i started looking for car insurance, it was a no-brainer. i switched to geico and saved hundreds. that's a win. but it's not the only reason i switched. the geico app makes it easy to manage my policy. i can pay my bill, add a new driver, or even file a claim. woo, hey now! that's a win-win. thank you! switch to geico®. it's a win-win. metastatic breast cancer is relentless, but i'm relentless too. mbc doesn't take a day off, and neither will

comparing the crown prince of saudi arabia to a strong man like vladimir putin in russia as he had done probably was not going to have made him a target for an assassination attempt, but we have clues that might well answer part of that piece of the puzzle. wolf? >> these are words you won't have read. they are never seen before seen the year before his death. they lay bear his disdain for the crown prince, saying he is like a beast, like pacman. the more victims he eats, the more he wants. in another, my god ridpredicame. the words were exchanged with a fellow critic in exile in canada. >> he believed that mbs is the issue. he's the problem. someone has to tell him that you have to be stopped. >> talk like this is dangerous for those from a country with one of the world's worst records for human rights. it wasn't just political views they were trading, but plans to hold the saudi state to account, creating an army of cyber bees on social media. leveraging jamal khashoggi's name and the 340,000 strong twitter following. >> in the beginning, it was difficult for us to have this relations

it's vladimir putin, it's rec i erdogan. and those who tell me trump has never been -- he just handed the greatest gift to iran. they will now dominate all the way to the becca valley and israel's northern borders. those who say what a terrific friend of israel trump has been, he has just handed a gift to israel's enemy, to the enemies of every single american ally in the united states. it's an inexplicable decision, unless you believe that someone is handing trump his marching orders when it comes to the middle east. >> let me just make a note, i invite jared kushner, who of course is in charge of middle east peace in this administration to come on this show any day and explain this one to us. eddie, what is your take a this? there's lots of people not focused on syria or the middle east, but they're saying it's not the united states' job to police the world. >> i think there would be some who will support him in this instant as well. they will be concerned about america appearing weak, but for all things that have happened

russian president vladimir putin's bright smile belied his own rejection from the group putin is in hot water over russia's seizure of ukrainian ships after a clash in the black sea europe if you like that is. a sobering. take rooty this is why i will show that they were all over the sanctions against russia. but also on the agenda trade the united states and china are expected to hold a bilateral meeting in an effort to find a solution to their ongoing trade dispute and us president donald trump had an early success signing a rewritten north american trade agreement with canada and mexico. i traditionally the twenty leaders issue a joint communique at the end of the summit this year it could be a struggle to get to that moment. carnelian sad to hear as an independent political advisor and analyst here in berlin to talk more about this about the g. twenty donald trump canceled his meeting with putin he seems to be studiously avoiding the saudi prince mohammed bin salim what does this say about the future of relations between washington and moscow and riyadh i think both leaders both for

crackdown on rec music in russia threatens to put the immediately the country's youth now president vladimir putin has called on the war seems to find ways to control the popular music instead of just bad news. and christine one goal welcome to the program france's yell of a surprise history has defied thousands of police and cold weather to take their message to the streets for a fifth straight weekend the numbers of people protesting is down from previous weeks as concessions offered by the government seem to be taking a fix but a hard call off the end of a say they're just term and to keep the movement marching. they started it with the minutes of silence honoring those killed and injured in the strasburg attack on tuesday. that the yellow vests were determined to protest despite the government's request after the attack for them to leave it this week. this saturday there were fewer people on the streets and less rioting. the number of arrests was down on last week too but the police were still there in large numbers eight thousand offices to try to keep things under control. president micron's

one man behind it, vladimir putin.tween the russian intervention in brexit and the russian intervention in the trump campaign appear to be extraordinary. widespread protests are tearing up paris. without a shred of evidence, president trump blamed the anti-tax protests on the paris climate accord. not even a little bit. but there is evidence that russia's fanning the flames here as well with france investigating hundreds of pro-russian media accounts. they offered this statement with a straight face. we have not interfered, and we don't plan to interveer in the nestic affairs of any country, including france. s that your reality check. >> john, your reference wowed us. >> that's wowing me. >> feel free to use that in a future reality check. >> thank you. >>> late night comics enjoy iin the scramble to fill the chief of staff job. >> i have good news if inch here wants to be president trump's chief of staff. just raise the hand and the job is yours. maybe? no. i'm sorry. president trump's chief of staff john kelly is le

>> he certainly mortgaged -- maduro -- his country to vladimir putin with billions in debt. they have now attrition is high. they have people flooding out of the country. trish: alock comes putin -- along comes putin with cash in his pocket. he's saying give me modern weapons and access. they opened up the country and said do what you want. putin wants to get out of the sanctions we imposed on him. as a direct result he's trying to pressure us from our under belly and it may work. we cannot ignore that strategic location not only because of the oil, but how those refugees could flood toe up our country. trish: later in the show we'll be talking about a new caravan that formed 15,000 strong starting to make its way toward mexico. these are the comeajs we are facing throughout these communities. venezuela is another one with a million people having left weren't last year. and 8 million refugees expected to leave that country in the coming year. and where they are going to go, they will go to columbia and up through mexico and to come right here. on several different levels, is

you've written a book about vladimir putin. the timing here really matters. it comes just as russia is mounting its interference campaign in 2016. thmp candidate t engaging with russians at the same time. at does itell us about russia and putin that they were doing both of the things simultaneously. that's -- >> that' the question that immediately occurred to me. when you look at what cohen was testifying to and was included in this agreement that mueller brought t court the oth day, it includes information that multle times that michael coe went interacted with vladimihrs officegh the office of his pokes spokesman -- spokesman who one of putin's closest advisors. he's been with putin since he came president so 18 years. he has been reputeder to be wealthy at the side of vladimir putin. it's not just such random official that they're interacting with. think about thi weaponizing information they call it ins russia i a trademark of this -- this new russian power elite and the post or yet era. what does it mean? potentially it means that donald trump and his adv

how it might match vladimir putin's new hypersonic missile. we'll explain.i'm a veteran and the army taught me a lot about commitment. which i apply to my life and my work. at comcast we're commited to delivering the best experience possible, by being on time everytime. and if we are ever late, we'll give you a automatic twenty dollar credit. my name is antonio and i'm a technician at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome. >>> welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom" live from atlanta. i'm george howell. thank you for being with us. >>> the pentagon says that it plans to increase research in hypersonics, both offensively and defensively. this move in response to russia, which has chosen to weaponize that technology. moscow tested its new hypersonic nuclear missile that vladimir putin calls invulnerable. cnn's fred pleitgen has this story from moscow. >> reporter: vladimir putin in command, observing his armed forces test what they claim is a hypersonic missile cap

for one thing a lot of it's already been corroborated by dmitri peskov, described as vladimir putin's press secretary but he's much more than another sarah sanders. he's putin's right hand. you see how close the trump organization was to president putin. the other thing is look at what michael cohen may know. he's given over 70 hours of interviews to mueller. he goes back quite a way and if you look at trump in the late -- remember in the late 90s, he was $4 billion in debt. the russians came to his aid, the mysterious country called bay rock moved in to trump tower, there were a lot of allegations of money laundering in the trump sojo and sale of condos. all that may be on the table. >> 70-plus hours of discussions. one has to think it can't be just what we have learned from the mueller investigation. >> no, absolutely not, richard. this charge was essentially a place holder, a way to get michael cohen into court, establish his cooperation. he's facing sentencing. but those 70 hours were about a lot more than lying to congress you can bet. the kristopher steele dossier which lead out

donald trump following doubts of a meeting with vladimir putin doesn't seem like a big deal given the already polar state of affairs between the two countries plus the manner in which it was cancelled over twitter may sting the kremlin more than the cancellation itself is the mythical trump putin of romance finally over. who should start the game to discuss where we can. chancellor merkel runs has said we have a lot of riches between germany and europe and russia and too few stories which use is quite easy and really forced. to take a whole lot of. central park this was brought to a standstill on something made by a so-called yellow best movement against soaring fuel prices it was the most violent of three successive weekends of all the rest and riot police riot and force four hundred people plus were arrested scores injured including our correspondents spread all over and look at loser who were hit by rubber bullets which will peter witnessed right that. these demonstrators have been very clear in what they've wanted to say they want to say that fuel prices are getting too high they

vladimir putin, on the other hand, looked overjoyed to see him. high fives all around.sa may had a sitdown with him where she rais the murder of the saudi journalist and demanded full transparency in the investigation. esident macron of france had a slightly tense exchange. donald trump had been due to sit down with vladimir putin, but the president canceled theme ing over the seizing of three ukrainian vessels. the russian leader stared ahead impassively as his american counterpart walked past.. presump: on the basis of what took place with respect to the shd the sailors, that was the soleeason. jon: but where the u.s. president still leaves other world leaders deeply uneasy is with his protectionist attitudes towards trade. today, the signing of a new trade agreement between mexico, the u.s., and canada. pres. trump: the usmca is the largest, most significant, modern, and balanced trade agreement in history. all of our couries will benefit greatly. it is probably the largest trade deal ever made also. jon: though it brought this broadside from the canadian prime minis

months really because this evan god missile was one out of five vance two weapons unveiled by vladimir putin back this march and that's when the world just everybody went bonkers and everybody should feel scared even though it has been since the message of the russian government that it is purely defensive that these weapons they are meant to defend russia not to attack any other country obviously a very important launch certainly for the security of russia or and as i said by the russian president vladimir putin he was talking about this system back in march the first of this year but what exactly is god well first i would like to stop as to why exactly this new inch is important it is important because it is the final test be food this missile goes into service and now let's just have a look let's enjoy how it unveiled. well as for what exactly happened god is well it's just one of the most advanced weapons and missiles in the world is a quick preview of what it's capable of really. so it's incredibly incredibly precise and also it is classified as sort of a glider missile what it means is

is ready for it vladimir putin has just got inside his limo. he began his second day at the g. twenty summit right inside this hotel. i did go americal for breakfast and treated her with a traditional washing meal that featured caviar and. now that the president's not here anymore we were actually able to get inside the lobby of the hotel i was told that the average price for where he was staying is four thousand iu was dollars a day now going back to his talks with anglo markel and emanuel macron the president's spokesperson told us that he physically picked up a piece of paper and a pen to just draw a map for them of what happened between russia and ukraine in the current strait and he also brought forward evidence of what he called ukraine's intentions to provoke russia there that included some notes in the cranium vessel's log book mr putin also said that the reaction from the western leaders that he got to that was rather calm and then went on to talk about the state of martial law that was imposed by the ukrainian leader petro poroshenko in parts of ukraine as a result of

summit in argentina german chancellor angela merkel holds a lengthy told to fashion president vladimir putin called on the russian president to release ukrainian sailors seized by russia last month. and the forty first president of the united states george herbert walker bush has died at the age of ninety four to lead the u.s. through the end of the work of the cold war contributes something coming in from around the world and our views from the man who since the oval office. protesters clashed with police in paris thousands of demonstrators take to the streets angry at rising fuel prices more than one hundred eighty people have been arrested so far our correspondent is in the french capital. money welcome to the program leaders of the world's trade to biggest economies the g. twenty a holding talks on the second and final day of this summit in. german chancellor angela merkel stopped of the day with a working breakfast with russian president vladimir putin the russian leader is facing international criticism of to russia seized ukraine and wash it off. disputed crimea region last week but t

and this has really been the case with this message as put by the russian president vladimir putin have a listen to shows the u.s. is now leaving the i.n.f. treaty what's going to happen it's hard to imagine what is the rockets are located in europe what should we do which is of course we will have to ensure our security with some concrete steps let them not say later that we are trying to get an advantage we're not trying to get an advantage but merely to seek your balance to ensure our security and this really applies not just to this particular missile or as a matter of fact to any other for weapons unveiled by the russian president in march this is about the russian military as a whole because the country has been pushing forward its military capability all year it has been sort of the flavor of the twenty teens so to speak but it hasn't been in the offensive sort of way russia has been maintaining that it is a measure of deterrence and not of aggression. we discussed the new weapons implications for global security with a number of experts. well i think the u.s. is also working on

a story how vladimir putin -- a source says vladimir putin wants trump to win the presidency. then we see what he did to carson, ultimately ted cruz and what i saw on the ted cruz coverage was this weird bot activity around what he was doing. this could have tentacles into another investigation. you know which one i'm thinking of. >> the mueller investigation. >> explain the significance for mr. pecker and the national enquirer and ami of a nonprosecution agreement. >> so they are -- please chime in, but they are now -- they are in the clear. >> team america, though. they're helping them with whatever they want to know. >> they have helped them. the question now is, will this go forward for more help? and what did they already tell them? first of all, we knew that mr. pecker and his deputy dylan howard had agreements earlier, kind of more limited agreements. the company was still exposed. now the company is out of hot water. correct me if i'm wrong but it seems like now they're sitting there for three years at their disposal. >> and all the contact. a trump ally said to me tha

>> vladimir putin thinks he is seven feet tall. he meddles. he has meddled in the united states and elsewhere with elections in the past. it is unacceptable. there's a lot of friction between our two countries. vladimir putin may not be deterred through economic pressure. he may not be deterred on pushing back on russian aggression or further away like in the middle east. we're in a cyber security warfare between our two nations. there's a lot of conflict and i don't expect there to be one silver bullet that vladimir putin will decide that he no longer wants to put the ussr back together again. as we go form, now we have to negotiate a new nuclear arms treaty. it is important that we don't stop all diplomacy. you asked, would it be good if they got together? apparently there was an impromptu dinner. hopefully we can get more details as to what was discussed. it was putin who said that president trump expressed a different view than what putin has. one thing that would be very dangerous is to cut off all diplomatic relations. it neem-- >> are w

and president vladimir putin called it quote an excellent new year's gift to the nation well let's get some details on this now. joining us here live in the studio. any reaction any world reaction to this test yet well of course it's sort of has been the flavor of the year for the russian military in twenty eight. happened yesterday we saw the video of the going to show we just in a few moments from now but the reaction has been well it's been scanned mongering mostly the latest headlines. are saying that well explain why you washington has. the obvious reason is of course the previous. by the u.s. . have any measures anything to counter those missiles so they have no means of defending against them and so really this is this does continue because the first time the russian president vladimir putin unveiled that these new weapons are ready our combat ready indeed was in march and it followed by a worldwide hysteria and so now this latest video of the russian defense ministry is not looking really good let me put in calling this of all god tests an excellent new here is a gift to the na

that's the -- that's who vladimir putin is. we're in a totally different world than we ever were before where there's a soviet politburo and united states government. you now have a criminal in charge of russia with an arsenal of nuclear weapons. >> do you have any sense two years into this administration that things are going to get better rather than worse in terms of this president's handling of russia and the idea that there's a new congress coming in, does that give you any new hope? >> i had been very hopeful up until today that whatever donald trump's love affair was with putin, it wasn't being exercised in policy. up until today, sanctions weren't being repealed. ukraine was being supported. and various other things. but all of a sudden, in one day, two things have happened. one is that the united states has given putin this syria gift. and the second is the -- the withdrawal of sanctions on oleg d deripaskas companies. that's troubling. >> bill browder is the ceo of heritage management capital. heritage management capi

macron had a press conference where he stood next to vladimir putin and you were use interfering and ou use -- there is another alternative to the approach donald trump took, but here he really did take an approach of avoiding putin. beyond some exchanges at both the russian government and the u.s. government acknowledged, there really wasn't much of substance that they discussed. i think president trump was trying to say there, you know, we are taking a hard line. the alternative explanation is this is domestic politics and international politics colliding and the mueller probe is heating up. they didn't want the optics. of course the state department, mike pompeo denies that and says this was all about russia -- let me ask you about exchanges that happened at that level. they can be awkward. there is one exchange that happened this summit that caught the attention of the world. it is this video we're playing of the saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman essentially being greeted by the russian president vladimir putin. what message does that convey on the world stage given the histo