vladimir putin has held the 15th-century view that russia is the third rome, the spiritual center of . i haven't seen as much press play but i wonder if those concerned about vladimir's visit might raise it. >> iran so the british ambassador to complain about what iranian's maintain is illegal seizure. is tehran just embarrassed? >> an interesting case because british marines seized the oil tanker with a panamanian flag registered to a company in singapore so the iranian's were certainly trying to mask the ship's origin but we found them out and the european union is saying this is a violation of the sanctions regime toward syria but for iran that is a distinction without a difference and this was a good step by the europeans for sure. >> the iranian said they will only agree to talks with the united states if donald trump lifts sanctions. does that mean no talks anytime soon? >> we are reaching kind of a seminal moment and the iranian's are not hiding the fact they are stockpiling low grade uranium beyond levels allowed by the iran nuclear deal or the fact they intend to enrich urani

vladimir putin is super popular, as we hear. everybody loves him in russia. e so paranoid suggests that maybe things are not as stable in russia as mr. putin would like us to think that they are. >> and how helpful is it to the kremlin, to vladimir putin, for the united states to not be in a position to stand up for those demonstrators but to essentially be in the bag for vladimir putin? to have our president in that position, i should say. >> it's not a good situation. i applaud, by the way, the u.s. embassy in moscow, the embassy i used to run did put out a statement and that was very appreciative. but the fact that the president himself never, never, never criticizes putin, i think, undermines a statement that lower level officials, including state department officials, might say. >> and given the fact that donald trump now has utter control of the intelligence agencies through the dni being, you know, essentially sort of his other william barr, if he gets confirmed, how much danger in your view does that put the united states in in terms of our national se

this is a one day visit by vladimir putin to italy. a very quick one about it believe that he's only going to be in the country for about 10 hours and in that time he's meeting with the pope as you can see the meeting is wrapping up now. and then he's headed to meet with the italian president and the italian prime minister. at that point they're expected discuss key issues russian the time cooperation and political trade economic and cultural. issues also touching on of course pressing international and regional issues at that time. so clinton is now leaving that meeting with pope francis and will be heading to his meeting with the italian leadership. will be bringing you updates throughout the day. on that meeting and it is expected that later in the day there will also be a press conference. we have more global news after this short break. georgian public especially younger generation got fed up with that well sort of just because. they failed to win the democratic reforms they are failing. economic reforms as well and when so russia

how worrisome is vladimir putin's latest show of force. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news, the latest forecast is just in for tropical storm barry. which is expected to make landfall in louisiana tomorrow as a hurricane. with the mississippi river already above flood stage, barry's storm surge and heavy rainfall could be especially dangerous. the mayor of new orleans is asking residents and visitors to shelter in place while people in some areas are asked to voluntarily evacuate. also breaking, sources tell cnn that president trump has talked with his advisers over the past few days about replacing director of national intelligence dan coats. that follows today's resignation of labor secretary alex acosta under fire for a plea deal he worked out as a u.s. attorney a decade ago which gave multi-millionaire jeffrey epstein a very light sentence for sex crimes. i'll speak with democratic presidential candidate john hickenlooper and congressman ro khanna of the overs

>> vladimir putin coming to the -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah, yeah. >> okay.oing to be special. >> coats also publicly contradicted the president on kim jong un's willingness to give up his nuclear weapons. >> north korea will seek to retain its wmd capabilities and is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and production capabilities. >> the president announcing coats replacement congressman john ratcliffe, who impressed him during the mueller hearing. >> donald trump is not above the law but he shouldn't be below the law. >> reporter: the president's nominee to be the head of the dni. he does sit on the house intelligence committee so that does give him a familiarity of the issues. going ahead of the senate intelligence committee for his confirmation hearing, that is always tough. >> our thanks to hans nichols at the white house for that report. >>> the republican governor of maryland is facing backlash for not speaking out more against president trump for his attacks against congressman cummings. larry hogan delivered a muted response via tweet.

the vladimir putin build up his missile arsenal we had to push president obama to commit to deployingcapable missile defenses to europe. in 2012 firmly supported sweeping legislation to authorize heavy sanctions following the killing of surrogate ministry in russian prison. the obama ministration flinched and tried to tiptoe around our legislation to mess up their charge offensive but we back them into a corner and the president signed the bill and the law. inly 2014 i and other republicas constantly press president obama to get tougher on russia with respect to putin's aggression in ukraine.es i mr. president, i asked that the news article dated march 4, 2014 entitled mcconnell obama's passive foreign policy is a mistake appear in the recordar without a objection. >> since 20 something i continued reminding everyone that putin is not our friends. russia is going to continue that we need the company as a strategy to contest russian aggression and that alliances like nato are criticat for standing up to our adversaries. once more, for good measure, mr. president, i asked consent that t

aiding and abetting the very man i've singled out as an adversary and opposed for nearly 20 years, vladimir putin. this was less than 24 hours after the outrage industrial complex was disappointed yet again by special counsel mueller. partisan democrats and their media allies were crushed a few months ago when mueller's report cleared the president of conspiring with russia during the 2016 campaign. and now their frantic hyping of the special counsel's congressional testimony has fallen flat once again. but the conspiracy theories and reckless accusations had to continue. too many people had invested too much time in the hysterical echo chamber to simply wind it down and join the rest of us in the real world. the outrage storm system complex needed a new target -- the outrage industrial complex needed a new target, and that's where i come in. mitch mcconnell, the hawkish foreign policy conservative who spent decades pushing back on russia every way i can think of was accused to what amounts to treason by multiple media outlets within a couple of hours. these absurd smears weren't thrown out there

this is not the first time critics of vladimir putin have been poisoned in this manner. soned in salisbury along with his daughter. in 2006, another poisoned in a london restaurant. this is something the putin government has used on a few occasions before. it remains to be seen how alexei navalny recovers. >> shepard: benjamin hall, thank you. a surfer who got bitten by a shark says his elbow must not have tasted too good. >> i was laying on my board waiting for a wave. a shark comes out of the water and grabs onto my arm. all the teeth clamped onto my arm. >> shepard: jacksonville beach in florida, his friends say after getting treated at the beach, he went to a nearby bar instead of the hospital. the surfer said you're more likely to get struck by lightning then killed by a shark. i'm going to buy a lottery ticket. major league pitchers throwing heat is normal but usually it's over the plate. cleveland's trevor bauer, look at this. launching the ball over the center field fence after giving up the lead. the manager was about to pull him from the game so he did this. bau

the russian president vladimir putin meets italian prime minister in rome with pm lamenting that sanctions are preventing italy and russia undertaking a number of joint ventures. donald trump is a key signature rise in the u.s. independence day celebrations after a plane fly over us and tanks were put on display. contender for the british premiership jeremy hunt sparks a storm of controversy after tying opposition leader jeremy called into anti-semitism and also concentration camps and disney the lead role in its remake of the little mermaid to a black actress although fans of the original have questioned the movie. well that what people are trying to do is trying to bring people back to a certain kind of reality that we live in a very diverse society should we just make sure now that every single movie has every single race religion color. so circuit i'm a couple where do you draw the line. so good morning welcome here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now europe and russia should return to a normal relationship without sanctions that is the joint message from a media conferenc

international now russia's president vladimir putin is expected to land in rome in a couple of hours time way and meet with his italian counterpart and also pop into the vatican city for a chat with the pope while talking to journalists ahead of the trip he stressed the special time tested relations between italy and russia so let's get some more on this now by crossing live to rome and our correspondent there in leaper trying to get afternoon. we know it's been a little while has hasn't it since putin has been initially but he's due to arrive in a couple of hours time what can we expect from this visit. andrew hi again well technically this is going to be a visit. to states within just a couple of hours but in terms of political intrigues here's what's the most important thing last time our putin was here was in 2015 and ever since then the euro skeptics took over the government in rome known for their criticism of the european economic policies including anti russian sanctions and it is known that trade between italy and russia 2 was booming just before the sanctions kicked in well

here a live pictures from rome or vladimir putin has just landed on his 1st visit to italy since europe skeptics came to power both science spoke of the strength of bilateral ties ahead of the trip. also this hour russia's defense minister says the fart which claimed the lives of 14 sailors on the deep sea submersible broke out in the vessel battery compartment he also gave assurances that the subs nuclear energy installation is secure. plus iran warned the u.s. not to start a fire if it can't handle the consequences after trump warn the islamic republic not to play with fire saying its uranium enrichment. very military doing that you know what they're playing with i don't think they're playing with fire this thing for the u.s. to do correct it's a mistake bush is afraid of the would find one. plus germany is in the grip of a heat wave and it's also sparked a crime wave putting a large punch up a swimming pool. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our church q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. russia's president vladimir putin has just landed in rome where

to the white house. >> say that again. >> vladimir putin -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: three days later coats was caught off guard when we told him the president had just invited vladimir putin to the white house. >> say that again. >> vladimir putin -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah, yeah. >> okay. that's going to be special >> reporter: confirmation for radcliff could be tough tonight the republican intelligence chairman ignored the president's decision to bypass coats' respected deputy they will work with sue gordon saying for now they will work with her lester >> andrea mitchell, thank you, andrea >>> tonight two american teens from california are behind bars in italy under investigation for the murder of an undercover re drug deal gone wrong. police officer after what police are calling a drug deal gone wrong. nbc's richard engel has the latest >> reporter: tonight 19-year-old finnegan lee elder and 18-year-old gabriel hjorth are in this italian jails hailed as. 35-year-old officer, mario rega was hailed as a hero his memorial held in the sa

cannot really afford to get into an arms race with vladimir putin in the arctic, they do worry about there could lead to. if there is a military conflict with russia in the future, this latest missile battery could be part of a longer-range russian strike force that would have the capability of striking the continental united states from the arctic region. brianna? >> brian todd, thank you so much. and coming up, we have breaking news. officials say iran has seized at least one oil tanker in what the u.s. military believes was a planned and coordinated operation. a source says u.s. military aircraft are flying cover for an american commercial vessel there in the gulf. see that's funny, i thought you traded options. i'm not really a wall street guy. what's the hesitation? eh, it just feels too complicated, you know? well sure, at first, but jj can help you with that. jj, will you break it down for this gentleman? hey, ian. you know, at td ameritrade, we can walk you through your options trades step by step until you're comfortable. i could be up for that. that's taking options trading

serious risk ahead and boris johnson may not be up to the task. >> jeremy, another big win for vladimir putinse there are strong allegations that russia interfered in the british selection of brexit as their future path, and it's not -- it's not a mystery. we know what putin's end game is. he wants to obviously separate the uk, which is america's key ally in the trans-atlantic alliance, from the rest of europe. so he wants to break the european alliance just as he wants to break apart nato which binds the united states, canada and our trans-atlantic allies. this is putin's game. when he goes one-on-one against a country he feels he can win, it's when he goes against an alliance like nato or the european union, he feels completely isolated and small. >> brian, for putin, he wants to weaken every institution involved. he wants to weaken britain and the government. he wants to weaken the european union. this brexit, this hard chaos stuff would do that. >> yeah, we're talking about serious economic damage. we're talking about serious divides between brussels and london. which will have knock-on g

vladimir putin knows the role he played in election interference in 2016 and what he has continued to do throughout the united states in the history as well as currently. and kim jong un knows his truth as well. so you can't help but think when they stand up to each other, shake hands, create relationships with the president, while the president has one intention in mind, it's good to have this relationship with this brutal dictator. these guys have different intentions in mind. >> yeah, but i mean, i think donald trump knows the truth, too. i think he knows that vladimir putin was behind the attack on american democracy. >> why won't he admit it? >> i think he's making a political calculation for photo ops. i think this is something where he believes it is good for him to appear to be, you know, the strong figure on the international stage to try to make it look like he's making progress on north korea. and i think also beyond that, you know, trump that has legitimized these figures in a way that no other president has, right, and we think about that in terms of, okay, this is a grea

president trump cozies up to kim jong-un inside north korea after getting warm and fuzzy with vladimir putin and other strong men at the g-20. tonight, critics are demanding to know why mr. trump keeps treating brutal dictators with kid gloves. >>> first diplomat? ivanka trump's expanding presence on the international stage is under fresh scrutiny after she seems to butt into a conversation of world leaders. is she taking her role as an unpaid adviser to her father too far? >>> and star pitch erp der dies. we're getting new details on the sudden death of a player on the los angeles angels. the team is in mourning tonight as their game has been postponed. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room". >>> we're following breaking news on significant tightening in the democratic presidential race. cnn's just-released poll shows joe biden's lead is now down to five percentage points. his support shrinking after his less-than-strong showing in the first round of debates. kamala harris and elizabeth warren, they have

in the fall. >> say that again. >> vladimir putin coming to the -- yeah, yeah. >> okay. >> yeah. >> going to be special. >> yeah, it was a very awkward moment, shawn, because, you know, you would think the director of national intelligence would know that first-hand. it was andrea mitchell asking that question, and while it was a bit of a laughable moment it ended up being a very embarrassing moment for the president of the united states. was that kind of the window into what friction would come or a window into the relationship or respect the president might have of dan coats? >> that exchange was very telling with regard to the relationship the president had at the time with dan coats and the relationships that had developed over time. i talked to a former colleague after that happened and the director of national intelligence was generally caught off-guard, and we all talk about the fact that is the kind that shouldn't happen, and unfortunately that was kind of on the front of what has been a deteriorating relationship over time and director coats has done absolutely everything t

pledged you support for the country georgia has now seen weeks of protest against russian president vladimir putin and the continued presence of russian troops in 2 breakaway regions south ossetia and abkhazia russia and georgia thought a brief war in 2008 but since then diplomatic ties have been severed and addition to the flight ban some russian lawmakers called for the banning of georgian products but that idea hasn't gone down well with the ordinary people in the russian capital a little slice of georgia in the heart of moscow a restaurant the biggest wine shop in the russian capital in russia georgian wine is much loved to achieve it was just really people love georgian wine because of war may believe relationships that emerge around the table because just a lot of. there are more than a dozen georgian restaurants in moscow nowadays socket obvious and piddles mani form an essential part of every wine list there but this week georgian wine turned into a hot political issue in the russian parliament the reason a georgian journalist scolded russian president vladimir putin on georgian television

. >> say that again. >> you -- vladimir putin -- >> i heard it. >> yeah. yeah. >> okay. >> yeah. that's going to be special. >> special, indeed. meanwhile, president trump escalating his twitter campaign against the leading african-american congressman over the weekend. on saturday trump attacked maryland democrat elijah cummings calling his ma hearing a rat infested mess. he called cummings a racist and accusing him of doing a terrible job for people of his district. more now from cnn's boris sanchez at the white house. >> reporter: dave and christine, president trump on sunday doubling down on his attacks on congressman elijah cummings and his district following up on tweets that he had previously sent on sunday bashing the congressman suggesting he should pay more attention to conditions in his district than those of migrant detention facilities along the southern border. the president called cummings a racist. now the white house is trying to spin the president's attacks. mick mulvaney suggested that the president often does offend people with this lan

. >> we have breaking news, the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again. >> you -- vladimir putin -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah. yeah. >> okay. >> yeah. >> that's going to be special. >> but the top senator is reportedly not sold on coats' potential replacement. ratcliffe was a u.s. attorney for the eastern district of texas from 2007 to 2008 while me served four terms as mayor of heath, texas. that's a city that had about about 7,000 people in it at the time. ratcliffe is a member of the house judiciary committee. also joined the intelligence committee earlier this year. pushing investigations into the use of fisa warrants and the president's allegations of bias against the gb. "the new york times" reports that ratcliffe privately met with president trump about the job last month. before the hearing with mueller. ratcliffe continued to call the report meaningless. >> trey gowdy said it best this week. the person who learned the most about the mueller report during wednesday's hearings was robert mueller a

vladimir putin is in rome where he is due to sit down with the pope. this is his first trip to italy in four years. for more on his visit, let's go live to our correspondent in rome. he opened the visit where he is pope francis. >> they met andnd 2015. on top of the agenda then was the issue of ukraine. it is interesting this meeting with pope franancis is happenina day ahead of a scheduled meeting in the vatican. to be veryry much on top of thehe agenda. the pope i is expected at t the meetining there is some speculatingg that this meeting could be a prelude to a popossie visisit by a roman catholic pope to russia. a landmark meeting was the first time we saw a peaceful message between these two sides after 100000 years of a rift intentio. as a result of that and visits made, we francis has have seen him in bulgaria and romaninia, some expect it coulde an extension of an invitation for pope francis to visit russia. genie: what kind of relationship does the pope have with italy's populist population? have lunchpected to and then he has meetings with th

the russian president vladimir putin meets italian prime minister you said picante in rome with the pm implementing that sanctions are preventing italy and russia from undertaking a number of joint ventures also to come tell me trump is accused of militarizing us independence day celebrations after the plane fly overs and tanks were put on display and contend for the british premiership jeremy hunt sparks a storm of controversy after tying opposition leader jeremy called in to anti semitism and concentration camps and also to become a child impersonator of america's youngest ever congresswoman deletes a social media accounts after receiving death threats from supporters of alexandra castillo courts. good morning welcome it's 11 o'clock here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international how europe and russia should return to normal relationships without sanctions that's the message from the news conference of light emitted and. talking about the harm to the economy by those restrictions is lee's premier stressed the good that could be achieved if they were lifted. approach the time t

russia of course president announced today that he's willing to meet russian president vladimir putin what should we make of the. well not only that phil he. literally said to vladimir putin this video message we need to have a chat it was a casual is that another example of. breaking with a diplomatic convention that if you look into the real small print of this it isn't quite as big a gesture as it sounds he says he wants to have president trump there. even to reason may so this isn't the one to one diplomacy that the russians had maybe been hoping for i think this is important for him he needs to show that he is taking the initiative here this has been the big lots of ukrainian voters we have a parliamentary election here a couple weeks time have pinned on him that he will really think outside the box and really take risks to bring peace there are parties here in ukraine who are friendlier to russia than he is and so he is kind of torn between those policies those sentiments on the one hand wanting to make a deal with russia soon and the other side of public opinion that says any k

russia's president vladimir putin has landed in rome where he'll meet with his italian counterpart also pop into the vatican for a chat with the pope talking to journalists ahead of the trippy stress the special time test relations between italy and russia reporting from rome here's our trying to. this is going to be a visit. to states within just a couple of hours but in terms of political intrigues here's what's the most important thing last time our putin was here was in. 2015 and ever since then the euro skeptics took over the government in rome known for their criticism of the european economic policies including anti russian sanctions and it is known that trade between italy and russia was booming just before the sanctions kicked in mr putin is saying that sanctions can only be left it if the will comes from both ways and at the moment we're not seeing any of that from the european union as for the removal of sanctions i have spoken on the subject time and time again the one behind the sanctions is the one to take the 1st step i'm talking about the european union after that russia

international welcome back now the russian president vladimir putin has offered his condolences to the families of 14 sailors who died in a fire on a deep sea submersible in russia's northwest and are joined by the memory if an ocean out with more details on this them over here we've just listened in on the meeting between. the minister of defense who discussed as the more of the details about what happened today can you tell us more yes russia's president vladimir putin has just now met defense minister sergey shay go it was an emergency meeting that's a tragic event happened in russia's northwestern region and we heard from putin that of course he expressed 1st of all condolences to the families of those fulton sailors who died there and he also said that the crew was highly professional and they were high ranking officers among those died and that is quotation a huge loss for the country's fleet and at the end of this meeting. the defense minister to go all personally to to that region to the city and after that to brief. on what exactly happened so we don't know too much right now

in the morning here in moscow you're watching international now russia's president vladimir putin is paying a flying visit to stay where he will meet with his italian counterpart and also pop into the vatican to for a chat with the pope talking to journalists ahead of the trip a stress the special time tested relations between the silly and russia so let's get the latest now from rome where our. first covering the visit good morning to india. for in fact since. before what's prompted this latest visit. good morning well it could be the old time tested relations why president. here. but. back then he wasn't really a frequent guest in europe shortly after the events in and around. ukraine in 2014 well this time. is completely different the people in charge of italy are different however though these sanctions are still taken their toll busy on what's happening between moscow and brussels and the journalists from the major italian newspaper that caught up with the russian president earlier this week brought these sanctions stalemate. as for the removal of sanctions i have spoken on the

to become british prime minister boris johnson denounces the remarks of obsolete liberalism by vladimir putin adding that breaks that will prove johnson right. here watching over change national coming to life in the russian capital where it's just turned 4 pm welcome to the program. making history donald trump has become the 1st sitting u.s. president to enter north korea and the north korean media and trump himself dubbed the meeting an amazing event the reaction back home was far more muted if not outright critical. vague talk about talks while kim continues to develop nuclear warheads and missiles seems like this gigantic p.r. stunt in trenches unembellished his authoritarian rule without any real meaningful strategy for denuclearization out president shouldn't be squandering american influence on photo ops and exchanging love letters with a ruthless dictator instead we should be dealing with north korea through a principle diplomacy that promotes yes security defense how allies and uphold human rights i have no problem with him sitting down with kim june in north korea or anyplace else b

russian president vladimir putin meets the italian prime minister you said become say in rome who says that sanctions are preventing italy and russia from undertaking a number of joint projects. donald trump is accused of militarizing the u.s. independence day celebrations after the plane fly over sometimes was put on display and a contender for the british premiership jeremy hunt sparked a storm of control after linking opposition leader jeremy called into anti semitism and also concentration camps across also become a child impersonator of america's youngest ever congresswoman to links to social media accounts after receiving death threats from some supporters of alexandra across the court. good afternoon welcome you're watching the international now europe and russia should return to a normal relationship with sanctions that is the joint message from the news conference of. and he said he can't say talking about the harm to the economy by those restrictions. stressed the good that could be achieved if they were lifted. we approach the time the sanctions could be lifted or extended i

a normal relationship without sanctions that's the joint message from the news conference of vladimir putin on just 30 conti talking about the harm to the economy by those restrictions italy's premie even added an emotional touch. we approach the time the sanctions could be lifted or extended i'm always sad because so much could be achieved and the situation could be so much. well it was no secret that the euro skeptic forces currently in power here and rome are no big fans of europe's anti russian sanctions to say the least but as you've heard prime minister step by conte's message is getting more loud and more clear especially when he's standing shoulder to shoulder with the russian president who once again reminded about the enormous amounts of cash that both sides were losing just because of this sanctions war. in 2012 we had to trade to the no $1450000000000.00 now it's $207.00 to do in the film not mistaken where these missing $100.00 into to do it i'll tell you where these are lost profits you know to with those we could look at also those of the european countries including italy ha

if you were vladimir putin wouldn't you want us in that spot?he succeed beyond any expectation he may have had. he has been undermining western democracies. he's trying to get people to lose confidence in it. he resents the united states global hegemon we have had for a number of years. for a modest effort, even thought it was systematic he was able to achieve just that. we have had half a dozen special investigations. we had a special investigation that hung over the presidency for 2 1/2 years. he has managed to increase the political partisanship that existed in the american democracy. that's why he came again in 2018 and did not succeed. but our defenses are so much better now give what we experienced in 2016. trish: this world order you are talking about that he would like to see realigned, how much is he trying to cozy up to china in your view so it would be china and russia and iran and any other bad actor you can come up with thrown in there against the u.s.? >> there is something to what you are saying. for a number of years, they always

vladimir putin was chuckling. i assume he is chuckling tonight. >> i assume this is a big moscow as well. certainly a big story in the united states. fred pleitgen thanks very much and to our viewers thanks for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. you can follow me on twitter and instagram @wolf blitzer. our special coverage continue was erin burnett "outfront." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> good evening, i'm erin burnett "outfront" tonight, the breaking news president trump triumphant taking impromptu questions on the way to fund raiser to declare victory after the robert mueller historic testimony. >> this was a very big day for our country. this was a very big day for the republican party. and you could say it was a great day for me. but i don't even like to say that. it's great. this was a devastating day for the democrats. >> mueller appearing for seven hours in front of the house judiciary and intelligence committees and made several things

the demonstrations are in opposition to vladimir putin.ember, just a couple days ago, a doctor says a russian opposition leader that was involved in this, a famous opposition to vladimir putin was likely poisoned in prison. poisoned again for that matter. benjamin hall with more live in london. ben? >> hi, shep. we've been following this story since the weekend. what we're seeing is a crackdown starting to develop in russia. it all started last weekend when people took to the streets to demand for free and fair elections. now people are saying this is the worst crackdown since 2012. this growing wave of dissent was sparked when authorities refused to register opposition candidates from moscow city elections which are due in september. so russian police violently attacked the protesters and arrested 1,400 people with dozens injured. the protesters are still saying they won't give up. >> well, it may be frightening and dangerous, but on the other hand, i personally can't see another way but to go through these kinds of protests. otherwise, w

this video from 2016 shows several properties which allegedly belong to vladimir putin the value far exceeds the official income of the russian president the kremlin really reacts to these accusations but nevertheless he has repeatedly called in the crosshairs of the russian justice department time and again his efforts to organize against the kremlin have seen and up behind bars in total he has spent 5 months of his life in russia's prisons so. much all right let's bring in our correspondent only sure and now she joins us from the russian capital of moscow emily what do we know about alexina bellamy's condition well a we've had contradicting accounts of. these health all day we just heard from alex they now find these doctor who said that he had been poisoned and that he really shouldn't be sent back to detention on the other hand the doctors at the hospital where he was being treated diagnosed him with what they said was contact dermatitis which is basically a rash that you get when your skin reacts allergic to something that you touched they say that his condition has improved tha

say that again. >> vladimir putin coming -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah. >> okay. that's going to be special. >> that fits the straightforwardness that andrea has been describing to us. i want to go to nick. i know you just are joining us as well. is john ratcliffe, going to be that straightforward talker? in this case when he was with andrea, almost laughing at the development andrea brought up to him. >> hi, richard. i think we are getting ahead of ourselves if we assume ratcliffe will be the nominee if coats steps down. what frank and andrea said earlier points to something we can expect with the confirmation process. certainly, any confirmation process organized by the senate select committee on intelligence would ask these kinds of hard questions of ratcliffe or any other nominee. how would you present intelligence to the president? how would you present intelligence to the president when you know it runs against his personal view? are you willing to speak truth to power in the same way that dan coats did admirably? it sets up what i see is a

it's vladimir putin. it's, you know, the crown prince of saudi arabia. refusing to answer questions about jamal khashoggi. those are the people that he feels the strongest ties to on that stage. >> yes? >> you know, i thought it was america first and we always sort of choose america's side. i guess it's really russia first. have we seen the situation where donald trump sides against vladimir putin? >> not yet. >> western liberalism -- >> he's on the same partisan side as vladimir putin. anyway, in touting his relationship with kim jong-un on the other hand, president trump said the obama administration had sought meetings with the north korean leader but were rebuffed. >> president obama wanted to meet and chairman kim would not meet him. the obama administration was begging for a meeting. they were begging for meetings constantly. and chairman kim would not meet with him. >> well, several obama administration officials have since denied trump's claim right there, including former national security adviser susan rice who said "at the risk of stating the

vladimir putin was visibly uncomfortable with obsequiousness.kim jong-un looks kind of baffled by much of this. >> you notice kim jong-un didn't -- trump keeps saying how well they got on, he pockets the concessions one by one. that's the larger, more worrisome point. putin gave an interview in ft, "financial times." i was reading it. it was an attack on western liberalism, an attack on the decadence of the west. i was thinking to myself, most of this stuff donald trump agrees with. to be reading the dictator of russia giving an interview and to be thinking the president of the united states has at some point said all these things. >> a remarkable moment in time. fareed zakaria, thank you. >> he fought for 9/11 survivors to the end. we'll honor new york detective. ♪ when you get right down to it... freedom is the ability to go where you wanna go... ♪ and do what you wanna do. ♪ so... what do you wanna do? the 2019 jeep compass. hurry in to the 4th of july sales event and get $500 additional bonus cash on select models. visit jeep.com here are ev

including saudi crown prince mbs and president xi and turkey president erdogan and russian president vladimir putin who he joked with about election interference. >> don't meddle in the election -- >> reporter: and, wolf, moments arg reporters were called into the oval office with president trump for a bill signing. this is an opportunity for the reporters to ask questions so we'll see if the president makes any news and of course we'll bring you the latest. wolf. >> we'll be getting that tape. we'll watch it closely. pamela, thank you very much. >>> that tape should come in fairly soon. joining us now, democratic congressman ro khanna of california, a member of the oversight and armed services committees. congressman, thank you for joining us. you served as co-chair of the bernie sanders 2020 campaign and sanders as you just saw in the poll has dropped four points. how do you explain why other progressive candidates right now are seeing a dramatic surge in their poll numbers? >> well, there is no doubt that kamala harris had a good night in the debate. and i give her credit. but we should remember

great to have you. >> good to be here. >> mike: what is your read of vladimir putin visiting the popen opportunity to be on the world stage. he sees an opportunity in italy of a country that traditionally had better relations with russia in contrast to germany for example. putin sees it as an opportunity to break efforts to maintain sanctions. >> mike: should others in europe be anxious by the outreach? you should always be concerned about putin traveling overseas and making the efforts. there is underlying tension between russia and italy. they are competing for competing views of christianity. putin held a 15th century view that russia is the third rome. the spiritual center of christianity. so there is that as well. i wonder if those who are concerned about his visit might raise it. >> mike: iran summoned the british ambassador to complain what iranians maintain is illegal seizure. is tehran just embarrassed? >> this is an interesting case because the british marines were seized that oil tanker. it had a panamanian flag and registered to a company from singapore. iranians were tryi