is that your assessment of state of russia under vladmir putin as far as their role on international scene? >> senator, i don't have a problem with that characterization at all. >> then let me ask about ukraine. a ukrainian activist wrote about minsk-2, called it a. here is his quote. russia does nothing to simply mint the agreement, the u.s. and e.u. are forcing minsk-2 down kiev, and easier to put pressure on ukraine to accept bad terms than forcing pressure on including sanctions on russia, end quote. i seem to share those views it appears russia is perfectly comfortable what they do as frozen conflict in the region. obviously some of what they're doing in syria is distracting attention. we don't talk about ukraine nearly as much as we once did. everyone is focused on role in syria. part of the calculation putin had was exactly that. it is a frozen situation, i walked in late when senator menendez was asking about but why is he wrong when he characterizes it as a farce? why is he wrong when he characterizes as situation where no one is pressuring russia to comply but they know the

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are following up on an agreement between japanese prime minister shinzo abe and russian president vladmir putin to move negotiations forward. >> a new approach means we state our ideas free from conventional ways of thinking to make a breakthrough in the stalled negotiations. this time both sides presented such ideas. >> he added he's hoping the next talks go ahead as soon as possible. russia controls the four islands which are called the northern territo territorys in japan. the islands were illegally occupied after world war ii. >>> it's time for the latest in business news. economic leaders around the world have been giving their views on britain's impending referendum, the head of the international monetary fund has also chimed in. we are joined from the business desk. good morning. what kind of assessment was given? >> she's agreeing with u.s. federal chair reserve janet yellen. yellen al spoke about the economic impact of the vote. hegarde said a brexit would probably not trigger a recession in the u.s. she said the dollar would surge if investors rushed to move their money to safer

vladmir putin behaved in a more statesman like manner than president obama did in this referendum campaignobama came to britain, obama came to britain and i think behaved disgracefully, telling us we would be at the back of the queue. you guys saline, rather than queue. triting us, america's strongest, oldest ally. deirdre: jeff what is your take? a lot of people had the same reaction asfa raj, first to go with us after pearl harbor. first to go in with us after 9/11. do you take th same raid? -- read. >> we have a strong partnership, to be told to go back in the queue, the establishment elite, not only in our country, but in the eu, want to punish britain. other countries are saying we could get this done. internet came up with names for it. portugal, being depart-ugal. deirdre: france, a list of referenda coming. >> they all will be doing it now to it tall-leave. switzerland and norway, who have done well and prospered without the eu. the uk will be fine with having this. there will be a difficult time getting it sorted out especially when leadership there doesn't want to do it. to be to

. >>> secretary of state john kerry warning vladmir putin to knock it off. >> the president unleashing an anti donald trump rant calling him an agitator. president obama not even mentioning trump's name. >> somebody else who has never shown any regard for workers, has never fought on behalf of social justice issues and making sure poor kids are getting a decent shot at life or have had healthcare in fact worked against economic opportunities for workers and ordinary people. >> the president p then jokingly said he was sorry for the rant. i am not sure he's sorry. >> loretta lynch has explaining to do after a secret meeting with bill clinton on a private train. >> some are outraged about the meeting between clinton and loretta lynch. the private rant happening on board her parked jet. when asked she said it is small talk. >> he came over and spoke to my husband and myself talked about his grandchildren and travels. no discussions were held of any cases. >> they are doing an investigation. an aid to bill clinton said it was unplanned and appropriate. despite igniting calls from critics s

you wake up and discover you've done this thing which only donald trump and vladmir putin have proof of. same exact lip as the people were saying, the same kind of i don't want to stress out, i'm not going to take these warnings. i want to send a message to politicians that i'm angry with. i want a way to do it. that is some ways the most worrying thing about it. >> the parallels are striking in a lot of ways. make america great could have been the slogan of take our country back. stronger together. hillary clinton slogan was the remain slogan. it seems hillary clinton has a couple of things to think about. working class not, non-college educated. those are the people that were f for leaving. hillary clinton has two issues to deal with. there could be serious economic repercussions here. a bad economy is good for donald trump. he's have to dweel that eal wit fact on the ground. the remain forces played the fear card. fear of the unknown. you don't want to take this leap in the dark. voters said, yeah, we do. we want to take this leap. hillary clinton has opinion playing the fear card

i am going to go toe-to-toe with vladmir putin. she said she is going to support our allies. she is the one who pulled the plug on poland and the czech republic when she stepped up to have missile defense. donald trump wants to defend dictator. she called bish char alsaashar reformer. >> 32 percent clinton better handle foreign policy while 32 percent say trump would. >> new overnight brand new dramatic video from a moment a man sparked an hour's long standoff in california. >> the suspect opening fire while hiding beside the car door. the officer struck falling to the ground. the suspect taking off running. ems rushes over frantically working to save that officer's life. he does remain in critical condition this morning. authorities identifying the suspect as gerald labrea. he's accused of a second officer in a second shoot-out they found him dead inside a closet after barricading himself in a burning house for hours as police tried to negotiate him out. >> the killer who opened fire on the ucla university campus plans to murder 2 professors there but could only find one of

i was having a chat with rosie perez and we were talking with vladmir putin and a meeting i had with him. we're having this chitchat and she said you know, carly i really like you. she sounded surprised, honestly. and then she said to me, you know, i'm not a republican. i said wow, rosie i'm shocked. and then she said why are you? why are you? and ladies and gentlemen, this is the question we have to answer to win. and so i said, rosie, i'm a conservative. because i know that every single one of us is gifted by god, all of us have the capacity and the desire to live lives of dignity and purpose and meaning. and all throughout time, work if done well brings us dignity family brings us purpose and faith brings meaning to our lives. i know our policies principles look better fto lift everyone u regardless of their circumstances. progressives believe some are smarter than others. some are better than others. so some are going to decide for others and choose for others this is not what this nation can stand for. that's why i'm a conservative. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, we are the

of people saying europe is stronger together both from economic perspective and not forget about vladmirin hanging out there from a national security standpoint. ben. >> i don't think they need it for national security standpoint to be part of europe. economic integration is great but when we centralize things politically i think that is where we're in danger of losing our freedoms. trish: yet, art, historically we've seen a weak europe is not good for the world. >> weak europe is not good for the world. trish: hang on. art, your thoughts? >> what we're trying to get to what is the derivative of this? if uk can leave you're right, what is the consequence and first derivative? all the periphery countries with lot of debt, weaker currency, do that by exiting. i think this is first of many steps. definitely not if, but when. trish: you don't think the eu survives ultimately? >> they don't if there is "brexit." this is the first of many. that is exactly how -- trish: a lot of political careers on the line right now as we speak. we have two hours and 18 minutes to go until the polls close the

(k) but we're also getting into the political ramifications including the happenness it is giving vladmirll you why he likes this. we've also got several major decisions from the supreme court today as it wraps up the term. the court dealt a blow to texas and pro-life groups. shannon bream has details. we're also going to talk about the first appearance by massachusetts senator elizabeth warren on the campaign trail. she and hillary clinton doing a little campaigning together. could warren end up as hillary's running mate. we'll talk about it, "happening now." sandra. sandra: thanks, jon. harris: between the white house and house select committee on benghazi. it is over whether president obama should answer questions about the 2012 terrorist attack in libya on our outpost. four americans killed including your ambassador chris stevens. chief intel correspondent catherine herridge live from washington with news. catherine? reporter: wondering why we're hearing about this right now, these series of letters i have here between the white house and benghazi select committee. that is because thi

. >> he praises dictators like vladmir putin and picks fights with our friends, including british prime minister, the mayor of london, the german chancellor, the president of mexico and the pope. melissa: so she had a laundry list of complaints about him. we tried to pull out maybe the most substantive. what do you think of his approach dealing with foreign leaders so far? is it as dangerous as she says it is? >> well i don't think it is, melissa. look, he is reality tv star. he is all over the map. but the fact is, is, when you look at her, so he is talking words. she is talking actions. let's take a look, melissa, at what her actions were. iraq was stable when she came into office. now it is a disaster. isis owns it. syria was stable. now it is a disaster. isis owns it. it is a caliphate. go look at libya. libya has two strikes against it. number one they were our ally and she drove the fight to attack them with nato and then benghazi. where was she in benghazi? we still do not know where the president was that night on benghazi. and then the deliberate cover-up. so not only did she n

and i think the leaders of house sis and vladmir putin are looking at us and laughing.esources towards more cops on the street, more troops out there, we're doing sensitivity training for the fbi? i mean, we should be rooting out every, every cell in america that could be potential terrorist. harris: i give our officers and those who are tasked with protecting all of us benefit of the doubt when looking for one key element, hate. that is what they're looking for. people who hate enough to want to chop heads off people. let's cut it for what it is. i don't know those who are not doing should judge how others should be trained if in fact the training might be outgrowth of what is happening in the world. i don't know. how helpful will it be? melissa: unconscious mental shortcuts, sandra. you can see that, right? deciding about a group of people. sandra: i'm not going to judge. they said they saw success at state and local levels on this. something they decided to implement. i'm thinking about the task at hand. when you're talking about how many people are going to be train

overin the eu they're paying attention to what vladmir putin had to say today. of course he is in russia but he commented about the "brexit" and he said, looking forward, let's see how well english democracy plays out. whether it survives this situation. so, that is really one of the headlines that people in brussels are watching. the other is, as you pointed out, the s&p downgrade. it's a thursday night in brussels. people getting ready for the weekend. you can hear the drum circle behind me. eps seems they should be eating granola bars here. for the record, beer is very good here, david. david: granola bars, mussels, french fries and beer. put that together you have a great meal. melissa: i think he has. david: do that, adam. have at least one plateful this weekend. adam shapiro, thank you very much. good to see you. melissa: more innocent lives lost, the death toll in the airport bombing in turkey is on the rise. authorities in a desperate hunt to find out who is responsible. we'll have the latest on the search coming up. david: a warning for americans travel

is that your assessment of the state of rashe today under vladmir putin?i don't have a problem with that characterization at all. >> let me ask about ukraine. a ukrainian activist wrote about minsk 2. he called it a farce. while russia does nothing to implement the agreement the u.s. and the eu are forcing minsk 2 down the throat of kiev and putin knows it is much easier for the west to put pressure on ukraine to accept bad terms than forge a consensus on keeping the pressure including sanctions on russia. i seem to share those views given the fact that it appears that russia is perfectly comfortable with what they view as a frozen conflict in the region. obviously what they're doing in syria is distracting attention. we don't talk about ukraine as much as we once did. and syria. and part of the calculation putin had was that. but it is in fact a frozen situation. i walked in late when senator menendez was asking about this. but why is he wrong when he characaterizes it as a farce? why is he wrong when he characaterizes it as a situation where no one is pr

in 16 years nearly a full generation in power, vladmir putin turned these regimes and principles into a dead letter. today elections in our country serve as mere ritual for ordaining incumbents with most people simply disqualified from the ballot. with voting marked by intimidation and fraud. after march 2:00, more than 16 years, not a single national election in russias about been free and fair by osc and coins of europe observers. according to independent estimates, 14 million votes were stolen in the ruling party in favorite of in 2011, followed by the largest street demonstrations under vladmir putin rule as more than 100,000 people went to the streets in moscow to protest fraud. certainly the vote in september are not promising. new restrictions on campaigning and observation, and establishment after new national guard that will be allowed to use force and shoot without warning in event of mass demonstrations after the election. for more than a decade the russian parliament is devoid for genuine opposition. not a place for discussion in unforgettable words of its own speaker. the