the interference of russia in our electoral process. not a single hearing at the full committee level. no interest. look over there. and so we are here today to call upon our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, stand up for your country. this isn't about partisan politics. this is about protecting our beloved country. and everybody needs to be counted. and it's not about a partisan game. it is about protecting the interests of the person electorate. thank you for having me here today. and it gives me great pleasure to introduce my colleague and friend, the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, elliot engel. >> thanks, gerry. and let me say, it's good to see everyone here. i'm elliot engel, and gerry mentioned before, the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee. a year has gone by since our intelligence agency shined a light on russia's scheme to interfere with the 2016 elections. a year has gone by, and there have been no consequences whatsoever for those who attacked american democracy. a year has

great again and to make russia great again he has to position russia in opposition to an enemy. no enemy is great enough to be the enemy of a great russia other than the united states. so anti-americanism is very much a part of his politics. he doesn't get to be important unless the united states is dangerous, and of course, in syria, you watch russian television reports on the war in syria pretty much every time they will talk about how they are confronting the americans there, not the syrian opposition, but the americans. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. >> and that's it for our program tonight. thank you for watching "amanpour on pbs" and join us again tomorrow night. amanpour on pbs was made possible by the generous support of rosalynn p. walter. ♪ ♪ katty: you're watching "beyond 100 days" on pbs. the european union has found more than 3500 exams of russian disinformation. christian: all geared at destabilizing the e.u. and the european parliament says it is an orchestrated strategy. katty: according to a new report russians are spreading fake news through as many chann

and russia cannot and will not cooperate of course i think they will but the united states.

but focus on russia. policies ande based on the assumption that engagement with russia and global governance would turn into a benign actor and a trustworthy party. the national security strategy said that this premise has turned out to be false. do you agree with the national security strategy? think that the premise of engagement with russia is destined to fail. especially if you look over the long run. increaseave seen is an of russia acting out. think we could also see that there were some missed opportunities. the goal of integrating russia into both international and , the imf,nstitutions the world bank after the fall of the collapse of the soviet union, but also institutions like the council of europe -- i think that was the right choice to make then. going back to your question about, was this inevitable. there was a certain original sin the capture of russia and you cannot get around that. you saw that prior to the last administration. he saw in georgia in 2008 with the cyberattack in estonia on

and lines are being told throughout europe and we hear the same story over and over again talk about russia dominates in the european parliament with members clashing over election threats and fake news coming from moscow. thank you for watching the headlines here at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow. donald trump says there's a possibility the north korean crisis won't be resolved peacefully the u.s. president claims that's because having dialogue with pyongyang is next to impossible meanwhile the goshi ations between the koreas have led to a major breakthrough in their relations artie's morgan has more in this recent interview given by u.s. president donald trump trouble repeated much of his typical rhetoric demonizing north korea betraying them as a threat to the region and from there he went on to say that sanctions and isolation of the country and threats were probably the best approach because dialogue with that country might be impossible this is donald trump's words i'm not sure the talks will lead to anything meaningful they've talked for twenty five years and they'v

wasn't helping at all now russia was a signatory to the recent sanctions on north korea and they have stated over and over again that they have not at any point breached those sanctions that they signed on to now with all of this with his criticism not just of north korea but also of russia and of china donald trump seemed to be emphasizing that he believed that his approach in which the north koreans were met with more isolation more economic sanctions more threats and more of a punitive approach he believed that that approach was the best way to bring peace to the korean peninsula. and it's not just don't trump sounding tough on north korea western allies from the one nine hundred fifty s. korean war have gathered in canada pushing even more sanctions against the explains whether the meeting has produced any meaningful solutions. the pressure campaign will continue until north korea takes decisive steps to denuclearize i think. is to send out a very clear message that we want to intensify that pressure it is not the time to pressure or to revert career the surest path to peace is to

we would hope russia would recognize that russia's long-term issues, should not way iran is a positive factor. >> we can you think we can convince russia that? i think i agree with you. but i think mr. putin likes having a proxy of iran and syr syria. >> the focus from the russian point of view on stabilization and securing the success of the regime and putting an end to the violence, the question is at what price over the long term. in an enhancement cannot serve any regional or trans- regional interests. u.s. what we are doing. first step was the defeat of isis. as long as isis remained a potent force the space to deal with these was not there. that bandwidth is being freed up now. with the un process and international support for credible electoral reform process we seem transition and syria as a potentially achievable goal. is going to be hard to do. assad will cling to power at every cost possible. we will treat iran and syria as a separate strategic issue. you deal with it in all places it manifests. not just syria but iraq, yemen, the gulf, other areas where their behavior affec

and to stop speculation regarding the meddling of russia. maybe it is not russia. maybe it is another country. i see a lot of cameras and that is why don't want to name other countries. of particular interest to united states, because they raise speculation. why the russian federation? is it just only because of the problem between democrats and republicans? i do not want it to interfere in your internal relations. i would just like to answer your question. my proposal to you, you meaning the united states, to restore sensitive links of communications between our counterintelligence and security workingto start together. i will repeatedly say we are not enemies. we are partners. we were allies in the second world war and we are fighting global terrorism. it is high time for us to have constructive discussions about open and transparent discussions about security challenges that we face. if we have concerns, we have openly discussed them by fitting together, but not through mass media. it is very easy to speak through mass media. just only to send one signal, to say

about russia's behavior. well certainly that in my view the greatest threat of any nation on earth well here's how it all began on january sixth of last year u.s. intelligence agencies issued a report saying that russia had tried to influence our elections with this russian president vladimir putin ordered an influence campaign in twenty sixteen aimed at the us presidential election russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the us democratic process denigrate secretary clinton and home her electability and potential presidency we further assess putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for president elect trump now the authors of the report at the time said they had high confidence in their judgments a few pages later they explain exactly what they meant by high confidence with a little disclaimer high confidence generally indicates that judgments of based on high quality information from multiple sources high confidence does not imply that the assessment is fact or a certainty such

the clock is ticking and russia is coming for us again. thank you. >> i think our distinguished chairman the ranking member of the committee of jurisdiction. the ranking member of the foreign affairs committee and ranking member of the judiciary committee of california to ranking member from the financial services committee and as i mentioned the ranking member of the homeland security committee. elijah cummings has joined their colleagues in signing a letter and we have the vice ranking member of the oversight committee. mr. connolly who is also a member of the foreign affairs committee. they were joined by congressman of the house administrations committee in sending a letter to the speaker and in the letter they asked for and they say we are extremely concerned by the intelligence committees warning that russia may attempt -- the intelligence community warning that russia may attempt to interfere with future elections including the upcoming midterm elections and we are deeply troubled by the lack of action by the trump administration an

letting russia, opening an invitation to russia to dota it again. now, why won't donald trump uses the power given u to him a neary unanimous vote in congress to hold russia accountable? the administration refused to implement secondary sanctions against the russian defense and intelligence sectors. last night the administration believes the mandate report of russian oligarchs that seem to match a list already put together by forbes magazine, this is reflection of the lack of seriousness with which they took up this task here white house when it comes to sanctions, the white house is engaged in a dangerous kabuki theater. that tries to show strength when, in fact, there is none. these actions are not good enough. they are for show. why is the president so afraid to sanction putin, his associates, or other corrupt actors and officials? what is president trump giving putin a a free pass when he attacked our democracy? what easy so afraid of? asking that question, and they haveat their answers. only a year after hostile foreign power shook the very bed

about russia's behavior. well certainly that in my view the greatest threat of any nation on earth well here's how it all began on january sixth of last year u.s. intelligence agencies issued a report saying that russia had tried to influence our elections with this russian president vladimir putin ordered an influence campaign in twenty sixteen aimed at the us presidential election russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the us democratic process denigrate secretary clinton and home her electability and potential presidency we further assess putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for president trump now the authors of the report at the time said they had high confidence in their judgments a few pages later they explained exactly what they meant by high confidence with a little disclaimer high confidence generally indicates that judgments to based on high quality information from multiple sources high confidence does not imply that the assessment is fact or a certainty such jud

russia is complicit in the assad regime's atrocities you are actors judge and prosecutor russia is running from the facts your behavior exposes your true motives russia has the audacity to lecture this security council this is a long political spectacle we're not going to accept any russian proposal that undermines our ability to get to the truth we should at least have taken a look at the draft before rejecting it russia all on its own killed the mechanism we had specifically tasked to den of those responsible what do you need an investigative mechanism for before an investigation you have in queues the syrian government of using chemical weapons. the emergency security council meeting was called after reports emerged of another chemical attack in syria on monday the us secretary of state claimed that russia was ultimately responsible for that and all other such incidents since its twenty fifteen intervention in the conflict. whoever conducted the attack russia ultimately bears responsibility for the victims in these and countless other syria targeted with chemical weapons since russia be

whether or not donald trump has saying to do with the russia power, russia does not have the same leverage when it comes to the negotiations they want that. it is unclear what the united states can do to make sure russia plays ball on sanctions with north korea. >> paula newton, thank you. >>> still a nice blanket of snow in the south what is in store for the weekend? you won't be disappointed. you won't see these folks they have businesses to run. they have passions to pursue. how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. get a 4 week trial, plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. >>> a freshman at the university of alabama no longer enrolled after posting two videos of taunts and racial slurs on martin luther king jr. day. >> what is offensive? because i said so. [ bleep ]. i don't care if it is martin luther king day. [ bleep ]. so every where can [ bleep ]. i'm from new jersey. >> that student identified as 19-ye

president trump digging in his heels on the russia investigation. also on building a border wall with mexico. the tough talk came during a question and answer session just a little while ago over at the white house. we're back with democratic senator chris murphy of the foreign relations committee. the president says any deal that would allow the 700,000 or so d.r.e.a.m.ers to remain in the united states, in his words, must include a border wall with mexico. it's not going to happen unless there is the wall. what say you? >> well, listen, these are human beings. these are kids, right? they came here when they were 3 or 4 years old. they're americans in every sense of the word. the idea that the president is so enthusiastic about holing these kids hostage to a border wall that only the he wants is hard for a lot of americans to swallow. the fantastct of the matter is, knows what the president wants. sometimes he says he wants a concrete barrier from the gulf of mexico to the pacific ocean. other days he seems to want border fencing and technology. at

released the memo russia gate morse into the f.b.i. gates also are the u.s. and turkey on the path to confrontation in syria and the great debate in jordan peterson is called a one man army and is taking the internet by storm. welcome back we're plans for margaret thatcher's statue alongside alleged war criminal winston churchill on parliament square rejected because the revelations in our next guest book maybe not but there's no doubt that britain's former diplomatic service chief has created waves with this month's publication of his diaries behind diplomatic lines relations with ministers lord right former ambassador to syria and saudi arabia service permanent undersecretary of state for foreign affairs and as head of the u.k. diplomatic service he joins me now thanks a lot right regarding on the show what exactly was misses that has a view of the emancipation of the black majority in south africa well i've recorded the conversation with me before i became p u s now about the u.s. stands for permanent under-secretary. but i have recorded the conversations

presidents talk about russia is. joining me live to discuss this further now is chris bambery political analyst mr bambery welcome to the program good to see you as always now the kremlin list why do you think washington decided to create such a list. well i think there's clearly a split president trump only sign this off with ten minutes to the midnight deadline and he signed it off because it contains sanctions against both north korea and iran which are dear to his heart but he made it clear that he didn't really favor sanctions against these individuals so let's see if this actually goes through the however i think it's clear that sections of the united states military intelligence want to impose sanctions and as your report says this is literally a list of the a week of russian society both in terms of business and in terms of a poll of politicians and it doesn't seem to involve much imagination i mean for instance i'm speaking from london the owner of a chelsea football club roman abramovich is on that list whi

after they reunited with russia. leavesave been many lego questions on that, including on the budapest memorandum. according to the budapest memorandum, ukraine said it will no longer have its nuclear start. again, we have never threatened ukraine with nuclear weapons. so it means there have been no violation of the budapest meant -- memorandum. but in a separate thing, the ukraine said this will not provoke racist, new not these, -- neo-nazi's. after theappened protests was a gross violation of that commitment. you, aslly, i assure president putin reiterated once again, we seek the full implementation of the agreements without any admissions and that is fully in line with our respect for territorial integrity for ukraine and its current borders following the referendum that was held with international law. reporter: but, we are talking about the 1998 borders and territorial integrity in terms of 1998. so maybe this treaty needs to be modernized. minister lavrov: with all due respect, the issue you just distractse --

scott macpherson for their views on the exclusion of cancun russian athletes i think it's awful i think russia should go with the best team because they have the best hockey players outside the show and it's going to be sad for the tournament but the best russian is not tom i think have to be able to do it a little older so they aren't affected just like three four weeks before the olympics so it's a big. might think it's somewhat misguided and that i think most of the players on the russian olympic team or the athletes from russia team that are going to be in korea they weren't even in the last olympics everybody knows really a culture because everybody knows who you know the great figure skaters are so at the end of the day you know if the russians win in hockey or if an individual figure skater or somebody wins they know who they are and everyone knows who they are and they appreciate them as athletes and you know all the hard work and sacrifice that they've made to be able to compete at the olympic level the players that are on the russian team are guys that we played against from the time

hasn't and we need to persuade russia and coerce russia to do that and we need to make sure that we do that in a diplomatic way not in a aggressive way but the danger is that if we keep watering down our own requirements we will become no better than russia no better than iran and that is not what we should. they have been selling arms to going to try to defeat us. or it's or yes but what i mean in terms of arms sales we become no better in the sense that we don't have an independent body monitoring the russian around sell weapons according to political decisions rather than looking at the whole humanitarian issue you can make sure those weapons are not going to be used to breach international humanitarian law you can make sure that those weapons we know that britain is really the center arguably over whether it be destroying africa's respect you have a country of libya whether really iraq war or to your party's leadership of this country or trying to attack iran because only exactions or afghanistan are totally wrong those actions that's why we need to start speaking up now we need

putin to powere in russia. the techniques were first developed at home against the russian people and now he's using them globally. through our analysis it became clear several have stepped up to the challenge for some in europe the u.s. elections were a wake-up call that led to the political resolve and action. for others, they've been present for decades and organized accordingly. we learned in this investigation that the arsenal could be countered with the right mixture of political will, defense and deterrence. the countries that achieved a degree of success .-full-stop one thing in common, political leadership who publicly says enough is enough and from there mobilized the bureaucracies to respond. in contrast to the current situation in the united states following th attacks like pearl harbor, 9/11 u.s. presidents rallied the country and the world to address the challenges yet today the current president of the united states barely acknowledges the threat posed by the repeated attacks on democratic govern

and russia organized crime. they deny the allegations. >> there is a -- why would trump ever do business with those guys? >> guys like russia born felix. and they say the suit acuting him of shady dealings is a shake down. >> a twice convicted felony, after his second conviction, he cop ra cooperated on cases with the justice department. >> he was accused of stabbing someone in the neck with a ma margarita class. then fraud with penny stocks. >> his business ties extended well beyond the soho deal. together they explored additional trump deals in the u.s. and abroad. but in sworn testimony in a 2013 deposition, trump insisted he barely even knew sader. >> about how many times have you converses with mr. sader. >> over the years? not many. if he was sitting in the room right now i wouldn't really know what he looked like. >> it is absolutely up tree that trump doesn't know sader. >> at one time he held a card for the trump organization. he was also got between for the recent and controversial attempt at trying to

the whole the notion of the mother russia. and it creates actually a distance this is something that they found the frightening because they diffusion of these kinds of criticism really creates. a deep a gap but it made mr mudd if i may interject here i think this is a very interesting observation i think it's also very true but i would point to what lies at the root of. jihadist sentiment toward the west is not some cultural separation but primarily in this the sounds of and just as the sense of an indignity the bloodshed the suffering that western countries brought in too many arab society i'm sure they were driven by good intentions there was always things that it's doing the right thing but i think what matters to the afflicted country is not the intentions but the actual result don't you think that russia has the reason to be concerned at the same kind of do gooding would be visited upon it by the western countries i'm in i see an enormous difference here between the two situations. you wouldn't deepen these pull into muc

>> at the heart of the trump russia mystery. >> i have nothing to do with russia. to the best of my knowledge, no person that i deal with does. >> but there were secret contacts. >> breaking and stunning news, the release of an e-mail chain. >> someone sent mow an e-mail. >> it came from russians. >> some denials that defy the facts. >> i don't even know what you're talking about. it's crazy. >> it's disgusting. it's so phony. >> i diplomat take adn't take a russia if that's what you're asking. >> a shocking dismissal. >> the president of the united states has terminated the director of the fbi. >> he's a showboat, he's a grandstander. >> those are lying, plain and simple. >> president trump is changing stories. >> i own nothing in russia. i don't have any deals with russia. i've done a lot of business with the russians. >> compliments for vladimir putin. >> he is really very much of a leader. he's done an amazing job. so smart. >> where does this story end? >> you may or may not find evidence of an impeachable offense. >> the russia story is a total fabrication. i

. -- lead russia. look at the state of russia now. there are an enormous decline. -- they are in enormous decline. they have a second rate military power. they have significant advantages geographically where they are engaged, they have a nuclear arsenal that is -- it can blow up the whole world but in terms their advocacy, their capacity is minimalist compared to ours. they have a situation where they are an oil-based economy. from a market value of $350 billion to $50 billion in you dot 10 years, what if you're a democratic leader of russia? what do you do? how do you provide jobs for your people? where do you go russian mark how do you build that country? i don't know how that happens. -- i amot given up hope not naive about it, i have been a very strident voice in the last administration about putin and russia. that does not mean this is completed, that is just the way that things are for now. my last one element is that expression -- don't back a man into a corner, his only option around you is ov

browder is obsessed with russia to russia not only by his desire for revenge but also mentally here in russia he got married to a russian woman he has half russian children his ties to russia strong as mine after all his crimes he should be grateful to russia for not throwing him behind bars while he was still possible was really a condition as to a board of. withstanding the gravity of the allegations mr brown is to testify before the us congress during the summer of twenty seven mainly talking about the alleged complicated collusion. mr rather you have given us the first an insight into putin's russia you may have done more to fight corruption worldwide than any other individual and i appreciate what you have done thank you for uncovering the facts and i'm sure how i can tell it's difficult to talk about the life and tragic death of your friend and someone who is your colleague i want to join my colleagues and thanking you for being here today and admiring your courage and tenacity i could only. think the us perception of mr browder would change following the publication of simpson's

steele, a highly respected russia expert. but we did so without informing him whom we were working for and gave him no specific marching orders beyond this basic question. why did mr. trump repeatedly seek to do deals in a notoriously corrupt police say that most serious investigators shun? what came back shocked us. more steele's sources in russia who were not paid reported on an extensive and now confirmed effort by the kremlin to help elect mr. trump president. mr. steele saw this as a crime in progress and decided he needed to report it to the fbi. also in their piece tonight on what set off the original u.s. government investigation. quote, we don't believe the steele dossier was the trigger for the fbi's investigation into russian meddling, as we told the senate judiciary committee in august. our sources said the dossier was taken so seriously because it corroborated reports the bureau had received from other sources, including one within the trump camp. the intelligence committees have known for months that credible al

-russia relations. margaret warner, icu with a microphone. >> my question is, should we actually be going on offense in the information war, in the cyber war, in terms of delegitimizing not just exposing the corruption, the playing offense the way they are playing offense? the answer is yes, but not necessarily in the cyberspace. most of what happens in cyberspace is altering information or preventing information from being able to come forward. i think we should be on the offense of of making it clear exactly what we know russia and orpington in particular is doing. -- russia and or putin in particular is doing. we should be working closely with our european allies around the world and exposing and getting them to stand up and it knowledge with us that this is what is happening here. that message gets through. to go back, when i got here, the vestige of that cold war was an attempt to broadcast the truth into russia. and i think somehow, we have to have as the democracies of the world, have to be bette

talks about is russia russia russia this russia gate but no no no no who cares no one in the united states actually cares i can agree with victor i don't think this will be a silver bullet either way i think that you know this this witch hunt will continue i'm far more interested in the way that the democrats in the media have tried to frame it they have argued through this anonymous anti propaganda propaganda you hit the. the alliance for securing democracy hamilton sixty eight dashboard which purports to follow a group of russian bots even though twitter says they've shut them all down. that. they're not going to name that didn't they never name who who they're actually following that they report purport to be promoting there are actually following you by what i know because i've never i've never have had any of these things that are talking about i mean last week these russian bonds that they follow the primary thing that russia was promoting it via social media was monday motivations because obviously most of monday motivations is a putin this plot against the united states we're talki

and recognize what russia's concerns are. we and we have very important talks coming up on the s.t.a.r.t. treaty and the inf treaty as well. >> you know, i think a lot of people expected when the president came in it would be a very warm relationship with russia. if you look at the policies on ukraine, election meddling, some of these sanctions that aren't being lifted. u.s. approved sale of lethal arms to the ukrainians. it's quite a tough policy and sect tillerson is pushing hard on the russians. >> let me ask you, this book "fire and fury" has prompted a lot of questions from people, including the author, about the president's mental fitness. rex tillerson infamously and allegedly referred to the president as a moron. what did he have to say about the president's fitness? >> well, he said, listen, i spend more time than almost any cabinet secretary along with secretary mattis with the president and he said that the man that's described in the book is not the caricature that is portrayed and he said that the president is en

, what is russia learning. one of the things we've seen is russia employees in a joint environment. while it was not as integrated as we operate, it is a change for them. china took that. china exercises are truly of a joint nature where they exercise all of their components together because they see the value of joint interoperability. lastly, i would offer you this, specifically from an air capability we have seen both russia and china use a little more flexibility based on the technology and the advances in their newer fighter aircraft to where there is a little more fusion of data in the aircraft so they're able to be a little more flexible in their tp p. not such a strict reliance on gci. i think that's an mportant distinction they have learned and gain confidence in a combat setting. learned and gain confidence in combat setting. yes, ma'am, in the middle. you too can flip a coin. hi. something that i didn't see in that video was any discussion of the self-defense is that the air force is looking at for a

in these investigations the united kingdom accused russia of basically. phrasing them in such a way that there was no way to hold the government of syria accountable it shifted the focus completely to non-state actors in the investigation and this was something that was not acceptable to western countries in the past and is something that they clearly would have to overcome in any new proposals put forth by the russians that said the members of the security council been calling for a way to get back to discussing this issue and a way to hold the perpetrators of these accounts of these attacks accountable so i'm sure they will be looking at this and see if there's any way to go forward but it will have to overcome these issues that have tied them up in the past in order to go forward many things christus in a way that bringing us the latest from the u.n. security council still to come why u.s. vice president mike pence has become a very popular man in israel. and a deadline for election is in crisis torn venezuela but who will oppose president maduro. welc

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and finland off in london russia can do that oh. thank you very much for the center of all the best and have a nice rest thank you so much. with the islamic state and its many confederates defeated or facing defeat in syria what is next for this war torn country what justification exists for the us to maintain military forces that does washington want syria partition. and why. fight against terrorism is no longer at the heart of america's defense policy u.s. defense secretary has outlined a new strategy in which countering russia and china takes priority. a scandal worse than watergate that sound some republican lawmakers have described a top secret memo that allegedly exposes political bias against strong at the highest level of law enforcement now they are demanding it be made public. how long it was that someone i knew more screwed up and the teenagers attacked a school in eastern siberia injuring six people including a teacher it's the third such incident in less than a week. good evening to you thanks for joining us this hour y

well russia is a big military power brand that the has become an influential player in the region for russia it seems to be very important to turkey a lot of them to fight against parts of the so-called al nusra front which is a part of the syrian opposition in egypt province province so there is obviously something big at stake here as well moscow wants to drive a wedge between turkey and nato between turkey and its western allies because for russia the greatest prize could be if turkey breaks with the west and is special with united states yes speaking of the united states what are we to make of washington's luke warm reaction to all of this. let me ask you i mean why why has america's response so far been so muted. well because washington is walking a very fine line on this issue i mean the u.s. clearly doesn't want to anger turkey a key nato ally but of course it has also no interest in an all out extensive a war against the kurds because of course the course played a key role in defeating isis the islamic state in syria so the u.s. so the u.s. in a way is in a very difficult posi

about russia's behavior. well certainly that in my view the greatest threat of any nation on earth well here's how it all began on january sixth of last year u.s. intelligence agencies issued a report saying that russia had tried to influence our elections with this russian president vladimir putin ordered an influence campaign in twenty sixteen aimed at the us presidential election russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the us democratic process denigrate secretary clinton and home her electability and potential presidency we further assess putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for president trump now the authors of the report at the time said they had high confidence in their judgments a few pages later they explain exactly what they meant by high confidence with a little disclaimer high confidence generally indicates that judgments based on high quality information from multiple sources high confidence does not imply that the assessment is fact or a certainty such judgment

attempts by russia to interfere in u.s. elections. and at the same time they were going to listen just how foolish it sounds and. they place russia on the same list with north korea and iran yes and at the same time they ask us to participate in resolving the north korean nuclear crisis and. thinking about what can we do with regards to you around. what what is this. this is ludicrous. the go what we need to think what we should do about. it with the strategic reduction treaty should we. should we fight terrorists should we fight terrorism together. with as you know the us and i've said this publicly and i've called mr trump personally and told him that they provided information. about a terrorist act in st petersburg that we were able to prevent things to the u.s. and we also share our intelligence information with the u.s. and just recently. u.s. intelligence shared this information with us and we share information with them. and. and there was an explosion at the boston marathon the years ago and. they weren't able to prevent that

medusa is one of the regions, independent, in russia to news in russia. [speaking in native tongue] now, in december after three years of working we have alrea already. in medusa i specialized in narrative stories like big stories about isis and influence and links to russia like this example of scout immigrant workers became islamic state fighters or like my topic lgt problems in russia and political groups against lb gt like the story. the last two years particularly i worked in stories about russian hackers. russian hacking activities against russia for example, this is an article about how russian services recruited guys from around the country russian cyber army. now, in the cannon institute and in the book it's the history of russian hackers from the soviet to today. today i will tell you stories about them. i don't want to talk a lot about possible russian packings for the american election and i think the last two years but i want to talk about russian hackers and their connections to government. elsewhere in the world, in russia the [inaudible] w

more opportunity for russia. if russia would decide to keep the territories, it is not very important. if you can give siberia to china, who knows? maybe that is a great opportunity. i think that would be a very unstable station. peter: another question. right over here. >> i am a student here at the honors college. my question is, what do you think is russia's role in the middle east, today, especially given what is going on in syria and with america kind of leading the picture and also given the painful history between russia and its jews, what is the appropriate relationship that israel should have with russia? natan: on one hand, this one is easy for me to speak about putin as a dissident. putin is a former kgb officer and is not a big fan of democracy. on the other hand, it is difficult for me to speak negatively about putin as a -- activist.sts putin is the first non-anti-semite in russia in a thousand years. i can say a lot of bad things about putin. he is permitting or supporting the development of jewish

russia -- >> roy moore, you name it. if you look at the timeline, i spent a lot of time compiling the timeline of what happened between when trump announced and when he actually came president, past that until he fired james comey. there was indications at the end of 2015 that there were foreign intelligence agencies were giving the u.s. word about what was happening with trump's team. there is a lot of evidence at play here that a lot of different people were saying, hey, something weird is happening here. however, for trump and for trump's allies, it is extremely advantageous that the fusion gps people were founded by hillary clinton and the dna to some extent and that is one of the things we've seen over the course of trump's presidency and campaign is, if you can introduce one iota of doubt, that's enough to eliminate anything as a credible source, right? they've developed and mastered this system of, as soon as you can introduce one little flaw, the whole thing is done and that's what they've been able to do with fu

how much is russia putting up? those who have joined the us—led coalition they should also join the international effort to assist in the reconstruction of syria. how will russia join that effort? how much will it put up? well, i cannot give you a specific figure, because they are estimates. the one you referred to, citing staffan de mistura, that is one estimate, there may be others. i have not heard any estimates coming from the syrian government. certainly it will be a huge sum. does russia recognise its responsibility in needing to repair the damage it's responsible for? russia recognises its responsibility for achieving the result of the military involvement, which is destroying the assets and the bases of terrorist organisations in syria. we are also involved in promoting a political solution in syria. indeed. you are also involved in ensuring president assad is still in power and in control of much of syria and yet you are asking much of the eu to pay reconstruction money which would effectively prop him u

whole saga of russia gate it really represents to export russia gate to other countries. during the run up to the break that's what we heard nothing about russian influence but once russia gate exploded in washington opponents of breaks it seized on the concept of russian meddling there with no facts and no evidence but a great deal of media interest it's got to be said and public interest at the same time the government made the decision late last year to launch an official inquiry into fake news into russian meddling and they official committee that was charged with it they asked all the big social media platforms to provide information and twitter and facebook they came but back with information originally but what they came back with the government wasn't happy with they accuse them of stonewalling the inquiry in even threatened them with sanctions if they didn't cooperate fully take a look at the correspondence between twitter and the inquiry into fake news i would ask the twitter provides to the committee at least if accounts linked to the internet research agency a

or leaders of team russia and were both two main hopefuls for winning medals and south korea as well they're both world champions and in all of their years competing neither has ever tested positive for doping and that's one of the reason the the decision as an injustice the tone of this editorial will not please everyone that's obvious but there are still questions about the integrity of the decision makers since when can we condemn innocent sportsmen to punish the guilty is obvious to ban the russians that don't also for the rest know the i was he has promised to publish the full list of eligible athletes on sunday just under two weeks before the start of the games leaving an appeal unlikely and that means the number of russian athletes who are still reeling from the fact that they will not be able to compete under their own flag will now be hit with another blow others said to be excluded from the list are prominent. players and figure skaters again all of whom have never tested positive for doping and yet they will not be forced to watch the games from the sidelines with forty th

we found that one percent of the accounts in the data were registered in russia could you confirm how many other accounts were being controlled from agencies in russia even if they were not registered there we do not have sufficiently strong evidence to enable us to conclusively link them with russia the failure to obtain straight answers is simply increasing concerns about these issues rather than reassuring people are the worst us government isn't happy with the fact that twitter has provided for them and the thrust of choice as message is that one percent of accounts that have been identified as sort of meddling in the e.u. referendum which are registered in russia and this all started when questions were raised late last year about whether russia had perhaps in to ferret in that referendum the problem was that there was no proof to back up these claims of russian interference online and through social media platforms take a listen to what the foreign secretary boris johnson had to say about alleged russian meddling. is another of your. i. think of. the u.s. . so with no facts and

on russia following the. station mir so this is nothing to you but on the other hand the extent of this list and the specific individuals of almost all the great and a good of russia the political hierarchy suggests that you know so for the united states is taking this on a higher level so that's the first point is a prepared three black list as it were and which is where a very unsettling the second mention would just in the light of what is recently happening don't forget the united states has recently released a nationalist security strategy paper and donald trump actually chose to announce a himself. this as a new strategy targets russia as well as china specifically as america's enemy number one one one one of two. specifically measuring this two countries in a sense that. they perceive they perceive the countries are challenging the america only to world order and is using all sorts of means whether it is for. economic military financial or coercive or simply coercion coercive power to euro american lea

russia is complicit in the assad regime's atrocity you are acting as judge and prosecutor russia is running from the facts your behavior exposes your true motives russia has the audacity to lecture this security council this is a long political spectacle for not going to accept any russian proposal that undermines our ability to get to the truth we should at least have taken a look at the draft before rejecting it russia all on its own killed the mechanism we had specifically tasked to identify those responsible what do you need an investigative mechanism for before an investigation you have in queue the syrian government of using chemical weapons. the emergency meeting was summoned following claims that another chemical attack took place in syria on monday the reports were produced by controversial militant sources that did not stop the u.s. secretary of state saying that russia should shoulder the blame for that whoever conducted the attacks russia ultimately bears responsibility for the victims in these and countless other serious targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involv