putin poised to keep power for a very long time. early official results in russia show apparently overwhelming approval for keeping the president in place. the white house insists claims that russia paid bounties to the taliban to kill us troops are unverified. the us strikes a deal to buy almost the entire world supply of a drug that helps recovery from covid—19. fears for recovery from covid—19. brazil's wildlife is the fears for brazil's wildlife is the number of fires in the amazon rise over the past year. hello and welcome. if anyone in hong kong was wondering what china's new national security law would mean, they didn't have long to wait. protesters took to the streets on the first day of it coming into force, and hundreds of arrests soon followed. the majority were for public order offences, but a handful came under the new legislation which carries a potential life sentence for crimes such as calling for independence from mainland china. john sudworth reports. 23 years after china took control of hong kong, it was an an

services were the moral equivalent of what putin said on behalf of russia. was another aspect of it and i felt that this was an extremely serious defect in trump's performance on the investigations of hawk bags c.t.e. rahway and others i spoke with the counsel to the president spoke with the attorney general really their domain to take a look at and i say in the book that they were troubled by this is that this is the ukraine case that everybody's familiar with that there was a kind of last issue that i dealt with before i resigned it's become the most famous but my point really was it was only one in a series champs pacu you said looked like obstruction of justice as a way of life which you said we couldn't accept but you did accept it for 17 months than 2 why so low well you know a pattern by definition is something that doesn't emerge all at once. and the personal dilemma that anybody in a senior position faces is the knowledge that you're not going to prevail on every issue i like to say i was the national security advisor not the national security situa

putin poised to keep power for a very long time. early official results in russia show apparently overwhelming approval for keeping the president in place. the white house insists claims that russia paid bounties to the taliban to kill us troops are unverified. the us strikes a deal to buy almost the entire world supply of a drug that helps recovery from covid—19. hello and welcome. if anyone in hong kong was wondering what china's new national security law would mean, they didn't have long to wait. protesters took to the streets on the first day of it coming into force, and hundreds of arrests soon followed. the majority were for public order offences, but a handful came under the new legislation which carries a potential life sentence for crimes such as calling for independence from mainland china. john sudworth reports. 23 years after china took control of hong kong, it was an anniversary marked with tear gas and arrests. familiar scenes, but the stakes for protesters are now so much higher with the new national security law in

trump has elevated putin's stature. putin has taken steps to get trump elected and we know is taking steps to get him re-elected. as far as the two of them are concerned, those are perhaps the only two things that matter. >> on that note, of course, the president announcing they are going to remove 12,000 i believe troops from germany. and you had a response to it because i think it's somewhat complicated in the sense that you don't want to default to the idea that, like, well, if russia wants you to do it then it is automatically a bad idea. but the way this was done seems really, really crazy in the normal run of things. >> yeah. i mean, listen, our troop levels in europe should always be under review. and there has been a long-term decrease in the number of american soldiers that we have there. so it is not in and of itself a ridiculous thing to contemplate. but we have never done it before without deep prior contemplations with germany and with nato because where our troops are and german troops and nato troops real

putin on wednesday laid out his vision. we are not just voting for amendments that are laid out in clear legal norms we vote for the country we want to live in with modern education and health care with reliable social protection of citizens with an effective government that is accountable to society we vote for the country we work for and we want to pass it on to our children new rules created for the vote unprecedented exit polls were announced midway and polling stations popped up everywhere from the field to car parks making it impossible to ensure the vote was fair or free from tampering. putin's approval ratings are at 59 percent an all time low but analysts say the true figure could be even lower. when we see a drop in support from 90 to 59 percent to north or tearing countries it means that support in society is actually much lower because the numbers are distorted we see putin's charisma is eroding ratings are declining but this is not just a company protests so support is weak but there are not so many reasons for

in the past 72 hours rusher amidst a pandemic voted in favor of president putin as biggest shakeup of the constitution in 1903 and his russian relations with nature nations remain tense it comes as no surprise that its main stream media is focused on the extension of a presidential term despite the reforms package containing over $140.00 amendments joining me now assume from canterbury is a professor of russian and european politics and author of the putin paradox reza richard sakwa thanks so much richard for coming on i'm going to say there's wall to wall us coverage of the kremlin putting bounties on u.s. soldiers heads in afghanistan here in the u.k. we've got continuing coverage of a russian quasi control of major nation politicians and now this referendum which is being ridiculed widely right across nato countries what's really happening as always it's a mixed bag quanta to show you are free and certainly as a political exercise it was impressive i personally have always been a constitutional conservative and though i can understand why a changes to a constitution took place now

there were six calls in preparation, person to person between our president and putin, six. seven thing, you know, before the seven discussion and invitation there was another period where he had to sit down and say, , hey, this is going o. before you give that invitation. before you do something like cut the europeans deterrence funding, which is one of those most popular programs that deters russia and brings our allies together. before we went to informing the british that this was a threat to them, are we to believe -- >> we will be discerning faq lied to a discussion on russia's influence in the united kingdom and the rest of europe. you are watching live coverage on c-span2. >> russian and chinese influence, so last thursday we held a conversation with former australian prime minister malcolm turnbull that look at chinese influence in australia. part of the report examined japan and australia and chinese influence works there. today's conversation is to look at how russian influence works in the united kingdom. as part of a broader work we also look at germany. the rea

putin's approval ratings are at 59%, all-time low. analysts say the true figure could be even lower. >> when we see a drop in support from 90% to 59% in authoritarian countries, it means support in society is actually much lower because the numbers are distorted. >> putin's charisma is eroding, ratings are declining. week.t this there's not many reasons for the population to rebel. he has the option. crucially, he will be able to say with the results of this vote, he has the blessing of the people. al jazeera. lauren: ethiopia's military has been deployed to the capital as armed gangs roam the street in a second day of arrest triggered by the murder of a popular singer. more than 80 people have been killed in protests following the death on monday. it does not include deaths in -- where one policeman has died and an unspecifieded number of p pee were k killed in thrhree blastsn tuesday. he was a leading voice for ethiopia's biggest ethnic group. local media say another political activist was arrested on wednesday. about the spread of

reporting details how putin a top soviet spy master often gets the better of trump, quote, putin just outplays him said a high level administration official comparing the russian leader to a chess grand master and trump to an occasional player of checkers unquote. cnn's matthew chance reports for us now trump may also be helping putin consolidate power for years to come. >> reporter: with putin tightening his grip on the kremlin he could point to the u.s. president as one reason for his enduring appeal. or elect him for another ten years she says. voting for constitutional changes that could keep putin in power until 2036. when trump won in 2016, they celebrated in russia. finally, a u.s. leader critical of the eu who they believed saw the world their way, putin's way. still, few expected him to back the russian president over his own intelligence agencies on allegations of u.s. election meddling. even putin looked uncomfortable at the 2018 helsinki summit intervening to insist president trump had disagreed with him on something. >> translator: president trump's stance on crimea is we

streets for the 3rd weekend in a row tens of thousands of people are calling for president vladimir putin to step down and demanding the release of the regional governor he was arrested earlier this month accused of ordering the murders of 2 business men 15 years ago his supporters say the rest is politically motivated. for the 3rd weekend in a row cries of anger and frustration echo across the city of couples. the arrest of their governor saturday for god has triggered the biggest demonstration this region has seen in years the 50 year old member of the opposition liberal democratic party was detained earlier this month he's charged with ordering the murders and attempted murders of several business men 15 years ago but many here see the arrest as politically motivated retaliation for defeating president putin's favorite in the 2018 gubernatorial election. people are trying to i think people take to the streets because their vote in the gubernatorial elections was taken away from you see if we can. put these protests are about more than the arrest of their governor it's about fighting ba

the changes could keep putin in power for years to come. ethiopia erupts in anger and violence after a celebrated singer is shot dead. ♪ i'm brent goff. reviewers on pbs in the united states and all around the world, welcome. police in hong kong have made the first arrests since a controversial new security law imposed by beijing came into force yesterday. as thousands of people defied a public ban to protest the law, authorities responded with water cannon and tear gas, taking hundreds of demonstrators into custody. under the new law, the symptom at -- the simple act of publicly displaying a pro-independence banner or flag has now become a criminal offense. >> despite the new law and a ban on holding marches during the pandemic, hundreds of protesters showed up. it just took minutes for police to roll into action. one protester was arrested for holding the hong kong independence flag. dozens more were arrested later. at a news conference, pro-democracy lawmakers found themselves in a bizarre situation, now not allowed to speak english or

also coming up russians will sign off on president vladimir putin's constitutional reforms the changes could keep him in office until he's 83 and the indian government has revamped its strategy aimed at slowing the country's rising coronavirus cases but is that having any effect. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program new international tensions are opening up over hong kong china says that it will respond with quote corresponding measures if britain goes ahead and grants residency rights to 3000000 eligible hong kong hours the u.k. offered the safe haven as hong kong police arrested hundreds of pro-democracy protesters rallying against a sweeping new security law we'll hear from beijing in just a minute but 1st this report. hong kong activists say their freedoms are being eroded however beijing says it's necessary for the city to prosper and that many countries welcomed this i am going to go on behalf of all $53.00 countries. welcome to the laws of the people's republic of china on safeguarding national security in hong kong at a session of the united nations human rights council they

but always, he takes the side of putin. there is something really rotten with this, and i'm hoping that everyone sees this. jonathan, congratulations. all of us have been frustrated that we have not been able to pin him down. now you have pointed out, he's talked to putin eight times and never mentioned it. i hope everybody watches your interview in total on monday on hbo. >> i appreciate it. thank you. >> and the context -- yeah. in context with what we have seen from this president along the way, from his side meetings with vladimir putin, with no readouts, everything we have seen. but now let's go back to december 18th, 2015. we have a short clip. this was president trump, then candidate trump, on "morning joe." we're talking with him. we're talking about russia. we're talking about putin. watch my face change. i mean, this was a turning point. read joe's "washington post" articles in the lead-up after this. everything changed in terms of the tone with donald trump. people asked what changed? this was it. take a look. it

he had five phone calls with putin. i've been in the room when the president meets a foreign head of state or calls him on the phone and you prep the guy for what's coming up. and an, oh, by the way, putin put out a hit on u.s. troops, you would think, would be part of that background briefing. so the question, why is he doing this? it's a slap in the face to the u.s. armed forces who are suffering casualties in afghanistan. and by the way, it doesn't make a lot of sense. russia -- which i spent a lot of time in and out of -- brilliant people, good people, they deserve more than putin, a cleptocrat, a dictator. it's no longer a great power. the government is no longer -- besides nuclear weapons and oil, they have almost nothing that people are concerned about. what is he doing? the gdp of russia is less than that of california? something unusual is going on to have mr. putin have such an influence on the president of the united states. it's great evidence you've put forward that reminds everyone that while putin may see

we are acting so stupid with president trump, it seems like putin, putin, putin. if we don't have a good background with our secretary and our vice president as regards mr. putin, we are going to be in the same predicament we are with president trump. biden is nice, but still he is going to have to stand up and not let obama, al sharpton push him to elect a black woman in order to win president. i have been a democrat all my life, but i am not going to vote for him if he goes for a woman to be vice president. . hate to be that way our country is in a bad way now. we don't have anything for our children. we have children that are coming up to run this country and if we don't get some kind of respect now, we aren't going to have any more. they laugh at us going to bed and they wake up in the morning laughing at us. palmetto,k you, from floor to. ats is an opinion piece bloomberg news. flood room putin able to stay in power until 2036. the headline -- the west consistently undermines -- underestimates his willingness to take extreme risks. next project -- building a

and president putin hope to kick start the economy this year but how will he pay for his big plans amid low oil prices and the pandemic. xi jinping china has put aside the niceties of economic power for a more aggressive posture to neighbors and liberal democracies president trumps america 1st policy triggered a trade war that morphed into a technological war but china's security measures to rein in hong kong and human rights violations of wiggle muslims have pushed the u.s. to sanction chinese officials responsible for the policy and more sanctions could be on the way as the new bamboo curtain comes down after 20 soldiers were killed in hand to hand combat in disputed territory in the himalayas india banned more than 50 chinese apps including tick-tock new delhi accused beijing of infringing on its national security by moving soldiers and artillery to the disputed territory in lead back or that led to the worst conflict between the 2 nuclear neighbors in 60 years australian prime minister scott morrison is call for an investigation into the origins of the corona virus prompted beijing

putin hates the european union, which is why he welcomes brexit. if you're a politician of whatever stripe, you have to acknowledge what may benefit you today may hinder you tomorrow. so it's everybody's problem and we all need to address it. ms. ellehuus: thank you, luke. i think that's an important point you made when. you look at the germany case, certainly one of the parties that the russians were courting -- and what they were essentially trying to do is to play on those margins to gain influence it but in the case at least the problem was, there may have been influenced but the people they tried to influence didn't hold seats in parliament so it never really carried over. so it's important to follow those chains of influence and logic. i also appreciate your point about not thinking that russia is under every rock. because certainly one of the objectives of influence activities is to undermine or paint as uncredible our media and our judiciary. so in many ways i'm hopeful the report was shine a light on what is or is not russian influence act

with chants of freedom and putin is a thief the protests have become a battle cry of freedom freedom from the rulers sitting more than 6000 kilometers away in moscow whom they see as self-serving and out of touch. off the scent the market was sucking up all the resources from the far east and we get nothing in return this region used to be so rich people were doing so well and the production was thriving now all the big enterprises have been bought up by muscovite people are going to be genuine sprawled on the it just puts them put into. and of a successor hasn't helped that's even though michelle dictate to you wolf and member of the same party as for gold was seen as an attempt by the kremlin to assuage locals anger if you give it so that the people of could have fired back in the 39 year old outside alexei experience and has no connection to the region. bangor against putin ism is rising across eastern russia and there's no sign that the protests will fizzle out as moscow hopes although police have so far left the marchers in peace moscow has a habit of coming down hard on dissent

putin. the white house says no one has been tougher on moscow than trum >> sentient hundreds ofts tar -- try to halt, impose visa sanctions make no mistake, this president is prepared to act and will always act and protectrour american ts. >> in the past three months, since the taliban bounty intelligence first emerged, esther trump has called mr. putin -- mr. trump has called mr. putin a friend and offered humanitarian aid to russia. the hand of friendship is at odds with russia's actions. he has pushed moscow's ierest to the detriment of the west. in crimea, syria. and now repor of more anti-american tactics in afghanistan. has gainen, moscow clout on the world stage. his nexts act the russi stage. the country decides whether to change the constitution so vladimir putin can stay in powet for r 16 years. leonanetta served as american defense secretary and had of the cia under president obama. he has written a piegt in the wash post where he argues if russians are payingon to those killing o

that's dangerous for putin. even if the amendments pass, he will have to put himself forward for some sort of vote in 2024. if the circumstances of the election aren't free and fair, if you are seeing gathering or strengthening public opposition driven by a poor economy, it provides a handy focal point for the opposition to rally around the selection. that is something we have seen throughout the soviet state. ukraine provides the most dramatic example. equally in della reese right now , where the political system is more rigid. tighter.o's power is a combination of a poor economic situation. yes? manus: we want to get one last topline from you. especially around the u.s.. joe biden, 64% likely know -- likelihood he will win the 2020 election. that's a lofty prediction. what does that mean for putin, if joe biden was in the white house? daragh: that's our forecast. it does seem to follow along with the polls. is ifg problem for putin there's an intensification of sanctions. externalss favorable environment, whic

one thing to say, you have had different president putins over his term. early on during the clinton years, he was much more friendly towards america. then you had the iraq, afghanistan wars which russia was really furious about, and president putin put his cards on the table and made the switch with the famous speech in munich. going forward, though, i suspect that you're going to see the same kind of nationalism and cynicism from president putin. >> yes, and i'm old enough to remember when presidents george w. bush said that he looked into his eyes, vladimir putin's eyes and trusted him. i wonder if that is still the sentiment. keir simmons in london for us, garrett haake, you'll be watching nancy pelosi, speaker nancy pelosi's press briefing at 2:00 p.m., coming up in a few hours. we'll keep an eye on that as well. thank you so both of you. >>> coming up, south florida beaches shutting down for july 4th to stop the surge in coronavirus cases. we'll talk to the mayor of miami beach about his strategy to stop that spread. >>> and david gura is back in hou

he also it's not just putin. he's praised far-right political leaders aligned with putin. four monthinize to his presidency, he gave classified intelliance to the oval office. and even though the u.s. received nothing in return, shared intel. the trump administration considered sharing two diplomatic compounds to new york and russia after they were found spying. and to run his campaign, he hired paul man fort, who spent a decade working for pro-russian politicians in ukraine. then citizen trump praised russia for an exing crimea and repeated a kremlin talking point in 2016. >> you know, the people of crimea, from what i've heard, would rather be with russia than where they were. >> the president's campaign made the party's platform friend leer, blocking language that called on the u.s. to send lethal weapons to ukraine. the president made light of hacking, casting doubt on the u.s. assessment that russia was responsible for hacking the dnc. they capitalized on interference as they determined how the trump campaign expected to benefit from russian attacks. but the president

vladimir putin as an enemy dictated to be threatened with the full force of its nuclear conventional forces we investigate the alleged putin power after this week 65 percent plus another will mean victory for the president in the russian referendum. going underground. the world is determined by. the day or. week to ask. americans to start growing it propitious. because american empire right because it's easy for the top to see everything and little or nothing for everyone else america will be better off if it was not an empire so the collapse of the us dollar will be painful for a period of time but what comes on the other side will be i think a lot more amenable to no. welcome back i'm still with us mr co-creator jonathan and given that prime minister since not sure what your program as far as we know loved it so its authenticity. why do you think more prime ministers didn't take to heart some of the. refrig contradictions that set out in it i mean for instance trident nuclear weapons local government and education and health care have absolutely no idea politicians love love the pr

what signal does that send to vladimir putin? >> i first think about the signal it sends to our troops. and the signal that it sends to the parents who have recently spoken out who have lost their kids in afghanistan. the signal that it sends to the world and to our soldiers is that he doesn't have their back. and instead he has the back of vladimir putin. after this had been in his intelligence briefing that we now know is in there in late february, early march, after that was in there, he still was out there publicly saying that vladimir putin should be invited to the g7. that is not a strong response of a strong leader. this is about our troops. this is about our foreign policy that the rest of the world is watching. and as nancy pelosi once said with this guy all roads lead to russia. all roads lead to vladimir putin. and we're seeing it once again. and we need a president who is going to have the back of the people of america and have the back of our troops. we're heading into fourth of july weekend. and this is where we cel

other things with putin. maybe talking about how, like in russia, he doesn't have to have an election this year and getting advice from putin on how to avoid one. but clearly he doesn't see it as his responsibility to say to every american family do not worry when your son or daughter is at risk if their lives have been threatened and i will be there to protect you. that is one subject he does not feel he has a responsibility to discharge in his conversations with putin, and that is absolutely historically irresponsible. >> joe biden has been rolling out his economic plan, which he, of course, recognizes is the other side of a public health plan to get control of the coronavirus first, then try to build an economy. we got shocking numbers today about what the job will be if joe biden is the next president with gdp dropping 32.9%. that's a number you never expected to hear in your lifetime. what would you be telling joe biden and your colleagues about how you think we have to dig out of this economic hole? >>

from the also coming out it's the last day for russians to vote on whether to extend that would be a putin's presidency some of his former supporters say it's a step too far. israel expected to begin the process of axing part of the occupied west bank is uncertain when it may actually happen. nearly 35000 schools reopened in thailand as the government eased this current virus restrictions. police in hong kong have made their 1st arrest under a strict new security law imposed by china the man was detained for carrying and independence flag demonstrators have been gathering throughout the city protesting the legislation which targets crimes of secession terrorism some version and collusion with foreign forces the law came into force just hours before the city martin 23rd anniversary of its return to chinese rule. some feel for home on the one thing the central authorities are determined to see an end to the chaos and riots over the past year and secondly the central authorities are determined to protect the majority of law abiding citizens in hong kong they should be protected from a handful o

moscow police tracking down on a protest against constitutional amendments that could give president putin another 16 years in power. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today spain has been paying his respects to those who've died during the coronavirus and demick spain is one of the hardest hit countries worldwide with at least 28000 people dying of covert 19 thankfully pay the prime minister no other guests including relatives of those who died laying flowers at the royal palace in madrid in remembrance of short while ago the ceremony was broadcast live on t.v. and online. along with the grief there is anger at the way the government's handled the pandemic did only as young philip schultz met one woman who lost her mother and is determined to bring to account those she believes are responsible. rose unlike a studio always found peace of mind in caring for houseplants but not anymore thoughts keep circling around the 7th of march the day she learned of a corona virus outbreak in her mother's retirement home her mother had a loss for life even in old age even if dementia had weakene

live from doha also coming up it's the last day for russians to vote on whether to extend that of a putin's presidency but some of his former supporters say it's a step too far israel is expected to begin the process of an exciting part of the occupied west bank but it's uncertain where it may actually happen. zimbabwe's government closes the stock exchange leaving investors wondering what's happened to their money. place in hong kong have detained dozens of people as demonstrators protesters strict new security law imposed by beijing demonstrators were met by heavy police presence and they gathered to protest the law the legislation targets crimes of section terrorism subversion and collusion with foreign forces came into force just hours before the city marked the anniversary of its return to chinese rule chris something of a humbling one thing the central authorities are determined to see an end to the chaos and riots over the past year and secondly the central authorities are determined to protect the majority of law abiding citizens in hong kong they should be protected from a handful

the anger against putin ism is rise. across eastern russia and there's no sign that the protests will fizzle out as moscow hopes although police have so far left the much as in peace moscow has a habit of coming down hard on dissent. journalist even good has been covering this story for us his assessment now of the protests in russia's far east it's truly one of most surprising protests we've seen in years in russia in all of its 20 years the 1st protests that took place here 3 weeks ago was 40000 people a week later last saturday we saw 50000 and today estimates around as much as 90000 and to put that in perspective there's about 600000 people who live in the city of kabul so it's like 10 percent of the city is coming up to protest the main thing that the protesters have repeated day after day is that they feel that their choice was taken away they feel that even if the governor is guilty of these crimes he should be tried here in combat if they voted for him they feel that moscow the kremlin has now taken him away for

i believe putin and russia. it's just more of the same towards putin by donald trump. i think he's afraid of putin. but putin certainly has him dancing to his fiddle anyway. >> it was a moment for the director of national intelligence dan coats at the time when the president basically ridiculed his assessment based on the u.s. intelligence community, said he believed putin at that time. congressman adam schiff, the chairman of the intelligence committee, thanks as usual for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >>> as the president demands schools reopen and reopen quickly, many doubt that's the right move amid a surging pandemic and here's a case in point. three arizona teachers shared a classroom this summer and all of them got the virus and now one of them is dead. her story coming up next. into a smaller life? are your asthma treatments just not enough? then see what could open up for you with fasenra. it is not a steroid or inhaler. it is not a rescue medicine or for other eosinophilic conditions. it's an add-on injection for people 12 and up with asthma driven by eosin

but putin's apparent friendship with president trump causing controversy. putin was also russia's strong man. his nationalism and cynicism unlikely to change now. joking to me late last year over election the 2020 elections in the united states? >> i'll tell you a secret, yes, we will intervene. >> reporter: president putin said he would never stay in power so long. a lie, warning the world to expect more deception. >> he's become rich, taken crimea from ukraine and accused of assassinations. there's no question president putin is popular in russia but many will question the percentages in this vote because his polling is lower than it has been during his leadership. keir simmons, nbc news, london. >> back here in california, parts of the governor's orders may put gilroy at odds with the state and santa clara county. governor newsom advising with mandatory closures to fourth of july fireworks shows to keep crowds from gathering. despite this, they will hold the show and people can watch safely from home. >> we are shooting the fireworks higher. we're trying

2016 election, actually siding with putin and just like he defended putin siding with journalists saying, i think our country does plenty of killing all. still, it is remarkable to see him do it in this interview. >> it's been widely reported that u.s. has intelligence indicating that russia paid bounties or offered to pay bounties to taliban fighters to kill american soldiers. you had a phone call with vladimir putin on july 23rd. >> it was a phone call to discuss other things. frankly, that's an issue that many people said was fake news. >> who said it was fake news? >> a lot of people. >> you know it's well known in the intelligence community. >> i don't know. when you say arming, is the taliban paying? >> russia is supplying weapons and money to the taliban. >> i have heard that. but, again, it's never reached my desk. >> joining me now for more on the president's continued refusal to stand up to russia, member of the senate foreign relations committee. you are shaking your head because it is truly a bizarre exchange to watch the u.s. president. >> yeah. i mean, it is no more bizarre

this is deja vu news live from berlin protests in russia calling for a future without president putin moscow police cracking down on the demonstrations more than a 100 people arrested after protesting against reforms that could give putin another 16 years in office also on our show rising waters behind the renaissance danny theo pierre threatened water shortages downstream in egypt and in sudan could the breakdown in talks over water between these countries lead to a war over the not. and many of india's migrant workers left their jobs in the cities to flee their coronavirus now back at home they risk living into crushing debt so they can just feed their founders. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today and he putin protests in the russian capital moscow have ended with more than 140 arrests demonstrators gathered to collect signatures against changes to the constitution passed earlier this month police moved in quickly and put an end to the gathering. dozens of arrests follow anti-government protests in the russian capital where officers in riot gear forcefully rounded up pro

a pattern over years now of vladimir putin becoming an increasingly aggressive in the cyberdomain but not only and also a pattern of president trump never responding, now sometimes, let's give him credit, sometimes the trump administration does respond, but when the president of the united states never responds, never has an ill word to say about vladimir putin, to my mind i can't remember in five years, even going back to the campaign a single time when president trump or candidate trump criticized putin directly. >> i guess my follow-up is, what do we do? if we don't have a president who picks up the phone and reprimands if this then that, there are never consequences for russia. i know sometimes the national security apparatus go behind trump's back, but never reinforced by the president in his bilateral interactions with putin. >> one thing we should talk about it, we should bring attention to it, and second, just as you rightly did, nicolle, we should connect the dots to see that there's a pattern here, and that this is just not a one-time activity. >> ambassador -- i'm sorry. >>

and putin's potential payments to the taliban to target u.s. forces. so the president not only failed to rebuke the russian leader but acquiesced to it. he's allowing it. he dismissed the credible reports that came to his desk. he says they didn't come to his desk that. a's a flat out lie. after it was claimed that they did come to his desk, he said, well, i don't read those or his aides brought it to him. he's done presorry cicely nothing to push back on russia to protect those men and women that he himself sends into harm's way to defend our freedom. >> and, jeremy, while i have you explain to the good people watching why it would make putin very happy to withdraw 12,000 u.s. troops from germany? >> well, to fiona hill's point, brian, you know, the u.s. has enjoyed a strong relationship with germany. germany's a key nato ally. and vladimir putin's whole agenda is to dissin tell a great the u.s. alliance, nato alliance between the u.s. and germany. germany was the country where the berlin wall fell, where the iron curtain was lifted in 1991. i

you had a phone call with vladimir putin on july 23rd. did you bring up this issue? >> no, that was a phone call to discuss other things. and frankly, that's an issue that many people said was fake news. we did not discuss that, no. >> and you've never discussed that with him. >> i've never discussed it with him, no. it never reached my desk because they didn't think it was intelligence -- they didn't think it was real. if it reached my desk i would have done something about it. it never reached my desk. >> i have never discussed it with him, no. never came up in any of the seven phone conversations that trump has had with russia's leader since the issue first appeared in his presidential daily briefing on february 27th. so so much for it didn't rise to the occasion. in the interview with axios trump also appeared unaware russia was providing weapons to the afghan taliban. this was confirmed by trump's own head of u.s. forces in afghanistan two years ago. >> you heard that, right? i mean it's well-known in the intelligence community they're arming the taliban, russia

i think what i would say is that this is someone putin can use pretty easily. perhaps even without trump realizing. september 2018 summerlin comes close aides have agreed to cooperate with investigators. his former campaign director paul man ford and his lawyer michael cohen have already signed agreements with robert mueller. they all agreed to cooperate with the investigation if they do so foley prison sentences they are facing will be reduced apparently those close aides to trump have flipped and are ready to share with bob muller the secrets of the president. president trump finds himself in a corner the walls are closing in on him and he doesn't know where to run. him but the kick the yankees fan picchu impeach trump maxine waters we will impeach him but he didn't do anything wrong it doesn't matter we will impeach. him is a hell of a place. november 2010 the midterm elections are approaching fast top earners on the campaign trail. if this party keeps control over congress his legal troubles might fade away. by. the results are a blow to the president. the

and to no one's surprise official results say the vote was a landslide in putin's favor. and only sure when has been covering the referendum in moscow she told us more about reports of irregularities in the voting process while the author already is here in russia took a lot of measures to kind of ensure the safety of this vote during the pandemic including spreading out the election over 7 days allowing online voting allowing people to vote at home and independent monitors here from for example the monitors goalless they say that a lot of those measures actually make it easier to manipulate the vote so if the vote is spread out over 7 days that means fewer people are at the ballot box that means it's easier to carry out ballot stuffing there have been polling stations outside with kind of the ballots basically visible to view there have been a lot of stories about the online voting that's been taking place here in moscow and get another city as well because people have sort of gone and voted twice there's been several reports about that here once online and once at the p