following the russian president vladimir putin. he has been taking questions from a farm to the northeast of moscow. if you want to make sure you do not miss a beat from the press conference, you can watch it online. bloomberg.com is where we are live streaming it with a very nice translation over the top. we are going to talk more about this and get key comments. ryan chilcote has been watching and will be bringing us more details when we come back in a moment. ♪ guy: welcome back. what are we watching? bloomberg sits down with the imf's christine lagarde at 10:20 eastern time, 3:20 london time. big bank earnings, goldman sachs and citi out with the numbers. we are continuing to follow vladimir putin's q&a with the russian people. we understand right now we had a question coming in from a gentleman named john. we have not ascertained whether he is an american or a birtbrit. ryan: we are in the part of the conversation where he takes questions from farmers. he took a question from a russian farmer. there are also foreign farmers

. >>> russian president vladimir putin healed a call in and answer show. citizens could ask what they wanted. some of the questions addressed the tough issues like the war in ukraine. >> reporter: a former politician was allowed to answer a response something that many consider facts, the thought that russians were involved in donetsk. >> to the question whether there are or are not troops in ukraine, i tell you clear, there are no troops in ukraine. >> reporter: the murder in february is a crime blamed on vladimir putin, but for the present who ordered the killing is a mystery. maybe he suggested such people don't exist. >> translation: he was in opposition to me in the government. we had kind enough relations when we were in touch. this kind of killing is shameful. >> reporter: and touching on the most recent of russia's actions to annoy the west the revived sale of s 300 systems to iran vladimir putin had this to say. >> translation: we do not see any reason. i want to stress it from our side to continue to keep them. >> reporter: the overall message of

. >> vladimir putin is fighting his own battle for hearts and minds. not in russia see what he is doing to drive a wedge through europe. ali velshi joins us from athens greece. hey. >> hey, greece made a $500 million loan payment today. normally you'd thing when somebody meets their loan payment things are starting to work occupant. greece's problems may be about to get worse. i tell you when "real money" returns in a minute. >> good evening, i'm antonio mora coming up after "real money" severe weather sweeps across the midwest, with reports of tornadoes touching down and doing damage. a dash cam video fills in blanks about what happened in the moments before a white police officer killed an unarmed blackman in south carolina. in a shift in u.s. of cuban relations, president obama considers removing the country from a terrorism list. that and more at the top of the hour. per cent >>> the greek prime minister was in moscow this week talking about an economic alliance with russia, and the conversation is leading critics to ask again if vladimir putin is

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and a phone in with vladimir putin. russians given a rare chance to question their president >>> and another sign china's economic might is slipping >>> we start this new hour in yemen, where the country's vice president just called for an armed force to support the legitimate government in exile. let's listen to a little more of what he had to say. >> translation: the international community and the region have to intervene urgently to pave the way for the citizens to live in a suitable manner and put an end to the crisis so it doesn't become a catastrophe. we need to stress that the utmost priority of the government is to deal with the urgent humanitarian situation in yemen. that's why we decided the first step is to form a higher committee >>> the vice president voiced the humanitarian plight of his people and called for an end to fighting. we are joined from jizan in saudi arabia. we have been introduced officially to the man on whom so much rests on the future of his country. >> yes, men people in yemen look at thi

a direct line to vladimir putin, russians given a chance to question their president >>> another sign that china's economic might is slipping >>> we'll start in yemen, where the vice president has called for an armed force to support the legitimate government in exile, and says a key priority is to deal with yemen's worsening humanitarian crisis. >> translation: the international community and the region have to intervene urgently in order to pave the way for the citizens to live in a suitable manner and to put an end to the crisis so it doesn't become a catastrophe. we need to express the utmost priority of the government is to deal with the humanitarian situation in yemen without distrip nation. that's why we decided the first step is to form a higher committee. >> we can two to our correspondent in jizan. by is in saudi arabia. close to the border. we have seen the deputy president. give us an idea of his agenda. what seems to be his priority? >> yes what he has announce's a war time government program with top priorityies the. calls for more of that and channelling it to yemen who

vladimir putin has become increasingly isolated. for instance, when vladimir putin was looking around the world for friends, one of the people who returned his call was xi jinping. charlie: he was admiring what he did with crimea. evan: resources, it consolidated political improvement at home. his enthusiasm for this cooled. it became a complicated operation. it caused as much blowback for vladimir putin. charlie: with barack obama? evan: that relationship is occasionally candid, which is significant. they can actually have a conversation. they have tried. charlie: neither speaks the other language. evan: xi jinping is a different kind of operator. while you talk to him, he often doesn't have notes. everyone comes away with the same impression which is that he means what he says. their relationship remains pretty remote because they have very different ways of doing things. charlie: different lives. evan: if you think about how profoundly different their experiences are. the differences in the ways they were shaped. obama came throu

vladimir putin is keen on shoring up bilateral trade which is fallen 40%. they also discussed extending the turkish pipeline project into greece, a move that could turn athens into a major european energy hog. -- energy hug. tsipras said it is eager european problem that needs it european solution. >> i can say that today is an important day for russian and greek relations. >> as the new friendship is forged, it's unclear what it means for greece and the eu. tsipras said this trip to russia won't be his last. brian: what do the talks hold for both greece and the eu and russia as well? our correspondents, marcus let's start with you. you were following the talks today. what kind of economic cooperation what is he prepared to give the greeks? marcus: we heard it before in your report, russia's economy is not ready to give any financial aid to greece, but they obviously have talked about cooperation in the gas sector. you mentioned that before, they could cooperate in the turkish project to build a pipeline system bypassing ukraine to deliver russian gas to th

outside russia it's vladimir putin's vision that is the main concern. many and the west have begun to see russia as a security threat. are they right to be afraid of russia? >> no, they are not right. i believe the theory comes from countries that want to create riusussia as an eneemmy. sarah: so another marathon session has wrapped up. the only question left now is whether mr. putin can actually deliver on the promises he made here. kathy: four hours. that is a lot of time to answer questions. other news from around the world. fighting is underway for control of rammadi. u.s. led coalition forces have launched airstrikes. the iraqi government troops also reported to be fighting against i.s. tens of thousands of -- are fleeing as the violence intensifies. south africa's president has condemned violence against foreigners as shocking and unacceptable. five people have been killed since last week in attacks on migrants who have been accused of taking local jobs. mr. zuma said the attack violated respect for life and human rights. just three weeks from now

the greek prime minister meets vladimir putin in moscow. >>> plus a white u.s. police officer is charged with murder after shooting a black man in the back. >>> i have all of the sport, including collected to host the 2017 africa cup of nations, beating bids from both ghana and algeria. ♪ >>> and we begin this news hour in yemen where aid is slowly starting to trickle in as the saudi-lead air strikes continue. iran's state media says tehran has sent two warships to the gulf of aden. fighting has been focused in the area in the southeast of yemen, 30 houthis have reportedly been killed in battle with other tribal militias. on yemen's border suspected al-qaeda fighters stormed and took control of a remote border post. and jordan is pushing a draft resolution at the u.n. to try to stop this conflict from escalating. the humanitarian situation on the ground in the port city of aden has been described as catastrophic. but some aid as arrived. >> reporter: bombs from the sky light up the night over yemen. air strikes have now entered a third week but the coalition h

vladimir putin is hosting the q&a call in session p he will field questions from the general public on television. the calls pour in for our spirit last year featured a few questions from a fugitive u.s. security contractor edward snowden. ryan is here. let's bring them in. good morning. what is likely to be on the agenda? >> there gotten more than one million. many people see this as a stage managed exercise. russians want to know about the country standoff with the west. there are even more social economic questions, particularly from the region people are worried about wages, inflation and the state of the economy. that has become a big issue. >> have seen a rise in some of the violence that is happening. will that be at the forefront as far as foreign policy issue? >> i think so. they say pictures every single day get a russian journalist was killed there earlier this week. let the most deadly and bloody day of violence in two months. people see that. they are concerned it will the spill over into russia proper? we recognize that to regions in eastern ukraine? why don't we do that?

. >>> call it late night with vladimir putin or just the putin show vad tv russian president vladimir putin fielding questions from citizens in his annual televised q&a session, direct public access to the president but critics say it puts the mock in democracy. the carefully vetted questions serving as a vehicle for putin's message. last year's session ran three hours 55 minutes, last year's record breaking 4 hours 45 minutes. nearly 2.5 million questions submitted this year. what were the themes and was there anything interesting? >> a lot of interesting stuff, yes. he crammed it all into four hours as well which was pretty good by vladimir putin's standards. much of the questions about the economy, the russian economy in free fall ticked up a little bit in the last few weeks. free fall ruble plunging against the dollar. people's standards of living has been really deteriorating. this is one of the big concerns of ordinary russians and a number of questions asked about that which vladimir putin tried to answer as frankly as he possibly could. one of the questions, for instance price

of coarse you have vladimir putin's yearly call in. it lasts up to four hours and he takes calls from anyone in russia. it looks a lot like a pbs pledge show. what they are doing is asking him for various favors. there was a promotion to this year it was almost like a trailer for hollywood. you had him staring down barack obama. olivia: it looks like an arnold schwarzenegger film. ryan: -- brendan: he will do various dictatorial benevolence. he will give a child a puppy or fixed pipes. >> how can we carry on living without a suburban train service? because our youngsters cannot attend schools, etc. what can i say? >> yes, of course, i agree with you. i cannot go into details on the problems -- brendan: vladimir putin agrees with a color. -- a caller. we are considering changing our format. ♪ olivia: good morning. i am olivia sterns. let's get to our top headlines. in russia. putin is saying he expects international sanctions to remain in place for some time. an economy heading into its first recession in six years. he's answering que

he is in moscow for a high-profile visit with russian president vladimir putin. let's bring in chief for never robert person -- chief foreign editor robert persons. robert: it certainly seems to enter into a good just before tsipras left for moscow, he said that it was going nowhere. he called upon sanctions against russia and there have been numerous statements which have suggested that greece wants to change its policy towards the eu. so there is an element of that in it. in a way come i suppose this is greece poking the finger are truly in the gemini because relations have been so sour between the two of them. we have alternatives here. if things don't work out with the eu there are other people who might be prepared to help out. i think it is misguided thinking if he really does think that because he has to seriously think about the conditions in the russian economy at the moment. moscow is extremely reluctant to pour money in greece or anywhere else. russia's own economy is shrinking in the region of 3.8% this year. so whatever alexis tsipras has to say that

there has been 2.2 million questions submitted to vladimir putin. hopefully he won't get to all of them, but it is expected to be a marathon session. last year, he than went on for three hours and 48 minutes. the kremlin says it is a range of topics. the conflict in ukraine and sanctions over the russia alleged involvement in ukraine. the country's sinking economy. all of these part of the conversation that putin will be leading on the slick set of russian television. a lot of anticipation. russian television is just running a countdown clock in the minutes before the question and answer session starts. a lot of anticipation. >> excitement. 2.5 million questions and counting. matthew, you will monitor. thank you. >>> retailers have raised minimum wage to $9? some say it is not good enough. raise it higher. we have that after the break. technology gives you control and now technology gives you home security and control in a new and revolutionary way. introducing plug & protect from livewatch security, an easy to use wireless security system customize

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. >>> greece's prime minister heads to moscow to meet with russian president vladimir putin, but the trip could be overshadowed by greece's major money problems. the country is set to settle a huge debt payment to the imf on thursday keeping western allyies happy while also reaching out to russia. we have more about that. >> randall, the message was that we're good for the money. that's the message from greece's finance minister to the imf. greece has to repay half a million dollars towards its imf loan. while the two sides haggle bitterly over the terms of the bailout. prime minister tsipras was voted in amid living standards that have plunged. no all this makes the timing of the trip to moscow all the more interesting. the greek officials insist that tsipras is not looking for money from russian president vladimir putin, and putin does not appearing to offering any but it could be uncomfort for european governments trying to present an united front against russia over ukraine. bans on some european imports were part of tit for tat measures imposed by moscow in really tallation for

. -- vladimir putin. the relationship has been hurt by sanctions and the embargo referring to the european union and united states. they have come together to reach an agreement to boost investment ties and cooperate on energy. these are the latest headlines between vladimir putin and alexis tsipras as he visits moscow and meets with vladimir putin. the two making some commemorative comments like today is an important day for greek-russian relations given it is the 70th anniversary of victory day. these agreements relate to trade cooperation and boosting investments in each other's countries. matt: thanks for that. if there is any organization that can combat climate change and extreme poverty, it is the world bank. stephanie ruhle will be sitting down with the bank's president in the next few minutes to discuss their strategies were both -- for both. stephanie: so good to see you. we have heard from the world bank that they have a new plan they sent out to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. there are sti

vladimir putin is gearing up for the annual colin showed today. the russian currency is the best performing in the world. the snapback is what they really rely on an ryan chilcote joins us with more now. a couple of reasons to be happier today? >> brent is up and people are concerned about the boom that we have seen major trail off and that sends the ruble strength the aunt and up this year. last year, the worst performing. the real situation is things like inflation and it is close to 17%. that is the highest it has been. you think about the first eight years of his rule and gdp rose. you have incomes on the decline. a lot of people will want to talk about the ruble and the general state of the economy. you look at the surveys and that is what they are concerned about. they will talk about it about policy. >> the expertise of russia right now, this is not any other country. we know about the high approval rating. >> it still stands. even if people do not like vladimir putin, they like his foreign-policy and it is all about the rise of russia in t

vladimir putin denied there are russian troops in ukraine. and with a framework of a new agreement with iran all but finalised he said he would renew a contract to deliver an s-300 defense system to iran. >> there is absolutely no threat to israel. it's exclusively defensive weapons, given the conditions in the region particularly in relations with yemen, the supplies of this weaponry are a deterrent factor. >> vladimir putin wants a better relationship with the west but will not compromise russia's interest. >> we support normal relations between all countries in the east and west. the most important condition is respect for russia and our interests. i have said that that some big powers some superpowers claim exclusivity and record themselves as the only -- regard themselves as the only center of the world. they don't need allies they need vessels. i'm talking about the u.s. russia cannot exist in that kind of relationship >>> organizers say interest was strong this year more than 2 million questions submitted for vladimir putin. the tulsa

putin and why vladimir putin likes the night wolves. in fact, he has ridden with them several times. >> this is part of a more general campaign to fit the conservative majority, first consolidate the conservative majority and then pit it against anyone who would not pledge allegiance to the state. >> poland also has concerns. it says that 20 night wolves advance through berlin won't be let through. the wolves say that even if they are stopped at the polish border they'll still find a way of getting in. they're not hinting exactly how they're going to do that, but a suggestion that they might split up and try to get in individually through different border posts. >> it brings the tension that many are worried about and it's the measure of modern russia that the leather-clad biker game is one of it's government's staunchest allies. >> you'll find much more about all our stories on our website the address to click on to is www.aljazeera.com. www.aljazeera.com for all your international news and sports updated 24 hours a day. >> louisiana's

help me understand, what does vladimir putin want? henry: putin is looking to try and drive a wedge within the eu. eu sanctions, which have been harmful to the russian economy, are coming for renewal in july. while russia does not have a lot to offer greece it cannot offer a bailout but it can provide relief on countermeasures that barred eu food from russia. he promised investment in greece and loans for joint ventures. russia is trying to put something on the table to persuade greece to break ranks with the eu. erik: what is the thinking around the prospects for that to succeed? if he wanted to drive a wedge in europe, go for the brits, french or germans. greece is the odd man out already. henry: most people you speak to who know about the negotiations tell me that that is not going to work. greece ultimately is going to have to fall into line because it needs european money. there are other countries russia is also targeting -- hungary the czech republic, bulgaria. this is a russian campaign which is going to accelerate in the comi

putin and vladimir putin likes the night wolves. others find the union worrying. >> this is part of a more general campaign to pit the conservative majority against anybody who would not pledge allegiance to the state. >> poland also has concerns. it says 20 night wolves who plan to plot the soifts soviet flight to berlin won't be let in. the wolves say even if they are stopped at the polish border they'll still find a way of getting in. they are not hinting how athey'll do that, but suggest they split up through italy and different border posts. that the country is so nervous of a few russians on motorcycles, a leather clad biker organic is one of the government's staunchest allies. rory challands, al jazeera moscow. >>> freddy gray followed a broken spine following his arrest two weeks ago. gabriel elizondo reports. >> people here are angry, there are so few answer he about the death of freddy gray, they let out frustrations against a history of police mistreatment. several people were arrested. it got ugly for a brief period at t

. >> the company became youuranium one, that was sold to russia essentially controlled by vladimir putin and now control 20% of american uranium. ininvestigators who profited from that deal donated more than $140 million to the clinton foundation. but millions of dollars of those donations were never disclosed. flying in the face of a deal the clintons struck with the obama administration. again, all of this does not fit on a bumper sticker, but from the book and various media organizations like "the new york times," "the washington post" and fox news connecting some of the dots here, most political watchers will tell you, this is at best for hillary clinton, a serious political issue for her campaign. chris? >> brett, thank you. now, let's bring in the man whose team spent ten years on the clinton money trail peter schweizer author of "clinton cash" and welcome to "fox news sunday." >> thank you for having me. >> let's start with the phrase that brett mentioned you use in the book the clinton blur, mix of private and public, charity and government action. what's your point? >> the point

with vladimir putin with 7,000 warheads, no comment from this president at all. what do you make of that? >> well, this president is so inopen the -- this president is so inept. telling american officers you may not send any more troops to baltic nations of let latvia, they are telling us what we can't do in nato member states and even threatening us with nukes putin is working us like the iranians are working us. lou: colonel ralph peters thank you. >> thank you. lou: vote on the poll, question do you think on occasion our government should seek to address the issues of problem that matter most to middle class men and women. lockheed-martin showing off. the most fascinating part of the fighter jet the helmet for the pilot, protecting his head, and allowing him to have x-ray vision there are cameras embedded in the aircraft. and projectors in the helmet, each one costs more thans there are 400,000. >> up next, new fox news poll, that shows a new leader among the likely candidates for president. >> and a tennessee police officer, putting his life on the line to sa

vladimir putin has been hosting this session every year since 2001. he has been answering questions about international sanctions obvious ukraine, and the state of russia's economy. >>> iraq's prime minister is pushing for the creation of a unified fighting force under the banner of the iraqi army. many of the voluntary fighters are under prepared and under-resourced, blaming the government for that. kim vinnell reports from near mosul. >> reporter: in step with each other, and now with the iraqi army too. these volunteer fighters have, for the first time, pledged to take orders from baghdad. part of the government'sest to unify countless militias. this group is diverse, sunni arabs, kurds and christians from mosul, occupied by i.s.i.l. all are eager to go back. >> translation: one of my sons is here. he was a soldiers. the other will come in the next in take. i have 10 children and came to be a volunteer not for money or benefit, but to get my city back. >> reporter: they call themselves the national guard, a force which officially doesn't exist. it'

. >> greek prime minister alexis tsipras meet with russian president vladimir putin. he has not asked russia for money or financial assistance. rory chlallands has the story. >> alexis tsipras has paid thinks respect at the russian come of too many of the fallen soldier. russiavladimir putin denied bail out was on the cards although assistance in other forms was discussed. >> the greek side has not addressed us with any request for aid. we spoke about air justice sectors of the economy including the possibility of developing energy prospects. >> greece was worn not to break the e.u. line. >> russia says it was exploited by the west, now it wants to use that to its benefit. greece is an opportunity for russia. but there are horse. >> hungary'shungary welcomed vladimir putin in february. he described the e.u. sanctions against russia was like shooting oneself in the foot. then there are the far right russia has lent marie la pens $10 million, although it's rumored to be much higher. >> you can have an alliance like la pens and in the greece the fact these are parties th

the greek prime minister meets vladimir putin in moscow. >>> plus a white u.s. police officer is charged with murder after shooting a black man in the back.

. >> russian penalty vladimir putin defiant on a live call in show. >> this is aljazeera america. good morning. live from new york city, i'm randall pinkston. the united states nations said the crisis in yemen is growing course. their top envoy resigned, stepping down citing what he called difficulties in the country. he has repeatedly expressed frustration with the political situation in yemen. he worked for five years to bring about peace there but it all unraveled when houthi rebels forced president hadi from power. now the exiled former president seems to have been denied safe package from saudi arabia. we have more from saudi arabia. >> he actually expressed his frustration on several occasions particularly after the houthis take over sanna last september and on several other occasions after that, because many deals were signed with the houthis in which they pledged to retreat withdraw militias from sanna and other territories but did not deliver on those promises. also he has been credit sides of other parties in yemen saying that there is no sufficient amount of cooperation

vladimir putin rode with them several times. their involvement in the takeover of crimea earned them a place on the sanctions list and they are at the forefront of o movement auld aind maidan staging a rally in february in moscow aimed at preventing a pro-western ukraine style uprising in russia. the group insists it's a bunch of bikers defending russia. the ultra dox church. in the climate of east-west tensions that is why they make some europe answer states nervous. >>> just a reminder you can keep up to date with the news on the week side on aljazeera.com. jazeera.com. >>> you might not know it or like it, but you are being watched almost all the time. >> they know more about you than you know about you. monitored. >> don't put personnel information out there. there's people that eat that up. >> this is an american tonight special investigation - your secret's out." >> i'm julie chen, it's no exaggeration it say we live in a

>> and the sale to russia was approved with close ties to vladimir putin. this is precisely the point of the clinton campaign has hit back hard because it's a committee of nine agencies not just a state department. nine separate agencies and they point out there is no hard evidence and you don't cite any in the book that hillary clinton took direction action was involved in any way in approving as one of nine agencies the sale of the company. >> well here's what is important to keep in mind. it was one of nine agencies but any one of those agencies had veto party. so she could have stopped the deal. what's interesting about this of all those nine agencies who was the most hawkish on these types of issues? hillary clinton. she had a reputation going back to the dubai port steel. >> quickly point out, this is in 2005 that the united arab emirates are buying a number of ports and she was senator and she said we shouldn't have them buying u.s. assets. >> yes. what is also happening in 2010 basically they are claiming she didn't know about this deal. in 2010 whe

and vladimir putin today taking questions from ordinary citizens. the bulk of his hour-long showed devoted to the economy went vladimir putin insisting that russia will survive an economic crisis deepened by tensions and lower oil prices he slammed the united states saying that they don't need allies. he then denied that there were russian troops in eastern ukraine despite strong evidence to the contrary and vladimir putin depending the sale of sophisticated antiaircraft missiles to iran claiming that they have shown what they called a great degree of flexibility and compromise with nuclear talks of six world powers. and for such a communist totalitarian, he is being pretty open with the press. he has held at least 20 news conferences where he took questions from april a year ago but by comparison, president obama has participated in 21 conferences over the same timeframe. most leaders who claim openness and transparency. we are coming back, stay with us. >> coming up how in the world was a mailman able to fly a gyrocopter through the musters restri

he's -- vladimir putin, likes them. he's ridden with them a number of times. this is part of a campaign to others find the union worrying. >> it's part of a more general campaign to fit the conservative majority, the consolidated majority. and fit it against anybody who would not pledge allegiance to the states. >> poland has concerns. it says 20 nightwolfs that plan to trace the advance from eastern berlin will not be allowed throw. warsaw views russia as hostile. the wolves say if they are stopped at the polish boarder, they'll find a way of getting in, they are not hinting at how, but a suggestion that they may split up and get in individually through different border posts. it's a measure of tensions that an e.u. country is nervous about and a measure of modern rush a that a leather-clad bikie gang is an ally. >>> you can keep up to date with all the news on the website. aljazeera.com. jazeera.com. about, you know... the distance and in and out, big picture, precision. >> billions of people around the world have seen him perform. at the beijing olympics...

vladimir vladimir putin's latespower play in the cold war with the west, plus china is making a power play in pakistan with a multimillion dollar bid. these two developments have me asking tonight: what if anything can america do about it? i'm ali velshi, our special report starts right now. is america losing the global competition for influence in the world? whispers have turned to loud proclamations. i heard them last week when i was in washington for a meeting of the world's most powerful financial leaders. i hear it when i talk to key players around the globe. but before we go down this road, we have to answers answer three questions. is america's influence declining, two, if it is, which is gaining? and three, taking a half foot foot step back from the world stage is it a bad thing? situation in ukraine morphed into an international crisis? in one bold strike last week vladimir putin announced plans to sell sophisticated missiles to iran, deploying those missiles in iran would thwart possible attacks by the u.s. or israel on iran's nuclear installations, advantage russia. the u.s

putin. greece is in difficult negotiations over its bailout program. it must row pay a $487 million i.m.f. loan installment on thursday. russia's indicated it could offer relief by lifting import sanctions and boosting trade with greece. >> rory chalands is live. >> we understand that a meeting between the two has begun in the last half hour or so. what we know about what each of them want from this situation it's a difficult one to weigh out. we certainly know what the europe union fears about this relationship the europe union has a nightmare scenario, looking at what happens in the moment and can see greece maybe defaulting on all its loans walking out of the euro zone straight into russia. russia affairs a financial aid package and greece gives russia a use of its veto within the europe union, there are unity would be considerably weakened. whether or not that will happen, we can't say at the moment. maybe this is more about political theater than it is about nightmare scenarios such as

senior official was underway with that greece's alexis tsipras is meeting with vladimir putin today. russia has indicated it could offer some relief by lifting import sanctions and boosting trade with greece. let's take a closer look at greece's debt problems now. the country owes $348 billion in total, repayments on the largest amount, $140 billion doesn't start until 2023. the immediate problem for greece is the $27 billion owed to the international monetary fund. 503 million of that is due for repayment thursday. if greece were to miss that payment, it would be the first time a developed country has failed to meet its international debt obligations. we are in moscow with more on eye why the bilateral talks has some people in the e.u. worried. >> there's a nightmare scenario here and it goes like this. really here that many european leaders and they are restless nights might be considering at the moment going something like this. what if greece defaults on all its debts and it throws off austerity measures. it exits the euro zone and straight into the arms of russia, russia offers

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. >>> russian president vladimir putin is defiant defending his government's economic record and its actions in ukraine. >>> a new arrest today after an alleged sexual assault on a florida beach in the middle of a crowd during spring break. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. the united nations says the crisis in yemen is growing worse today, and their top envoy for the country has now resigned stepping down citing difficulties in the country as the reason for his departure. he had worked for about five years to bring about peace in that country, but it all unravelled when houthi rebels forced president hadi from power. mohamed vall joins live from saudi arabia. why is this resignation so significant? >> reporter: yes, stephanie it didn't come as a surprise here in saudi arabia and also in yemen, because almost five years of efforts to bring about a solution in yemen has miserably failed and he blamed all of the sides, particularly the houthis. he oversaw the signing of several agreements but those agreements were no sooner signed than viola

. >> president vladimir putin also said russia stood together with armenia, a close ally. turkey has sharply criticized both countries for those positions. >> the genocide memorial stands in the capital. for the people of armenia, it's towering obelisk is a symbol of strength. here, the president welcomes guests from around the world. among them, russian president vladimir putin and his french counterpart, francois hollande. both countries see the massacre of armenians by ottoman turks as genocide. armenia's president spoke of a long struggle by recognition. >> may this dispel the darkness of 100 years of denial and put an end to the suffering of people experiencing the horrors and tortures of genocide, even into the 21st century. >> the suffering of more than 2 million armenians began with the outbreak of world war i. until then, the christian minority had lived peacefully among turks and kurds on both sides of the border between the ottoman empire and russia. the ottomans accuse the armenians of siding with the russians, calling them a threat to the state. men, women and

. >>> russians have been peppers president vladimir putin with questions during his annual call-in show. russia's sagging economy and the crisis in ukraine were major talking points. putin denied sending troops for fighting in eastern ukraine, and said the economy could bounce back in the next two years despite sanctions dragging it down. >> translator: we should use the opportunity of sanctions and turn it around for new developments. so for instance we replace certain imports, and that will stimulate our own economy. and it encourage us to develop high-tech industries. >>> ukraine's interior minister says a man was found shot dead he was a former member of parliament during the term of the former president. the current president has ordered an inquiry. >>> and just a few hours before that a ukrainian journalist also known to be pro-russia was killed in kiev as well. he was shot dead by two masked gunmen here his home. witnesses report seeing the men drive away in a dark blue car. >>> south african's president has called to an end of violence following a series of attacks. police fired

. >> vladimir putin presented himself as a manager, telling people to prepare for more economic hardship to come and preparing for a standoff with the west over ukraine. he also said no one wants to reestablish the old empire of the soviet era. anchor: there are two high-profile deaths rocking neighboring ukraine. a politician and a pro-russian journalist have been shot in the space of 24 hours. police found the body of a former lawmaker in his apartment on wednesday evening. anchor: he served in the government of the ousted president. journalist oles buzyna was gunned down outside his house in central key of this afternoon. in yemen al qaeda militants are said to have taken control of a major port, and oil terminal in the provincial capital. they have overrun one of the cities, an important city in the south. anchor: saudi arabia continues to lead airstrikes in yemen targeting rebels. they have the backing of iran and have forced the president to flee. the united nations special envoy to yemen has resigned, suggesting failure of efforts to move toward a political solution . the almost d

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the players are vladimir putin, alex tsipras and the troika. at stake is greece's future in the euro-zone. greece must pay the i.m.f. about 460 million euros on april 9. then tsipras will meet puten in moscow. the decision to meet putin was a negotiating chip designed to suggest to the west that the greek government has options if they are beapeded by the yearpian partners. there are a number of cards they can play to each other's benefit. russia can announce the listing of sanctions against greece to allow imports of fruits and vegetables to revacuum. the sanctions were placed in response to sanctions being placed on russia. in return, greece could -- any additional sanctions being applied by the e.u.. they could renegotiate their gas deal making gas cheaper for the greeks. one thing that is unlikely to happen is any kind of blackout from the russians. their financial resources have been curtailed by the fall in the price of oil leaving their economy in a weak state. the danger that greece's euro area partners are intimidated by them warming u

. >> greece's prime minister meets with vladimir putin. >>> summit of the americas. >> i have a lot of faith that before arriving in panama, obama will remove cuba from the list of terrorist states. >> will the president get rid of a major roadblock to building a better bridge between hooive and hooive havana and washington? and roadblocks in africa. >> good evening i'm antonio mora we begin tonight about new concerns about the crisis in yemen. secretary of defense ash carter says that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula or aqap, has captured more territory. >> aqap is an organization that we are very concerned about. because other than having regional ambitions ambitions in yemen, we all know that aqap has ambitions on striking defense the united states. >> iran has sent two war ships to the waters off yemen. that comes as tehran is calling on pakistan to reject a saudi request for help in fighting the houthi rebels. hashem ahelbarra has the story. >> a tv channel owned by the houthis was hit. the saudi led coalition has stepped up its military campaign to prevent houthi fighters from c

. ♪ >>> and a direct line to vladimir putin, russians are given a rare chance to question their leader. ♪ >>> and we begin the news hour with the war in yemen. it seems both sides of the conflict are calling on the other to stop fighting. according to the reuters news agency a senior houthi official is demanding an unconditional end to the bombing campaign. the vice president is calling on the houthis to stop their attacks. ♪ >> translator: the international community and the region have to intervene urgently to pave the way for citizens to live in a normal manner. we need to stress that the utmost priority of the government is to deal with the urgent humanitarian situation in yemen. >> the vice president also called for the armed forces to support the legitimate government in exile. >> translator: i call upon the security and the armed forces to support the legitimate regime and to protect everything in this country. and we urge everyone to go back to the rashal path. >> and he stressed that the only way forward forward for yemen was a stop to the fighting. >> translator: i welcom

the role vladimir putin apparent apparently wanted steven seagal to play. coming up. people ship all kinds of things. but what if that thing is a few hundred thousand doses of flu vaccine. that need to be kept at 41 degrees. while being shipped to a country where it's 90 degrees. in the shade. sound hard? yeah. does that mean people in laos shouldn't get their vaccine? we didn't think so. from figuring it out to getting it done, we're here to help. [♪] there is an ancient rhythm... [♪] that flows through all things... [♪] through rocky spires... [♪] and ocean's swell... [♪] the endless... stillness of green... [♪] [♪] and in the restless depths of human hearts... [♪] the voice of the wild within. [♪] >>> welcome back to the lead. i'm jack tapper. the politics lead now. for the first time in nearly two years president obama has traveled into positive territory. cnn poll shows more americans now approve of his job performance rather than disapprove. and that's not all. 52% of americans say they're feeling good about the economy. that is the highest rat