all of which russia has violated. so we are determined to keep the and ine on russia, policymaking, and this is well,ing jim knows very we often if not usually overestimate what we can achieve in the short run. we usually underestimate will we can achieve in the long run. year,mber, year after being laughed at by various governments and some university professors, because the united states adhered to a nonrecognition of the soviet occupation. oh, get over it. be realistic, we were told, year after year. sometimes, the higher realism is to hold to your principles. that's the higher realism. not the realism that recognizes its own anointment. >> thank you coming out. happy new year. i am a freshman at the school of public affairs. i have a question in regards to the un's clos and the recent of china creating islands in the ocean and manipulating the seas around them. how could we use sanctions to deter their effects, and if it is appropriate to use sanctions to begin with? and how could we change their behavior, because

all of which russia has violated. so we are determined to keep the and ine on russia, policymaking, and this is well,ing jim knows very we often if not usually overestimate what we can achieve in the short run. we usually underestimate will we can achieve in the long run. year,mber, year after being laughed at by various governments and some university professors, because the united states adhered to a nonrecognition of the soviet occupation. oh, get over it. be realistic, we were told, year after year. sometimes, the higher realism is to hold to your principles. that's the higher realism. not the realism that recognizes its own anointment. >> thank you coming out. happy new year. i am a freshman at the school of public affairs. i have a question in regards to the un's clos and the recent of china creating islands in the ocean and manipulating the seas around them. how could we use sanctions to deter their effects, and if it is appropriate to use sanctions to begin with? and how could we change their behavior, because

down, that the west attacked serbia, russia's ally, that the west criticized russia about chechnya, that the west has expanded nato to russia's borders, in other words, that there was an attempt -- there was a hostility that the west showed to russia, triumphism, and that's why russia has had to react in the way it has. >> unfortunately, adolf hitler, when he was trying to explain why germany behaved as it did, i'm not talking about 1940 but about '33, '34, '35, and by the way, the harsh conditions imposed on post world war germany and nothing could be compared with very preferential treatment offered to russia and boris yeltsin by the united states and europe. there were credits. doors were opened. russia was accepted in g-7, turned to be g-8, not big in a normal democracy and not the greatest industrial power. so there was a good credit line both financial and political. and as for the expansion of nato, look, eastern european neighbors of russia had some bad mem rishgs and nobody doubts now if not for nato membership putin's stance would be entirely unacceptable today. i think it

this money she raised, she sent to russia to reequip. even stalin was astonished at this achievement, absolutely astonished that she had done this, so he invited her to russia in april 1945, and they met on their own at the kremlin and he gave her this very sort of prestigious commonest honor, badge. it gave her permanent russian pension and free travel all over russia not that she ever had any use for that, but she actually negotiated with stalin on her own. again, quite extraordinary. no other prime minister's wife, i mean, it would be impossible and yet this meeting was extraordinary and yet. >> news was coming out of poland by this point, so she was actually raising all of these issues, absolutely she knew what was going on and absolutely she put these things through stalin. she had to wipe-- walk this title because we needed russia and at the same time these appalling atrocities and could not be ignored. she alone had to deal with that difficult situation. >> can you speak to the relationship with eleanor roosevelt. >> yes. there th

the west criticized russia about chetchnia. there was a hostility that the west showed and that's why russia has had to react in the way it has. >> all these were heard from hitler when trying to explain why germany behaved as it did. i'm not talking about 1939 or 1940. by the way, the harsh conditions imposed on post-world war and germany are nothing -- could be prepared with very preferential treatment by the united states and europe. the doors were open. russia was accepted in g-7, turned to be g-8. not the greatest industrial power. there was a good credit line both financial and political. as for the expansion of nato, still european neighbors of russia had bad memories. nobody doubts now if not the membership, putin stands in the taliban region. >> you think so? >> putin look fs for the weak st on the map. if he can grab it, he does. >> very sobering thought. >>> next, i'll give you some fashion advice for 2016 or i'll tell you about one luxury designer with a very new surprising collection. stay with us. it's a great sch

and russia is this whole process could unravel. remember, this time around they put the process in place by getting the international syrian support group. or the international regional actors around the table, a series of meetings in vienna, the last one here in new york. the reality is this. i'm told by diplomats they can't--if they want to reboot this process, have another international syria support group. they believe it would be impossible right now to give iran and saudi arabia to attend. they have to work on what has already been agreed. that's why there is a limited window of opportunity before this all unvalves. they'll have maximum level of getting everyone on talks even if it's not to everyone's liking. it may not be on mone monday, but the effort is to try to get it going on next week. >> james bays, our diplomatic editor at the united nations. >> destroying the oldest church in iraq. it was built more than 1,400 years ago. isil fight whose control large parts of iraq and syria have destroyed historic buildings which t

it seems pretty obvious that it would point back to russia. >> you can't say that that is how russia works. they are not always thinking about the outcomes. it polonium is not a weapon you can buy and putin hates traders. there was an important point from him. a lot of houses exploded in russia. and there were rumors that the fsb was behind it and he said that the fsb did it. sarah: he was a naturalized british citizen. it was in a provocation towards london? -- was it a provocation towards london? >> he was not able to live in peace. sarah: they called the conclusions a provocation. a kremlin spokesman dismissed the findings as british humor. >> it is business as usual for vladimir putin despite the explosive findings in london. he spent part of his day here meeting with scientists and left it up to russia's foreign office . they said it was neither objective nor independent. it was one goal and it was clear from the beginning to vilify russia. and with regards of this, i would like to remind you o this particar form investition isn' andasn'clear fo public in both russian society. >

when russia reinstated historical justice, the way it was seen in russia. >> so this is primarily not about syria but about russia's place in the world? >> of course it is also about goal -- the primary goal was to stop the war. i think the primary goal was russia's stature in the world. >> reporter: we wanted to know what they thought of russia's war here in latakia, a home to about 2 million people. this is assad territory. the shops looked full and life seemed normal as we rode through town. we weren't allowed off the bus for security reasons, our russian minder said. instead, they took us to a refugee camp at the city's sports complex. while hundreds of thousands of syrians have fled to europe from the bombs and brutality of president assad and his opponents, the russians wanted to show us people that have fled to the safety of the syrian government. these are about 5,000 of the civil war. amid the tents, we found this woman. she's been here three years after fleeing aleppo with her daughter and grandchildren. what was happening in aleppo that made you come here to this camp? "the

all of which russia has violated. so we are determined to keep the pressure on russia. and in policy making, this is something jim knows very well, we often if not usually overestimate what we can achieve in the short run. we usually underestimate what we can achieve in the long run. i remember year after year being laughed at by various governments and some university professors because the united states adhered to a nonrecognition of the soviet occupation of the baltics. we were told, get over it, year after year. sometimes the higher realism is to hold to your principles. that's the higher realism. not the realism that recognizes power as its own anointment. >> thank you for coming out, mr. fried. happy new year. i'm noel leeby and i have a question in regard to the u.n. cnlos and the recent events with china creating island in -- you know, the oceans and just manipulating the seas around them. so how could we use sanctions to deter their effects and if it is appropriate to use sanctions to begin with and how could we change their behavior? because clearly, china is

russia in this intervention? >> translator: the main task is to restore statehood in this region, syrian statehood. >> reporter: this is the chairman of the russian parliament's defense committee. he was involved in the planning of the syrian mission. the united states is focused primarily on defeating isis, and russia seems to have other priorities supporting the assad regime and helping the assad regime fight its enemies. and that seems to take priority over fighting isis. >> translator: if you cut off the head, you get chaos. there's chaos in libya, chaos essentially in iraq. half the country is under isil. and the head was chopped off there, you see? so if you want to so stubbornly remove the leaders of syria, it's an enormous mistake. believe that assad has a role in the future of syria? >> translator: the problem is that he's lost some of his authority. the people themselves must figure out in elections who to follow and how to build their lives, which has been essentially ruined in syria. >> reporter: ruin

we have had different goals with respect to russia in ukraine, some of it directly related to russia and ukraine, others elsewhere in the region. we wanted to make sure that russia didn't do anything to our allies. we did not recognize the russian annexation of crimea, but there's -- i don't think anyone expects there to be a change there. the russians are, of course, still supporting the separatists in eastern ukraine. we want to keep the russians from going further than that, and so that has -- you know, we've been able to do that. but on the specific challenge of the russian support for separatists in eastern ukraine, on the challenge of trying to get the russians to truly support some kind of solution that would allow ukraine to move forward, when we're looking at the role of our sanctions policy -- and there are -- and the other challenge is, of course, trying to figure out with respect to russian calculations, you know, how much of their calculations, as their economy struggles, is due to the sanctions and how much is due to the drop in oil prices. >> which, you know, is helpfu

he came on to say we are not even in the game with russia area do you -- russia. do you agree with that? >> i do believe we are not in the game in the arctic nearly as we should be. korea.specific was north do you agree with that? >> i do. are you supportive of the president's measure? >> yes. >> last year, the army decided andet grid of a joint base 5000 airborne infantry troops, seven to eight hours can be anywhere in the northern hemisphere given the strategic clip. credit he has's reevaluated this and thinking it is a strategic mistake area does the u.s. army have an airborne grade that is ready to fight and win in subzero mountain climates like those in the arctic or north korea? >> not those. >> the four to five is part of 425 is part of the reserve. it was called the over the hill calvary that could be there in seven hours. do you think removing these forces emboldens the unstable leader of north korea question ? eliminating the only trained soldiers in that part of the world. to roll these back if confirmed. supportinganguage how we should be cutting force

when russia reinstated historical justice, the way it was seen in russia. >> so this is primarily not about syria but about russia's >> of course it is also about syria, but i don't think the goal -- the primary goal was to stop the war. i think the primary goal was russia's stature in the world. >> reporter: we wanted to know what they thought of russia's war here in latakia, a home to about 2 million people. this is assad territory. the shops looked full and life seemed normal as we rode through town. we weren't allowed off the bus for security reasons, our russian minder said. instead, they took us to a refugee camp at the city's sports complex. while hundreds of thousands of syrians have fled to europe from the bombs and brutality of president assad and his opponents, the russians wanted to show us people that have fled to the safety of the syrian these are about 5,000 of the millions of refugees from this civil war. amid the tents, we found this woman. she's been here three years after fleeing aleppo with her daughter and grandchildren. what was happening in aleppo that made you

did russia overestimate the power of the syrian army? >> translator: we have been fulfilling our obligations to syria and we will go on fulfilling them. president assad shouldn't rest on his laurels. he needs to work on his army and raise its morale, and if necessary, lead the army himself. he needs to unite his forces, which are scattered like fingers. they must be clinched into a fist. if you can't beat them, at least you can give them a black eye. >> reporter: it was the russians who got a black eye when one of their warplanes was shot down and the pilot killed by the turkish air force in late november. that incident may have been why we were taken to tartus, two hours south of latakia. this is the russian navy's only foothold in the mediterranean. holding on to this base seems to be one reason president putin maintained and is escorting his support of bashar al assad. this day, our destination was "the moscow," a guided cruiser ship. they brought us aboard and did everything short of firing off a missile to demonstrate russia's naval

in russia. >> whitaker: so this is primarily not about syria, but about russia's place in the world? >> lipman: of course, it is also about syria. but i do not think the goal, the primary goal, was to stop the war. russia's stature in the world. >> whitaker: we wanted to know what they thought of russia's war here in latakia, a coastal province, home to about two million people. this is assad territory. the shops looked full and life seemed normal as we rode through town. we weren't allowed off the bus-- for security reasons, our russian minders said. instead, they took us to a refugee camp at the city's sports complex. while hundreds of thousands of syrians have fled to europe from the bombs and brutality of president assad and his opponents, the russians wanted the safety of the syrian government. millions of refugees from this amid the tents, we found this woman. she's been here three years after fleeing aleppo with her what was happening in aleppo that made you come here to this camp? "they destroyed our homes," she told us. she said her son was killed. you lost everything? she t

alexandar widow you remembers britain to impose sanctions on russia. probably approved the former five murder. a child soldier appears before the international criminal court. and why vaping is now wanted in several parts of malaysia. >> with all the days sport including the latest from the australian open. at this time, a grand slam champion with an emotional goodbye after the last singles match of his career. >> . >> hello, an official inquiry into the death of former kgb agent in london. as concluded that his murder was probably approved by the russian president vladimir putin. 43-year-old was a outspoken critic of putin who fled russia. he died after drinking tea, laced with the rare radio active isotope. at the london hotel. the inquery found that russia's fsb, the successor to the kgb spy agency directed the killing and putin is likely to have signed off on it. acting on those ordered two russians and tray and demetri carried out the poisoning. the u.k. has summoned the ambassador over moscows refusal to cooperate. the kremlin says the investigat

reporter: unwanted, enemies of the state -- once russia's best friends, turks in russia are now in a very uncertain situation. michelle: for many people, a new year brings lists of resolutions and big plans. some of us hope to change their job, move house orororven have a baby. but the latter isn't always a happy outcome for some families. in britain, campaigners say that a scandal around a popular pregnancy drug was kept quiet for decades. in the 1960's and 1970's many of the mothers who took primodos had children with birth defects. the drug was produced by german company schering, which was subsequently taken over by bayer. legal action against the firm was halted in 1982 because of a lack of evidence. now, a group of families finally have managed to take their fight all the way to the british parliament. reporter: this mother and daughter hardly leave each other's side. their walk by the sea in liverpool is a daily ritual. pam mawdsley has devoted her life to looking after her daughter louise. louise was born with deformities 42 years ago. her development has been very restricted

>> i think between turkey and russia is extremely remote. both countries are upping the rhetoric against each other. i think both are diametrically opposed in terms of objectives in syria and turkey has regime change and russia impose stability. >> the sanctions are they hurting turkey? >> they are hurting turkey and expected this year to affect around $9 billion of trade between russia and turkey. >> we thank you very much indeed for coming in. well, just two days now until americas or some americans at least cast their votes in the run up to this year's election. new controversies over hillary clinton e-mails affect her campaign? we will look at that in just a moment. ancient secrets revealed as a historic church under goes its first proper restoration in 1500 years. we have the sport and action from the top to overcome lower league opposition. ♪ african union leaders are at a major summit in ethiopia and burundi crisis high on the agenda and catherine is there and she sent this to us. >> reporter: opening sessions of african union summi

. >> russia is a great power. russia has muslims. russia can play a positive role. >> good morning, everyone. let's get straight today at a. december services number came in at 54.2. this is versus expectations of 54.9. so easily beating those. the november number was 54.2. so really no change this. if we take a look at the composite number for december we saw a print of 54.3 and this is also higher than the forecast. so by and large, beating slightly when it comes to the services print but in line with expectations when it comes to the composite number. we also saw the german numbers set for strong growth in early 2016. it seems the german private sector expanded at the fastest pace in nearly 1.5 years in the month of december. quick look at how the euro dollar responds to this. down by 0.2% on the day. after we saw that big slide in yesterday's trading session. in part because the inflation numbers came in softer than forecast. so we're well back below the 108 level. >> well, that will do very little to lift investor sentiment in e

think of russia. it's become involved in the war in syria, fallen out with turkey and accused of adopting a cold war mentality, finding partners here is important. >> it was mentioned that russia should be treated with report. we believe isolations that many impose will become a thing of the past as many understand that russia wants to be an integrated player in the world's economy and do a good thing in the world. >> with oil taking a dive below 28 k/hr, and so much of the economy dependent on its health, russia nose 2016 will -- knows 2016 will be tough. to think it's only january >>> now, we will talk about litvinenko, and the results of an inquire yist former russian -- inquiry of the former russian spy. it is expected to implicate two men from moscow and possibly the russian president vladimir putin. that has been welcomed by mr litvinenko's widow. that's not clear what will happen >>> alexander litvinenko seen with his wife was a former russian spy turned critic, who received political asylum in

russia's revenge, russia imposes sanctions on turkish goods after one of its jets were shot down near the syrian border in nevada. [ music ] >> and cramping creativity, the copyright law aimed at hip dering guyana's music scene. we begin in saudi arabia where 47 people are accused of plotting and carrying out terrorist attacks have been executed. among those is sheik mimr-al-nimr. shia minority who live in saudi arabia say they're marginalized. iran said that saudi arabia pay a high price over his execution. also put to death, a man arrested in 2004 accused of possessing weapons. >> these are some of the 47 men executed in saudi arabia. convicted of plotting and carrying out terrorist attacks if included this man, nimr al-nimr, a cleric. among them was an al-qaeda preacher. >> the usual dethe judiciary deals with facts and criminal intent. >> last year a special court sentenced nimr to death. he did not deny the political charges against him but said he never carried weapons or called for violence. saudi arabia vowed to stamp out terrorism after a suicide-bombing if at a mosque in aug

the russia made light work of her opponent. she beat her belarusian opponent in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1. >>> allegations of match fixing in tennis entered the spotlight this week, but the betting industry is getting ever-closer to the sport, with a book maken chosen as one of the main sponsors. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: big names have made tennis big business, and that goes for betting on the game too. with hundreds of tournaments and thousands of matches, there's almost always a game set or match point on which to place a stake. a recent estimate put the tennis betting market at $5 billion, and with such big money changing hands, it has lead to a shadowy practice known as court siding. a person uses a mobile devise to spend a message. it gives the person receiving the message an advantage. >> there is billions of dollars on the market being trades each match. especially at the grand slams. i have heard of matches where $60 billion have been traded on line during the space of a couple of hours. in each tournament

i think russia has allowed a number of turkish firms that are engaged in production processes in russia to be able to something that was banned, but a number of firms were then named as being allowed to do that. this also holds true for some construction companies that have ongoing projects. these sort of exceptions, the effects of the bans will spread over time >>> what about the gas pipeline that was going to be a project between the two countries? if that has now been suss-- that has now been suspended. is that going to be a major problem for turkey? >> it was still an idea in any case. construction had not commenced. the pipeline was being built not only to supply gas to turkey, additional gas to turkey, but it was meant to ship gas elsewhere. i think there is no immediate deprivation to be suffered on that front and there is enough time to take measures that might possibly compensate for the up coming russian gas through the turkish pipeline >>> let's cast ahead six/nine months. say this is still going on. do you think that turkey will have suffered proportionately because of these

and russia says that it's fighting against i.s.i.s. too so four groups russia says it supported with bombing campaigns and air support but we don't yet know further detail about whether russia is contributing to supplying these groups with arms, vladimir putin was still quiet about that matter. >> thanks very much for the update from moscow. let's return to those delivery in besieged syrian towns and we go to the logistics office and part of the convey we talked about that went in the town of madaya on monday and joins us from skype now from damascus and thank force joining us and tell us more about your journey and what you experienced. >> we got in there quite late last night. it was dark. i was very called and it was quite miserable. people in there, their first question to all of us was do we have food so there is obviously quite an issue with food. there are approximately we estimate 42000 people in there and at the same time simultaneously there was food and the same items that went into madaya as you mentioned earlier. >> and wh

we believe that russia should be treated with respect. many of the sanctions people have tried to impose-- >> with oil taking a dive t $30 a barrel, even russia knows that 2016 will be tough. and to think it's only january. kamahl santamaria, davos. >> well, he's on the way out. the oil prices are still going down influencing markets all over the world. thclosing down the opposite of what had happened earlier. the dow jones index fell for much of the day, but it did manage to get back some of its positive territory before finally closing down 245 points. what's happening to drag the russian currency to a record low. the ruble to $1, the russian economy and government revenues are suffering because of the dependence on oil. even though it's an massive exporter it didn't get the money it wanted, but prices are down to a 12-year low. coming up, how astronomers have found a ninth planet? the deepest darkest recesses of our solar system? and in sport golf's number three rory mcilroy get the better of 2016 as the northern irishman hopes to kick

russia strictly rejects any cooperation between ukraine and the e.u. for now, the kremlin has suspended its free trade agreement with ukraine. russia officially claims ukraine could provide access to the russian market for unwanted european products. the fight over ukraine moving closer to the e.u. was one of the main reasons for the protests in november 2013. with the free trade agreement in place, former protesters now see one of their goals realized. phil: natalie cole has died at a hospital in los angeles. she will perhaps be best remembered for her recording of "unforgettable" sung as a duet with her father. she cancelled concerts in december because of long-standing health issues. she was 65 years old. ♪ ♪ phil: in sports, the new year's day leg of the four-hill ski jumping tournament at the german resort. the slovenian favorite finished ahead of norway's skier after his fourth victory of the season. he holds a huge points lead over the previous world cup leader. the german came in third and able to follow his win on tuesday. the third leg of