policy toward russia. they talk to lawmakers about russia's military, it's relationship to nato and the country's political system. this is just over two hours. >> the foreign relations committee will come to order. we thank our witnesses for being here and look forward to their testimony. we're obviously here today to talk about russia and its role in the world. together our countries conquered the nazis, prevented proliferation of nuclear weapons in 1990's and fought against terrorists after 9/11. yet for most of modern history, americans and russians have found themselves at cross purposes. throughout the cold war we trained to obliterate each other. with the fall of the berlin wall, many argued that difficult days of confrontation were behind us. leaders like gorbachev and yeltsin worked to place russia on a path toward democracy and peaceful engagement with the rest of the world. reagan asked for the wall to be torn down. george w. bush had putin come to his ohm and obama sought to just to his home in

is able to get away with. >> russia recorded our operations in south china sea, have they. >> has russia supported our -- >> correct. >> no. >> they're taking same position on china of freedom of navigation operations? >> senator, i would characterize it as they have not taken a vocal position one way or the other. they have largely remained in the background on this. >> so i -- dr. carpenter, while i'm with you i guess i can follow up, and we can have that conversation as well what we're doing to push russia to implement 2270 to agree to a true commitment to a nuclear-free peninsula. want to talk about a report that couple out several months ago, i'm sure you're familiar with it. this is rand report, looking at attar kel, russian invasion can overrun nato in the 60 hours. this was published in december 2015. i'm sure you're familiar with this report. has this assessment changed in your mind since this report was first published? >> senator, i would say russia clearly possesses time distance advantage if it were decide to be an aggressor in the baltic states and that poses certain limita

russia, i would like to talk to dr. carpenter on russia. i have a second follow-up on hybrid warfare. i want to talk about georgia. i want to know what lessons we've learned after eight years? the russians have history of creating frozen conflicts without a peace treaty everything seems to be going normal and i know next year in one of their regions, chavali, having referendum joining russia again. this is pressure russia keeps putting on there and i'm very concerned. james clapper, director of dni, national intelligence the nation of georgia despite progress on western nations and reforms is increasing risk from russian aggression and pressure. i visited serbia last year and met the georgian defense minister, tina kitalshi, and heard her concerns about ongoing pressure in georgia. what lessons have we learned in terms of standing up? i know georgia in the u.s., national guard had a forward deployment there. i would like to get some feedback on that. is also what are we doing from a dod standpoint to put pressure on russia relative to georg

it was a chaotic time in russia. the presidential elections were about to take place, and the bombing of chechnya in response to the supposedly terrorist acts was being escalated as was the invasion of the country itself. the doubts remained and they were raised by, at that time, the still relatively free russian media. but in the fast-moving flow of quite dramatic events, the subject managed to get buried, and there were not the forces in russian society which is not like american society, replete with ngos, independent press, and people with a democratic tradition and the readiness to challenge the authorities, was not, proved itself not to be capable of raising the issue on a sustained basis. there were emotions in the state duma to investigate the strange events in ryazan, but those motions were voted down with the help of a monolithic support of the pro-putin united party as it was then called. an independent commission was formed to investigate the ryazan events, and its members again to be murdered one by one.

now one inside russia will do it so it is being undertaken outside of the russia. it will definitely be translated and put on the internet. that is for sure. i have been interviewed in russian and there are pieces that appeared in russia. what i would like is for a printed book to be available in russia. that is what is being discussed right now. i believe it will be. >> great. my second question is eight years ago when we were in the midst of another election, they invaded another portion of the soviet union. here we are eight years later, political turmoil that the rest of the world often doesn't understand. do you expect in light of the buildup of the baltic states we will have another problem in the next few months or within the next months of the new president? >> i think there will be a problem in terms of increased tension. but there is an important distinction between the baltic republics and georgia and ukraine. georgia and ukraine were not members of nato. it was possible to invade georgia. it is possible to invade ukraine without consequences. the russia

groundwork for another victory of putin's united russia party. the current duma itself a product of a fraudulent 2011 election has rubber stamped a slate of new laws targeting the electoral process from campaigning, and authorization to authorizing police forces to open fire on protesters. the state sponsored ballot stuffing that sparked those protests in 2011 has now evolved. kremlin and duma are instead barring opposition from registering now. pro government vigilantes have set up attacks on opposition. putin himself is repeatedly implicated in political assassinations and assassination attempts as was boris nim sof shot outside the kremlin then outside of the kremlin or mr. kara-murza who is a witness here who was poisoned here to death. with flames of nationalism are burning as bright as putin's imperial adventures seem to be part of a campaign to make russia great again. whether in ukraine where with the exception of congressional sanctions that i and others have offered and passed through this committee and the congress passed in 2014, the

>> no one is bashing russia. i didn't see your -- the clip we just said as bashing russia. look. as a brit, hooliganism, i am not defending doctor-we have a tarnished record ourselves as great britain. i don't think you ever saw a british cabinet minister or minister responsible standing up and saying, well done, lads. you've defended britain's honor. it's always been this is a disgrace. there's been bans on british hooligans attending matches and so on from the british state. the point is that hooliganism is the principle of russian polititics. that is why of course they feel that what, you know, i don't think russian hooligans in france are worse than what mr. putin is doing in the ukraine quite frankly. if that is your idea of politics, that anything goes in the interests of greater russia, then, you know, how can the west deal with that to say oh, yes, okay. put that behind us here. we can't. we have to call a spade a spade, a hooligan a hooligan and political aggression political aggression. what can we do? >> and it was among the hooligans expelled from france with the head

-russia relationship again became confrontational, but looking back, the russia-georgia war in august of 2008 seems to be the mark of they have beginning of a new age. since that summer, a so-called resurgent russia has pushed back on the institutions and allifes the west. russia invaded georgia and ukraine, striking them in way designed to prevent their integration into the neuropeen unit and north atlantic treaty alliance. they've acted contrary to the nuclear forces treaty, the new strategic arms reducks treaty, the open skies treaty and the incidents as sea agreement. russia has altered the human rights landscape within its own country, decreasing democracy and begging questions about the future of governance, not just in moscow but across the federation. moreover, russia joined the civil war in syria and began militarizing the arctic. now when we talk about u.s.-russia relationship, the ways we interact globally, the days fol throwing end of the cold war seem very far away. as the relationship has once again grown distrustful and confrontational. as we meet today to talk about th

the most gorgeous women are in russia. welcome to russia. na zdorovye. ♪ i'm trying to be kind of sober. united we stand. >> i prepared the special for you. russian tapas. specially for vodka drinking. with small pancakes like blinis then caviar. this looks like winter. salted cucumber with honey. this is baltic sprouts smoked one with beet root. and this is a muksun. this is a whitefish. whitefish frozen and you can eat it raw. >> thank you. i'm hitting the caviar and the blini. >> maybe some more vodka. >> thank you. >> what do you think? what is the perception of mr. putin these days? after 14 years he's in power. >> my perception? you really want to hear it? >> i'm not sure, but let's see. >> a former midlevel manager in a large corporation, short, i think that's very important. short. who has found himself master of the universe. and like a lot of short people, if you piss them off bad things happen to you. he likes to take his shirt off a lot. >> let's be serious. i mean -- >> he strikes me as a businessman. >> he is. >> a businessma

what would brexit me for russia? ruben: i think immediately, it should have a huge impact on russia and russian business in the state of affairs. i think the key question is longer-term. petersburg shows the influence, the european influence, so russia for hundreds of years has been quite integrated into europe, being part of your.

the iaaf has confirmed a ban over russia because of doping. also coming up, a 94-year-old auschwitz guard faces justice. he is sentenced to five years in prison and what may be the last holocaust trial. and paying tribute to jo cox. political leaders visit the site where she was murdered on thursday. the prime minister says she represented democracy and tolerance. ♪ host: i am sarah kelly, welcome to the program. it looks like a giant is out of the olympics. the iaaf has upheld a ban on the russian federation, that means that track and filled athletes -- field athletes may not be able to compete. reporter: the moment that the sports world has been waiting for, the president of iaaf announced immigrants -- announcing the decision on the ban of athletes. >> the council was unanimous that russia had not met reinstatement conditions and that russian athletes could not credibly returned to international competition without undermining the confidence of their competitors and d d thpublic. reporter: the iaaf band athletes -- banned athletes from in

we have programs both inside russia and outside russia to work with those russian activists who want to work with us to try to strengthen rule of law, to try to strengthen a free press. we have a large number of russian journalists who have actually fled russia now who are working with us and with others in europe to try to ensure there is independent russian lang news going back into the country. we also work on lgbt rights and other things inside russia with those who want to work with us. >> i'll follow up with some questions for record in regards to this. let me move to the arctic. climate change is change cag the arctic. with the ice melts, russia has 4,000 miles of arctic coastline. it's my understanding they have established six new bases in the north of the arctic circle. and they have deployed certain weapons systems there. what are we doing to respond to russia's militaritirization of the arctic? >>. >> well, you're absolutely right, ranking member cardin that, russia has invested significantly in capabilities in the arctic over the last several years including trying to cr

or wearing russia's colors. the usa track and field say while they support the decision saying quote, that the continued suspension of the russian federation came after a thorough and fair process, it is the only proper course of action given the compelling and powerful evidence presented to counsel. ultimately counsel chose to act to help rebuild the integrity of the sport and the public trust. there you have it. russia is expected to find some way to appeal or is going to try to. the ioc meets tuesday and hinted more far-reaching punishment could be on the way. >> pretty rich when you hear putin talk about justice and fairness. thanks, brian. >>> still to come, donald trump's not backing down from his proposed muslim ban. in fact, he's reiterating the point in the wake of the orlando attack. we will have an in-depth look at his proposal. >>> and more memorials are going as people continue to honor the 49 victims of the pulse night club attacks. we have a live report coming up. >> the fbi continues to learn mor

where does russia stand -- does russia care whether britain since the eu or not? mr. dvorkovich: russia cares about your. good partners are usually not week partners. we need your to stay strong. it depends. if europe is not going to become weaker because of the brexit, we are ok with that. but if europe is going to become weaker, you will have problems in terms of the economy, so we are in a development cents. we are not in favor of that. reiterate that this is the right of the people that live in the u.k., and nobody should convince them. ryan: you will be aware that a lot of people in europe and britain believe that russia would be delighted if the u.k. were to exit the european union because maybe russia wanting weaker europe. that might make it easier to end the sanctions. is that not true? mr. dvorkovich: that is not true. that is not true. truly is only in really strong -- true belief is only in strong countries and unions that can support stability around the world. ryan: you, as the biggest trading partner -- i know president clinton and president juncker wer

. >> reporter: he says russia has been cleaning up. president putin's last-minute lobbying today, calling it a mistake to mix politics with sports, failed. for seven months, russia fought to get its track and field ban lifted in time for rio. nbc news given rare access to a top moscow training facility. hundreds of russian athletes train here in 32 different sports. the entire elite facility, a symbol of russia's determination to win. world champion high jumper maria is unlikely to compete. have you ever doped? >> no. >> never? >> never. >> reporter: russia says clean athletes' dreams are being destroyed. but after allegations of russian broken promises and even bribes, today the world track and field ran out of patience. the decision today left the door open for some russian athletes training abroad to try to compete as neutral athletes. tonight president putin called the ban unjust, and says he'll seek the intervention of the ioc, and the world's anti-doping agency. lester? >> keir simmons, thank you. >>> now to major developments to

secretary mentions it every time he speaks publicly in russia. we will maintain the crimea sanctions which are significant, both u.s. and e.u. until crimea is returned rightfully to the ukraine. >> when they took over crimea, there was sense, i thought it would be a boondoggle for the russian government, it would cost them a bunch of money to maintain the area. has in fact turned out other than geostrategic advantage do we have sense how many resources they're upholding to maintain this as part of their national territory? >> it is our estimate that russia is spending billions of rubles trying to maintain the foothold in crimea. the most concerning factor though they are further militarizing crimea. dr. carpenter might want to speak to that. >> thank you. >> i would just say absolutely russia is militarizing crimea. they put in very sophisticated a-2-ad capabilities since start of the conflict. >> thank you. >> senator murphy. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. welcome to both of you. thanks for taking so much time with us. there was conversat

only to be told, what happens in russia, stays in russia. frustrated he made a dangerous decision to reach outside russia to the world anti-doping agency. over the next three years, he sent 200 e-mails and 50 letters detailing what he witnessed. but vitalyi says it did not have the power to investigate inside rush yeah. the crusade would cost hip his job and force him to file for divorce. >> some times i thought he was my enemy. that he wants to interfere. it was not easy. >> i think i have this opportunity to become a taxi driver in moscow. i'll be divorced taxi driver. so that's. >> reporter: where you were at at that point in time? >> yes. yes. >> reporter: the fight was over? >> the fight was over. i lost. >> reporter: the turning point came right before the london games. when she was injured. no longer a medal contender she lost the protection of the system. and tested positive for epo. facing a two year ban. she called him days before their divorce would be final. he suggested let's tell the truth. let people know the whole truth the w

and crown to her empress of russia. when he died, she was crowned even though she had no claim on the throne. russia can make anyone in charge of that powerful autocracy. the irony is that nowadays, 1890's and in 2016, the presidents of the russia who are again autocrats, can't choose their own successors again. in a way that was unthinkable. in the 20th century, so you have vladimir putin. similarly, putin it chose someone who then chose him again. so we are in a situation in russia where all of the trappings of democracy once again, despite all the trappings of democracy, the tsar can choose his own successor. brian: looking back at why, the whole revolution in 1917, what happened to the last romanovs? simon: terrible story. i don't take the romantic approach to nicholas and alexandra. the movie view. i don't take it. i differ from the traditional romantic approach. they were a couple who were in love with each other. they were a loving parents, but they were also rulers. i think that when people read in this book wha

not against russia. reporter: today's memorial services are not just about looking backwards. the president of the german parliament said today they must be reminded of their responsibility toward their eastern neighbors. >> we must note the concrete fact that this part of the shared history, the history of germany and its eastern european neighbors, the german-russian history, has been blotted out for decades. instead of being acknowledged, at times it has been deliberately suppressed. reporter: today, above all, those who lost their lives are remembered. brent: russia has also been remembering hitler's attack on the soviet union 75 years ago. people across the country knock the -- mark the day of grief laying flowers and candles in memomory them of the millions tt died. president putin laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in moscow, and he used to the location to criticize the western military alliance nato for increasing its presence close to russia's borders. >> nato intensifies its regre

israel would like to cozy up to russia so russia would not be a spoiler. i don't think they believe russia will take washington's place. >> there was some aid between united states and israel, where does that stand? >> everybody from the u.s. administration hoped agreement for the next 10 years and hope it this year certainly by april. now we are into june. i am having, increasing doubts that it will be signed by the time obama leaves office. it would be a major achievement for both countries. right now it seems to be frozen. >> when we return, our interview with swedish interview peter. you are me and the guys walked into this you woulda thought from the name it was gonna be packed with sailors. so i immediately picked out the biggest guy in there. and i walked straight up to him. now he looks me square in the eye, and, i swear he says, "welcome to navy federal credit union." whoa friendly alert! i got a great auto rate outta that guy. now i have a wonderful hybrid. slate blue. crÈme interior. he was so nice! open to the armed forces, the dod and their f

how did you end up going to russia? >> the president sent mr. hopkins to moscow and took myself with him. >> harry hopkins was president eisenhow eisenhower's closest adviser. he secretly flew to russia to offer aide to the soviets. >> we went to moscow an tried the find out from the russians what they really needed. >> with a nazis ravaging the country, the russians needed everything, food, arms and raw materials. >> finally it was agreed that we would send to russia. >> shifting crates over the north atlantic to the russian port but this initial aid to keep russia in the war was a gamble for roosevelt. >> vooz velt, the realist, says we must keep the soviet union in the war if we are to hope to defeat hitler. >> he anticipated later on we were going to be involved. >> four days 56 pearl harbor, germany declared war on the united states. the u.s. now faced a common enemy with britain and the soviet union. russia became our new ally. >> a new working agreement between two of the greatest nations in the world. >> but german u-boats made the run d

relations with russia and russia affects in europe. members heard testimony from officials in a russian pro-democracy advocate. this hearing of the senate foreign relations committee is just over two hours. the foreign relations committee will come to order. we think our witnesses for being here and look forward to their testimony. were obviously here today to talk about russia and its role in the world. together our countries have conquered the nazis, prevented the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the '90s and worked against terrorism in the years after 911. for most of modern history, americans and russians have found themselves at cross purposes throughout the cold war. we train to obliterated each other. with the fall of the berlin wall many politicians argued that the difficult days of competition were behind us. leaders like gorbachev work to place russia on a path toward democracy and peaceful engagement with the rest of the world. reagan asked that the wall be torn down. george w. bush had him come to his home. scholars will

one to keep russia in the world. and without a monarchy -- poke really leaves the washington if rassputen continued his dark influence. so somehow british agents were friends with him were involved with this plot. and what really happened was they lived into this house. hey tried it ones. he rant outside and somebody brought him down with a second shot that was not fall tall. at this point someone walked up with a huge pistol. liked it with magnum. they put it right against rass pew ten's foreign. i'm just blown away like that. it was not this kind of romantic sort of gothic story. that we see in sort of hollywood movies. >> there's here's the famous picture ofs are asputenn on the screen. >> what atraded this headline. and what exact year he was killed? >> december 16. this is a great picture. he's actually their dead doctor. they found the body underneath the ice of the river. and took a while to find him. and what was interesting he's storing that before he's all topsy. you can tell that the point black shots is a

petersburg, russia. i traveled here to have a conversation with vladimir putin, the president of russia, and some other world leaders. he is one of the world's most talked about figures. seen as a foe by many in the west, but admired by many others in his homeland. and there was lots to talk to him about. from the chilly state of u.s./russian relations, to what he can do to put an end to the syrian crisis. i'll also get his take on the 2016 presidential race in america. his answers to allegations of widespread doping by russian athletes. and much more. we'll get to st. petersburg and vladimir putin in a moment. first here's my take about the united states. once donald trump locked up the nomination, republicans were confident about his next moves. he would tone down his rhetoric, and pivot to the center. rnc chairman reince priebus said donald trump understands that this is not a primary season anymore. trump himself promised only last month, i'm going to be so presidential, that you people will be so bo

if you are a country like russia or as we seem to realize you are a country like russia and you are willing to corrupt your anti-doping organization the new can get away with this stuff. laura: what will it do to the quality of track and field events if the russian athletes who are so good are not there? >> they are pretty good. they were great in the 2013 will championships but that was held in moscow and there is nothing to suggest that that lab and the testing there was not corrupted during this championships. they were projected to win seven track and field medals and that is what the experts say at this game which is quite good but without them the athletes want to have a clean competition. it has gotten to the point where when russian athletes win medals most of the competitors do not take it all that seriously anyway. laura: thank you for joining us from new york. >> thanks for having me. laura: there are links being investigated in the killing of jo cox. her constituents and others are gathering near the place were she was attacked. reporter: in bristol, a realization of what has be

he came from russia. he was the number one rebel enemy of russia. >> he's one of the top. >> would have been responsible for the planning? >> he was the master mind behind this. >> that's very interesting new information. i want to talk about donald trump. he's shifted language. he's said he would ban immigrants coming from immigrants with known terrorism links and training. a move away from saying he would ban all muslims from entering the u.s. can you react to that? is this happening because of pressure from within the republican party? >> i've had conversations with major rudy giuliani about this. we have a lot of nato allies that are muslim. i think you have to close off all terror pathways into the united states that the terrorist exploit. either ramp up the vetting process and ramp up the intelligence and secure our border to chekeep them out. i think he's realize thanksgiving is the smart strategy to defeat the terrorists where they exist and win this and keep them out of homeland. >> congressman,

could russia -- both russia and india said there would be interest in buying part of rosneft. rish: nearly 20%. regarding ants came joint deal. russia's relationship with europe and the u.s. haven't been so good since 2014, since its incursion in ukraine, and sanctions were put on russia. of course, it's natural to pivot asia, because russia is looking at china and india as two of the fastest-growing economies in asia. in the past, it has been focusing on china. of course, china has been the biggest consumer in the region. with itses sense, economy surging past china at this current point, and also because consumption of oil in india is projected to increase a fair bit in the coming years. the international energy agency says india will consume 4.2 million barrels per day this year, and that is more than japan. rish: thank you very much, indeed. that is rosalind chin. manus: still with us is our guest, chief economist at oman investment fund. i was relieved i got the italian name right. i know you were, too. for an irishman and italian, we don't do too badly. i've got wti and

from russia. the secretary of defense, the secretary of the air force and director of national intelligence have all testified to that point before the senate armed services committee. former secretary of defense and director of the c.i.a. leon panetta, c.i.a. directo directol hayden, mike morell, and others, including the former european commander and others say all endorse our efforts in this bill to responsibly end our reliance on russian rocket engines. i'm here to tell you we are subsidizing the russian military industrial complex at the expense of our own national interests and we must end this dangerous addiction before it's too late. so here we are, my friends, with a blatant, incredible story of people who are so involved in the russian invasion of the crain, -- of the ukraine, that they were sanctioned. they were sanctioned by the united states of america and other countries. they're now in charge of the russian rocket program. they're the ones into whose pockets the hundreds of millions

russia has been one of them. that means we have seen a whole bunch of governance of state owned assets for sale. not far from where i am in abu dhabi, the big one has to be saudi arabia's potential sale of saudi aramco. oflooks like putin is sort following that playbook, selling off what is really a crown jewel in russia's empire, rosneft. anna: this brings to get a russia and india and china, a complex mix. >> that is exactly right. we know that russia is looking at china and india, in particular. this makes some sense given current relations with the west. they have been strained ever since the situation in the ukraine. it was also an economic angle at play here at a time when china's economic growth is playing -- is slowing down. india's is picking up. india has kind of been the surprise consumer of oil. their gas consumption is forecast to jump almost 15% this year. as the country becomes wealthier, incomes arise -- consumption is rising. economic and a geopolitical angle, it does make sense for russia to rea

markus: this as russia and its president vladimir putin are trying to perhaps change russia's international image. they are hosting a business for them in st. petersburg -- busine ss forum in st. petersburg. the president of the european commission says that the eu won't drop its sanctions until russia implements the minsk agreement. that agreement, as you may remember, is meant to cease hostilities in eastern ukraine. let's take a listen to jean-claude dunker -- jean-claud juncker. >> this is the only way to lift the economic sanctions that have been imposed. markus: that was john kline juncker. jean-claude he was defending his decision to show up in st. petersburg. he said it was in the european union's interest to keep talking to russia. he was speaking to business leaders. some say it is time to phase out the sanctions. the russian economy saw a sharp contraction last year, contributed -- attributed to lower oil prices and the western sanctions. will hilderbrandt has more. will: russia's agriculture is flourishing, taking off one of the -- off once they banned west -- western food impor

the iaaw, voting yesterday to uphold a decision to ban russia's entire track and field team from the 2016 olympics in rio de janiero. the initial ban was issued in november after the world anti-doping agency issued a damning report showing russia operated a state-sponsored systemic doping program with its national athletes for years. the council says since the report russia has not made enough changes to clean up its programs to satisfy them for reinstatement. this is not sitting well with the kremlin and of course russian president vladimir putin who calls the decision unjust and unfair because it collect e collectively punishes russia's clean, innocent athletes. >> the responsibility must always be the person who committed the offense and nobody who is not directly involved with the offense should suffer. therefore, i expect we will speak more to our colleagues when the antidoping organization. >> the chairman of the russian parliament foreign affairs committee taking it a step further implying this is somehow a conspiracy against russia, the rio games ban for our track and field i

what would brexit me for russia? ruben: i think immediately, it should have a huge impact on russia and russian business in the state of affairs. i think the key question is longer-term. petersburg shows the influence, the european influence, so russia for hundreds of years has been quite integrated into europe, being part of your. we have sanctions right now, and they are so obviously an issue. however longer-term, i don't think russia is interested in a weak euro. and the big question, will it weaken enough? ryan: to what extent is that your personal view. obviously there is perception out there that vladimir putin and the kremlin would just be delighted if the u.k. was to leave the eu, because it would weaken the eu and a very sanctions you mentioned there would be more difficult to maintain against russia. ruben: i think the key there is that, from what i hear and see, i mean, you have heard some things. there is a huge challenge period, where the prime minister and a lot of other people. but i do not think brexi

russia described the incident as planned provocation. the countries find themselves on opposing sides of the syrian that's a fact they can, at least for now, put aside, with both countries realizing that an ongoing diplomatic stalemate wasn't in best interests. anchor: a court in luxembourg suspended jail sentences for the two behind the lux leak tax scandal. former employees showed that the withnment had colluded companies to avoid tax. journalists were acquitted. reporter: there was dismay, atulsion but not surprise the courthouse in luxembourg as rulings in the notorious lux leak whistleblowers case. two whistleblowers were convicted and handed suspended prison sentences and fines of euros.000 and 1500 supporters of the whistleblowers say they were acting in the public interest by copying and handing on to journalists detailingof documents the tax rulings in luxembourg multinational firms to pour their profits in a secret tax regime and pay tax rates sometimes under 1%. case has concluded for now. the two men convicted say they europe

it russia out of the rio olympics? the international olympics committee backs a band for track and field sports, but opens the door to individual russian athletes who can prove they are clean. germany come out with guns blazing against northern ireland and go through to that knockout round of euro 2016. ♪ >> it is good to have you with those. there is over one day to go before british voters decide whether to stay in the european union or to get out. leading members of the two sides have face-off in a television debate tonight. three members from each camp argue their cases in front of 6000 strong audience in wembley arena. the topics the economy, immigration, and britain's place in the world. former london mayor and leave campaigner course johnson had this warning. -- boris johnson had this warring. ning. >> you can see it across europe and in this country as well. >> the london mayor campaigning for britain to stay in the eu said a brexit would bring a recession and asked what leave camp strategy would be after pul

to know about the effectiveness of these effectiveness of these measures. >> it think the future of russia depends and i have thought a great deal about it in the first priority the danger of participating in elections that the regime controls although i am not opposed is that it gives legitimacy to the regime and under controlled circumstances gives the impression to the population that what is taking place is a real democratic process. the same dilemma that people face for example, i based it when i had invitations to appear a russian television i did not want to take part in a performance that was not honest and did not conform to normal ethical rules. but there is some value to take part in these elections as long as it doesn't nurture illusions it can that is a process that is controlled by the regime that will be changed in other ways most important in my view with russia's future is something of a russia of equivalent to the south african commission of truth and reconciliation. the 25 years of post-communist history are not well understood and unfortunately the abuses began not with

how many medals did russia win over the americans last time? here is abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, for the first time in olympic history, a country's entire track and field team has been banned from the summer games. in a stunning rebuke of russia for its ongoing doping scandal, the world governing body for athletics, the iaaf, voted to ban all russian track and field athletes. >> international sports federation that is saying enough. you cannot cheat and get away with it. >> reporter: in a blistering 300 page report released last fall, the world anti-doping agency found that russia committed 225 violations, the highest in the world. >> this is a confirmation of russia's demise as a world power in sports. >> reporter: russia denies they engage in systemic doping. this is a big hit for the russians who won 18 medals in track and field at the london games. two of those medals were stripped from its dominant stripped from its dominant women's 800 meters team in in london last year. too late for runner alysia montano. is it possible to r

meaning not for russia. the usa track and field supports the ban saying quote -- russia is expected to find some way the appeal the ioc meets this tuesday and they've hinted more far reaching punishments could be on the way for russia. in new york, brian llenas, fox news. >>> a massive fire is putting hundreds of homes at risk in southern california. firefighters have been battling flames, fueled by strong wind gusts in santa barbara county. about 4600 acres burned so far and right now the fire is about 50% contained. overnight, ifs took advantage of a break in the winds. no homes have been destroyed but about 270 homes and ranches are at risk. and with temperatures in southern california expected to rise over the weekend, fire crews warn the fire could intensify. those extreme temperatures have already hit phoenix. temperatures there hit 111 degrees today. and could reach get this -- 120 on sunday and monday. officials with the department of health have issued an excessive heat warning for arizona, nevada,

all things russia is truly your wheelhorse. when you hear russia, uzbekistan, kyrgyzstan. significance? >> significance, obviously that in central asia which used to be part of the soviet union, as nic mentioned, you have a lot of groups, some that started way back in the '90s after the soviet union broke up. most of them in the beginning, terrorist organizations where kyrgyzstan, the individual governments there, uzbekistan, kyrgyzstan, and of course russia itself with dagestan and chechnya. then they kind of morphed. right now some of them have split off and they're looking for the big guy on the clock, which is isis. so that is why some of them ally themselves. they actually according to the fsb, which is a former kgb -- it is like our fbi -- they say there are about 3,000 fighters for russia alone who have gone to the middle east and to syria. i was just checking some numbers on the kyrgyz, an estimated 500 have gone from kyrgyzstan. you have a large contingent now of these radicalists islamists coming from central asia and in syria. and of course, when i think russia,