remember the tumultuous events in the early 1990s in eastern europe? from the wreckage of the soviet empire, 3 more prosperous region emerged anchored in the eu and nato. the european bank of reconstruction and development was created to foster that transformation. my guest today is bank president, sir suma chakrabarti. these days, many of his investment projects are actually in turkey, central asia, and north africa. has mission creep undermined the values of the ebrd? sir suma chakrabarti, welcome to hardtalk. nice to be here. would you agree with me that your bank has moved an awful long way from those early days and from its original mission? no, i wouldn't. i would certainly agree with you that we have expanded our geographically, but the mission is the same. private sector development, the creation of effective markets. we're still actually operating in oui’ we're still actually operating in our traditional region. but because of the success of the business model, we decided we should expand to turkey, central asia and north africa, as you said

do you remember the tumultuous events in the early 19905 in eastern europe? from the soviet empire, a more prosperous region emerged anchored in the eu and nato. the european bank for reconstruction and development was created to foster that transformation. my gue5t todayi5 foster that transformation. my gue5t today is the president, sir suma chakrabarti. today is the president, sir suma chakra barti. the5e today is the president, sir suma chakra barti. these days, today is the president, sir suma chakrabarti. these days, many of his investment projects are actually in turkey, central asia, and north africa. has mi55ion creep undermined the values of the ebrd. sirsuma sir suma chakrabarti, sir suma chakra barti, welcome sir suma chakrabarti, welcome to hardtalk. it is nice to be would you agree with me that your bank has moved an awful long way from those early days and from its original mission? i would early days and from its original mission? iwould not. iwould certainly agree with you that we have expanded geographically, but the mission is the same. priv

europe. will y, all those who enter this building will pass this memorial. they will understand that freedom will never be defeated. and that nato will always defend the values on which our reliance is founded. so, chancellor merkel, you were in berlin the very night when the -- when the wall came down. we welcome you here to brussels to the new nato headquarters and the floor is yours. lease. chancellor merkel: your majesty , secretary general, dear colleagues. nato's new headquarters will be the future point of reference of nato, a modern building like the building of this headquarters is a reference to the future. however, if we are to find convincing answers for the future, it is good to remind ourselves of what we have achieved in the past. nd what we can build on. this fragment of the berlin ll embodies the history that during the cold war had left its mark on nato for many decades. however, this wall also symbolizes something that has been a determinant factor for my life for many year

vladimir putin invading countries in eastern europe. they need american leadership to contain the russians and the president barely mentioned that. i was american ambassador on 9/11 to nato. i remember when all the europeans came to our defense. they all went into afghanistan, they've been fighting terrorism with us in afghanistan and elsewhere. and no mention of that by president trump. no kind of big hearted thanks to the europeans. he is not succeeding at becoming the leader that ronald reagan was or that bill clinton or john f. kennedy or dwight eisenhower. he needs to speak with more sophistication with an audience like the european leaders behind him. >> shannon: it comes four months into the start of his president. for president reagan his first big international trip was two years into his first term. do you think this president will grow into the role about being the leader here? there could be tense conversations with some of these leaders once they leave this public ceremony today. >> i hope he will. because we all want presi

the quota breaks down northern, western and eastern europe. 60% of the quota sought were people born in great britain or ireland and there are far fewer immigration opportunities for people who are in southern and eastern europe, people who are considered racially, religiously, economically undesirable. about 100 people per year and many are barred by racial grounds. you can be at this point too brown to enter the united states and become an immigrant. the quotas are maximum and not goals. crucial in understanding the american responses to the holocaust, the state department decides in your country whether you can qualify for an immigration visa to the united states. you are not coming to ellis island and presenting your papers, you're doing all that in europe. crucially also, the united states has no refugee policy. we only have an immigration policy so people fleeing racial and religious persecution have to go through the same deliberate immigrations steps as anyone else. in 1929, the stock market crashes. the u.s. and a lot of the world defends into an economic depression and as a

europe? and the president is not helping with that. the president has also been saying that nato's not in the fight against terrorism. well, i was american ambassador to nato on 9/11. every nato country, as ivo ddaalder knows well, and he worked on this thing, they went into afghanistan. they're all with us in afghanistan. they fought in mali. so i think it's dangerous for the president to waltz into nato and say you need to do what i say, while their nations are putting their soldiers on the line in the fight against terrorism. >> the only time title nine was invoked after 9/11, when all those countries went in on the fight against the war in afghanistan. will he say that again today? we're waiting for him to arrive at nato. please stay with us. we have other news to get to right now, though. >>> file this one under the unbelievable but true! a gop congressional candidate on the eve of his election allegedly body slamming a reporter as voters head to the polls in what is a crucial win for re

>> yes, the residential market picked up nicely in eastern europe, the uk is doing fine, especially germany, they have a good housing market. i think we are set for a good year in 2017. you mentioned the uk. you said there are good running rates in the uk, you're not seeing margin erosion. we are seeing inflation picking up, to what extent will that put pressure on you and you will have to raise prices? >> at this stage costs are low, but we see some indications for the second half of the year which sort of put this into creation. but still this year i don't see any margin erosion or pressure on that issue for the uk business. >> when it comes to the rest of your markets, specifically in eastern europe, also in germany, if the economies are doing so incredibly well, and they are, europe seems to be growing faster than the u.s. right now, at some point this will put upward pressure on wages. again, that should be a big cost factor for you. >> indeed. we have wage increases already and have seen over the last couple of years. if you look into yeern euroeast european markets, keep in mind we h

and they become primarily italians and jews in southern and eastern europe, so who the newsboy is changes. >> when do they stop being a newsboy? >> really 1930's and 40's is a turning point. jobs are so scarce, that becomes work for adults. also, technology is involved. in the progressive era, you have cars and subways. there's competition from adults. there are still some children in the 1950's and 1960's. they are not all that efficient. they are efficient in the sense that they have that charitable appeal. you can buy a paper as an act of charity. an adult cannot replace that, but their numbers start to dwindle in the 1940's and 1950's. >> thank you talking with us. >> thank you. >> you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. tv,ext on american history history professor at psychoanalyst, charles strozier, discusses letters exchanged by abraham lincoln and his friend, joshua speed. he is the author of, "your friend forever, a. lincoln: the enduring friendship of abraham lincoln and jos

europe with how ordinary people cope with the extraordinary events that are associated with the collapse of longstanding regime with the collapse of the longstanding economic system with uh disappearance of the state altogether for merchants as slovakia said you have a myriad of traumatic political changes to affect the citizens and the question is how do ordinary citizens cope with that? earlier the question was to what extent can citizens learn? those suspender entire lives with the socialist economy, how do they learn to become democratic citizens to be effective participants in a market economy? along the way russia and a couple of other states veer from those democratic transitions were from that authoritarianism so then the question became what happened to those that were freed that thought they might be developing toward that to system suddenly find themselves looking backward into something quite different from the past but also different from the democratic exhortations? we chose to write off that book on russia because it was the most obvious early on and it is more interesting

europe. those who enter this building will pass this memorial. they will understand that reason will never be -- will never be defeated. chancellor merkel, you were in berlin the night the wall came down. we want to welcome you to the new nato headquarters. chancellor merkel: your majesty, secretary-general, dear colleagues, nato's new headquarters will be the future point of reference for nato, a modern building is a reference to the future. desker, if we are to find for the future, it is good to remind ourselves of what we have achieved in the past and what we can build on. this fragment of the berlin wall durings the history that the cold war had left its mark on nato for many decades. this wall also symbolizes something that has been a determinant factor of my life for many years because i lived on the eastern side of the wall. that is the division of berlin, and expression of the fact that, if we stand firm, as did nato, if we can rely on our friends across europe, then we can bring down

this time it is about isis, maybe next time it is russia or eastern europe on north korea, and ina set eastern europe on north korea, and in a set of braggadocio the president may be talking about extremely sensitive things that another country has given us in confidence, and that is something the united states has to be very careful about providing to other people. one of the things hr mcmaster said was that he didn't know where the information really came from. that is concerning as well. as the president doesn't know where the sources of information coming from, weird and hot water. where the sources of information coming from, weird and hot waterlj was going to ask you very question. the difficulty the nsa had was that president trump had mentioned this off the cuff and he didn't seem to know, an even clearer which is more serious, how sensitive this information was. 0ne serious, how sensitive this information was. one theory put forward is that the president likes everything condensed, he doesn't like these reams of documents, he likes things in bullet form and in charts, and mayb

and they become primarily italians and jews in southern and eastern europe, so who the newsboy is changes. >> when do they stop being a newsboy? >> when do they stopping in newsboy -- really 19 30's and 40's is a turning point. jobs are so scarce, that becomes work for adults. also, technology is involved. in the progressive era, you have cars and subways. there's competition from adults. there are still some children in the 1950's and 1960's. they are not all that efficient. they are efficient in the sense that they have that charitable appeal. you can buy a paper as an act of charity. an adult cannot replace that, but their numbers start to 20 oh in the 1940's and 1950's. >> thank you talking with us. >> thank you. you are watching american history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. "afterwords," sexual assault policies at american universities. mr. taylor is interviewed right editor-in-chief of the national law journal and legal times. >> share for th

we began really shortly after the fall of the wall and the freeing of eastern europe concerned with how ordinary people cope with the extraordinary events that are associated with the collapse of a longstanding regime a along with the collapse of the longstanding economic system. in some cases, as in the case of russia with the disappearance of the state altogether, same in former czechoslovakia, yugoslavia and so on. is so you had these her idea of -- these myriad of dramatic political changes that affected is citizens, and the question was how do ordinary citizens cope with that. and in the early years, the question also was to what extent can citizens learn, citizens who have spent their entire lives under a communism system with a socialist economy, how can they learn to become democratic citizens and to be effective participants in market economies? along the way russia and a couple other states turned from what appeared to be democratic transitions back to a different form of authoritarian or semi-author talk aboutism -- or authoritarianism. so then the question became what happen

, and eastern europe as well. it's hard for me to see how that's in anybody's national security interests except for the russians. or president putin. our intelligence agencies have been crystal clear to the members of congress that the russian government tried to influence the 2016 election in president trump's favor. the american people deserve to know what the truth is, what is the extent of these relationships because it goes to the core of our security. it goes to the heart of our democracy. that is why preserving this investigation's integrity is so vital, and i can tell you the american people are not going to relent. i understand there will be some time here when people want to collect their thoughts, gather their thoughts. the american people are not going to relent. they are going to want an independent investigation here, for all americans, and i would say most of the time, but certainly at moments like this, a moment in the course of our politics when they say to us partisanship needs to give way to pa

they push them across eastern europe. what you have now is angela merkel, the leader of germany, basically saying, look with france the new president of france, we will probably have to go it alone on climate change and defense. i think we stay in nato. i think the president did change thankfully was not obsolete. when he sends a message to go to the middle east and go to the arab states and say human rights is not important, but you are key to fighting isis. i did not hear one statement about the president about how we need europe, especially france, britain and germany, in the fight against isis. that's key. their military assistance as we move into fighting isis. i did not hear that. all i heard was lecturing and negativism. >> he played a role and certainly in saudi arabia a priority about how to confront isis. congress member, let's pick up on the paris climate deal. they know president obama negotiated this. there are more than 100 countries involved. make the case in support of president trump because reportedly he

,ith respect to eastern europe on the importance eastern flank has been genetically raised over the last few years. -- dramatically raised over the last few years. that is why you have increased spending. poland, romania, all of the baltic states, as well as other places. the question of georgia and seeine -- first, i don't native changing its policy -- nato changing its policy on enlargement at this leader's meeting. i don't think it will be a top item on the agenda. it will be a short meeting. it is not a full summit like you would have under other circumstances, where you get into almost every issue. this is an introductory meeting, not a full-blown summit. second: i think anything has changed fundamentally indeed the next with regard to enlargement. they stand behind the open door. you have the admission of montenegro as a 29th another. -- 29th member. i don't think there is any appetite to press ahead rapidly on enlargement in other spheres. the cooperative village and with georgia and ukraine will continue. they may intensify in some areas. the open-door policy isn't going to chang

with respect to eastern europe, nato's importance to countries on nato's eastern flank has been dramatically raised over the last few years and that is why also you have rising defense bending across the eastern alliance. poland connoisseur in romania, soon all three of the baltic states as well as some other place is. the question of georgia and ukraine. first, i don't see major change in its policy on enlargement at this leader's meeting. i don't think it's going to be a top item on the agenda. frankly it's a short and it's going to last a couple hours. so it is not a full summit like you would have under other is where you get into almost every issue. this is an introductory meeting. it's not a full-blown summit. second, i don't think that anything has changed fundamentally in the alliance dynamics with regards to enlargement. they stand behind the open door. in fact, you have the admission of montenegro as the 29th member with the ratification of that being complete. but i don't think there is any appetite to press ahead rapidly on enlargement in other spheres. the cooperative relationsh

with respect to eastern europe, nato's importance to countries on nato's eastern flank has been dramatically raised over the last few years and that is why also you have rising defense bending across the eastern alliance. poland connoisseur in romania, soon all three of the baltic states as well as some other place is. the question of georgia and ukraine. first, i don't see major change in its policy on enlargement at this leader's meeting. i don't think it's going to be a top item on the agenda. frankly it's a short and it's going to last a couple hours. so it is not a full son and likely would have under other is where you get into almost every issue. this is an introductory meeting. it's not a full-blown summit. second, i don't think that anything has changed fundamentally in the alliance dynamics with regards to enlargement. they stand behind the open door. in fact, you have the admission of montenegro as the 29th member with the ratification of that being complete. but i don't think there is any appetite to press ahead rapidly on enlargement in other spheres. the cooperative relationshi

boston has seen a surge in migration from eastern europe. more people here backed brexit than anywhere else in britain. but, last night, voters abandoned ukip. they were there for a purpose. they got us a referendum, and we're getting us out. so i think they did what they set out to do. they're a spent force. i don't think they'll do much now. most of ukip‘s support here, and almost all of the county council seats, went to the tories. it is not a local issue, but some say they are the party to deliver brexit. i don't think ukip had any idea of how to do it. who do you think does, who do you think can do that? i think we have to rely on the conservative party, i think at the moment the conservatives are the only viable party. i think theresa may is the right person to lead this country. she's strong enough. in recent years, ukip has been a force to be reckoned with. they played a key part in getting the eu referendum, and then the country backed brexit. but in these elections, their support has collapsed in places like this, where they were

at a time of real threat in eastern europe. number, two did he not speak clearly about the american comm commitment to help them contain russian power in eastern europe. and number three, a lot of people have commented on this, he seemed to be much more comfortable with leaders. showed great defrifference and respect to the king of saudi arabia who is not a democrat and yet he didn't show that same respect to democratically elected leaders in europe. so in my view, stephanie, every american president since truman has been the leader of the west. right now i think most people would say that angela merkel is the leader of the west. she doesn't want to be. she wants the american president to play that role but he's not embodying the role. it was extremely disappointing for all of us who believe that united states needs allies in the world. >> but then could the question be if he was the least effective than any president, effective in terms of who? if the president in his heart of hearts doesn't want to be a global citizen, doesn'

i went to canada, mexico, i went inprobably 12 countries western europe and seven countries in eastern europe. i covered the waterfront. i went to japan and china and malaysia for this book, so i saw different models. some countries have very good ideas, and some countries have stuff we should never do. host: give us an example of what we should never do? guest: you know the carbon tax, democrats really like that. it brings in money and fight global warming. australia tried it. it lasted two years. australia past a carbon tax -- passed a carbon tax. anyone who omitted carbon had to pay it, so the power companies were the biggest payers. everybody's electric bill went up in the first month, and then the power companies very thoughtfully wrote on the bill "the reason your bill went up is because of that rock contacts." two years later, the new government throughout the tax, it was so unpopular. that turned out to be the wrong way to go about this process of trying to tax carbon emissions. host: what else did you see but didn't like? guest: the flat tax, i think did not work. france is th

not just in eastern europe but in the middle east. we have a lot of human rights concerns and for him not to talk openly and candidly, really breaking with traditions going back to ronald reagan and his predecessor, barack obama, not talking about the real human rights concerns in saudi arabia, it's almost like reducing america from its light and hope it presents to the world to a utilitarian kind of transactional relationship. and here in europe, there are a lot of folks looking to hear things from him. whether it's his commitment to article 5 of our treaty with nato or even just talking to larger issues of climate change. he really missed a lot of opportunities to add to the security or add to the important urgency we have in meeting russian aggression. and to me, it's starting in a very bad pattern for this president. >> senator, russian's ambassador to the u.s. told moscow that jared kushner, the president's son-in-law, wanted a secret communications channel with the kremlin. are you with the dnc in wanting jared's security cleara

remember the tumultuous events in the early 1990s in eastern europe? from the wreckage of the soviet empire, a more prosperous region emerged anchored in the eu and nato. the european bank of reconstruction and development was created to foster that transformation. my guest today is bank president, sir suma chakrabarti. these days, many of his investment projects are actually in turkey, central asia, and north africa. has mission creep undermined the values of the ebrd?

europe on the way to build a democratic future. should countries once behind the iron curtain adopt the open liberal society of the west, with its embrace of gay marriage, muslims, and multiculturalism, or, as governments in hungary and poland believe, should an authoritarian state enforce conservative values? a liberal university founded by hungarian-born american billionaire george soros in hungary's capital budapest has found itself on the front line of this culture clash. reporter: "why do you fear education?" their banner asks. gaspar bekes and his fellow students have organized some of the most vocal protests in years against victor orban's right-wing populist government. in budapest, tens of thousands demonstrated against a new law which threatens the very existence of the ceu, the joint hungarian-american university. mr. bekes: it is very special and i am very humbled that so many people came to support this cause. it is obviously more than the ceu -- about academic freedom in general. and i am really happy that people cons

interestingly, the newer members of nato in former eastern europe areas seem to be paying up more than old europe. host: we can show our viewers the "washington times" shows the united states paying about 3.6% of g.d.p., greece 3.3,. u.k. 2.2. estonia 2.1. france 1.7. turkey, norway, lithuania, romania, latvia all below 2%. do the numbers need to go up and if so are they capable of doing it? is it realistic? guest: if greece can pay more than 2% i would certainly think italy, spain, and france can do it. we are protecting them. nato is protecting them. they owe the rest of the european nations and the united states an obligation to do their fair share. host: the president is also wanting to ask nato to step up in the fight against isis. is that the role of nato? guest: that's a little more complicated. that's up to the president to decide how he wants to try to move nato. i know nato was very successful in the breakdown of the former yugoslavia, bosnian-serbian war so maybe there is a role for them, but really in the middle east it's more important that the people over there provide th

actually, the large volume of people who came across in more recent days have been from eastern europe and if they were taking more than contributing, that isa taking more than contributing, that is a net saving. the question is, what is the balance? i do not agree with that calculation... the 6 billion? i don‘t agree because i don‘t think it takes into the scale with those people. but you accept aeroscreen to be a hit of some kind? i don‘t have the system will work —— you accept there will be. but pressure on housing and the health service, many of these areas, my question is i don‘t think it has been taken into consideration. but clearly, the principalfrom a lot of the economists, if you go towards the economists, if you go towards the target of tens of thousands, as a net figure, that will have an economic cost. you accept that as a principle? i‘m not certain i do. backin principle? i‘m not certain i do. back in the 1990s we were at that level. somehow, we could not get... this is about from going where we are now two there? it depends on how much money we invest int

it works for seven or eight years until there is an economic downturn, so 12 countries in eastern europe tried it, and most of them had to give it up because here is what they found out. that 18% rate, 19 percent rate, you cannot set it high enough to bring in the rev you need but still low enough for average working families to pay. you have to raise rates higher on rich people to bring in the revenue. and some of the countries, most of them got rid of it. some of them have kept it at great expense. hungary has a 15% flat rate on income tax, and to pay for the government, they have the world highest sales tax. 27% on everything you buy . similarly, estonia was the first country to try the flat tax. steve forbes cheered for them. way to go. they're flat tax rate i think is 19% now. but their social security tax is 34%. ours is 6.5%. host: you mentioned ted cruz. and i want to run a clip of him because he talked about another tax. this is back in early 2016. ted cruz: the business flat tax is not a vat. guest: a value-added tax. a value-added tax is a very good idea and just about all eco

across northern, central and eastern europe, it is cold air making its presence felt. this is unusual this late in the season. we are well into may now, but cold northerly winds working out of scandinavia into germany, down towards the alps, austria and hungary, temperatures by day only up to 11. in berlin of 13 in here, as we go through the night, cold air in place, so temperatures really are going to plummet. tuesday night will bring lows below freezing across many central areas of the continent. there will be a widespread frost, rain and snow moving in here on wednesday. down to the south—west, if you are planning a break to liberia, spain or portugal, some disturbed weather, some vicious thunderstorms, maybe hail as well. that can cause travel problems for the middle of the week. back home, still quiet. eastern areas have been cloudy, it should brighten up by the middle part of the week. is there any rain on the way? find out in half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. a new era is beginning in france and the country's president elect emmanuel

europe. - a lot of this had to do with nato expansion. that went as far as offers to ukraine to join nato. 2008 and 2013, the ukraine is right on the russian strategic heartland, and certainly have been intolerable to them. (speaking russian) - [narrator] india and pakistan have been engaged in an arms race of their own since india first tested a nuclear device in the 1970s. - the indians have been developing a range of ballistic missiles from short range missiles to missiles with ranges of more than 3,000 kilometers. they've also built a nuclear powered submarine that will carry nuclear armed missiles just like the missiles that the united states, britain, france, china and russia have. pakistan, for it's part, has nuclear weapons that can be dropped from an airplane, it has missiles that will carry a nuclear weapon 2,500 kilometers, and it also has developed a new system to be used on the battlefield. to use nuclear weapons against indian tanks and soldiers in case there is a land war between pakistan and india. this of course raises gr

and their approach to our elections, and german elections, elections in eastern europe, has for decades been to distract democracy. that is what russia does. it is not an exception but what is different is cyber war, you can do it in a lot of ways you could not before. you did at one stage advised the donald trump campaign, how concerned are you about all of these reports and the investigations into links, possible links between the donald trump campaign and must go and what that could mean for america?” trump campaign and must go and what that could mean for america? i think a lot of that is overblown. we have had informal back door contacts with foreign countries including some that were front and centre enemies for decades. and other countries do that as well. often historically they've used intelligence chiefs to make private visits to another country and conduct negotiations. here are sometimes they have and sometimes not. but i think a lot of this is really overblown. and people ought to calm down for a while and get theirfacts ought to calm down for a while and get their facts

boston's seen a surge in migration from eastern europe. more people here backed brexit than anywhere else in britain. but last night, voters abandoned ukip. they were there for a purpose. they got us the referendum and we are getting us out. they did what they set out to do. they are a spent force. i don't think they'll do much now. most of ukip‘s support here and almost all of its county council seats went to the tories. it's not a local issue but some say they're the party to deliver brexit. i don't think ukip had any idea of how to do it. who do you think does? who do you think can do that? i think we have to rely on the conservative party. i think at the moment the conservatives are the only viable party. i think theresa may is the right person to lead this country, she's strong enough. in recent years, ukip has been a force to be reckoned with. they played a key part in getting the eu referendum, and then the country backed brexit but in these elections their support has collapsed in places like this, where they were once so popular

boston has seen a surge in migration from eastern europe. more people here backed brexit than anywhere in britain, but last night voters abandoned ukip. they were there for abandoned ukip. they were there for a purpose, they got us a referendum. they were getting us out. i think they did what they set out to do. they are a spent force. i don't think they will do much now. most of ukip's support here and almost all of its county council seats went to the tories. it is not a local issue, but some say they are the party to deliver brexit. i don't think ukip had any idea how to do it. who do you think can do it? we have to rely on the conservative party. at the moment the conservatives are the only viable party. theresa may is the right person to lead the country. she is strong enough. in recent yea rs, country. she is strong enough. in recent years, ukip were a force to be reckoned with, playing a key part in getting the eu referendum, in which the country backed brexit. but in these elections, support has collapsed in places like this, where t

people seem to be optimistic about the higher risk areas in europe, and eastern europe in particular. it looks at the moment like, apart from idiosyncratic risk we america,latin investors are going to be willing to take this week on the chin and come back again next week refreshed and revived. mark: this is one of my favorite charts of the day, the correlation between u.s. stocks and european stocks. the correlation has broken down, that is lowest level in 20 years. the magnitude of this breakdown marks the breakdown following black wednesday when sterling crash in the 1990's. that tells us many things. paul: what we have really got here is europe looking like the haven all of a sudden, which is almost unheard of. our american viewers won't know what we're talking about. it has been such a long struggle through the financial rises and the crisis, and finally the euro seems to have its story together. the last thing we need is for mario draghi to blow all the work away. markets haveropean been on something of a tear, looking optimistic. u.s. markets have had a wobble because of how pum

, and eastern europe as well. it's hard for me to see how that's in anybody's national security interests except for the russians. or president putin. our intelligence agencies have been crystal clear to the members of congress that the russian government tried to influence the 2016 election in president trump's favor. the american people deserve to know what the truth is, what is the extent of these relationships because it goes to the core of our security. it goes to the heart of our democracy. that is why preserving this investigation's integrity is so vital, and i can tell you the american people are not going to relent. i understand there will be some time here when people want to collect their thoughts, gather their thoughts. the american people are not going to relent. they are going to want an independent investigation here, for all americans, and i would say most of the time, but certainly at moments like this, a moment in the course of our politics when they say to us partisanship needs to give way to pa

elsewhere in eastern europe, things are relatively settled. that humid air will push into the south—east of the uk, it could be muddy but pretty unsettled with some rain at times. on tuesday, whether front will move its way from west to east. behind it, it stays pretty breezy on west facing coasts, showers or longer spells of rain to come. doesn‘t look like we will see that much in a way change over the next few days. warm in the south—east, high teens likely the further north and west are. wednesday into thursday shows a similar story with some heavy rain across the london area. more details with nick miller at the top of the hour. this is outside source. these are the main stories. the manual macron has been in berlin with reform of the eu top of the agenda. —— emmanuel macron. the success of our two countries is very closely related, and on that depends the whole success of europe. president macron has also chosen edouard philippe is the new premier stuff. he is not from mr macron‘s party. we will take further looks at that deci

europe. whether in the baltic states or poland. don't be confused about that. ukraine, you have to understand that we're not going to recognize the forcible incorporation of crimea and so if the context is right i think there is a lot that we can agree with and cooperate with the russians including, by the way, north korea, where if kim jong-un can eventually reach the western part of the united states, he can certainly reach russia. >> bill: what do you think this president's strongest hand is with vladimir putin? they may meet in a matter of weeks perhaps, maybe this summer. >> its his strongest hand is the reestablishment of american military power as a deterrent. this is a president who is not afraid to say that will not stand. so i thought that the strike in syria was well timed from a number of perspectives. i think rebuilding the american military budget is important as a signal that the united states will not let certain things stand but the two men will have to go into a room and pre

how does russia's behavior in eastern and central europe threaten america's critical national security interests or america's democracy? >> because one thing that america has always stood for his freedom and spreading democracy around the world. and the biggest foe of freedom and the spread of democracy is russia, and we see that now and lots of different places where russia is an actor, particularly in eastern europe where it has designs on re-creating a russian empire, on re-creating colony type states that it had when it was the ussr. >> tucker: you didn't answer the question i asked. you basically said russia's behavior offends our values as americans.. i would agree with that completely. b that's not the criteria upon which we make war decisions. we go to war, we are enemies with someone when their behavior threatens our national security, something you said russia did. so i'm going to ask you one final time. how does their behavior threaten our national security or our democracy itself, as is often the claim? i don't understand that. >> let's take syria for instance. >> tucker: g

canada has deployed ground forces units and personnel to central and eastern europe to show solidarity and resolve andrea forms the collective defense -- and reinforce the collective defense. we are making a significant contribution to the global coalition through leadership roles. this team plays an important coordination function with the court -- coalition training efforts. we have provided training and assistance to iraqi assistant andes, medical services, building to the regional forces else well. i would like to include the great work our intelligence personnel are doing. we doubled our intelligence capability. -- readymains a ready and willing to do its part. we recognize the challenges facing the world are too complex and vast to be taken on by one single country alone. prime minister trudeau has recommitted canada to multilateralism to deal with the defense and security issues confronting the global community. canada has made it clear our intent to increase engagement across the full spectrum of multilateral operations. we contribute personnel and capabilities to united states