so on important, strategic subjects that affect the whole of europe, europe's security, we have difficulty in finding a consensus. >> to be fair, at the time, the sort of mood within germany, the mood around many countries in europe was one of, we're living through a great humanitarian tragedy. these desperately poor afflicted people needed a place of refuge, and it was europe's job to provide that. now we're saying, you know, there's been some dreadful terrorist attacks and on reflection maybe that wasn't the right thing to do. well, you know, that's a little harsh. >> narrator: abaaoud now used the chaos of the refugee flow to get a team of militants into and around europe. two of the team entered europe with refugees on the island of leros. one used a stolen syrian passport flagged by interpol as possibly being used by terrorists. but greek authorities weren't checking interpol's database regularly, and the men were let through. bomb-maker najim laachraoui and one of the leaders of the cell, mohamed belkaid, are also thought to have entered europe through greece. >> they both had false

, the value of europe. and we are here today to pay tribute to helmut kohl, to pay tribute to the mark helmut kohl has left on history. many of you have given us your recollections of moments you shared with him. from my generation, helmut kohl is already part and parcel of europe's history. without that life experience, we couldn't be here. we couldn't do what we're doing. those were bold, courageous, historic acts which our generation wouldn't be in a position to take. thousands of pages have been written in tribute to what he did, most of all german reunification and european integration. helmut kohl was a man who took courageous decisions, sometimes against the will of public opinion and sometimes he took unexpected decisions that were not particularly wanted. and as president of the french republic, i wouldn't like his legacy to be reduced to his political career, remarkable though it were. the lesson he leaves us goes much further than that. helmut kohl was a key vital ally. to france, he was a friend

why is it, so much of a, more of a problem in europe? why is this so commonplace in europe? what are the factors there. what are they doing to correct that? anyone? >> well part of the problem is that in europe the release rates are a lot quicker than the u.s., right? so people get the example i always give is that somebody like the carried out the brussels 2016 attack hadpreviously been convicted for a bank robbery. where he shot a kalishnakov at a police officer in america i think that would lead to apretty lengthy jail sentence. think in belgium he got something like three years. so he had contact with radicals in prison. he was out very quickly and carries out these attacks. european governments are trying all sorts of different strategies to deal with this france tried isolating certain high-risk people, certain radicalizers, but that hasn't really worked. i think part of it down to numbers. the population ofmuslim population in prisons is way, way disproportionate in compares ton the overall population. and i know that lots of countries are arresting with different str

in europe, there's not one single watch list for europe. they have not developed a way to effectively stop somebody from traveling, even though in this case, the individual was convicted of terrorist offenses. >> narrator: for more than a decade, counterterror chiefs have proposed laws to improve border defenses, such as giving european security forces systematic access to data that airlines collect about all passengers on the continent. u.s. border guards have used this tool, known as passenger name record, or pnr, for 15 years. but european politicians, concerned about privacy and data protection, repeatedly rejected pnr legislation. >> madam president of the council, read my lips: data protection directive. >> we have, you know, maybe a different privacy mindset in certain countries in europe compared to the u.s. it depends on the different cultural historical political backgrounds of each country, and they are different. >> narrator: rob wainwright is the director of europol, the agency tasked with coordinating law enforcement across th

he was a unifier of germany and europe. theirgh he did not start reunicication,hehe people of eastst germany started the procs in g g did not complete the unification but nevertheless, he was an extremely important element in the processes. >> you experienced in close-up on many occasions. what kind of a man was he? >> he had a lot of different sides. he could be very friendly but he to waslso be very brutal the people around him. as a journalist, i experienced all of that close-up. this is also part of his legacy. >> allen, what is your strongest memory of helmut kohl? give us something that tells us the most about who he was? >> i remember on the night the wall came down for the night after that when he flew from berlin.imberland -- to there was an assembly in front of the town hall where john f. kennedy had his speech. the mayor of west berlin was there. there was a crowd of people who were jubilant at the fall of the wall and helmut kohl starts to sing the german national anthem. you can hear, they are all out of tune.

we have to invent another name because europe without the united kingdom is not europe. britain was always seen as a very valued member of the european team on a number of levels, and that meant that the other eu countries were willing to do some special deals for the uk to keep it sweet. we didn't have to join the euro currency, for example, and we got a rebate on our contributions to the eu budget. but, that was when we were inside the club. now we're on our way out, and the eu says it has other priorities. i know the uk very well, i've been working with a lot of british ministers in the last 20 years — they are very fine negotiators, but they have the characteristics to negotiate in their own interest. we are going to negotiate for our own interest too. the european commission is negotiating brexit on behalf of all the eu's 27 countries. nobody wants to punish the uk for its choice, the british people for their choice, but one thing is clear — the show must go on. the european show will go on. even if there'll be some changes in the props department. i've been tol

while we still have some defense industry in europe. the competition that we have when you in europe has basically. diminish the opportunities for the future a future he means the next twenty thirty or forty year. so if europe wants to have a defense industry and thirty or forty years it has to take decisions now and this decision. has been taken by the idea to pro approach you're a joint. fighter jets between germany and france now one way or another britain will be leaving the european union in two years time. in many of my call can say what he wants but surely paris and berlin will no doubt be. trying to attract startups financial service firms from. britain to either paris or berlin there will be some sort of competition at some point what they're. and of course but i mean on this perspective at least but it is clear. if the the uk wants to leave the european union that is their decision. but for the rest of so those who remain within the european union it's the job it's the kind of the destiny to keep the union together. and i don'

spontaneous than europe. even though some of them, orlando, and san bernardino, being a good examples, have been no less deadly. there have been 395 jihadist related arrests in 2014. 687 in 2015. and 718 in 2016. numbers are much lower in the united states, where 18 individuals were arrested for terrorism related activities in 2014. 75 in 2015, which was banner year for us. and just 36 in 2016. unlike europe, the united states does not seem to possess extensive home grown militant organizations that provide support to individuals drawn to isis. jihadists propaganda continues to be easily accessible through various online platforms for the last ten years. now with the advent of numerous social media applications, a would be recruit can access realtime support and have a stronger sense they're part of a wider network. an important dynamic at play, is isis has employed what we call isis virtual entrepreneurs who use social media to connect people in the west, these are people in raqqah that are reaching out to a

of europe. and then each country, each it or not can support but we are not only -- it does minor tinkering recalls for an ambitious awakening of europe. the deem goings and the extremists run the show. we must not only carry out .risis management we must refound the initial inspiration of the european commitment, the certainty that the founding fathers of europe, ourbest of our history, of culture can be expressed not rivalry, even less war, but by the union of our forces by one country over another balance thatng a respects all the forces that are present. it is this union that our time needs.that our era this union alone will allow us rise to the challenges of modern life. and it is in europe that we share a common vision which is same trials of history, these challenges of the which the transition revolution which is re .riting the rules of society to reinvent -- so many centuries wanted standards to respect humans. is also humanism, contemporary humanism, and the the to defend it against te

chaperoned the decision making on the continent that is until don't know trunk moved into the white house is europe ready to take its fade into its own hands as german chancellor angela merkel suggested it should vote to discuss that i'm now joined by john the norm and is torn in member of the european parliament this time it's great to have you on the show thank you very much for your time you're welcome we are recording these program just a few days before the russian and the american presidents are expected to meet in person for the first time and coincidentally that meeting is going to take place in europe do you think the europeans should be expecting anything groundbreaking to come out of this meeting. you know. i will say that to both presidents. unpredictable so here at least in this house we cannot we cannot say the two are waiting something something particular for it was very difficult. to get them together. it is so long. we waited for this for this meeting and so no i didn't say anything while waiting and waiting with great interest and forever speak and i have no idea what will develo

, western europe and the new europe, eastern europe. you look at the response that president trump got because you see people that understand what it means to live under the yolk of tyranny, communism and socialism. you've seen the collapse of the social welfare system in western europe and protests out there. i find it funny, david, that we have young people that are complaining about capitalism and the free market, but yet, they're holding up smartphones. david: that's right, that's right. how do they get that extra? i never understood how they get all that time off to go to the protests. let me say one thing about the president, despite the fact that he stood firm. he doesn't give any quarter on our values and our principles and our leadership role in the world, at the same time, he has gotten concessions from the europeans, as much as they would hate to admit it. here he is, i believe we've got a sound bite of him talking about this earlier. take a listen. >> my administration has demanded that all members of n.a.t.o. finally meet t

energy supply europe so the g. supply is a matter for europe i'm not the united states of america it's up to us to decide who supplies us with energy and how according to rules of openness i'm ok competition the bill accuses russia of weaponize and gas exports but as kayla martin explains it would actually hand the u.s. more power to control the global energy market so after months of podium pounding and condemnations against russia the u.s. congress is about to pass a bill penalizing russia not much to see here right just part of the ongoing confrontation well let's take a look at what's actually in the bill the bill is targeting the construction of a key natural gas pipeline in europe citing what it calls detrimental impact on european energy security furthermore in the same paragraph the bill talks about exporting more of america's resources in order to create american jobs strengthen u.s. allies and strengthen u.s. foreign policy now that all agrees with a key component of u.s. energy strategy america's global

europe has been there for centuries is a clone you know power but the volume of trade between europe and africa is relatively steady and because europe is not liberalizes agricultural policy it's been difficult for africans to export more to europe than they would as much as they would like to china and india asia more broadly we should say has been the key driver of africa's growth right not only in terms of exports of african commodities what we call the supercycle in economics was high commodities prices for africans and for latin americans and high demand from asia that was the perfect symbiosis for the last fifteen years and now of course chinese infrastructure investment into africa particularly east africa but really just six or seven countries has been very very strong huge and it's helping to create a foundation for future economic growth in a couple of countries but remember africa has fifty three countries eighty percent of chinese investment goes into five of those countries so china is helping certain specific countries it is not uplifting an entire continent and china c

tony blair was suggesting this weekend that europe as well felt diminished by the prospect, that europe would be weaker and less influential in the world. is that how people see it in brussels, paris, berlin? they do, but they will never admit to it. they are also trying to make up for the loss of britain. britain is moving very fast, making up for the fact that they are leaving. we need to try to cover the ground that britain by others. i think it is very significant that emmanuel macron was elected at thisjuncture. he has wasted no time in trying to show that france is here, france is back and it is going to be a country that tries to make a difference in the world. it is significant that his first steps were strengthening connections with germany, strengthening the engines of europe. also making steps towards russia, the united states, this is about showing that france matters. it is a country that has delusions of grandeur, wants to punch above its weight. so far, emmanuel macron is doing very well. it is a very different image of france. for the past ten years, france was under a v

not everyone is welcoming to migrants coming to europe. this is a promo video from a group calling themselves the identity aryan movement. made up of mainly young, tech savvy members, they have been described as the hipster writer. their aim is to campaign against immigration. i had heard that the group was developing plans for further action. we think that in every city where multiculturalism is present, there is radical islam and violence regarding illegal immigrants. you say you do not want them in those waters, you want them to stop. they say if they stop, more lives will be lost. the evidence is false. those people are coming to europe because they know someone will save them. the missions are coordinated by the italian coastguard, but the country's legal system has launched two investigations into whether they are saving lives or merely assisting illegal immigrants on theirjourney. since last september this boat has rescued more than a000 migrants at sea, including over 500 children. they do need a pull factor, they are pushing these

you know this, everybody knows this, europe must do more, europe must demonstrate it believe that it's future, by investing its money to secure that future, we applaud poland for its decision to move forward, battle tested patriot air and missile defense system, the best anywhere in the world. that is also why we salute the polish people for being one of the nato countries that achieved benchmark for investment in our common defense. thank you, thank you poland, i must tell you the example you set is truly magnificent and we applaud poland, thank you. we have to remember that our defense is not just a commitment of money but a commitment of will because as the polish experience reminds us the defense of the west ultimately rests not only on means but on the will of its people to prevail and be successful and get what you have to have is the fundamental question of our time is whether the west has the will to survive, do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any cost? do we have enough respect for our citizens to protect our borders, do we have the desire and the courag

europe must do more. europe must invest its money to secure that future. that's why we applaud poland for its decision to move forward this week on acquiring from the united states, the battle-tested patriot air and missile defense system, the best anywhere in the world. that's why we salute the polish people being one of the nato countries that's achieved the benchmark for investment in our common defense. thank you. thank you, poland. and i must tell you, the example you set is drawly magnificent. and we applaud poland. thank you. we have to remember that our defense is not just a commitment of money. it is a commitment of will because as the polish experience reminds us, the defense of the west ultimately rests, not only on means but also on the will of its people to prevail and be successful and get what you have to have. the fundamental question of our time is, whether the west has the will to survive. do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any cost? do we have enough respect for our citizens to protect our borders? do we have the d

with that kind of rhetorical that europe is surrounded by by animists. and one of them at the certain moment was president trump with his nature turks was also this on predictable became behavior and i have a feeling that things didn't change since that and from all aside. also in trouble due to the fact that he's administration still doesn't work in a proper way and what about russia you know what you know what better than me. to which point our elations are now. looking at this meeting with great interest but i would say that was launched not much might choke nowi you just mention how unconventional president trump is and you know we have this saying in russia the comparison is key to full comprehension. and i think we just had a chance to experience that in moscow with president obama he wasn't a great friend of russia when he was in office but i think a lot of people are starting to appreciate he more and more he certainly has some redeeming qualities compared to his successor. is that also the case with putin because putin certainly as you pointed o

not everyone is welcoming to migrants coming to europe. this is a promo video from a group calling themselves the identitarian movement. not everyone is welcoming to migrants coming to europe. this is a promo video from a group calling themselves the identitarian movement. made up of mainly young, tech savvy members, they have been described as the hipster right. with headquarters in austria and france, they are a small but growing group and their aim is to campaign against immigration. senior membership of the group is known to have links with neo—nazis. their annual camp is all about physical strength and fitness, but with a definite sense of purpose. stop immigration now! this summer the movement tried to stop a medecins sans frontieres rescue ship from leaving port. the stunt ultimately failed but in just a few weeks the organisation raised over 70,000 euros and they have now chartered a ship they say they will use to disrupt trafficking and monitor the ngos in the mediterranean. i had heard that the group was developing plans for fu

europe has a deep malaise of its own. is europe itself reformable? if europe proves to be unreformable, and the status of economics or bring europe down, brexit starts to look different. i don't think it's time for us to celebrate or be smug about what's happening in america, i think we have our own crisis to deal with. i don't think anybody here is, we are taking it very seriously, but the causes aren't just disillusionment by a population. there is concerted action going on by people to bring down liberal democracies. i appreciate you feel there are darker forces at work. john, on the topic of policy, this is six months into this administration. i'm curious whether anybody feels the soap opera element of it, and scaramucci, and everything that is distracting in a soap opera, whether it's deliberately done to distract from policy. because what has been achieved? he couldn't sort out obamacare. if we were able to determine that there was some sort of rationale in this, it appears to me there is none. it is a president who lives from tweet to tweet, a

is pretty isolated in europe and. the question of being excluded from a group you see prime minister may not going to some european events of the border and being left on the march and other european events i think in general the world today is a much more fractious place a much more contentious place than it was in the early two thousand well that whole thing about isolating somebody really gained a lot of attention in two thousand and fourteen when president obama famously. proclaimed that he is going to isolate russia and russians at that point and i think still at this point claiming that it's really counterproductive because it doesn't really matter whether you like your interlocutor or not your have to work with them it's your job to work with them rather than pass moral judgements and it struck me that i think europe is gradually graduating to the point of view because it seems that angular merkel as much as she may dislike donald trump blood to be put in or reject a pair the one is pretty much adopting the sam

not everyone is welcoming to migrants coming to europe. this is a promo video from a group calling themselves the identitarian movement. made up of mainly young, tech—savvy members, they have been described as the hipster right. with headquarters in austria and france, they are a small but growing group and their aim is to campaign against immigration. senior membership of the group is known to have links with neo—nazis. their annual camp is all about physical strength and fitness but with a definite sense of purpose. stop immigration now! this summer, the movement tried to stop a msf rescue ship from leaving port. the stunt ultimately failed but in just a few weeks the organisation raised over 70,000 euros and they have now chartered a ship they say they will use to disrupt trafficking and monitor the ngos in the mediterranean. i had heard that the group was developing plans for further action. their italy coordinator, lorenzo fiato, has flown down specially from milan. i want to defend europe from mass immigration and multiculturalis

europe is moving very fast and making upfor europe is moving very fast and making up for it. to try to cover the ground britain used to cover. it is significant that emmanuel macron was elected office juncture and has lost no time trying to show that france is here, france is going to bea france is here, france is going to be a country that makes a power that makes a difference in the world. it was significant his first steps where in terms of strengthening links with germany, strengthening the engine of europe. but also steps towards russia, united states, this is showing that france matters. like britain, france has its illusions of grandeurand britain, france has its illusions of grandeur and wants to punch above its weight, and so far these are early days, emmanuel macron is doing very well. he is giving a different image of france. for the past ten yea rs image of france. for the past ten years and president hollande, france was extremely weak and irrelevant. macron seems determined to change that. how much does that depend on in delivering on domestic reform? nicolas sa

southern part of europe. i do not think it can last forever. jonathan: lisa, when he is talking about unwarranted tightening of financial conditions, is that a message to the affects market or the bond -- fx market or the bond market, or both? lisa: that is a message for the bond market. because he is saying let's not get your hopes up. we will not let yields go up too high. it makes metime, wonder how much it will allow inflation to pick up in the eurozone, which is supportive of the economy, and actually feeds into some legitimate reasons for the euro to get bid up and meanwhile, how much is the euro strength really a dollar story. we have seen the dollar just sink as prospects for a stimulus plan here have faded. jonathan: do you share those views, mark? mark: i think it has been interesting to watch the euro strengthen dramatically in here as draghi has tried to take back some of his comments. but i think the market is certainly going the other direction. that is going to put pressure on euro economy. to

discussions for us about europe and all me is much more fruitful. like three of us here and do you get a president i'll definitely well miss told we have to take a short break now but we will be back in just a few moments stay tuned. to the see. you there on the cheap. and then to all the countries don't let ideas the right to go to his computer use it to feed you. live to. the. discomfort. this is what we don't understand how we are in such a country. or so to the ones at the same time. noticing. a. similar. john a good one. because. the minutes of gone were not there got to meet leave again with the phone the computer with the plane. to come back to the place story you have to see. the. movie. the wealthy areas the italy going bust and we should save them because they're going. well you know again the social bank the e.c.b. a very jaggy they have all. already printed fifteen sixteen trillion dollars to bail out their friends they're all of our friends during sums to thousand and eight and they've said they signal to the marketplace that we've got

this is my first visit to central europe as president. thrilled we can be right here in this magnificent piece of land. poland is the geographic heart. we see the soul of europe. your nation is great because your spirit is great. and your spirit is strong. for two centuries poland suffered constant and brutal attacks. while poland could be invaded and occupied and its borders even erased from the map, it could never be erased from history. or from your hearts. in those dark days you have lost your land but never have lost your pride. it is with this true admiration i can say from the farms and villages of your countryside to the cut each rules and squares of your great cities, poland prospers and poland prevails. [applause] president trump: despite every effort to transform you or oppress you or destroy you, you overcame. you are the proud nation of copernicus, think of that. [applause] president trump: chopin, saint john paul ii, poland is a land of great heroes. [applause] president trump: and you are a people who know the true value of

the soul of europe. asr nation is great week your spirit is great, and your spirit is strong. [applause] president trump: for two endured brutalnd attacks. while poland could be invaded and occupied, it's borders even erased from the map, it could never be erased from history or your hearts. in those dark days, you have lost your land, but you never lost your pride. [applause] with thistrump: it is true admiration i can say today that from the farms and villages of your countryside to the cathedrals and squares of your lives,ities, poland poland prospers and poland prevails. [applause] president trump: despite every effort to transform you or oppress you or destroy you, you overcame. you are the proud nation of copernicus, think of that. [applause] chopin, saintp: john paul ii, poland is a land of great heroes. [applause] and you are ap: people who know the tri-valley -- know the true value of what you defend. the triumph of the polish spirit, over centuries of hardship, give us all hope for a future in

europe we should be in europe if you know the opposition has been saying the same thing for eighteen years they used to say about hugo chavez i know about me for the last few use for there is no other way to resolve a conflict in our country than through democratic means. you for three and a half weeks starting in the opposition to engage in a direct dialogue and join the national constitutional assembly but they refused since then the only thing the opposition has been doing is taking new steps back with me right now the situation is dire and you think face political isolation i don't know if they're leaning towards the far right and they've trapped in cells in this strategy of local acts of violence restricting the movement of people in the very districts that voted for them the opposition is losing the support of the venezuelan people voted for them in the past. we also spoke to an opposition activist he claims medea is riding roughshod over democracy in the country and the door has been undermining democracy i was listening to his interview saying that a way to change democracy a

were on this in is less refugees and migrants from europe. the terms refugees and migrants are being mixed up in this discussion discussion quite a lot actually refugees no problem but why would people from morocco or what are they fleeing from. so then at the end of the day. what's going to happen you're saying that the people perhaps will be surprised when they see the results of the missions and what are the ultimate results of the mission that you're looking for probably we can expose how the n.g.o.s are operating that they actually cooperate with human traffickers to some extent and that they definitely violates international law especially when it comes to libyan territory because the libyan coast guard as far as we have seen is not very amused about the things that the ngos do there do you think the media the officials that have been criticizing you and the people of europe will actually follow what to look at the things that you have documented. there's a potential for these kind of violations do you think they will take it for grante

today's event is titled the russian challenge in europe. this is a joint event between defense initiative group and the missile defense project that i run. at big events like this, we ask yourselves to familiarize yourselves with the surroundings in case you have to exit. there are stairs around here or take the exits to the back. they should not be any reason to do that. to kick things off, i will hand things over to andrew hunter to introduce our first speaker. andrew: good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us. i'm andrew hunter, director of the defense industrial initiatives group. this event is an collaboration between our two programs. for those who of wondered about the definition of collaboration, we are giving you a demonstration this morning. it's my pleasure to introduce senator tom cotton to give us some great remarks and a preview. i am looking forward to the speech. senator cotton is the senator from arkansas. he serves on a number of important committees in the senate including near and dear to my heart, the armed se

daniel: trump has talked about increasing natural death sales to europe -- natural gas sales to europe. does anyone stand to benefit? jens: certainly. the key is basically liquefied, natural gas. the trump administration is hoping in general to become the world's biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas. there is also some resistance to those ideas bececause if you export more natural gas, that would mean higher prices and that could increase the cost for u.s. consumers and also for some of the u.s. industry. if we look at future exports of liquefied natural gas, europe could be one place to sell to, but also china and other places. if you look at the market right now, the biggest importers of u.s. natural gas are chile, mexico, and further behind, china, india and argentina. that could be a plan if you look at the u.s. industry -- actually the export of liquefied natural gas could kick off quite a bit. gerhart: -- daniel: qatar has lost a complaint of the world trade organization challenging a boycott by its neighbors. ththey accuse them of supporting teterrorism. it's the worst dipl

we cannot think of europe other than a project. europe is us. it's a project based on peace, freedom, progress which was thought out courageously by the generations of before who experienced the war. today we want to forget all that. and to consider this is the face of the divisions, bre brexit other upheavals of history will be to reduce europe even more, to abandon the historic project of europe, to neglect europe, to get used to interesting europe to make it responsible for all our problems is to betray the generations of the past. the previous generations who have made a world where we cant freely debate about europe, whether we like it or not, but neglecting europe, turning it into a technocratic - institution is to educate our historical and reduce. [inaudible] the construction of europe today, which has been made week by skepticism come, by bureaucracy, i strongly believe that in europe i understand why there is a degree of skepticism about europe. that's why i think we should put things into perspective. we should try to free ourselves f

that is the thing, there seems to be a big clash between southern europe and northern europe. clearly, southern european countries are taking more of their share, notjust in terms of numbers but the financial implications of that will stop and other european countries are just turning away, and if the eu is supposed to be a collective there is not a collective approach to migration and that is the crisis. not the actual problem. the political element... it is an explosive issue, in germany and austria, which also has elections this year. austria is threatened if any more migrants come to italy and try and migrate further north, they will put the panzers, on the brenner pass and make sure that they do not come through austria, they will be dead set against any further distribution of numbers. also, there is a crisis because you have to be seen as a politician responsible for your nation's welfare, dealing with the possibility of millions more africans on your shores. that is just scaremongering, if you look at the numbers, it are tiny percentage points across europe. most of th

also this form a islamic state finances returning to europe and leaving authorities struggling for a coordinated way to deal with them. whatever reasons why they were and if we can get them back to the movie educate them put them on the extremism courses radicalized and i think they have an opportunity should be no difference whether it's man woman or child thousands of gee how do. we know our streets which has been put out by the government why do we need more. and then the undercover operation exposes how the pentagon gave away more than a million dollars worth of military equipment to fake policeman. it's six o'clock am in moscow and you're watching international live from a studio with me if you were to to welcome to the program. the e.u. has issued a stern warning to washington over the latest onto russia sanctions after they were passed by the u.s. house of representatives the european commission president thinks they could europe's energy sector the us bill could have unintended unilateral effects that impact the energy security interests america first kind of mean that europe

the soul of europe. your nation is great week as your spirit is great, and your spirit is strong. [applause] president trump: for two centuries, poland endured brutal attacks. while poland could be invaded and occupied, it's borders even erased from the map, it could never be erased from history or your hearts. in those dark days, you have lost your land, but you never lost your pride. [applause] president trump: for two centuries, poland endured brutal attacks. while poland could be invaded and occupied, it's borders even erased from the map, it could never be erased from history or your hearts. in those dark days, you have lost your land, but you never lost your pride. [applause] president trump: it is with this true admiration i can say today that from the farms and villages of your countryside to the cathedrals and squares of your great cities, poland lives, poland prospers and poland prevails. [applause] president trump: despite every effort to transform you or oppress you or destroy you, you overca

and in europe. has had some improvement in growth, some modest improvement in the inflation picture, but they are way behind. they still have significant amounts of recapitalization has to occur in the banking system to get lending with the economy going. so you will see different forms of stimulus coming out of japan for the foreseeable future. jonathan: is that enough to keep the central bank in the market, lisa? lisa: the boj, the question is when will they run out of assets to buy? don't they own the entire japanese stock market at this point? , they the etf right now are controlling their 10 year yield, and i think is that why nobody talks about that. the wrister he -- mr. he is taken away. thank you to our guests. coming up on the program, the auction block. capital. costlier this is bloomberg real yield. before we go to break, let's get the first word news from emma chandra. >> some breaking news this hour, trump has hired a new communications director. press secretary sean spicer resigned in

the points he's making, there is an audience for that in europe. we haven't seen, since his elections, those voices be particularly successful, doesn't mean it doesn't exist and he sees an opportunity to rally support for that. >> why the leaders push back so hard. it's a threat to their survival. brexit and more of that sentiment across europe. you mentioned german elections undergoing down. what to make of the president's answer when asked at the press conference about russian election meddling where he says, you know, russia may have been involved. other countries could have been involved. going into a big meeting with putin tomorrow. angela merkel says messing in their election now. also in france. the president's own national security team will tell you, yes, russia, other central actors but at the center is vladimir putin but the president won't say that straight up. why? >> a question he won't be able to escape after his meeting with putin, but i do think, my sense of what he's saying there is, almost a defense of, more of a defense of himse

come to europe maybe will. make economy work even better there is migrants and there's migrants there's refugees and then there's ph d.'s right and those are two different things i actually went to high school in germany or partially grew up there at the time you know a lot of people thought i was turkish though i'm indian actually but i speak german german so i fit in but when you you know new migrants who are coming in who think they're coming in just temporarily don't necessarily have it you know skills that the that the host country needs just because their bodies you know human bodies it doesn't mean they're not going to fill the specific gaps in german society their particular every country knows what there is it mechanics is it teachers is it cleaners is it doctors is it technicians right the labor shortage that exists across europe generally is in multiple categories professionals so that means you need people from india and from brazil and from russia not from mali right or people in the elderly care i

energy supply europe so that the supply is a matter for europe i'm not the united states of america it's up to us to decide who supplies us with energy and how according to rules of openness a market competition that must not happen we generally reject sanctions with extraterritorial fact meaning and impact on third countries if heard from the kremlin spokesman dmitri prescott who also concurred to that point of view that says that these sanctions her third parties so we're talking about countries other than russia we consider the continuing sanctions rhetoric counterproductive it is damaging the interests of our two countries and also potentially damaging the interests of other states with which russia has trade and economic relations developing despite all the negative tendencies well in the meantime we've heard from european commission your highness holland who says that there's a european commission delegation in washington right now talking with the house of representatives because they'll be voting on this issue on tuesday so that just shows you how seriously how worried europ