as putin says domestic politics you feel like trump is trying to sort of way emulate leaders like putin to help syria's i'm not sure i can tell you what is in donald trump's head on all the anyone can and if they tell you that i don't think he's stupid i think he's a very sharp guy and i'm sure he wrecks respects the. he may misunderstand mr putin too so i don't know but he certainly hasn't lived up to the idea that he gave many people during the campaign that he was against any foreigner interventions that he thought the united states it squandered its resources its assets in wars abroad so we there was his thinking that it would change but it hasn't changed not because of his willpower it that because he hasn't been able to get anywhere in his administration it behaves been stuck in gridlock from the beginning opposition has been severe also because of russia now because no let's can i ask you really that has been the excuse the has been attacked profoundly for russia there's no evidence as yet and i've seen indicates that russia is in any collusion with mr with donald trump i mean he

does vladimir putin personally own asset in the united states? >> senator, i would defer to my colleagues in the intelligence community and i would be happy to talk to them about providing you a briefing on the subject. >> well, they are not here, but you are. so let me ask you again, does vladimir putin personally own assets in the united states? >> again, that's not something that we can discuss in an open or public setting but we would be happy to sit down with you and provide a classified briefing with our intelligence immunity. >> do you have anything to add that? >> mr. >> , you'd. >> no senator. >> if he did personally own assets in the united states, why would we not, as a sanction, consider seizing them? hypothetically? >> hypothetically, if any russian oligarch or senior leader have assets in the united states, of course that is an action that we would consider undertaking assuming it's within our legal authority to do so. >> will this is just my opinion, but here's what i think. i think he does own assets in the united states and i thi

putin, etc. have you been briefed as to what happened in helsinki in regards to discussions on sanctions? sec. mitchell: i have been briefed on the appropriate information i need to carry out my job in regards to russia. the president was also clear in an interview yesterday. the question you are asking, he was very clear about this. i would say he was very clear with regard to raising with vladimir putin the except ability of interacting in our elections. with all due respect, i'm not going to litigate the specifics of every, the president has made. i would point you toward our policies directed by the president. i disagree with your overall characterization that the wedsident had has an follo his policies. these are his policies. he directed a russia strategy. the previous administration did not. i would point you to the 2010 national security to russia and compared to ours. obama called russia a mighty river and said that america wanted to ensure its rightful place among the great powers. >> i

president vladimir putin will be the guest of honor at the wedding of austrian foreign minister. and businessman. and the luxury that they'll be getting married out just to the south of garth's in austria president putin is expected to arrive by plane early morning on saturday he'll be then traveling by helicopter to the place where the wedding is taking place there is talk of a carriage ride also going on but i think that might be more for the happy couple and not something that mr putin will be taking part in from the austrian side they've confirmed that the usual security protocol will be in place for the arrival of the guest or a visitor of the stature of the russian president but it his arrival and his saying is acceptance of the invitation has provoked a controversial reaction a lot of the press across austria and across europe saying what does this mean of putin's extended an invitation to the wedding of a cabinet member of an e.u. nation well what we've seen for in reaction terms is from the head chef of the place where the events taking place well he says he wants a self

i have president putin, he just said it is not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. >> the very next day, as we are seeing in this split screen reality, when his hand was forced he wouldn't say explicitly that russia was responsible. >> i accept the conclusion that russia is meddling in the 2016 election took place. could be other people also. a lot of people out there. >> a lot of people out there. and then he did it again a day later saying russia was no longer targeting the united states. >> is russia still targeting the u.s. mr. president? >> thank you very much. >> press, let's go, make your way out. >> no, he is shaking his head. this is dizzying. these are facts, the president saying one thing again and again in public to his crowd. his government with all their expertise and apparatus and intelligence information are saying the opposite. russia did it and they are doing it. >> it is not dizzying, it is compass p exacerbating. when i swore an oath, i hold it today. this is not a president who believes in

president vladimir putin will be the guest of honor at the wedding of austrian foreign minister. and businessman wolfgang milingo at the luxury venue that they'll be getting married up just to the south of garth's in austria president putin is expected to arrive by plane early morning on saturday he'll be then traveling by helicopter to the place where the wedding is taking place there is talk of a carriage ride also going on and i think that might be more for the happy couple and not something that mr putin will be taking part in from the austrian side they've confirmed that the usual security protocol will be in place for the arrival of a guest or a visitor of the stature of the russian president but it his arrival and his saying is acceptance of the invitation has provoked a controversial reaction a lot of the press across austria and across europe saying what does this mean of putin's extended an invitation to the wedding of a cabinet member of an e.u. nation well what we've seen for in reaction terms is from the head chef of the place where the events taking place well he sa

as putin says a domestic politics you feel like trump is trying to sort of way emulate leaders like putin behalf he is i'm not sure i can't tell you what is in donald trump's head i don't think anyone can and if they tell you that i don't think he's stupid i think he's a very sharp guy and i'm sure he wrecks respects the. he may misunderstand mr putin too so i don't know but he certainly hasn't lived up to the idea that he gave many people during the campaign that he was against any foreign of the interventions that he thought the united states it squandered its resources its assets in wars abroad so we there was his thinking that it would change but it hasn't changed not because of his willpower it that because he hasn't been able to get anywhere in his administration it behaves been stuck in gridlock from the beginning opposition has been severe also because of russia now because no let's can i ask you really that has been the excuse the has been attacked profoundly for russia there's no evidence as yet and i've seen indicates that russia is in any collusion with mr with donald trump i

both erdogan and putin with his role in syria. merkel has been one of prudence must passionate opponents -- putin's most passionate opponents. why is she reaching out? >> a lot of it has to do with donald trump in the fact that merkel feels herself to be a leader in the west, taking the mantle from the u.s., which is preoccupied is not taking that leadership role. ukraine in syria, the u.s. is not playing a role. merkel seems to be the one to step in. , it is an opportunity for her to make progress on these issues and get her agenda in, particularly on syria, where the refugee issue is a vital one. putin's comment -- comment was if you don't help us bring a settlement there could be a bigger refugee crisis in the future. anna: thank you for your thoughts. really fantastic to get both perspectives on what we saw over the weekend. joining us this half hour, the of investments. i spoke to our guests about whether this makes russia more investable, brings russia in from the cold. this is very small, the did not make it to the chancell

we heard vladimir putin say this. do they even acknowledge that that is patently absurd that the president is asking you to disregard what you see with your eyes and what you hear with your ears, or do they try to defend it or explain it or spin it? >> well, the president, as you well know, katy, has throughout his career, and this dates back to his time as a new york developer, has tried to create his own reality. he has an unconventional relationship with the truth. when he says things that are false he sometimes tends to say them over and over and over again to point where it becomes what he seems to believe and what he has done as a politician is a lot of his followers, his supporters believe those things, too. this one is a particularly hard sell. we just heard vladimir putin in response to my colleague jeff mason from reuters a question in helsinki say, yes, i wanted donald trump to win. i thought he wanted to improve relations between our countries. therefore, i was rooting for him. and it to have trump say tha

>> putin likes to show off his shiny objects. before the election he had that crazy press conference where he broadcast his invincible missile. he puts on a massive military parade every year in moscow, i have actually been to one. last week russia kicked off its army expo, is about to launch massive military exercises with china and mongolia. they like to show off military hardware and military toys. und underneath these shows of force, the russian economy is actually under pressure. modest growth is expected this year, 1.8%. the rub he wile hit a two year when u.s. sanctions went into effect, and investors aren't investing, including potentially more u.s. sanctions. that may be one reason that putin may be taking his show on the record. there were reports in russian media late last week that putin is considering a visit to saudi arabia. in the past, saudi arabia committed $10 billion investment to russia back in 2015, so it is highly likely putin is considering a trip to visit the king and to potentially ask for more investment

top stories on aussie transmit putin holds talks with germany's angela merkel just outside been with the iran nuclear sale and syrian reconstruction on the agenda. will say we visit one of the cities west hit by the war in syria and to witness the reconstruction process off to get is under attack by islamic state of the minutes and. the u.s. plans to spend up to fifteen million dollars on enhancing soldiers physical performance and insurance the pentagon mourns future conflicts will require troops with the highest tolerance for extreme conditions. it's enough to get out to best who's been charged with acting as a registered russian agent in the u.s. has been transported to another prison we hear from her lawyer about her health and what to expect in the case. it's just ten to re-add my head in moscow you're watching international welcome to the program russian president vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel have concluded talks at me is a big palace nearby and then there were several topics up for discussion including the rebuilding of syria on the iran nuclear agreement

is also on the invite list almost certainly he will meet with vladimir putin at some point during the wedding it's unknown of course what they will be discussing there but when it comes to relate the relationship between austria and russia it's certainly been far warmer than most other western european nations in fact a real look at the script file poisoning case just recently vienna was one of the few russian capitals not to expel any russian diplomats over that but while it's certainly a private affair while vladimir putin is in austria at this wedding it's very much a business affair later in the day for him it's unlikely we're going to see any pictures from that wedding of lot of me appeared on the dance floor beginning into the night because around six pm he's due to be here in berlin where he'll be meeting with german chancellor angela merkel and. it's all over there now it has been a month since the final whistle was blown on the world cup here in russia but the memories are still vivid for one football fan he did manage to attend the games and stay in the country for free he's

why is putin different? >> i can senator, at a want to talk publicly about what assets are here or anywhere in the world because there are a number different reasons. >> yes or no doesn't exactly, does that dictate section, township and range. a yes or no just as this, he owns property here. >> i'm not aware of any title or deed that would have mr. putin stand on here in the united states but again -- >> thank you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator cotton. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you all for a pmq. i hope it is clear from the question so far that we have bipartisan agreement about the threat that russia poses to the market and are interested it's good to have that agreement now that we lacked for many years. the last administration it is russia was searching, to invade crimea and waging war in the ukraine and beating the united states diplomat on the doorstep our embassy and russian and flagrantly violating the open skies treaty and flagrantly violating the intermediate range of nuclear

punishing putin. the trump administration announces new sanctions on russia after saying that the government used a deadly nerve agent in the attempted assassination of a former spy and daughter in britain. >>> waiting game. president trump's lawyers counter the latest interview offer of special counsel robert mueller. they worry that the questions related to obstruction could lead to the president of perjure himself. will mueller agree or finally issue a subpoena to the president? >>> do not lie to the fbi. republican congressman chris collins, the first to endorse donald trump, is arrested on insider

to her wedding photographs had already been released showing korean kleis all with putin her wedding party over the weekend but now there's a video which has emerged showing the two sharing a dance and it's sparked an outcry critics say. undermined the european union stand against moscow over ukraine but vienna says put in attended the wedding as a private guest and there would be no change in austria's foreign policy position. reports a public has been following that story and he now joins me in studio was good to have you here so how exactly did lot of mia put an end up being invited as a guest of the austrian for and minister is a wedding well firstly he was invited earlier this year on a trip to australia by of course the foreign minister there and they've been friends for the past seventeen years they actually met an event back in two thousand and one so they obviously have a friendship here and it resulted in this invitation mr putin arrived at the ceremony and in fact let's not forget the putin also speaks german fluently from his time aspect here as a k.g.b. agent back before

as putin says a domestic politics you feel like trump is trying to sort of way emulate leaders like putin to help syria's i'm not sure i can tell you what is in donald trump's head on all the anyone can and if they tell you that i don't think he's stupid i think he's a very sharp guy and i'm sure he wrecks respects the. he may misunderstand mr putin too so i don't know but he certainly hasn't lived up to the idea that he gave many people during the campaign that he was against any foreign of the interventions that he thought the united states it squandered its resources its assets in wars abroad so we there was his thinking that it would change but it hasn't changed not because of his willpower it but because he hasn't been able to get anywhere in his administration it behaves been stuck in gridlock from the beginning opposition has been severe also because of russia now because no let's can i ask you really that has been the excuse the has been attacked profoundly for russia there's no evidence as yet and i've seen indicates that russia is in any collusion with mr with donald trump i mea

i'm not willing to say putin is winning. i'm saying putin is interfering. attack on one party is attack on all parties. we as americans need to take that seriously. this happened to the advantage of democrats in the last election. it will happen to the disadvantage of democrats in the next hundred s the russian goal is to disunify ourselves. i happen to have a lot more faith in the american people. i think you can not divide us that much. we're divided by surface politics, this is nasty division. this is temporary division. that is the is true history of our country. russia always tries to mess with us. they don't understand us -- trish: i get it. we sort of always tried to do our part as well, via back channels. but, jed, have we been falling behind on that front? >> we've been falling behind where one of the cases where perception is and reality are equal. perception is not reality. the states need to take more of a burden and federal government needs to help do that creating firewalls and other protection to protect the vote. the fact putin is winning so

well, after vladimir putin's half hour address to the nation, president putin has become the face of what has been an unpopular reform and it will be interesting to see how that affects his popularity in the weeks ahead. that will depend on whether the kremlin leader in his address to the nation has done enough to persuade russians to accept a painful reform. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. it has not been immediately clear if his intervention had defused anger. most television news presented it in a positive light. these are some of the reactions from moscow. translation: from the beginning it was clear that the president's approval rating was falling, so this is marketing the raise it again. of course this was how it was supposed to end. translation: i believe that the pension reform is inevitable. the retirement age should increase because the population is aging and someone has to support the state. translation: a woman should not have to work. she should work only for her own pleasure. she brings up children, she is the keeper of her family's home. i would say that, thanks to

here in germany chancellor angela merkel has held talks with russian president vladimir putin the crises in both syria and ukraine and a key joint energy products were high on the agenda and heaters released no statement after the talks but ahead of me saying they both indicated a willingness to compromise on issues that have soured relations between their countries in recent years and the emphasize russia's importance as a global powerhouse putin called on europe to help rebuild the war torn feria it was the two leaders second meeting in three months. and he deputy political correspondent time and young his father report joins me in studio now well confinement so do you think that the talks were a sign that there is an improvement in relations between germany and russia well a little bit anglo american says that she wants good relations with russia are involved in there putin is used to he other day about having a permanent dialogue. but of course contacts have dropped off a lot since two thousand and fourteen when russia annexed crimea and so i think in a world in particular in which p

, obvious lly trying to stroke vladmir putin. what happened in helsinki. we still don't know. the secretary of state doesn't know. the national security advisor to the president doesn't know. only trump and putin know what occurred there and there's grave

putin in helsinki, he gave a free pass to mr. putin. so, no, we haven't heard from the president in the strong terms that we need and that's absolutely essential to be fully defending against what russia is doing. >> the director of national intelligence dan coats was asked about that disconnect which we saw on display clearly in helsin helsinki. he said he's not in the position to understand fully what happened at that trump/putin summit. how concerning is it to you, senator, that the director of national intelligence is still in the dark on that very important meeting? >> it's really shocking that the director of national intelligence does not know what happened in helsinki in the meeting between the president and president putin. that's absolutely amazing. he need to have that intelligence information in order to do his job. yet he doesn't know what happened in that room. that's why as an oversight function of the united states senate, it's absolutely essential that we have the information about what happened in the meeting between m

. >> i had a great meeting with putin. now we're being hindered by the russian hoax. it's a hoax. >> the president saying that at a rally last night in pennsylvania. this came after his intel chiefs made a rare briefing together to argue that russia is still targeting the u.s. elections in november. kaitlan collins is in new jersey near the president's golf cou e course. >> reporter: it's a stark contrast. the president talking about russia but naming no mention in our election, only saying the investigation into russian interference in the election is a hoax. compare that with what the president's intelligence officials came out to that br f briefing offering a blunt candid assessment that russia is still a threat in very certain terms. listen to what the department of homeland security secretary, the president's chief intelligence officer and even fbi director had to say about this just yesterd yesterday. >> we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken and divide the united states. >> our democracy itself is in the cross hairs. >> rus

gardenia putin has just landed in berlin for talks with angela merkel. we visit one of the syrian cities worst hit by the war aleppo to witness the reconstruction process of the years under attack by islamic state and militants. and the u.s. plans to spend up to fifteen million dollars on enhancing stole just physical performance and insurance it warns future conflicts will take place in less medically robust areas. a very warm welcome it thick it's seven pm here in the russian capital and you're watching r.t. in for national with me me here and. well a key day for world diplomacy of lattimer putin has just landed in the german capital for talks with angela merkel among the pressing issues on the agenda are syria and sanctions daniel hawkins joins me now live from berlin and daniel good to see you what more do we know about their meeting at this point. well as the second meeting between chancellor merkel and president putin in just a few months the last one taking place of course in the russian city of sochi which merkel visited back in may the message f

. >> hey, shep, politico reviewed the translations of the document and what presidenpresident putin conveyeo president trump. surprisingly normal. in other words, despite rising tension over events in syria and ukraine, along with russia's meddling in the 2016 election, the document shows that putin is willing to extend a series of landmark nuclear treaties and separately work towards agreeing on new ways to limit nuclear weapons. a source told politico that putin is in essence saying, quote: we want to get out of the dog house and engage on a broad range of security issues document reportedly includes the following extending the stark treaty that was signed in 2010 and expires in 2021. ban intermediate range nuclear missiles and keep

what is different is trump doesn't go just politely to putin. he seems to be catering toward hi kowtowing at times to him. that is certainly what a lot of republicans think anyway and that seems to be curious to a lot ofoeople. whyd you go so over the top in flattering a guy who isr cl out to sabotage american democracy? robert: one of the re this all happened, molly, is because the president has this cloud he calls it. the cloudf the russian investigation hanging over him. and he took some new steps this week. heweeted early, a few days ago, "a terrible situation. attorney general jeff sessions should stop thisigged wit hunt right now before it continues to stain our country any further." yet as the president tweets his lawyers such as former new york yor rudy guiliani are engaged in negotiations with special counsel robert mueller about a presidential sit down. >> i'm not going to give you a lot of hope it is going to ha en. we're still negotiating. robert: we've been here for weeks now with guiliani pushing the ddline up o this decision about

a source told politico that putin is in essence saying, quote: we want to get out of the dog house and engage on a broad range of security issues document reportedly includes the following extending the stark treaty that was signed in 2010 and expires in 2021.

and german chancellor angela merkel prepares to host russian president vladimir putin for talks but aren't the cheerleaders likely to agree on a thing more than the need to keep dialogue open. i'm on i'll thank you for joining us the death toll from the catastrophic flooding in the indian state of karada has more than doubled overnight the state's chief minister announced that three hundred twenty four people have died in washy called the worst loads in a hundred years almost a quarter of a million people have lost their homes and rescuers are scrambling to evacuate residents to emergency relief comes in the safety of india is a popular tourist destination power supplies in many areas are on the main international airport is closed boats and helicopters are leading rescue operations . following that story for us from delhi what is the situation today in the flood affected areas has the rain eased at all well not really you know the forecast today are for heavy rains and heavy winds to continue throughout the state not really until tomorrow really that things will expected to ease up and yo

putin. mr. putin is russian. and russia is mr. putin. the political philosophy is whatever mr. putin said and says, and unless he changes his behavior in ukraine, crimea, in syria, in meddling with our elections, i wouldn't support lifting of the sanctions. now, if he started to change his behavior, that would be a separate matter, but i think it is important that we watch what mr. putin does, not what he says. >> what would he have to do in your mind? russia's annexed crimea, invade i did ukraine, continues to support atrocities carried out in syria. it would take a lot, right? >> it would for me. we could start with syria. i think if mr. putin wanted to, we could get a settlement and end to the bloodbath fairly quickly. mr. putin could start by telling iran to get out of southern syria. there's going to be a war if iran tries to establish a foot hold there because israel is not going to put up with it. so we could start with syria. we can start with him calling off the dogs and stop trying to meddle in midterm elections. we're going to have a classified briefing tomorrow with

policy has really come under a lot of criticism at home including from her political allies so perhaps putin sees a bargaining chip there that he can kind of use in today's talks. and nina i'd like to turn back to you for a moment. only talks about the bargaining chip that putin can use this meeting will be taking place behind closed doors. why is that are they going to discussing things that they perhaps don't want the public to know about. the thing between uncle maclin vladimir putin is that they've known each other for years they were in power when george bush was still u.s. president tony blair was still at the helm of the british government and they know how each of the ticks they also know that sometimes they need a bit of time to sit down and have an open and frank dialogue but we also know that this is not the first meeting behind closed doors between the russian and the german top diplomats if you will the germans the russian foreign minister actually came to berlin and nobody found out about it a few weeks ago so this just goes to show that. there is a big attempt by the russians

we don't know about putin's translators. there's a real chance that putin's translator could be a russian intelligence agent so maybe no need to debrief. >> you have a tape of it, if he was wired. they presumably have all that information. thank you very much. brian todd reporting. >>> coming up, breaking news paul manafort's lawyer tries to shake the testimony of rick gates who testifies he helped ex-boss paul manafort obtain fraudulent bank loans and hide money offshore saying by the time they joined the trump campaign their political consulting firm had no clients and no money. is out there. and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen by funding scientific breakthroughs, advancing public policy, and providing local support to those living with the disease and their caregivers. but we won't get there without you. join the fight with the alzheimer's association. you might or joints.hing for your heart... but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen

president vladimir putin will be the guest of honor at the wedding of austrian foreign minister nice and businessman. and the luxury that they'll be getting married out just to the south of in austria president putin is expected to arrive by plane early morning on saturday he'll be then traveling by helicopter to the place where the wedding is taking place there is talk of a carriage ride also going on and i think that might be more for the happy couple and not something that mr putin will be taking part in from the austrian side they've confirmed that the usual security protocol will be in place for the arrival of a guest or a visitor of the stature of the russian president but it his arrival and his saying is acceptance of the invitation has provoked a controversial reaction lot of the press across austria and across europe saying what does this mean if putin's extended an invitation to the wedding of a cabinet member of an e.u. nation well what we've seen for in reaction terms is from the head chef of the place where the events taking place well he says he wants a selfie with the

this is of course the second meeting between mr putin and mrs merkel in the matter of months her last visit to russia came back in may where they took part in but actual talks this is their first but actual talks in germany for quite some time the shots it has been quite blunt with a message don't expect results has been the message so far quite pragmatic with what can be expected saying this is a normal working visit nevertheless though the media has already been speculating what can be gained from this meeting who will come out on top and can headway be made on the key issues there one of them of course being the syrian conflict which is coming to simmer down at least the military front differences though do remain among global leaders this will be viewed as an opportunity by michael to try to make some headway that you have with some of them and he says that's what's going on and a meeting on syria and between germany france russia and turkey could be useful if needs to be well prepared that's the reason why there is no date for it yet but we're working on in prepared three meeting

putin wants to make us look weak. this brennan decision is clearly an assault on freedom of speech and so clearly a presidential abuse of power that that helps putin out as well. >> there are people who say that the president is acting, however, within his -- within protocol, the parameters with which he can act. with putin engaging digitally to increase perception of the chaos in the u.s., it makes you wonder, what's he doing globally? >> i lost track of how many tweets the president issued this morning. he stopped by a wedding of his friend this far right austrian foreign minister this morning. he is in germany seeing angela merkel. putin and merkel have had tough meetings in the back. in 2007, he happened to bring his pet labrador into a meeting and pretended not to know she's deathly afraid of dogs. it was an intimidation campaign. he knows trump and merkel have a series of differences. remember, trump said that germany's captive to russia because of the energy relationship. putin will try to exploit any daylight

favorite putin stashes? stalin -- stalin purges or -- >> i don't know. >> hey, you talked about that failure of imagination yesterday, but as you know, we don't have to imagine any more. we know what's happened in 2016. our intelligence agencies know what's happening. facebook now knows what's happening. you have dan coats, the director of national intelligence talking about the lights blinking red right now. so the question that a lot of people in this country have is why isn't this a five alarm fire root now? why isn't every resource being pushed towards stopping it? >> it is a five alarm fire, willie. as i said yesterday, what was once a failure to imagine is now a failure to act. that's by both the government and the platforms. i mean, i think we've seen some very slow progress from the various social media and tech companies, the kind of announcement that facebook made earlier this week about discovering another information operation. we need more of that. we need transparency, we need exposure, we need

president vladimir putin will be the guest of honor at the wedding of austrian foreign minister. and businessman. and the luxury that they'll be getting married out just to the south of garth's in austria president putin is expected to arrive by plane early morning on saturday he'll be then traveling by helicopter to the place where the wedding is taking place there is talk of a carriage ride also going on but i think that might be more for the happy couple and not something that mr putin will be taking part in from the austrian side they've confirmed that the usual security protocol will be in place for the arrival of guess store a visitor of the stature of the russian president but it his arrival in his saying is acceptance of the invitation has provoked a controversial reaction a lot of the press across austria and across europe saying what does this mean of putin's extended an invitation to the wedding of a cabinet member of an e.u. nation well what we've seen for in reaction terms is from the head chef of the place where the events taking place well he says he wants a selfie

is elected to change the system doesn't even you know what for in america yeah well that's what mr putin says at the end of the interview if you remember he says he's been to four presidents and i asked him what's changed and he said basically nothing so he's indicating that there's a bureaucracy he called it a bureaucracy in america they call it a deep state bureaucracy that has been resistant to change certainly the policies towards russia for the most part united states been highly negative since one thousand nine hundred seventy since the revolution when mr wilson president wilson said american troops to siberia to join the british expeditionary force. join me every thursday on the alex salmond schill and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sport i'm show business i'll see you then. that's geysers financial survival will they say money the balance the. budget is it this is essential planks the four diagram is kind of common right now it's a stop to. the. you know world a big part of newton's law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that m

be resolved through dialogue so i really look forward to these talks and now i would ask president putin to say a few words but if you get what i would choose to i'm very happy that we have an opportunity to have this working meeting. and we can talk about our bilateral relations. but sure he shoots on the international agenda. so you know when you russia. thinks it is. extremely important to work with germany. on a variety of issues and then you will talk about our. your money he's one of our leading partners in trade. i want a bit of a list here of three grew by twenty two percent. reaching fifty billion dollars and generally to june this year we had it in the other twenty five percent you can see that he's getting german investment in russia. seventeen billion dollars over five thousand german companies work in russia. total of all you treated over fifty billion dollars really over two hundred seventy thousand ample yes but with that at the other hand we have fifteen hundred russian companies working in germany. contributing over eight billion dollars to various sectors of the german

that is serving as a force multiplier for putin's disinformation. so he is sitting back in the kremlin with his guys popping off vodka bottles, celebrating how he injected a virus into our system. it is kind of dinged around and made it worse for ourselves. trish: do you think as you look back over what happened that there may have been some things sort of left out there for the left and media to find? i will start here with that russian dossier, the dossier that was compiled by christopher steele who goes out and contacts all his russian sources and hillary-backed payment for his work? do you think that putin knew that dossier was being compiled and basically seeded it knowing it would make its way to our fbi? >> yes. i think based on my experience and cognizant that steele never himself never traveled to russia, it is really hard to gather information and intelligence inside russia. that is what i did for a living a number of years. steele outsourced this collection. i have no doubt based on my experience, russia fsb, the internal security police,

. >> i had a great meeting with putin and we discussed everything. now we are being hindered by the russian hoax. it's a hoax. >>chris: ambassador, which is it?is it a threat to our democracy or is it a hoax? >> i know there's this narrative in the press that there is a disjunction between the president and the rest of his administration. i got to know eugene mccarthy, the late democratic senator. used to describe the process as a group of birds sitting on a telephone wire. one would fly off and then they'd all fly off. that's what this narrative i think is all about. the president knew exactly what was going to be said at that press briefing on thursday. he's the one who directed it be held. it came as a result of a national security council meeting we held the friday before were the heads of the operating agencies who attended on thursday and others, told the president what we were doing. he thought it was important the american people heard directly from the people responsible for election security at the federal level. in a nonclassified environm

well, after vladimir putin's half hour address to the nation, president putin has become the face of what has been an unpopular reform and it will be interesting to see how that affects his popularity in the weeks ahead. that will depend on whether the kremlin leader in his address to the nation has done enough to persuade russians to accept a painful reform. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. air canada's app has suffered a data breach resulting in the suspected loss of thousands of its customers' personal details. the company said it had "detected unusual login behaviour with its mobile app between aug 22—24" and has warned that users who entered their passport details into the product may have had that data stolen. daniel tobok is a cyber security specialist. iasked him if air canada had suffered such breaches in the past. so, of course air canada, like any other major airline in the world, is a direct target by cyber criminals. they have been some problems in the past with air canada, but this is basically the latest and most public this year. we're talking 20,000 users directl

for instance, the president isn't in putin's pocket. the president isn't not in putin's pocket. let's try it again. ( laughter ) the president wasn't owned by kim jung-un. the president wasn't owned by kim jung-un, not! ( laughter ) or how about, the president isn't trustworthy... well let's just let that one stand. ( laughter ) ♪ double negative, so that's your function ♪ helping uncover mental dysfunction ♪ like lyin' and cheatin' collusion and treason ♪ and locking up babies and touching ladies ♪ and aryan rootin' and bowing to putin ♪ trump can't never won't tell the truth. oh! no he didn't! ( cheers and applause ) >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight, to would or not to would. plus, steven welcomes... anderson cooper and andy cohen. dominic cooper. and musical guest, beck. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: hey! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) hey, everybody! all right, please, sit

and of course this topic will be on the agenda with president putin the theme of the targets. so how does the other might how much sense can a meeting about syria between russia france and germany be without the united states that's another drawback of such meetings because it without the united states not very much or it could be decided with regard to syria at least the united states does have some leverage by virtue of the fact that it has troops there but germany doesn't do so and the other point is that of course which russia were very much alike to see and in your a take with if i must it was hinted at namely russia would very much like to have a germany pay for reconstruction and this is it's a bit brazen because in many ways there's an air force together with the syrian air force that has smothered. the cities to a smithereens that's produced brocades you pay to fix it you know that let's move on to these energy questions it is that the north stream to the gas pipeline that's going to supply russian gas directly to germany president trump has complained that this is on

that being said, you have to remember vladimir putin was a communist. and during the communist era, th number one goal was the destruction and degradation of american democracy and parliamentary democracies throughout europe. and so i believe that putin saw this as an opportunity, the information revolution and social media revolution, as a way of using russian hybrid warfare and information warfare techniques to literally dismantle democracy. >> host: and part of the objective there, it seems to me, is twofold. one is to weaken a potential competitor or adversary by weakening our values and our democracy, but it's also to diminish the appeal of democracy for his own population. >> guest: absolutely. >> host: right? >> guest: absolutely. i mean, his -- you know, again, we had that period, the post-soviet period where people were very frustrated with freedom, right? liberty. it was very i wouldn't say clever, but it was intelligent of them to recognize that they could harness that dissatisfaction and change that internally to the point where all of the f

keren child trying to america has held talks with russian president vladimir putin here in germany the crises in both syria and ukraine and a key joint energy projects were high on the agenda the leaders released no statement after the talks but head of the meeting they both indicated a willingness to compromise on issues that have soured relations between their countries in recent years. it was their second meeting in three months with no shortage of issues for the two leaders to chew over. and you think that that in view of the fact that there are so many serious issues around the world we need an opportunity to find solutions we both have responsibility germany but in particular also russia because russia is a permanent member of the security council so we need to look for solutions. within. solutions on syria will be difficult as merkel said there has been a reduction in the fighting but the search goes on for an end to the conflict but putin at least was talking about post-war reconstruction still let me remind you that one million refugees are in jordan one million in lebanon thr

what is different is trump doesn'y go just polit to putin. he seems to be catering toward him, kowtowing at times to him. that is certainly what a lot of republicans thin anyway and that seems to be curious to a lot of people. why would you go so over the top in fing a guy who is clearly out to sabotage american dem: racy? robee of the reasons this all happened, molly, is because the president has this cloud he calls it. the cloud of the russian investigation hanging over him. and he took some new steps this week. he tweeted early, a few days ago, "a terrible. situati attorney general jeff sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now before itin cos to stain our country any further." yet as thes president twes lawyers such as former new york mayor rudy guiliani are engaged in negotiations with special counsel robert mueller about presidential sit down. >> i'mot going to gyou a lot of hope it is going to happen. we're still negotiating. robert: wve been here for weeks now with guiliani pushing the deadline up on this decision about an

and i have to say the last time i saw him he said that mr putin is the guy for now whatever they say because america has violated that compact he made in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine that nato would not go east one inch if the germany's were united he allowed for that. that has not happened nato has been accelerated under the you know the under the american under clinton and and bush and obama so and mr gorbachev as pointed out also the the what mr putin says is they greedy on the abrogation of the a.b.m. treaty by the by bush by mr bush in two thousand and one was a vast mistake it and it undermines the nationals the the balance of power that exists between the two countries on top of that you have the american support putin the scent of terrorists in the caucasus on top of that you have opposing points of view on ukraine obviously and mr putin states his case very clearly in this book what his case is which americans don't hear and on top of that you have syria which again it's amazing to me how under reported that war is. orci has covered what about yemen aren't you. repo

and to vladimir putin himself. you saw from the panama papers and paradise papers how much they use foreign shell corporations and the anonymity allowed in rule of law world to shelter their ill-gotten gains so this is an important priority for them. >> does this show to you that the russians in the intelligence services there are on the attack for the 2018 midterms? >> i don't think there's any doubt about that. they'll try to keep some faint level of plausible deniability but i think anybody who's got any brains sees that plausible deniability as a joke and their real hook is that they have a a president of the united states who's highly reluctant for whatever reason to take them on in any serious or sincere way. >> at least rhetorically in the last 24 hours -- again in an interview with reuters he was talking about the mueller investigation and he almost subconsciously slipped in a phrase which seemed to equivocate on whether or not the russias are to blame for the attack on the 2016 election. he says mueller's

romaine: it seems clear the benefit for vladimir putin. what about angela merkel? how much risk is she taking having a meeting like this with him? >> she is a very experienced politician and used to dealing with cretins -- putin. there is famous footage of her with him walking alongside her trying to talk to her and she rolled her eyes at him. she is capable of holding her own. important for her to be taking a leadership role again in europe. she has been busy at home with domestic politics, trying to form a government, securing her own coalition, the idea that she is the leader of the eu and driving before spore europe. this is a chance -- the fourth for your. -- force for europe. slammedresident trump the deal with russia and germany, explain how the meeting would not have happened if it was not for president trump. >> he is certainly a factor. angela merkel and donald trump have their own tensions, over trade, climate change, iran. things got testy in canada recently between trump and angela merkel. she is -- he is reported to have ,hrown candy at her and said y