under president biden, putin began building the pipeline again. those are facts. you want to talk about who's weak on russia, those are simple facts. and those facts are dangerous. because joe biden's giving a multibillion-dollar gift of vladimir putin was a generational geopolitical mistake because it strengthens russia and it weakens america because it endangers suft national security -- u.s. national security interests. i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: mr. president, because america national security is gravely compromised by the inability of a president to have his national security team in place at a time of crisis, i would ask that it be in order to make the same request with respect to executive calendar number 328, an witkowsky. mr. cruz: mr. president, reserving the right to object, just a few moments ago the senator from connecticut said something bad is going to happen. he's right. something bad is going to happen, and there's a reason for it. the biden foreign policy in just seven months has

i think the second thing is looking to engage putin to do the resolved part. the resolute part of my suggestion. this will be a meeting where biden spends a lot of time laying out, you know, how the u.s. news, russian behavior from ukraine to cyber attacks on the u.s. that are affecting average americans to their lack of cyber criminals operating on the shoreline accountable to their treatment and banning on the opposition. but also raising, there are some areas here where you are playing fire here. we could have a crisis erupt into something much more serious. let's talk about, i think in addition, they will propose formal strategic stability costs potentially, you know, actions in space bar cyberspace that could escalate into a larger crisis. this is really a, these are our concerns kind of meeting. i think very low expectations that putin as the master of chaos and so forth are going to suddenly change in strife. i think that every president has to at least try to reduce these tensions and get this relationship on a less unpredictable or less stable kind of

the head of the agency at the time was putin. after litvinenko fled to london, and putin became president of russia, litvinenko attacked him, relentlessly. and by name. >> i and others said that this is a very dangerous thing to do because your personalizing this. >> you told him that? >> yes. >> but marina and others believe that the ultimate motive may not have been personal at all. rather it was all about money. we learned that in 2005 and 2006, litvinenko made multiple visits to spain, helping prosecutors take down a major organized crime ring. one that litvinenko publicly claimed had financial ties to president putin. putin's office has never responded to that allegation. anne applebaum, a pulitzer prize-winning author, an expert on russia. >> i think that anything litvinenko was doing that came close to the source of putin's personal wealth, would have been by far the most dangerous thing that he could do. >> in addition to a possible motive, there was also the means. paul joyal says the fact that polonium was used to kill

they remained cordial, putin invited angela merkel to moscow once she is out of office. anchor: let's go through this with our moscow correspondent. welcome. this has been a long relationship. do you think vladimir putin will miss angela merkel? correspondent: you know, i think he will. i think there is mutual respect, even though i would not go as far to say there is personal sympathy. the two leaders have been working together for 16 years, and today he was almost effusive . he talked several times about the productive relationship that they have had, the constructive relationship, and invited her to russia after her time in office two times during those talks. he gave her flowers as well. i think angela merkel has been an equal sparring partner, someone he can work with, and someone as it is perceived in russia is not afraid of standing up to the u.s., for example, and also, angela merkel is a known entity. today on russian state tv there was a nostalgia for the angela merkel era because it is not clear how the relations will be under the next government. anchor: she

putin didn't have to behave the way he did. he didn't have to regress against the countries and squelch opposition in his own party. michelle has had to deal with this in a way that america and western lives were at risk because of the behavior. we might have been slightly offputting in his mind with expansion of nato, but i do think that we should maybe ask whether 30 members is now enough. this next question is from jeannie. this is for both doctor o'hanlon and the former undersecretary defense. what is your most possible scenario in the south china sea and the best strategic position that's already been waged? >> the scenario that i worryce about most is a conflict that comes from the fundamental miscalculation on the part of beijing. i think right now if you were td turn on the nightly news in beijing, you would hear a constant narrative of u.s. decline. our economy is in shambles, we are tearing ourselves apart in terms of our own polarization and division. look at january 6th they play that tape over and over again. now i

it is good for russia and putin. accordingly, the congress passed overwhelmingly bipartisan sanctions legislation that i authored, along with democratic senator jeanne shaheen, and that legislation proved tremendously successful. how successful was it? when the president signed it into law, if my memory serves correctly, at 7:00 p.m. on a thursday, construction on the pipeline halted at 6:45 p.m. on that thursday, 15 minutes before the sanctions went into law, they ceased building the pipeline. for a year, the pipeline lay dormant. it lay as a hunk of metal at the bottom of the ocean. we we had succeeded together. this body had won a bipartisan national security victory for the united states. then in november of last year, joe biden was elected. when joe biden was elected, president and his foreign policy team immediately began signaling weakness on nord stream 2 to putin, and that signal was heard. putin commenced preparatory efforts to begin building the pipeline again within days of the presidential election in no

meeting vladimir putin over and over again. now is trip number 20 but if you think that is a sign of a warm relationship, think again. things are well and truly on the rocks. the problems as ominous as the russian embassy building here in berlin. top of the list as russia's annexation of crimea and his support for the separatist war in eastern ukraine. the downing of a passenger plane is blamed on the russian side . there is also the poisoning of former russian spies on british soil and in the heart of berlin, a professional murder committed in broad daylight. in russia, opposition politician gunned down on the street and one year ago, and other putin critic, alexei navalny, lucky to survive an attempt on his life. all the while, a backdrop of escalating oppreion against oppositionroups and to top it off, cyber attacks aimed at the heart of german democracy and blamed on russian hackers. all this has led to multiple rounds of sanctions against russia. all along, angela merkel has kept trying to maintain a functioning relationsh

putin fans here tonight? i did not realize. so, what did they accomplish with their mini-meeting? i dunno. i was drifting in and out all day. i think they're exchanging ambassadors, isn't that right? they're reviving the iranian nuclear deal, and something something arctic. basically, the only thing that was exciting about it is that it was not the most demoralizing, nauseating, international bootlicking anyone has ever seen. ( cheers and applause ) a slight difference. totally-- a slight difference. the "boniva in geneva" didn't have to clear a very high bar. it just had to be less embarrassing than the "stinky in helsinki." ( laughter ) after the summit, putin took some softball questions from the russian press, and then called on abc's rachel scott: >> reporter: the list of your political opponents who are dead, imprisoned, or jailed is long. alexei navalny's organization calls for free and fair elections and end to corruption, but russia has outlawed that organization, calling it extremist, and you have now prevented anyone who supports him to run for office. so my question is

what putin said is that that was not an option and for the u.s. to establish any base of afghanistan wasn't an option. how did he finally have veto power on the issue? we couldn't we force the issue with other countries in the area or did we try? >> because we're projecting weakness, not strength. the international community sees this. they view us as a weak country now.it's impacting our status around the world. failed leadership. why would we allow putin to dictate to our commander-in-chief what he can and cannot do? what we're talking about here is intelligence. right? we have no intelligence anymore. bagram shut down. our isr capability, dark. the embassy dark. we used that to not only see afghanistan threats from within like isis and al-quaida but also china, russia and iran. we cannot see the threats coming out of the region now. when i talked to the commanders and veterans, this is putting us in a very compromising situation. >> neil: do you think when the president said there was no intelligence and top military brass were saying including

she has had direct contact with vladimir putin. the refugee story, a lot of analysts i have been speaking to actually say we will not see a repeat of 2015, because europe will pay upfront, and a lot of services and directions have taken place to stop that from happening this time around. the second issue is what to do with the taliban. the german government is rushing to gather and get their personnel out of the country. there is no clear sense of direction as to whether they will recognize a potential regime coming out of the country. the russians say they will keep a presence in the country. and what to do with the north stream pipeline. that will come up in that meeting. the germans will go ahead with construction, but they have pledged they will help ukraine over any potential moves from russia. also the revenue they will lose from transit as a result of the nord stream 2 pipeline, that is a issue when it comes to germany and russia. francine: how will afghanistan change the game? maria: it could to some extent, the cdu and ang

this meeting could be awkward because earlier this year biden called putin a "killer." this weekend putin was asked about his homicidal tendencies: >> mr. president, are you a killer? ( putin laughs ) >> ( translated ): over my tenure i've gotten used to attacks from all kinds of angles and from all kinds of areas under all kinds of pretext and reasons and of different caliber and fierceness, and none of it surprises me. >> stephen: so-- ( laughter ) uh-- that's a yes? ( cheers and applause ) putin was also asked about how biden compares to the last president. >> you once described president trump as a bright person, talented. how would you describe president biden? >> ( translated ): well, even now, i believe that former u.s. president mr. trump is an extraordinary individual, talented individual. otherwise, he would not have become u.s. president. he's a colorful individual. >> stephen: yes, colorful and scientists are still trying to determine what color that is. ( laughter ) the closest-- ( applause ) honey-glazed himmler? ( laughter ) oh, really? wow! >> jon: that'

is there any possibility that we are going to see regime change in belarus as long as vladimir putin remains in power? >> it is difficult to speculate. we can discuss the case in terms of the cold war as big global powers. at the same time, we have seen vladimir putin was unable to influence lukashenko in a broad spectrum. he was only able to provide him with some kind of financial assistance when it comes to credits to support the economy. the same time, you don't see that vladimir putin is willing or able to influence the regime change in della reese. -- in belarus. brent: we appreciate your time. iran has a new president. the ultraconservative cleric took the oath of office today. foreign guests attended the inauguration which was broadcasted live on state television. he takes over from a moderate and faces an economy crippled by u.s. led sanctions. tensions are high with the u.s. and israel preparing for possible confrontations. joining us from washington is an advisor on iranian policy. the biden administration, do you think it's going to seek to swiftly confront toronto now tha

back in march, biden called putin a "killer," but yesterday, the definitely-a-murderer explained that all the bad things he is accused of, americans do, too. >> ( translated ): we have a saying: "don't be mad at the mirror if you are ugly. it has nothing to do with you personally. but if somebody blames us for something, what i say is, why don't you look at yourselves? you will see yourselves in the mirror, not us." >> stephen: my favorite sayings are the ones that are convoluted and need a lot of explanation. ( laughter ) reminds me of the beautiful needlepoint throw pillow we had growing up: "the early bird gets the worm, because he's there before the birds who are on time, and there's a fixed number of worms. you are not a bird, but you can learn from birds. they are valuable. in fact, if you can get one of them in your hand, that's worth two in the bush, which is a whole 'nother thing i don't even have time to stitch right now." ( cheers and applause ) putin also offered up the ultimate insult to the president. >> ( translated ): president biden, of course, is radically different

president was really committed to the people of his country to the he would have spoken to president putin. paula would have set up a bilateral committee with russian and brazilian experts get our phone and we would have solved the vaccination problem a long time ago. when we go over the president does not take any measures. the truth is that he is under pressure. i cannot prove it, but it is largely visible that there is a political impediment to purchase russian vaccines in brazil. as there was also heavy criticism towards the chinese vaccine view, dickie paid the maple leaf. well, mister president, you just connected the rejection of splitting the vaccine in brazil to the conversation between prison vaults and our president trump. but it was already under president bob in the us department of health and human services in its annual report in march of 2021. both about having used its diplomatic muscle to quote, persuaded brazil to reject a russian cove at 900 vaccine, which he described as a malign influence detrimental to your safety and security. and, you know, i can on some level unde

the press covers at the end of the summer with vladimir putin. it kind of derailed my day frankly i didn't get all my processing done because there was a crisis management and the kind of dispelled some more thoughts about the fact that i could navigate this and contribute to national security with may be minimal hand grenades and minimal craziness. i thought all right hope that would be the case. my first day quickly dispel that notion. >> the magic of that moment was huge, just dissipate pretty quickly it seems like. so your job at the nse for context for folks was overseeing security policy related to russia and eastern europe. you get in that day and as day one, the helsinki press conference happening. you write in the book summit advisory coming into the most dangerous and challenging environment you've ever been in, including fallujah. i i mean, i guess my biggest question is like, why did you do it? aren't you thinking to yourself, i don't know if this is the right for me to put myself in a situation where i'm charge of security policy in

but if you and we wanted to have partnerships and good relations with them by 55, the president putin also says he wants good relations with us. what boy le phone call them wants to be a handshake. get in with things he wants to have a good relations with all countries stand up. when i compare to, however, the us once a world in which they are the only country to determine everything of haley tiasha last week in an interview resident biden's said that the u. s. wants to be a beacon for the globe here to fight all the world doesn't eat up the can you know, your heart or the old? well, can really want all countries to be fraternal on you, to develop partnerships, go through buffy. must be a sovereign country, will be about just like russia by china and that's in the us. it will be dug. we don't want a shooter. we don't need to to know from the book. you go seem to look for. that's why i've defended a change in global governance, and we must change the un security council who should we can't continue with the same security council that was set up in 1948 and we, we can't continue to have

vladimir putin's presenting this as just another working visit. .. i've reported from russia for two decades — the whole span of vladimir putin's presidency. there've been highs — like the world cup — but i've also charted the slow erosion of freedoms here. the crackdown on dissent. a year ago, the government put me on short—term visas. sarah rainsford... then i became the news, as state television announced i had to leave. after tense negotiations, i had been allowed to enter russia... they let me in — for now. ..but only to pack. i was then told my visa wouldn't be renewed — supposedly what happened to a russian reporter in london, but that was two years ago. when i was called in here, to the foreign ministry, they kept insisting that my expulsion was nothing personal — they talked about it as a reciprocal move — but they refused to even engage with the fact that i've been labelled "a national security threat". they said that was just a "technical moment". but, at a time when russia is increasingly seeing enemies all all around, it

so that's why i think the role president putin has played in global politics in recent years is very important to career, but we must not be dominated. i want russia, china, brazil, argentine around mexico to grow as well as the us respecting the freedom and sovereignty of other countries. if the p t returns to the government, well, this is how we will deal with the u. s. but present, go and do you think the united states is ready to give you that respect for sovereignty, for the right to determine your own faith to determine your own pass and development. because as you pointed out. c in many of your interviews, the americans have long treated latin america as if it were that own backyard. do you think the united states is ready to give you that sort of vision to allow you to practice over and say, oh no. it's not up to the us me to allow us to do them with stock or we must be ready to exercise our sovereignty. there's a pretty good deal. i rules brazil during an extraordinary period as well as with chavez and venezuela. gina christina kirsten argentina. job michelle busha, la, chil

so that's why i think the role president putin has played in global politics in recent years is very important to career. but you can, we must not be dominated. how do you know i want russia, china, brazil, argentine around mexico to grow as well as the us respecting the freedom and sovereignty of other countries. if the p t returns to the government? well, this is how we will deal with the u. s. but present all a do you think the united states is ready to give you that respect for sovereignty, for the right to determine your own faith to determine your own pass and development? because as you pointed out. c in many of your interviews, the americans have long treated latin america as if it were that own backyard. do you think the united states is ready to give you that sort of vision to allow you to practice over in fear? oh no. it's not up to the us, me to allow us to do anything with stock or we must be ready to exercise our sovereignty. there's a pretty good deal. i rules brazil during an extraordinary period as well as with chavez and venezuela. gina, christina kitchen argentina,

mister putin shot back with ukraine is not behaving according to the peace deal. and these on the verge of walking away from the peace deal he thinks, altogether so plenty to disagree upon. as i say, they've always continued talking despite disagreements. 20 times angular merkel has visited at president putin in the russian capital. this though. her last as chancellor, germany gentle linda forest, thanks very much. now the dental from a powerful earthquake in haiti on saturday has increased to nearly 2200 people. the queen damage buildings, housing critical services, amongst them, southern haiti's only medical oxygen plant. and that's where a phase of a worsting humanitarian crisis as the country struggles to contain. the rise and kind of virus cases, the organization of american states is holding of actual meeting to discuss the situation. let's go straight over to john hallman, the capital porto prince. of course, this meeting is getting underway. what word are you getting out of it? if anything at all to leave the haitian prime minister already. el rey is alrea

but if you and we want to have partnerships and good relations with them by 55, president putin also says he wants good relations with us. my boy hello phone calls and wants to be a handshake. get him. if he wants to have a good relations with all countries who are compared to however, the u. s. once a world in which they are the only country to determine everything of haley tiasha last week in an interview resident biden's said that the u. s. wants to be a beacon for the globe. if you don't have all the world doesn't do no, no, because then you have all the well, you know, want all countries to be fraternal you to develop partnerships the property. brazil must be a sovereign country. will be about just like russia, china, and the us. you will be, we don't want a shooter. we don't need need you to know, come get the book. you go seem to look for, you know, that's why i've defended a change in global governance. and we must change the un security council. i sure do. we can't continue with the same security council that was set out in 1948 and we, we can't continue to have institutions

merkel speaking right now, talking about what she has discussed with vladimir putin. remember, she speaks russian. apparently telling putin that the navalny impressment is unacceptable -- navalny imprisonment is on except will. she goes to ukraine this weekend. vladimir putin talking about the fact that he and merkel discussed belarus, ukraine, and iran. they also, of course, discussed what was happening in afghanistan. alix: the countdown continues to merkel leaving office and the election. this really encompasses the conversations we have had in the last half-hour. on the call, deere saying supply chain challenges are going to continue into 2022. costs will become more challenged in the fourth quarter. it feels like they may have blown the lights out on this quarter. they may have pricing control this quarter. but coming up, there is no ease to the pain they are seeing in terms of supply chains and rising costs. that really encompasses the issue we are dealing with when it comes to a lot of these names. guy: absolutely. it is going to be interesting to see whether t

>> he's a legitimate political rival for vladimir putin. so i think there's almost no chance, jonathan, that he's going to get out of prison, much less have the chance to compete on a level playing field. and i think putin is prepared to pay whatever price the u.s. criticism or sanctions or european criticisms or sanctions he has to pay since putin cares about his own continued rule. there's no number two to navalny, maybe one may emerge. for putin this is again a price well worth paying. and the idea that the u.s./russia relations will suffer because of it, it's like the taliban, he'll shrug his shoulders, a price he's more than willing to pay. if you notice a pattern here, china shrugging us off over hong kong, russia shrugging us off over alexei navalny, the taliban shrugging us off. you're seeing it, the u.s. influence and the ability to change behavior on the part of rivals, that influence is way down. >> we appreciate you getting up this morning. hope you will come back soon. next time maybe you can taunt me about the yankees. >>> ear

i can tell you that just coming from the region, putin is making very threatening signals. he did a long tone deaf speech recently looming that ukraine's and russians are all the same people. for me, this is code for we have more ambitions for ukraine. get ready for more aggression. don't forget that they lead -- they left a lot of military manpower nearby. plenty of reason for ukraine to feel very vulnerable right now. >> we have to leave it there. thank you to all three of you. thank you. thank you for watching. you can see this program any time by visiting our website and for further discussion, go to our facebook page, facebook.com/ a.j. inside story. thank you. q/ç■ç?ç?Ñç ♪♪♪ emma alberici: while italy's north is in the grips of a health emergency brought on by the coronavirus-- [dogs barking] emma: the south is confronting a crisis of its own, a ruthless new mafia. dr. giuseppe avitabile: this kind of nigerian mafia is peculiar in this place. emma: sex, drugs, and people smuggling. emma: are you still scared of them? joy ezekiel: no, why would i be scared

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and have those tendencies to really admire authoritarians and was looking to appreciate himself with putin and he was a free chicken, again he was manipulated in certain ways but in ways that were useful to trump himself who is not a successful businessman and he has a reputation in new york you can't win a majority should not run for higher office. everybody understood who he was he was a used-car salesman he is savvy and trying to work with people and charming on a small level i think trump saul russia was involved in interference in the election because if russia was that it would hurt as the administration. it would be easy for trump to take the hook, line and sinker and i don't think it's any more savvy to criticize the federal government and the operations, but that's what he did. >> transfer to the zelensky call, you're sitting in the room what happens and why did you make the decision that you did i think it's a fundamental question of the book and what would lead you here right now. >> i'm in a work backwards and say there was a decision to be made but it's the right thing to do i

the things will be on the agenda, not least, the imprisonment of the anti putin critic alexi novel me and of course, events in ukraine and bell roost. but yes, i've got to stand will be that it will be part of it's the reality is, and it is a deeply uncomfortable reality for nato allies like germany, that they can no longer influence events, but russia and china certainly can. they maintain their presence inside afghanistan, they maintain contacts with the taliban. and to the extent that i've got to stand is discussed at the table between these 2 that would be looking for merkel. perhaps we'll be looking for some basis, a cooperation, some reason to see shared interests in co operating. and i've got to stand in order to try and get russia to influence the taliban again to rein them and to prevent them from reverting to time to try desperately to retain some of the advances of the last 20 years. not least, of course, rights for women and girls, minorities, and so on. general in london, thanks very much for the update. well, in around 20 minutes time at 1530 gmc, i'll be speaking to nat

you're so right when you mention putin. he was nixing a plan in countries in which he had no control. >> you're right. look, we've been allowing the bad guys to tell us what to do. we're the strongest country in the world. we have values. but you know, president biden clearly and should have kept our troops on the ground after all 31 for the evacuation. we're not going to get everybody out by then. the taliban, our enemies, terrorists saying no. we withdraw and say okay, we'll do our best to get as many people out as we can by august 31. a great country doesn't do that. i agree with the people that have been on today before me saying we should move the perimeter out. we're the u.s. military. at least one thing we could do the next four days to protect americans and afghans, let the american military be on the perimeter further out, not the taliban terrorists that are not our friends. >> neil: that's the next step. that could be tested as soon as tomorrow, senator. we'll see if we have success expanding that perimeter. thank

vladimir putin's presenting this as just another working visit. .. i've reported from russia for two decades — the whole span of vladimir putin's presidency. there've been highs — like the world cup — but i've also charted the slow erosion of freedoms here. the crackdown on dissent. a year ago, the government put me on short—term visas. sarah rainsford... then i became the news, as state television announced i had to leave. after tense negotiations, i had been allowed to enter russia... they'd let me in. for now. ..but only to pack. i was then told my visa wouldn't be renewed — supposedly what happened to a russian reporter in london, though that was two years ago. when i was called in here, to the foreign ministry, they kept insisting that my expulsion was nothing personal — they talked about it as a reciprocal move — but they refused to even engage with the fact that i've been labelled "a national security threat". they said that was just a technical moment. but at a time when russia is increasingly seeing enemies all around, it reall

i think giving a list to putin saying these are companies in u.s. you don't attack is not the way to ensure our cyber security. and that hacking attacks such as that decrease, we need a bold, approach to avoid shooting wars. trey: i think you put your finger on it. if memory serves, russia is alleged to have attacked or interfered with our elections, food supply and energy supply. if that is not enough to trigger a shoot war or a response, what would it take? precisely. if -- if the president believes a major cyber-attack could lead to a shoot are war. that means you need to institute policies now. and have a strong stance toward china and russia. although putin said that the russian government was not behind the cyber attacks, we know or we have intelligence informations that indicates in s not much of a endeavor on russian government part to prevent those type of piper attack -- cyber-attacks. the attacks affect local and state governments as well as federal government. we need to have a stronger position, president needs to be strong or that. all

she first reported for the bbc over 20 years ago as vladimir putin came to power. she has been told she can never return to the country. the bbc has condemned the move, calling it a direct assault on media freedom. here is sarah's final report from moscow. >> this was the moment i discovered i was being expelled from russia. according to a specific l, i have been designated a threat to national security and i'm not allowed into the country. pulled aside at passport control, i was told the security service had banned me for life. i recorded the conversation. >> [speaking russia] >> i was returning from belarus, where i confronted alexander lukashenko on the repression and torture of peaceful protesters. his loyal supporters had a coordinated attack. they presented this as a working visit. i have reported from russia for two decades, the whole span of putin's presidency. i have charted the slow erosion of freedoms here, the crackdown on dissent. a year ago, the government put me on short-term visas. then, i became the news. a state television channel announced i had

seen our enemies and enemy states more emboldened. >> we began with this discussion, sean, vladimir putin and the summit in the pipeline. those were clear indicators that we were not going to confront, rush of the same way that our administration did. and others, whether the chairman in north korea or china, they can see weakness will literally try to drive a truck through it. and you began the moment talking about iran. but they have now killed a brit killed a romanian, attacked a ship at sea. launched rockets through their proxy hamas into israel from the gaza strip.. we are still sitting at the table trying to negotiate a nuclear deal with them. this is crazy. >> sean: it's insane. we need the adults back in power. because i know you wouldn't do any of these things or allow any of these things to be happening nor would presidente trump. thank you, we appreciate it mr. secretary. shocking new footage captured exclusively by fox. wait until you see this, the extent of openta border part crisis, and we will explain texas governor greg abbott to react and much more straight ahead. , ♪ â™

hostile regime, hostile actor in vladimir putin. i would argue and the bidens copper mines based on the money that hunter biden got and his admission that they have compromising materials as adam schiff said. we see these cyberattacks against this country. joe biden then grants vladimir putin a waiver to do a multibillion-dollar deal with our western european allies while simultaneously canceling our own keystone xl pipeline and eliminating high career paying jobs and offers him a summit and i'm trying to understand why we would reward that behavior. can you explain it? >> this is bad national security policy and bad economic policy. i'm heading this weekend to kansas to speak to the kansas independent oil and gas association. president biden is making it impossible for them to keep their employees, and he's demanding tyrants like the iranians and russians to produce oil so that we can buy it from them. this makes absolutely no sense. it's bad for american workers, bad for the american economy, terrible from a national security pers

this is an area where putin will not be succumbed about with the u.s. withdrawal because people have to contend with the possibility that a taliban radicalization of forces in neighboring countries will impact russia. on so many levels, from trade, to drugs, to terrorism, to a spread of fundamentalist influences, afghanistan is going to be pivotal. i think there is an open question of whether a country is governable at all and whether the taliban 20 years on are capable of doing right. lisa: given the international interest in the strategic importance of afghanistan at this point, what is the international community want to hear from president biden when he takes the stand today at 1:00 p.m., given he will be addressing critics mystically and internationally? -- domestically and internationally? therese: from the perspective of britain and america's nato allies, this is the time when they want to hear biden accept some responsibility for the way this withdrawal has been managed. they also want to hear a renewed and reiterated u.s. commitment to helping

but it's not clear yet to what extent putin is readyo really support lukashenko, because lukashenko is becoming really toxic for everyone, and also for the kremlin. brent: standby. this is one of the stories connected to belarus today. two belarusian activist apperead -- appeared in court today. they were in a glass box at the trial which was open to state media, but not to the families of the accused. they are accused of undermining national security, conspiring to seize power, and creating an extremist group. she was a key force in leading demonstrations following last year's disputed presidential election. if found guilty, the activist could face 12 years in prison. so hanna, let me come back to you. should the international community, should it interfere in matters like this? hanna: well, standing up for human rights does not mean interference i think her only goal was to make sure people in belarus had a choice, can elect a president freely, participate in elections. this is not seizing power, it is people's constitutional right. so i would say that they are not guilty. what they

hostile regime, hostile actor in vladimir putin. i would argue and the bidens copper mines based on the money that hunter biden god and his admission that they have compromising materials as adam schiff said. we see these cyberattacks against this country. joe biden then grants vladimir putin a waiver to do a multibillion-dollar deal with our western european allies while simultaneously canceling our own keystone xl pipeline and eliminating high career paying jobs and offers him a summit and i'm trying to understand why we would reward that behavior. can you explain it? >> this is bad national security policy and bad economic policy. i'm heading this weekend to kansas to speak to the kansas independent oil and gas association. president biden is making it impossible for them to keep their employees, and he's demanding tyrants like the iranians and russians to produce oil so that we can buy it from them. this makes absolutely no sense. it's bad for american workers, bad for the american economy, terrible from a national security pers

vladimir putin's presenting this as just another working visit. .. i've reported from russia for two decades — the whole span of vladimir putin's presidency. there've been highs — like the world cup — but i've also charted the slow erosion of freedoms here. the crackdown on dissent. a year ago, the government put me on short—term visas. sarah rainsford... then i became the news, as state television announced i had to leave. after tense negotiations, i had been allowed to enter russia... they've let me in. for now. ..but only to pack. i was then told my visa wouldn't be renewed — supposedly what happened to a russian reporter in london, though that was two years ago. when i was called in here, to the foreign ministry, they kept insisting that my expulsion was nothing personal — they talked about it as a reciprocal move — but they refused to even engage with the fact that i've been labelled "a national security threat". they said that was just a technical moment. but at a time when russia is increasingly seeing enemies all around, it real

. >> sean: and then we see with vladimir putin, don't we the ratcheted up cyberattacks with s territorial ambitions with greater military press on the board with ukraine and what we warn that a mere potent we reward vladimir putin with a pipeline and cancel our pipeline and force allies south korea to give $7 billion to uranian with more rich in uranium than ever. and attacks against israel. i'm concerned overall, mr. secretary. i've never seen it this bad nor have i seen our enemies and enemy states more emboldened. >> we began with this discussion, sean, vladimir putin and the summit in the pipeline. those were clear indicators that we were not going to confront rush of the same way that our administration did. and others, whether the chairman in north korea or china, they can see weakness we will literally try to drive a truck through it. and you began the moment talking about iran. but they have now killed a brit, killed a romanian, attacked a ship at sea. launched rockets through their proxy hamas into israel from the gaza strip. we are still sitting at the table trying to negotiate

but very significant, recently, afterjoe biden met your president, vladimir putin, biden warned that time was running out for russia to rein in ransomware groups that were striking the united states and actually causing a great deal of economic damage. and it was interesting to see that, about a week or so later, one of these key ransomware organisations, revil, suddenly disappeared from the dark web. so, russia did appear to be listening after all. uh, you know that what has come out of the meeting between putin and biden on the issue of cyber attacks, it was the beginning of a serious conversation on the level of experts, meeting between representatives of the security council of two countries, and this is a professional conversation. and i regret that we do not have such a professional conversation with the united kingdom because the united kingdom still prefers to do it via the newspapers and all of that type. if the uk... if you have a quote unquote professional conversation, you're prepared to stop the cyber attacks? is that what you're saying? if there is an accusation, we are

me put, you know, know if you have a wall street journal on the road and i'm referring to president putin sports. that's russia. log into a central asia and doesn't want to see american soldiers since central asia. i would like to ask you to last that. i mean it's true. that's true. that's true. then what are the considerations behind day's words? and i would like to ask for the opinion of mr as he yard hill about the same matter as well. correct? because her kid to we throw all american soldier, it's about with throwing all american soldiers from santa asia. and the 2nd question about the intermediate role of the russian of dan is then in town here, there is that because at the chamber, let me, i don't better get out to, i'm going, i'm going to stand on the caves and the answer between taliban and russia russia plea, you talk about these intermediary role as well and, and garrison in this regard. and the 3rd question, the security council of the un, unable to keep them accomplished. hancock, jen, are you, do they want to come up with their new chill shared point of view regarding the den

the president putin also says he wants good relations with the us. what boy law firm wants to because the hampshire, get him. he wants to have a good relations with all countries stand up. when i compare to, however, the us once a world in which day the only country to determine everything of haley tiasha last week in an interview resident biden's said that the u. s. he wants to be a beacon for the globe. if you don't have all the world doesn't eat up the can, you know your heart all well can really want all countries to be for tunnel on the view to develop partnerships that you could go through buffy. brazil must be a suffering country will be about just like russia, china, and the us. it will be doug, we don't want a shooter. we don't need to to know can get the ball. you go seem to or firmer, you know, that's why i've defended a change in global governance. and we must change the un security council. i said, we can't continue with the same security council that was set out in 1948 and i think they were, we can't continue to have institutions that

this is someone here -- as vladimir putin. this is someone he respects. it is interesting to note she said we have to accept the taliban has way more support than we anticipated. this is about getting the people out of the country, both european nationals and the staff that have worked for them. the situation is not political. there has been no political debate as to what happens next. how do we get all of these people out in 10 days? alix: thank you very much. maria tadeo joining us. all of that for the backdrop of the next couple weeks before the german chancellor elections. what does that mean when we have pmi data next week? holger schmieding, berenberg chief economist joins us now. we get pmi monday, the german confidence data next, what will we learn about the sentiment in germany as we head towards the election? dr. schmieding: we know sentiment is still very optimistic. there is a bit of a dip near-term reflecting much more supply shortages and the rise in the inflection -- the rise and the infection rate much more than concerns about afghanistan