crimea's administrative border ukrainian lives. ratcheting up the tension here destabilizes the country. after russia's annexation of crimea more than two years ago, ukraine and its allies like britain have learned to expect the unexpected. moscow's strategy is rarely crystal-clear. tom burridge, bbc news, southern ukraine. katty: a tense border between ukraine and crimea. quick look at other news around the world. president obama has declared the u.s. state of louisiana a disaster area after unprecedented flooding caused by torrential rain. the move makes federal-aid available in the worst affected districts. at least six people have died and emergency services have rescued more than 20,000 people. one of the worst affected areas is the louisiana capital, baton rouge. authorities in the american city of milwaukee have defended their police force after a black man were shot dead on saturday. it triggered a two nights of rioting. officials say the suspect had a gun when he was shot and the officer who shot him was also black. the ci

the planned to use crimea. me,nderstand, and believe when russia puts military troops on the territory, tries to make a military base, they have intelligence -- it is simply impossible. russia plans to pay for terror in the ukrainian territory. that is a problem. so, it's attempt to make another side responsible, but it is impossible, because we see and responseiate a firm from the state department, european partners. so, i think i have failed in this situation. unfortunately, we see that russia, sometimes, before negotiations, tries to make higher the position and use of military means. it was where mr. putin said you were surrounded by military forces, and in this position tries to lead negotiations. no. no chance, because not everybody understands. russiaect response from and putin. second, russia needs to go further to secure possibility for political means, and the two hird to stop and propose full-scale war. jill: what do you predict will be ukraine's response as the tension, war intensifies. which respec

already in crimea. then trump added, quote, is with all the obama tough talk on russia and the ukraine, they have already taken crimea and continue to push. that's what i said. cnn's drew griffins has been reporting on the possible ties to russia. take it away, drew. >> there's two themes going on here. one, does donald trump, carol have any ties with russia as a business man and the answer seems to be no. he's tried many times to build in russia, twice trying to get a trump tower built. literally have not gone off the ground in moscow. the only thing he's done substantive is in 2013 he tried to -- well, he did, he successfully brought the miss universe pageant to moscow, he made several million dollars, we believe, and it was a big success. he did try to meet vladimir putp during that time and he was not able to do so. what everybody is looking at is his campaign ad now, a guy by the name of paul manafort. manafort, longtime political consultant to republican presidential candidates. but in 2010, manaf

russia says it deployed an air defense system to crimea. the territory was annexed from ukraine two years ago. comes after russia accused ukraine of mounting an incursion into crimea. for more on what this escalation could mean, i spoke a brief time ago with a former state department official, now at the mccain institute. why is this flaring up now? >> the russians claim the ukrainians are trying to launch an incursion and stage terrorist acts in crimea. the ukrainians have denied this. let's remember that a little over two years ago russia a nnexed crimea from ukraine. they invaded it rather stealthily, annexed it and moved further into eastern ukraine after the success in crimea. this is recognized by the international community as ukrainian territory. but it is currently occupied by russia. rajini: things are escalating. could this be the brink of war? >> tensions are certainly heightened, no doubt about it. we have seen military movements. it could be a normal rotation of forces by the russians in crimea, but the ukrainians have upped r

emma: tensions over crimea arising again. kiev says -- has a strong concentration of russian troops ready to go across the border if given the order per ever by moscow. they've been sent to carry out attacks in crimea in which two russians have dialed. they've put troops on combat alert. its e is multiflying military sprens on the border of ukraine. moscow accused kiev of sending acts to carry out terror attacks in the region. >> i gave if order to put on a heightened state of alert. especially the border guard service in the area of the crimea and the contact line. >> president vladimir puent met with his advisors in the kremlin on thursday to discuss the situation. russian security services claim one of their officers died during clashes with the ukrainian agents. on friday, russia's prime medvedev said his country could break ties with the ukraine over the reported incidents. >> i would not like this to end this way, however, if there's no other option to influence the situation, the president can probably make such a deci

you're talking about crimea, on the black sea, and the region in eastern ukraine. first crimea. in 1991, as the soviet union dissolved, ukraine and russia became separate nations. voters in crimea were split, but they voted 54% for ukrainian independence. protests erupted and in 2014, ukrainians pushed out a pro-russian government in kiev. in crime, yeah unidentified forces, no flags on their uniform, foment an uprising an a referendum going the other way,h in favor of russia. then russia annexed crimea with international outcry but little bloodshed. meanwhile, war broke out as militant separatists took over towns and fought ukrainianan government forces in a war that continues today. the key question: what was russia's role? we know russian troops stationed in crimea did seize key positions there, and russia confirmed that it sent soldiers on intelligence missions in gone dak. the ukrainian government says russia has done far more, sending soldiers and weapons. uh anyhow back to mr. trump. his clarification on his words that putin isn't going into ukraine from a speech yesterda

this isn't crimea. this is something every american gets. americans take a specific i think -- have a specific place in their collective hearts and souls for people who have given sons and daughters to the protection of their country in a war. no matter what you think of the war. so i think this is one that really does have the capacity to stay on people's minds for a long time. >> daisy, let me bring you into this discussion. donald trump's defense here, and we heard scottie suggest it before. david chalian brought it up too. the kahns choose to be part of this political discussion when they walked on this stage. that's the most political place you can step during the two-week period we just finished, on the stage at one of these conventions. they chose to make a statement. did they not open themselves up to being part of this political discussion? >> first of all, they didn't choose to, they were invited to. and all the reports that we hear is that they didn't even know they were going to be on stage until they actually got there. you know

already in crimea." joining me now, the senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and juliette kayyem with me in new york, cnn national security analyst and author of "security mom." ladies, first to you and again we just heard him in columbus, ohio. he was saying russia won't go into ukraine on my watch so he's saying if i'm president looking ahead instead of looking back, when george stephanopoulos said isn't he in ukraine? did he misspeak? >> let's just all be real here which is he didn't know crimea is part of the ukraine. there's no way to parse it. that's one problem with what happened yesterday the other is then once he realizes it he takes the wrong side in this conflict. to say we're going to be in ukraine and the crimeans want to be with russia, that's 60 years of post-world war ii history. so i think it's just him not being curious and we'll speak off the cuff. he can retract it. each saw what he said on george stephanopoulos. he can parse it whatever way he wants but he didn't know. >

on crimea, we do not recognize the occupation of crimea. crimea is part of ukraine. we've i had long ago you can't redraw the borders of the map of europe through the barrel of a gone as was done in crimea. >> woodruff: admiral john kirby at the state department, pleasure having you. >> thanks for having me. >> woodruff: after our interview, spokesman kirby made one more point about russian military activity on the border of ukraine. he said while the u.s. doesn't have perfect visibility, it alsl does not have indications right now that they-- the russians--th are prepared to go across the line. >> woodruff: now to brazil and the olympics, where the games are heading into the final weekend-- on and off the fieldso of play. jeffrey brown has our update.ff >> brown: decorated american olympic swimmer ryan lochtee apologized today for his behavior last weekend after videotapes and statements from other american swimmers contradicted lochte's account of a supposed robbery at a rio gas station. meanwhile, on the track, jamaican sprinter usain bolt showed he's still the fa

as far as crimea, though, they've been there for two years. that's already -- >> i guess you could say that's basically gone, at least right now. >> it's interesting. a friend of mine sent me this, and he googled pat smith and benghazi on google. 384,000 hits. if you google the name khan and trump, you get 491,000 hits. if that's right, that in five days this whole issue with the media, he's getting more media coverage in five days than pat smith, who by the way hillary clinton suggested, well, may not fully recall, but it pat smith. it was also charless woods, that she lied to them when their sons' bodies were laying next to them. more coverage from the media. is this now -- you just have to accept the media is going to be an extension of the hillary press offense? >> well, the media is very unfair. they're very biased. you look at cnn, and you look at "the new york times." i mean i call it the failing "new york times" because it won't be in business for another probably more than a few years unless somebody goes in and buys it and wants to l

to take a look at it, but the people from crimea, from what i've heard, would rather be with russia than where they were. >> sam, should voters be concerned that mr. trump seems to not understand the geopolitical situation between russia and crimea, that he fumbled that answer, essentially? >> i think, you know, i've run for office and i would -- the phenomena i thought of when i was listening to the interview, mr. trump was thinking about something else and he answered the question when he was thinking about something else. and i'm not trying to offer an excuse. but i will say, this is the -- this is -- the circumstance sometimes that that -- that happens. i think what was really at the heart of this -- >> he was thinking about something else? is that's interesting. that's the first thing i've heard that. >> let me finish this, please. the notion here is that we do not understand the consequences of what's going on. so rather than making a rash statement, or a statement that would put us in a position of where we would probably have to sit there and walk it back at some point i thi

who planned a visit to crimea should not cancel their plans. it seems that putin passwords are more of an empty threat. a legend attacks have been called fantasies. what is clear is the war of words between the two sides has begun. sarah: and there's nothing new in the war of words between russia and ukraine. there must be some sort of strategy behind this. why is russia doing this now and what is it hoping to achieve? guest: ukrainian president has been leveling accusations at the russian president. he said the alleged attacks rape pretext for more military threats and suggested putin is trying to get international sanctions lifted. that's what the ukrainian side says is the strategy here. he's trying to of international pressure. on monday, the russian government said they were ready for talks at the g20 summit, which means the ukrainian and russian and french and german leaders need to meet together to discuss the process. at least that is what they said on monday. now he has been saying there is no point in meeting in the normandy format an

, crimea, and he says that the people of crimea would ra er that ther be with russia anywh rather be with russia anyway." and what is that saying when a candidate says this? >> well, wolf, every time it is demonstrated that donald trump is plainly ignorant about some basic public policy issues and well known fact, he comes back with the certain bravado and tries to explain it away with a tweet or statement, and he did it on the brexit, and the nuclear triad, and also he thought that tim kaine was the governor of new jersey and this, and so now it is amusing to watch how he is going to be pulling it off this time, and what is he going to be arguing, and he adds that the press hates him, and there sis a term for this kind of thing, and this is the mode of a bullshit artist, and it is amusing and entertaining, and if the guy is trying to sell you a condo or a car, but for the president of the united states, it is deeply worry i worrying. >> evidence to suggest that he is right when most of the people who are live in crimea is an nex by russia would prefer to be part of russia than ukrai

more troubling to me is he mightimight be willing to recognize the annexation of crimea. >> crimea had a referendum, voted to leave ukraine and rejoin russia. but the concept of this, if trump is supporting the idea that people should have the right to vote on who leads them, what would be inherently wrong with that, general? >> inherently wrong is that the history of post world war ii europe, the lines are the lines. every nation has internal tensions. if you begin to change any of the lines, all lines are up for grabs and now we've got an increasingly unstable situation in europe. >> so just in terms of the practicality, what you're talking about is stabilization is more important and it's the more pragmatic and right goal than just a straight democracy. >> than to allow every minority a voice to determine in ever decreasing pockets populations who does or does not get to be independent or belonging to another state. i realize that's a harsh message and it cuts against the sense of democracy and of popular sel sovereignty but once you leave this devil out of the box, it's hard to sto

new tensions in ukraine and crimea. you contain putting troops on combat alert on the russian border after accused of sending across the border two russian soldiers died. who here is the ukraine representative to the united nations speaking about that today. >> president putin had made a statement in which he accused ukraine in making provocations along the border with crimea, which sounds absolutely ridiculous. >> charles, you want to touch that one? >> it's completely ridiculous. it's reminiscent. hitler started world war ii by invading poland and his subterfuge was, his story was that the polls had actually attacked germany. it's completely implausible. this is putin who in the waning days of the bush administration detached two provinces from georgia. he sees weakness in the white house, a president who has -- wouldn't even give defensive weapons to ukraine. the europeans want to abolish sanctions. he has now made up with turkey. he is in a very strong position. he would expect no resistance. i think he is ready to

and russia has moved some fairly substantial amount of tanks and also certain other weapons into crimea. they're holding military exercises there at the moment. >> brangham: russia says in recent days it's disrupted several attempts by what they argue are ukrainian special forces to go in and sabotage something inside crimea. is there evidence those attacks were being planned? >> i think this is difficult to tell. it's sort of a he said-she said situation at the moment. the russians came out with this sort of bombshell accusations this week that the ukrainians had been, through their intelligence director, trying to carry out some high-level sabotage attacks, and . putin called them pertryst attacks. but in terms of concrete proof, we're not quite there yet. we've seen, though the russians have made public basically a confession by yevgeny pomov, who used to fight in ukraine as a member of the armed forces. but it's not very clear whether or not any of the allegations that they've made that he's a member, sort of intelligence agent, are true. but what is clear is that they made a decisi

. >> russia annexed crimea in 2014, which is part of ukraine. trump spent today trying to explain, tweeting when i said in an interview that putin is quote, not going into ukraine, you can mark it down, i'm saying if i am president, already in crimea and then this. so with all of the obama tough talk on russia and the ukraine, they have already taken crimea and continue to push. that's what i said. here he is campaigning in ohio. >> so when i said, believe me, russia's not going into ukraine, all right, they're not going into ukraine. the person said but they're already in ukraine. i said, yeah, well, that was two years ago, i mean, do you want to go back? do you want to have world war ii to get it back? that was during obama's watch. >> as you saw, not exactly what he said. both nominees will soon start receiving intelligence briefings. back with the panel. i mean, john, it is an open question of how much briefing donald trump is getting on world events, whether in relation to to the upcoming debate or i'm not talking about intelligence briefin

the first instance of a hostile takeover in europe since the end of world war ii. >> the people of crimea would rather be with russia than where they were. >> reporter: the candidate aligning himself with russia rather than his own party or country, a move unheard of in presidential politics. >> he said we would look into giving, acknowledging the annexation of crimea, he said he would stop talking about democracy and human rights, he said he would re-evaluate our commitments to our nato allies. >> reporter: now trump's ties with russia and his mirky relationship with putin are now under the microscope. >> reporter: trump is now distant. >> i have no relationship with putin. i don't think i have ever met him. i have never met him. >> katie tur, nbc news, mechanicsburg, pennsylvania. >> on the democratic side as hillary clinton faces off against one billionaire, she's got others in her corner. warren buffet introducing clinton at an event in omaha a short time ago. and he challenged donald trump to a duel over their tax returns. >> that's why i would like to make him an offer, an offer i h

new tensions in ukraine and crimea. you contain putting troops on combat alert on the russian border after accused of sending across the border two russian soldiers died. who here is the ukraine representative to the united nations speaking about that today. >> president putin had made a statement in which he accused ukraine in making provocations along the border with crimea, which sounds absolutely ridiculous. >> charles, you want to touch that one? >> it's completely ridiculous. it's reminiscent. hitler started world war ii by invading poland and his subterfuge was, his story was that the polls had actually attacked germany. it's completely implausible. this is putin who in the waning days of the bush administration detached two provinces from georgia. he sees weakness in the white house, a president who has -- wouldn't even give defensive weapons to ukraine. the europeans want to abolish sanctions. he has now made up with turkey. he is in a very strong position. he would expect no resistance. i think he is ready to

and he doesn't know if russian troops are in crimea or not. it goes to this question about, does he know what he's talking about? does he know the issues very well. it sets up as a bad contrast for trump to be showing he has no knowledge of a big issue and then saying i don't want to be in debates. it raises the question of do you not want to be in debates because you aren't smart enough to be in debates. these three debates going forward, the moderators will be pushing to see does he know basic details. hillary clinton probably knows the policy details. the question for trump is do you have the requisite knowledge for these three debates coming up. >> also new polling data. this coming in in the last couple of hours from gallop asking voters do you have a more or less fiavorable view of the parties? democrats, slightly more having a favorable impression, more favorable impression as a result of that convention. the republican convention in cleveland, by this standard, not as successful. perry, we're seeing hillary clinton up seven points in t

the two paid each other compliments to each other and made comments of crimea. and some are painting trump as an billionaire ready to deal with moscow. we have matthew chance joining us with the latest from moscow. >> reporter: it is not like he is out there praising donald trump. it is unfair to say he has. he called trump a colorful character. that has been misquoted by some in the trump camp by saying he is brilliant. that's a line that's been followed by the state media here in russia as well. a lot of analysts i have spoken to here, trump, because he made pronouncements on foreign policy that are sympathetic to the russian point of view like crimea annex and sanctions and things like that, he is seen as somebody to be positive. not everyone thinks that. a lot of people in russia and some officials as well, that think clinton would be more advantageous for russia because she is more predictable in the anti-russian line. donald trump, he is making positive statements at the moment, but he is regarded as unpredictable. that is not something kremlin and russia

during this interview where he acted like he didn't know what was going on in crimea. cnn ran a package not too long ago where he gave a speech a couple years ago where he talked about putin going into crimea and praised him for doing it and said it was smart for him to go there because that's where all the money is. so, again, here he is praising a dictator who is our enemy. he knows it when it's convenient for him. >> a lot of presidents have different styles. ronald reagan was criticized for not being down in the weeds and jimmy carter criticized for being too much in the weeds. >> and donald trump's short hand is nobody is going to get past me on anything. weak obama, i'm strong, putin's not going anywhere. so he just shoved a bunch of words to the and something was lost in translation. but to your point, the question is when you're being briefed, if you're always -- if strength is always your answers are then -- strength is not always the answer to every question. so the question is where as a president, as a candidate does hillary clinton, does donald trump show

they didn't say that crimea was taken a long time ago. then they say, would you get it back? and if you say no, they say you're weak. why was it let go? and if you say yes, you start world war iii, right? this was taken during the administration of barack hussein obama. okay? >> trump also took a trip to coal country yesterday. he visited appalachian, virginia, where he talked about how he connected with some mine workers after an event this past spring. >> i brought over some of the monitors and we were talking after the speech. i said, could i ask you -- would you ever think of leaving and going into a different industry? going into a different job. and they all said -- i understood this very well because my father was in real estate, i went into real estate and we sort of do that, they said, mr. trump, we love mining. we don't want to do anything else. we love mining. i so understood that. it was so incredible. and they all said it like at the same time. they want to be miners, but their jobs have been taken away and we're going to bring them back, folks. we're going to br

should accept russia's and accession with crimea. the deal runs counter to the obama administration. it is now believed that the might be responsible for the research and testing from this dnc campaign. administration has cap short of a actual accusation, john brennan says interference in the election progress is a serious matter. i'm pleased to have him here at the table. welcome. let's talk about that. let's talk about tod's interview ukraine. who did it? why do they do it? how do we retaliate? >> all fascinating issues. as strange as this election has been, it does not seem likely would try to putin interfere with the u.s. election. they've tried to interfere there. to be fair they united states has not been a bus in messaging in other countries election. david: that's right, in 2009 when there was going to be a backlash. here is what we know. we know the dnc got hacked and they lost large amounts of e-mails and other data includes fundraising data. it was embarrassing to them in terms of the campaign against bernie sanders. it re

already in crimea! so with all of the obama tough talk on russia and ukraine, they have already taken crimea and continued to push that's what i said. and then he said more on the trail. >> the press is very dishonest, okay? as an example i gave a very good answer over the weekend to one of the shows on russia. going in to the ukraine. i said very simply, they're not going to do it on my watch. essentially. i said russia will not go in to the ukraine. but a couple of papers said, donald trump doesn't realize that the crimea was already taken. i know -- two years ago approximately. okay, approximately. it was taken during obama's watch. so when i said, believe me, russia's not going in to ukraine. all right? they're not going in to ukraine. the person said but they're already in ukraine. i said yeah well that was two years ago. that's -- i mean, do you want to go back? you want to have world war iii to get it back? >> on the stump yesterday, trump also went after "the new york times" suggesting he might

he says russia's version of events in crimea is not credible. accused president ukraine of killing russian servicemen in crimea and threatened a very serious response. russia annexed crimea in 2014. the u.s. is moving to improve ties with serbia. joe biden says they have agreed on a new extradition treaty and pushed serbia to improve ties with kosovo. that is one of the key conditions for joining the european union. a linked document could make relations worst between angela merkel and turkey's president. according to an internal government merkel's views turkey is a central platform for terrorism in the middle east. turkey calls the report an indication of a twisted mentality. new security measures for this year's oktoberfest. munich is banning backpacks and other large bags from the us years celebrations. last month germany was rocked by a series of attacks. donohoe.ney turning back to markets and more fallout in the brexit road. tension deficit. record low government bonds are wiping out investment returns. that could lead companies to cut di

moss cocow is increasing its presence around crimea annexed two years ago by invading. that's fueling fears today that moscow may be preparing for a possible conflict. this coming amid and surge of violence in eastern ukraine. that's where government troops have continued to fight the rebels there. kiev says they are getting cash, weapons and fighters from russia. so where is all this heading and what does vladimir putin have in its sights? mitch is a former special officer. good to see you, mitch. it's been quiet in terms of the headlines but not so on the ground. russia is pouring in tanks into the eastern part of the country. >> good afternoon, eric. yes, russia is -- they are engaged in an assymetric moveme movement. they are planning a military exercise next month as well as rotating troops on what they call a free planned rotation of the troops in crimea. historically what the analysts are concerned about is many countries have used troop movements like this as a prologue to an invasion. >> they have apparently lied before about this saying we are not sending anyo

, the annexation of crimea, saying that maybe that's okay, maybe we can accept that. obviously, what trump is saying, putin likes. but i will tell you, don, that behind the scenes in moscow when i was just there last month, there are people that are concerned about the unpredictability of mr. trump. it's not clear, precisely, how he would follow through on these things that he says. would he really make relations better? or would he take a different tack? he is difficult to predict, and the russians kind of know that. putin is a pretty savvy evaluator of personalities, and i think he pretty much understands where donald trump is coming from. >> considering your experience, ambassador, being an ambassador, i want to ask you, trump calling on russia to hack hillary clinton's e-mails, also saying that putin wouldn't go into ukraine, although he had already done that, are these troubling statements to you on the way he's handling the historical role that russia's played in world events? is this troubling for you? >> i think any discussion of russia ought to show some bala

>> well, and then yet today, he was in crimea sounding conciliatory. is he a kgb guy. i mean mind games are his stock and trade. trying to figure out his motives from his actions is worthy of the cia. >> being in the crimea in and of itself is a provocation. >> well, they voted in that referendum, charles, as you remember. >> of course. >> they wanted to go with russia. some questions remain and linger about that referendum. so we have these allegations that now there may be russian links to a potential hack of the clinton foundation, some similarities with what we saw with the dnc and dccc and now these straightforward allegations that it's all part of russia trying to influence our elections. >> well, i would be more concerned about what we don't know and the fact that the most sophisticated hackers we would not know about if they were to have hacked into hillary clinton's email server. and system. and what i find interesting is the fact that you see, you know, officials in the democratic party pointing to the dnc being hacked and blaming russia. but by the same logi

that was the whole strategic point of annexing crimea, which from putin and all of russia's point of view was being threatened by the change of regime in the ukraine, which would have brought nato just at the gates, the injury of the russian waterway -- the entry of the russian waterway. this is a long-term counterattack to basically reconquer. the whole point of creating that breakaway republic in donetsk. we have to expect a future zone whichof the would give russia control of all hores, which is the entrance to the don river which would allow any navy to enter the heartland of russia. the rivers there are so large and allow passage of entire military fleets. regain, point is to reconquer control of the black sea itself, which explains why there are more and more russian ships shadowing nato vessels. catherine: thank you for giving us your thoughts. thanks for joining us live on the line. have more detestable you know now on be developing new story from the democratic republic of congo. troops firing tear gas at protesters. the country is observing its third and final day of mourni

, acknowledging the annexation of crimea, he said he would stop talking about democracy and human rights, he said he would re-evaluate and our allies. >> reporte . >> reporter: trump is now distant. >> i have no relationship with putin. i don't think i have ever met him. i have never met him. >> katie tur, mechanicsburg, pennsylvania. introducing clinton at a rally a while ago. and he challenged trump in a duel for his tangs returns. >> i want to make him an offer, i hope he can't refuse. i would be delighted to meet him any place, any time between now and election, i'll bring my tax return, he can bring his tax return, nobody's going to arrest him. there are no rules against showing your tax returns. and just let people there. >> buffett's fellow millionaires have already endorsed clinton. >>> now a flash flood being called a 1,000-year event destroying a maryland city. at least two people have been killed and dozens of others had to be rescued from the rushing waters. >> reporter: these that's left of main street in this historic city. just 48 hours prior, rushing floodwaters swallowed

. >> the people of crimea would rather be with russia than alone. >> he said we would look into giving, acknowledging the annexation of crimea, he said he would stop talking about democracy and human rights, he said he would re-evaluate our and our allies. . >> reporter: trump is now distant. >> i have no relationship with putin. i don't think i have ever met him. i have never met him. >> katie tur, mechanicsburg, pennsylvania. a rally a while ago. and he challenged trump in a duel for his tangs returns. >> i want to make him an offer, i hope he can't refuse. i would be delighted to meet him any place, any time between now and election, i'll bring my tax return, he can bring his tax return, nobody's going to arrest him. there are no rules against showing your tax returns. and just let people ask questions about there. >> buffett's fellow millionaires have already endorsed clinton. >>> now a flash flood being called a 1,000-year event destroying a maryland city. at least two people have been killed and dozens of others had to be rescued from the rushing waters. >> reporter: these devast

the comment about crimea. the annexation of crimea saying maybe that's okay, maybe he can accept that. obviously what trump is saying, putin likes, but i will tell you, don, behind the scenes in moscow, i was just there last month, there are people who are concerned about the unpredictability of mr. trump. it's not clear precisely how he would follow through on these things that he says. would he really make relations better or would he take a different tact? he is difficult to predict. and the russians kind of know that. putin is a pretty savvy evaluator of personalities. and i think he pretty much understands where donald trump is coming from. >> considering your experience, ambassador, being an ambassador, i want to ask you, you know, trump calling on russia to hack hillary clinton's e-mails, also saying putin wouldn't go into ukraine although he had already done that. are these troubling statements to you on the way he's handling the historical role that russia's played in the world events -- in world even

, he is looking for a crise, to capitalize on, whether in baltics or balkans or crimea or ukraine. i think that something is cooking. he will do what a lot other country will do, the chinese and iranians. they are going to grab what they can, while we have a what they see is a weak lame duck president. lou: or just a fool, i mean, really, mahmoud ahmadinejad asking for $2 billion of money that is supposed to go to victims of lebanese bombing. >> he is from the no-harm-in asking school. he just saw that u.s. paid money for hostages. lou: the greater fool theory then. clinton referred to the iranian scientist, shahram amiri, who was executed this week, turns out his name of the in her e-mails on the server, those that we know about. the connection there is every kind of suggest tt suggest suggestion that played a role in his death in some fashion. >> we don't know. but this is a good time to point out there is a reason you keep classified information classified. lou: don't you think a secretary of state should comprehend that. >> you would think she should, the fact that she did not

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the sector of voters that are crimea voters is probably not very large. so going back to the khan family and the feud with the khan family, the question is whether this is the thing that pushes donald trump over the edge, whether this is the time -- >> ifill: we've said that before. >> we have been asked that many times like with john mccain and various other things. this seems more like the time he mocked a disabled reporter. because these are civilians, these aren't politicians he's going after. and we won't know for a while, but focus groups showed that mocking a disabled reporter was the most resonant thing, the thing of why it's in an ad. i think we'll see this in an ad. >> ifill: we saw both of them in the rustbelt -- ohio, pennsylvania, you were on the big bus tour, which must have been exhausting -- bu but i wonr what the candidates are doing now out of the conventions, starting on the general election, what this tells us about what they received in the conventions and what they are doing next. >> this is another missed opportunity for the trump c

as far as crimea, though, they've been there for two years. that's already -- >> i guess you could say that's basically gone, at least right now. >> it's interesting. a friend of mine sent me this, and he googled pat smith and benghazi on google. 384,000 hits. if you google the name khan and trump, you get 491,000 hits. if that's right, that in five days this whole issue with the media, he's getting more media coverage in five days than pat smith, who by the way hillary clinton suggested, well, may not fully recall, but it wasn't just pat smith. it was also charless woods, that she lied to them when their sons' bodies were laying next to them. more coverage from the media. is this now -- you just have to accept the media is going to be an extension of the hillary press offense? >> well, the media is very unfair. they're very biased. you look at cnn, and you look at "the new york times." i mean i call it the failing "new york times" because it won't be in business for another probably more than a few years unless somebody goes in and buys it an

well as the policy contradictions, we're also talking about russia right now, too, and ukraine and crimea and these policy contradictions and lack of specifics are also very troubling to me and that's why i've not endorsed? >> why are there not more people like you, congressman? why have the overwhelming majority of your colleagues endorsed despite the fact that i'd be willing to bet behind closed doors the vast majority speak about him the way you're speaking about him now in public. >> that's a good question. i spent a lot of time in congress, in my 12th year and i've taken grief for from some people saying i'm not sufficiently pure enough and i don't meet the litmus test criteria. some of those same folks trying to impose a purity test or litmus test have the first ones to endorse a populist nominee who is not ideologically -- so i don't understand the same groups criticizing folks like me and others for not being pure enough are happy to jump on board of a populist campaign that is anything but ideologically doctrine their. >> what does that say about the core of the republican party?

already in crimea. seeming to try to clarify they know they are already in crimea. so with all of the obama tough talk on russia and ukraine, they have already taken crimea and continue to push. that's what i said. there's also a question today about paul manafort, one of donald trump's top people, having a long history of work with people in ukraine. can you unpack this for us and help us understand the dialogue? >> we'll try. so paul manafort is a prominent political consultant, but he's been a lobbyist inclouding governments that were shady. and places like the united states has kept a a distance relationship from. he also was the consultant for victor, who was the ukrainian president. the ukrainian patriot wearing the orange clothing and pushing away his party. so enter paul manafort, who was hired to rehabilitate his image. and he spent many years doing that and refashioning him as somebody that could be acceptable to the west, even though he was pro russia. he was elected president again in ukraine in 2010 taking that country in this pro-russian direction. he

, acknowledging the annexation of crimea, he said he would stop talking about democracy and human rights, he said he would re-evaluate our relationship with nato and our a allies. >> reporte . >> reporter: trump is now distant. >> i have no relationship with putin. i don't think i have ever met him. i have never met him. >> katie tur, mechanicsburg, pennsylvania. >>> warren buffett introducing clinton at a rally a while ago. and he challenged trump in a duel for his tangs returns. >> i want to make him an offer, i hope he can't refuse. i would be delighted to meet him any place, any time between now and election, i'll bring my tax return, he can bring his tax return, nobody's going to arrest him. there are no rules against showing your tax returns. and just let people ask questions about the items that are on there. >> buffett's fellow millionaires have already endorsed clinton. >>> now a flash flood being called a 1,000-year event destroying a maryland city. at least two people have been killed and dozens of others had to be rescued from the rushing waters. >> reporter: these devastatin

ukraine's government responded by placing its troops on combat alert along the border with crimea and in eastern ukraine. ukraine's u.n. ambassador, volodymyr yelchenko, said russia's accusations are false. he says all but one member of the council have pledged to respect territorial integrity. >> let's hope, and, well, this is my biggest hope, is that with this discussion or this discussion will help russian position to understand they cannot continue this kind of behavior. >> russia's u.n. ambassador, vitaly churkin, said he hopes ukrainians would be prudent enough to not further the escalation and asked the united states not to meddle by seeking a security council resolution. the diplomatic spat comes as shelling intensifies between government troops and pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine. >>> in other news, a wave of coordinated explosions have struck tourist destinations in southern thailand. the blasts have killed four people and wounded 34 others. among the injured are ten foreigners in the seaside town. roselyn debhavalya in bangkok has been following the story. >> pol

>> well, and then yet today, he was in crimea sounding conciliatory. is he a kgb guy. i mean mind games are his stock and trade. trying to figure out his motives from his actions is worthy of the cia. >> being in the crimea in and of itself is a provocation. >> well, they voted in that referendum, charles, as you remember. >> of course. >> they wanted to go with russia. some questions remain and linger about that referendum. so we have these allegations that now there may be russian links to a potential hack of the clinton foundation, some similarities with what we saw with the dnc and dccc and now these straightforward allegations that it's all part of russia trying to influence our elections. >> well, i would be more concerned about what we don't know and the fact that the most sophisticated hackers we would not know about if they were to have hacked into hillary clinton's email server. and system. and what i find interesting is the fact that you see, you know, officials in the democratic party pointing to the dnc being hacked and blaming russia. but by the same logi

, he is looking for a crise, to capitalize on, whether in baltics or balkans or crimea or ukraine. i think that something is cooking. he will do what a lot other country will do, the chinese and iranians. they are going to grab what they can, while we have a what they see is a weak lame duck president. lou: or just a fool, i mean, really, mahmoud ahmadinejad asking for $2 billion of money that is supposed to go to victims of lebanese bombing. >> he is from the no-harm-in asking school. he just saw that u.s. paid money for hostages. lou: the greater fool theory then. clinton referred to the iranian scientist, shahram amiri, who was executed this week, turns out his name of the in her e-mails on the server, those that we know about. the connection there is every kind of suggest that -- suggest suggestion that played a role in his death in some fashion. >> we don't know. but this is a good time to point out there is a reason you keep classified information classified. lou: don't you think a secretary of state should comprehend that. >> you would think she should, the fact that she did