. >> but now for the first time, a "lockup" crew travels to eastern europe, and goes behind the walls of six maximum security prisons. >> there was a moment there where it was like, wait a second. this is a little different. >> it's one of europe's oldest cities. with a history scarred by war. it was invaded not once but twice by attila the hun. even today its ministry of defense building stands in ruins from nato bombings in 1999. this is belgrade. capital city of serbia. less than two miles from the city center, serbia's largest and most infamous prison. centraini zatvor. known locally as cz. >> my parents are from belgrade so there was a bit more emotion going to a prison in serbia than say other prisons around the world. cz has an ominous reputation for serbs. it's where inmates went in, and then you'd never see them again. >> cz opened its doors in 1950 and has housed countless political prisoners, including opponents of the late serbian president slobodan milosevic. many were still there when milosevic himself was incarcerated here in 2001, while awaiting trial for corruption an

in eastern europe. without the support of the american leadership, of american later, ito years would not of happened. it is a lesson in how important and how effective the transatlantic alliance can be, how much we can change the world for the positive if we stand united. so it is a nice coincidence that president reagan's speech fall on the same year as the fellowship. what better connection could we think of for our event tonight? the clear commitment, freedom, and alliance cannot be represented much better than in the combination of the two. welcome our panel today and in particular, marcus, the chairman of the fellowship program and the good spirit of this event and many other events happening with the fellowship program, thank you for doing this and please welcome with an applause. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, ambassador, for the introduction. i will -- i would also like to thank the dean, who so generously arranged for us to hold the event today p while he could not be here, his team has b

so if you look at eastern -- eastern europe, they don't have the euro. but they have different interests and different ways of understanding how europe would and should work. so it is not only germany. the problem is that -- neither germany nor france had an idea how to cope with that. and how to bring together all this different views on europe and especially the british view on europe which is -- which is a real problem. and it is not the problem that germany has done all these things. the problem is that nobody had an idea how to take a lead and how to get out of it. >> helmut kohl certainly took a lead. and one can argue that in 1989, he was forced to because the wall fell and he had to take a position. and by december, 1989, he was talking about german reunification. and one of his pet slogans was german reunification and european unions, two sides of the same coin. and so in many respects, he was forced into this position. if he opted for german reunification, then he was forced to opt for european unification. now, one can argue the whole thing we

so if you look at eastern -- eastern europe, they don't have the euro. but they have different interests and different ways of understanding how europe would and should work. so it is not only germany. the problem is that -- neither germany nor france had an idea how to cope with that. and how to bring together all this different views on europe and especially the british view on europe which is -- which is a real problem. and it is not the problem that germany has done all these things. the problem is that nobody had an idea how to take a lead and how to get out of it. >> helmut kohl certainly took a lead. and one can argue that in 1989, he was forced to because the wall fell and he had to take a posisition. and by december, 1989, he was talking about german reunification. and one of his pet slogans was german reunification and european unions, two sides of the same coin. and so in many respects, he was forced into this position. if he opted for german reunification, then he was forced to opt for european unification. now, one can argue the whole thing

europe and at the same time send that message to the iranians. with that, mr. chairman, i urge a very strong unanimous vote for this. this is something so bipartisan, so wonderful. it's a good day, it's a good bill. it gives us all hope. i urge our colleagues to vote aye. and call upon the speaker to bring the other bill to the floor. and i hope our distinguished chair and ranking member of the foreign affairs committee will be able to be part of bringing it to the floor very soon. thank you. i yield back.

in eastern europe. without the support of the american leadership, of american people, two years later, it would not of happened. it is a lesson in how important and how effective the transatlantic alliance can be, how much we can change the world for the positive if we stand united. so it is a nice coincidence that president reagan's speech fall into the same year as the birth of the fellowship. what better connection could we think of for our event tonight? the clear commitment, freedom, -- to freedom, and alliance cannot be represented much better than in the combination of the two. welcome our panel today and in particular, marcus, the chairman of the fellowship program and the good spirit of this event and of many other events happening with the fellowship program, thank you for doing this and please welcome with an applause. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, ambassador, for the introduction. i would also like to thank the dean, who so generously arranged for us to hold the event today p -- and w

in , eastern europe. without the support of the american leadership, of american people, german reunification two years later would not of happened. it is a lesson in how important and how effective the transatlantic alliance can be, how much we can change the world for the positive if we stand united. so, ladies and gentlemen, i find it is a nice coincidence that president reagan's speech fall into the same year as the birth the arthur burns fellowship. what better connection could we think of for our event tonight? the clear commitment to freedom and transatlantic alliance could not be represented much better than in the combination of the two. let us therefore welcome our panel today and in particular, the chairman of the fellowship program. and the good spirit of this event and of many other events happening with the fellowship program. thank you for doing this and strongwelcome him with a applause. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much, ambassador, for that introduction and your continuing hat

the belief is that a lot of these criminal groups are based in eastern europe. it's very difficult to say for certain where they are, though. we know that their help desks tend to work on certain time zones that are in eastern europe. we know they take certain holidays sometimes off that are only celebrated there. but really -- and it's across national boundaries. so you can't file a lawsuit against a criminal enterprise that are working out of belarus because you're never going to get anywhere. >> with ransom ware, the perpetrators want to be paid in bitcoin. not necessarily with dollars. what is bitcoin, why is that the preferred currency? >> bitcoin is an untraceable electronic currency, they call them crypto currencies. >> the way it works is you have a -- what's called a wallet in the bitcoin terminology. think of it like an envelope with a long random number written across it. and i can take one bitcoin from my envelope with my long random number and place it in another envelope with another long number written across it. and there's a public let meerle ev

are are from africa, some from eastern europe, many are in the country illegally. can be 25 euros for four days. but it can be much less. many migrants living in appalling squalor in rundown farm houses or makeshift salon is on the edge of town. -- slums on the e edge of town. the ecologists had to go in after dark after being told that they were not welelcome. >> i can see 200 people. >> there is no running water, elelectricity, or anything?? >> no. when you see the conditions, it is n not right. >> mainstream hospitals often refuse to treat migrants. >> [speaki foreign l language] >> some migrants are in temporary refugee camps. daniel's story is typical for many migrants arriving from africa. >> [spspeaking foreign language] some r rocks? what happened? a lot of people? >> three people died. >> thrhree people died? >> in 2010, they rolled over after two migrants were killed. many migrants will bust of towon will that refresh your own safety. been local authorities have trying to tackle thehe problblem everer since. -- [speakingus foreign language] >> is due to b

president macron will meet all other sceptic countries like eastern europe tomorrow morning, so we will see how well he does convincing them. i think merkel macron are clear that they want to go on ahead with integration, the eurozone, defence and security, nobody will be excluded. i do not think it is a second time. two years ago, i was standing in the sun in athens, talking about the huge pressures on the eurozone and the greek economy because of its national debt. have those core problems been removed or are they just out those core problems been removed or are theyjust out of sight for the moment? definitely not removed. greece is a small country but 3% of gdp of the eu is greece. the bigger problem is italy. next autumn, it will be a huge problem. italy might come back as a huge problem and politically there will be elections and a 5—star movement could upset the political establishment. we will ta ke the political establishment. we will take a break from european the political establishment. we will take a breakfrom european politics but you are very welcome to keep those questi

why british medical students are heading to eastern europe to train as doctors. and chris froome prepares to defend his title, as cyclists head to the starting line for this year's tour de france. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. three days before the defence of his title, murray puts in the practice at wimbledon as he tries to shake off a hip injury. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. in the last half hour the leader of kensington and chelsea council, the borough where the grenfell tower fire happened, has resigned. nicholas paget—brown said he had to accept responsibility for his role in the response to the fire, and in particular for the decision to ban the public and press from a council meeting last night. the bbc has also obtained documents that show that cheaper, less fire—resistant cladding was chosen for the tower block. 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, and there is no suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire safety. kensington and chelsea council says safety would not have been com

are are from africa, some from eastern europe, many are in the country illegally. can be 25 euros for four days. but it can be much less. many migrants living in appalling squalor in rundown farm houses or makeshift salon is on the edge of town. -- slums on the e edge of town. the ecologists had to go in after dark after being told that they were not welelcome. >> i can see 200 people. >> there is no running water, elelectricity, or anything?? >> no. when you see the conditions, it is n not right. >> mainstream hospitals often refuse to treat migrants. >> [speaki foreign l language] >> some migrants are in temporary refugee camps. daniel's story is typical for many migrants arriving from africa. >> [spspeaking foreign language] some r rocks? what happened? a lot of people? >> three people died. >> thrhree people died? >> in 2010, they rolled over after two migrants were killed. many migrantwill busof towown will that refresh your own safety. been local authorities have trying to tackle thehe problblem everer since. -- [speakingus foreign language] >> is due to bee

for the soviet union and eastern europe, if you seek liberal liezation, come here to this gate. mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >>> president ronald reagan's 1987 trip to berlin. then at 8:00 p.m. on lectures and history, hillsdale college professor paul moreno on the baby boom, civilization, and the emurjence of teen culture changed post world war ii society. >> again, advertisers are looking at this, young people begin to adopt their own styles of dress, the kind of music they listen to is very different, there's a kind of segregation, separation of youth culture from mainstream culture. >> and sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency. on the 45th anniversary of the watergate break in we offer an insider's view into nixon's white house and the watergate scandal that resulted in her husband h.r. bob holderman serving an eight-month prison sentence. >> the white house phone rings and i immediately assume it's that dreaded call from nixon. the conversation is surprisingly brief. the president wants john and me to chopper up to meet him at c

to those listening throughout eastern europe, a special word, although i cannot be with you, i address my remarks to you just as surely as to those standing here before me. for i join you, as i join your fellow countrymen in the west, in this firm, this unalterable belief -- es gibt nur ein berlin. [there is only one berlin.] [applause] behind me stands a wall that encircles the free sectors of this city, part of a vast system of barriers that divides the entire continent of europe. from the baltic, south, those barriers cut across germany in a gash of barbed wire, concrete, dog runs, and guard towers. farther south, there may be no visible, no obvious wall. but there remain armed guards and checkpoints all the same -- still a restriction on the right to travel, still an instrument to impose upon ordinary men and women the will of a totalitarian state. yet it is here in berlin where the wall emerges most clearly -- here, cutting across your city, where the news photo and the television screen have imprinted this brutal division of a continent upon the mind of the world. standing before

and they need large supplies with low—skilled labour, mostly from eastern europe, especially poland. if britain leads the single market, the stated position for now, the dup may request an exemption on the free flow of labour into northern ireland as part of its package with the conservatives wwe also wants london to pick up the a50 million dollars a year sent to belfast for subsidies on top of the $1 billion a month london already sends to brussels. and then there are political bribes. they want more investment in infrastructure. that means road and rail projects otherwise not economic will not get shot down and will be built. business confidence has sunk after the election as a snap poll found a dramatic drop in confidence following the hung parliament. there are hopes the minority conservative government could stave off a further fall in the sterling when trading begins on monday. it is at 1.27 to the us dollar. the fall of the pound against the dollar and euro was less dramatic than the drop in the week after the eu referendum injune of last year. central banks from washington to

why british medical students are heading to eastern europe to train as doctors.

and they need large supplies of low skilled labour, mostly from eastern europe, especially poland. and if britain is to lead the single market, and that is the stated policy, then the dup may ask the conservatives for an exemption when it comes to the free flow of labour to northern ireland. on top of that, they will want london to pick up the $450 million a year that brussels seems to belfast in agricultural subsidies. and that comes on top of the $1 billion a month that london fans already to belfast. and then there is the political bribes, or poor, as it is known as. they will want more investment in infrastructure. that means that their roads and rail projects, which might otherwise be uneconomical, will be built, and will not be shut down. those with some of the issues that could be the agenda. with me is simon french, chief economist at panmure gordon. good morning, simon. so much to digest and discuss. for market a really uncertain time which they observe the head. but if we look at of the other issues, business optimism has plunged over the weekend. and as higher than it wa

. >>> coming up, a ransomware cyberattack spreads across eastern europe and affects many companies. after the break, we'll discuss whether corporate cybersecurity measures are up to scratch >>> welcome back let's show you what's happening in the european market technology is underperforming but the second worst performer is european pharma stocks are under pressure after potentially republican leaders postponed the senate vote on the healthcare reform dealing another blow to a key part of trump's agenda many of these companies are very much multinationals and have a major presence in the u.s. >>> now u.s. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell met with president trump to discuss that delay. the senate leader says there's a really good chance the bill will eventually be passed and warns of the consequences if not casey hunt has all the details >> reporter: after seven years of promising to repeal and replace obamacare, a stunning delay and a major blow to president trump and his republican party they don't have the votes in the senate >> we will not be on the bill this week. but we

> what has that led to a continuing crisis in southern , a divisionit between western and eastern europe, especially hungry and poland. -- hungary and poland. she squandered everything helmut kohl stood for. >> we can debate about what happened in great britain, whether this is her fault or david cameron who started an unnecessary referendum. [laughter] >> i would absolutely agree. i think it has nothing to do with angela merkel. >> it is the british fault, not the germans who made the referendum happen. >> we are going to move from the european panorama back to the local level in the last couple days. there has been an unholy feud over helmut kohl's funeral, mainly within his family. is there a political dimension? helmut kohl d deployed his family as invevestors ofhe poli he calalled a moraral turnaround back to traditional conservative values. the personnel was always political. the faÇade of the perfect family crumbled. wife took her own life in 2001. his son wrote a book in which he said his father failed as a father. helmut kohl married a woman who worked in the chancellery office

he reasserted american leadership in the world, he got back and talk about sovereignty and eastern europe, he has backed it up with defense pending numbers and special forces training troops. vladimir hooton wants to talk about this story, which makes him look strong. >> james: do you agree, david? >> i do not think we can give much credence to anything vladimir putin says, whether it be from intervention in u.s. elections all the way through the chemical attack in syria. >> james: but do you agree that president trump is confronting president putin and leading around the world in a much more vigorous way than barack obama? >> i don't know if there is much evidence that he is confronting putin. no question he's taken a very different position internationally than barack obama. i mean, syria... the most obvious example of that. there are tons of stories that come out whether it be around donald trump's family, his associates that were being more accommodating to vladimir putin and his associates. you know, some of those threads have not been completely wrong else, but i don't think that mo

the kremlin has done this before in eastern europe. there are a number of things they do, and one of them is to compromise people close to the government. some of that is very often by investing in them, and it seems to me that if we look at the president's taxes, we would probably see that there are russian oligarchs who have invested in the trump enterprises. his own son said this in 2008, --t this amount of money that it's a disproportionate amount of money they are getting from russia. this is something we should know. soledad: in your book, you write a lot about strategies about reaching across the aisle. >> finding common ground is really important, and then you hold your ground when you can't agree on something, but there are a whole bunch of issues that are not partisan>> issues. soledad: health care, it doesn't even sound like you guys are in the room. >> we aren't. mitch mcconnell has decided that 13 republicans are going to write this behind closed doors. i don't know if they will succeed. he said, it will be our plan to get

> what has that led to a continuing crisis in southern , a divisionit between western and eastern europe, especially hungry and poland. -- hungary and poland. she squandered everything helmut kohl stood for. >> we can debate about what happened in great britain, whether this is her fault or david cameron who started an unnecessary referendum. [laughter] >> i would absolutely agree. i think it has nothing to do with angela merkel. >> it is the british fault, not the germans who made the referendum happen. >> we are going to move from the european panorama back to the local level in the last couple days. there has been an unholy feud over helmut kohl's funeral, mainly within his family. is there a political dimension? helmut kohl deployed his family as investors ofhe policy h called a moral turnaround back to traditional conservative values. the personnel was always political. the faÇade of the perfect family crumbled. wife took her own life in 2001. his son wrote a book in which he said his father failed as a father. helmut kohl married a woman who worked in the chancellery office . some

he reasserted american leadership in the world, he got back and talk about sovereignty and eastern europe, he has backed it up with defense pending numbers and special forces training troops. vladimir hooton wants to talk about this story, which makes him look strong. >> james: do you agree, david? >> i do not think we can give much credence to anything vladimir putin says, whether it be from intervention in u. way h the chemical attack in syria. >> james: but do you agree that president trump is confronting president putin and leading around the world in a much more vigorous way than barack obama? >> i don't know if there is much evidence that he is confronting putin. no question he's taken a very different position internationally than barack obama. i mean, syria... the most obvious example of that. there are tons of stories that come out whether it be around donald trump's family, his associates that were being more accommodating to vladimir putin and his associates. you know, some of those threads have not been completely wrong else, but i don't think that most americans believe that

he is the first leader in eastern europe to be welcomed by the american president. he will depart for the weekend ated government club in bedminster, new jersey. >>> it was a cooler may and we're setting up for a hotter june. >> reporter: it's warmer this afternoon and hotter over the next week. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows us we're dry. there's the airport on sky6 live hd we are expecting sun overall today. there could be a sweep of clouds popping through, but generally speaking get the shades read. 5 in philadelphia. 47 in allentown. 46 in millville. cool enough for a light jacket, it's one of those days you won't need it for long. as you look at satellite you can see a sweep of clouds popping through during the morning. generally speaking a lot of clear skies out to the west, we expect mostly sunny skies today. in the lehigh valley sun and clouds, warmer high of 81. there's a slight chance of a spotty sprinkle or shower farther north in the poconos, but i think the lehigh valley is okay. shore forecast, mostly sunny and warmer, 77 degrees, even the cool

europe and into the ark of countries that are most at risk. objective journalism, voice of america, to push back on some of the misinformation where they are not just preparing for that. they are actively undermining the baltic countries. it is where they support through so called fake news or misleading journalism, parties that are committed to breaking apart nato, withdrawing from the eu. these are very challenging dynamics. in conversations earlier this year i was haunted by a question from a diplomat from an eastern european country observing that our had been attacked and they saw no concerted action at that point by the administration to respond to that in countries where the democracy is more fragile and more immediately under threat from a power that has an alternative vision that's a significant question. to show russian citizens or those that are most at risk that they are flourishing, that they enjoying more political freedoms because of these core values of open societies, not in spite of. that debate is playing out around the worl

europe under soviet domination. marshal stalin was probably the midi yield over a table that which he had seized in battle. nevertheless he agreed on free elections. amid the ruin of countries such as poland, they were held. belfry they were was a matter of opinion. with communists already in key posts, it was no surprise things what their way. if anything else was needed to make the victory certain, there was always the presence of the secret police and a number of soldiers of occupying red army. war orles exhausted by hardly likely to resist such coercion. for all their energies were engaged in putting one brick back upon another. europe where destruction have been lighter, morale was much higher. regimentation has then accepted only because without it winning the war would not of been possible. theis the end of the war, essential freedoms of democracy burst out with new vigor. there was determination to see to it such a disaster would never happen again. tha -- there was the realization to become with insecurity

europe under soviet domination. he agreed on free elections. amid the ruin of countries such as poland, they were held. they were was a matter of opinion. with communists already in key posts, it was no surprise things what their way. if anything else was needed to make the victory certain, there was always the presence of the secret police and a number of soldiers of the occupying red army. and peoples exhausted by war or hardly likely to resist such coercion. for all their energies were engaged in putting one brick back upon another. in western europe, where destruction had been lighter, morale was much higher. regimentation has then accepted only because without it winning the war would not of been possible. now is the end of the war, the essential freedoms of democracy burst out with new vigor. there was determination to see to it that such a disaster would never happen again. for the more deflected, there was the realization to become security, europe must be united. but how could these europeans be united when

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and why thousands of british students are heading to eastern europe. bbc research suggests there's been an increase in the numbers of students going to bulgaria and romania after failing to get a place in british universities. and good news for cricket fans. live cricket is returning to bbc television for the first time in 21 years, from 2020. the leader of kensington and chelsea council, the borough where the grenfell tower fire happened, has resigned. nicholas paget—brown said he had to accept responsibility for his role in response to the fire and in particularfor the decision to ban the public and press from a council meeting last night. the bbc has also obtained documents that show that cheaper, less fire resistant cladding was chosen for the tower block. 80 people are believed to have died in the fire and there is no suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire safety. kensington and chelsea council says safety would not have been compromised in order to manage budgets. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more. were you pres

the kremlin has done this in eastern europe. there are a number of things they do, and one of them is to compromise people close to the government. some of that is very often by investing in them, and it seems to me that if we look at the president's taxes, we would probably see that there are russian oligarchs who have invested in the trump enterprises. his own son said this in 2008, that this amount of money -- that it's a disproportionate amount of money they are getting from russia. this is something we should know. soledad: in your book, you write a lot about strategies about reaching across the aisle. >> finding common ground is really important, and then you hold your ground when you can't agree on something, but there are a whole bunch of issues that are not partisan>> issues. soledad: health care, it doesn't even sou the room. >> we aren't. mitch mcconnell has decided that 13 republicans are going to write this behind closed doors. i don't know if they will succeed. he said, it will be our plan to get to 50 votes, and i

to those listening throughout eastern europe, a special word, although i cannot be with you, i address my remarks to you just as surely as to those standing here before me. for i join you, as i join your fellow countrymen in the west, in this firm, this unalterable belief -- es gibt nur ein berlin. [there is only one berlin.] [applause] pres. reagan: behind me stands a wall that encircles the free sectors of this city, part of a vast system of barriers that divides the entire continent of europe. from the baltic, south, those barriers cut across germany in a gash of barbed wire, concrete, dog runs, and guard towers. farther south, there may be no visible, no obvious wall. but there remain armed guards and checkpoints all the same -- still a restriction on the right to travel, still an instrument to impose upon ordinary men and women the will of a totalitarian state. yet it is here in berlin where the wall emerges most clearly -- here, cutting across your city, where the news photo and the television screen have imprinted this brutal division of a continent upon the mind of the world. s

and the new countries in eastern europe. emmanuel macron seems to be putting down markers in the sand to countries such as poland, saying this is a community values, and if we don‘t share values in the future, it could become a problem. chris, don't go far, i have more questions. as have those of you watching. if you want to contact us, our contact details are on screen. this is where a lot of people who fundamentally believe in the idea of the eu go about their work. i am in the eu go about their work. i am in the european council, just a couple of hundred meters away from the european commission, the civil service of the eu, and very close to one of the european parliaments as well. what is interesting is that leader after leader arriving today was emphasising that we‘re notjust here to talk about brexit, and far from it. the issues that they raised as priorities: migration — there are still many thousands of people coming into the eu — and how the eu discourages people from doing that or manages them when they arr

for the soviet union and eastern europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. this --orbachev, open mr. gorbachev, opened this date. -- open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> president ronald reagan's 1987 trip to berlin. at 8:00 p.m. on lectures in paulry, college professor, marino on how the baby-boom and emergence of teen culture changed post-world war ii society. >> advertisers are looking at this, young people begin to adopt their own styles of dress, the kind of music they listen to is very different. there is a kind of segregation, separation of youth culture from mainstream culture. 8:00 p.m. eastern, joe haldeman offers an insider's view into richard nixon's white house and the watergate scandal bob haldeman in serving an 18 month prison sentence. rings white house phone and i instantly assume it is that dreaded call from nexen. the conversation was surprisingly brief. when the white house phone rings again, i fight to stay composed. that was ron zigler, press secretary. feels verynt now strongly that john and i should volunteer to resi

the soviet union and eastern europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this date. mr. gorbachev, open this gate. [cheers and applause] mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. ronald reagan's 1987 trip to berlin. then at 8:00 p.m. on lectures in history, college professor paul ,arino on how the baby-boom suburbanization and the culture --teenagers >> advertisers are looking at this. young people begin to adopt their own style of dress. the kind of music they listen to was very different. there is a segregation of youth culture from mainstream culture. >> sunday at 8:00 p.m. on the presidency, joe haldeman offers and insider's view into richard andn's white house watergate. >> the white house phone rings and i instantly assume it is that dreaded call from nexen. the conversation is surprisingly brief. the president wants my husband and me to chopper to camp david. --n the white house rings phone rings again, i struggle to stay composed. that was ron zigler, bob says. feels verynt now strongly that john and i should volunteer to resign. >> for our complete american histor

that are are most at risk of russian interference in eastern europe. we would like to do more in the baltics and in the balkans, if we had a little more we'd do a little more there. we've not walked away from those. we do want to continue to perfect more sophisticated approaches as to how to push messages into russian society, obviously, through social media, through broadcast and all the tools available to us and we'll continue to maintain that effort to insure we're in the conversation among young people and others inside of russia. but this -- i understand other countries are concerned about russia. they should be. and i hear about it when i talk to them about how they feel the direct threat whether they're in the baltics, the balkans, georgia or other parts of the world as well. so they express that to me, but then when we talk about what should be done, they want us to solve it through engagement. they do not want it to get worse. because if it gets worse, they fear it will be worse for them. >> mr. secretary, i appreciate hearing that perspective

europe that are being threatened. we have ensured we can maintain our engagement there, in parts of afterly kau. there are countries we have had to withdraw the support -- again, these are some of the hard choices that i mentioned in terms of where do we -- where do we put the dollars we have to best use it where we are making progress. >> but if this is a core value. >> where the threat is the greatest. >> if this is a core value, zeroing out its account does not speak to the core value. let me ask you this. do you believe that the russia sanctions that the senate is about to vote on -- first of all, do you believe that the iran sanctions that have been out there for sometime, is on the senate floor, do you believe the administration will support that legislation? >> i have not had a conversation directly with the president as we have not reviewed that in the interagency discussion yet. >> what is your advice to him? >> think it looks pretty good to me, and so i think you're going to find him receptive. i do not want

europe that's the extension that moscow is eyeing here but you know russia's attempts to build a gas pipeline and the black sea really these attempts have turned into a saga where remember before that there was the so-called south from here to bulgaria that got scrapped because of pressure from brussels then moscow came up with plan b. and that was the turkish stream but it really was in jeopardy and was holten for a while when ankara shot down that su twenty four russian fighter jet over syria then finally when relations were restored in twenty six doing. the project was back on track and i can tell you what right now it is finally enforced way i saw it with my old eyes on board pioneering spirit royalties it up and trying to bring us the latest on the project from. more and more breathtaking to take place in russia as it's hosting the fifo confederations cup portugal's coach fernando santos attended a training session in moscow on the eve of the group a football match between russia and portugal one of the showcase competitions has been between the hosts and portugal and for one yo

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concerns over russian aggression have prompted nato to prepare for the worst, invasion of eastern europe by moscow. led by germany and the u.s., alliance members are taking part in military exercises in the media. for the first time, they are focusing on lithuania's border with poland. russia is expected to carry out its own exercises in september simulating an armed conflict with nato. nato secretary-general attended the wargames today. speaking to dw's terry schultz, he said the increased nato presence in the region is because of recent russian aggression. he also addressed u.s. concerns that russia ha europe has not bg its weight when it comes to collective defens. >> we are standing in lithuania, which has a german led battle group. is this a case where the europeans are stepped up and taking more responsibility in european defense? >> the battle groups that nato has deployed is an example of how both europe and north america are stepping up together. we have germany being a lead nation in lithuania for one of the battle groups, but we also have canada and the u.s. being lead nations

europe, turkey, and now from syria and other places. that has affected the outcomes of education in germany, no doubt about it. when you compare it to places where that has not occurred to any extent, finland. the question is -- how to make the apprenticeship program work for a very diverse country like the united states? ,ersus countries in europe especially ones like finland where the program is working very well. host: thank you. we will let our guest respond. guest: one of the political issues and all of this, a sensitive one so let me be careful, it is much easier to do a apprenticeship in germany, it used to be finland, switzerland. when you go to those countries, you look around and everybody looks the same, pretty much. lately, they look less the same and they are having problems. in germany, if you pick up a phone book and you find somebody's name, you are likely to find what their occupation is, listed with their phone number. germans take a great deal of pride in their vocation or occupation. there is no loss of status for be

concerns over russian aggression have prompted nato to prepare r the worst, vasion of eastern europe by moscow. led by germany and the u.s., alliance members are taking part in military exercises in the media. for the first time, they are focusing on lithuania's border with poland. russia is expected to carryut its own exercises i september simulating an armed conflict with nato. nato secretary-general attended the wargames today. speaking to dw's terry schultz, he said the increased nato presence in the region is because of recent russian aggression. he also addressed u.s. concerns that russia ha europe has not bg its weight when it comes to collective defens. >> we are standing i lithuania, which has a german led battle group. is this a case where the europeans are stepped up and taking more responsibility in european defense? >> the battle groups that nato has deployed is an example of how both europe and north america are stepping up together. we have germany being a lead nation in lithuania forne of the battle groups, but we also have canada and the u.s. being lead nations for b

they put economic pressure, political pressure, on countries especially in eastern europe. use all the instruments available to a government. we are not very good at that. i think -- one last point on this. there is no clearer signal we could send to the russians than to have a substantial increase in our defense bill. in our defense budget. remember what really happened in the 1980's was the reagan such anbuildup made impression that the russians knew they could never keep up. host: that was housed armed services committee mac thornberry of texas. you can catch newsmakers tomorrow at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. right now we are taking your cold -- we're taking your calls. you can call in and tell us the issues on your mind. david is calling from denver on our republican line. good morning david. caller: good morning, how are you doing? host: i am good. caller: on the single-payer, -- c j o'rourke had a great line about it. if you think health care is expensive just wait until it is free. the other comment i would have would be, do you really want the same people running your health