russia relations. well it's another hit for them really and this all started last year during the presidential election of course one which russia was accused of having meddled in that election since then there has been no concrete proof presented whatsoever but yet the claims persist and since then over the past year russia has been hit with a number of sanctions by the sea and it seems that the scales were just tipped too far for putin earlier this month when trump did sign off on yet another round of sanctions against russia and at that point putin did respond ordering that the u.s. embassy reduce its staff numbers in russia by seven hundred fifty five people so and of course today we're seeing the response that the united states saying that they have made the reductions that were requested and they are responding with having the russian consulate in san francisco needs to be closed down along with an annex here in d.c. and in new york closed down by september the second a very very short timeline a

you speaking for myself, i own nothing in russia, i have no loans in russia, i don't have deals in russia. >> reporter: one year into the complex probe the fbi has reviewed financial transitions of the president and his family and campaign associates. cnn is told they've combed through shell companies and trump-branded companies. they scrutinized a roster at trump tower in manhattan reaching back several years. officials familiar with the investigation tell cnn special counsel robert mueller's people have examined the backgrounds of associates related to trump. >> miss universe, 2013 -- >> reporter: -- dating back to the 2013 miss universe pageant he hosted in moscow. >> thank you for your amazing hospitality -- >> reporter: cnn could not determine whether the review included trump's tax returns. even investigative leads that have nothing to do with russia but involve trump associates are being referred to the special counsel to encourage subjects of the investigation to cooperate. >> the entire thing has been a witch hunt. >> reporter: president trump keenly aware of the financial focus

russia import sanctions on iran russia went along with sanctions against north korea and there were no russia as important sanctions on north korea so but but but like i just said important thing is here is how a plan to move forward i mean when i saw from the u.k. from the americans is that something must be done something must be done the usual mantra they don't know what to do that's the problem here the chinese and the russians have proposed jointly jointly how to move forward on north korea and that is very important because it's the only two major powers i see pushing diplomacy here because that's what we need we do have voices in the united states talking about preventative war this is insanity well look at the way that that's going on but now he went to iraq and what happened with the ever increasing sanctions regime against iraq year after year the sanctions would be deepened that increased but why didn't with hundreds of thousands by some estimates of children and those people who was our landlord and you remember what madeline albright said once about that and where did that

his of the push that is what russia should be doing that's what i advised russia to do in that's what they're doing right now in other words if one power has failed to deliver the goods and we keep suffering shouldn't be invited everybody is to cooperate with the power to bring the results that we seek and this approach the consultative process process launched in moscow and broadening this process to including the taliban and the afghan government would hopefully bring us now the u.s. secretary of defense general james mattis has already called russia a strategic competitor when it comes to afghanistan so he clearly doesn't appreciate developing corp as much as you do and i think that also reflects the sounds of insecurity psychological insecurity that the americans have to sort out first it has little to do with afghanistan i think it's internal american problem how do you think the world the regional power should talk to the united states to persuaded in the. existence of mutual interest that it could be actually beneficial for all to join forces and finally put an end to that endl

sanctions russia. we have a couple of highly experienced speakers who will give us some perspective on that and we are quite grateful to them for taking the time out of their day to be with us. to my right we have dan russell, the president and ceo of the u.s.-russia business council. diplomatformer career who was deputy assistant secretary of state responsible for russia, ukraine, moldova, belarus, and other matters. during the previous administration, the obama administration, he was also the deputy chief at the u.s. embassy embassyw and the u.s. in cause extent in addition to a number of other important posts. george, who is senior director for -- director for intelligence programs at the center for the national interest. george was a career u.s. intelligence professional who led the russia analysis unit at the central intelligence agency. he was an advisor on russia to vice president dick cheney during the bush administration. he was also the president of a data analytics firm called behavior matri

his of the porsche that is what russia should be doing that's what i advised russia to do and that's what they're doing right now in other words if one power has failed to deliver the goods and we keep suffering. shouldn't to be invited everybody is to cooperate with the power to bring the results that we seek and this approach the consultative process launched in moscow and broadening this process to including the taliban and the afghan government would hopefully bring us now the u.s. secretary of defense general james mattis has already called russia a strategic competitor when it comes to afghanistan so he clearly doesn't appreciate development corporation as much as you do and i think that also reflects the sounds of insecurity psychological insecurity that the americans have to sort out first that has little to do with afghanistan i think it's internal american problem how do you think the world the regional power should talk to the united states to persuaded in the. existence of mutual interest that it could be actually beneficial for all to join forces and finally put an end t

russia. russia itself. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in" with chris hayes starts now. >>> russia is fake news. the special counsel investigating trump and the russians, impanel as grand jury in washington, d.c. >> believe me, there is no collusion. russia is fine. >> what we're learning about where this investigation is headed. >> this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> the new bipartisan push to prevent the president from firing robert mueller. >> any effort to go after mueller could be the beginning of the end of the trump presidency. >> and how the president is responding tonight. >> mr. president, are you considering firing robert mueller? >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. we now have multiple reports that indicate significant forward movement in special counsel robert mueller's criminal investigation into potential collusion between trump campaign and russia. first to the "wall street journal" which says that he has impaneled a grand jury in washington, d.c. nbc news has not independently c

russia cannot be russia unless it is a great power. i remember in the 1990's, very often hearing russians say to me russia is condemned to be a great power. the second is the sense of fragility of the social basis of the order that might be threatened by democratic ideas. in china, i do not know. my colleagues have not seen it as a threat that they certainly move against western ideas coming in. we talk about the collapse of the soviet union. we think of the collapse of the soviet union was a total natural process. the way it is regarded in russia or china is to take it very seriously. that has relevance to our regime. what was it that caused the soviet union collapsed -- two collapse?- to to reforms of trying an authoritarian system and power -- in power. it makes it extremely difficult because it seems to raise in norman dangers -- enormous dangers. >> i do not want to tickle your opportunity to comment -- to take away your opportunity to comment. i want to talk about the strategic balance in areas of cooperation among these three re

should we punish russia for that? where can they be punished, and what can they be deterred from doing in the future without the same thing we have been talking about before? is this an area in which we can recently in list the help of the do -- in list -- enlist the help of the europeans to keep russia from interfering in their elections? since something that was unprecedented in the united states when it comes to the fire. it was the most successful covert operation in history some say. you get my point. i would like your thoughts on that. >> paul told me there would be no hacking questions today. [laughter] >> so on the question of the intelligence community's conclusion and what i think about them, there are three conclusions that were prominent in the intelligence community assessment that got published in january. one was that russian hackers were the ones who had the dnc -- hacked the dnc server. one other was they did it on the orders of putin, and the third was to advantage trump and to undermine our democrac

which russia shouldn't of be off what is that obviously that is the object of russia should not that not and what is the active middle. middle in determining the african government of course russia shouldn't do that so should the united states not do that but if the u.s. is in afghanistan to fight extremism that's the name in which they came. to afghanistan and if they have failed and if there is need for help is that is to teach a competition or a strategic alliance to or called an objective of the purpose of the united states is to use of galveston as a strategic launching pad of course there will be rivalry to it of course the countries in the region will feel threatened we will feel threatened as well and we will not allow that because the filmmakers the ground on which we fight takes place and of course the research is a competition with it and we don't want that but if the us is in afghanistan to accomplish the purpose defeat terrorism and big peace to afghanistan which is what they have declared then they must seek help not competition present i say let me ask you a question.

russia relations to an all time low in the tweets the u.s. president said it's thanks to the people on capitol hill who forced him to sign the anti russia signed a bill he said he had to abide by the decision of the lawmakers after their landslide vote last week gave him no other choice for one way congress can now check trump's deal making potential is by stopping him from lifting russia restrictions the new nor require the president to obtain congressional approval for any such move well let's talk about this then with the trunk of that what's behind trump's rhetoric. it's only a. kate well hi again i guess no president would like to be donald trump's shoes right now times really are getting tough as they can get for the president you know being america's top man in charge but at the same tommy think of it not being able to exercise his power and even worse being cornered into making the decisions he doesn't want to make just to keep order and as we've been hearing from the white house spokesperson who's been explaining that very signature

anyway, russia's coming up later in the show. meanwhile, back in the united states, russia. folks, things are not looking good for president son and store-brand billy baldwin, donald trump, jr., because of a meeting he took last year with russian lawyer natalia veselnitskaya. and now we've learned that there was another russian at that meeting, russian lobbyist rinat akhmyetshin. ♪ ♪ funny detail-- he's reportedly a former soviet counterintelligence officer. of course, when it comes to don, jr., there's not much intelligence to counter. now, here's the deal-- ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) now, akhmyetshin "denies any current ties to russian spy agencies." it must be true. remember the first rule of spy club-- tell everyone you're in spy club. ( laughter ) point is, that's just another lie because, last week, don, jr. didn't mention this russian guy. no, he said this: >> this is everything. this is everything. >> stephen: this is everything. must have slipped his mind. with all that hair gel, things just slide out. ( piano riff ) ( laughter ) so there was a fifth

and russia analyst martin mccauley says that russia's ambassador to the u.s. will have a tough time. it's timed by the americans to embarrass him. and that he he in fact. is going to have find it very difficult to perform his duties and to establish trust because by his main job as a diplomat is not to trust between the two governments. and say let's talk. let's get together and find what what we can do together and so on you can find it very very difficult because they when it comes. to russia. so the buses are. really learns on the worst possible day and the only thing you can say for is it. is up to him to get better. and as we've already mentioned the display by the u.s. can be traced all the way back to the american presidential elections and alleged russian meddling occasions of russian interference continue to be thrown even during special senate hearings russia's blatant interference in the united states twenty sixteen presidential elections was unprecedented in both scale and scope many have said this is actually the crime of the century. if you think

the aggressor when it comes to russia they have all the all the nato troops on the border of russia they helped overthrow the ukrainian government with the with the help of the ngos they had to keep having missiles in the direction of russia and then of course you have the sanctions which are an act of war that self so how come the media keep our training as russia's aggressor when the evidence suggests the contrary just because russia cares about its border or they want to protect their sovereignty somehow there are literally hitler of the next over the next boogie man that the united states needs to topple so odd the propaganda coming from the coersion news now we're going to just it's both comical and frightening michael if you've worked in government at the high levels here let's talk about the american election being hacked whatever that really really means because i don't know i mean you were sitting with people in power that were well aware of how the united states in meddled in elections all around the world and that they wouldn't think twice about doing that would they but

and russia. and two people are killed in baltimore during the city's seventy two hour cease fire as homicides eclipsed two hundred for the year of those stories and more coming up right.

i own nothing in russia i have no loans in russia. i don't have any deals in russia. >> reporter: now, one year into this complex probe, the fbi has reviewed financial records related to the trump organization. the president himself as well as his family members and campaign associates. cnn has told that they've gone through the list and scrutinized the roster of tenants at trump tower in manhattan reaching back several years. officials familiar with the investigation tell cnn mueller's team has examined the backgrounds of russian business associates connected to trump, dating back to the 2013 miss universe pageant that trump hosted. cnn could not determine whether the review has included trump's tax returns. but even investigative leads that have nothing to do with russia, but involve trump associates are being referred to the special counsel to encourage subjects of the investigation to cooperate. trump's team seeking to limit mueller's investigation. >> the president's point is he doesn't want the special counsel to move beyond the

on that is so night the president reluctantly signs a new bill sanctioning russia for alleged interference in the two thousand and sixteen election and vice president mike pence pence wraps up a tour of eastern europe to shore up nato as resistance to suppose russian aggression and special counsel robert muller in panels a grand jury as the investigation into russia connections continues to expand. reporting tonight from the our t.v. news room this is the news on r.t. america. good evening friends we start tonight with the latest on the sanctions on russia president trump has signed a bill authorizing sanctions against russia and limiting his power to ease them in the future after signing the bill the president released a formal statement of his opposition to the bill in particular he's upset with the fact that the bill say he says is hasty and criticized provisions limiting the power of the executive branch to conduct foreign policy russian prime minister dmitri met medvedev criticized the bill as a full scale trade war against moscow he also criticized president from for a cowing to esta

administration to mend ties with russia foreign policy hawks and their merican political establishment are standing firmly against a warming of relations. is there a way forward for a last go on washington we ask a woman who helped the two great powers find common ground at the height of the cold war advisor to president ronald reagan russian scholar and author. is with me today. twenty five years since the end of the cold war the u.s. and russia once again find themselves a broiled in a standoff with aid rivalries regenerated and tensions rising with the white house changeover there is hope that personal goals are we. may be remembering spiralling out of control. of a new us president be able to pour in common ground with moscow and shakes there's more oil to settle clashes of economic and political interests a little more personal approach by the two leaders really be a decisive factor in lifting the relationship out of the rubble. suzanne massie advisor to president reagan on russian foreign policy it's really great to have you on our show today welcome thank you until happy to be h

capitol hill who forced him to sign russia's sanctions bill he said he had to abide by the decision of the lawmakers after their landslide vote last week gave him no choice. congress can now check trump's deal making potential is by stopping him from lifting russia's restrictions the new law requires the president to obtain congressional approval for any such move earlier we discussed the growing political crisis in washington that artie's. i guess no president would like to be. shoes right now times really are getting tough as they can get for the president you know being america's top man but at the same time we think but not being able to exercise his power and even worse being cornered into making the decisions he doesn't want to make just to keep order and as we've been hearing for the white house spokesperson who's been explaining the very signature under that sanctions bill the president signed that countering america's adversaries through sanctions act congress has encroached on the power of the presidency and he signed it in the interest of national unity you can really jus

russia is fine. >> what we're learning about where this investigation is headed. >> this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> the new bipartisan push to prevent the president from firing robert mueller. >> any effort to go after mueller could be the beginning of the end of the trump presidency. >> and how the president is responding tonight. >> mr. president, are you considering firing robert mueller? >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. we now have multiple reports that indicate significant forward movement in special counsel robert mueller's criminal investigation into potential collusion between trump campaign and russia. first to the "wall street journal" which says that he has impaneled a grand jury in washington, d.c. nbc news has not independently confirmed that report. before mueller took over in may, prosecutors had been using a grand in west virginia which lawmakers said was focused on two men. paul manafort, trump's former campaign cheryl, and michael flynn, the president's national security adviser. both of whom are key figures in the invest

these new measures hit russia's energy and defense sector and also affect iran and north korea russia has already reacted imposing counter segued and reducing america's diplomatic presence in russia by over seven hundred fifty members and seizing two diplomatic properties today a statement from trump ended with the president noting that he can make far better deals with foreign countries than congress but if measures such as these continue to be enacted he may be prevented from doing just that. it's being done for all she's director of grassroots political consulting good to speak. donald trump called the spill significantly flawed obviously doesn't like it was he signed it. he had the opportunity to reject this bill and have his legal team challenge the unconstitutional provisions that would strip away his presidential authority from being able to not enact some of these sanctions that thirty and sixty day hold that congress illegally put in in their oversight role but the larger part behind this is this is a continuation of a geo political desire from syria ukraine sanctions since t

been respected by russia. finland has been free of russia, thatf the few countries have been for 100 years. and russia has a lot of respect for finland, so that's always good. i think finland is doing fine with russia. and i hope that the united will someday be able to have a very good relationship with russia also. very good for world peace and for other things. thank you. if finland'sw-up, relationship with russia were to u.s. --ate, would the what kind of assistance would the u.s. be willing to give to bilaterally if we need it? >> as i said before, our relationship with finland is a very close one. and we're always ready to help finland. one of the thaings that is -- happening iss you're purchasing large amounts of our great f18 aircraft from boeing. and it's one of the great fighter jets. and you're purchasing lots of other military equipment. and i think purchasing very wisely. the military equipment and i actually agree with everything you purchased. we talked about it before. really ainland is respecte

-russia relationship debate. standsould be in news quite soon and some of the oures are already online on website. questions, let me ask each of you as i call on identify yourself for our speakers and also to your hand so that my colleagues with our microphones to find you and ensure that we can all hear your question. open it up. first?e to go sorry, if i can ask you to wait the mic. you sound one of terribly enthusiastic about the sanctions. given pessisms to change behavior the way we would want to change behavior. to me this sounds like a net negative with a huge downside and very little upside. this?e we bothering to do take thatts to that first? >> we probably not the people you should be asking. a follow up question after that question. on this iserspective that this is being done largely purposes.ic political i find is hard to disagree with that. >> i think if you look at it from business perspective, if you looked at the obama era, sanctions.ver like they're not going to. but the obama administration und

congress that's the view of russia's foreign minister who met his american counterpart on the sidelines of a major forum in asia. the week's top stories president trump signs a new russia sanctions bill langar in several of america's key allies moscow says it's a declaration of a full scale trade war and the pressure is stepped up against north korea to the u.n. security council vote unanimously for tough new sanctions on pyongyang over its missile tests and. dictator. the venezuelan president is also targeted by u.s. restrictions over his formation of a controversial new legislative body that will rewrite the constitution. hello there the latest developments and look back at the last seven days to you watching the weekly here on r.t. international now moscow's top diplomat says it is strong anti russian sentiment in the u.s. congress that has led to the latest downturn in relations between the two countries so made the comment at a meeting with his american counterpart rex tillerson earlier. takes a closer look. it was a very lengthy meeting it seemed like a very friendly meeting the t

sanctions on russia. the public you know this is not the german government this is the german public this is not the swedish government this is the swedish public so you have people who are opposed to war opposed to militarism opposed to nato expansion of close to us bases in germany expressing their viewpoint and that's you know not typically in news in europe and especially not in the united states. you know you could say that over the last four years trump and obama helped make america great again or at least a great threat. one of the countries that views the u.s. as the major threat is turkey it comes amid a rile between the two nato allies but the pentagon recently slamming ankara's our present decision to buy a russian air defense system rather than opting for nato technology washington says the russian equipment could be incompatible with other systems used by the nato alliance generally speaking it's a good idea for allies to buy into or probably quitman with any ally with any partner with whom w

>> we didn't talk about russia. we talked about opioids, where he's taking a strong stand and i appreciate what he's done with regard to fighting back against what you talked about earlier which is unfortunately an epidemic around our country. with regard to russia, again, we want to have a good relationship with them, should be working together on a lot of things together include the middle east, including fighting back against terrorism and violent extremism. but it's got to be based on the kind of terms that america always insist and. by the way, i don't think our relationship with russia is as bad at the height of the cord war. we have communication with them, are working with them. we established the ability to actually have some decent dialogue on some issues including, again, pushing back against terrorism. but it has to be done on the basis that is honest and where we are holding them to account for things they're doing that are affecting us and other democracies. look what they've done, wolf, in europe. whe

russia. >> reporter: but the meddling in our election was not the first time russia has tried to exert power through deception. sochi, 2014. a grand spectacle of russian glory at the 22nd winter olympic games. the host country taking home an impressive 13 gold medals. spiking national pride and boosting the stature of president vladimir putin. but behind the pomp and pageantry an explosive secret. >> russia had pulled off the single biggest fraud in the history of sport. >> reporter: a stunning accusation. russia cheated, taking advantage of its home turf. >> dozens of russian athletes, including 15 of the 33 russian medal winners, were part of a state-run doping program. >> reporter: at the center, a russian scientist, dr. grigory rodchenkov. >> big boss vladimir putin saying we have to show the best result in sochi. >> two people connected with the russian doping program are already dead. >> there never was anti-doping in russia. ever. >> reporter: an explosive story now chronicled in the new netflix documentary "icarus." >> be very careful recording. >> would it be safe to say when

stranded or reunite with russia. the campaign to help with their safe return. fourteen civilians including children are reportedly killed in saudi led coalition air strike in the capital. and the libyan switzerland is accused of spreading hate speech against religious groups and nationalities while receiving more than half a million euros in state benefits. for me in the tape this friday evening at seven. and this is the news from r.t. international first breaking development the russian speaking children that stranded orphanage in the iraqi capital have now returned home it's believed their parents fled to the country taking the youngsters with the to join islamic state. while the five children have now returned safe they have some are breaking stories of their time in water on iraq all the details earlier from correspondent donald they have been brought to russia to the city of grozny in the russian republic of chechnya and from what we understand they're about to meet their loved ones now this whole story really has been an emotional roller coaster for every

his of the porsche that is what russia should be doing that's what i advised russia to do in that's what they're doing right now in other words if one power has failed to deliver the goods and we keep suffering. shouldn't to be invited everybody is to cooperate with the power to bring the results that we seek and this approach the consultative process launched in moscow and broadening this process to including the taliban and the afghan government would hopefully bring us now the u.s. secretary of defense general james mattis has already called russia a strategic competitor when it comes to afghanistan so he clearly doesn't appreciate development corporation as much as you do and i think that also reflects the sounds of insecurity psychological insecurity that the americans have to sort out first that has little to do with afghanistan i think it's internal american problem how do you think the world the regional power should talk to the united states to persuaded in the. existence of mutual interest that it could be actually beneficial for all to join forces and finally put an end to tha

russia. >> reporter: but the meddling in our election was not the first time russia has tried to exert power through deception. sochi, 2014. a grand spectacle of russian glory at the 22nd winter olympic games. the host country taking home an impressive spiking national pride and boosting the stature of president vladimir putin. but behind the pomp and pageantry an explosive secret. >> russia had pulled off the single biggest fraud in the history of sport. >> reporter: a stunning accusation. russia cheated, taking advantage of its home turf. >> dozens of russian athletes, including 15 of the 33 russian medal winners, were part of a state-run doping program. >> reporter: at the center, a russian scientist, dr. grigory rodchenkov. >> big boss vladimir putin saying we have to show the best result in sochi. >> two people connected with the russian doping program are already dead. >> there never was anti-doping in russia. ever. >> reporter: an explosive story now chronicled in the new netflix documentary "icarus." >> be very careful recording. >> would it be safe to say when you started this

make a response towards the expansion of sanctions towards russia and do. interview we have expressed all of our views through an interview that mr putin gave to the russia channel. with all the reasoning behind our decisions were explained at length and. in particular we believed that the u.s. would not go towards this path of confrontation with russia but unfortunately the u.s. congress. create a blockage towards that. we have also talked and discussed a number of other issues and we discussed what have been discussed on the meeting in hamburg and we have discussed the issue of cyber security in the fight against cyber crime and preventing cyber crime we have also addressed issues relating to our contacts there's a little on a number of international issues. of. north korea and its nuclear problem was also one of the issues that we have discussed. we believe that the contacts between the state department and our ministry would be very beneficial towards resolving this issue and we are open to such contacts we believe that. this will be this will be met wi

once again, under the 1997 nato russia founding act, russia agreed to refrain from the threat or use of force against each other or any other state in sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence. each other or any other state in sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence. unfortunately, russia is not adhering to the letter, much less the spirit of these international commitments. the u.s. and our allies will continue to press russia to honor its minsk commitments and our sanctions will remain in place until moscow reverses the actions that triggered them. as president trump has made clear, the united states remains committed to diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict in eastern ukraine. i too am especially pleased to be here today with the u.s. special representative. ambassador volker is coordinating closely with our allies in these efforts. as secretary tillerson, our secretary of state, said in july, the united states' goals are to restore ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and to seek the safety and security of all ukrainian citi

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i have nothing to do with russia. haven't made a phone call to russia in years. don't speak to people in russia. not that i wouldn't. i just have nobody to speak to. ( laughter ) >> trevor: yeah, "i don't even know what a russia is. i don't even know. on my map there's china, then there's white china. i don't even know about russia." so from the beginning, trump insisted he had absolutely no connections with russia whatsoever. and then this morning this came out. >> some four months after he began to run for president, denying he had any ties to russia, donald trump secretly signed a letter of intent to build a trump tower sky scraper in moscow. the revelations come from emails turned over to congress monday by donald trump's lawyer, michael cohen, spelling out trump's involvement in trying to get a major real estate deal in russia, what was going to be the tallest building in the world, at the same time he was running for president. >> trevor: how can one person lie so big! how? you have no connections with russia, but you signed a deal to build the world's tal

anyway, russia's coming up later in the show. meanwhile, back in the united states, russia. folks, things are not looking good for president son and store-brand billy baldwin, donald trump, jr., because of a meeting he took last year with russian lawyer natalia veselnitskaya. and now we've learned that there was another russian at that meeting, russian lobbyist rinat akhmyetshin. ♪ ♪ funny detail-- he's reportedly a former soviet counterintelligence officer. of course, when it comes to don, jr., there's not much intelligence to counter. now, here's the deal-- ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) now, akhmyetshin "denies any current ties to russian spy agencies." it must be true. remember the first rule of spy club-- tell everyone you're in spy club. ( laughter ) point is, that's just another lie because, last week, don, jr. didn't mention this russian guy. no, he said this: >> this is everything. this is everything. >> stephen: this is everything. must have slipped his mind. with all that hair gel, things just slide out. ( piano riff ) (