president putin took an opportunity to see the record straight and he. i think tried to make it in a very but now sort of a round the roundabout way but he wasn't as direct as he could be he was speaking very very carefully i think for the purposes of not provoking russia haters around the world he made it clear that russia doesn't think that it is. the violator he believes that the united states has been violating the treaty for a number of years he said that he even understands the reasons why the united states feels unfairly constrained by the i now because china is building up the intermediate. intermediate range of weaponry potential but he said that if the united states indeed had those concerns it would be much more civil and honest just . laid out on the table and discuss with that's what he said he said we don't provoke we react if threats are in our backyard essentially that's what's going to happen but some of the statements were striking he said if the u.s. does the ploy such myside close to russia talking about the intermediate range missile

with putin's fifteenth address and i was going through some of them in auspex all of all this it does seem to be talking about families and small businesses that seemed to be the real takeaway of what was going on talk about tax breaks trying to get people on the housing ladder trying to get a digital infrastructure that people born in smaller cities smaller tons run russia can actually you know have a career where they are born where they live and not have to move to the moscow's on the petersburg's a big swathe of that there's going to be a lot of talking points about how that can progress in the world's largest countries. was the speech taking notes and busy checking what was different from year to year and he joins us. live ill yet tell us what your take away is i know you've been chatting to some policymakers as well what was your view on the speech. union the hi i'm glad to tell you that i'm joined right now live on r t. who's the head of the federation council's committee on information policy mr pushkov thanks very much for your time. two very important messages from mr putin

putin was responding to the u.s. decision to pull out of the cold war era i.n.f. treaty secretary of state might compel said washington was suspending its compliance because moscow and been breaching the arms control agreement the us says its weapons like the s s c a cruise missiles with a range of more than five hundred kilometers that show russia has violated the treaty. over the latest let's bring our moscow correspondent emily show and emily president putin is now following suit after the u.s. pull out of the treaty is this an escalation. well rebecca from the russian side this is certainly more of a tit for tat reaction the mere putin today said the u.s. is pulling out so we're pulling out the u.s. is looking into building new weapons so we will do the same and this is very much the russian side kind of shifting the blame for this whole i.n.f. treaty basically falling apart to the u.s. they said today as well putin his defense minister and the foreign minister that actually the u.s. they repeated this accusation that the u.s. has actually been violating the i

i believe putin. >> six important words there. he says i don't care. i believe putin. a long string of patterns so to speak really down playing the significance of work he always seem to give. >> let's remember, donald trump, podium one putin. do you think russia meddled into the election and our intelligence people say no. you know, who am i? i mean you don't get in a bigger world stage than that. it is to say something here. it is to say he says this and intelligence says y. we can be shocked. >> and we did call the leader. i don't know whether he characterized it. he knowledged we were concerned about north korea now because it's not very convenient. they haven't been very sort of commital. >> i think part of the reason it includes this tidbit is they have trying to piece together all of this information about why the president is taking actions that seem to continually side with putin. he lays out a series of events that all were kind of on their minds before they opened the investigation into the

led to his annual state of the nation address of president putin reveals russia has successfully tested a new nuclear powered underwater we'll bring you unique. and straightforward with russia does not pose a threat to anyone and the actions we take to retaliate that is to say in defense. that's a mere putin stresses that russia doesn't pose a threat that can defend itself if necessary he also reiterated that washington must be honest with moscow and not use quote trumped up. a full not acting director of the f.b.i. who has claimed to have blinded safe in the past is used in the media as a credible source and a slew of in century claims that trump the president said he did not believe that the north koreans had the capability to hit us here to which the president replied i don't care i believe. the sensitive deal kept under wraps as house democrats in the u.s. launch an investigation into secret plans the white house is ready to trump the nuclear powered tech to saudi arabia. you're watching aussie international welcome to the program. the russian defense ministry has unveiled new foota

they said today as well putin his defense minister and the foreign minister that actually the u.s. they repeated this accusation that the u.s. has actually been violating the i.n.f. treaty itself for years and they also said that it would be perhaps wise to conduct inspections into whether the u.s. is complying with yet another nuclear arms treaty the new start treaty so what we're seeing here is very much the russian russian side shifting the blame to the u.s. what is of course warring though is that they are talking openly on the russian side about what new weapons they could develop worrying indeed and putin has reportedly instructed his ministers not to initiate disarmament talks with the u.s. what do you make of that. well yeah you mentioned before what else he said which was a very much a swipe at the u.s. side he said that they will wait we'll wait for our partners to be mature enough to talk to us on an equal footing so very much kind of biting biting comments there from putin they are very much putting the ball back in the u.s. court and this fits in with the russian line

donald trump is a friend of putin. well, actually putin did call me a genius and he said i'm the future of the republican party. >> well, trump has been also especially descriptive of his relationship with kim jong-un. >> and then we fell in love, okay? no, really. he wrote me beautiful letters, and they're great letters. we fell in love. >> but now there are some new indications that two of america's most dangerous adversaries, vladimir putin and kim jong-un, could be teaming up without president trump. russian officials say that north korean representatives have been in moskow this week, and that they've been discussing denuclearization on the korean peninsula. remember president trump held a summit last year with north korea's leader to strike a deal for the rogue nation to give up its nukes. the result was a vaguely worded pledge to work towards denuclearization. but trump tweeted after the meeting that north korea was no longer a nuclear threat. but trump took a step back from that claim this week tweeting this, t

at his annual state of the nation address president putin reveals russia has successfully tested a new nuclear powered underwater drone we'll bring you unique video of the test also in the president's speech. next week when all us part of this has to be our mission straight forward with russia does not pose a threat to anyone any actions we take to retaliate tree that is to say in defense . putin stresses that russia doesn't pose a threat they can defend itself if necessary he also reiterated that washington must be honest with moscow and not use quote trumped up i can say sions. in the past is used in the media as a credible source alleging a slew of in scituate concentric claims that donald trump. president said he did not believe that north koreans have the capability to hit us here to which the president replied. i believe. a sensitive deal kept under wraps as house democrats in the u.s. know want to an investigation into alleged secret plans the white house is ready to transfer nuclear power tech to saudi arabia. you're watching aussie international welcome to the program. our top

but in country like russia where people basically 24/7 they hear that putin did that, putin helped them with that. you know, putin is what, you know, all the state propaganda media talking about non stop. so however, i think, you know, there is slowly but surely people do get to realize that this unlimited power is getting truly dangerous for the survival of russian people. and in fact, you know, for the fifth year on the road russians are losing, you know, their incomes. life is getting much more difficult than it was used to be. the country is under sanctions. it is getting on the side lines of the world politics and etc. so i think that especially, you know, for business people it is getting extremely difficult. >> are the sanctions having an effect on the daily lives. >> yes. >> you give a example? >> first of all the access to capital is much more problematic for businesses. a lot of businesses, they are closing their operations and their leaving russia. on top of that there is growing what is now called putin's exodus. 41% of young russians said in the last poll. they said they wa

russian president vladimir putin says his country will follow washington's late in suspending a landmark nuclear arms control pact could this be the start of a new arms writes. i'm rebecca rich's welcome to the program in venezuela a high ranking air force official in general has declared allegiance to opposition leader one quite oh general francisco younis released a video statement via twitter saying he recognized why go as interim head of state it's a major victory for quite a who's been working hard to persuade bennett's whan his armed forces to abandon support for president nicolas maduro let's hear what the general had to say. i'm addressing you today to say that i reject the illegitimate and dictatorial authority of mr nicolas maduro and except one quite go as the president in charge of the boulevard in republic of venezuela ninety percent of the armed forces oppose the dictator and support the venezuelan people. meanwhile that high profile backing comes. as thousands of protesters rallied for fresh demonstrations in the capital. in caracas and elsewhere in venezuela these images

long but it is exclusive footage news they had been successful came immediately after of love him or putin gave his i knew all the states of the nation address the president said in his speech that the drone could be in full operation by spring so that's within a number of months time it's been described by most school as a planned modernization of military capabilities to conjure hostile u.s. moves here's what both the russian defense minister russian leader and the say about poseidon ready. to do this we conducted successful drills of a nuclear powered cruise missile with unlimited range to boot events nick and poseidon an underwater pilotless device with unlimited range we didn't say before but i can now announce that this spring we will launch the systems first nuclear submarine. was business. we successfully completed offshore tests of the pilotless underwater poseidon drones says its crew has passed the necessary training the main aim of this work is to provide military security for our country without increasing the current budget and without being involved in an arms race well the

union address president putin reveals russia. we'll bring you unique video of the tense also in the president's speech today. with all u.s. partners have to be honest and straightforward with russia does not pose a threat to anyone or any actions we take. that is to say in defense. of red but. if necessary. washington must be honest with. you coming up on the program a former acting director of the f.b.i. . oath in the past is used in the media as a credible source stating. claims. the president said he did not believe that north koreans had the capability to hit us here to which the president replied i don't care i believe. on the awards no self-respect journalist would ever want to when we report on the. news of the year. every year or tuning in from writes are on the globe this hour welcome to. my names you know neal good to have your company our top story the russian defense ministry failed to shove a success. tested underwater drone named poseidon here is the video. tests on the weapon system news they had been successful ca

will state of the nation address president putin reveals russia has successfully tested a new nuclear powered underwater drone bring you video of the test for the program . when our u.s. partners have to be honest and straightforward with russia does not pose a threat to anyone and the actions we take or retaliate that is to say in defense. is that russia doesn't pose a threat but can defend itself if necessary he also reiterated the washington must be honest with moscow. and a former acting director of the f.b.i. claimed had lied under oath in the past is used in the media as a credible source alleging a slew of incendiary claims trump. the president said he did not believe that north koreans had the capability to hit us here with missiles and to which the president replied i don't care i believe couldn't. live with me. welcome to the program the russian defense ministry has unveiled new footage of a successfully tested underwater drone named poseidon is the video of those tests on the new weapon system use they had been successful came immediately after vladimir putin gave his annua

yeah, there's no doubt putin sees -- there's a lot of geopolitics here, and putin sees there's an opportunity to make some hay for russia, in other words, cut a deal with the north koreans. and that is good because he sees everything in a zero-sum game. it's good for russia which means it's going to be bad for the united states because we're not in the driver's seat trying to run and make sure that agreement on the korean peninsula happens. it's also good for russia because china always gets very nervous when russia starts talking about things on the korean peninsula. china kind of sees it as their sphere of influence. so this is great for putin because it's very disruptive. the chinese and the russians sort of have a love-hate relationship because they have a lot of stuff in common right now. but they also have a lot of things that divide them historically and that are going to be problems for them in the future. again, this is win-win for putin. he gets a lot of things out of this. he makes the united states look bad and makes china nervous. that's, again, a good thing if you're looking at

putin also claim that russia still wants friendly relations with washington nato has condemned putin's threats as unacceptable and renewed its calls for moscow to comply with the i know treaty a pact now on the verge of crumbling. all right want to talk now about some of the other stories making news around the world. saudi arabia's crown prince has held talks in delhi with indian leaders following his visit to pakistan saudi officials say mom had been so mom hopes to play a diplomatic role in deescalating the situation between pakistan and india tensions have flared after last week's attack in indian administered kashmir. in morocco police have clashed with teachers protesting for higher wages and promotion opportunities believes the teachers would be taunts when they try to walk towards the royal palace in the capital who bought and multiple injuries have been reported . in britain three lawmakers have quit the conservative party in protest of what they call the government's disastrous handling of regs that they are joining a new independent group in parliament the defections are a m

president putin reveals russia. that. also ahead. straightforward with russia does not pose a threat to anyone or any action. in defense. of the nation address stressing that russia's actions in the international. defensive . confrontation with its partners he also reiterated that washington must speak with russian. the president said he did not believe the north koreans have the capability to hit us here to which the president replied i don't care i believe also coming up on the program. claims. to be a russian. on the awards. so when we were poor. celebrating the fake news. of the world this is our. company i'm in and we begin with breaking news the russian defense ministry. presented new images of a successfully tested under water drone called poseidon that was announced and mediately after gave his annual state of the nation address the president mentioned it saying that the drone could be in full operation by spring it's been described as a planned modernization of military capabilities to contra hostile u.s. moves here is was p

tonight with russian money and muscle in his annual state of the nation address president vladimir putin has promised to improve the living standards for all russians within a year he also made a thinly veiled threats in his speech directed at the united states morning washington against deploying any new missiles here in europe nato quickly reacted to that speech by denouncing what it said were an. acceptable threats. it's one of the most important domestic political events for the russian president in his fifteenth state of the nation address but a mere putin promised a raft of measures to improve economic and social conditions for his people above all families should benefit putin promised them tax breaks as well as better child care. but are there. thanks to the many years of joint efforts and the successes we have achieved as a result we can now heavily invest in our country. people should already notice how things are getting better. the russians are certainly hoping things will improve incomes have fallen since two thousand and thirteen putin's popularity has cratered there have b

after he moves the nuclear treaty putin moves to develop powerful new weapons including a missile that would be extremely difficult to intercept. you're in the situation room. i'm wolf blitzer. >>> breaking news even has calls for him to after the discovery of a racist photo in his medical school yearbook. she begging for more time to show he is not a biget. it he doesn't want to leave as a racist for life. as president trump gets rad di for tomorrow night's state of the union which was postponed during the government shutdown aids say he will appeal for bipartisan ship but say demands for border wall funding is the biggest obstacle to averting another shutdown just 12 days from now. house speaker of the judiciary committee and correspondents are standing by with full coverage. let's begin with this real political fire storm surroundin. he is resisting as the entire story becomes more complex. ryan nobles is joining us right now. what's the very latest? >> well, right now there's been 72 hours since the racist photos immernl immerged. the governor attempting to hold onto power. we are

then that would intensify the international security situation if you go through the process putin once again cast himself as the country's patriarch appealing for the solidarity of the russian people in. political times. and i'm now joined here on the set by sarah gong a russia expert with the german council on foreign relations a very warm welcome not present when used his address to tell to the new weapons that are at russia's disposal and also some barely veiled a warnings directed at the united states were you surprised by that no not at all so their relations to the west what you asked have always been a big issue in also in domestic discussions in russia and for the presidency if a footnote so it was not as a surprise that he touched upon that and also not a surprise that he touched upon that in a pretty aggressive manner pretty aggressive manner i mean you know mr putin criticize the u.s. for a pulling out of that major nuclear arms treaty this month how did he exactly address that specific issue so for us to eat accused the ass of breaking the i.n.f. treaty before russia did so

intelligence that believes president putin. well i've found in politics that when things don't pass the smell test it's because they probably. are true and in this case i can see the president there are so quick to impugn the president and by the way so books so he's going to say just about anything now the mccabe is saying this third hand matters and second to that i can imagine the president saying as much distrust that i have in you top officials at the f.b.i. in the intelligence community i probably trust president putin more than you i could see him making a joke or something scoffing at in frustration at these people that he's a mouth mostly purged but i certainly don't give any credibility the idea that the president seriously considered trusting. a leader of a foreign country over his own own intelligence data good to have your thoughts on the topic that will in my republican state senator john lothian thanks for coming on. now the u.s. house of representatives has released a report indicating that the white house may b

so does that mean it had to be putin? it could have been someone else with access to -- >> come on, come on, you're not going to engage in an act of nuclear terrorism in downtown london without the knowledge of the office of the president. >> today we begin the open hearings in the inquiry into the death of alexander litvinenko. >> reporter: in january 2015, a public inquiry opened in london. it's a victory for marina, who, along with her attorneys, fought not eight-year legal battle to make it happen. on the opening day, her attorney argued the evidence leads to one disturbing conclusion, which litvinenko himself reached before he died. >> mr. litvinenko came to the awful realization that he had been the victim of a political assassination by agents of the russian state. an expert witness testified the polonium that killed litvinenko could have only come from russia. president putin's spokesman declined our request for an interview. and in 2015 putin gave lugovoi a medal, the order of merit to the fatherland, second clas

grow as the possibility of a superpower standoff moves a step closer to russian president vladimir putin says his country will follow washington's late into spending a landmark nuclear arms control tucked could this be the start of a new arms race also coming up and as well as a political crisis poised to enter a new phase claimed president on why doak calls for record breaking protests as the country's socialist ruling party celebrates. i'm rebecca it is welcome to the program russia has pulled out of a cane nuclear arms control treaty one day after the u.s. did the same in a statement released by the kremlin president vladimir putin said our american partners have announced they're suspending their participation in the deal and we're also suspending aus we will wait until our partners have matured enough to conduct an equal meaningful dialogue with us on this important topic hooten also ordered his ministers not to initiate disarmament talks with washington and said russia would start working on new missiles the tit for tat moves comma after america's secretary of state announced the u

president putin was responding to the u.s. decision to pull out of the cold war a cold war era i.n.f. treaty secretary of state mike on pios said washington is suspending its compliance because moscow been breaching the arms control agreement the us says its weapons like these s s c eight cruise missiles with a range of more than five hundred kilometers that show russia has violated the treaty. over the latest let's bring in our moscow correspondent emily show and emily president putin is now following suit after the u.s. pull out of the treaty is this an escalation. well rebecca from the russian side this is certainly more of a tit for tat reaction putin today said the u.s. is pulling out so we're pulling out the u.s. is looking into building new weapons so we will do the same and this is very much the russian side kind of shifting the blame for this whole i.n.f. treaty basically falling apart to the u.s. they said today as well putin his defense minister and the foreign minister that actually the u.s. they repeated this accu

traveled to putin's hometown of st petersburg to hear what locals think about that city's famous son. nic yeah i'm. president putin on russian state television following his victory in the presidential elections last march he won seventy six percent of the votes not success awaits us yes. so far though there are a few signs of the success and polls say now less than a year later only a third of russians still trust their president we talked to some people in putin's home city of st petersburg the head of the local youth wing of putin's united russia party says he still backs the president. our president strength lies in his strategy for the development of russia only the killers here but this art history student says there are other reasons for putin's strength. should go ideal that a good leader needs to be fed and putin is respected because he is fair as long as people are afraid of him he will be a strong president. yet the. president but even if many people do fear him putin's power is on the decline especially since he packed his government's controversial pension reforms these p

worries grow as the possibility of a superpower standoff moves a step closer russian president vladimir putin says his country will follow washington's lead in suspending a landmark nuclear arms control pact could this be the start of a new arms race also coming out tennis while as political crisis poised to enter a new phase of the crime president one calls for record breaking protests as the country's socialist ruling party celebrates twenty news in town we'll talk to our correspondent in caracas for the likes. of. i'm rebecca read his welcome to the program russia has pulled out of a key nuclear arms control treaty one day after the u.s. did the same in a statement released by the kremlin president vladimir putin said our american partners have announced they're suspending their participation in the deal and we're also suspending house will wait until our partners have matured enough to conduct an equal meaningful dialogue with us on this important topic. putin also ordered his ministers not to initiate disarmament talks with washington and said russia would start work on new missiles the

the country's embassy in berlin is complicit also coming up the start quickly warning from vladimir putin you know who has taken a combative tone with the west in his annual state of the union style speech but he also promises russians improve living conditions as polls show in full in popularity for the longtime president plus calling it quits just three close to politicians from britain's ruling conservative party defect to the newly formed independent group citing its a recently disastrous telling a break there is yet another blow to the embattled prime minister who's traveling to brussels to make the case for who breaks the deal again. mark thank you so much for your company everyone we began with a story that you may over call the case of the saudi teenager who barricaded herself in an airport hotel room last month to escape her family while we're off the holiday was also really given asylum in canada but she's not the only woman who has fled from this deeply conservative country a number of saudi women have now come to germany to seek asylum but they claim they're being threatened b

headlines are to international state of the nation address president putin reveals russia's successfully. powered underwater drone bring you video of that program. when all u.s. partners have to be honest and straightforward with russia does not pose a threat to anyone any actions we take or retaliate that is to say in defense. stresses that russia doesn't pose a threat but can defend itself if necessary and also reiterated that washington must be honest with moscow and not. before acting director of the f.b.i. claimed. in the past is used in the media as a credible source alleging a slew of incendiary claims president donald trump. the president said he did not believe that north koreans had the capability to hit us here with ballistic missiles and to which the president replied i don't care i believe putin. thanks for joining us here live at r.t. international from moscow. you're very welcome with us on the program this. the russian defense ministry has confirmed it's unleashed a successful test of an underwater drone named for side and here's the video of those tests on the new weapon

putin sees the u.s. withdrawal from the inf trereaty as russi's most crucial issue. >> russia does not want to be the first to place these missiles in europe. but if they are produced and stationed in europe, and the u.s. has not denied doing this, then that would intensify the international security situation. reporter: putin once again cast himself as the country's patriarch, appealing for the solidarity of the russian people in difficult political times. brent: for more on today's speech i'm joined here at the big table by janis kluge. he is a russian expert with the german institute for security known as the swp. janis, it is good to have you on the show. let's talk about this speech. president putin used the address to warn that there would be serious consequences if the u.s. puts any new missiles here in europe. how serious is this threat? janis: well, i think that any threat like this is obviously serious, but we also have to consider that everything that he said today was not news. all of that we

at his annual state of the nation address president putin reveals russia has successfully tested a new nuclear powered underwater drone and we'll bring you unique video of the test also in the president's speech. well all u.s. partners have to be honest and straightforward with russia does not pose a threat to anyone and the actions we take to retaliate that is to say in defense. putin stresses that russia doesn't pose a threat that can defend itself if necessary he also reiterated that washington must be honest with moscow and not use quote trumped up accusations. a former acting director of the f.b.i. who is claimed to have lied in the past is used in the media as a credible source. of in century claims that. the president said he did not believe the north koreans had the capability to hit us here with ballistic missiles and states to which the president replied i don't care i believe. it's a sensitive deal kept under wraps as house democrats in the u.s. north china investigation into alleged secret plans the white house is ready to transfer nuclear power to saudi arabia. from the ru

what is putin threatening? >> reporter: this is some of the strongest language we've heard from vladimir putin about a possible new nuclear arms race between the u.s. and russia and a nuclear confrontation between the u.s. and russia. vladimir putin ripped into the u.s. for pulling out of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty and said that if the u.s. positions intermediate range nukes in europe, that the russians would not only target those sites, but would target calling it a decision making capital. >> translator: russia will be forced to create and develop weapons which can be used not only toward those territories from which direct threats may be directed at us, but also toward those territories where centers of decision making and rocket systems that are threatening to us. >> reporter: he said the weapons are purely defensive in nature, but at the same time he also pointed to a new russian hyper sonic missile which he said the development of which was firmly on track th. >> sounds like we just lost

how does putin tell that to trump? >> i know the briefers from other intelligence asians shared with the president on that occasion that that assessment was contrary to all of our intelligence, and that is when he mentioned that he believed what putin had to say. >> the more we seem to learn about this president's behavior, the more we keep coming back to vladimir putin. i'm joined now with charlie savage. barbara mcquaid who is an msnbc contributor, and clint watts who is a former fbi special agent. clint, to you first, andrew mccabe was being briefed by an officer who was in the room talking about sbjs matters. what does it mean go back to the deputy fbi director and in turn relayed the news. >> i find it with high credibility. consistent with so many times that president trump has taken the word of vladimir putin over other intelligence agencies. we have seen that three different times where he essentially repeated kremlin pr propaganda. going all of the way back through history and he went against the intelligence

tore up the intermediate nuclear sorry intermediate range nuclear forces treaty mr putin called on the american leadership to be honest we were a member that the donald trump administration insisted on ditching the agreement because it claimed russia was violating it and we found out first these plans initially that happened last year believes that the americans were doing this because russia and the u.s. were obliged to limit their intermediate range missile arsenals while other countries didn't here's what else we heard from the russian president on that. well u.s. partners had to be honest and straightforward with they should not have used trumped up accusations and allegations to unilaterally withdraw friends like they did in two thousand and two which they did in an honest way when they pulled out of the i.b.m. treaty i felt it was done the wrong way but at least they did it in a straightforward manner but how do they act in fact they violate everything and find excuses to put the blame on someone. they mobilize their. and going along with them. now having heard several speakers a

but two, we've seen time and time again that when trump and putin get together, president putin spins lies and disinformation that president trump accepts. so we've heard that he thinks that north korean missiles can't attack us had of we've heard that people like me in helsinki were involved in some cockamamie scheme to launder money out of russia to help the hillary clinton campaign in 2016. we've heard crazy stories about how the people in montenegro are going to start world war iii. all of that is putin disinformation. what's just shocking to me is that our president of the united states, the commander in chief of the united states, parrots it. that's very troubling. and that, andrea, is all the stuff that we do know. there's still a lot of things i'm sure they discussed that we haven't even heard about yet. >> and here is andrew mccabe talking about willie geist on "morning joe" today about what the suspicions were and why they opened an investigation into a relationship between donald trump and vladimir putin. >> do you believe, as some have suggested, that the president of the

i'm chris cuomo good to have you with us russian president vladimir putin will deliver his annual state of the nation address later today it comes amid the background of an economy aching under western sanctions with russians being forced to tighten their belts and the country's financial sector seems to be in turmoil as well some of russia's biggest banks can only survive thanks to financial aid from the government the w.'s drugs or its reports. prams bank and oak creek are just two of the financial institutions that russia's central bank has stepped in to save decisions that cost millions for their losses could be on the horizon reports suggest that some one hundred fifty banks in the country are on the brink of collapse lack of capital is a major problem from what i bonkers from three groups the central bank maintain strict oversight of the small and medium sized financial institutions but it's more lenient towards the big banks they adopt the principle of too big to fail. if they bring sort of big before. the central bank traditionally intervenes to prevent the demise of major banks

as his annual state of the nation address president putin reveals russia has successfully tested a new nuclear powered and the want to drive and we'll bring you unique video of the test also in the president's speech next week well all u.s. parliaments have to be on mission straight forward with russia does not pose a threat to anyone and the actions we take are a charlie a tree that is to say in defense. doesn't appear ten stresses that russia doesn't pose a threat they come defend itself if necessary he also reiterated that washington must be honest with moscow and not use quote trumped up. acting director of the f.b.i. who is claimed had lied and for the past is used in the media as a credible source alleging a slew of in century claims that don't want trump the president said he did not believe that the north koreans had the capability to hit us here to which the president replied i don't care i believe. this sensitive deal kept under wraps as house democrats in the u.s. know which an investigation into alleged secret pounds the white house is ready to trounce a nuclear power to sa

at his state of the nation address president putin reveals russia's successful new nuclear powered underwater drone bringing video of that test. will our u.s. partners have to be our mission straight forward with russia does not pose a threat to anyone any actions we take to retaliate that is to say in defense. and also stresses that russia doesn't pose a threat but can defend itself if necessary he also reiterated that washington must be honest with moscow and not use trumped up. also this hour a former acting director of the f.b.i. who claimed to have lied under oath in the past is used in the media as a credible source alleging a slew of incendiary claims against donald trump. the president said he did not believe that north koreans had the capability to hit us here with ballistic missiles and to which the president replied i don't care i believe. the sensitive deal kept under wraps as house democrats and the u.s. investigation into alleged secret plans the white house is ready to transfer nuclear power technology to saudi arabia. thanks for joining us live on r.t. international and. welco

. >> you know, i don't care, i believe putin. you hear so much about how president trump doesn't work well with staff. he doesn't like listen to his briefings. he doesn't take any advice from his so-called advisors. seems like that's not true about north korea. seems like he's very, very willing to be briefed. he is very willing to take advice on north korea from one very, very special advisor. just the one, though. and his name is vlad. the president heads to meet one on one with the dictator again and today the foreign minister of russia, sergei, flying off to meet with kim jong-un once again, sergei lavrov today bragged to the press about how the trump white house has been asking the kremlin for advice ahead of this summit with kim jong-un, too. this is the headline in the associated press today. quote, russia:u.s. asks for advise on north korea talks. here is the lead, quote, russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says the united states asked mosc moscow's advice in dealing with north korea before the summit with president do

he's doubled his appreciation down his feeling for putin and willing to criticize putin against members of his own party and administration. that has not changed. you're right, this is yet another -- it is i big piece of the -- a big piece of the puzzle. we don't see the big picture yet. we also don't know if we will fully see it. will that be the moment the american public really wants? >> i think everybody's anticipating and this mueller report there are going to be 100 more things like this but if it doesn't land, it doesn't land and that's sad. >> i agree with you. one more question for you, the withdrawals from syria, you know, served putin's foreign policy interest. this is all reporting about someone in there. it looks like they hardwired the trump team to carry out a foreign policy agenda. is there anything left on it? >> you're right. 1 it's been said more than once but if vladimir putin were to design a foreign policy, it would be many ways what we're seeing from the white house, a few exceptions here and there. syria being a great example. at this point the president has not

state of the union address president putin reveals that russia has successfully tested a new. test in the president's speech. with all u.s. partners has to be straightforward with russia does not pose a threat to anyone or any actions we take. and defense mr putin stresses that russia doesn't pose a threat defend itself if necessary. washington must be honest with russia. in a world. director of the f.b.i. under oath is used in the media as a credible source. the president said he did not believe that the north koreans have the capability to hit us here to which the president replied i don't care i believe. journalists would ever want to when we report on the french ceremony celebrating the fake news. just a day in buenos aires ten pm in bangkok and six in the evening right here in moscow this wednesday february the twentieth you're welcome to our to international top story the russian defense ministry has presented new images of a successfully tested. water drone named poseidon here is a video of those tests all me new weapons system news they had been successful came immedia

over him but what does putin have on him? and why is trump so loyal to putin as opposed to seemingly his own people in his own country? now, you can label that whatever you want. there may be crimes that are chargeable, there may not. but there really can be no question from a rational observer that trump is very loyal to and beholden to putin. and mccabe and others saw that early on, before many of us really fully grasped what was going on. and the obstruction part, you know, again was happening in plain sight. but for a lot of people, it took a while for us to understand the magnitude of it and what it really could mean. it wasn't until recenty started talking about it in the terms you just talked about it with jeremy, in other words, that it was possibly part of a conspiracy or act on behalf of the russians and not some separate obstruction. and remember there had also been all of this activity during the campaign that they were taking into account. including trump himself calling out to the russians and the trump tower me

plus president putin hunting in taiji tiger in the wilds of siberia those yellow vests protesters marching under of. the stories that stole the ceremony in france for the first fake news items of the past year. for good morning this is out international with me kevin though in life. i just turned eleven am now this wednesday headlines a bit more detail first the. acting director of the f.b.i. andrew mccabe has provoked a firestorm of controversy by claiming both in a new book to the media that the u.s. president is in the kremlin's pocket do you still believe the president could be a russian. i think it's possible i think that's why we started our investigation i think the president is a threat is that what that means i think it's entirely possible i think that's one of the reasons why we opened the case against him we had. good reason. to consider that the president might be a threat to national security did you suspect the president might actually be working for russia he thought that might be possible the u.s. justice department fired. last year just before he was set to retire as a lea

president putin reveals russia has successfully tested a new. video and also the president's speech which would be. straightforward with russia does not pose a threat to anyone and the actions we take. that is to say in defense putin stresses that russia does not pose a threat but. history he also reiterated that washington must be honest with quote. director of the f.b.i. who has claimed. in the past is used in the media as a credible source alleging that. the president said he did not believe that north koreans have the capability to hit us here to which the president replied i don't care i believe. democrats in the u.s. launch an investigation into the white house is ready. to run the clock across the world this is your r t international from the team myself you know neal hello and welcome to our top story the russian defense ministry has on field new footage of a successfully tested underwater drone named. video of those tests on the new weapon system used. been successful came immediately after putin gave his annual state of the nation inte

what does this mean putin has succeeded at, if true? >> before try to answer that hard question, i just want to remind your viewers how crazy this moment is. i think we get a little numb because we've just been hearing it so many times, but the president of the united states is siding with putin, somebody who sees us as the enemy, against the entire intelligence community. and i for five years worked in the u.s. government and got up every morning and read the reports from our intelligence community. they are there to inform the leaders, the decision-makers. they're not partisan. and yet he does this time and time again. it's shocking. now to your harder question, who -- how did he do it? i don't know the answer to that. you know, that's partly why i think we need mr. mueller's investigation to come to a conclusion. but it is remarkable and unprecedented in u.s. history. >> ambassador mike mcfaul, thank you, as always, for coming on our broadcast and taking our questions here tonight, especially after this eventful weekend in the news b

to which the president replied, i don't care, i believe putin. >> i believe putin, he said. quite an account. it's not sitting well with the president that called mccabe a disgrace. mccabe has plenty to say as you'll see when he joins us tomorrow night on the program. so what else did he have to say in the interview last night? >> so anderson, it was the first time that we get to hear from him on the record, talking about his interaction during the several day period where it appeared things were extremely chaotic after the firing of the former fbi director james comey. mccabe told us it was he who decided to launch this counter intelligence investigation into the president because he had feared that the president was compromised by russia. he ordered the obstruction investigation and really one of the things that i found most fascinating was how he described his interaction with rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who as we know wrote that memo that ultimately the president used as a way to fire the former fbi director and just their interaction and then rod rosens

. >> you know, i don't care, i believe putin. you hear so much about how president trump doesn't work well with staff, he doesn't to listen his briefings, he doesn't take any advice from his so-called advisers. seems like that's not true about north korea. seems like on north korea he is very, very willing to be briefed. he is very willing to take advice on north korea from one very, very special adviser. just the one, though. and his name is vlad. today president trump heads off again to meet one on one with the north korean dictator again. now today the foreign minister of russia, sergey lavrov, the same guy who met with trump in the oval office, today on the occasion of trump flying off to go meet with kim jong-un once again, sergey lavrov today bragged to the press about how the trump white house has been asking the kremlin for advice ahead of this summit with kim jong-un too. this is the headline in the associated press today. quote, russia. u.s. asks for advice on north korea talks. here's the lede. sergey lavrov says the u

president putin is talking about a tit for tat should the u.s. point missiles toward europe and while the state department has responded, there has been no tweet, no comment, nada from the president like the fire and fury comeback he once gave north korea so let me turn to cnn national security analyst steve hall, retired cia chief of russia operations. good to have you back. when you first hear andrew mccabe say this, do you suspect that he knows something that we don't or is he going off of what is out there in the public? >> i think it's a fair assessment to say he knows things we don't know and he's talking about some of those things and not others but the one that caught may attention is when he said it's possible the president was an asset. it's important for viewers not to get caught up in the semantics of this, whether he's an agent or an asset. there's a lot of different technical terms used for this but you have to ask whose best interest is the president working towards? is it russia or the united states? that's really what the heart -

to which the president replied, i don't care, i believe putin. >> i believe putin, he said. quite an account. it's not sitting well with the president that called mccabe a disgrace. the fbi and country. mccabe has plenty to say as you'll see when he joins us tomorrow night on the program. so what else did he have to say in the interview last night? >> so anderson, it was the first time that we get to hear from him on the record, talking about his interaction during the several day period where it appeared things were extremely chaotic after the firing of the former fbi director james comey. mccabe told us it was he who decided to launch this counter intelligence investigation into the president because he had feared that the president was compromised by russia. he ordered the obstruction investigation and really one of the things that i found most fascinating was how he described his interaction with rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who as we know wrote that memo that ultimately the president used as a way to fire the former fbi director and just their interaction

could not have been put off by five or ten years what president putin has chosen to take on the. negatively affects people's quality of life it's made the. another weakness is putin's apparent inability to get a handle on corruption while most russians are seeing their earnings dwindle the powerful elite keeps getting richer. corruption has always been an issue during effect if the illusion will be to decentralize the states and parliamentarian is an m.p. won't allow that are getting it up with. we've had governors and ministers of the russian federation indicted and locked up in the fight against corruption but that rarely happens elsewhere like in europe of. europe with it. europe in the us are becoming increasingly skeptical of relationships with the west aren't rock bottom another minus point for. russia has always struggled with the west it's partly entity. which would sometimes russia once a better than the west russia and the west will never be friends and the human sense of the word. of. the floor just on the couple of countries that are prepared to work with us on econom

and they claim the country's embassy in berlin is complicit also coming up start warning for vladimir putin you know who has taken a combative tone with the west in his annual state of the union speech but he also promises russians improve living conditions as polls show a fall in popularity for the longtime president plus calling it quits three close to politicians from britain's ruling conservative party defect to the newly formed independent group citing it's a recently disastrous calibrate there is yet another blow to the embattled prime minister who's traveling to brussels to make the case for who breaks the deal again . thank you so much for your company everyone we began with a story that you may over called the case of the saudi teenager who barricaded herself in an airport hotel room last month to escape her family while we're off the hotel cancun was also only given asylum in canada but she's not the only woman who has fled from this deeply conservative country a number of saudi women have now come to germany to seek asylum but they claim they're being threatened by their families