enter vladimir putin. russia's president is trying to erase the memory of his country's humiliation. to restore its power, its influence. but modern russia isn't reinventing the soviet union — its methods are different. these people in the kremlin do understand that idea of restoration of the former superpower is impossible. but they have other ideas, and their idea is to be a blackmailer, to be a producer of mischief, to be the grand spoiler in the world, to be the nightmare for the neighbours and for the outside countries. so this is the new idea of superpower and empire. it is an idea that russia has put into practice close to home. in 2014, masked soldiers in unmarked uniforms seized control of a ukrainian peninsula, crimea. they acquired the nickname "the little green men". but they were russian special forces sent in by president putin after ukraine's pro—western revolution. at a referendum, voters backed joining russia. but the poll wasn't internationally recognised. it had taken moscow less tha

enter vladimir putin. russia's president is trying to erase the memory of his country's humiliation. to restore its power, its influence. but modern russia isn't reinventing the soviet union — its methods are different. these people in the kremlin do understand that idea of restoration of the former superpower is impossible. but they have other ideas, and their idea is to be a blackmailer, to be a producer of mischief, to be the grand spoiler in the world, to be the nightmare for the neighbours and for the outside countries. so this is the new idea of superpower and empire. it is an idea that russia has put into practice close to home. in 2014, masked soldiers in unmarked uniforms seized control of a ukrainian peninsula, crimea. they acquired the nickname ‘the little green men'. but they were russian special forces sent in by president putin after ukraine's pro—western revolution. at a referendum, voters backed joining russia. but the poll wasn't internationally recognised. it had taken moscow less t

putin that ukraine and not vladimir the elections. it does not matter that it has been debunked. including testimony under both from senior officials serving and the trump administration and again by the ig report today. the president's defenders have repeated this conspiracy anyway including shamefully several of my colleagues in the senate. in an effort to protect the president at all costs the grand old party and the senate has become the conspiracy caucus. one conspiracy theory after another. none of them with basis in fact. it is no laughing matter. conspiracies are not harmless. they are sinister, they are insidious, they damage our democracy. the president has spent three years undermining the credibility and faith in our law enforcement and in our intelligence community. and he has forced the doj to use resources on those conspiracies. instead of fighting the opioid epidemic, countering chinese intellectual property theft and cyber operations or countering russian aggression, the doj at the has done attorney general barr was s

as the chips seem to be falling in vladimir putin's favor. you had the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani continuing to dig up dirt on the bidens and trashing the state the president. of course you have the impeachment of president trump. no surprise that vladimir putin is very much in the corner of the u.s. president. here's what we're learning. >> article 1 is adopted. >> after the impeachment by the house, president trump lashing out. >> i don't feel like i'm being impeached because it's a hoax. it's a set up. >> vladimir putin seems to feel the same way. speaking at his marathon press conference which features not only journalists but people from all over russia. often praising their leader while asking questions putin blasted impeachment. claiming democrats made it all up. >> it's still has to go through the senate where as far as i know the republicans hold the majority. so it's unlikely they will want to remove the representative of the party. for some made up reasons. >> those aren't the only trump and republican talking points

putin. >> tucker: vladimir putin. are you now or have you ever been upon a vladimir putin? you would think -- they would say things like that out loud but of course they never do. not only are these people unwise and hysterical, they are also kind of dumb. d and because shifting mental gears is hard for dumb people, it turns out the entire staff at mbm bc is still pretending that russia collusion is the most important story there is. it's like robert mueller never rodelivered his report. >> is a possible donald trump takes his belief in the world from the president of russia?tr he's acting as a russian asset. he's amplifying talking points put together by the kremlin. >> i can't come up with a plausible explanation for all of these officials wanted to turn our government over. >> the enemy is russia which seems to have consumed one of america's great political parties. >> the constitution is a piece of paper they would rather rip up or cut into segments rather than defend this country at all costs. the russians set th

this always keeps coming back to russia and vladimir putin. there's been too much secrecy around it. and so groups like american oversight, democracy forward, and i hope congress will keep their eye on this because even after we sprint through this impeachment process, there's a tidal wave of accountability behind this president and we have to keep fighting to suppose. >> it austin evers, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >>> when we come back, isabel bueso will be our last guest of this hour. she was issued a death sentence by donald trump when donald trump ordered her deportation, sent her a deportation notice. she's here getting life-saving treatment. isabel bueso will join us in tonight's last word. the united explorer card hooks me up. getting more for getting away. rewarded! going new places and tasting new flavors. rewarded! traveling lighter. rewarded. haha, boom! getting settled. rewarded. learn more at the explorer card dot com. and get... rewarded! at chevy, we're all about bringing families together. this ti

putin. >> tucker: vladimir putin. are you now or have you ever been upon a vladimir putin? you would think -- they would say things like that out loud but of course they never do. not only are these people unwise and hysterical, they are also kind of dumb. and because shifting mental gears is hard for dumb people, people are still pretending that russia collusion is the most important story there is. it's like robert mueller never delivered his report. >> donald trump takes -- he's acting as a russian asset. he's amplifying talking points put together by the kremlin. >> i can't come up with a possible explanation for all of these elected officials seem to just want to turn our government over to vladimir putin. >> this time the enemy is russia which seems to have consumed one of america's great political parties. >> the constitution is a piece of paper that they would rather rip up or cut into segments rather than defend this country at all costs. and, they joined the bad guys in the world, and the republicans at-larg

said he and vladimir putin are elder statement. a lot of them is the selling to turkey and vladimir putin is making -- is working hard to make that happen. it is hard to me -- it is clear to me what is in it for president putin. he can peel off turkey from native and a u.s. alliance. what is in it for turkey? why does president erdogan benefit from this? a numberurkey has had of problems with united states and nato over the last years. president erdogan was very frustrated the united states and the eu were slow to respond to the coup attempt against him in july 2016 whereas vladimir putin reached out much more quickly. he has also been frustrated with united states for approaching a faction of kurds in syria. thats also been clear russia has played a much more active role on the ground militarily in syria. own objectives in syria, it has been in his interests to align himself more closely with the russians than the americans. erdoganerdogan that said, i do not think -- that said, i do not think erdogan is wanting to shift with the

we don't know what vladimir putin will do then. what we do know is that, although russian winters are long, they do end eventually. and so, eventually, will the putin era. but what comes next? what kind of leader? it's too soon to predict. steve rosenberg, bbc news, siberia. with all the sport now, here's karthi at the bbc sport centre. good evening. a world cup winner after one of the most incredible games of cricket ever witnessed and an ashes innings not seen for a generation made ben stokes the public‘s choice to be bbc sports personality of the year. the england cricketer finished ahead of six—time formula one world champion, lewis hamilton, who was second, and the world 200 metre champion, dina asher—smith in third. joe wilson reports from aberdeen. 10,000 waited warm indoors in aberdeen. not gareth thomas. he had been cycling from cardiff, sometimes with friends, but always with the same intention, to spread the message of tackling stigma. gareth played 100 rugby internationals for wales. he is hiv positive. and he was

>>> so vladimir putin is marking 20 years in power today. he remains a central figure in many of the world's international issues. our fred pleitgen is live in moscow with more. 20 years with such a strong grip on power. >> strong grip on power and a growing confrontation with the west. just to drive that point home, a couple of minutes ago i got a wire saying the russians conducted drills with a medium range missile that the u.s. says threatens america's western european allies. you can see that that confrontation is something that's constant and indeed seems to be growing. here's a look back at 20 years of vladimir putin in power. after nearly 20 years in power, vladimir putin continues to polarize praising russia's advances in hyper sonic missile technology which moscow just announced it has deployed for the first time and standing by president trump as america's leader faces impeachment. putin's reign began after his predecessor boris yeltsin announced his resignation in his new year's address on january 1st, 2000. vladimir putin, the ne

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but as it relates to vladimir putin i don't know the answer. i find it sort of comical that we're repeating -- he is obviously a better white house communications director than me because he has the talking points and everybody seems to be using those talking points. but, you know, my thing with the russians, very simple, we're adversaries with them in a lot of different ways but i always felt this way and a lot of my republican and democratic friends will disagree with me. we have to figure out a way to bridge the gap and have some level of peace with the russian government and russian people. it is just too complicated a world not to. >> there is reporting about the russian president's influence on the president and his views about ukraine. and these conspiracy theories he has been spouting during this impeachment investigation process. this is all coming from people who won't put their name on the record, from former senior white house officials. you've been out there publicly putting your name and face to the things you're expressing. does

vladimir putin knew that couldn't ever happen. the problem wasn't the ukrainian people liked the idea. even when putin promised new aid to ukraine, the will of the people was still clear. it wanted to be part of the eu, no matter what putin was offering. the - - sign revolted again. what started on november 21, 2013 as a small demonstration grew in just a few days to a 100,000 person protest. the demonstrators took over and he refused to leave.a violent crackdown by police in the last days of november didn't curb the enthusiasm. in the face of - - determined protesters strapped on pots and pans as makeshift armor. and they took to the streets and the crowd kept on coming and growing. vladimir putin thought the cold of january would break the crowd. he was wrong. in february, as the sochi olympics kicked off, the protesters were still there by the tens of thousands. wearing their makeshift 21st-century defensive kitchenware. hold for warmth around trashcan fires. had transformed into a very protest about democracy itself. the demon

she's written literally the book on vladimir putin. so, i think you are getting, you know, the only people who disagree with this thesis are people who don't want to face the truth. >> greg, what is your reporting suggest in terms of all the calls from inside the house? we've seen fiona hill because she was subpoenaed to testify in the impeachment. we've heard from george kent for the same reason. but they both testified to john bolton's alarm. are there more fiona hills, george kents, and john boltons inside the government? or is there anybody else who believes the russian propaganda that comes out of trump's mouth? >> are there others into i.d.? i'm not quite following. >> is trump isolated or are there people like fiona hill and tom bossert who are still trying to pull him toward the u.s. intelligence agency's belief that it was indeed russia? or have they thrown up their hands? do you understand this to be active? >> i mean, look. so those people who have sought to convince trump that his view of this is without merit, that the evi

this always keeps coming back to russia and vladimir putin. there's been too much secrecy around it. and so groups like american oversight, democracy forward, and i hope congress will keep their eye on this because even after we sprint through this impeachment process, there's a tidal wave of accountability behind this president and we have to keep fighting to expose it. >> austin evers, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >>> when we come back, isabel bueso will be our last guest of this hour. she was issued a death sentence by donald trump when donald trump ordered her deportation, sent her a deportation notice. she's here getting life-saving medical treatment. isabel bueso will join us in tonight's last word. ord. (music) if you have moderate to severe psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable, with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaq

we don't know what vladimir putin will do then. what we do know is that, although russian winters are long, they do end eventually, and so eventually will the putin era. but what comes next? what kind of leader? it's too soon to predict. steve rosenberg, bbc news, siberia. kate and william, the duke and duchess of cambridge, will be showing off their culinary skills for a festive bbc show with national treasure, mary berry. the special programme will see the royal couple combine cooking with a tour of good causes they are supporting this christmas. our royal correspondent daniela relph has had a sneak preview. baking royalty meets real loyalty. but it was the duchess of cambridge who was a super fan here. she even confessed one of prince louis's first words was mary, due to the number of mary berry cookbooks around the royal kitchen. so do you do a bit of cooking with your children? yes, i really enjoy it. again, for them to be creative, for them to try and be as independent as possible with it. actually, one of the last things we

. >> reporter: vladimir putin seems to feel the same way. speaking at his annual marathon press conference which features not only journalists but also people from all over russia often praising their leader while asking questions. putin blasted impeachment claiming democrats made it all up. >> translator: it still has to go through the senate where as far as i know the republicans hold the majority, so it's unlikely they will want to remove the representative of their party for some made up reasons. >> reporter: and those aren't the only trump and republican talking points putin was parroting. the similarities and the rhetoric often striking. >> when they didn't win at the ballot box they pursued a russian collusion narrative and special counsel robert mueller had to waste time and taxpayer dollars to prove false. when the russian collusion deception didn't work, madam speaker, democrats sought a new path forward to impeach president trump. >> translator: one party that lost the elections, the democratic party, is now trying to achieve its

. >> 20 years ago today, vladimir putin took over as acting president of russia. we have a look back at his two-decade tenure marked by early missteps and confrontation with the west. hey you dang woodchucks, quit chucking my wood! geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> vladimir putin has held onto power in russia through three u.s. presidencies so far and is accused of helping put president trump in the white house. putin marks two decades in power today, and as cnn senior correspondent fred pleitgen explains, the small man politics that helped putin's popularity in the beginning may be hurting him now. >> reporter: after 20 years in power, vladimir putin continues to polarize, praising russia's advances and hypersonic missile technology which moscow just announced it has deployed for the first time, and standing by president trump as america's leader faces impeachment. putin's reign began as the predecessor boris yeltsin announced his resignation in 1989. vladimir putin immediately laid out his ambitious plans. >> tra

and then also touched upon his extradition to russia vladimir putin said that this. was a bloody murder that he had blood in his hands that he was he was engaged in terrorist activities and he pointed out he put out a popular in the way that europe approached this case version of. it. was recently we also had that decision handed down from what about the 4 year ban on russia from international sport always climbers response on that. well this is this is an issue that has that is embarrassed humiliated i would say russia and many russians if they took the decision very close to heart and it just seemed so unjust to many russians the bad. our athletes the entirety of the olympic team from competitions from the olympics and many other teams you know 'd sporting teams from events all over the world in all sorts of disciplines i mean. to made an example of a 14 year old figure skater what would she know about she was too young to compete when when the decision when the scandal erupted and now russia has been banned twice in a row something that is unprecedented in its inj

the election was stolen by vladimir putin with theg. ucomplicity of donald trump. she should be president, in fact, she really is. but they are not supporting her in another campaign. i don't understand. it doesn't make any sense at all to me. why is that? >> joe biden, the centrist pick and leading in every poll. think about the past year, joe biden accused of being a t racist by kamala harris and senile by julian castro, immigration, burisma, all of these things, and he still leads the democratic field by a large margin. so because of that, no reason to hop off of that horse unless the horse will start losing steam. i think that is why you are seeing support for biden maintained. and as you know, changes are done. >> tucker: you know the real answer in the recent leading democrats didn't call for hillary to get in the last year. they think she is a loser. and they don't want to say that in public, but that is what they really think. >> i don't think you can call her a loser. she won the last general election. >> tucker: that is what the democrats think of her app

we don't know what vladimir putin will do then. what we do know is that, although russian winters are long, they do end eventually. and so, eventually, will the putin era. but what comes next? what kind of leader? it's too soon to predict. steve rosenberg, bbc news, siberia. anna karina, one of the icons of france's new wave cinema, has died at the age of 79. she starred in some of the best known films made by the director jean—luc godard, and directed films herself. david ba mford takes a look back at her life. anna karina was one of the most prominent actresses of the french new wave cinema in the 1960s, starring in movies such as pierrot le fou and alphaville. she was an important inspiration, professionally and personally, for one of france's best—known directors, jean—luc godard. the two married in 1961, though they divorced in 1965. they made numerous films together, including le petit soldat, in which she played a pro—algeria activist, une femme est une femme, through to made in usa. anna karina was also known as a s

putin that ukraine and not putin interfered in the 2016 elections. it does not matter that it has been debunked. including testimony under both from senior officials serving and the trump administration and again by the i.g. report today. the president's defenders have repeated this conspiracy anyway, including, shamefully, several of my colleagues in the senate. in an effort to protect the president at all costs, the grand old party in the senate has become the conspiracy caucus. one conspiracy theory after another. none of them with basis in fact. it is no laughing matter. these conspiracies are not harmless. they are sinister, they are insidious, they damage our democracy. the president has spent three years undermining the credibility and faith in our law enforcement and in our intelligence community. and he has forced the d.o.j. to use resources on those conspiracies. instead of fighting the opioid epidemic, countering chinese intellectual property theft and cyber operations or countering russian aggression, the d.o.j. attorneyhest of general ba

on saturday bello russian president alexander look at shankar and his russian counterpart vladimir putin met to discuss deepening an existing union treaty between their countries fishley became a union state 20 years ago but so far the agreement has mainly existed on paper moscow has recently been pushing towards further integration both governments insist the negotiations are purely economic but the protesters in minsk don't believe that the rallies organizers say the demonstrators are defending their country they chant for independence. many here carry european flights and the band red and white flag of the 1st independent state. in the past 25 years the russification avella roast has gone so far that it's hard to say where independence begins or ends we don't want to road my printer gratian with this card game of the fate of penrose's unacceptable we want independence the most. unauthorized rallies like this one are rare and valorous and can be dangerous but the protesters say they will keep taking to the streets to fight for their country's future. you know if the nation's climate co

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doing it with vladimir putin is especially dangerous. i've been in many of those meetings whe meetings with vladimir putin and he is not afraid to use disinformation and make things up completely to see how you'll react. and president trump has done this time and time again. by the way, it's kind of personal because he did it once in helsinki. i don't know if you recall that. >> i do. >> when president putin said, oh, president trump, there's a bunch of americans who broke our laws. and rather than saying that's crazy. that's cockamamie. that can't be true. president trump went along with him, as well, in that episode. and that was about me personally. so this is a pattern that putin uses. it's just shocking that three years into the trump presidency, he still listens to him. >> so what i take away, what i have always taken away from listening to you because we've had similar discussions a lot over the last few years. is that this would be bad practice for the president of the united states if he were meeting with the prime minister of c

we don't know what vladimir putin will do then. what we do know is that, although russian winters are long, they do end eventually, and so eventually will the putin era. but what comes next? what kind of leader? it's too soon to predict. steve rosenberg, bbc news, siberia. kate and william — the duke and duchess of cambridge — will be showing off their culinary skills for a festive bbc show with one of the uk's national treasures, mary berry. the special programme will see the royal couple combine cooking with a tour of the good causes they are supporting this christmas. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph has had a sneak preview. baking royalty meets real loyalty. but it was the duchess of cambridge who was a super fan here. she even confessed one of prince louis's first words was "mary", due to the number of mary berry cookbooks around the royal kitchen. so do you do a bit of cooking with your children? yes, i really enjoy it. again, for them to be creative, for them to try and be as independent as possible with it. actuall

we don't know what vladimir putin will do then. what we do know is that although russian winters are long, they do end eventually, and so eventually will the putin era. but what comes next? what kind of leader? it's too soon to predict. steve rosenberg, bbc news, siberia. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: reversing america's urban decline. how mexican immigrants brought a ghost town back to life. after eight months on the run, saddam hussein has been tracked down and captured by american forces. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at

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the election was stolen by vladimir putin with the complicity of donald trump. she should be president, in fact, she really is. but they are not supporting her in another campaign. i don't understand. it doesn't make any sense at all to me. why is that? >> joe biden, this interest pick and leading in every poll. think about the past year, joe biden accused of being a racist by kamala harris and senile by julian castro, immigration, all of these things and he still leads the democratic field by a large margin. so because of that, no reason to hop off of that horse list the horse will start losing steam. i think that is why you are seeing support for biden maintained. and as you know, changes are done. >> tucker: you know the real answer in the recent leading democrats didn't call for hillary to get in the last year. they think she is a loser. and they don't want to say them public but that is what they really think. >> i don't think you can call her a loser. she won the last general election. >> tucker: that is what the democrats think of her appearance because s

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as vladimir putin put it. however, this phone call seemed to of great importance. vladimir putin thanked president trump for a tip-off that the fbi gave to russian intelligence services that led to the arrest of two people in the st st. petersburg area. they were planning terrorist attacks in st. petersburg on new years eve. the russians are grateful for that tip-off. those two men, as the russians say, have pleaded guilty, this morning. they were just in court. that seems to be moving on. in other news, we have the conflict of ukraine that's part of the impeachment proceedings, as well. there was a prisoner swap that happened yesterday and late last night, where several pro-russian fighters were exchanged for ukrainian fighters in ukraine. maybe a bit of good news. too early to tell. there seems to be movement. again, that phone call, the first phone call between the two men in a very long time. you're right, christine. the only side that's been talking about it has been the russians so far. >> fred pleitgen

they have been adopting, as we said, vladimir putin's talking points. talking points that the intelligence community warned them was part of a russian propaganda effort, but they were so desperate to defend the president of the united states instead of the united states of america itself, that they actually pushed -- pushed these talking points. which i think, willie, it just -- it begs the question at this point in the proceedings, the democratic party and nancy pelosi, and i certainly understood this, they wanted to narrow the focus to ukraine to keep it simple. the president clearly violated his oath of office in what he did, it was easily proven, it's been proven over the past several weeks. he committed bribery. he bribed a foreign leader. said, listen, i will actually give you $400 million in military aid but you have to give me dirt on my political opponent. he got caught red handed. the republicans aren't doing anything about that. so the question is this. if they're going to act in such bad faith that they're now assets of russia using, again,

we don't know what vladimir putin will do then. what we do know is that although russian winters are long, they do end eventually, and so eventually will the putin era. but what comes next, what kind of leader, it's too soon to predict. steve rosenberg, bbc news, siberia. the bat used by baseball legend babe ruth to hit his 500th home run has sold forjust over $1 million at auction in california.babe ruth hit the landmark home run in 1929. the bat has been hidden in the cupboard of a family friend for decades. babe ruth items dominate the list of the most expensive sports memorabilia ever sold. the jersey he wore during his first ever game for the new york yankees in 1920 tops the list — it was sold for more than $4 million in 2012. kate and william — the duke and duchess of cambridge — will be showing off their culinary skills for a festive bbc show with someone who might outrank them as a national institution — the cook mary berry. the special programme will see the royal couple combine cooking with a tour of the good cau

on saturday belorussian president aleksander the question go and his russian counterpart vladimir putin met to discuss deepening an existing union treaty between their countries they simply became a union state 20 years ago but so far the agreement has mainly existed on paper moscow has recently been pushing towards further integration both governments insist the negotiate. are purely economic but the protesters in minsk don't believe them the rallies organizers say the demonstrators are defending their country they chant for independence. many here carry european flights and the red and white flag of the 1st independent belorussians state. in the past 25 years the russification of the roost has gone so far that it's hard to say where independence begins or ends so we don't want to road my printer gratian this card game of the face of penrose's unacceptable if we want independence or some just keep an authorised rallies like this one are rare and delivers and can be dangerous but the protesters say they will keep taking to the streets to fight for their country's future. berlin rolled o

there's no reason why vladimir putin's security in cyber should be immune from our attack if he is launching offensives against our country. >> joining us now connecticut senior senator, member of the armed services committee, richard blumenthal. thank you for joining me tonight. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> senator, you say the best defense is a good offense. but you're saying the u.s. should be prepared to engage in cyber attacks against russia in what event? that russia attacks the 2020 elections like it did in 2016? >> i have long advocated that we need to be capable of deterring that kind of maligned behavior against us, identifying it and calling it out. but also making sure that the russians cloe they will pay a price or as president obama said, that we can do bad stuff to them. and i'm particularly concerned about election security because already as our intelligence community has said publicly, the russians are attacking us. and what's encouraging about the report in "the washington post" is it reflects a view on the part of cyber comm that we do need to be more capable an

to be clear, our problems are with vladimir putin and his cronies. our allies have been pretty tough on his regime. we have imposed dozens of sanctions on many russian companies and nationals involved in the takeover of crimea, the war in ukraine, as well as human rights abuses in russia. in 2018, after russia used chemical weapons on a nato ally, we helped coordinate. the u.s. rotates troops through poland and the enhanced forward presence that nato has stationed troops in the baltics. america has provided lethal and nonlethal weapons. each of these sanctions is important. awever, they do not form cohesive u.s. strategy. to successfully determine future aggression, america including congress must think strategically about russia now and in the future. these witnesses to discuss the administration's current strategy towards russia and what it is intended to accomplish. i must also urge caution to the administration and congress about focusing our strategies on sanctions. sanctions are not a strategy for dealing with russia. they are simply eight will

new light shed on the president's relationship with vladimir putin. did the russian leader plant a seed that blossomed in that phone call with the president of ukraine? >> the first daughter on defense. when asked about how the president is handling life after impeachment. >> we start with president trump overnight, signing two spending packages, totaling $1.4 trillion. averting a government shutdown. the white house says the president signed the bills aboard air force one late last night on his way to mar-a-lago for the holidays. but as the president wakes up in sunny south florida this morning, back in washington, a cloud of uncertainty remains over what happens next in the impeachment battle. here is ivanka trump in a new interview. >> i think he sees it for what it is, which is really just raw partisan politics. >> on capitol hill, the impeachment showdown intensifies. the two chambers of congress caught in a bitter standoff as lawmakers head home for the holidays. and the house speaker nancy pelosi is holding impeachment in limbo saying she has n

policies with russia, you mean the authoritarian regime of vladimir putin. we have to be careful in not ekwa equating a great nation and a regime of vladimir putin. but i have to say having had now quite a few years of experience working internationally, including with political leaders here in the u.s. on issues relating to the kremlin, we have now seen this very unfortunate pact for almost two decades. we have the incumbent in the white house, of whatever party, trying to accommodate and enable and to use a term from a different historical era, appease the kremlin dictator. and then you have principled voices in congress, again on both sides of the political aisle. >> i'm talking about believing their world view. i've never seen an american president -- my political life goes back to when i was a kid, reagan. i've never seen an american president seem obsequious, really praise him, really seem to respect him and revere him. the current president seems to really revere. >> unfortunately we have -- if you recall george w. bush famously or infamously looked i

we don't know what vladimir putin will do then. what we do know is that although russian winters are long, they do end eventually, and so eventually will the putin era. but what comes next, what kind of leader, it's too soon to predict. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello i'm tulsen tollett, and this is your monday sport briefing, where we start with the news that cristiano ronaldo scored twice for italian champions juventus as they won 3—1win over udinese on sunday to move level with inter at the top of serie a. the turin outfit had dropped points in their previous two league outings, which included theirfirst defeat of the season against lazio last weekend — but the portuguese star was on song as he made it five goals in his past four games taking them level with inter who were held to a 1—1 draw at fiorentina. in the premier league, kevin de bruyne was at the heart of everything good that manchester city produced, scoring two and setting up the other one as third—placed city won 3—0 at

today, russian president vladimir putin described the ban as unfair. the original manifesto for the modern olympic games has set a new record for sporting memorabilia at auction. it went for 7.9 million euros. the 14 page document was written in 1892 either frenchman, pier decoubetent. the document which had never been shown in public before the auction outlines his vision for resurrecting the ancient greek games. visitors to the italian city of pompeii are about to see something special, the ongoing restoration of some of the world's most famous works of art. pompeii administrators opened the doors today and tomorrow, allowing the public to view work being carried out on frescoes in the orchard house, whwhat is knn as the casa del po teto, the work on the images of gardens or to mental plans, and flying birds is expected to be finished in february. you are watching dw. news live from berlin after a short break, i will be back to take you through "the day." we will have the latest on donald trump, the impeached u.s. president. ♪ [captioning performed

interrupt that to go back to our top story as president vladimir putin is wrapping up his marathon press conference let's listen. one of the state denies asians. to be precise in. reported income of $1500000000.00 as you see in your daughter maria $100.00. you should have a project she'd be one of the major. clinics in. so these 2 women they are being supported by your old friend this is what a listed company is we see that these 2 women are very often appearing on t.v. right now and everyone knows their names everyone knows how they look so this is no secret to anyone about you so my question is will you say right there are your daughters and when they will be open to the well as the daughters of the world leader. who is beautiful well you see. some business deals you mentioned one woman and the other lady maybe you missed something new do you have you mentioned the size of the business if you mention the dish areas you just came up with the fact that this is not enough for the need to dig deeper and you will realize your business and the church and whether they do have any business who

as a historic moment just last year vladimir putin opened kind of a road traffic on the bridge he actually drove across a truck across the bridge now we see him and then in a train he was addressing as well workers today the workers that build that built this bridge in as people here say record time and he was saying that this is a symbol that russia really can do everything and anything at all and we mentioned that people accuse moscow of building that bridge illegally i mean how is this being seen internationally. well this bridge is seen by the u.s. by the e.u. and by ukraine as well as a violation of ukraine's sovereignty of course ukraine sees the bridge as illegal in the sense that people passengers will be entering entering what they see as ukrainian territory via the russian mainland so that's kind of against against international law and there have been sanctions as well against russia starting in 2014 for the annexation and for russia's involvement in supporting separatists in eastern ukraine as well and the e.u. has just prolonged those sanctions for another half a year but it s

there's no reason why vladimir putin's security in cyber should be immune from our attack if he is launching offensives against our country. >> joining us now connecticut senior senator, member of the armed services committee, richard blumenthal. thank you for joining me tonight. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> senator, you say the best defense is a good offense. but you're saying the u.s. should be prepared to engage in cyber attacks against russia in what event? that russia attacks the 2020 elections like it did in 2016? >> i have long advocated that we need to be capable of deterring that kind of maligned behavior against us, identifying it and calling it out. but also making sure that the russians know that they will pay a price. or as president obama said, that we can do bad stuff to them. and i'm particularly concerned about election security because already as our intelligence community has said publicly, the russians are attacking us. and what's encouraging about the report in "the washington post" is it reflects a view on the part of cyber comm that we do need to be more capa

on a day in which that news is breaking, line there putin now at the meeting -- vladimir putin now at the meeting, how is that going to cast a shadow on this meeting? michael: right. knowing what we know of vladimir putin, this strikes at the heart more than anything else, more than sanctions, more than leaders shying away from him like at the g7 or the g20. it is something that he can't go back to russia and say this is nothing to the russian public. because this is something the russian public will really react to. this is shameful that our russian athletes have been put in this position. and i think quickly, i think it will further work to isolate russia both in the mentality of the russian people and also in terms of their leader. we will see how that plays out. it turned out not to be a good morning for vladimir putin today. vonnie: global affairs analyst michael, thank you very much for joining us from paris. coming up, president trump may be getting renewed pressure over his business dealings. that is next in our legal statement. this is "balance of power." ♪ kevin: this is "

>> right. >> these oligarchs are very important to vladimir putin's power. if something happened with them that makes them uncomfortable, messed with their personal data, is the expectation that they would say to vladimir putin, we do not like this. this is not working out for us? >> yes, it's something that could definitely get under president putin's skin. but, of course, this move isn't necessarily all that shocking. it's really interesting, this is really interesting new reporting from the "washington post." but in 2018, remember, president trump signed a directive that essentially gave the department of defense, the pentagon, the capability to make decisions in cyberspace that it was previously unable to make on its own. so under the obama administration, if they wanted to make any changes, carry out any cyberattacks, they had to go to the white house to get signoff. now they don't have to do that, so they can really develop these capabilities. and it's also interesting because lavrov, the former minister of russia, was just in washington earlier this m

we don't know what vladimir putin will do then. what we do know is that although russian winters are long, they do end eventually, and so eventually will the putin era. but what comes next, what kind of leader, it's too soon to predict. steve rosenberg, bbc news, siberia. here in the uk, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn and the shadow chancellor john mcdonnell have apologised for the party's defeat in thursday's general election. it saw the party lose 59 seats. mr corbyn said he was sorry they "came up short", while mr mcdonnell said he "owns this disaster". here's our political correspondent nick eardley. thejeremy corbyn era is coming to an end, but what will that mean for the labour party? how much does the party need to change after its disastrous election result? this morning, mr corbyn said he took his responsibility. his right—hand man went further. it's on me. let's take it on the chin. i own this disaster. so i apologise. i apologise to all those wonderful labour mps who've lost their seats who worked so hard. i apologise

but for three years, he's been close to vladimir putin. that said, if you look at what has happened around the world, whether russian activities in syria, supporting a man syrian leader who used chemical weapons against his own people, whether the fact that the iranians -- pardon me, russians are not on the same side as the americans on iran, i suppose there is some room for compromise or talks with the russians about north korea, but the north korean situation is not looking good. and the president's been reluctant to talk about election security. so i don't view relations as that good. i suppose that the president does, but i want to know where it looks good to you. to me, it looks pretty ugly around the world. >> and to that end, you recently told our jake tapper that russian foreign policy once smelled like dog poop, now like roses. really that you believe russia has a reason to feeling pretty good right now. do you think that they hold the upper hand here? >> they don't hold the upper hand in some ways. if you look at the american mil

vladimir putin is going to pull out all the stops. you're going to see wide-ranging and often innovative russian strategies, and the russians want trump re-elected. >> colonel peters, some sobering notions. thanks so much for your time. have a happy holiday. >> thank you. you too. >>> up next, how wine caves became a hot campaign topic. t-mobile is lighting up 5g nationwide. while some 5g signals go only blocks, t-mobile 5g goes miles... beyond the big cities to the small towns... to the people. now, millions of americans can have access to 5g on t-mobile. and this is just the beginning. t-mobile, the first and only nationwide 5g network. do your asthma symptoms ever hold you back? about 50% of people with severe asthma have too many cells called eosinophils in their lungs. eosinophils are a key cause of severe asthma. fasenra is designed to target and remove these cells. fasenra is an add-on injection for people 12 and up with asthma driven by eosinophils. fasenra is not a rescue medicine or for other eosinophilic conditions. fasenra