the mastermind is president putin.— is president putin. others disagree with that saying — is president putin. others disagree with that saying this _ is president putin. others disagree with that saying this is _ is president putin. others disagree with that saying this is simply - with that saying this is simply lukashenko taking revenge for eu sanctions on belarus. and whether russia is or isn't the mastermind, it certainly involved in this crisis. vladimir putin spoken to angela merkel on the phone twice perhaps mischievously he's offering to mediate. this analyst argues this is exactly what putin wants to be. this is one possible explanation for britain's approach was a little when he is president goes further. translation: it is totally clear what the lukashenko regime and allies are sinking. to what the lukashenko regime and allies are sinking.— allies are sinking. to test the uni of allies are sinking. to test the unity of the _ allies are sinking. to test the unity of the west. _ allies are sinking. to test the unity of the we

immediately, trump wanted to call putin. that is what putin wanted the the american president calling and treating him as an equal. a very easy triumph. he got trump to call him. the press in the u.s. was all over every time. they thought that he was a candidate. he was being manipulated in a different way by putin. being -- pressing buttons to get him to do what he wanted. it wasn't about black male or holding anything over trump other than trump seeming to like him. seeming to talk about him in favorable terms. i found that really disturbing. it was a counterintelligence risk. something that we all think putin may have on trump if he can beat that easily manipulated, you are in enormous trouble. >> coming in to ask. arguing to the extension, involved in overreach and russian relations with the west. especially since russia is more regional than a world power. >> certainly, i mean, it was not just in overreach, it was actually a threat. you know, my earlier, you know, when i was starting out, i actually did not think that i

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putin very quickly called the mob political protesters. turning this around and jumping right into the kind of rhetoric and words that had been used by president trump and his followers. i see the point you are making but what is interesting is that donald trump has not gone away, there is a strong possibility he will try to run again in 202a. the political polarisation in america has certainly not gone away and here is something that you have written. you said that this polarisation is ultimately a national security threat as well as a domestic challenge. in what way should all of us outside the united states see it as a national security threat to the united states? well, again, it is the possibility of external actors interfering and exploiting it and using it for more propaganda to sow more discord, turning it back again on the united states. the other point is that it really undermines our capacity for collective action. i am speaking out because i hope i'll get the attention of people on capitol hill who have a choice to make about h

press conferences and vladimir putin was asked abouthuman rights conferences and vladimir putin was asked about human rights abuses in russia and he quickly deflected and said look what is happening in the united states and he touched on race and racial discord and black lives matter movement, which is an old trope of soviet times as well as the russians. he immediately honed in on what happened onjanuary 6, 2021 where we had the mob storming the us capitol which was a shock for people in the uk too, thinking of similar things that might happen against the houses of parliament, for example. putin very quickly called the mob political protesters. turning this around and jumping right into the kind of rhetoric and words that had been used by president trump and his followers. i see the point you are making but what is interesting is that donald trump has not gone away, there is a strong possibility he will try to run again in 202a. the political polarisation in america has certainly not gone away and here is something that you have written. you said that this polarisation is ultimatel

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why would president putin take the risk? after all, the use of migrants as pawns on one external border of the european union, poland's, and the threats of gas supplies to bind moldova and ukraine closer, seems to be serving him pretty well. jeffrey, what exactly do you think vladimir putin's strategy here? vladimir putin has a habit of poking the west, - destabilising at every opportunity he can. l we've seen it with cyber wars, we have seen it. with the annexation of crimea in 2014, the invasion - of ukraine. this is a particularly- vulnerable time in europe and the west. angela merkel is handing over power, france is heading - into an election, joe biden is yet to assert a russia i doctrine which shows where he stands. - he says he's hawkish, it's not clear. - putin is having a lot- of fun testing and pushing and conspiring, and this is what he does well. i he still feels, as do a lot- of russians of his generation, a sense of bitternessl about the break—up of the soviet union, _ the annexation of former soviet states i

the mastermind is president putin. others disagree with that saying it is simply lukashenko taking revenge for eu sanctions and whether they are or are not the mastermind they are certainly involved in this process. putin has spoken to angela merkel on the phone and is offering to mediate. they have a track record of testing the west. did so in crimea, georgia and even in space by destroying a satellite and a missile test, much to nato's irritation and this isn'tjust about military might, because to understand putin's plans, we also need to think about energy too. this is the to gas pipeline. it runs from russia to western europe but it is not switched on yet stoppage has just delayed giving at the ok, but here it is, stretching under the baltic sea and when it is on, it will increase europe or reliance on russian gas. to borisjohnson, that is a problem. gas. to boris johnson, that is a problem-— a problem. the choice is shortly _ a problem. the choice is shortly coming, - a problem. the choice is| shortly coming, be

why would president putin take the risk? after all, the use of migrants as pawns on one external border of the european union, poland's, and the threats of gas supplies to bind moldova and ukraine closer, seems to be selling him pretty well. seems to be serving him pretty well. jeffrey, what exactly do you think vladimir putin's strategy here? vladimir putin has a habit of poking the west, - destabilising at every opportunity he can. l we have seen it| with cyber wars, we have seen it with- the annexation of crimea in 2014, the invasion of ukraine. - this is a particularly- vulnerable time in europe and the west. angela merkel is- handing over power, france is heading into an election, i joe biden is yet to assert - a russia doctrine which shows where he stands. putin is having a lot- of fun testing and pushing and conspiring, and this is what he does well. i he still feels, as do a lot- of russians of his generation, a sense of bitterness about the break—up of— the soviet union, - the annexation of former soviet states

putin's inner circle. >> that meeting is the starting gun. that sets hundreds of journalists off around the globe; within 12 or 24 hours, you have reporters from the philippines to israel to brazil who are announcing that they've found offshore secretive deals related to finance ministers or their transport minister or billionaires from their country. >> narrator: in the documents, the reporters were tracing how billions of dollars were being hidden from tax authorities, criminal investigators, creditors, and the public. >> hey, greg. >> narrator: early on, we began talking to greg miller of the "washington post" about what he was finding. >> they're all kind of windows into bigger stories that you've then, you see, wow, there'sme, more to that story than i, than i was capable of seeing or understanding previously, and you have to build it out with material outside the files. >> (speaking russian) >> narrator: around this time, a report surfaced on a russian investigative website about a woman named svetlana krivonogikh. >> (speaking russian)

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putin epitomised what he saw himself as. and based on what he saw prudence standing for. someone was a powerful, strong and donald trump use those words about vladimir putin frequently. he didn't have many cheques and balances on his power and he also saw him as very rich and very famous running the country like his own business. and people would say that's a very unfortunate way of thinking about vladimir putin because this is not what we expect from an american president. but donald trump really saw him, notices competitor in the contents of the relations, but vladimir putin is the kind of leader he wanted to emulate and is on style and approach to governance in the united states. ., . ~' governance in the united states. ., ., ~ ., ., states. you walked away from our 'ob states. you walked away from yourjob for — states. you walked away from yourjob for various _ states. you walked away from yourjob for various reasons i your job for various reasons but you faced a very tough choice to testify as part of the first impeac

there you are clearly drawing direct parallels between trump and putin. are you now engaging in the sort of hyperbole that your opponents were engaging in? i hyperbole that your opponents were engaging in?— were engaging in? i push back on that because _ were engaging in? i push back on that because i _ were engaging in? i push back on that because i am - were engaging in? i push back on that because i am also - on that because i am also laying out the facts and the facts are very stark because since that experience that i had, that we all had of watching the search impeachment unfold, the president went on to far more serious things, serious enough, right, basically trying to engage, as you laid it out, with the leader of a fun foreign country to open investigations into a fellow american politician, the main contender in the next presidential election, with the goal of undermining the other person's candidacy and taking opposition campaigning to a different level. but since then we saw president trump talked down the presidential election to the point

. >> what did trump want from putin, and did you ever believe that putin had something on trump or was he a master manipulator? >> very sadly, the issue realizing that circumstances people would ignore criticism. they wouldn't feel like they need to rise to debate about it and i talk in the book about how president trump had enough to make sure that people kept track of nasty things they said about him so he could get his revenge at some point and if they were a foreign leader they would meet with a a key person but then hes susceptible and what he wanted to hear from the world leaders is where they going to be nice to him. it's are you going to be able to deal and work with the level of the president of the united states. but they always wanted to know does someone like him respect him with the exchange of love letters he was upset when he was seeing the reflection these are people he b wanted to be recognized as the strongman intd the superrich into superpowerful. he says this openly and repeatedly. what he had was this knowledge that he could be manipulated and a classic example i w

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putin's inner circle. >> that meeting is the starting gun. that sets hundreds of journalists off around the globe; within 12 or 24 hours, you have reporters from the philippines to israel to brazil who are announcing that they've found offshore secretive deals related to finance ministers or their transport minister or billionaires from their country. >> narrator: in the documents, the reporters were tracing how billions of dollars were being hidden from tax authorities, criminal investigators, creditors, and the public. >> hey, greg. >> narrator: early on, we began talking to greg miller of the "washington post" about what he was finding. >> they're all kind of windows into bigger stories that you've been covering foa long time, then, you see, wow, there's more to that story than i, than i was capable of seeing or understanding previously, and you have to build it out with material outside the files. >> (speaking russian) >> narrator: around this time, a report surfaced on a russian investigative website about a woman named svetlana krivonog

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t5 president lukashenko and president putin?— president putin? is your reporter _ president putin? is your reporter said, _ president putin? is your reporter said, presidentj reportersaid, president lukashenko has orchestrated lu kashenko has orchestrated this, lukashenko has orchestrated this, flying these people to belarus deliberately. he wants to cause havoc in the eu, he wants to punish the eu for the sanctions imposed on them really since an election which was falsified and for other things he has done to his people and possibly downing a plane. he certainly is if you like the evil genius behind this. the role of russia and president putin is maybe a little less clear. this looks as if this was present lukashenko's idea. he is very dependent on russia for its economic help and energy supplies and it is very difficult to imagine that if russia did not want belarus to be doing this, that it would not pull some strings to get lukashenko to back down. as we heard in the report, russia backing belarus and say things like maybe the eu should play belarus some money and help take ca

putin has an expression. he says he will insert the bayonet and continue to push until he meets steel. >> reporter: despite russian units that are thousands of miles away from their headquarters and russian special forces troops, u.s. officials and outside experts say they don't see signs that russia will invade ukraine within days or weeks, but those sources say putin could launch an invasion as soon as january. despite president biden's stern warnings to putin over the russians' recent aggressions on the ground, cyber and elsewhere, putin could have an advantage over biden. >> he's not reacting to our agenda. he wants us to be uncomfortable, always reacting to him and offering him concessions. >> reporter: analysts point out vladimir putin has his own political risks. the russian people are fed up with the pain of economic sanctions, burned out from russia's involvement in recent conflicts. if he invades ukraine, they could push back on him. >> thank you very much. >>> still ahead president biden's veterans

in _ putin? russia and belarus are very close allies. in fact _ putin? russia and belarus are very close allies. in fact russia - putin? russia and belarus are very close allies. in fact russia is - close allies. in fact russia is between two countries in this relationship, like an elder brother, russia has the upper hand in this relationship first of all because of the belarusian economy which is heavily dependent on russia and its financial resources support, but still president lukashenko is trying to be like an equal partner. it is of course difficult to be an equal partner, but we know he behaves quite unpredictable, his policies, trying to play between the west and russia on the contradictory, and he is trying to get some advantage in this relationship, so possibly sometimes he can do some unpredictable things that could be not even waited from moscow. flan unpredictable things that could be not even waited from moscow. can i also ask you — not even waited from moscow. can i also ask you about _ not even waited from moscow. can i also ask you abo

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putin is engaged in some sort of nefarious game here. is the migrant crisis a cover for new hostile action inhe ukraine? or is it a cover for takeover of belarus, which we suspect is going on at the moment. trying to present himself as sort of a mediator, whereas the true game plan may be the takeover of belarus using this crisis as a pretext to bring in russian troops, which has already happened, and gradually take over control. >> that is the lithuanian governnt telling the bbc that at tension is focused on belarus. thsecretary-general of the defense alliance nominate oklahoma shares his concerns. >> in recent weeks we have seen large and unusual concentrations of russian forces close to ukraine's borders. similar to russia's buildup in crimea and the black sea region earlier this year. the fact that we see this buildup also reduces any warning time beten a decision in russia before they are able to conduct a militaraction against ukraine. i don't want to speculate, but we need to be honest about the potential capabilities that russia

it's that reading of putin's mind. where does he want this process to end, and that's a hard calculation. >> undoubtedly a hard calculation. thank you so much for walking us through that. >> thank you. >>> staying overseas, israeli officials say a 35-year-old man was killed and four others wounded today in a shooting in jerusalem. the gunman was shot and killed by police on the scene. israel identified him as a member of the political wing of hamas and in a statement hamas called the attacker a heroic martyr. today's shooting comes days after a 16-year-old palestinian was shot dead after stabbing two israeli border police. >>> new this morning protests in the netherlands over coronavirus restrictions. they turned violent as you can see on the left-hand side of your screen. dutch police made dozens of arrests in the hague and other towns after rioters set bicycles and wooden pallets on fire. it's planning to ban unvaccinated people from entering certain venues as well. >>> authorities in vienna, austria, say an estimate

steve cohen and joe wilson, one democrat, and one republican who say they won't recognize vladimir putin as a russian president. should he run for office and be re elected in 2024? they have cited the amendments made to the russian constitution back in april. the effectively reset the previous presidential terms and gave putin a green light to run for office in 2024. of course he's serving currently the 2nd 6 year term. it would allow him to ruin in 2024 and then in 2020, at the end of his 1st 6 year tim, theoretically, but it's exactly that which has upset the u. s. now, despite the amendments being voted for by 77 percent of the russian population, the u. s. is called a violation of the laws of the russian federation and going against completely everything that russia should stand full on the international arena. the 2020 amendment to the russian constitution were enacted in violation of the laws and

putin and russia also -- well, putin wasn't president at the time but russian forces went into georgia in 2008. when putin threatened something, he usually delivers on it. one way or another. and i think that we should be very careful not to think that this is an idle threat. the bigger question is of course, what do they want out of all of this. >> so what does russia get out of this? if they invade ukraine, what does putin get out of it? >> i think putin hasn't made up his mind yet whether they are invading or not but he wants to have the coercive diplomatic potential here. he's even said this in a recent speech to his ambassadors. that he wants to see the tensions mount so that the west, the united states and europe are listening to russia. and what putin wants to have is a neutralized ukraine. so a ukraine that looks more like austria did, for example, during the cold war, a neutral country that's not affiliated with any european institution. of course, austria is now in the european union so that model doesn't really hold. basically he wants to have a complete veto of ukraine's fo

putin wants it to run. the other is called yamal. it runs from russia through belarus into germany for a couple of days there was not delivering a lowly lot of gas. at one point it was going the wrong way, heading back east when germany and other western european countries because renewables didn't perform and they are trig to stock up before a expected hard winter, they said we will take all the gas you can, they thought putin was playing hard ball to get the in order stream 2 operational if we start to see a reduced flow of gas from russia or concerns about flows, that could be a direct benefit to many u.s. companies, both public and private. names that we know, a name like schwan ear, which sells a lot to poland venture capital t, llurian right now, one company in russia supplies 30% of the natural gas to europe. a little bit of breaking news. earlier today at the kopp 26 summit the head of the, u's climate change commission s said -- it may be tiging people out, but we are realizing if you move too quickly and your heat costs too

the first to warn the russians, warn putin that the u.s. is monitoring these concerning troop movements they're seeing around the border of ukraine. the second is to gauge russia's intentions. what are they trying to do here? intimidate ukraine? doing some kind of military exercise or are they preparing for some kind of invasion? the biden administration does not want to take any chances here and so bill burns, the cia director, has been key intermediary throughout these last few weeks as they have seen this concerning military activity near the ukrainian border. bill burns also called ukrainian president vladimir zelinsky to brief him on what the conversation had been like, explain the u.s. is monitoring this, is concerned about it and as well, the state department actually sent a senior official to kyev last week to reiterate the u.s. support, u.s. concerns and get any feedback from the ukrainians as to what support the u.s. can give to them. >> what else did burns discuss with putin? i assume a cia director might bring up more than one i

i spoke to vladimir putin today and asked him to appeal to president lukashenko. because people are being used. they are victims of an inhumane policy and something must be done about it. brent: let's pull in our political correspondent. what do we know about this phone conversation? >> german leaders and angela merkel, they have been using stronger words in recent days to refer to what is happening. also toward belarus. that was clear from angela merkel when she spoke to vladimir putin earlier today. her spokesman referring to that phone call and within the eu, there is an understanding that she is on her way out, that her influence might be waning. it is also clear that one area in which she can't play a role is by talking to vladimir putin, a leader with whom she has had a working relationship throughout her career as chancellor. both leaders have differences, but angela merkel has stressed time and time again the importance of having channels of communication with russia and there is hope that one of those channels but have an impact in the put go crisis. the

there's no way vladimir putin is actually going to invade. is he? well, we don't know. we don't know what does the calculations of what we need to know. busy that actually a invade the ukraine in 2014. he and that crimea in violation of all the international agreements including gradually cranium. and then he moved, he's a regular groups in the bus, in the east. oh, great. so i put him, invaded the ukraine. russian troops here and despite all the agreements that were assigned to regarding squire and the 1st 5 also signed in 2014. and that's been 2015. ringback you have, you met us, use fire now you also use fire, but i've just checked the pool. the daily report of special when you are in mission, all or se, organization for security done corporation in europe. and just yesterday there were 800 violations, all cease fire one d. so basically that he's on point grass and ukrainian always ups and downs. we don't see a large military offensive right now. but at any time, there could be a possibility. but so alexi, what you're saying is, effectively the war never ended from 2

i think putin is a geopolitical strategist, he is _ putin is a geopolitical strategist, he is not — putin is a geopolitical strategist, he is not a — putin is a geopolitical strategist, he is not a fool. he is at the moment— he is not a fool. he is at the moment desperately trying to get the german— moment desperately trying to get the german regulatory authorities to approve — german regulatory authorities to approve the stream pipeline to get his russian gas flowing into europe. so he _ his russian gas flowing into europe. so he has _ his russian gas flowing into europe. so he has at — his russian gas flowing into europe. so he has at other issues. he doesn't really want to stand off at europe _ doesn't really want to stand off at europe right now, in fact, i don't think— europe right now, in fact, i don't think he's— europe right now, in fact, i don't think he's particularly pleased with lukashenko by all accounts barb ramping — lukashenko by all accounts barb ramping up the rhetoric. lukashenko has got _ ramping up the rhetoric. lukashenko has got his— ramping up the

putin already demonstrated his appea appetite. his alliance with shiancoe now offers him the closest yet, and poland has borders with three german states and authorities have warned they counted at least 5,000 crossings with the connection to belarus. the perceived threat of out-of-control migration played a key role in the destabilizing rise of populism. or taking a page out of the book of the turkish president who has unthreatened to unleash mass migration in order to distract from the eu. authoritarian governments who control the flow of migration to europe will use that weakness to their advantage. those who will suffer the most from such cynicism is, as always, the migrants themselves. thank you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. it's the season of smiling. and at aspen dental, we make it easy to gift yourself the smile you deserve. new patients, start today with a full exam and x-rays, with no obligation. if you don't have insurance, it's free. plus everyone saves 20% on their treatment plan wi

steve cohen, who's released a press release today as a proposed resolution to not recognize vladimir putin as president of russia. should he stand for reelection in 2024. and should he be re elected? they're citing the amendments made to the motion constitution in april, which effectively reset presidential terms and meant the president putin could ruin for a further to turn to sick. she attended the 1st in 2024, and the 2nd of those in 2050 units exacting that that has upset the us. now, despite the amendments being voted for by 70 subset rushes population, the u. s. has called them or the u. s. wilson and cohen, i should say, have called them a violation of the laws of the russian federation and going against everything that russia should stand full on the international arena. the 2020 amendments to the

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i think it's really important to understand why putin is doing this. this sort of spoiler menacing role is very much i think part of his domestic focus. his domestic oppression, which have been writing quite a lot about, is gaining and becoming a much more oppressive, much more nasty sort of quasi shifictic state. the way he uses his antagonism with the west as a justification for this, as a cold war mentality, justification for the domestic repressive behavior. and having a ukraine that is a deep stabilized, ideally quasi-failed state is exactly what he wants. a stable ukraine supported by the west is absolutely something that putin cannot count on. so, like david, i don't think we will see tanks rolling across the border any time soon but the presence at the border is menacing ukraine, the use of gas as a leaver to do that to, to make sure ukraine is perpetually unable to stabilize and unable to function, is part of putin's geopolitical move and serving his own power base and ensuring he can keep that. >> i have to say, i look at these energies short

there's no way vladimir putin is actually going to invade. is he? well, we don't know. we don't know what other calculations. busy of which is we need to know. busy that actually a invade the ukraine in 2014. he and that crimea in violation of all the international agreements including gradually, graham. and then he moved, he's a regular groups in the bus, in the east all your grades. so i put him, invaded the ukraine, russian troops there. and despite all the agreements that were assigned to regarding squire and the 1st 5 also signed in 2014, and that's been 2015. you have, you met us, use fire. now you also use fire, but i've just checked the poor, the daily report of special when you are in mission or se, organization for security done corporation in europe. and just yesterday there were a 100 violations, all cease fire one the. so basically there is on going grass and ukrainian was ups and downs. we don't see a large military offensive right now. but at any time, that could be a possibility. but so alexi, what you're saying is, effectively the war never ended from 2

vladimir putin keeps him in power. the economic ties have gotten a lot closer because of a lot of the sanctions that have been levied on belarus. you can see how alexander lukashenko by the day and by the week is someone who is in power at the behest of vladimir putin. and that's certainly something vladimir putin appears to want to keep it that way as well. and at the same time, of course, if belarus remains in the orbit of vladimir putin and remains a staunch ally of russia, that's also very important for countries like ukraine as well. we have seen in the past couple of weeks and in the past couple of days, the u.s., for instance, warning they believe russia could be making moves towards ukraine. there certainly is a very tense security situation in this part of europe and it's been something that's been going on for a while. all of that plays into that as well. you can see the ukrainians reacting to all of this. they have also beefed up their border forces as well because they believe that they could be the next to

putin. as you say, it's clear that mr. putin and lukashenko are working together on this. this is another attack, really, on the west, on the nato allies in an attempt to split them. and europeans, they're allies are supporting poland and lithuania, as is the united states. >> what does support look like, though, and can it hold up? the people caught in the middle are going to be the victims here, and i know that folks are concerned about that as well. >> they are. these are real people that are suffering real deprivations. it's cold in the woods with no shelter and little food. this is a humanitarian issue. this shows the length that mr. putin and mr. lukashenko will go to to attack the west. this needs to be on humanitarian grounds, but to defend their borders is there as well. >> and they're both official nato allies. ambassador bill taylor, it was great to have you. i think you put everything that's going on into that larger perspective. none of this is happening in isolation. putin is pushing us on a number of fronts. anyway, ambassador, thank you, and thank you all f

no, putin is not intending to take over the ukraine. what he's wired to fight and what he's concerned about is whether the key f in a desperate attempt to get nato and european support for an imploding authority. and it's going to try and use this dumbass as the tool in which to extract further support. nature's already set it towards hope. remember that defensive ex defense preset that to about 3 weeks ago in europe has been selling them or weapons merican for promising them or weapons to try and reunite really great bass you crave. and putin has no desire to go and take on, you know, the mess ukraine, unless there was a real fear that forces back by the west, we're going to overrun the dog. and then it's, you know, it's the old story that you saw in britain with the falkland islands. it's about kick them k, k. most of these people. many, if you go to moscow, most russians have got a cousin or relative said listen, don't boss. i mean, it's a russian speaking area totally, russian speaking, these russian currency and they're all closely

that putin is trying vibration shipped to gain concession. why in the world we accept this? no, the, the, the, the situation around your pain is certainly dangerous and it become more dangerous . but it's not as dangerous as the berlin crisis in 1961. if you're in missile crisis, 1962, when, when kremlin brinkman ship, ah, brought the world to thermonuclear war, the threshold with them on the war. we are much stronger than russia today. oh, there's no reason why we need to panic. so again we, we produce a strong reaction, i think by just doing that. and then the russians want to talk, that's fine. but the most important thing is that strong reactions to put knows the consequences, the nasty consequences for his team. if in fact, he escalates alex, him going to bring you in here in just a moment by do and a half from puzzle and moscow. what do you make of own john hubs? cummins most we hear from russia, moscow different opinions coming out of washington. and in the present situation, even from the by ministration. but those of course there have been warnings. there have been

there's no way vladimir putin is actually going to invade. is he? well, we don't know. we don't know what other calculations of which is we need to knows. busy and actually go to invade the ukraine in 2014 here. next crimea in violation of alls, international agreements including gradually cranium breed. and then he moved. he's a regular groups in the bus in the east. oh, great. so i put him, invaded the ukraine. russian troops here and despite all the agreements that were assigned to regarding ceasefire and the 1st 5 also signed in 2014, the next and 2015. ringback you have, you met us, use fire now you also use fire, but i've just checked the pool, the daily report, or special when you are in mission, all or se, organization for security dunker ration in europe. and just yesterday, there were 800 violations, all use fire one d. so basically that he's on who in russia, ukraine young with ups and downs. we don't see a large military offensive right now. but at any time there could be a possibility. but so alexi, what you're saying is, effectively the war never ended fro

the effectively reset the previous presidential terms and gave putin a green light to run for office in 2024. of course he's serving currently the 2nd 6 year term. it would allow him to ruin in 2024 and then in 2020, at the end of his 1st 6 year tim, theoretically, but it's exactly that which has upset the u. s. now, despite the amendments being voted for by 77 percent of the russian population, the u. s. is called a violation of the laws of the russian federation and going against completely everything that russia should stand full on the international arena. the 2020 amendment to the russian constitution were enacted in violation of the laws and international commitments of the russian federation. the waiver of the presidential term limit resulting from those amendments is illegitimate. any attempt by vladimir putin to remain in office beyond the end of his current and final term shall warn non recognition on the part of the united states. now, of course, as you can imagine, this has precipitated a swift reaction from moscow who say the amendments are legal and now constitutional o

congressman threatened to no longer recognize friday, may putin's presidency. if he's re elected in 2024 or correspondent danny armstrong gave him more details earlier. so this is the proposed resolution from u. s. congress to us congressman, in particular as steve cohen and joe wilson, one democrat, and one republican who say they won't recognize vladimir putin as russian president . should he run for office and be re elected in 2024. they have cited the amendments made to the russian constitution back in april. the effectively reset the previous presidential terms and gave puting a green light to run for office in 2024. of course he's serving currently that 2nd 6 year term it would allow him to run in 2024. and then in 2020 at the end of his 1st 6 year tim, theoretically, but it's exactly that which has upset the u. s. now despite the amendments being voted for by 77 percent of the russian population, the u. s. is called a violation of the laws. busy of the russian federation, and going against completely everything that russia should stanfull on the internat

secretary, how much power does this give vladimir putin over europe right now? >> i made the statement over the course of the last 48 hours that i was asked about the price of crude because of the lack of supply, the biden administration sending clear messages to the fossil fuel industry, they don't like them, they are going to put policies into place, regulations into place, they're shutting down pipelines, so the crude market is really being restricted i don't think it's out of the ordinary i think we're 82, $83 today, in six months you could see $100 crude prices blglobally and that will really bust a lot of budgets as we go forward. >> bank of america has a 120 brent crude target i think in early spring but something you and i have spoken about in the past, the nord stream ii a lot of political fighting over this you have a new administration coming in germany with the renewables sort of having trouble with the wind, literally the wind did not blow as much as expected in parts of italy and england and this desperate rush for gas and coal, putin has to be lov

the question is what is vladimir putin's endgame? it's "way too early" for this. ♪♪ >>> good morning. welcome to "way too early," the show that hopes there aren't supply chain issues with its thanksgiving pecan pie. i'm jonathan lemire on this thursday, november 18th. we'll start with the news. >>> president biden gets a firsthand look at future with american automobiles touring general motors' factory zero in detroit, michigan. the infrastructure plan provides billions of funding to build a nationwide network of electric charging stations. the president even got behind the wheel and test drove one of gm's new electric hummer. it goes 0 to 60 in just three seconds, something the president appears to put to the test. it's also quiet. he also stressed the economic benefits of his plans. >> i just want to mention three pieces of good news today. first, through the leading rating agencies on wall street, they confirmed today the economic proposals we put forward for the nation, the infrastructure law we just signed in the build back

well, ithink, again, putin has everyone off guard. you have the us secretary of state warn russia that they shouldn't even think about invading ukraine again, but no—one quite knows what's going on. so in general, you have the sense now of foreboding, if you like. it plays to the instabilities that exist. the ukrainians are trying not to be provoked. i would say the same is true of the poles. so part of these actions are designed to provoke other countries into taking rash military actions which could then be justified if either belarus or russia wanted to get into an actual war with these countries. so i think it's actually quite a dangerous moment and i think these things are all locked together. the man who ended white minority rule in south africa, fw de klerk, has died at the age of 85. he was south africa's president for five years, and was a key figure in the country's transition to democracy, including ordering the release of nelson mandela from prison. in a message, mr de klerk repeated an apology for the pain and hurt caus