>> rose:welcome to the program. tonight, we visit the state hermitage in saint petersburg russia,y a unique guide, the director of the museum mikhail piotrovsky. >> this is the throne room of the russian empire. >> rose: the throne room of the russian empire. >> the throne is here. and the main room is called saint judge hall. we stay here to look at the throne. it has its history. after the revolution, it was demolished, and the soviet union was here. the precious stone. then the soviet union finished. >> rose: concluding remarks tonight from mark kelner vice president of the hermitage foundation. >> it's not an art museum, it's a museum of civilization. it's a museum that catherine -- when catherine the great founded it, we're having the 250th 250th centennial she's like, look, russia demands and deserves a museum much like the world's never seen. that was very much her personality and she started collecting. everyone's thinking she's collecting work that's very ancient. but the joke is she's collecting work that's contemporary to her and i like to think that the work that we're

place for reexporting, as we call it. products from here go on to russia, is as act stan, uzbekistan, and tajikistan. they are sent on. dordoi is like a bridge, a way point for product. >> the bazaar's annual sales total billions of dollars. 80% of that number comes from customers who are visiting from other former soviet republics. >> dordoi imports products from china and sells them on. it has grown rapidly as a major hub for this so-called transit trade thanks to a change in kyrgyz ace policy. >> translator: how did dordoi get so big? because in 1998, kyrgyz's customs were liberalized. what that means is that customs duties here became cheaper than in other countries. >> kyrgyzstan was the first former soviet republic to join the wto. it enacted free trade policies to stimulate economic growth. to raise its competitiveness, it set customs duties at a far lower rate than other former soviet countries. at the same time, its neighbor, china, was becoming the world's factory, focusing on rapid economic growth. with such low customs duties, products from china could enter kyrgyzstan wi

themselves? >>> first was mitt romney right about russia? >>> a president, his former secretary of state who famously tried to reset relations with cold war foe russia now trying to recover from being blind-sided yesterday by one of his top generals. in the process a lot of people are wondering whether president obama's 2012 election foe who he mocked at the time was right all along. national security correspondent jennifer griffin. >> reporter: it wasn't meant to be controversial. just a statement of fact from the general slated to be the next chairman of the joint chiefs. >> if you want to talk about a nation that could pose an existence threat to the united states i'd have to point to russia. and if you look at their behavior it's nothing short of alarming. >> reporter: for a second day the administration tried to distance itself from his comments. >> the secretary doesn't agree with the assessment that russia is an existential threat to the united states, nor china, quite frankly. >> i think you'd be the first to admit that reflects his own view and doesn't necessarily reflect the view o

watching the hands go up. i'm not sure of the count here but russia, as expected, has vetoed this resolution calling for an international tribunal to investigation--to prosecute whoever is found responsible for the downing of this plane mh 17 which happened just over a year ago. we just heard the malaysian transport minister speaking on behalf of the investigative team currently looking into to who is responsible, laying out a case for that team as to why they think it is necessary for the security council to set up a tribunal. they say that the victims of this crash and their families, they want justice. they're demanding justice and they think that the most unpolitical way if you will, to go about that is to establish a tribunal right now. i'm also seeing now that china venezuela, and angola abstained from this vote. we had a vote on a resolution to set up a tribunal to prosecute the per operators. the perpetrators have not been named at this time. that investigation is expected to go until the end of the year. most of the western countries on the council certainly supported thi

>> rose: welcome to the program. tonight from st. petersburg russia velery gergiev artistic and director of the mariinsky theater. >> i was never thinking of building new operahouse or building new concert hall. we have both now, when i started. what i was thinking, the only one advantage i have over everybody is that i love music they do too. but as a leader i have to prove that i can work hard then looking at me they will also believe we have to work, rehearse prepare. then we'll expand. then we will have quality. then we'll have international recognition. which actually followed very quickly. in 1988 i started, in 1989 the orchestra or the opera company was famous in any case. >> rose: velery gergiev for the hour next. >> funding for >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: valery gergiev say world-class conductor and artisti

about other threats like isis or al qaeda which i think -- as long as -- russia will be at major problem. >> throughout your book, you tell us, the reader that vladimir putin has warned us what he is going to do. >> on many different occasions he was quite explicit in sending the message. before his invasion of the republic of georgia in 2008, back in a few months before it happened in august of 2008, you can hear vladimir putin communicating from his perspective. olustee code his message. russia meeting the former soviet union talked about the president of the republic of george and russians right to intervene, it seems to me very often, western leaders and western media pretended it was not a real threat. we can look at a long list of things vladimir putin would never do. this list was produced year after year and now when we look at it, vladimir putin has been simply turning page after page, just going back a year ago before crimea, no, no, no, not going to happen then eastern ukraine, and to negotiate an stop here. dictator doesn't stop. and we know from history and find a pa

? >> dang are you allyian, a top u.s. general calls russia the greatest threat to america, that as vladimir putin growing closer to iran is that threat growing larger? i'd ask ed royce. >>> and playing dangerous. would would an airline pilot flush live ammunition down the toilet during an international flight? wolf blitzer is off. i'm brianna keilar, you're in "the situation room." we begin with today's shocking add manages from the fbi. the bureau made a mistake, a big one that allowed dylann roof to buy the gun that he used in the massacre that killed nine people. the news broke on the same day that south carolina tonight down the confederate flag and removed its flagpole a direct result of those shootings, our correspondents experts and guests are standing by to bring you the latest on all you this news. pamela what happened here? man who confessed to gunning down nine people should never have been able to buy that that .45-caliber gun to kill them. that bomb shill coming from fbi director comey, that a mistake was made a mistake he calls of hardbreaking importance that rips all

ukraine and sharp nationalistic turn in russian politics and sharp isolation of russia from the international community. do you feel that this is a political strategy as much as it is a reaction to the events we had in ukraine in early 2014 with the overthrow of kovic? >> translator: i believe that the confrontation between our nations under putin was unavoidable. of course, we have common sense. we have common contradictions between our countries but there is also mentality and psychology of our president. i believe that currently president putin feels very comfortable. he went back to his youth years. he became young again. i would like to remind you that he was brought up as the officer of the kgb. it was the time of the cold war. it was the time of two superpowers. and it is quite obvious what to do and how to conduct, how to behave yourself and to restart, relaunch became very complicated things. he didn't feel comfortable in those environments. the environment is very comfortable. i would not say that he did it on purpose. but the fact is that he understands that he is the

threat in the united states we'll have to point to russia. if you look at the behaviour, it's not short of alarming. a man, says the greatest threat to national security is russia. >> living in fear. >> i wanted to go home. he takes care of. unsolved death and disappearances. rocking a western town. many were asking it was the work of a serial killer. >> i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. we begin with the movement of a symbol. the government signed the bill ordering the taking down of a confederate flag that that flown at the state house for 50 years. family members of those were killed at the governor's side. tomorrow morning the flag will come down. with the stroke of a pen. nicky hayley south carolina governor made history, removing the flag from the state house ground, after half a century. >> when the emotions start to fade, the history of actions taking place by everyone in south carolina to get us to this moment is one we can all be proud of. >> reporter: the law removing the flag was passed after a 13-hour debate pitting opponents against supporters. >> i cannot

>>> bosnians remember as russia vetoes a u.n. resolution recognizing the massacre as genocide. ♪ >>> hello, good to have you along. i'm david foster you are watching al jazeera live from london. after months of conflict could yemen's warring sides be close to agreement? >>> israel's bombardment of gaza destroyed 18,000 homes, a year on not one has been rebuilt. >>> a warm welcome for tsipras, though not everybody is impressed with his reform package. ♪ >>> russia has used it veto power to block a draft resolution at the u.n. which would have labeled the mass killings in bosnia 20 years ago, genocide. the majority of security council members voted in favor of the u.k.'s proposal to condemn the massacre as genocide but russia used it veto as one of the five permanent members. the vote comes just ahead of the 20th anniversary of the killings. in bosnia itself, thousands of people marching in memory of those who were killed. the three-day peace march as it is called will retrace the path taken in 1995 by those men who fled the eastern bosnian town in hope of escaping the serb

chairman says the greatest challenge so u.s. security is russia. >>> the flag coming down. the governor signed a big to remove the confederate flag from the state grounds. what about the hatred and violence it has come to symbolize? >>> and for blood, a report that north korea's leader has executed 70 officials since coming to power. is his reign of pourer worse than his father or grandfather? i'm brianna keilar. wolf blitzer is off. you're in "the situation room." >>> americans didn't know it at the time but they have multiple close calls leading up to the july 4th holiday. officials say several terror threats were foiled across the country and fitting the isis pattern they were inspired from abroad with the goal of kids u.s. citizens. even more chilling officials say the risk is still great. we're just learning of a new threat after his predecessor was killed the new head of al qaeda's most dangerous branch is calling for attacks on the united states new fallout from the massive attack on u.s. government computers, investigators now believe more than 20 million people have se

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precipitous economic decline and russia angrily froze the conflict in place. russia was willing and ready to go further in eastern ukraine to maybe half the land route to crimea which was finding difficult to supply and instead we have this strange can't lead this no man's land. nobody seems to want this region anymore and i feel like the way the conflict stands in ukraine can be traced back to the morning one year ago when these were people flying home are on vacation which is shot out of the sky. it has been as we all know part of a fight over basic facts and what happened and we will hear from speakers today whose work and diligence has tried to keep people focused on what her actual facts, actual images to try to keep the narrative focused on what happened rather than by dean of the waters and the devolution into an epistemological gray zone, no man's land. without further ado. >> good morning. it is a real honor to be here today alongside. my name is iggy ostanin with bellingcat. we been doing some investigation into mh17 and i would like to talk about one of the central things

massacre as russia vetoes the resolution to recognize the massacre as genocide. and iraq recovers hundreds of artifacts. >> hello, it's been a volatile day for global stock markets leading to declines from asia right across to the u.s. after being suspended for hours because of technical problems the number of stock exchange is expected to reopen any moment now. we'll have details on that in a moment. first let's get up to speed with what has been happening in china after suffering big losses the china's markets have lost $3.25 trillion since the middle of june. regulators have announced a package of measures aiming to contain the volatility with investors holding shares of 5% now banned from selling their stakes over the next six months. we have reports now from beijing. >> continuing its bloody for weeks china's markets closed down again. shanghai index closed down nearly 6% adding to the 30% the markets have seen in sell off in the past several weeks. 732trillion-dollar. something else that we're seeing continuing on wednesday more companies are taking their stocks off the mark

ever tackled russia. modern russia as subject -- >> postcold war. >> postcold war russia. i remember that -- it was a pretty unflattering portrait of russia that i painted in that novel, and i remember catching a lot of grief in certain quarters. people thought i was way too hard on president putin and this new russia and what was going on -- >> previous years had been medvedev medvedev a conciliatory guy and people thought they got along. >> so we don't like it when people say i told you so. but i'm here on "meet the press" to say i told you so. and i was right about putin all along. >> so this -- this -- the antagonist here is russia not islamic extremists. >> well this novel, curiously enough opens with the murder of a member of the british royal family. the british intelligence ask gabriel elan to hunt down the person responsible for this act because they can't do it because it is too politically sensitive for them. he is a master bombmaker who after the war in northern ireland ended went out into the global market and sold his services to the highest bidder. one of his clients i

create a more moderate sense of where politics what normal politics is in contemporary russia? >> first of all i would like to invite the nationalists and the imperialists because the nationalists are those who talk about the superierity of the russian nation. they remain marginal in terms of political framework and the government persecutes them. russia includes not only russians but also others. this trend is gaining strength. but they in terms of electoral they are pro-putins. the nationalist is going to be picked up. he is going to get his 7% or 5% or 10%. he is quite loyal to putin and he is a illiterate as well. what happened this were hooligans and remember how the chief of the police [ inaudible ] came out and saved this young. now he is the minister of interior affairs. and he also has an idea about how these events, these mass riots should be suppressed right in the beginning but there are those who should be punished. to identify organizers who inside this people who finger point at the enemies. i believe this is a smart policy. >> let's talk for a moment or two abo

here. >> a few years ago economist predicted that the greek countries -- brazil, russia, india, china, they were close to overtake economies like the u.s.. but slumping raw materials prices and infrastructure problems have put dampers on these hopes. but still it represents 20% of the global economy. there is a wide range of deals on the summit. the most important one is the launch of their own development tank brings targets to economic problems and make them less dependent on western institutions. here is more. >> there are striving to be the economic powerhouses of the future. delegates from the five countries signed a referendum on the development tank. the money will be used to finance infrastructure projects. >> we are concerned by high volatility of oil and commodity prices and accumulating. trade between the countries has doubled since 2009. they are looking to promote financial stability. international monetary rules need constant updating to reflect changes in global growth patterns. the new bank will start issuing loans next year. the u.s. currently dominates regulations. t

years ago economist predicted that the greek countries -- brazil, russia, india, china, they were close to overtake economies like the u.s.. but slumping raw materials prices and infrastructure problems have put dampers on these hopes. but still it represents 20% of the global economy. there is a wide range of deals on the summit. the most important one is the launch of their own development tank brings targets to economic problems and make them less dependent on western institutions. here is more. >> there are striving to be the economic powerhouses of the future. delegates from the five countries signed a referendum on the development tank. the money will be used to finance infrastructure projects. >> we are concerned by high volatility of oil and commodity prices and accumulating. trade between the countries has doubled since 2009. they are looking to promote financial stability. international monetary rules need constant updating to reflect changes in global growth patterns. the new bank will start issuing loans next year. the u.s. currently dominates regulations. they try to

in cars and all over the place has meant to russia. >> when i see a new video from russia, it's a little bit like christmas morning. you never know what you're going to get when you open that box. >> intense crashes that will make you do a double take. wild road hazards. dangerous heights. and shocking sights. >> russia just keeps on delivering the craziest, most unbelievable videos you've ever seen. >> videos that americans can't stop watching. >> "caught on camera: eyes everywhere." a violent blast. >> it exploded with the force of several nuclear bombs. >> shakes a city to its core. >> i'm up on the 23rd floor, and i could feel the building swaying. >> chelubinsk, russia, about a thousand miles southeast of moscow. it's february 15th, 2013, and the sun rises at 9:17 a.m., but minutes later, something very different is lighting up the sky. >> compared to the sun at that point, it was like way brighter than the sun. it was like turning on a light bulb for the entire earth at that moment. >> it's literally parts of the sky look like it's on fire. >> no one knows what they're seein

try to bring justice to those responsible have been halted. russia has used its veto at the united nations to prevent an international tribunal from being established. in all 298 people were killed when a plane crashed a little over a year ago. governments were quick to accuse the pro-russian splittists using a missile to bring the plane down. something that kiev denies. russia would use its veto quashing the resolution just minutes after the ask to find someone accountable for the killing of those on board flight mh 17. kristen, we heard arguments from the the malaysian transport minister. >> he was representing the investigative team into looking who is responsible for the downing of this airliner. he said it was essential to have in place to prosecute whoever was responsible to insure that justice was served on behalf of the victims and that the team, which is consists of countries most effected by the downing of this airline like belgium australia, malaysia and netherlands. most of the victims came from netherlands they requested this from the security council but russia had a

before russia and the u.s. were again on opposite sides at the united nations. just over a year ago, malaysian airlines flight m.h.-17 crashed in a field in eastern ukraine. all 298 people on board-- most of them dutch-- were killed. the government in kiev and in many other western countries said russian-backed separatists shot down the plane with a surface-to-air missile. it's a claim moscow still denies. now, malaysia-- along with the netherlands, ukraine and others- - want to set up an international criminal tribunal to prosecute those responsible. >> an international tribunal will also be best place to deliver justice to the families of all victims. >> ifill: the u.n. security council took up the proposal this afternoon, but russia vetoed it. >> the groundses to be assured of the impartialality of the negotiation, can it resist the propaganda backdrop in the media. >> ifill: that came hours after russian president vladimir putin told the dutch prime minister in a phone call that such a move was "inexpedient." all this comes after 15 months of heavy fighting in eastern ukraine--

continuously other nation and their behavior. we believe that russia is adhering to the new start treaty as far as we can tell. the principal value to me is our ability to verify what it is we're doing. we'd love to have complete transparency but we believe the verification measures are adequate for us to have a better understanding of what they're doing. we believe the new start treaty is still in our interest. >> thank you. to all witnesses on the issue of verification how important are verification detection to detect cheating? 2014 defense science board concluded much work remains to be done on verification and detection technologies. and interagency cooperation. do you agree and what gaps remain? that one you may have to do for the record. >> if y'all don't mind, supplying that answer for the record, we'll try to keep moving with our limited time and some more votes coming up. but i appreciate the gentleman. mr. turner? >> thank you mr. chairman. as we look back over the recent events that have been happening with russia, there is no good news. things keep getting worse. we have dan

president of iran is in russia, there's a brcs moting, and he's complimenting russia, thanking them for support. seemed strange he was off to russia, seems like brinksmanship. everyone saying they are prepared to walk away from the deal, maybe to force the other side to say hey, they may walk away from the deal. senior officials that i have been speaking to have been treating this as if the deal will get down. as you describe to the audience, the july 9th deadline was important to the obama administration. it's not of great significance to the iranians, there's a sense of discussion of what happens next. what happens after a deal is made. you referred to the preliminary deal in november 2013. in january 2014, i was in switzerland for the world economic forum where president hassan rouhani made a debut to the world. there were industrial leaders, c.e.o.s, who couldn't wait to have meetings and talk about what happens when this economy of 80 million opens up. remember, rain is an asian country, you know, a far eastern country, but it is industrial. it is a manufacturing company, a market

correspondent in russia with reaction to the qualifying games. >> the saudi co-riggs said it will stop bombing of yemen to allow for the delivering of aid. however they warned they would respond to any houthi aggression during the cease-fire. >> we need a better process. we're seeing different efforts in terms of bringing every together, but we're missing one where everyone is there i think everyone underground is exhaust exhausted. the population is in dire situation. we have several colleagues from doctors without borders helping those around the country. but it is extremely difficult to work under the circumstances. as i mentioned. the block block aids make it difficult. the most acutely hit areas like taiz like aden, like saada are often off limits due to the airstrikes that happen. we're looking at a ways we've seen many civilian infrastructure damage. water, electricity there are a lot of remote locations. we talk about the cities but we should not forget about all the different villages all across the country. these villages are difficult to reach even in the best of times. the

: this is the 232nd season. it was named her? valery: maria alexandra, the empress of russia -- tsariana --wife of alexander the second czar of russia. the old theater was built in 1860. charlie: that is where your old office is. still very active. valery: full time they're still seven or eight performances are even more. we also have 14 chamber music calls in this new theater which is in its own right, very beautiful welding. charlie: i want to get a sense of the history of the place. at 35 you become music direct her. valery: i was not even 35 when i was told in april 1988 that all of the artists of mariinsky then kirov, voted for me to become artistic director. charlie: i'm sorry, how old? valery: 34. gorbachev brought a lot of changes. this is a well-known fact. most unexpected came to the lives of artistic institution but also the economy. yes it was stagnating, maybe in. -- mayeybe collapsing. talking to the orchestra, the company in leningrad, saying we made the decision this is a man or woman appointed by the leadership of the country. that was not anymore accepted. t

even further 37 bosnians remember as russia vetoes the resolution recognizing the massacre as genocide. and after months of conflict could yemen's warring side be close to agreeing to a cease-fire? uncertainty is a word that stock market hates the most. the group that manages the exchange said this is nothing to do with the cyber breach. and it says understandably they're working to fix the problem. the white sox say that monitoring what is going on and that the u.s. president barack obama has been briefed let's go to tom ackerman joining us live from washington, d.c. we'll get into why they believe this is just a technical issue in just a moment. what sort of problems appear to be happen at the stock exchange. >> well according to the director of the new york stock exchange they're advising investors not to panic. they're saying that the market when trading was suspended or when all the activity on the screens suddenly stopped there was about the market was 180 to 190 points down from the last trading session. there is no reason to believe there is a free fall or anything lik

china and russia. >> that's right. the p five plus 15+1 as it's known. it's a pretty remarkable thing considering the disputes the u.s. has now with those countries. that's one thing critics will say as well about this deal listen you've got this remarkable coalition of countries together to put pressure on iran to hold back its nuclear program, and now you are overtime dismantling that sanctions regime. that's one of the key criticisms from the critics of course. the president's response is you count have kept that team together indefinitely. it's the president's view they're getting the best deal they can now and putting the best restrictions now on that nuclear program. >> what message does that send to those other countries? some of those countries are strong allies. >> it is yeah. and that's something you'll hear from the administration. listen you'll undermine not only this president but the presidency if congress won't give the president the ability to negotiate treaties with other countries. if you look at the vote counting on the hill it would seem to be a heavy lift to get a

started this war and russia back. the institute have put forward concrete proof. one of the reports a story about russian soldier online contract them back to russia and the place is of ukraine in february. myself i saw rebels wearing russian flak jackets on the shoulders for the 1st time two days after the crash. these guys are not sure if you can see it they were pretty friendly. a few hours just before forces to the footage. otherwise the shooter heads off. recently arrested and i had a nuclear bomb shelter of ukrainian side of the phone line. the new york times andof the story on it. the rebels show it every few days. despite the fact several workers died of the showing of last year 2,000 workers producing. many of them actually live on the territory because the bomb shelter is safer than the surrounding villages. thethe staff and the local authorities to complain that the ukrainian army is hiding its artillery making workers and civilians a target for the rebels. they say there own army is ignoring the request to move text of the positions. i have experienced other tragic results

america like many immigrants did from russia at the beginning of the 20th century, and they located themselves in sioux city, iowa. and george was born there. 1918. and along with an older brother. and as i said they were russian jews and believed stalin -- this is one of the interesting facts. stalin decided to establish a kind of socialist jewish homeland, a kind of palestine kind of place for jews and he did so at a place called bureau bizan out at the edge of nowhere in siberia. and believe it or not, thousands of people went from all over the world to occupy this place, and among them was the coval family from sioux city iowa. so they took george with them and his brother and off they go to bureau bizan. still exists. it was a failure as an experiment for a jewish homeland. the winters were long and cold, the summers were hot. the soil was bad. people were naive. it was a disaster, but nevertheless, george spent two years there learning russian from american citizens. and he goes to moscow to an institute and gets more education. he had already graduated from high school. he ha

security comes from russia not isis at president vladimir putin becomes more dangerous and aggressive. urpentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> good evening. the number of u.s. threats is rising. the number of u.s. troops available to deal with those threats is declining. dire warnings from the marine corps general slated to become president obama's top military adviser. >> russia presents the greatest threat to our national security. if you look at their behavior it's nothing short of alarming. >> reporter: marine corps general dumford believes the u.s. should provide weapons to ukrainian forces. >> frankly, without that support they're not going to be able to protect themselves against russian aggression. >> reporter: he listed china north korea, and isis as the next-biggest threats to u.s. security and had this warning about iran. >> iran will continue to be a malign force and influence across the region. if confirmed as chairman i'll make sure that our leadership has a full range of military options to keel with iranian activity. >> reporter: his confirmation hearing came on the

>> russia uses it's veto to block a resolution. i'm julie mcdonald. this is al jazeera live from london. a piece of the m plane that matches the mh 370 is found. afghan government claims that taliban leader mulla omar is dead. >> this were no survivors when the mh 370 was brought hmh 17 was brought down over ukraine last year. russia has vetoed the tribunal for suppose for those responsible for bringing the plane down. >> we do not back the idea of the creation of a tribunal under chapter 7 of the u.n. there are no grounds for this. mindful the fact that the security council and resolution 2166 did not classify the boeing tragedy as a threat to international peace and security. it's difficult to explain how the events that took place a year ago were not deemed to be a threat to peace and security and now all of a sudden have become just that. >> we have more now from the ukrainian foreign minister, who joins us on the line from new york. ambassador. welcome to the program. your reaction to russia's veto? >> of course, it is a very sad day for everyone. but especially for relative

rack and stack them today, i had russia down as number one, i'd have china down as number two. >> reporter: he put north korea and isis third and fourth. meanwhile, the u.s. army announced today it is cutting 40,000 troops from its ranks, which will result in the smallest ground force since 9/11. >> these cuts will impact nearly every army installation both in the continental united states and overseas. >> reporter: 28 installations in all, the army is effectively firing 17,000 army civilians, too. >> these aren't cuts the army wants to make. these are cuts required by the budget environment in which we operate. >> the army is tasked with going from 490,000 active where their today to 450 in the next two years. they've got to come from someplace. >> reporter: fort benning, georgia will be cut by 29%. joint base elmendorf richardson in alaska will be cut by 59%. fort leonard wood in missouri loses 15% of its force. and scofield barracks in hawaii 8%. fort carson in colorado will shrink by 365 troops. the 25th infantry division will be stripped of its striker vehicle. >> it's ba

to russia and jordan. in 2013, he led talks with iran that set the stage for the comprehensive agreement made last week here at he retired from government last week and is now president of the carnegie endowment. i'm pleased to have him at the table. welcome. how do you like this new role? >> i'm enjoying it. i was very lucky in public service. i genuinely love to and was lucky. i'm enjoying life afterwards. charlie: how did this happen? this trip that you and jake sullivan and others, meeting with iranian representatives covertly. >> >> i think you have to go back and remember that the beginning of 2013, president obama's second term, we built up a lot of leverage working with pressure to get around to negotiate seriously. i'll had got 50%, the value of its currency had dropped 50%. one of the reasons we built up the international coalition was because we showed we were serious about negotiations. the president concluded rightly to try to contest whether iran would be serious about negotiating on the nuclear issue. in a sense it was a test of whether they were serious. althoug

russia china europe and so on, all agreed to recognize iran as a major legitimate regional power. >> the former israeli prime minister also said the deal does nothing to stop iran from continuing to sponsor terrorism. >>> joining us now from beirut is rami curry. professor very good to have you with us. you were quoted in the new york times as saying one legacy of this deal is it could demonstrate to the entire region that diplomacy works. the prevailing narrative in the u.s. is that diplomacy has not worked and this is a far worse deal than the obama administration promised. >> i wouldn't say it is the prevailing narrative in the u.s. i would say it's the prevailing narrative of the republicans in the congress. the prevailing narrative in the u.s. is way off base from the reality and the actual facts of the situation. i think any objective reading of this agreement shows that the iranians and the americans both made courageous concessions and cheefd their bottomachieved their bottom line. public opinion is for this agreement because the american people are sensible and they act

romney right about russia? >>> a president, his former secretary of state who famously tried to reset relations with cold war foe russia now trying to recover from being blind-sided yesterday by one of his top generals. in the process a lot of people are wondering whether president obama's 2012 election foe who he mocked at the time was right all along. national security correspondent jennifer griffin. >> reporter: it wasn't meant to be controversial. just a statement of fact from the general slated to be the next chairman of the joint chiefs. >> if you want to talk about a nation that could pose an existence threat to the united states i'd have to point to russia. and if you look at their behavior it's nothing short of alarming. >> reporter: for a second day the administration tried to distance itself from his comments. >> the secretary doesn't agree with the assessment that russia is an existential threat to the united states, nor china, quite frankly. >> i think you'd be the first to admit that reflects his own view and doesn't necessarily reflect the view or the consensus an

anchor for security. following the initial acts of aggression by russia in ukraine france helped to assure our allies along the eastern borders. we will continue to work together. i committed the united states to providing an important capabilities to nato's very high readiness joint task force vytf, which france volunteered to lead in the future. now, i've been working on transatlantic security for a long time, both in and inside and outside of europe. i believe minister le drian would agree this is the best it has been ever. and we are committed to strength epping it still. we are reminding me celebrating america's independence or committing our shared victory the partnership between france and the united states has long been instrumentalto building peace and prosperity for people here and around the world. we must ensure it will always be. i'll now welcome the minister's comments before we take questions. thank you. >> translator: thank you, my dear friend. i'm particularly happy to stand today in washington, d.c. after the celebration of july fourth for which as you recall i was

and political systems as a result of the ongoing ukraine-russia conflict. >> during the july 4 break we continue with our congressional freshman interviews conversations that started at eight eastern. a lot of people have asked over the how i made the transition from car sales and car service to politics. i said truthfully that's a pretty short step. a lot of the skills are the same. for example being able to walk up to people you don't try to find a way to be friendly and open and connect. find something of in common. a lot of it is sales. i've always had ideas sales is meeting people's needs that we sold 65,000 cars over the years. remember -- i don't ever remember pressuring a customer into buying a car. that's the worse way to do. the idea was to say what are your needs what are your priorities, what works for you and your family, how can we meet that need? in politics is much the same thing. want of the crises in your life, what are the things that don't function in our society? how do we move forward? trying to listen carefully. >> and we'll have more of those. you can se

putn't' russia continues its onslaught. but even as they execute that campaign to undermine ukraine's government and independence, the united states has refused ukraine the weapons it needs and deserves for its defense. in the asia pacific, china is continuing a pattern of destabilizing behavior. the militarization of the features in the south china sea. its continued military buildup designed to counter the military strengths and an undeterred cyberattacks against the united states. while our rebalance to the asia pacific has shown some successes, especially in deepening of our alliances this policy has not deterred china from its increasingly assertive course. yet while worldwide challenges like these grow the defense department has grown larger but more proficient at defeating low tech adversaries but more vulnerable to high-tech ones. and worse the self inflicted wounds of the budge control act and defense spending have made all of these problems worse. army and marine corps in strength a dropping dangerously low. the navy's fleet is shrinking to preworld war i levels. with the pr

that, he was under secretary for political affairs, also u.s. ambassador to both russia and jordan. in 2013 burns led secret talks with iran which set the stage for the comprehensive agreement that was made last week. burns retired from government last year and is now president for interest carnegie endowment for international peace. i am pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. >> thanks, charlie. >> rose: how do you lining this new role away from government? >> i'm enjoying it. i was very lucky in public service for 30 years and loved it but i'm enjoying life after government. >> rose: take me to amman. how did this trip happen, there trip with you and jake sullivan and others meeting with iranian esentatives covertly. >> i think you have to remember that, at the beginning of 2013, beginning of president obama's second term, we had built up a lot of leverage working with international partners to bring pressure to bear against iran to get it to negotiate seriously. iran's oil exports dropped by 50%, the value of its currency with dropped by 50%. the reasons we built up the co

depositors in the world go. russia is a couple places back, but is key to the eu. it supplies almost one third of its oil. european officials have been trying to wean itself off of it for years. iran could help, and this could give you an idea of the potential. russia's reserves are much lower than iran's, but it does produce much, much more. last year, 534 million tons. in comparison, i ran only produced 169 million tons. as you can see, huge room for improvement. but that is making for a tense talks in moscow between the oil cartel and vladimir putin. >> oil exporting countries are meeting to fix a common problem. the price of oil is already in the dumps, and iran wants to join in the game, but the secretary of opec general says he thinks prices -- secretary-general of opec says he thinks prices will stabilize going forward. >> in 2016, we expect stability in the oil market in the long term. >> the market is glutted already. off the coast of iran, floating tankers pumped with oil are just sitting, waiting to raise their anchors. if all of that oil floods the market, it could be tough f

>>> imtiaz tyab there, live in gaza >>> russia's foreign minister says a deal over iran's nuclear programme is within reach. sergey lavrov is on its way to vienna, where world powers are locked in talks with iran. they are trying to timize a deal friday morning so they are ready to be presented to congress. diplomatic editor james bays is there. signs are that a deal may be close. >> i think we are edging slowly perhaps, towards a deal. i want to be cautious here but the delegations are meeting in a luxury hotel behind me and there's a sense of guarded optimism, i think. it had its ups and downs through the whole process, and through this final stage of the process taking place here in vienna. let me tell you the few optimistic signs that people are pointing to. first is the fact that president obama had a conference call with his negotiating team who are here in vienna. and it's worth reminding you that when we had the interim deal in lausanne that was preceded a few days before with a conference call with president obama and the negotiators running through a final strategy and p