strangers in their own home that's how eftade and her family feel right now in crimea. as crimean tatars living in the russian-controlled region, their homeland now feels hostile. crimean tatars overwhelmingly voted against russia annexing the ukranian peninsula in 2014, fearful that the history of persecution they had endured would be repeated. our reporter yuri rescheto went to a crimean settlement to find out if their fears were justified. >> eftade is a crimean tatar. we met here in bakhchisaray, the village where her family has lived for generations. and these are eftade's parents. they are worried about their children's future. >> it's like living on a powder keg. our people are subjec to extreme pressure. >> the crimean tatars here have been feeling that pressure since russia annexed the crimean peninsula. the majority of people here are ethnic russians. many are happy that their homeland now belongs to russia. >> it is our right and our life. >> i will be meeting people, whose relatives don't fit in with this new life. they are disappearing because they sully th

-- meeting with putin and going to crimea. it is a policy that obviously you can imagine a lot of people will frown on and see as dangerous. and seeing this as ignoring some of the brutal realities of this war and of the intervention itself. he sees it as realpolitik, pragmatism, and sees the current policies getting us absolutely nowhere. he also sees russia's bolstering army making him more effective genie: that is douglas herbert. also in france, the interior ministry says it has arrested at least seven suspects who are planning a new potential terrorist attack. those suspects are of french moroccan and afghan origin. two were arrested in our sigh -- in marseille, and one in the eastern city of strasbourg. >> a counterterrorism operation led by the interior ministry under a judicial mandate to play saturday night. it has enabled the arrest of seven french, moroccan nationals. among those, six were unknown to intelligence services. whoa moroccan national lived in france had been flagged by a partner country. we successfully

after crimea, it is less attractive. it is very important that the remain enemy number one with the rhetoric enemy number one in the rhetoric. . these perceptions of the cold .ar were brought back also a military rival. of the the launch anti-ukraine propaganda as a negative approach towards the along with the negative sentiments toward ukraine. list of unfriendly nations and estoniaithuania after the revolution of 2004 took place. within the context of this anti-western propaganda mother is a growing attitude towards germany the attractiveness of china has to medically raised as the anti-west desha hasatically raised as -- as part ofy raised anti-west -- the aggression comes from right to defend ourselves. [indiscernible] this is a war, we need to be patient. the most important motto here is we can achieve everything as long as there is no war. this is the illustration of the idea that russia has always taken. after putin came to power, the environment of animosity much to secure -- confrontation with creating an impres

and the current system, although it's starting to be assess ed after crimea is less attractive. there is no need to make some special comments, but it is very important that the united states is the enemy number one, specifically within the framework of this confrontation of rhetorics and the struggle for the union-backed superpower status for russia, and the united states plays the role of -- all the perceptions of the cold war were brought back. the united states not simply oppose the united states in competition of two systems but also in a military rival. and here we can see that with the launch of the anti-ukraine propaganda and crimea, it's grown a lot with the negative sentiments toward ukraine. in general, the list of the unfriendly nations was always led by the former soviet republics which opted to -- for integration with the west. latvia, lithuania and estonia. later it was georgia. and then came ukraine. the revolution of 2004 took place, and ukraine is, from time to time, becomes the unfriendly country or even an enemy. but lately within the context of the general a

some are ukraine, related, but there are a set of sanctions regarding crimea. some of those are targeted, more individual. russia, they're doing things, there's companies involved in these activities, have we forgotten crimea, is there something we should be doing more about that part of the sanctions regime as this just continues : if we had imposed sanctions on russia for its go to live up to the same condition, i think it would've been more pressure on putin to of least done something along those lines. i think we have to be careful. the problem is not with the sanctions in my view. the problem is in our failure to ramp up the sanctions as we go along so that putin understands there will be continuing costs for this kind of aggression and behavior whether it's in ukraine or in syria. >> would you say we us are forgot about crimea and haven't done anymore. what you think make sense to have a crimean version, that is target individuals are contributing to the furthering annexation and incorporation of crimea into russia, that type of thing? >> i would target e

data point three, crimea. when did russia take crimea? at the end of the 1th century. question, when did russia take eastern poland and central poland? at the end of the 18th century. i don't think it's unreasonable to ask the question if we had not enlarged nato, would the front today between russia and the west be in warsaw or in kiev? i agree with will that the russians did not like nato enlargement and i don't disagree that this plays upon traditional russian historical sensitivities. but the same nation that complains about being invaded multiple times is the same nation that has invaded other countries more than multiple times. and even someone who is kind of favorably disposed to putin right now, henry kissinger, has said that russian security is contingent upon insecurity of its neighbors. is that an acceptable solution for us? is that acceptable for us? i don't have any doubt that poland being in nato where it's been a strong member is very much in our national interests. so i think that even if you had questions about nato enlarge. in the '90s, vultd to say i

. >> took crimea. >> and crimea but occupies territories in ukraine so people want to know why this matters. if trump softens on russia -- >> flynn supports softening those sanctions. >> if you start taking money from someone, it seems that -- well, that just impeaches everything you say about them hence forward. you look like the person getting paid. >> considering what a huge issue this was, this was a big problem to him yet. but the prism -- >> in his case taking money from the anti-mullah group in iran. >> the former milosevic government as well. but the prism through which we have to judge these appointments is we have to remember what donald trump ran as. experience in any of this but the one thing he was going to do was being b a good manager who picks someone who has experience. if you look at flynn the up with thing that distinguishes him from everyone else is he was loyal. guy of his pedigree who was loyal to donald trump the whole experience, he's been in iraq but he's not like a condi rice or a colin powell type figuring. >> the "times" has been active reporting on this whole pr

annexing of crimea. he wants to work with bashar al-assad to defeat the islamic state group. condemns the bombardment of aleppo. juppe insists there will be no return to peace in syria with assad him power. -- assad in power. laura: thank you for joining us here on "france 24." why should voters choose friends were feeling -- choose friends what beyond -- choose francois fillon over juppe? >> france are struggling. fillion -- fillon is advocating a profound transformation, a radical transformation of the french society, to get back on the proper trajectory of growth and excellence. trya: didn't alain juppÉ to bring about those reforms himself in the 1990's, because he failed? every french leader realizes there is a huge black -- backlash. there is ongoing protests. isthat's where fillon revolutionary. the difference between 1995, when there was very social policy, executed with alain policy, whichal we did not vote for, fillon has chosen to be very clear up front about the program. he's doing that in th

while crimea was part of ukraine in 2014, the year of the revolution. the pro europe protests led to the ousting of the russia-friendly regime of viktor yanukovych. many are disenchanted by persistent corruption and the oligarchs who will not go away. reporter: three years ago, this man spent months demonstrating against you came for russian government. president viktor yanukovych was forced out of power and many thought things would change, but the post-soviet elite has maintain power and corruption is rampant. >> they still are in the country with the oligarchs who can call it counter revolution also, if you want, and this is bad, but this is something that i was expecting. you know, i was saying just after that it is not going to be better. i was sure it was going to be worse. reporter: three years on, might on square -- the square, the center of the protesting kiev, highlights huge discrepancies in ukrainian society. the wealth of the elite and the poverty of the overwhelming majority. soldiers in uniform hang out with ordinary people. the ukrainian

as more positive after crimea, is less attractive. there's no need to make some special comments, but it's very important that the united states is enemy number one, in the framework of this confrontation and the struggle -- power status for russia, and the united states plays the role of -- all this conflict, all the perceptions of the cold war were brought back. the united states not currently oppose the united states and competition of the system but also in a military rival. here you can see with the launch of the anti-ukraine propaganda, a negative approach towards the united states has grown along with the negative sentiments towards ukraine. in general, the list of the unfriendly nations was always led by the former federal republics which opted come for integration with the west. since latvia, lithuania and estonia, later georgia and then came ukraine, turned the orange revolution in 2004, ukraine is sometimes then becomes the unfriendly country or even an enemy. that lately with the context of the general anti-western propaga

and moregeorgia recently in crimea and the ukraine. they are all politicians so they understand the difference between campaigning and governing, and i think they are looking closely at his appointments, particularly the appointment of secretary of state. president obama was there on his underscore the successes administration has had in europe, and to assure them following his own conversations with mr. trump about the us of u.s. policy. -- about the course of u.s. policy. onlet's get some background 80, and key alliance formed at the conclusion of world war ii. there are currently 28 member countries. the headquarters is in belgium. this basic premise is a principal political decision-making body. one key aspect of article five of the nato treaty shall be considered an attack against all and it is yet to be invoked again. remarkable thes one time article five has been invoked was against the united states. until 9/11 it was assumed the reason it would be invoked was because of a soviet attack. birth duringe its the cold war, so it wa

crimea, the way back home -- the english translation of it, and it was a very compelling film. they had interviews with putin and then cut to reenactments and cut to interviews with people in crimea and the security officers, and it was very, very effectively done. no question. dmitri and then jacob hallberg and those are the last two. >> thank you. well, thank you for the powerful presentation, and i'm very impressed with how brave both of your presentations were. thank you very much. and i will ask you a very straight forward question. as i listen to you, i thought that will there was an agreement on one issue that whatever the russian's fate, the russia media machine, the propaganda was doing, there was some purpose to it, there was some thinking behind it. assuming this is true, can you explain what the hell the kremlin is doing in terms of allegedly trying to interfere with the american elections. mr. putin today spoke to the so-called club that i don't know how the describe it, but people in the past, and myself once included, and that it is an interesting group. in many

we thought we had an issue in crimea busieden it's syria. what could we be doing to change diplomatic setback and get more engagement, more serious efforts to address the conflict that give him over countries, more aggressive action at nato, change his calculation, banning participation in supporting events, for example. >> david from the hor group, i would like to take from a sectoral, vpk and the general staff. 2020 plan has not been fulfilled in large measure because even though it's fourth generation weaponry the missing high-tech components are western. we know the minister of finance tried to reduce the budget. the cost to circumvent the sanctions are being buried. my question to you is, when we talk about what's important to putin which is the rearmorment plan not just the 2020 plan, the western equivalence. i would like to hear talk about the plan and isn't that, in fact, a huge success for sanctions, thank you? >> okay, right here. >> actually a segue to the gentleman's question about the military modernization. we do not have since

the eastern european country has received support since russia and crimea -- annex crimea. european commission president president-elect rockne's to take lessons on europe. trump once called belgium a village somewhere far away and alleged americans have no interest in the continent. he says he needs to be taught principles by which your options. he says there be two years of lost time until he travels the world. president obama says there are lessons a divided nation can learn from its military as he led his final veteran's day observances. he said americans should be united in our great diversity. >> soldiers, sailors, who represent every corner of our country, every shade of humanity , immigrant and nativeborn, christian, muslim, jew and .onbeliever alike, all forged tok: he asked citizens reconnect with the principles that are more enduring than politics. russia could create its own internet independent from the world wide web according to the country's communication industry. they may make the move to tight control over crossed at a border exchanges. , ip will regulate

and the current system, although it's starting to be assess ed after crimea is less attractive. there is no need to make some special comments, but it is very important that the united states is the enemy number one, specifically within the framework of this confrontation of rhetorics and the struggle for the union-backed superpower status for russia, and the united states plays the role of -- all the perceptions of the cold war were brought back. the united states not simply oppose the united states in competition of two systems but also in a military rival. and here we can see that with the launch of the anti-ukraine propaganda and crimea, it's grown a lot with the negative sentiments toward ukraine. in general, the list of the unfriendly nations was always led by the former soviet republics which opted to -- for integration with the west. latvia, lithuania and estonia. later it was georgia. and then came ukraine. the revolution of 2004 took place, and ukraine is, from time to time, becomes the unfriendly country or even an enemy. but lately within the context of the general a

after crimea, it is less attractive. there is no need to make special comments, but it is very important that the united states remain enemy number one with the framework and the struggle of the powers for russia, and the united states enemy number one in the rhetoric. these perceptions of the cold war were brought back. also a military rival. he sees the launch of the anti-ukraine propaganda as a negative approach towards the united states along with the negative sentiments toward ukraine have grown. general, the list of nations was always led by the former soviet , latvia, lithuania, and estonia, later it was georgia, and then came ukraine. after the revolution of 2004 took place. the unfriendly country or the enemy. within the context of this general anti-western propaganda, there is a growing attitude towards germany. there was always a positive sentiment toward germany as well as poland. take a look at the list of enemy nations. the attractiveness of china has has dramatically raised as part of the rhetorical attack

the headline asks, will trump recognize crimea, get rid of those crippling sanctions, and become buddies with putin? now, one of the opposition papers here, it's quite interesting actually, raises the point, all right, everyone's expecting a thaw in that friendship -- a resurgence in that friendship between the u.s. and russia. this paper says, is putin actually ready and willing to get rid of that anti-american stance? keep in mind that anti-americanism has been useful in keeping russians united around a common enemy and keeping putin's ratings high. so some interesting questions being raised this morning. ali? >> one of the most complicated questions of this new administration. lu lucy, thanks so much. let's bring in foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin. you're following reaction from around the world to the election of donald trump. what are you hearing? >> when it comes to global diplomacy, there's always the art of subtlety. in this case, that subtlety has gone out the window in some of these examples. let's start with some of the european kpunt ris, close allies. you had the prime

music to russia's ears. >> people of crimea, from what i've heard, would rather be with russia than where they were. >> reporter: he has also refused to finger russia for the e-mail hacks as suggested working with them against syria in the fight against isis and has spoken positively about putin. the big question here is whether u.s. sanctions which have crippled the economy will be dropped. still the russian senator said there's much more optimism now than a few days ago. do you think that this new trump era can be a better relationship for russia? >> he declared already that he's ready for such kind of future. who knows what's happening in reality. but i hope we have a chance now. >> reporter: people we spoke to seem to agree. why do you think it will be good? i think he will be good, this man tells us, because he's been a businessman a long time and had a lot of success. the relationship between the u.s. and russia depends on this president. of course, it's very important. everybody was watching that elections, but time will tell, as they say. and people here will be watching his first

from the situation in syria to nato to questions about russian adventurism to crimea, how difficult might it be for these two leaders to find common ground? >> reporter: well, george, i think it's going to be very difficult, indeed. the reason the relations -- one of the reasons relations have become so damaged between united states and russia isn't just because of the personal frostiness between president obama and president putin, it's because there really are clashes of national interest in diplomatic issues around the world. we'll take syria. trump has indicated he was willing to join forces with russia to eliminate islamic states and other jihadists. that runs the risk of alienating traditional allies like turkey and the gulf states but also aligning the united states under trump with bashar al assad and with iran which is also fighting on behalf of bashar al assad. and ukraine also has problems when it comes to the trump promise to look again at recognizing the russian annexation of crimea in 2014. that would upset ukrainians, of course, but would also upset the larger european unio

exactly because of russian aggression against ukraine and invasion and takeover of crimea. >> germans and others are even less inclined to support that. >> to support -- >> ukraine joining nato. perhaps there's much greater interest in ukraine. but there's much less interest -- >> actually the point i'm making is that putin from his perspective was in a better position with ukraine before he invaded it. there was almost no support for nato and there was a very split support for the eu. and those negotiations for the dcfta has been going on for some time urnd yanukovych. the placing the blame on the an exuation of crimea on the west, on the united states -- >> i'm not doing that. >> but that's what is implicit in your argument, i think. >> not really. i don't think so. it was a decision of the russian leadership. i said in my first statement that it was a decision of the russian leadership to respond in that manner to that -- >> let's look forward. today russia occupies -- >> i can see the past so much easier. >> yeah, right. >> today russia occupies parts of eastern ukraine, parts of

first in georgia and now more recently in crimea in eastern ukraine. see.are waiting to they are politicians and understand the difference between campaigning and governing. they are looking very closely at his appointments and particularly the appointment of secretary of state. president obama was there on his to underscore the successes his administration has in europe, and reassure them following his own private conversations with mr. trump about the future course of u.s. policy toward europe. host: the president held a town .all meeting as he traveled let's get some background on nato. in 1949.unded back there are 28 countries in belgium. norway, the basic premise unanimous based on consent given oversight. a key aspect of the nato treaty, an attack against a nato member shall be considered an attack against all of them. it has yet to be invoked again. guest: right. it is remarkable that the one-time article five has been in vote was the united states, until 9/11. the reason would be because of the soviet attacks. nato does have its earth during th

this is someone who invaded his neighbor, seized crimea. he does expect if he says something nice to putin he will leave ukraine, 0 or stop bombing civilians in aleppo, yi don't think that will happen. stop bombing nato aircraft, i don't think that will happen. so we have tried to establish a productive relationship with russia. they are not interested. part of what putin believes is in order to drive up his popularity domestically he needs a bad guy to be against and the united states is that bad guy. frankly, i think trump is naive to think that a few kind words on his part will change that. i don't think that any commander in chief of the united states should be prepared to, as trump suggested, recognize russia's illegal annexation of crimea. >> as you point out, russia and putin have plenty of problems domestically, especially when it comes to russia's economy and what it means for their citizens. before i let you go, the white house has vowed the u.s. will respond to russian hacks but haven't made clear of how or when. you said unless

imposing sanctions after russia invited armia and half -- innovated crimea 2 1/2 years ago. pro-democracy uprisings happening in russia's backyard, georgia and ukraine. did russian hackers try to meddle in the american election as payback? putin ridiculed that idea at a recent conference and said that america's reaction had been hysterical. >> translator: is the u.s. some kind of banana republic? the u.s. is a great power. correct me if i'm wrong. >> reporter: this morning, the russian state 24/7 our -- 24/7 news channel is covering impressively the election, returns come in in new york. the reason the kremlin has been directing the russian attention to the u.s. election is to discredit mark rozzi and to prove to russians that the u.s. has no moral authority to tell anyone, especially the russians, how to run their government. elizabeth palmer, cbs news moscow. >>> you can follow any developments in the election and voting all day on www.cbsdenver.com and tonight you will be able to find results from across the state. let's go to weather news. >>> a former volunteer with the

russia annexed crimea. it wants that knocked off the books and the spokesman you just quoted said that to me, hoping a new administration would ignore those kinds of things and move forward. russia also wants to see this war in syria end but on its terms. so end the war by allowing assad to have at least aleppo and at least damascus and a rump state or a bit more it can control to what they believe assad is the sort of bulwark against terrorism. donald trump in his interview with the united states -- sorry, with the "new york times," has said actually, assad is going after the terrorist, russia and iran is going after the terrorists, we must go after the terrorists. that will be very interesting to see with a trump administration, does it let syria go or does it try to do something that will assuage the hundreds of thousands of people who have been killed already. >> sounds like russia is saying we will have a better relationship as long as you do it our way. >> sort of. people are care phful about a tp vac

sanctions that were imposed because of ukraine and because of crimea. these economic sanctions are hurting russia, and it's a big priority for the government to get them removed. so, i think there is a feeling that maybe, if the relationship improves, they could get rid of the sanctions. and then overall, better relations. really for mr. putin, it's transactional. he wants -- he wants, you know, real things. not just kind of a buddy-buddy relationship with donald trump. >> interesting. also, also, william, i think that russia yearns again to be a superpower, right? it's not a superpower right now. its economy is in the tank. right? and, to appear on the same stage with the american president might give the illusion that russia is again a superpower? >> it certainly contributes to the idea that russia is a great power. which it is. it's a large country in between china and europe. two of the three richest markets in the world. has a lot of potential influence both global affairs and affairs closer to home. the problem for putin is that just establishing

someone who kills journalists, invaded crimea. is that a man you respect? >> stop it with that kind of stuff. i mean -- >> stop it with what, sir? stop it with what? >> how you're describing a leader in the world that's actually, that we have to deal with. we're dealing with them right now. we have to deal with russia. we have to deal with russia. we cannot make russia an enemy. >> what do you make of his words that some believe make islam or muslims an enemy and not vladimir putin? >> you know, i'm troubled by it. i hope he'll rethink assumptions. when a region annexed territory of a neighbor, that's an alarm thing and said he's not an enemy, that's a very disturbing thing that hasn't happened in europe since world war ii. president obama working with the entire nato alliance was right to respond to that action by sanctions and strengthening nato and when he says things like that, it makes people worried that he might not be as tough on russia as we need to be right now. >> thank you so much for your time. we greatly appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> let's

to have the sanctions that were put in place against russia after russia invaded ukraine and annexed crimea, weakened. more broadly he's tried to divide the western world. it's something he's worked on in various ways. if -- and it's a big if. we really don't know what president-elect trump's positions would be. but if he were to come in and say, we've been too tough on the russians, we should accept the annexation of crimea and accept that russia has special influence in ukraine, well, that gets russia everything it wants. it divides europe, the eastern european countries like poland and of course ukraine will be terrified. there will be other countries in western europe that will think, well, maybe we can start doing business with russia. so the whole structure of the atlantic alliance begins to fray. that is one of the things putin has very openly been trying to do. >> we know that, you know, first question, listening to you talk about putin and russia, president obama, who -- just a reminder to everyone, president-elect trump will be meeting with at the white house tomorrow. president o

the --exation of crimea violates all international laws. >> they have vastly different use on area -- syria. one wants to work with russia and bashar al-assad to defeat islamic totalitarianism. vision isone's broadly similar to current french policy calling for assad to step down and accusing russia of committing war crimes in syria. millions are expected to vote in sunday's primary which may well decide the country's future president. genie: in iraq the islamic state groups main stronghold of mosul is now completely cut off and isolated. that's according to iraqi forces working with kurdish troops and shia militias to retake the city. the town 50 kilometers west of mosul is the latest to be targeted. mark thompson explains. militias rolled through a key road in the battle for control of mosul. the fighters known as the popular mobilization still face pocket of islamic state group resistance. control they have taken of the root to the jihadis de facto iraqi capital. our goal is to cut off the roads surrounding most to the west of the city so they can't get any supplies. the peshmerga

and the us imposing sanctions after russia invaded crimea two years ago as well as american backing of uprisings in so did russian hackers try to meddle in america's election as a payback? putin ridiculed at a recent conference and said america's reaction had been hysterical. >> is the us some kind of banana republic, he asked. the us is a great power, correct me if i'm wrong.>> the russian state 24 hour news cannell -- channel is shg unprecedented coverage of the us election. counting down before the first returns start to come in. the reason the kremlin is directing russians attention to the us elections is to discredit democracy and prove to russians that the us has no moral authority to tell anyone especially the russians how to run their government. we are talking about prudence's role in the us election is a win for russia as they fight to win glory. >>> doctors in the uk say one in six women diagnosed with breast cancer have symptoms other than i love. women with breast abnormalities, pain and inflammation were slower to seek help than women who found a lump. if there are any ch

music and russia's ears. >> you know, the people of crimea, from what i have heard, would rather be with rush than where they were. >> reporter: he has also refused to finger russia for the e-mail hacks, has suggested working with them in syria in the fight against isis and has spoken positively about president putin. the big question here in russia is whether u.s. sanctions, which have crippled the economy, will be dropped. still, the russian senator says there is more optimism now than there was just a few days ago. do you think the new trump era with be a better relationship for russia? >> he declared already that he is ready for such kind of future. who knows what's happening in reality. but i do hope that we have a chance now. >> reporter: people we spoke to seemed to agree. why do you think he'll be good? i think he will be good, this man tells us, because he has been a businessman a long time and had a lot of success. the relationship between the u.s. and russia depends on this president. of course it's very important. everybody was watching these elections but time will tell, as

earlier this week the top prosecutor published a report in which it found the annexation of crimea back in 2014 was essentially an occupation of territory. that was one thing. you can imagine that that rubbed russia the wrong way. go back to january of this year, russia was already signaling that a lot of different forces in the war in 2008, it put the finger of blame or said were going to look into the russian forces, all parties involvement in that conflict. russia obviously didn't like that as well. talk in the more recent syria. the security council in russia has blocked efforts of the security council to actually investigate as war crimes actions right now. the infrastructure, the hospital, the schools. it's able to block investigations by the icc. basicallyked goods -- a slap in the face to the icc. saying you're not going to lord it over us and say things about us we don't like. at the end of the day, that's what it comes down to. in eastern ukraine, they're looking into russia's possible alleged use of russian forces in helping separatists in fomenting that conflict in eastern u

we worked very closely together on the issue of annexation of crimea and russia's attempt to actually conquer ukraine and actually, they did so, conquer part of the territory. we tried to come to a peaceful settlement here on this. so our interests are very much aligned. our intents of cooperation are very much alive. we continue to build on what we have already achieved in these last months of the administration and we will continue also with the new administration. this is the end of an eight-year cooperation that was very close indeed. from a german point of view, german american and european american relations are a pillar of our foreign policy. foreign policy that is obviously guided by interests but that is very much also committed to shared values so we have a platform, democracy, freedom, respect of human rights, that we would like to see respected all over the world and also a peaceful world order. we have shared those values. we continue to share those values. obviously we will continue to cooperate with the new administration. but today i think a word of gratitude is at han

he's been in the crimea, the baltic states. the question is who can stare him down in a negotiation on behalf of the united states and come out with a better deal? i think mr. trump would be far better than hillary clinton, who we know when we talk to foreign leaders, is not well respected for trusted. >> i got one final political question, mr. chairman, before i let you go. will you challenge senator cruz in 2018? >> a lot of people ask me that question. it's flattering. a lot of interest in that. i -- it's not of my making. and right now i am focused on my race, re-election, and the presidential. i have a lot of expertise, i think, in these issues related to national security, foreign policy, that i want to put to work to best serve the american people. >> sounds like it's potentially a yes. you know you have the support of at least the former governor rick perry and plenty of others. so if you have that kind of support and you're interested, why not run? >> sounds like you would like me to run in the senate race. i don't hav

and -- >> crimea? >> and crimea! but occupies currently territories in ukraine. so people want to know why this matters, if trump gets in and softens on russia, the west -- the nato sanctions -- >> and supports softening those sanctions. >> if you start taking money from someone, it seems to me that that just impeaches everything you say about them hence forward. you look like the perp gson getg paid. >> right. and considering what a huge issue this was, and this is a big problem with giuliani, too, that's potentially a bigger hornet's nest with rudy giuliani -- >> you mean taking money -- >> former maliceovich government in germany. but the prism through which we have to judge all of these appointments is we have to remember what donald trump ran as. he ran as an outsider who had no experience in any of this, but the one thing he was going to do is be a good manager who picks somebody who has a lot of experience. you look at flynn, the one thing that seems to distinguish him from everyone else is that he was loyal. he was the one national security guy of his ped

imposed on russia after putin annexed crimea in 2014. music to the ears of putin who wants more respect from the white house was trump's personal praise of him. >> i'm going to say great things about him. i've already said he is really very much of a leader. >> reporter: the kremlin took an opportunity last weekend to parade some world war ii military hardware. this is what putin yearns to reclaim-- an era when a major player and wasn't subject to u.s. pressure or u.s. lectures on democracy. the kremlin hopes a new era like that is dawning now, scott, with a trump administration so tied up in trying to manage a deeply divided america, that it has neither time nor energy to try and manage russia, too. >> pelley: elizabeth palmer beneath the clock tower for us tonight. thank you, liz. coming up next on the cbs looking to save with a medicare prescription drug plan? at unitedhealthcare, we offer three plans- -including one that's brand new for 2017: the aarp medicarerx walgreens plan insured through unitedhealthcare. it features $0 co-pays,

particularly since russia's annexation of crimea. that's why nato troops are now being stationed in the baltics. but when you read the newspapers in russia you can see that there the fear is western aggression -- that's because moscow views nato troops on its borders as a threat. to find out how ordinary russians feel, our reporters have been to meet one russian family, that has just moved to kaliningrad, a tiny russian territory sandwiched between poland and the baltic states. reporter: smile, please. little german is feeling a bit anxious. it's his first day at school. he and his parents moved to kaliningrad not that long ago. a few more instructions. and then it's time for the national anthem. the city's number 12 school considers itself to be particularly patriotic. the aim is to raise good little russian patriots. but is russian patriotism important to the shustovoi family? german's mother says yes. pjotr schustovoi: it's not bad. it's good for children to know about their country's history and to be patriots. reporter: this is

the west condemned moscow for annexing crimea and imposed sanctions. over syria on the u.s.-russian tensions reached a new dangers level. today, the image that vladimir putin projects use of a strong leader who believes he is right and america is wrong. a russian president wants to change the balance of power. how will the new man or woman in the white house deal with that? kremlinrating with the says donald trump. mr. trump: he said nice things about me. if we got along well, that would be good. mrs. clinton: that is because he would rather have a profit. reporter: hillary clinton is more hard lined mrs. clinton:. in cybers engaged attacks against the united states of america. you encouraged espionage against our people. you are willing to spout the putin line. reporter: history shows when an election is over, rhetoric gives way to political reality. the reality is there needs to be a dialogue between a u.s. resident and the leader of russia. there is no sign of vladimir putin vacating that stage anytime soon. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. katty: iraqi forces are closi

this is a man, a leader who's killed journalists, invaded crimea, who's funded assad. so for you, vladimir putin, sir -- >> here we have rhetoric. go ahead. >> we can absolutely sbeek hillary clinton, but when i think about vladimir putin and what a dangerous man he is, i ask you, how would you describe vladimir putin in one word? >> you know something, stephanie, here we just cut a deal, the united states of america just cut a deal with russia, with russia's direct involvement to give the leading state sponsor of terrorism in iran a nuclear weapon. put them on a path to be a nuclear weapon. so if russia is so bad, why is it that our government, our current government right now, and hillary clinton was over there trying to do a russian reset -- >> sir, they would argue that that deal puts a check in place so they don't do it. >> it just gave the leading state sponsor of terrorism -- i mean, you know, they're -- they're -- iran's national anthem is death to america. they have said they are going to annihilate, annihilate the state of israel. come on. this is our current

this a response to russian aggression in crimea and ukraine. after wales nato created, expanded size of nrf and created bgtf, about 5,000. after warsaw nato deploying east 4,000 troops in these battalions. before nato announced this decision at the warsaw summit in july, as far back as january, the russians announced they were going to add 3,000 -- i'm sorry, three divisions to their western military district. since then, they have changed those numbers. they are adding two divisions or 20,000 troops to western military district and one of these has been reassigned to southern military district, which is the one closest to ukrainian border. so this is currently the balance of power in the northeast. you see on the left the size of the nato defense border, the fourth bar shows nato enhanced forward presence. the fifth bar shows if we added on top of that the vjtf. the sixth bar shows greater size of 30,000 of nato's rapid response force. and then the last before the red one, this is if we added all these nato capabilities together what they woul

-led economic sanctions imposed on russia after putin annexed crimea in 2014. music to the ears of put spin, who wants more respect from the white house, was trump's >> i am going to say great things about him. i have already said, he is really very much of a leader. >> the kremlin took an opportunity last weekend to parade some world war ii military hardware. this is what putin yearns to reclaim. an era when russia was a major player, and wasn't subject to u.s. pressure or u.s. lectures on democracy. the kremlin hopes a new era like with a trump administration so tied up intrigue to manage deeply divided america, that it has neither time nor energy to try and manage russia too. >>> elizabeth palmer beneath the clock tower for us tonight. thank you, liz. coming up next, crunch the when coughing keeps your family aw sier with vicks vaporub. soothing cough relief that starts working instantly. >>> how evenly divided is the nation? well listen to this. out of 120 million votes cast, less than 60 million in the popular vote with clinton ahead by only 200,000. antho

this a response to russian aggression in crimea and ukraine. after wales nato created, expanded size of nrf and created bgtf, about 5,000. after warsaw nato deploying east 4,000 troops in these battalions. before nato announced this decision at the warsaw summit in july, as far back as january, the russians announced they were going to add 3,000 -- i'm sorry, three divisions to their western military district. since then, they have changed those numbers. they are adding two divisions or 20,000 troops to western military district and one of these has been reassigned to southern military district, which is the one closest to ukrainian border. so this is currently the balance of power in the northeast. you see on the left the size of the nato defense border, the fourth bar shows nato enhanced forward presence. the fifth bar shows if we added on top of that the vjtf. the sixth bar shows greater size of 30,000 of nato's rapid response force. and then the last before the red one, this is if we added all these nato capabilities together what they woul

-led economic sanctions imposed on russia after putin annexed crimea in 2014. who wants more respect from the white house, was trump's personal praise of him. >> i am going to say great things about him. i said he is really very much of a leader. >> the kremlin took an opportunity last weekend to parade some world war ii military hardware. this is what putin yearns to reclaim. an era when russia was a major player, and wasn't subject to u.s. pressure or u.s. lectures on the kremlin hopes a new era like that is dawning now, scott. with a trump administration so tied up intrigue to manage deeply divided america, that it has neither time nor energy to try and manage russia too. >>> elizabeth palmer beneath the clock tower for us tonight. thank you, liz. coming up next, crunch the numbers, to see how trump won when it's time to potty train... sy ups. has an all-around stretchy waistband. and superior protection. so you'll see fewer leaks. and they'll see their first underwear. new pampers easy ups. you know your heart loves megared omega-3s... but did you know your