detractors of the russia china relationship always say that russia is choosing poorly it should choose the west over china but i always counter is that under that scenario russia must surrender a great deal of its sovereignty and that it is unwilling to do that its relationship with china both countries preserve their their sovereignty and their very adamant about it i mean if you look at their relationship when one is not subservient to the other they have mutual strong interests and that's where they start from go ahead jim they have huge enters together they have the russians have bass natural resources the chinese that best amounts of labor the russians need labor and the chinese need natural resources siberia used to be part of china you know it's only in the past 150 years or so that siberia became part of russia as the russians but you know the history i'm sure so no this is makes perfectly natural sense it's going to be good for both countries again i'm an american i don't particularly like it. i don't like saying what's happened but no it's fabulous for everybody russians get

they're getting a cut off from android russia is now cooperating with them on 5 g. infrastructure projects so you've got that's going to be an enabler for a new communications high speed infrastructure in and yeah you get. there there's overlap the in or out operate but i think they want to be independent in case they get cut off in case something happens you can be. independent you can kill still continue to operate and that and that throws throws that there's a i'll tell you where the security threat is for a while we it's not them tapping into anything it's our ability not to tap into some of their networks that's where the concern is i think as well as a trade and competition what 11 power spying is better than another if that's really a credible that's that that's called exceptionalism gone berserk but anyway jim you want to tell you don't go ahead peter you need to see not just technology but finance as well yet you know the russians and the chinese and others the indians are coming up with a new competition to the american presidential system there will be a

and russia that is the new start treaty which limits long range nuclear weapons in both countries and is considered the most important agreement reached during the cold war but the u.s. national security advisor john bolton already says new start won't be extended beyond its deadline if every 2021 so we're going to discuss in a moment what will happen next with our panel but 1st this report from our white house correspondent kelly hack it. it's a treaty u.s. president donald trump has repeatedly accused russia of violating right guys not here in the agreement they should have been done years ago the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty was signed in 1987 by then u.s. president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev for 31 years it's ban both sides from deploying medium range land based missiles halting the arms race between the 2 superpowers but washington and moscow clashed for years over russia's development and deployment of a cruise missile system the united states and its allies say was prohibited under the cold war pact in february us secretary of state mike pump

and russia stilton bank says russia is to blame because it has developed a new cruise missile. we will not mirror what threshold us we don't want a new on surface and we have no intention to deploy the new land based nuclear me sides in europe nato continues to aspire for a construct relationship with russia when russia else actions make that possible so that was an aegis sector general yes staunton back now while the u.s. and russia blame each other for ending the iron if treaty both sides of calling for restraint the deal was originally joined up to defuse cold war tensions here's a look back at how the landmark treaty came about. 987 the historic agreement between the soviet union and the united states. about how and ronald reagan signed the i.n.f. treaty marking a change of course after decades of cold war nuclear tension. the root of the tension was this the soviet s s 20 missile a nuclear warhead that could strike western europe at short notice. that worried those european countries on the other side of the iron curtain were well within the missiles reach of 5 and a half

russia can live with ukraine and nato. other think tanks offered serious ideas about an international presence as a vehicle for ending the war. if you can establish that, the russians lose control of the border and soldiers and offices and weapons and such an elastic-12 months of international force to be in charge, you can have reelections. that can be a face saver. these negotiations, and vladimir putin, let's see what happens with ukraine and the elections. .. and i think it's safe to say the crimmins -- is one of the most odious figures in ukraine. so here's the bottom line. they've had the elections. putin was hoping it would be political forces in ukraine, they would be able to lead to serious ukrainian concessions on foreign policy. hasn't happened. instead, the east voted forgot who is essentially endorsing a westward policy. zelensky is victory is a disaster the imperialists in moscow. smart people in moscow understand that. i think some of the smart people are in putin's inner circle but they don't include the gr

president might call french president might call for reinstall reinstating russia's voting rights in the council of europe he also presented russia once again as a reliable partner whether it comes to european security the emphasize that it was the u.s. that left the i.n.f. treaty that arms treaty and it seems as well as it might call was almost welcoming russia into the european fold he emphasized again and again the importance of remembering that russia is also a european country as he said rather a symbolic step just ahead of these g. 7 meetings which as you say russia has been include excluded from since the annexation of crimea now talk about crimea of course that the conflict in ukraine is going to be high on the agenda do do we anticipate anything in the way of progress. well so far that conflict has really been in deadlock particularly under. the previous ukrainian president and observers had been hoping that there could become kind of some kind of a change with becoming president this year and it does seem that that may perhaps be happening today we heard from vladimir putin

imposed sanctions on russia. just taking on a powerful stimulus role it subsidizes various agricultural sectors milk production sugar beet cultivation and many others besides and it subsidizes loans to invest in machinery and livestock. modern machinery has boosted production and opened up new business opportunities eco neiva used to only sell milk now it also produces fear yogurt and cheese the company has taken on an extra $10000.00 workers to cope with . the expansion. did you go every day you've got a new task. that helps you to improve yourself and to grow together with the company. back in eastern germany our export agent hans van or has now joined forces with other companies to lobby the government they want the sanctions on russia to be eased so they can start trading again. it's about finding ways and means of protecting our economic interests worldwide. it's not just russia this applies to other countries as well. we have to try as europeans to get along with countries that don't have the kind of democr

when you ask the intel folks they will put russia and china at the top and say russia short-term more dangerous and longer-term china is th the real threat because of the capability of overcoming the u.s. in time. not guarantee but a capability to stronger economy, bigger population et cetera. does china want to surpass the u.s.? absolutely. we read the editorials and this is about regaining their rightful place on top of the world. that is the way they look at it. >> because they feel as they have been humiliated. >> exactly. russia has a similar victimization monument set going back not as far to 1991, the collapse of the soviet union. they were humiliated and klobuchar was no better than me and a villain not a hero. chinese leaders study the collapse of the soviet union. they say we don't want to do that. >> so you were in the obama ministration watching for the chief of staff. it did go to the chinese and they knock off. in the intellectual property, intrusions and it kind of worked at least for. >> i talked to rick who is a former deputy director of the nsa and highly involved in

treaty was that they accused russia of violating that agreement now russia has said they did not and denies violating this agreement we've also heard from russian president vladimir putin who emphasized that russia won't be the 1st to boost its military if the usa were not to escalate following the withdrawal of the treaty this is what the russian president said if we receive verified information that the u.s. has finished developing and started producing the systems russia will be forced to be gay. in its own full scale development of similar missiles so even after the united states withdrew from the i.n.f. treaty we did not see an escalation from russia however the united states has proceeded to test this missile that would have violated the treaty now it's important to remember that the i.n.f. treaty was signed in 1987 and it was a key moment in the scaling down in deescalation and eventually end of the cold war however that i.n.f. treaty that banned nuclear and missiles of a certain length is no longer in effect now russia has repeatedly reached out to the united states for dialo

so when it comes to what russia did, and how russia messed with our election, deripaska is this key figure who is still a bit of a mystery. he definitely plugs into the manafort part of this scandal in a way that mueller's report essentially leaves as an open question. this is from mueller's report. "the special counsel's office could not reliably determine manafort's purpose in sharing internal polling data during the campaign period. manafort --" something, something redacted, "did not see a downside to sharing campaign information and told rick gates his role in the campaign would be good for business and potentially a way to be made whole for the work he previously completed in ukraine." as to deripaska, manafort claimed by sharing campaign information with him deripaska might see value in their relationship and resolve a disagreeme disagreement, a reference to one or more outstanding lawsuits. remember deripaska's friends saying manafort owed them a ton of money. so deripaska is this intriguing figure when it comes to russia's attack on our election. deripaska is believed by the u.s.

folks they will russia and china at the top and typically say russia short-term they have a capability to a stronger economy and population etc.. it does china want to surpass the u.s. come absolutely. it's about regaining their rightful place at the top of the world. what's interesting is russia had a similar mindset going back not as far but the collapse of the soviet union they feel they were humiliated and folks know better in the room tammy what's interesting chinese leaders to study the fault and collapse, china studies at and they say we don't want to be that. >> by impression is they say knock it off and it kind of works for a period. >> the former deputy director of the nsa, basically the cyber operations response. he said after obama delivered a tough warning that there was a discernible downturn in activity in terms of volume but not a substantive change in the aggression. it's still as active as what they were taking away in the public and private sectors. >> they basically la lay out wht they are going to do so i mean, what is it that they are going to do in general they w

that's the first point but the second is, russia is also not russia away some spokesman claimed to be. what i mean is this area you often hear in discussions about russia ukraine about the ability of the russian people to suffer endlessly and do what their masters want. that's true until suddenly it isn't. so there's a great history of walls in russia, rebellions. i've been watching what's happening in russia. this thing in moscow, these constant demonstrations going on for three weeks, the demonstrations you had which were successful about the journalist and about the cathedral, all very interesting. whether that means we're on the verge of some major shift in russian politics, i hesitate to make that prediction. i just say watch closely. >> you're just going to tantalize us. fran and then down at the end . >>. >> john, you're right to point to the shipping russian attitudes towards the eu. but my concern is that new attitudes have continued to shift towards ukraine and there is what i would say is a growing sense of ukrainian fatigue because of the lack of reforms under the previous

which are a disaster for russia. andrew knows more about russian economy than anyone in this town , and he can tell you that the economy is going nowhere. and sanctions are only part of the reason, not the most important parts but the point is his growing state crony capitalist corrupt control of the economy is keeping very, very talented people in for all. thrall. and ukraine is part of that. ukraine is part of it. if you're right, if you're right and russia stays and holds onto the ukraine and putin follows him, whatever he decides to leave, russia is doomed to become a fourth-grade economy and a third great power. -- third rate power. not in a year, not in 20 years but in 25 or 30 and they will become china's little how which pal, which is already developing. >> john, you're right that anders knows a great deal about russia but we have another guy in this room who also knows a great deal about russia. his name is dimitri symes and he now has the floor. thank you very much for accepting our invitation. thank you fo

security council where russia and the u.s. traded accusations over the collapse of the i.m.f. treaty. in accusing russia the united states and the countries that drum to along with its are ignoring facts and common sense the united states will not remain a party to a treaty that is deliberately violated by russia. also this hour conservative activists in the u.s. are celebrating after a court agrees to reconsider its censorship case against tech giants like facebook and google. and the ship captain faces jail time for saving migrants from the mediterranean has turned down a french bravery award accusing paris of. as european states still wrangle over what to do with newcomers. watching our 2 international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 3 pm welcome to the program thought amir putin has ordered an analysis of the threat posed by the latest american missile the weapon was recently tested not long after the u.s. pulled out of an arms control treaty the russian president also ordered a symmetrical response for more let's cross live now to. go. t

and russia stoltenberg blames russia for the us withdrawal from the treaty saying that moscow failed to comply after it develops a new cruise missile. it was a tweak that announced the end of over 30 years of mutual nuclear restraint u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o squarely put the blame on russia when he declared the treaty ends today president trump had withdrawn from the agreement 6 months ago after russia deployed a new missile system that contravenes the ins terms according to washington and nato. put russia is adamant that the us is responsible for the treaties unraveling . which we have discussed the subject in detail many times from the very beginning we were saying that this is exclusively a us initiative america brenda's 1st to shatter this agreement and then terminate participation and at. the gushing with him this week i'm going to moscow has proposed a moratorium on deploying nuclear capable missiles and nato is also keen to avoid europe becoming a staging ground for a nuclear buildup would be funny we will not mirror what russia does we don't want a new officers a

imposed sanctions on russia. the. state is taking on a powerful stimulus role it subsidizes various agricultural sectors milk production sugar beet cultivation and many others besides and it subsidizes loans to invest in machinery and livestock. modern machinery has boosted production and opened up new business opportunities eco neither used to only sell milk now it also produces fear yogurt and cheese the company has taken on an extra $10000.00 workers to. cope with the expansion. of the due to go every day you've got a new task. that helps you to improve yourselves and to grow together with the company. back in eastern germany our export agent hans van or has now joined forces with other companies to lobby the government they want the sanctions on russia to be eased so they can start trading again. it's about finding ways and means of protecting our economic interests worldwide. it's not just russia this applies to other countries as well. we have to try as europeans to get along with countries that don't have the k

missile test as russia warns the u.n. security council of a new arms race if it actually isn't taken. we're one step away from an arms race that cannot be controlled or regulated in any way the united states will not remain a party to a treaty that is deliberately violated by russia. conservative activists in the u.s. celebrate after a court agrees to reconsider a case accusing global tech giants like google and facebook of an anti conservative bias. and they ship captain who faces jail for saving migrants from the mediterranean has turned down a french braid award accusing paris of hypocrisy as european states still wrangle over what to do with newcomers. watching our attention national coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 6 pm welcome to the program. where putin has ordered an analysis of the threat posed by a new u.s. missile the weapon was recently tested just after washington pulled out of a key arms control treaty with moscow the russian president also ordered a symmetrical response to

missile test that as russia wants the u.n. security council of a new arms race to action isn't taken. one step away from an arms race that cannot be controlled or regulated in any way the united states will not remain a party to a treaty that is deliberately violated by russia. also this hour conservative activist in the u.s. to celebrate after a court agrees to reconsider a case accusing global tech giants like google and facebook of an anti conservative bias. and australian the reagan couple whose child was severely malnourished after being placed on the diet escaped jail time but are head of community service instead we break down the issues. you're watching aren't international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 7 pm welcome to the program. but a mere putin has ordered an analysis of the threat posed by a new u.s. missile the weapon was recently tested just after washington pulled out of a treaty arms control treaty with moscow the russian president also ordered a symmetrical response to the

russia says the u.s. has made a serious mistake by pulling out of a lot of control agreement on friday the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty was signed with the former soviet union during the cold war but the u.s. administration says russia has not kept its side of the bargain a white house correspondent kimberly hellcat reports. it's a treaty u.s. president donald trump has repeatedly accused russia of violating right guys not here in the agreement they should have been done years ago the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty was signed in 1987 by then u.s. president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev for 31 years it's ban both sides from deploying medium range land based missiles halting the arms race between the 2 superpowers but washington and moscow clashed for years over russia's development and deployment of a cruise missile system the united states and its allies say was prohibited under the cold war pact in february us secretary of state mike pump a.o. announced that of r

russia calls on the u.n. to prevent a new arms race following a u.s. missile test and the collapse of the i.n.f. treaty. trump councils a state visit to denmark after calling remarks by its prime minister masti she had rejected his offer to buy greenland calling the proposal absurd. and aid organization oxfam lashes out and g 7 countries ahead of the summit this weekend it accuses their policies of driving political and equality. equality hot rich increased over the last the last year actually the wealth the british just billionaires was growing while the wealth of the poorest half of society had fallen . hello you're watching on t.v. international i'm whereas on a local it thank you for joining us. now russia and china have called for global action to prevent a new all ms rice following the collapse of a key arms control agreement in beijing called a u.n. security council meeting after the u.s. tested a cruise missile previously banned by the i.n.f. treaty and rival powers blamed each other for the ongoing escalation his caleb maupin with the details.

did just before the g 7 in which he said you know that russia is a european country russia soldiers in europe driving russia away would be a strategic mistake it would weaken the west it would create conflict there but then when it comes to. actually proposing anything he comes out with nothing at all it is doing. who are supposed to change the. policy is to somehow reconcile themselves to your firm with your account with that in and the euro be part of the club but that's not going to happen ok do you want to know the problem with monk wrong is that he says all the right things and then he behaves you know in the wrong way what do you how do you account for the well he accused the ultra liberals and for all of them allies that led pranged to become available vests but he is the ultra liberal himself you know now he's talking about pushing russia out of europe and it being a mistake he was the ron who said r.t. unsporting quote are not media he basically you know aggression the french journalist you said the following they these people they imitate your 4 months but they're not you the

and russia walk away from a cord war treaty on nuclear weapons. we will not mirror what russia. we don't want and you are sure i'm each side blames the other for ending the medium range missile agreement that they both scored for restraint. also coming up us president donald trump slaps a new 10 percent tariff on $300000000000.00 worth of chinese goods asian markets tumble as relations between the violence top 2 economies take a shop turn for the us and. the cantonese pop singer adding a touch of glamour to the hong kong pro-democracy protests how did these ho is putting her own korea exists with an outspoken attack on china. and we saw it in the united states where president donald trump has really thousands of supporters in ohio he lashed out at the democrats mocking some of the leading politician. but as did obvious alexander phenomena reports from cincinnati the president stopped short of making any more of mocks that would be seen as offensive. for diane ridden things are falling into place right now born and raised in cincinnati she has been a republican for decades she ev

she is saying russia, russia, russia. maybe it was. it could be russia but it could also be china. could also be lots of other people. it also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. if putin likes donald trump guess what, folks? that is called an asset not a liability. as far as hacking i think it was russia but i think we also get hacked by other countries and people. my people came to me, dan coats and some others and said they think it's russia. i have president putin. he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be. russia does have 90% of the nuclear weapons so i've always felt getting along is a positive thing. >> don't meddle in the election. >> that's about how that went. there is also building concern tonight about the possibility of some sort of new arms race with russia. for the first time in decades the u.s. has tested an intermediate range cruise missile the first such test since the administration withdrew from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. the actual missile took off faster than this one. e

that's the first point of the second is, russia is also not russia away some spokesman claimed to be. what i mean is this. you often hear in discussion especially about russia and ukraine about the ability of russian people to suffer endlessly and do what their masters want. and that's true until suddenly so there's a great history of rebellions in russia. i've been watching what'sbeen happening in russia. this thing in moscow, the constant demonstration going on now for three weeks , the demonstrations you had were successful about the journalist and about the cathedral, all very interesting. whether that means where on the verge of some major shift in russian politics, i hesitate to make that distinction. i say watch it closely. >> you're just going to centralize us . ran and then down to the end. >> council. john, i think you're right to point to the shipping russian attitudes towards the eu in 2013 2014 as being key. but my concern is that you knew to continue to shift towards the ukraine and there is what i would say is a growing sense of ukraine that he because of the lack of re

intermediate range nuclear forces treaty with russia last friday russia's defense ministry said no dangerous substances were released in the explosion although local authorities closed waters north of the site to shipping for a month greenpeace cited government data showing a radiation spike 20 times above normal in a city 30 kilometers from the test site. some of. the biggest threat is the release of radioactive substances on the inhabitants of a settlement located next to that military base never the less for the inhabitants of said road to being such a city they could also be a danger depending on what kind of substances were released and whether they reached the town. residents took no chances they bought medical iodine known to block the absorption of radiation. event have shaken up the whole town people started to panic within a matter of an hour although i had been and i had been continually drugs were sold out. yes. 4000 kilometers away in eastern siberia another explosion at a military ammunition dump site the government blamed it on lightning. there was a big explosion i saw a colo

the regime supported by russia's always finding reasons to. attack it live again and cause casualties on civilians it's using this as a card to to you know tell the international society that we have a terrorist be considered a regime and russia because they're all population living in it as terrorists so right now yes we might have a cease fire but actually we have never trusted russia and the regime to have a sustainable ceasefire agreement and andrew doesn't look like that the un secretary general's announcement about an investigation into russia over its bombing campaign had an impact there. not necessarily there has been a fiery response from russia about that investigation it's really being used words using words like propaganda and false hoods in the past but we're hearing from sources that russia really is keen on a ceasefire there was been very little progress by the syrian regime and even the russian bombing in terms of actually getting control of the other parts of the northwest region and so therefore there is a general feeling tha

20 years ago today vladimir putin became russia's prime minister this semi anonymous k.g.b. colonel hand-picked by boris yeltsin rose from prime minister to president and seemed to talk sincerely about partnership with the west so what did it all go wrong i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day. has become a kind of brand has become a symbol of great power and the return of russia's strength. with putin's popularity rating is now completely different from the one he had before previously was true worship. but today it's a popularity rating based on the absence of an alternative. that people today are looking for another stronger voice putin has been the strongest voice of the last 20 years. of good sportsman must stop at the top of his form currently putin is not even able to leave because his popularity is declining. and he wants it to be written in russian textbooks that he's a great man similar to peter the great catherine the great. because you're. also coming up possible snap elections in italy after a far right stephanie prime minister imitator salvini questions t

and russia trade accusations of the un security council over the collapse of the i.m.f. arms control treaty. the russian federation preferred a world in which the united states continued to fulfill its eye and a treaty obligations while the russian federation did not in accusing russia and the united states in the countries that support it or ignore in facts and common sense donald trump cancels a state visit to denmark after cooling remarks by its prime minister nasty she had rejected his offer to buy greenland is calling the proposal absurd. and aid organization oxfam lashes out at g 7 countries ahead of their summit this weekend i think uses their policies of driving global inequality equality how to bridge the increased if a lot of the last year actually the well the british just billionaires was growing while the wealth of the poorest half of society had fallen. hello you're watching r t international i'm ours on a local thank you for joining us. russia and china have called for global action to prevent a new arms race following the collapse of a key arms control ag

so many people are talking about annexing russia. when i pressed him and said why do you keep changing and doubling down on the idea that obama was outsmarted when every other country in the world has said that it's because russia annexed crimea why they were kicked out of the g7. he wouldn't answer that question. instead he went back to what opponents say is his nervous tick, to blame president obama for all sorts of stuff. in this case, he's blaming obama for the g7, immigration, not being tough on china. but there, his opponents would say, something weird going on with president trump and russia in this case. >> ambassador mcfaul, your thoughts on what the russians must think at the highest levels at this american president operating as their agent? >> well, they're delighted by it, of course, because it divides the g7 at a time when we could actually really use unity, on how to deal with the global economy, how to deal with china. instead we're having ridiculous, i want to emphasize that adjective, ridiculous discussions about in

democratic elections so russia taking this pretty seriously i mean the letter does not exactly spell out what actions russia might take against google in response and google for its part has not publicly commented on this either but if we're reading between the lines here i mean why does russia really want you to block these push it right i mean what's the big deal about the push notifications the letter doesn't specifically mention which accounts or war which videos were sending out these push notifications but it's pretty clear if you look at youtube which videos the authorities were really worried about being promoted and then this is one of them here and there were scores of accounts that were actually live streaming these demonstrations for hours i think this one went on for 7 or 8 hours many of the largest channels were run by international bob katter broadcasters are radio free europe voice of america for example this particular one comes from radio free europe it was seen by more than 2000000 people it had interviews with protesters you can see there on the side an active dis

the russia's russia's president vladimir putin has really kind of refocused his energy away from the international stage and back to domestic policy in this current 4th term and least our win in moscow thank you very much. berlin city government like others in europe is struggling with skyrocketing rents and a shortage of housing that's putting dramatic measures in place to deal with the crisis including a 5 year rent freeze but many renters continue to be worried about being priced out of their neighborhoods our reporter met a group of tenants facing an uncertain future. this is still a speck of plants in the fleece lined neighborhood of east berlin alexander pushkin likes this historic area the same area where his grandmother lived. things from the shops this is my home because i grew up here and this is where i went to school about a kilometer away from here is where i graduated high school so i want to stay here because this is what i know and love. mock the few weeks ago he received a letter informing him that all the units in his apartment building will be sold now push is afra

russia and the u.s. trade accusations that the u.n. security council over the collapse of the i.m.f. arms control treaty. in the public using russia the united states and the countries that grumpy. but also to a ship captain who faces jail for saving migrants from the mediterranean has turned down a french bravery award using iris of a popular see that as european states still wrangle over what to do with the new comes. the good morning welcome it's just gone 10 o'clock here in moscow you're watching r.t. international back in servitude activists in the u.s. are hopeful there's a court reconsiders essential case against facebook google twitter and also apple bringing the lawsuit accused the tech giants of bias and of suppressing content from the conservative end of the political spectrum. as more. if you haven't heard of a laura loom or now is the time the young female activists dared to go against the almighty big tag and could actually shake things up more on that in just a sec she's known as someone who's been banned from seemingly

he's become a symbol of great power and the return of russia strength. of putin's popularity rating is now completely different from the one he had before previously was true worship. but today it's a popularity rating based on the absence of an alternative. that people today are looking for another stronger voice couldn't has been the strongest voice of the last 20 years. but good sportsman must stop at the top of his form currently putin is not even able to leave because his popularity is declining. he wants it to be written in russian textbooks that he's a great man similar to peter the great catherine the great. you could. also coming up possible snap elections in italy after a far right stephanie prime minister imitator salvini questions the ruling coalition future so it's really about to move even further to the right. i do my job with my heart with honor with pride if i can do it freely and until the end i mean if i realize that someone is trying to stop me then the decision in a skirt back to the italian people with no ifs and buts. hoping you de

>> i think there is very little appetite amongst g-7 members to re-invite russia into the fold. russia's taken no steps that -- whether it's on crimea or for that matter on a host of other issues that indicate they've reformed their ways. and i was at the white house when we kicked russia out of the g-7, and it was precisely because they violated one of the most fundamental rules of international law. you don't invade other countries, and i think accepting russia's occupation of crimea would violate that rule and would open up a whole hornet's nest of other problems. >> and nick, you know, the president, you know, speaks his mind whether it's in front of

should we put russia back in? we spend a lot of time talking about russia at those meetings and they're not there. i think it would be a good thing if russia were there so we can speak directly. >> he says obama was outsmarted. you were around for that else. what is your reaction to that? >> i never have understood this pre occupation of president trump with president obama. a certain amount of jealousy. this wasn't a unilateral u.s. decision to boot russia out of the g-8. this was all the nations involved wanted to do this. it was a unanimous thing. so to blame it all on president obama for, which he likes to do, blame president obama for everything, again, it is strange. >> all right. general james clapper. thank you so much. president trump under fire for saying the jews who don't vote for him are disloyal and he is refusing to back down. let's discuss why. it's time for some straight talk. it's true, the big wireless companies have great coverage. great coverage... that's because of all these cell towers. glor

had signed with russia but let earlier this month the u.s. said that they were going to withdraw from that treaty because they said that russia had been violating the terms of the agreement now that's something that russia denies so all we know is this test took place on sunday in the afternoon in california and the military saying that it went more than 500 kilometers and then accurately hit its target again the more than 500 kilometers is the key because that sort of testing hasn't been done in decades because it had been prevented by the treaty that says you cannot test land based cruise missiles that have a range between 502-5500 kilometers so the u.s. said that they were going to take this step they say they're going to have more tests in the future the big question now is where they're going to try and put these land based cruise missiles we know that the secretary of defense has hinted that he'd like to play some in asia china reacted strongly along with the u.s. allies say that that was not a good idea but this again he said it will t