is. >> i'm "ali velshi on target" tonight, america's new cold war with russia. i take you to the frozen north where america's allies are lacked in a huge standoff over deposits of oil and gas. i'll give you a firsthand look at how arctic melting has fueled old tensions between enemies. all week long al jazeera america is showcasing a selection of your stories. they are some of the most important news events we've covered on this channel for you and one of them has been the new cold war between russia and the west. the tensions now extend from the battlefields of syria to the sea lanes of the arctic but the bad blood started in 2014 with the war in ukraine. two years on russia still backs separatist rebels fighting the ukraine government. tonight i'm taking you on the front line with russia, poland, roromania, bulgaria, and competg for special natural resources with new urgency. let's again the journey now with a special report. it's 10 a.m. on an autumn morning in stra tran sylvania. it is a routine nato exercise in military readiness. >> one minute! >> but demonstrations of forc

why is he not in russia? so it seems to me the whole directions in which goes the whole society and media, among them is not not perspective directions. it's not good, to me. thank you. >> thank you. anton, it's your turn. >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you. nikolai, thank you for this possibility just to address to you people such crucial topics on human rights. sorry, i'm a lawyer, so maybe some my words will not be, you know, understood by the audience, but sorry. yeah. so i'm not going to talk too much because as stanislav said, i prefer a living dialogue and questions and answer also. but when i was going here in the metro, i just enumerated at least nine topics that i'm going to address to you. it's not the whole list of human rights problems in russia, but it came to my mind the first sight. first of all, maybe it's the recent human rights issue is, of course, a trial. and, you know, you may know that she was sentenced to 22 years of prison term and last week it was a roundtable at the cannon institute and i said that i had some doubts that they're going to exchange her for t

our eyes on great powers like russia. we need to watch regional pariahs like iran and north korean' we need tone sure that terror groups never get their hands on nuclear material as isil, so we read, hope to do in belgium. the conventional wisdom looks a lot more like did it in 2009 when president obama launched this conversation. many believe the risk of a planet destroying exchange has gone down while the threat of a single attack by kim young un or others has gone up. i don't think we can rule out major conflict. what keeps me up at night is the risk of miscalculation. the accidental clash between the u.s. and russia perhaps over syria or pakistan and india that escalates. many regions are ready to blow. use of a theological weapon of any kind in syria could become an international crisis overnight. and if the world's responsible nations, grown-ups in the situation room condition the manage these risks, then that's the ball game much as usual, wilson center is ahead of this problem. nonproliferation is one of our clanz lanes of excellence. and today's conversation is led by the

. why it matters. how it is shaping our response to the actions of a more conservative russia, and how it must define the way we tackle challenges. the transatlantic alliance has its roots in common culture and values. these are bonds which carried us through the cold war. today, nato continues to serve the interests of each and every member. security, prosperity, and open societies. none of these values are guaranteed by nato alone, but all would be at great risk without nato. a safer and stronger europe means a safer and stronger united states. that was the rationale behind the decision to create the alliance, and it is just as valid today. because nato is as much an american organization as it is a european one. this was the spirit in which the alliance responded when the united states was attacked on 9/11. the only time the alliance has invoked article five of the washington treaty, which makes clear that an attack against one ally is an attack against all. that collective decision led to nato's biggest ever operation in afghanistan, where hundreds of thousands of soldiers from eur

russia. well-published in english and russian. most importantly, he serves as an interpreter of russian culture. with that, i will turn it over to nikolai and he can begin the conversation. mr. zlobin: thank you. we will start with my right, mr. stanislav kucher. i think we will have three of them speaking and then a question and answer session. the floor is yours. nikolai.r: thank you, thank you, ladies and gentlemen. i am looking forward to this part of questions and answers because i do like informal communication. believe it is most unique to answer the questions you are actually interested in. if i do have to make certain statements, i would like to say what i think about the future of describe three scenarios for the future of russia for the next few years. i would like to start with a quote. ofyears ago, in the pages foreign affairs, then attorney general of the united states warned about what would happen if perestroika failed. the primary problem before the soviet people and their leaders is to prevent the new soviet union from becoming a version of the autocratic monarchy and

greater. .uy: james, thank you speakt, we will exclusively to the ceo of russia's largest bank. we will ask them what is to come for his bank, the russian economy and of course, the price of oil. all of that next here on "on the move." guy: welcome back. you are watching "on the move." i want to talk to you about what is happening with the french telco sector. basically, what you are looking at here is orange walking away from bouygues. reaction youheer are looking at across the french sector. arege, iliad, and bouygues all trading lower. numericable is down 16%. everything is being sold in reaction to this decision. we will have more as we work our way through the morning. we will give you the latest on what will happen next. in the meantime, i will take you and get you caught up with everything else. here we have the bloomberg first world ms.. kumutha: saudi arabia is running its biggest economic shakeup since the founding of the kingdom. said therown prince measures, including more taxes and accelerated subsidy costs, would raise the next to $100 billion a year by 2020. the coun

we seem to be establishing -- establishing is over our, indeed two years after russia invaded ukraine, the administration is still not provided ukraine forces for the legal assistance they need to defend themselves in which the congress has authorized for fear of provoking russia. this fear of es ska lags only encourages the kind of aggressive dangerous behavior we saw last week when russian fighter jets conducted simulated tax within 30 feet of the navy destroyer in international water and performed dangerous maneuvers of 50 feet and international air space. the european insurance initiative is a positive step, first step to re-establishing deter rens in europe but it's just that, a first step. russia is building an advanced access area denial network to crimea to the eastern med mediterranean. it's at the highest level since the cold war. russia's military modernization and expanding operations demand a comprehensive review of u.s. forced poster in europe and the resource is necessary to support it. but a strong flood of refew nato has to step up. nato allies not only need to revers

wonder if you could talk a bit about russia, what you think the actual threat is that russia poses to the alliance right now. what are putin's goals? on his actions arguably a response as some argued years ago to nato's expansion right to russia's borders? is there a limit that you see to, i will say putin, but russia's desire to expand its own sphere of influence? or do you see it, do you think they see it as a defensive mechanism? >> i will say some words about russia in a moment i will stop commenting on the introduction to the question because that is also related to this concern, whether part of the debate in united states provides reason for concern in europe at the united states is not focused on europe, the united states is not going to continue transatlantic alliance and so on. first of all, i would like to say that the first time i visited the united states was in 1980. then i was 21 years old. no, not 21 years old. i visited the united states together with my father. he was then defense minister of norway and we traveled a week around the united states, different military base

with lip syncing for the hearing impaired. there have been a decline in production in russia. we are losing jobs and salaries are reduced. despite all of that the russian economy has endured and it has not been shredded into pieces as you recall mr. barack obama had predicted. this year with good events and positive events. it is human nature that people ask about things that concern them, about things that are rather issues for them rather than positive things. this is a chance for them to sort out their issues, their programs. we were looking at questions and queries in the run up to this program. we see that questions are divided into groups and some of it is about the economy and economy-related issues. people have to go saving as regards to family budgets. let's ask the most relevant question asking a question about prices. last year i would buy groceries for 5,000 for a week's time. now one year later it is no less than 10,000. prices have gone up at least twice. the government is telling us that inflation is only 12% a year so who should i trust? the receipt or the government?

hospital. washington is outraged, and said the attacks appeared deliberate. blast off from russia's new cosmonaut. let them your putin's prestige project, dogged by setbacks and allegations of corruption. and, a defection in the highest ranks of german soccer. a player one side of his contract so he can play for the bundesliga rival in munich. brent: it is good to have you with us. it tonight, the cease-fire in syria is hanging by a thread. that is what the united nations is saying after more than 30 people have been killed, just today alone, fighting and aleppo. among the dead, at least 14 patients and three doctors at a hospital in a rebel-held area of the city. the airstrike on the hospital has drawn international condemnation. u.s. secretary of state john kerry expressing outrage, saying the attacks appeared to be deliver it. he says russia has an urgent responsibility to stop syrian forces from attacking civilians. reporter: where do you take shelter, when nowhere is safe? bombs in syria's biggest city, aleppo, sent people fleeing from their homes. amid a few glimmers of hope,

big diamede. little diomede is owned by the united states. big diomede is owned by russia. when you hear that statement about you can see russia from alaska, when you're on big diomede, that is a true, true statement. but when you are sitting in this small island community of some 110 people, your hub community for food, for health care, for pretty much anything is nome, alaska. that's where you go. and during the -- during the summertime, during the time when the ice is not frozen over in the baring strait, literally the only way to get in and out is by helicopter because the island is so small and it's such a peaked island, basically a big rock coming out of the water. there is no flat space for a runway. so you've got a helicopter that provides for medical in and out and basically travel in and out. in the winter the residents will actually carve a runway into the ice so that planes can land on the ice to deliver essential products, whether it's food or medicine or the like. and sometimes you can't put the runway on the ice because the ice has been so compressed and jumbled. and

shaping our response to the actions of a more conservative russia, and how it must define the way we tackle challenges. the transatlantic alliance has its roots in common culture and values. these are bonds which carried us through the cold war. today, nato continues to serve the interests of each and every member. security, prosperity, and open societies. none of these values are guaranteed by nato alone, but all would be at great risk without nato. a safer and stronger europe means a safer and stronger united states. that was the rationale behind the decision to create the alliance, and it is just as valid today. because nato is as much an american organization as it is a european one. this was the spirit in which the alliance responded when the united states was attacked on 9/11. the only time the alliance has invoked article five of the washington treaty, which makes clear that an attack against one ally is an attack against all. that collective decision led to nato's biggest ever operation in afghanistan, where hundreds of thousands of soldiers from europe, canada, and nato coun

the russian economy. statistics show that for the there have been a decline in production in russia. and salaries jobs, are reduced. despite all that, the economy has endured. has not been shedded into as your league, barack obama, had predicted. positiveyear also, events. but it's human nature that people usually ask about things them, about things that are rather -- issues for them, rather than positive things. and this is a chance for them to issues, their problems. we were looking at the questions queries in the run-up to this program. and we see that questions are divided into groups and some of them are about the economy, economy-related issues. people now have to go to savings regards to their family budgets. let's ask the most relevant question. is a person from moscow. a question about prices. groceries i would buy for $5,000 for a week's time and it's no year later, less than $10,000. so prices have gone up at least twice. but the government is telling us that inflation is only 12% a year. trust?should i the receipt or the government? >> both. is no contradiction here. let

defense spending. he is talking about redoing a relationship with russia at the moment. the europeans are going to be asking at what expense is that over for putin's moves in ukraine and annexing crimea. president putin is the only one who described trump as talented and in glowing terms. outstanding is another word that putin used for describing trump. the nato allies, that will be with concern. in the middle east, perhaps a slight warming to what donald trump had said cracking down on isis. very negative against iran and against the iran perceived expansion in the region about the nuclear deal he says is bad. he can pull countries like saudi back toward him a little more. countries felt they have been on the outs under president obama. there is still a lot that's lacking. the people, politicians, rather, are looking for. >> nic robertson in london. thank you. trump's speech taking direct aim at china. accusing beijing of an american assault. we will have reaction in 15 minutes. >>> on the democratic side. a move in the bernie sanders campaign that has people talking this morning. bernie

are you because it's a great issue in russia. so the thing is -- when there is a small company and where the developments guy with us and it's all -- we're all in the same small flat. we can do a lot more than you think than you can do with the 20 people. so i think that's some slight comments. thank you so much. i think what's really important from what i'm hearing you guys say is you manage to create a real connection with the reader, and i think that this sort of the creative exchange between you and you can feel that there's a real creative roes is going on. >> you feel it, too. >> of course. so you feel like you're a part of it. i want to ask elia. we will go to the questions from the audience in a moment, but i want to ask you a question that's something that a lot of people here think about a lot and that's the question about how do we counter russian propaganda and it's something that people have been thinking about now for a couple of years and there are thoughts about how do we organize it and i think sometimes people think of medusa as being a force that counteracts the

details of the secretps fortunes of the world's most powerful leaders leaders like russia's vladimir putin at thise one head of state in the s. gratings scandal isil and by mr. mr.. he has 30 step down. spent with this is america on asset management -- partner. some say the leaks are great because it's pointing to transparency and others say it's well shaming. what's your opinion on the leaks? >> i think it's a lot like wikileaks. it went both ways so it scared everybody at the government levels because it was an illegal use of information but for the broader public people look at it and they say this is shedding light in bringing transparency. sunlight is the best disinfectant so maybe this will clean up a lot of shadiness in our financial system. >> i used that with my kids when i'm trying to get them to clean their room. you know vladimir putin. >> wei. and he is by far the most popular politician in russia and russian modern history since the fall of communism. anthony: you think he's one of their richest people in the world? >> i know this will go against the headlines but i thi

relationships with those allies, the role of russia and iran will be key items on his agenda, we will also talk to him about he sees america's role and lessons he has learned. what he hopes to accomplish in his last year in office. the interview took place monday afternoon in the blue room at the white house. here is that conversation. thank you for letting us be here. it is a great pleasure to see you. you went to -- you are going to saudi arabia. these are friends of the united states, and they have expressed concern about their relationship with america. a lot of it is bold ideas about the nuclear deal. a lot came out in a jeff goldberg article -- you have any reservations about anything you said, would you like to change anything or modify anything in that article? president obama: i think it is important to look at my quotes, besides what is surrounding those quotes for you what i is set in the past, i continue to believe. saudi arabia has been a strong ally of the united states. a friend of the united states since i have been president. our interaction with them has been vital. i thi

russia. in this is what happens with gdp dropping by 3.7% and this is an important element of our e economy. certainly to increase the conditions and to improve. . . >> people are telling us that we have reached the bottom. they said that seven times by now. how would you assess the status, the situation? are we enjoying a white or black stripe right now? [speaking russian] >> translator: it's great. let me explain why. we have not fix the situation yet. at least the current trend is positive. like i said earlier, gdp dropped by 3.7 percent. they expect gdp to continue shrinking woman by 0.3 percent. it's hard to say where this bottomless. decrease this year and next year our economy will start growing. i have this table in front of me. i told you about gdp, output. of course there are also other job, and we should never forget about them. disposable incomes, really comes decreased by 4 percent. and real wages dropped even more, but what makes me optimistic, agricultural growth, like i said, 3 percent. housing construction 85 million square meters, this is an all-time high. [speakin

russia on europe's eastern front, and the expanding instability from the middle east. third, of course, we face nato as a u.s. presidential campaign issue and see it as a chance to engage the broader public in a reaffirmation of the alliance and enduring values of specific contributions. secretary-general, you have been wise to stay clear of american domestic politics during your visit here, but we don't need to do that as the atlantic council. we actually welcome donald trump's interventions on the question of nato, because it has once again focused the united states and the importance of the alliance, the relevance of the alliance as it is today, and the specific undertakings of the alliance. i think it is the right time for this kind of public discussion and public debate. we also believe that beyond the grim recent events in europe, there is significant reason for hope. taking a step back, one sees how far europe has come from a painful history and centuries of bloody conflict culminating in the 20th century's two world wards before the foundation of the alliance. it is impo

clinton pressed a reset button with russia. promising new era of better relations. and on june 4th, 2009, president obama gave a speech in cairo promising a new beginning with the muslim world. >> tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many muslims. >> he had a confidence coming in as president 2009 that he could alter fundamentally our relationship with the muslim world. >> joe lieberman was chairman of the senate committee on homeland security from 2007 to 2013. >> unfortunately, i think the message he sent was that the united states was no longer going to exercise its leadership of the world which incidentally through democratic and republican presidential administrations from the end of the war right up until this time had been the great guarantor of security and prosperity and freedom in the world. >> jeffrey goldberg, national correspondent for the atlantic who interviewed barack obama on his foreign policy tried to explain the president's approach. >> he refers to the washington play book, the washington playbook is something happens in country

the state of the european union. that is followed by discussion on russia and domestic policy. and later, a look at the impact philanthropy has on society and the economy here in the u.s.. announcer: the czech prime minister was in washington, dc, this past week, where he discussed the state of the european union. he also talked about the developing situation in ukraine, the european refugee crisis, and the united kingdom's potential exit in the eu. this event was hosted by the brookings institution. it is just under mr. eisen: good morning [speaking czech] welcome to the brookings institution for the latest in a series. in my speech, i quoted several times from the famous address to the u.s. congress of 1990. in february, 1990. that you willve not mind if i use the same address of the czechoslovakian president as my inspiration today, as well. he spoke about his vision of built onhich should be the foundations of general respect for human rights, pluralism, and freedom of choice. during and which orders will play a lesser and lesser role. until they become needed no more. his visi

best friend is at the center of a scheme in which money from russia state banks is hidden offshore. other relatives and associates of those implicated in the leaks include the son this malaysia's prime minister. >> i think it raises questions for the political class as a whole because european countries, the u.s., have been talking about greater transparency. switzerland has cleaned up their act in terms of banks. there have been a series of scandals. it turns out that offshore companies are still very popular >> reporter: investigators in the u.s. believes one mentioned in the documents supplied fuel for war planes that the syrian government used to bomb and kill tens of thousands of its own citizens. also revealed in the documents was a shell company in panama owned by the football staff as shown and his father. investigators are investigating messi for tax evasion. companies have been linked to that firm in pan athat. -- unanimous panama. in argentina the president failed to disclose the fact that he is a director along with his father and brother on a company based in the baha

sanctions against russia for their activities, their aggression in ukraine, i think there is a fair debate and some intelligence to back this up that it did have an impact on the trajectory of what was happening in eastern ukraine. >> rose: meaning they might have done more if the sanctions had not been applied? they might have been more aggressive with other ball tick countries? >> i'm not going to get into any great detail on this, but i do think that you can make a credible argument that the sanctions, frankly, combined with what happened in the overall oil markets, which had a real impact on russia's economy, caused putin and his crew to think harder about what they were doing. >> rose: and we continue with hassan sheik mohamud, president of somalia. >> somalia is just in the corner by establishing state institutions in place, by defeating the scornlg of the terrorism that was in control for a long time, and now they are revitalizing the energy of the society, it's resources, it's agriculture, there are beautiful opportunities. >> rose: we conclude with radhika jones and "time magazine

, we can see how those policies played out. the president had promised a diplomatic reset with russia, even scrapping a missile defense system in europe as a conciliatory gesture. and after his re-election, he pulled america's main battle tanks out of germany, tanks that had been there since world war ii. all eyes were on vladimir puti to see how he'd respond? and in february 2014, putin sent in troops to seize ukraine's crimean peninsula. >> we have a different kind of relationship than what has actually emerged. we didn't anticipate that russia would illegally annex crimea. we didn't see that kind of destabilizing activity. bret: next, putin's forces began menacing ukraine itself. >> the fundamental point in dealing with a bully like putin is that you cannot allow bullies to get away with what they want to do. bret: but the president rejected calls for a muscular response, instead announcing limited sanctions. >> i resolve to set it diplomatically in a way that addresses russia and ukraine. >> i think the president should have taken very strong steps to make very clear to putin that

syria. this is what russia, america and the u.n. calls a cessation of hostilities. tell that to the children of aleppo. this was the view from the streets of syria's largest city today. two months after a peace deal was signed, it appears to have all but collapsed. last night, one of the city's last remaining hospitals was attacked. more than two dozen people were killed here. doctors, nurses, patients and residents nearby. a father called for help but there is little hope for the people of aleppo. this is what the hospital looks like this morning. it had been supported by the charity -- this is the seventh time just this year that one of their clinics has been attacked. >> this was a place for women to give birth. this was a place for children to get specialist treatment. it is now a pile of rubble. they will have to find alternatives and we do not know how many there are. reporter: in the last 48 hours, one syrian has been killed every 25 minutes. [explosion] government forces and their allies are accused of repeatedly breaching the cease-fire. rebel fighters have also been charge

regime, of russia, and iran to support what we have put into words. >> it's only two months old. but as officials met for peace talks in geneva, syria's cease-fire was crumbling. president obama had hoped the february cease-fire would encourage russia to push its ally, bashar al-assad, to reling wish power -- relinquish power but instead, it seems, rebel forces in the northern city of aleppo and further degrade the power of u.s.-supported rebels fighting mr. assad's regime. in response, president obama is considering escalating his support for those rebel groups. according to the "wall street journal," the u.s. may provide these rebels with antimissile systems to shoot down syrian and possibly also russian jets. in a sign president putin feels confident, russian military jets simulated an attack on a u.s. war ship in the baltic sea . what do you think is happening here, clarence? >> i think the russians are waving their sabers at us. at the same time they're trying to expand their control in syria. without getting too deeply involved in the combat over there. sphere of influence, and

hillary clinton pressed a reset button with russia. promising new era of better relations. and on june 4th, 2009, president obama gave a speech in cairo promising a new beginning with the muslim world. >> tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many muslims. >> he had a confidence coming in as president 2009 that he could alter fundamentally our relationship with the muslim world. >> joe lieberman was chairman of the senate committee on homeland security from 2007 to 2013. >> unfortunately, i think the message he sent was that the united states was no longer going to exercise its leadership of the world which incidentally through democratic and republican presidential administrations from the end of the war right up until this time had been the great guarantor of security and prosperity and freedom in the world. >> jeffrey goldberg, national correspondent for the atlantic who interviewed barack obama on his foreign policy tried to explain the president's approach. >> he refers to the washington play book, the washington playbook is something hap

russia, of the syrian regime, there was a limit to the progress they could make, there was not going to be a military solution, and so we tend to have sometimes these fantasies about how the united states can go about bringing change in countries. one of the questions that i asked when we were making early decisions about syria, i asked my team, i said, please provide me with some example somewhere of us providing some sort of insurgency opposition, arms, and then successfully creating a peaceful, functional society and overthrowing a dictatorial regime supported by outside powers and, not surprisingly, there were no examples. >> rose: i just want to ask, are you say fog leader in the middle east has raised questions about, because of the principle of the thing, about how drawing a red line and then not doing -- >> well, that's a different issue. >> rose: i know, i'm talking the red line on the one hand and supporting rebel forces. >> i think there is no doubt that there were many in the middle east that would have preferred me taking a shot at assad, but the reason is not because of

. and in friendship with russia and china, we have serious differences with these two nations, and must regard them with open eyes. but we are not bound to be adversaries. we should seek common ground based on shared interests. russia, for instance, has also seen the horror of islamic terrorism. i believe an easing of tensions and improved relations with russia from a position of strength only is possible, absolutely possible. common sense says this cycle, this horrible cycle of hostility must end and ideally, would end soon. good for both countries. some say the russians won't be reasonable. i intend to find out. if we can't make a deal under my administration, a deal that's great, not good, great for america, but also good for russia, then we will quickly walk from the table. it's as simple as that. we're going to find out. fixing our relations with china is another important step in really creating for a more prosperous time. china respects strength and by letting them take advantage of us economically, which they are doing like never before, we have lost all of their respect. w

clinton pressed a re-set button with russia promising better relation, and on june 4th, 2009, president obama gave a speech in cairo promising a new beginning with the muslim world. >> and the tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many, many muslims. >> he had a confidence coming in as president 2009 that he could alter fundamentally our relationship with the muslim world. >> joe lieberman was chairman of the senate committee on homeland security from 2007 to 2013. >> unfortunately the message that he sent was that the united states was no longer going to exercise its leadership of the world, which incidentally are through democratic and the republican presidential administrations from the end of the war right up until this time had been the great guarantor of security and prosperity and freedom in the world. >> jeffrey goldberg, national correspondent f "the atlantic" who interviewed president obama on his foreign policy tried to expl explain the president's approach. >> he refers to the the washington playbook, and the washington playbo

ukraine and russia's athletic doping scandal and off-shore banking. [speaking russian] [speaking russian] [speaking russian] [speaking russian] [speaking russian] >> because there's currently the limit of 10% so that's number one. number two, this year we've decided to increase excise tax fuel two more rubles and the initial plan was to send all this money to the fund but the finance minister because the current situation with the budget is quite difficult so to balance the budget, the finance minister plans to take this two lift -- i think we can one ruble out the excise tax. this will amount to about 40 billion rubles so on the whole i think this will be quite substantial amount and will affect it. for your celebration of 300 years, you definitely need to repair roads there. and you should do the same thing as what we're currently doing at the federal level. you need to switch to full cycle contracts. it should be the same company building the road and repairing it afterwards. so that's the first steps that we should take. and i think this is what we are going to do. maybe we can go ba

asked about aggressive moves from russia. they are considering the nomination of general kurtis scott roddy to head the northern command. senator john mccain chairs this two-hour hearing. hour meeting. [background chatter] senator mccain: good morning. the senate armed services committee meets this morning to consider the nominations of general curtis scaparrotti to be supreme allied commander europe. and general lori robinson to be command of northern command and commander of north american aerospace defense command. we congratulate both of you on your nominations. we thank you for your decades of distinguished service to our nation and for your willingness to serve once again. of course, we know today would not be possible without the support and sacrifice of your family and friends. some of whom are with us this morning. as is our tradition, we hope you will take the opportunity to introduce your family joining you today. general scaparrotti, you seek to lead a command very different from the one your predecessor, general breedlove, inherited just three years ago. when vladimir put

gaining senate approval of the last nuclear weapons treaty, signed with russia, the so-called new start treaty of 2010, which reduced significantly the number of deployable strategic nuclear weapons. to his right, research professor, by training the professor is a nuclear scientist from 1986 to 1997. he directed the laboratory that most of you know had the chief mission of ensuring the safety and reliability of the american nuclear arsenal. in recent years, they worked with the laboratories to secure the enormous stockpile that russia inherited from the soviet union. and he is now compiling and editing a book. that hasn't come out yet, has it? it has. he compile and edited a book between american and russian laboratories since the fall of the soviet union. and at least as i understand it, you can update me, his current research deals with the problem of reducing the risks of nuclear terrorism worldwide and the challenges of nuclear india, pakistan, and north korea, as well as with the nuclear aspirations of iran. the professor has been an important contributor to public debate abo

candidates to discuss russian and american relations. in their video, "russia and america: cold snap or permafrost?" president obama: we cannot stand by when the territorial integrity of a nation is violated. if that happens without consequence in ukraine, it could happen to any nation gathered here today. >> for two centuries come our relationship with russia has been complicated. we've always been rivals who depend on each other. although we were allies in world war ii, mistrust dates from the russian revolution. u.s. russian relations have improved with a new approach to russia. vladimir putin has started a new age of military aggression. >> the administration in late august asked the russians, what are you up to, what are you doing? they said "we are fortifying our interests there. we are just as scared of the islamic state as you are." the administration in response to this adopted this watch and wait, wishful thinking posture. >> i think our relationship with russia is one of the most complicated in the world. it has gotten much worse over the past few years in large part because

. russia and had a america, cold snap or permafrost? >> consider russia's annexation of crimea and further aggression in eastern ukraine. we can all stop by what the s violated. i five if i could have been ukraine, a good happen to any nation gathered here today. two centuries, a relationship with russia has been complicated. we have always been rivals who depend on each other. although we are allies out of necessity in world war ii, mistrust dates from the russian revolution, when the allies invaded russia out of fear of communism, which continued in the cold war. u.s. russian relations have improved with the new approach to russia. however, let them if you didn't has revived -- however putin has revived an age of military aggression. >> in late august, we specifically asked the russians, what are you doing? they said, according to the administration, well, we are fortifying our interests there. there just as scared of islamic state as you are and we think something needs to be done. the adopted a sort of watch and wait, and i think it sort of wishful thinking posture. >> i think

not seen since the cold war. the reason, russia's rising military presence in eastern europe. nato forces and russian troops are massing along that border in the modern version of the cold war part two. we sent scott thuman on an exercise with u.s. troops in estonia. [gunfire] scott: what you're seeing and hearing isn't any ordinary military exercise, nor is the setting -- a remote section of woods in tapa, estonia, some 75 miles from the russian border, where 170 u.s. soldiers, as the saying goes, are hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst by training with live rounds, putting high-tech stryker vehicles though the paces, and shattering the -- with the deafening sounds of detonating ied's. captain joe vanderlip is the iron troop commander. captain vanderlip: i think there are conditions out there that have prompted our response and there are decision makers in washington and the pentagon that have deemed it appropriate, that, hey, there's enough going on in the world right now, that we need to forward move units to assure the nato alliance. scott: what, you ask, could mat

from an international nuclear summit in washington dc. russia sells arms to both countries. it is also a mediator in the conflict and has called an end to what is the worst fighting in the area in more than 20 years >>> north korea is known nor unexpected action, so it was no surprise that while world leaders met in washington for the nuclear summit, necessity launched a nuclear look. we take a look at the battle to stop nuclear proliferation. later the women's soccer dispute about inequality in pay. a move to save a butter fly. nguyens az >> one hour special, only on al jazeera america. wisconz n >>> while world leaders were n meeting for the nuclear summit, north korea launched a ballistic missile on the other side of the globe. we take a deeper look at nuclear proliferation and efforts to stop it. it is a challenge to leaders to stop other $from getting weapons. that has become harder in decade since the end of the cold war. obama instrumented the need to-- stressed the need to enforce security measure $that were put in place following nuclear tests by north korea in february. our c