to suggest that justin is somehow imposing himself on russia i'm not a psychologist but it seems that there's a there's something bigger i'm beneath all of this yes because you know or japan and kind of. they have peaceful relations and in georgia as you know as you might know in no way believe that to. say things that our territories. part of our territory has been annexed where local pride by russia that's how it is in a way and it's a young generation who came to the streets this is a generation of the russian georgian war i believe myself for example i believe i belong to the generation of 9 april 19th 89 when. demonstration in tbilisi and you know that something is that something like this happens in your formative years you know then you will become where i want to be counted a tour and now this young generation simply they don't. unfortunately i would say they don't speak russian troll and they are not interested in russian for them russia is a hostile power russia is a state led by a certain government not russian people let me just say that's what i find very ironic abou

after the collapse of the soviet union putin's russia is in gauging with africa to increase more than its political clout . missile systems that could still open turkey's economy we look at the economics behind the s. 400 and the f. 35 stealth bomber. and as google prepares to launch its challenger in the games industry we find out if it could be game over for the likes of sony and microsoft. so as the soviet union imploded it turned its back on the african continent in the 1990 s. but now under president putin russia is making a push to engage the reason is simple western sanctions the pivot to china hasn't been a huge success and hopes of billions of dollars in investment from the middle east haven't arrived in the quantities expected plus african votes count in the united nations. russia's trade with africa rose 26 percent to $17400000000.00 in 2017 moscow doesn't have the financial power of beijing just in 2017 trade with africa amounted to 170000000000 dollars the u.s. is of course worried its trade with subsaharan africa was $39000000000.00 in 2017 and this is what russia i

for your time thank you now despite the difficult to recent history between russia and georgia many russians still entertain the idea of this unique georgian hospitality that a guest is aghast who should be treated with respect regardless of where he or she comes from how could this case of a visiting russian be on the seat he 2 can the parliament provoke such a crisis in the bilateral relationship. and that's a very good question but it was not the only roads a visit to some obscure russian m.p. who more actually i never. had heard of him before and. actually many of my russian colleagues never heard of him before that georgian public especially the younger generation got fed up with the well thought of test because i will forward this they failed to ways of the democratic reforms they failed us economic reforms as well and finally is this the result of the mr governor who actually don't blame him personally for anything he was told to take seato the chair of the parliament and that's what he didn't know about thinking that people simply were shocked when they saw a russian communi

different path when it comes to russia some are calling it the new thought also china calls out the u.k. regarding hong kong indeed old colonial habits die hard. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow and he is a professor of the higher school of economics as well as author of the decay of western civilization and the resurgence of russia and we're also joined by marcus papadopoulos in london he's the editor of politics 1st magazine our gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to markets in london an interesting phenomenon that's been going on now for a number of months or maybe since the election of donald trump but we have we just recently had blood and we are putin in italy meeting the pope in a tally and leaders of the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe that i'm a big fan of the organization has finally given the russian delegation. voting rights back and other. elements that have to do with their membership germany is determined that the north stream too will be fi

when the report cleared the president of conspiring with russia during the 2016 campaign and now the hyping of the special counsel's congressional testimony has fallen flate once again. but the conspiracy theories and reckless accusations have to continue. too many people have invested too much time in the hysterical eco- chamber simply wind it down and join the rest of us and the real world the outrage industrial complex needed a new target, and that's where i come in. mitch mcconnell, the hawkish foreign policy conservative who spent decades pushing back on russia every way i can think of was accused of what amounts to treason by multiple media outlets within a couple of hours. these absurd smears were not thrown out there by anonymous twitter account. it was pushed by big time. the smear that i am a russian asset ran in the opinion pages of thege washington post. the quote that i am un-american was broadcast on msnbc. this is the state of left-wing politics01 in 2019. it's like an inflationary crisis but with outrage instead of dollars. they've borne out the volume knob so much th

welcome to worlds apart it took almost a decade for russia and georgia to start normalizing their relations after the 2008 warrants alpha said when the case of unfortunate seating arrangements through much of the progress out of the window with the georgians taking to the streets to decry supposes russian aggression and the russians turning off the top on the economic called duration is there is still at a rational way out well to discuss that i'm now joined by a thorny. had of the school of international relations at the georgian institute of public affairs and previously a foreign policy assistant to the prime minister of georgia mr sharon good to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you now despite the difficult recent history between russia and georgia many russians still entertain the idea of this unique georgian hospitality that a guest is aghast who should be treated with respect regardless of where he or she comes from how could this case of a visiting russian be on the seat he too can the parliament provoke such a crisis in the bilateral relationship. that'

warned of the deteriorating media freedom in russia the group says arresting journalists on fabricated charges has become a common strategy to silence its critics a journalist abdomen guy the years among the latest to be detained stepfather reports from the southern region of dagestan. colleagues of the movement of protest in front of the supreme court in darkest moments to hold mass rallies against his arrest have been denied cheer was arrested on june 14th and charged with financing terrorism shortly after investigative journalist even going to know was detained in moscow on drug charges. was quickly released several high ranking police officers were dismissed for involvement in planting drugs on the journalist in response to the g.o.p. has been different. because we call on our colleagues from all over russia and around the world to support him. there is no difference between the 2 cases fabrication and false accuser. can take place regardless of the charges. this has become a familiar image a silent protest against a new arrest of a journalist in moscow a public outcry l

russia. diplomats say 22 countries have signed a letter calling on china to hold its mass detention of ethnic week is in the region this is the 1st joint move on the issue at the human human rights council u.n. experts say at least a 1000000 a week is and other muslims are held in detention centers in the remote region china describes them as training centers however to stamp out extremism a national emergency has been declared in chad over an outbreak of measles other african countries are also struggling to contain what is a preventable disease this report from the killers hark. it is so much it hurts. the fever won't go down. and this baby's lungs are filled with. these are children on the brink of death because they were not vaccinated against measles and we didn't know what it was we thought it was malaria it's only here that they told us she has measles you don't understand we are so scared of losing her they keep giving her injections but she isn't doing any better this preventable disease has become an epidemic spreading faster than it can be contained. doctors without borde

he says the recording shows russia trying to funnel millions of dollars to the italian labor party led by itself the means. the german chancellor angela merkel has downplayed concerns about her health saying she's fine despite another bout of shaking the 1st occurred last month the 64 year old says she's working through the issue after the latest episode at a military ceremony with the finnish prime minister in berlin. pro-democracy activists in hong kong of held a memorial service for protester who killed herself a week ago the demonstrator had been passed of widespread rallies against the government's controversial extradition bill which led to the territories biggest political crisis in decades she is reported to have left a collection of protest paraphernalia asking others to keep up the fight on tuesday hong kong's chief executive kerri lamb said the proposed law has been scrapped. high tech companies in south korea are being warned they face an unprecedented emergency because of japan's ban on exports of crucial chemicals south koreans oppressed protested outside the japanese

a stationary freight train in the southern punjab the region. to russia now or at least 6 people have been injured after a fire broke out at a thermal power station northeast of moscow huge flames could be seen in gulf in the facility within $100.00. when 50 firefighters were deployed to put out the blaze. now france has passed a controversial tax bill against large tech firms which the u.s. says unfairly targets american companies the tax is the 1st from a major economy to be imposed on companies like google apple facebook and amazon the 3 percent levy will apply to any digital company with worldwide revenue of at least $844000000.00 u.s. president donald trump has ordered an investigation into its impact natasha butler has more from paris with a friend finance minister bruno lemaire had some very strong words in the senate he said effectively that france doesn't take very kindly to threats from the united states now speaking in the senate that have passed this new digital tax law it's imposes 3 percent tax on huge tech firms that are making more than $800000000.00 worldwide but

t.v. hosts show. russia's president putin the reactions of a correspondent. also that. the u.s. launches a new strategy to counter so-called kremlin influence provoking us reaction then very quickly from moscow which branded it and see russian propaganda and also ahead . a 6 year old boy in the u.s. state of texas is caught up in a bedsit custody battle right now between his divorced mother and father who can't agree on which gender the child should be identified. i consider this to be child abuse and the sexual relation of children on a partner industrial scale so it makes me feel terrible i can't believe that a mother would do this to her son. by that monday afternoon just 1 pm here in moscow thanks for joining us rev you're watching around the world for this world news update 1st in the u.k. foreign office has ordered an inquiry into the recent leak of sensitive diplomatic cables penned by britain's ambassador to washington in a series of bomb shell remarks president donald trump's white house has been described as inept and dysfunctional among many other unflattering commen

2020 exhibition that will take place in russia but got the what the why didn't we have a long experience in a quarter of corporation in your energy. teen years ago and the 1st contract for export teen export your actual gas to italy has been signed but what i will put it to them is that they are but in the last year. it tally. consumers have received over 3823000000000 in the music meters of natural gas the italian. tell an industry isn't the talent knowledge is when used in mentally russian projects is the unit on the war. plan. and they have your unit used to in shoe areas immediately 1000000 at all and the gas for. a mission to get there and then actually to our planet and to bro i would like to also to note the construction of over a year in. the imodium plant that has also been created thanks stuart operational. should it and they have a plant in the lab and secure it has also been reaching its full operational capacity which is also another joint project runway that you to lay in. that were there when you had an opinion was that you know it may have been expanding our co

elements are together their domestic and the external the presence of russia is important in that way and i think there are the russian warry above all if i if i have a moment if i may say is also that these demonstrations have a very strong sort of i'm tired putin undertone and i think that from the perception of the kremlin it is not good to have a revolution sort of a change of government succeed which has as one of its main sort of inspirations and slogans you know to insult the president of russia and i think that that is probably something which creates a lot of concern in moscow so mentally you're talking about all of this and sentiment and we certainly heard some of that on sunday and tonic i want to ask you about that georgian t.v. host who launched this tirade speaking in russian seemingly addressing russian president putin himself calling him a filthy invader insulting his mother and he said at one point putin flavor should get out of georgia how have georgians reacted and dimia of them share that view. they are said there were a series of reactions 1st of foremost of p

. i'm andrew symonds reporting from georgia on what's at the heart of recent protests over russia what georgians see as the occupation long after the war with russia in 2008. hello again well tropical storm barry has made landfall here in louisiana and it's going to be bring still some very heavy rain across much of the region we're going to be seeing louisiana mississippi arkansas into parts of tennessee as well under flood risk over the next few days now the satellite you can see it when the system made landfall but take a look at the rain here across the region i just mentioned so the flood warnings are going to be affecting millions in this area and if you remember much of this area is still saturated and the flooding is going to come very easily across many regions so for sunday rain here across much of the southeast as we go towards monday the storm actually begins to dissipate but the rain with it will continue across much of this area and slowly make its way towards the north out here towards the northeast so looking quite nice for boston in new york with the temps there a

election. of course i have never said any such thing. know i have spoken extensively about russia unacceptable interference of 2016 i constantly discuss all we have done to correct the obama administration failures to respond more absurd - - assertively including security. let me make this crystal-clear. for those who have not actually followed, every single member of the senate agrees it is real and is real and we all agree the federal government and the private sector all have obligations to take the threatsl seriously and defenses. claims to the contrary are just lies. not partisan distortion. just total fabrication at least this is honest what it offers and it is not injournalism. with a string of false claims calling me an american another panel has chimed in and here is what he said. we are at war. isem time for the americans to wake up one - - democrats to wake up and we will not play fair. not necessarily going to play fair. well i should say not mister president. remember how msnbc jumped into ethe conspiracy fever swamp over the past two years. they give airtime to indiv

child casualties in syria. russia tourists are coming for exactly this kind of experience turbulence on the horizon for georgia flights from russia and grounded. the heavy downpours continue across a good parts of southern china seen some a huge dunderheads draped across the region pushing over towards that eastern side of china been tipping down for days for some here and that wet weather will stay in place they will tend to not a little further south was so the main thrust of that wetter weather will just ease its way down towards hong kong as we go on through wednesday to the increasingly wet here temperatures getting up to around 29 celsius really lose a degree of 2 off the top temperatures in the heat of the day plenty wet weather to into south asia the monsoon rains accosts doing quite nicely still a little bit hard up towards the northwest if the trees but obviously plenty of shower clout there into myanmar into the northeast of india pushing up across bangladesh and off cloud just not the edge of the temperatures in new delhi but was a high of around 35 celsius ove

venezuela, russia's influence in the region and a number of other topics. >> hey, the welcome, everybody. the emerging threat and capabilities subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from admiral craig faller, commander of u.s. southern command or as we call it southcom. our focus on the security situation in this theater as well as southcom's efforts to implement the national defense strategy. welcome to the admiral. thank you very much for being here, sir. i appreciate it. today's hearing is a continuation of the subcommittee's efforts to provide oversight over national defense strategy implementation. this is an important component of our efforts to ensure our military's appropriately resourced, equipped and postured to dividend the nation against a growing array of threats. while much attention has been on countering china and russia in their traditional spheres of influence in europe and across the indo--pacific region this subcommittee has been particularly focused on how those nations are increasingly challenging u.s. national security interests not just within th

nastiest words that there are in the russian language is i have to point out that rand was in russia and against vladimir who himself against his parents that are not even alive so this video quickly spread online and i can tell you that yesterday i was just having a quiet evening with my friends one someone said to me and then i played it and it was just so bad that everyone around me was shocked and they said turn it off and i can tell you that in the georgian capital tbilisi protesters gathered outside. the h.q. of that t.v. channel very quickly reportedly the even a good there were also reports that some of the staff resigned because they said they didn't want to be a part of this very popular channel and ga but the bosses say because of security reasons it had to go off air for a few hours now it is back on air yeah a lot of knock on effect what's to police he said what's the georgian government had to say we had all kinds of reactions from the most senior officials the president the prime minister the foreign ministry as well and they are very critical they are saying that these ki

venezuela. he addressed a china and russia's influence in central america. this is over an hour. america. this is just over one hour. >> welcome, everybody. the subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from admiral craig fowler, commander of u.s. southern command or south come. our focus will be on the evolving security situation in this theater as well as south comes efforts to implement the national defense strategy. welcome to the admiral, thank you for being here. i appreciate it. today's hearing is a continuation of the subcommittee's efforts to over nationalght defense strategy if a meditation. this is an important component of our efforts to ensure our military is resourced equipped and postured to defend a nation against a growing array of threats. while much attention has been on countering china and russia in --ir traditional spears spheres of influence, the subcommittee has been focused on how those nations are increasingly challenging u.s. national security interests, not just within their own geographic boundaries but elsewhere around the world. last year, the subcommit

plot. >> the president did not commit a crime. >> russia, if you're listening. >> or obstructing justice. >> mueller was saying that the president attempted to obstruct justice. >> very few have read the whole thing. on the eve of ro merit mueller's testimony, our experts poured through all the pages. >> hello, if there was a time to know what's in the mueller report, it's now. it's highly anticipated testimony. mueller is speaking under subpoena. the report is his testimony. >> our investigation is complete. >> in late may robert mueller made his first and what he hoped would be the last marks into russian meddling, potential obstruction and the mueller report. >> we chose those words carefully. >> reporter: mueller resisted demands to testify before congress until two congressional subpoenas compelled him to agree. he will appear on wednesday. mueller's testimony comes in the shadow of the first person to see the long awaited report. trump attorney general william barr, who took the unusual step of summarizing the report weeks before it was released and again when it came out.

, robert mueller will testify before congress about his investigation. his investigation into russia interfering in our election to help trump win and the trump campaign's involvement or complicity in that and the findings detailed in mueller's report about president trump's efforts to obstruct justice. that's going to be july 17th. talk about the event of the summer. i think we can expect robert mueller's testimony and his report won't just provide material for the democratic candidates to talk about in their next debate at the end of july. i think this may also just be instructive in terms of what the eventual nominee will be up against when they go up against donald trump on one. there is no reason to think this lock her up, lock him up thing from donald trump and his supporter, no reason to think this was a passing fancy. honestly, we know it's not just a slogan. as much as it is tempting to look at the lock her up chants and the constant tweets from the president about hillary clinton's supposed crimes. that's how he announced his campaign with a rally against hillary for her su

international is calling on russia to ease what it says is the hols treatment of civilians who are living along disputed border lines with georgia it accuses the moscow back to the ministrations in south ossetia and abkhazia of stopping free movement and illegally detaining people for crossing the boundary is our correspondent andrew symonds has been to the georgian side of one of many communities split into. he's $85.00 he's frail and david byrne is really feels like a prisoner in his own home russia sees his small patch of land as an international border georgia calls it the line of occupation on a map it's a dotted line on the ground it calls his heart break. daughter and grandson live on the other side. of the a which can cope with poverty but not the separation. here. or site it's so important to be periods. to look cutter's them but if i cross a line i'll be detained. we visit debits and he told us he feels trapped and like his daughter helpless. sometimes he comes here as far as the fence and cries because she can't cross and see her sick and. it's hard to imagine but daf it frequently r

georgian t.v. show host the vibe russia's president draw on the nation. both nations. u.s. launches a new strategy to counter what he calls the kremlin's malign influence drawing a sharp response from moscow which has branded the initiative the russian propaganda also it. for now. alex gale a 6 year old boy in the u.s. state of texas is caught up in a bitter custody battle between the boy's parents who concert in which gender their child should be identified as we hear from the father. so i consider this to be child abuse and the sexual mutilation of children on a on an industrial scale so it makes me feel terrible i can't believe that a mother would do this song. live from moscow to the world this is r.t. international warm welcome to the program. our top story. the u.k. foreign office has ordered an inquiry into the leak of sensitive diplomatic cables penned by britain's ambassador to washington in a series of bombshell remarks president donald trump's white house is described as an empty dysfunctional among many other old floundering comments made by the diplomat a partridge in a s

isn't bad. 3 decades of the collapse of the soviet union russia gaging with africa to raise its political clout and we look at the economics behind. counting the costs. hello again these are the top stories on al-jazeera thousands of protesters out on the streets of hong kong to voice their discontent at china's growing influence of gathered and the border district of a where they say mainland chinese supporters rather have pushed up prices and the local community turkey has received the 2nd shipment of a russian missile defense system components are expected over the next few days and defiance of a warning from the united states which is threatening to sanctions and retaliation and the u.s. house of representatives has voted for a 12 month freeze on weapon sales to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates but the amendment aimed at stopping the killing in yemen still needs the approval of the senate and president trump. now hundreds of yemenis have been protesting outside the u.n. office in the capital demanding action against fuel destructions imposed by saudi arabia the shor

georgia and undermining of russia georgia relations the current laden incident is a vivid example of where frantic brosseau phobia can lead. it give us an idea why they in the 1st place a georgian t.v. host as you say a very popular program on a popular channel would insult in such a way the president of another country was it a one off incident this for instance we have to understand that at this point the relations between russia and former soviet republic toward you know which is russia's southern neighbor are in turmoil and it has been like that for a few weeks right now and. what georgians see as a very serious incident in the republic's parliament there was an event for m.p.'s of orthodox christian countries was an international event where a russian member of parliament was giving a speech and he sat somewhere where usually the speaker of the georgian parliament is sad and that sparked outrage in that country it led to ultra violent riots in front of the parliament. there was one in the streets and in response to that moscow had to suspend direct flights between the 2 count

migration, and the humanitarian situation in venezuela. he also addressed china and russia's influence in central america. this is just over one hour. >> welcome everybody. navy admiral craig faller will testify on the national defense strategy, testifying before that the armed services subcommittee welcome to the admiral. thank you very much for being here, sir. today's hearing is a continuation of the committee's efforts. this is an important component to our efforts to ensure our military is appropriately resorgsre resourced, equipped and postured to defend the nation against a growing away of threats. in europe and across the indo pacific region. the subcommittee has been focused on how those nations are increasingly challenging u.s. national security interests not just within their geographic boundaries but elsewhere around the world. last year, the subcommittee held a hearing with leading experts to discuss china's expanding interest in africa, it was made cheered -- clear during the hearing that china is taking a long term approach oftentimes with the goal of undermining the united

partners. russia is also working to expand its influence in the region. it's doubled down on its efforts to prop up corrupt authoritarian regimes. just a couple weeks ago one of russia's most advanced warships was docked in havana harbor. finally drivers of migration place significant strain on regional governments and can engender regional instability impacting not only the southern border of the united states but providing additional flash points for china and russia to exploit at the expense of american soft power. all of this demonstrates clearly that the western hemisphere should be viewed as an important front in our efforts to compete with china and russia and implement the nds. i look forward to your input and your candid assessment of the involving security dynamics in this region. describe how the nda information is important and how you'll allocate south com's resources. thank you for joining us today. >>> stability in south comm is critical to our national security. i want to thank admiral faller for his service and for appearing here to today to testify on the implem

doesn't like russia politicians business these efforts will include creating tools for reform minded leaders and civil society voices to tackle corrupt government practices that kremlin agents often selectively exploit for moscow strategic benefit 1st off the us apparently wants to cut out russia's voice i mean the aims aren't exactly vague what could they mean preventing russia others from meddling in elections ok preventing russia from lobbying for its interests negotiating not ok it works both ways i mean we know what some of the reform minded leaders and civil society voices in the us are like. us eats funding will build the capacity of indigenous media to provide trusted independent news and information sources should be fine and all of america's own independent news and media weren't viewed as biased by its own people trust in the media is still a business americans believe it's biased it's even worse for online media by the way remember when facebook hired at fact checker linked to the us government poynter institute for media studies to filter out unreliable sources and they

protect shipping in the gulf will only bring in security to the region. russia carries out its 1st joint patrol with china and the asia pacific joining a race for influence in the region kenya's finance minister plea guilty to corruption charges. the man who led the push for braggs it will become the u.k.'s next prime minister barak's johnson has won the conservative party leadership ranks wooing party members with this promise of a do or die brags that he says the u.k. will leave the e.u. by the 1st the 1st of october johnson now needs to unite to divide it. even more polarized nation needs to reports from london. it was a 2 horse race but there's only have a been one front runner boris johnson demolished his rival foreign secretary jeremy hunt with double the number of votes to become leader of the conservatives and on wednesday the country is now repair a party and a nation torn apart by bricks and deliver bricks it unite the country and defeat jeremy corbett. i know i know from somewhere it was already pointed out that deliver you night and defeat was not the perfect acronym for an e

$3.00 decades after the collapse of the soviet union russia is engaging with africa to raise its political clout and we look at the economics behind so he's decision to buy the s 400 and after $35.00 stealth bombers counting the cost on i just see them. welcome back just a quick look at the headlines now turkey is saying his defense minister has broken to his u.s. counterpart on the phone to discuss his nation's controversial purchase of the russian s. 400 missile defense system. reportedly told mark the deal does not mean turkey is changing its strategic orientation after the u.s. threatened to impose sanctions. a twice the african countries have agreed to roll out a new single currency the echo will replace the c.f.a. franc which is controlled by france and. donald trump's labor secretary has resigned becoming the latest advisor to neve the us president's cabinet alexander acosta has faced fierce criticism over a secret deal in negotiating a decade ago with jeffrey epstein the billionaire accused of sexually abusing under-age girls. when all the stories were following fierce ba

president will be sitting down with his italian counterpart. also this hour russia's defense minister says the fire which claimed the lives of 14 sailors on the deep sea submersible broke out in the vessels battery compartment he also gave assurances that the subs nuclear energy installation is secure. and iran warned the u.s. not to start a fire if it can't handle the consequences after trump warned that the islamic republic play with fire its uranium enrichment. they know what to do and they go with the airplane when i think they're playing with fire this thing for the u.s. to correct its mistake bush is afraid of the word fine you can stop war. and germany is in the grip of a heat wave which has also triggered a crime wave including a large brawl at extending full. international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. bottom of puttin is meeting with the pope in vatican city this is the 3rd time russia's president has met pope francis with previous meetings being in 20132015. in rome for the for us with the latest. vladimir putin is vi

insulting remarks made by a georgian t.v. show host of russia's president putin's. nation. calls the kremlin influence drawing a sharp response from the it's. also ahead. the boy now. a 6 year old boy in the u.s. state of texas is called bitter custody battle between his divorced parents who counts agree on which gender their child should be identified from the. i consider this to be child abuse and the sexual mutilation of children on a on an industrial scale so it makes me feel terrible i can't believe that a mother would do this. from our international news center here in moscow this is our team from the team and myself hello and a warm welcome. the u.k. foreign office has ordered an inquiry into the leak of sensitive diplomatic cables penned by britain's ambassador to washington in a series of bombshell remarks president. dysfunctional among many other on flattering comments made by the diplomat artie's cape. chose the story. this is the story of a foreign office inquiry into a series of leaks memos that came from the u.k.'s ambassador to the us so kim darrick well so kim has a 4

remain on their guad against what they call their big neighbor, russia. a 19-year-old joined the militia last year. he admits the tension is palpable. the stuff thahagoes aroundnd, the russians, a ameri, china, it is putting us ononur high toes. it is not long when i think the bad ththings will hapn and war may be coming soon. >> according to their geneneral, and armed conflict with russia is unlikely, but the war in ukraine and the annexation of left ain 2014, have mark, especially among the young. recruruitse number of doleled comparared to the year before. tow we are happypy more want join, especiallyly young people. a level of threat. they want to contribute to make sure estonia stays f free, thene can live our normal lives. is leading aman battlele on t the war of ininformation. a member of the national defense league for 30 years, he is the face of the website proper stop. the platform corrects propaganda. it often begins on social networks. [indiscernible] make the news here and it started to spread. no soldiers on that day or place. >> every day, they monitor araround 80

of russia and we're also joined by mark of papadopoulos in london he's the editor of politics 1st magazine our gentleman cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to markets in london an interesting phenomenon that's been going on now for a number of months or maybe since the election of donald trump but we have we just recently had blood and we are putin in italy meeting the pope in a tally and leaders of the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe that i'm a big fan of the organization has finally given the russian delegation. voting rights back and other. elements that have to do with their membership germany is determined that the north stream too will be finished the gas pipeline we have president mccrone speaking very bluntly that. europe needs a better relationship with russia i mean add this all up it is a thaw of some sorts isn't it go ahead marcus. well peter i believe that there is a distinct possibility that once britain exits the european year then brussels and moscow could improve that relationshi

iii and what this all means for donald trump and his presidency. the threat russia possesses to our next election and the independence of the american system of justice. all of it as this special edition of the 11th hour begins now. greetings once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. as we approach day 900 of the trump administration, we are taking a closer look at the mueller report and what we've learned so far. we'll break down what the report tells us and warns us about russia interference, the origins of the russia investigation and what exactly robert mueller has to say on the topic of obstruction of justice. first, we learn back on march 22 that robert mueller had wrapped up his investigation. you may recall that sunday, attorney general bill barr released his own summary that said mueller did not find the they had not conspired or coordinated with russia. he also said mueller did not draw a conclusion and the report did not exonerate the president of obstruction. that same afternoon, trump claimed complete and total exoneration. >> there was no collusion with ru

warn on russia's attack. the phish director says look for more election cyberattacks in 2020, echoing robert muellerally warning. so why did the republicans just block bills to boost election security? >>> moving too slowly. as the president takes a victory lap, democrats who hoped mueller would provide a push for impeachment efforts, they saying leadership is moving too slowly. >>> budget baulk, as the house moves to pass a sweeping budget deal negotiated with the president's administration, some conservatives you are baulking. will he change his mind. >>> and kim's news missiles. north korea's dictators fires off a pair of news missiles. is kim jong-un sending a direct threat to president trump? i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news. a bipartisan report concludes russia carried out an extensive assaults on u.s. election infrastructure centered around the 2016 election. the senate intelligence committee says the russians sought to exploit the seams between federal authorities and the states which largely run elect

mistake pushing to is afraid of the word for if you start on. russia's defense minister reveals that the fire on a deep sea submersible which claimed the lives of 14 scientists broke out in the vessels battery compartment and gave assurances that the subs nuclear energy installation is secure. but i welcome its may day here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now russia's president vladimir putin is expected to land in rome in a couple of hours time way and meet with his italian counterpart and also pop into the vatican city for a chat with the pope while talking to journalists ahead of the trip he stressed the special time tested relations between italy and russia so let's get some more on this now by crossing live to rome and our correspondent there in leaper trying to get afternoon. we know it's been a little while has hasn't it since putin has been initially but he's due to arrive in a couple of hours time what can we expect from this visit. andrew hi again well technically this is going to be a visit. to states within just a couple of hours but in terms of political int