first, russia did interfere in the 2016 elections. every tillage insurgency, everyone who's looked at this is 100% clear that russia interfered. number two, a and attempt to interfere in the 2020 election

relation to russia. increased very much the military budget germany and there's a moment there is the investigation committee launched on her sort of cause but that's all external units risk. people from outside the ministry of the summer of 200000000 euro. maritime piracy that's how iran described a seizure of its oil supertanker by british marines it happened on thursday off the southern tip of the iberian peninsula near gibraltar and british territory disputed by spain to iran condemns what it sees as an illegal detention and demands the immediate release of the vessel. an iranian foreign ministry official described the u.k. moves on acceptable and called for the immediate release of the oil tank of given that has been seized at the request of the u.s. the u.k. navy's measure is tantamount to maritime piracy britain has no right to impose its own unilateral sanctions or those of the european union in an extra territorial manner against the other countries this is the very bullying policy of the u.s. .

the first volume of the report details numerous efforts emanating from russia to influence the election. this volume includes a discussion of the trump campaign's response to this activity, as well as our conclusion that there was insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy. and in a second volume, the report describes the results and analysis of our obstruction of justice investigation involving the president. the order appointing me special counsel authorized us to investigate actions that could obstruct the investigation. we conducted that investigation , and we cap the office of the acting attorney general apprised of the progress of our work. and as set forth in the report, after that investigation, if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. we did not, however, make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime. the introduction to the volume two of our report explains that decision. it explains that under long-standing department policy, a present president cannot be charged with a federal crime while h

city to move on the part of president putin's russia and what what does what does russia get out of this obviously they've got a foothold a foothold within nato territory but what else is russia that house at this arrangement. yes well we should say it again is a broader context in up in the night is iran has been very involved looking and retreated from what a lot of it is it's international commitment level and it was from lies. left to hang out to dry yeah so. it lost a lot of its absence abroad lies felt let down by them so now after 25 years the tables have reversed america retreated into all of their own internal agenda and has been retreating prove what a lot of active and gauge console it is a gauge was given to controversial are very much like sanctions on criticizing the allies which was a must start space to act and it started right then in plate away and started to get traction right so every little helps if you can play a role in middle east infrastructure and then have something to contribute politically economically or socially or weapons wife but something which is not le

haven't done enough to keep the deal or life well russia's foreign ministry notes that the seizure is an attempt to aggravate the situation around iran and syria and that the reaction from london and washington shows that the incident had been planned in advance for what is already a professor at the university of toronto's faculty of world studies so he's british people will not benefit from following trunks requests. policy towards iran is fading and it's quite surprising that the u.k. is actually following trump's orders which is going to be a disaster for the british people this is part of a long. of poking. practices that the u.s. government has engaged in this practice of talking iran on basis i think will have severe limitations i think iranian leaders are tired of this type of policies and i think they will respond and the response is going to be not something that is going to be good for both sides i think. in france a mounting of a nato is a military exercise seabreeze in the black sea this is an excerpt from its promotional video. started on july the 1st on will and on the

russia specifically but not just russia china iran venezuela or any country that doesn't come crawling to on hands and knees in front of washington and to kiss the ring is regarded as a quote threat. and since russia is the foremost military power that is not under the control of the united states and that's why we've seen things like the expansion of nato and something like this which is kind of a and information analogue to nato expansion which is to try to ensure domination of europe and to isolate russia as much as possible. a 6 year old boy in the u.s. state of texas has been caught up in a bitter custody battle between his divorced mother father and the fact that his parents count agree on which gender the child should be identified as makes the case even more complicated if you're a boy right now. when with his mother the boy you know and as james lives as a girl named luna the mother refers to james exclusively as her and say as it was the child to express that interest in wearing girls' clothes and even enrolled james in school under the female e r t who was sophie shevardnadz

russia relations remain in a deep freeze and europe is taking a 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 for us magazine gentlemen 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 not 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 membe

he is imposed real cost on russia for the misdeeds cutting down on the ability of russia to operate inside our country. and in particular department of homeland security has spatial capabilities in all 50 states for protecting malign activity. with the security advisors all across the country operates thert national cybersecurity and communications integration center to support the election infrastructure and information sharing and analysis center. dhs offer cybersecurity assessments protection and prevention tools and training and career development for election officials free of charge. and using the hundreds of millions of dollars congress sends to the states, the authorities actually conduct the elections on the front lines need to be better prepared. this is a long list of significant achievements that my democratic colleagues applauded and cheered behind closed doors when the administration briefed us a few weeks ago. but in public works in public? in front of the cameras? some of my colleagues quickly pivoted with hysterical accusations to only fan the flames of this modern-day of

are all these things where was russia and russian secret services. russia's reaction after the members of georgia to the store georgia's independence and to to prevent this country from getting closer or with with europe and with the worse and that was the choice of the georgian population again there what's happened last week is your only one more months one. of these many years of position between russia and georgia don't want to hear you say that putin then gave his own version of history but one of the things that he did do was push back on the duma when they wanted to impose sanctions against georgia so problem must go can you explain that to me what's the rationale for for going against parliament and saying no no let's not impose sanctions on mineral water and wine and remittances and let's rather continue pursuing and better relations with georgia after you've been insulted in that way. well putin said this journalist doesn't matter that he is just kind of a journalist and we had him say we're out here wishers and in general is trying to put

try to see how let's say russia is doing compared to denmark because you know creating a good life for 5000000 people is very different from trying to do the same for several hundreds of thousands let alone 1300000000 as in china is perhaps easier but i think it does make sense to compare because whether you are 5w1cw i think people who. all want social connection i think they want a healthy life expectancy that is long i think they want low levels of corruption i think they want a society that is generous i don't think that is different in a big country compared to a small but i mean within the smaller country it's easier to control for always variables than let's say in a country that has 11 time zones and when every region has its own regional and ethnic specific i think it is easier to. create those conditions for 500000000 definitely you will see a bigger level of both here in russia and also in the us in terms of where the population want the country to go so there are some advantages in being a smaller country in that sense now you mention the united states in the latest world h

the european union monitoring mission patrols the georgian side russia hasn't observed all parts of a peace deal and it's been engaged in what's called border eyes ation with fences amnesty international issued a report this month saying hundreds of people face arbitrary detention each year trying to cross the line it says there's been widespread loss of land loss of access to water and livelihoods most of the land vanished viddy used to farm is the wrong side of the water he asks us if i die here who will find me andrew simmons al-jazeera whole village in georgia well i've been speaking to an amended his executive director at the henry jackson society he says an illegal border is being created in the region with russia's support. i don't think anyone believes the fiction that these 2 independent state looks are actually independent and everyone understands that they exist at russia's behest in the russia is essential to supporting them politically and to a certain extent propping up their radical that sort of domestic regimes as well so yes the reality is that russia's most allowing

have weighed in on the diplomatic route with russia's foreign foreign ministry saying the seizure is an attempt to aggravate the situation around iran and syria and that the reaction from london and washington shows that the incident had been pre-planned. how most of a professor of political science at the university of to wrong points out the seizure of the tonka it's all part of a coordinated campaign. and we have to see this incident is part of the larger campaign to pressure iran every few weeks we are seeing major provocations by the americans what they're sending drones or warship towards iran and now this incident where the british are actually acting on behalf of the americans and we have to remember why because has been in the legal move by the british this is e.u. law it's not international law so what gives the british the right to seize any iranian share based on european laws iran is not a member of the e.u. since the trump government decided to leave the nuclear accord the americans have been pressuring iran putting significant pressure on iran and iran has actually bee

russia's foreign ministry notes that the seizure is an attempt to aggravate the situation around iran and syria and that the reaction from london to washington shows that the incident had been planned in advance well let's go live now to our guest to have the start a professor of political science at the university of to run welcome to the program it's great to have you with us now denies that it acted on a u.s. request do you believe the u.k. on that. well i mean the spanish foreign ministry has been very specific that it was actually an american request to seize the ship and as soon as they get seized a ship we saw the john bolton applauded the movement said it was excellent news and we have to see this incident as part of the larger campaign to pressure iran every few weeks we are seeing major provocations by the americans whether sending drones or warship towards iran and now this incident where the british are actually acting on behalf of the americans so it is very provocative and hostile is this time because these are part of the u.s. pledge to cut iranian oil exports. i mean i

president obama mocked his 2012 opponent for taking russia too seriously. his administration sought a naive reset with the calendar number, and for -- with the kremlin, and for eight years, i helped lead the charge with that weakness. in 2010, i stood with john mccain and jon kyl to oppose the new start treaty, a watered down place holder for the tough stance we knew was necessary. as vladimir putin was building up his missile arsenal, we even had to push president obama to commit to deploying capable missile defenses to europe. in 2012, i supported sweeping legislation to authorize heavy sanctions following the killing of sergei magnitsky in a russian prison. the obama administration flinched and tried to tiptoe around our legislation to avoid messing up their charm offensive, but we backed them into a corner and the president signed the bill into law. in 2014, i and other republicans constantly pressed president obama to get tougher on russia with respect to putin's aggression in ukraine. so, mr. president, i would ask consent that the news article dated

russia. and the european union all at the same time and strong said. we want to fight wars all simultaneously all over the world ok that's a losing proposition yeah but also. in 2014 when the u.s. was able to put pressure and come in syrup to it but i was by their own words by the way to twist europe's arm in order to accept sanctions on russia this was on that obama administration which was more measured since then what is up in the world americans are pushing their opinions trying to twist their arm again to go against a trade war against the chinese they're pushing them to target the iranians to break the treaty they also help trying to get aboard with the venezuela which hasn't really panned out to rebel so and also now of course putting sanctions against europeans themself or at least raising tire of so is so is all this new frontline so i think for their peons to keep all the keep open the front line against the russia you know in unity with united states it's i think it's correct to po

and russia. the meeting was good business like we discussed the home of interest to russia and the united states and we had a discussion we had a great actually we had a great discussion president whether it was really a tremendous discussion. on the e.u. who want to see a new payment system to bypass american sanctions against iran in a bid to save the 2015 to deal. with the top stories for the past 7 days and the latest developments well this is the week. and fost up don't trump made history on sunday becoming a foster to u.s. president and to north korea he shook hands with kim jong un in the demilitarized zone before the 2 need just walked across the demarcation line into the north had proposed a meeting just a day in a tweet after speaking for almost an hour and stopping briefly into south korea and kim held it as a breakthrough moment since my honor. i didn't really expect the spirit to pander to 20 we came over. here. we got to. step. out of. president trump has just walked across the dema

to reduce your opinion regis dependency on russia u.s. sees assistance will include working with individual states to create effective legal and regulatory frameworks and assisting them to do and will function in local and regional energy markets. there it is the crux of it hiding in plain sight american shale over russian gas more expensive more cumbersome more political yet it's full of freedom freedom gas they said that i have no idea how they do it with a straight face. increasing export capacity from the freeport l.n.g. project is critical to spreading freedom gas throughout the world by giving america's allies a diverse and affordable source of clean energy it's a whole package money to the media which cries russian wolf money to politicians who get the american way money to lobbyists and get a nice little kick back from selling american gas moscow course isn't happy the term countering is a clumsy attempt to conceal the aggressive offensive approach this conception is blatantly aimed at propagating risa phobia in the world especial

could offer access to its latest generation of fighter jets if india refrained from working with russia now russia has announced that it is now in the process of delivering its 400 air defense system to charity this has occurred despite continued protests from the u.s. claiming there russia's system poses a direct risk to nato as a department official was quoted as saying we underscore that turkey will face very real and negative consequences if it completes its $400.00 delivery now it's not clear exactly what those consequences will be but it could have a major impact if the u.s. decides to retaliate against its nato ally in washington rachel blevins r t. as we go to break watchers don't forget to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered on face the huge the twitter and make sure to check out watching the hawks the podcast now available on spotify apple music and everywhere you list the podcast see our poll shows at r.t. dot com coming up are the new sanctions on cuba any different than a blockade of the past and a new test for cancer for all. the one. that countries for

city to move on the part of president putin's russia and what what does what does russia get out of this obviously they've got a foothold a foothold within nato territory but what else is russia that's house at this arrangement. yes well we should say it again is a broader context i'm in in the night is i rather have been very involved looking and retreated from what a lot of it is it's international commitment level and it was from allies who were left left hanging out to dry yeah so i've lost a lot of his absence abroad allies felt let down by them so now after 25 years the tables have reversed america retreated into all of their own internal agenda and has been retreating fruit quite a lot of active and gauge console it is a gauge was given to controversial are very much like sanctions and criticizing allies which was a must start space to act and it started right then in plate away and started to get traction right so every little helps if you can play a role in middle east infrastructure and then have something to contribute politically economically socially at weapons wife but some

the pentagon making it clear that turkey cannot expect to buy weapons from russia and still have access to military technology made in the u.s. turkey says unless the united states reverses its decision relations between the 2 countries will be permanently damaged what could this mean for nato we have this report. the new f. 35 multi-role combat aircraft it's most prized for its so-called invisibility cloak which makes it hard for enemy radar to detect turkey was involved in the f. 35 development and i had alluded 100 of them but the pentagon says that's not happening. the u.s. and other f. 35 partners are aligned in this decision to suspend turkey from the program and initiate the process to formally remove turkey from the program. the dispute stems from anchorage decision to buy the s 400 defensive rocket system from russia washington sees this is a security risk for nato fearing russian radars could gain access to f. 35. so the u.s. is excluded turkey from the project and is threatening to impose further sanctions it is statement the turkish foreign ministry described the u.s. decisi

and russia well i'm not so. that pessimistic here i think there's a lot of things in play here all right we've run out of time here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on some real news staying with our team. so the temporary orders that i'm under before i go to final trial actually do allow me to address them as james and his male pronouns but i cannot do that in front of the 3rd parties who know him as a girl so basically i can't go to a school i keep them away from any friends he might have at school at all there's a girl at my home he's known as james and i use male pronouns what i'm prohibited from doing right now is try to convince him that he's actually a boy. during the great depression which i'm old enough to remember that it was and most of my family were unemployed. and it wasn't it was bed you know much worse objective listen today but there was an expectation that things were going to get better. there was a real sense of hopefulness there isn'

on the 1st of july deep below russia's barren see the unthinkable happened. a russian scientific research vessel mapping the sea floor was suddenly a death trap alarms bled hatches was shut and locked and the crew in the burning compartments sacrificed their lives to put out the blaze they succeeded the vessel and their colleagues were saved but 14 men all decorated veterans suffocated and they did more than save the submersible. the nuclear power unit on this vessel is completely isolated now and no people are being allowed there plus the crew implemented all necessary activities to protect this unit is in full working order the investigation stablish in what happened how it happened is being led by russia's navy head with the president personally being kept informed the dead will all be on a post you mostly the north these are harsh. people a great task is to difficulty and hardship so they're still surprised that it's traditionally a new day where they come up to this memorial dedicated cooled sailors perished it see during peacetime. put it. to the gutsie

russia and they did. it gave an opportunity to the best so the rest. which was an old sense but for the rest well it's in the us union they are still suffering some won't be know yet so you ask ask the polish ask all farmers ask them what happened to them ok exactly you know you know and. glenn i mean i have been in a bizarre way actually been a supporter of the of the saying sions because of the reasons that mark has just told us i mean how they lived here for so long and up to 2014 i heard successive governments saying we need reform we need to modernize we need to do so many things in 2014 the gauntlet was thrown down they had to do all of those things that marcus just told us this is made russia stronger and russia's position musician is stronger and interesting lee as marcus pointed out u.s. policy is driving china and russia together and now as we say in this program here it's pushing europe to be closer to russia this is a net feel for the united states of play wanted to take on china and russia and the european union all at the same time and st

this is for russia. that may be the case but georgia's leaders were reluctant to openly attack russia at this event that parliament's head of european integration was sent out to face questions denying claims by protesters that georgia's government had become too lenient towards russia. pro russian what do you say to. that. that it doesn't actually require any further with russia or is really concerned about your presence in. this. georgia very western. we would like to find ourselves eventually within the european jews in one of the debates parliamentary leader spoke of russia as an occupying force for junior russian. i don't know you. 20 percent of our territories it means permanent threat. territories later came the signing of financial agreements between georgia and e.u. states but as the ink dried on deals worth $53000000.00 there was no disguising the anxiety about russia's actions against this country if conference delegates were to take a short stroll down to the beach front here they get a reali

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 visiting to stay in a row within the timeframe of just a couple of

who died 2 of them reserve russia 7 of them were ranked 2 officers this is a great loss for russia and i express my deepest condolences to the families of those who died and we will do everything to hold these families. i would like to fly to. personally address the issue and to investigate the causes of this incident. could you please do that force. ok it's been listening in on a meeting between florida me a puritan and the minister of defense the gay sure discussing that deadly fire in the deep sea submersible which resulted in the death of 14 sailors that they confirmed it was a scientific research vessel and the crew were able to put out the fire on the vessel however may have succumbed to inhalation of the smoke from that fire 2 of their sailors onboard the vessel were heroes of russia the president expressed his deep condolences to the families of those 14 sailors we're going to be back with more news after this very short break stay with us. made hard money fashionable again and that halo effect spilled over to gold if it weren't for big oil there would be no current rally gold.

if they want they can do that through the app and it claims no user data is transferred to russia in fact those servers are based in the us not based in russia i mean look i think a lot of the problem here is people are concerned because of russia we've heard a lot about meddling and when terms of russian hackers and things but if you look at facebook if you look at snapchat a lot of those terms and conditions very similar and true with cambridge analytical in the past in our experience with 3rd party apps you know people like us who looks like the sister if it's going to be concerned there's something wrong all right corner assman here with a peek into our future remember overexposure is the key to getting rid of those wrinkles karl thank you. well today is almost done but the conversation that continues online there were defined as to remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody. then why not look that appetizing. but they're very popular with or maybe. c.q. tumblers. curious scene creatures are farmed inside in madagascar. acc

deepens its relationship with russia the nato has a problem with it and the rest of the world looking at this and scratching his head wondering why would turkey risk its ties to the u.s. and nato for a russian air defense system. is there a logical explanation. well i think we've got to hear a series of diplomatic accidents i mean this goes back to when president obama was in power and always repeats he says we wanted to buy american patriots obama did not allow this and congress also blocked it over differences over transferring of technology so then look to china and it ultimately ended up with moscow but the key point here was the failed coup that is seen as a tipping point that soured relations between washington as a great deal of mistrust over what they see as washington's reluctance to condemn the coup on the night and in contrast putin russian president putin was we've heard one on the night on the phone all the time and that said a series of events where one crow further deepen its relationship with russia and went ahead with the sale of this as 480 imagine that they would en

russia specifically but not just russia china iran venezuela any country that doesn't come crawling to on hands and knees in front of washington and to kiss the ring is regarded as a quote threat. and since russia is the foremost military power that is not under the control of the united states and that's why we've seen things like the expansion of nato and something like this which is kind of a and information analogue to nato expansion which is to try to ensure domination of europe and to isolate russia as much as possible. barrister cherie blair the wife of former u.k. prime minister tony blair has appeared in artie's going underground to discuss her role in a frantic legal battle after she helped release a russian business woman who is facing a decade of hard labor in kuwait. somebody convicted and absconded marcia who's been under investigation this has been hanging over their head and since 2012 she's been actively pursued by the authorities since 2015 so much so that she's been on bail when she was on bail and her american green card expired she wasn't able to go and go to th

imposed on russia 5 years ago. people in germany i'm more forthcoming. since a lot of i think that as long as russia acts like that and threatens ukraine and carries out some kind of war there it's justified to senator kerry differently about all i would rather stay out of it russia was always our boss in east germany back then we had to conform to what they wanted and now say should do what they want so in the back of us rushed. to petersburg dialogue named after the russian city aims to promote. the forum was started in 2001 by the russian president vladimir putin and then german chancellor gerhard schroeder relations between germany and russia was significantly better at that time they've got worse since the start of the ukraine conflict there's no harmony in other areas both sides want to stick to the iran nuclear deal and there's agreement also on the controversial nord stream to gas pipeline the message of the day they can be no progress without cooperation. of american t.v. holmes is leading after the 1st round of golf open championship at portrus

russia is used cyber tax to attack democratic institutions. csis reported that there have been 50,000 cyber attacks against columbia's national voter registry during that 2018 legislate elections. we have also seen russia covertly deploy crime and paramilitary groups to latin , using these forces to advance their strategic interests abroad, without having to admit that they have deployed any military personnel to assist the country. russia's intervention in venezuela has propped up the disastrous maduro regime and helped deny transition to the interim president guaido. this fits a pattern of increasingly aggressive russian seeking to use all of the tools in its play book to undermine the appeal of the democratic process and keep russian aligned regimes in power. while russia and chinese influence in latin america is destabilizing to the region, i think it's also important to spend a few minutes on the most pressing threat to democracy in the western hemisphere. and that is corruption. corruption is the root cause of mass migration, instability

claiming there russia's system poses a direct risk to nato and a state department official was quoted as saying we underscore that turkey will face very real and negative consequences if it completes a us $400.00 delivery now it's not clear exactly what those consequences will be but it could have a major impact if the u.s. decides to retaliate against its nato ally in washington rachel blevins r t. as we get a break watchers don't forget to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered on facebook you tube the twitter and make sure to check out watching the hawks the podcast now available on spotify apple music and everywhere you list the podcast see our poll shows that r.t. dot com coming up are the new stations like cuba any different than a blockade of the past and a new test for cancer shows for all stay tuned to one. you try and be professional you try and leave it outside the door you try and put it in the compartment in the eyes it's in your brain and so you can forget about it but little by little. these little whispers come and for me it was actually putting some ic

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

russia. the u.s. says it's concerned that a planned tax on tech giants and farms will unfairly target american companies any digital company with a revenue of more than $844000000.00 of which at least 20 $8000000.00 is made in france would be subject to the tax the french government argues that companies shouldn't be exempt from paying their headquarters the based elsewhere a french parliament is expected to approve the new tax on thursday now the battle of the what the boycott divestment and sanctions movement against israel is intensifying there israeli government has reportedly enlisted its intelligence agency to counteract the palestinian led campaign against israeli oppression now some academics who backed the movement said they're being targeted in the so-called what charmed by right wing nationalists how a force that reports from occupied east jerusalem. in january this video of a university professor arguing with a student over her decision to her army uniform to class turned into a major cont

meanwhile russia is working to expand its influence in the region. the putin regime seeks to erode u.s. influence in the south com area of responsibility and doubled down on its efforts to prop up corrupt authoritarian regimes in venezuela, cuba and nicaragua through economic and military assistance. for many years putin has viewed latin america as a natural link in the chain making up a mul multipolar world and recent port visits by russian navy vessels and the deployment of a long-range bomber to the region highlight russia's efforts to strengthen its global reach in a new age of great power competition. in fact, just a couple of weeks ago, the admiral gorescov was docked in havana harbor. finally drivers of migration including violence, corruption and poverty play 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

this week russia's defense minister has now revealed where the but i stopped. to a solution the main cause of the incident has been established it was a fire in the battery compartment which then spread religion. comes in what condition is the nuclear reactor the reactor on the vessel is completely isolated and the area has been cleared of people the crew carried out all the necessary measures to protect the installation it is fully operational this gives us hope that we will be able to repair the vessel in a fairly short time. the atmosphere here in the city of moments because gloomy it's in the air it's in people's faces the expressions you'll be hard pressed to find a family here and more months without relatives or a sailor in the navy so the strategy has struck everyone personally it has really affected people here over russia there are commemorative services being held in churches all over russia people expressing their condolences laying flowers we've had condolences pouring in internationally the pope has expressed his sincere condolences to those that

or might have been compromised by russia by their dealings with the russian government which russia knew about to extort things from them and put national security at risk, as blunt as he was about those things, mueller also said repeatedly that although those were huge risks and they did observe all the elements of compromise and potential blackmail there, it wasn't something that his team actually worked on. >> not in our report. we revert to the counter intelligence goals of our investigation, which were secondary to any criminal wrongdoing that we could find. i cannot get into that mainly because there are many elements of the fbi that are looking at different aspects of that issue. >> currently? >> currently. >> for instance, since it was outside your purview, your report did not reach counter intelligence conclusions regarding any trump administration officials who might potentially be vulnerable to compromise or blackmail by russia, correct? >> those decisions probably were made by the fbi. >> counter intelligence section of the fbi would be -- hard working on that. are they

russia is working to expand its influence in the region. seeks to erodee influence in south come -- southcom and props up regimes in cuba and nicaragua through military and economic assistance. putin has viewed latin america of a logical link in a chain. reports by russian navy vessels and deployment of a long-range bomber highlights russia's efforts to strengthen its global reach in the new age of great power competition. just a couple weeks ago one of russia's most advanced warships was docked in havana harbor. finally, drivers of migration including violence, corruption, and poverty, 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 yo

so we have russia coming in to make money. we have a leader of the united states senate who seems more interested in putting as many right wing judges on the court as possible, keep the pen in donald trump's hands, he seems less interested in stopping these kinds of things. >> yeah, but you have to understand these kinds of things work for his base constituency. this is what's amazing about the republican party today. the republican party are literally commie lovers. okay? they talk about democrats being socialist, they love ex-kgb officer, former communist and his allies who are all communists, now dropping money in their districts to buy their politicians. they love kim jong-un. a north korean dictator communist. they have no problem with doing business on an equal level, allowing emoluments clause violations by donald trump's children with china, a communist run autocrasy. they don't care if the money comes to their districts, they'll take commie money, then they'll go off and call anyone that opposes that anti-american. th