That shouldnt be out he knows that it was it just not to write that this is despicable that he chose to publish this book thats highly classified information even conversations with me at the highly classified and even the National SecurityCommittee John bolton said in fact i understand not hes broken the law and i would think that he would have criminal problems i hope so. Also coming up tonight a cold war style killing last year in berlin central park german prosecutors now say it was a murder ordered by the kremlin should Vladimir Putin be worried does he even care if. Country is organizing and murdering someone in another country. Thats a very serious incident and it has to meet to consequences. Which you our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome but we begin the day with the case against the presidency of donald trump next tuesday the tell all. Book by trumps former National Security advisor john bolton goes on sale preorders for in the room where it happened have already made it number one on amazon President Trump and his attorney general they are trying to get a last minute court order to stop the books publication they argue it reveals classified information even if the courts blocked the book the contents are already being consumed we know what is inside bolton describes a presidency in utter and total chaos a president willing to break the law to do a favor for a dictator the leader of the free world who knows shockingly very little about the world at all old writes that the president assumed finland belonged to russia and he confirms what many suspected regarding north korea denuclearization was never the goal the photo op with kim jong un what its. These pages contain claims which could rock u. S. Foreign relations and significantly affect the us president ial election in november they were written by john bolton who said he saw donald trump in gage in fundamentally unacceptable behavior that eroded the very legitimacy of the presidency. Top of the books list of bombshell claims that trump asked chinese president xi jinping to insure his win the election suggesting china find more american crops which would benefit us photos from also encourage she and his mass detention of mostly muslim week of people in camps the book says bolton said trump seemed to give personal favors to dictators he likes while being ignorant of basic Foreign Policy facts such as finland being a country and having Nuclear Weapons and an exclusive interview with a. B. C. News Martha Raddatz bolton said this hearings when youre dealing with somebody like putin who has made his life understanding russias strategic position in the world against donald trump who doesnt enjoy reading about these issues or learning about them. Its a very difficult position for america to be in trump not only set the book was full of lies he also phoned fox news channels hannity show to say this terrible terrible thing that he did but he broke the law the very simple i mean as much as its going to be broke at this is highly classified thats why is sages highly classified information that he did not have approval but come out now very loud and very strong so the no waiting to see if this book might prompt further investigation into the president its also likely to be a factor in this novembers president ial election. Warning lights lets bring in James Kirchick he is a Foreign Policy analyst and a dissident fellow at the Brookings Institution he joins me tonight from washington d. C. Jamie its good to see you again so what does this book do to the image of the u. S. And the power of the u. S. If they president is prepared to sell when election to the president of china. You know actually on that particular accusation that was one of the ones that i found the least convincing because there werent that many details and all that bolton said was that trump asked the chinese to buy more american weeks which i think. Would be would be a fine thing for any american president to ask and you know if he threw in some line of that it helping his reelection chances then you know thats a spore a sort of more blunt. Suggestion in most american president s are going to be making so i actually didnt find that. Anecdote to be the most disturbing i think what the president had to say about concentration camps and china basically not not saying that the chinese were correct in build in the math i found that highly disturbing. D. And then and then the other comments that you listed just the sort of sheer ignorance of basic International Issues to go thinking that finland is a part of russia or that there are that our british allies not knowing if they have Nuclear Weapons these are all very disturbing things to hear that i have to say i wasnt really surprised by any of these revelations i think its hard to be 3 and a half years anyone whos a sentient human human being and paying attention. Would would i find it hard to believe that that they would be shocked by any of this i want to pull up a quote from this book which sums up i think a watch here boat writes i am hard pressed to identify any significant trump decision during my tenure that was not driven by reelection calculations so what we have here is that just more proof that weve got the historical narcissist in the white house and nothing more. I think theres more to it than that 1st of all i dont think its not its not mutually exclusive to want to pursue policies that are in the Long Term National interests of the United States and that also help your reelection chances. Were going to stand his or not you but he didnt say that he said it well when he was doing was just to get reelected as he was about the u. S. Interests sure to equality right right and i and i i take john bolton as word on that i think there are many things many things you can say about john bolton or criticize him for the notion that he doesnt believe in things and you can disagree with the things that he believes in but the notion that he doesnt genuinely believe in things and pursues policies that he believes to be in the American Interest thats not something that i think even john boltons worst enemies would accuse him of i mean the man deeply deeply believes in a certain vision of the world which is why frankly i find it. A little surprising that he went into the administration in the 1st place im not really sure i mean id like to ask him you know what do you think you are getting into because someone who has john boltons track record of beliefs on american engagement of the world on taking a very robust posture towards american adversaries like russia and china and what not and it was very clear during the campaign in 26. 00 team that you know donald trump is not going to be someone who really agreed with john bolton on a lot of these issues and so im so much surprised that john bolton seems surprised or maybe hes feigning surprise im not sure yeah thats a very good points out of time but we appreciate your insights tonight good seeing you thank you. Thank you. Sir germanys delinquent theyve been delinquent for years and they owe nato billions of dollars and they have to pay it. Well that was donald trump explaining why he wants to withdraw nearly 10000. 00 u. S. Troops from germany just a fact check here Member States do not pay contributions to nato they each contribute a relatively small sum to its operating costs and they make commitments about their own National Defense spending and this is all old have for the corresponding teri schultz terry has covered data for many years she joins me tonight from brussels good evening to you terry earlier this week at a nato press conference you were dressed trumps apparent lack of knowledge about nato and you press the point with nato secretary general you still in bed lets take a listen to what you asked. Do you feel that in the interests of countering dissent from ation that it would be important for you to perhaps explain to him in your next call how nato is funded the fact that no country actually owes billions to nato. My message to him has being that the nato allies are actually delivering nato is about form to have open discussions about. Dont also burden sharing but also major presence and i expect this to be an issue as a defenseman is that a meeting all right terry you posed the question theres dont bake he didnt really want to give you an answer did he. He didnt and i got many comments from colleagues and even some nato ambassadors afterwards. Complimenting me on asking this directive a question but you know it is very frustrating to try to to sort of counteract this misinformation that is constantly perpetuated about how nato is funded and therefore how certain countries are not living up to their obligations nobody denies germany has a very low level of defense spending in comparison to some of its nato allies but this idea that that some countries are falling short on their nato obligations financially because they dont pay directly into nato is just very frustrating and so i wanted to ask the secretary general stoltenberg if he ever brings that up with President Trump but no he didnt address that at all you didnt get an answer. I wonder. Is he an apologist for donald trump when it comes to nato. Thats a very strong word and i certainly wouldnt use it myself hes he is he has 30 bosses and thats a very difficult position to be and the secretary general represents all nato allies one of them of course pays a lot more than the others and has a lot more weight than the others but he cant do anything thats out of line for any country and so he constantly seems like hes not giving an answer or hes waffling because there are 30 different prison positions on every issue but on this i think it also must be difficult for him because he sometimes has to sit right next to President Trump and listen to him complain about the defense spending of certain allies and completely misrepresent how the alliance is funded and who actually was responsible for the reversal of the decline in defense spending hes not an apologist but he does have to be he does have to sort of tread the middle ground. Ministers they just. Discussions does anyone. Take the idea of relocating u. S. Troops from germany to poland seriously. That hasnt come up so specifically yet because i think everybodys still hoping that it wont even happen that the almost 10000. 00 troops are pulled out of germany certainly the Us Ambassador to nato when when we heard from her just before the meeting said that nothing had been set in stone yet that the plans hadnt even begun to be made about how and when this would happen something that was repeated by secretary general stolzenberg numerous times so i think that that would be a step beyond and it certainly would make a lot of countries uncomfortable to think that they would be pulled out of germany and put in poland president due to of poland is headed to the white house for a meeting in just a few days so im sure well be hearing more about this issue but its something thats being bandied about but im not sure how realistic it is at this point you know ever since trump became us president europe has asked itself more than never should we can we go with a low heres what germanys foreign minister speaking to us yesterday that nobody says a line that cannot call most into trouble too far i dont think well have to manage on our own the United States also has an interest that is closely tied to europe in terms of foreign and security policy. But maybe the u. S. Will not be the protective shield that it once was for europe and that will lead to us having to do more for our own security that there will have to be a european pillar in nato and we are having that discussion. Not to get those so thats what were hearing right now here are nato members such as germany are they hoping for a job win in november and thinking that if biden is president then the status quo will be restored. Well the status quo isnt all that satisfying to to a lot of allies either you know this discussion has gone on long before the Trump Presidency branch you and i have been discussing their discussions for years ourselves. Knows it has to do more and every u. S. President has said that stretching back decades so im not sure a joe biden win would resolve that president obama drew down troops in europe so certainly isnt tied to just a republican presidency that said i think that most europeans feel that theyd be more comfortable with a biden presidency hes very experienced in Foreign Affairs and you dont hear things coming out of his mouth like we have heard from President Trump attacking nato is calling the European Union basically an enemy you probably wouldnt hear that from a biden presidency and that would certainly be a relief for europeans. That youve got using. Playing it against germany in trying to create a way in the alliance is there a sense of. I think there is a sense of that im not so sure that. You know specific to nato i think thats been true in European Union affairs as well and poland plays its own role in that remember for trump how excited the white house got about that and its something that polls privately to me said oh thats not a good idea because wed lose funding if the democrats retake control so this is something that remains to be played out poland knows very well that germany is one of its strongest allies and it cant afford to alienate germany either so poland really needs to watch what its doing here and i know that its treading a very fine line so i think well hear more about this when president due to visit the white house but this is a lot of pressure on poland as well to be put in this position so i think everybody is going to be watching their steps carefully. Excellent analysis on this thursday night here is always thank you. German federal prosecutors have filed murder charges against a russian man suspected of gunning down a former Chechen Rebel fighter here in berlin last year they say that moscow ordered the killing the alleged hit job strained relations between berlin and moscow it prompted germany to expel 2 Russian Diplomats russias ambassador to germany says todays murder charges or groundless she says the kremlin will retaliate if berlin takes further action. Its an assassination that has shaken russian german relations to the core last year and late august the former Chechen Rebel salim khan congress feely was gunned down in the heart of berlin shot twice in the head in broad daylight the suspect fled on a bicycle but was caught soon afterwards a russian according to his passport soon after the murder suspicions arose that the Russian Intelligence Services were involved congress feeley was a commander in the 2nd chechen war against Russian Troops until 2005 and the eyes of moscow that made him a terrorist. The chicken littles this man is on our wanted list putin said hes a fighter a cruel and bloodthirsty person what we call in just one of the attacks he killed 98 people which is. The most the we seem chilly moscow has always denied any involvement in the killing what relation is this incident have to the russian authorities are these are actually groundless assumptions. At least 2 attempts have been made in congress feel his life before he moved to germany and 2016 hiding from the Russian Secret Service his family followed believing they were safe here on the coast and we were warned something could happen at some point but i never thought such a brutal attack could take place so easily here in germany where the Security Services the police and the law are among the strongest in the world. The contract killer is known as fata mckay he arrived in germany shortly before the attack using a fake identity now germanys federal prosecutor has gathered enough evidence to charge him with murder but the accused man they say was acting under orders from the russian government. Our list take the story now to moscow our Moscow Bureau chief yuri rachet of joins me good evening to you yuri so whats the reaction been in russia to all of the. Hi brand well we have official reaction from mr sergey to china with the Russian Ambassador to germany weve heard that in the report just now he deny it as expected any responsibility and spoke of baseless charges against his country against russia we have to keep in mind brand that moscow awful moscow mr congo severely with russian possible to was primarily a terrorist thats why here in russia the story is being told in a completely different phase way media here have been highlighting congress realists past and as a separatist phyto fighting against Russian Forces in the 2nd chechen war and then there at the end of the 990 s. President putin himself called him a fighter very cruel and the bloody who fought against Russian Southern 18 youre you do story is yet another example of the russia that we see you around the world being a bad actor is there a disconnect however between russia the bad actor russian politics and the russian people youve been looking at that in a documentary series tell us about it yes absolutely brand thing youre right that there is another russia actually i russia off all very People Living extra all their lives across 11 time zones and thats what my serious of films to the russians is about i thought 6 episodes about the life beyond to moscow and famines politics full for dramatic stories and unexpected twists and turns youll see people of all different different ages different incomes and physical capabilities people who are deeply religious and people who are ardent athy is the old speak to you in the 1st person without any interpretation these are their personal stories that they do not pretend to be objective but each one is worth being told lets have a look. From birth. To death. 6 generations 6 life stories from russia the largest country by landmass in the world. Life in russia is bad but living in russia is also good its diverse and thats exactly what we want to share of the hope palette of life journeys detours and tough paths its grey areas and nuances. The result is a highly cost no insight into the lives of very ordinary people thousands of kilometers away from the clytie capital moscow its a country that almost 30 years after the dissolution of the soviet union still plays a role on the global stage. Every man should protect himself his family his friends and his country. Also that he should strike fast before someone strikes you and that will then divide in like church all those priests are much too rich to run around in gold and silver thats not my thing. They. Can enter a couple of generations will be friends with other countries and not respect us so you know. Has a thing for weapons she wants to join the police force. Parents live in taiga ben ahmeds who played reindeer. And he sees her parents once a year. Dimitri likes his job his family and his president about you but is 73 and goes are escaping on like by car she sings old songs from times when life was better. But they come out 7 of the governor was a mug or does. Their gradual. Use of the bodies but i was touched by a patrol which he lives in the north in the tundra of peace ace the old women but this train and transports them out of their faraway villages of the united to defend it is dying out just like the old people and i feel sorry for them. He doesnt from the good of his heart he doesnt and anything traumatized but he doesnt anyway because he wants to help. Young and old. Rich and poor. Different ethnicities and religions. The protagonists tele stories openly and honestly. They are russia straddling tradition and an unknown future. Jury you are such a good storyteller i mean russia has never been as interesting as it is when you are telling the story i understand you filmed this series before the Coronavirus Crisis began in russia how much has changed. Absolutely thats a good question brand of course the virus has changed the lives of people worldwide including here in russia but here the majority of infections have actually been in moscow i have to say and not in the spots where we shut our stories 1st of all and secondly now that the lockdown has been loosened in most places in russia life has returned to normal almost a normal it almost feels like people have forgotten the bulk of the virus and despite the pandemic it hardly changed peoples private views and opinions about their homeland about russia about their lives which is what we have talking about in this serious and i think these stories interesting even for russians to watch because russia is so huge a very a and diverse and it was a real privilege for me as a correspondent to get to know this huge country a little bit better by a working on this unusual project yeah it looks fascinating the images are spectacular and the woman singing well what a great set of lungs there youre. As always thank you very much shes 73 lets hope we can do that when were 73 you can watch your reasons a series the russians right here on the w. B. Or you can watch it on our you tube channel d w documentary yuri its always good seeing you thank you welcome. Well the day is always done the conversation continues online to join us on twitter either you know if you news or you could all be a great golf t. V. And remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow gives us another day well see you then everybody. Enters the conflict zone with sarah kelly swedens unique trust based approach to tackling the coronavirus pandemic when checked in the strict lock downs imposed around the world but the policy has come under increasing criticism and pressure my guest this week is swedens foreign minister and linda with a death toll much higher than its neighbors has sweden made it deadly our conflicts are. Next on the whole. 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