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Nato and russia and it would expand the conflict, prolong it. make it deadlier than it already is and thats not in the interest of our countries nor ukraine. weve heard the same message from the natos secretary general. >> mr. secretary, first on venezuela. can you say whether theyre considering easing sanctions on venezuela? and on sanctions in the end game. you mentioned foreign secretary that putin must fail. so, is it your strategy to essentially exert so much pressure on the russian people,...

Anti-corruption actions back in -- >> there was and is, correct. >> what do you make, though, of those same republicans now silent in the wake of trumps attacks on biden? >> well, im an expert on foreign policy. i do obviously pay attention to our own politics. i understand the reason for your question and i think it would be good if people spoke out, but my understanding is -- >> people being republicans? >> all those who were involved in our policy process. i would simply add something thats v...

U.s. would try to help saudi arabia and defend saudi arabia from conventional attacks in particular but makes this quite difficult is that this is hack is actually create a symmetric in nature and its been very difficult to. show exactly how it is tied to iran which has led to a little bit of reticence on all sides to respond because its unclear what taper of response would be proportional and what should be done but its likely that the u.s. is going to try and shore up saudi security as best as...

More on these hints of dramatic changes im joined tonight here at the big table by hassan money on his son is currently a research fellow at the iran project at harvard university hes also professor of middle east studies at the university of tehran and science good to have you on the show tonight what do you make of these reports that the u.s. president is considering easing sanctions if iran abides by the nuclear agreement. of course the the portrait of walton as a part is a positive new story...

Favored this approach. >> you mentioned the president easing sanction. thats the thing kim really wants. north korea sees its nuclear arsenal the key to its own survival. help us understand that asymmetry. what is left to negotiate if north korea we know wont give up its weapons and the president seems to at least be considering easing sanctions. >> well, we know that president trump is looking for a foreign policy win, and he considers north korea the achievement of his presidency thus far in h...

North korean leader get something from the president himself as well. we heard from president moon this morning, hes talking about why dont you go with the idea that north korea had of giving up the nuclear facility and then the international community can think about easing sanctions. that was talked about in hanoi. >> and that was an exchange the u.s. turned down. the question, an important facility, is that still a facility essentially to north koreas nuclear program when they have many sight...

Conversations with bethel net skyia and the trump tower meeting, said it was about adoption. it too was about sanctions. this isnt just about an american president campaign talking to russians about easing sanctions. this is about one, two, three, four individuals lying about the conversations they had with russians about easing sanctions. >> so weve always focused on the why of the lie, why keep lying? why multiple people lying? essentially about the same thing, russia. and what weve got to do ...

Candidate then donald trump was talking about questioning the legitimacy of n.a.t.o. and talking about easing sanctions on russia and calling upon russia to release e-mails from the democratic party. now giuliani has put his client kind of in the cross hairs here going straight to the heart of the investigation of collusion. giuliani also suggested to our jame tapper yesterday that it is possible that donald trump was speaking to michael cohen right up until the congressional testimony. lets tak...

Manafort, president trumps former campaign chief. but what is not redacted really tells us a lot here. mueller says that he has documented evidence that manafort lied when he denied having contact with trump administration officials. mueller says that in may 2018, after he was indicted, he reached out to the trump administration and then lied about it. manafort began talking with konstantin kilimnik. weve learned that rick gates, manaforts associate is still cooperating with muellers team, which...

A move to stop the administration from easing sanctions on russian oligarch oleg deripaska, a putin ally. so, again, as i said, theres lots to talk about here. i want to bring in sara murray with more on muellers court filing against manafort. sara, good evening you. say there are two main filings on paul manafort. the first is about a russian name that keeps popping up, constantine kilimnik. >> yeah, konstantin kilimnik is an associate that prosecutors say has links to russian intelligence. las...