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Put pressure on the new ukrainian president to interfere in an american presidential election. we also know the president directed that the military aid of almost $400 million be held up. we should remember, ukraine is a country that was invaded by russia, who took part of their country. they were killing ukrainians in eastern ukraine. their lifeline was american military assistance, so holding that up and threatening not to provide it in exchange for a favor, as the president described it in th...

Need so badly as part of their strategy. president erdogan and putin, meeting in sochi. a lot of days and fighting and dying that could happen before that meeting, that may provide the only diplomatic off-ramp here. >> this remarkable letter from the president of the united states, where he, on october 9th, warns the turkish president, dont be a tough guy, dont be a fool. does the united states have any leverage at all to be making claims now? or a request to the turkish government? >> its palpa...

Syria. he says once they do that, then the turkish operation will stop. so, youre looking at a very difficult mission here for the vice president. a very awkward time for him to be coming. you have got on the one hand, the president pretty much undermined this delegations mission today. yesterday, the statements you just ran a short time ago, where he says he doesnt care about happens next. and you have the united states not with much leverage other than sanctions at this point and the threat of...

Up. we should remember, ukraine is a country that was invaded by russia, who took part of their country. they were killing ukrainians in eastern ukraine. their lifeline was american military assistance, so holding that up and threatening not to provide it in exchange for a favor, as the president described it in the phone call, is the worst kind of leverage you can imagine for a new president. >> human lives are literally on the front lines. i mean people could be killed waiting for offensive we...

Regime. the turkish-backed forces were advancing. and thats given the russians the leverage here. they have a working relationship with turkey. and we know that president erdogan is going to be meeting next week in a few days, with the russian president vladimir putin. so, were going to have to wait and see what comes out of these talks today. some experts that we have spoken to, dave, they say this is nothing but theatrics. they say this is a show. this is pretty much the u.s. president, trying...

Course this plays into the hands of the. russians who now have kind of like another instr. meant to to influence europeans and to also gain some ground within the syrian conflict and also use this as a leverage or a bargain ship for other conflicts for example ukraine. thanks very much for comes this morning russia expert with the german council on foreign relations thats how much this briefing and some of the other stories making the news at this hour the leader of one of on kongs biggest pro-d...

It is entirely staged. no, they are entirely staged. ive been part of these things, and you go in and say "no, i want an american flag here and a turkish flag here" in fact potent team has that photo a russian flag and the turkish flag. >> harris: . we should not be in this region, turkey is an ally with nato and we should not be rolled but we should be leading the discussions. we should have been there in the first place not sending a letter. >> harris: lisa. >> lisa: there is no doubt this is ...

Their censor shop their anti-democratic values and ultimately their control when it comes to more important things 5 g networks and wireless networks of the future. these are threats to our security that i think americans are waking up to. its important for the american government, i think, to see that threat as well. brian: in big towns and in large. this isnt a washington issue. think about this. you are not just screaming from the mountain top to get people over zealous to go with an american...

That the u.s. -- i dont think its a fear, i think its a reality that the u.s. is not going to have much leverage in this region because they are pulling out. that makes common sense. russia is moving in, turkey now has this area as its own in syria, why wouldnt they like that? the real question is are the kurds going to vacate the area or are they going to keep fighting? the u.s. is pulling out and the point at which the u.s. can have real leverage over turkey has probably passed, because donald...

Support of the hong kong protesters who want this horrible thing called freedom. china is threatening to cut ties with the nba. do you believe this? which could cost the association billions. our next guest says we ewe should takes that a warning how china could use leverage on much larger scale to suppress those when they do outrageous things. ajit pai joining us now. ajit, you saw this as an opportunity with the nba when we watched two weeks of outrage and these powerful players keep their mou...