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Its easy for americans to look at the russian threat through the prism of partisan politics. russian aggression can feel abstract, more of a nuisance than an urgent concern. some charge the kremlin influenced trumps campaign in secret meetings, which is at the heart of a long u.s. investigation. it certainly meddled in the elections by marshalling an online army, one that we could not see. but for countries in eastern europe, some of which are within an hours drive of st. petersburg, things look...

The system should whebe based o mer merit. theyre calling these immigrants invaders, last week saying they were infesting the country. theyre as a nuisance to the united states and secondly, the idea that hes not really sending a clear signal to congress as to what he wants them to do, juchtdst a few days, he -- this morning hes tweeting that democrats should be reporting that they should have to fix this. not exactly clear how house republicans specifically want to mo move -- one of them is goi...

Largest in the world. it spent $66 billion on defense last year. sweden, finiland and norway combined spent less than $16 billion. the baltic states werent even close. its easy for americans to look at the russian threat through the prism of partisan politics. russian aggression can feel abstract, more of a nuisance an an urgent concern. some charge that the kremlin influenced trumps campaign in secret meetings, which is at the heart of a long u.s. investigation. it certainly meddled in the elec...

But i think in terms of the operations of the white house theyre not that concerned with it and theyre hoping that it will be sort of a nuisance that plays out on the side. >> ken dilanian, whats your sense of this? is there any piece of it in particular you think might have lasting impact? >> what i wonder, maybe david knows the answer to this, does anyone have any criminal exposure to this? >> this seems so blatant to charity law. when does it rise to the level of you go to jail? >> they do no...

Successful given its core goal -- survival. it has preserved its basic form of government for 70 years, persevering through the breakdown of the soviet union and its empire, the arab spring, the demise of other asian dictatorships from south korea to taiwan to indonesia. look at the world from kim jong-uns perspective. by the time he came to power, the regime lost its great patron the soviet union. its closest ally china, with whom it fought the korean war, now viewed it as a nuisance, often vot...

It several times to settle debts that his for-profit businesses had and paid as part of the settlement. he would use his foundation to save his businesses money. in the 2016 campaign, turned his foundation basically into an arm of his campaign. >> phil rucker, how is this playing in the white house? the president has said any attempts to go after his businesses are a bright red line. hes fought with democrats and new york politics for a long time. >> well, and it dates back to the campaign and d...

Government minders werent pleased with. so obviously people know what to say and the answer is almost universally do echo what the official state line is. that said, obviously there are people who have dissenting views just like in any country around the world, but those views would only be expressed around the dinner table with your closest family, maybe some friends. >> we have seen this in other examples, other global relationships where president trump views raising human rights issues as al...

Look the at the world from kim jong-uns perspective. by the time he came to power, the regime had lost the great patron the soviet union and the closest ally, china, with whom it fought the korean war often viewed it as a nuisance, voting to sanction it at the united nations. and the most powerful country in the world, the united states, often expressed a desire to see wholesale regime change in pyongyang. >> so kim jong-un accelerated the policy of his father and grandfather. he bought insuranc...

Market. one of the richest men in the united states. >> joseph and his wife rose, the daughter of a beloved boston mayor, will raise nine children. almost from the moment he is born, robert struggles to find his place in the large family. >> i think in any family where theres a lot of children, you are fighting with one another, competing with one another. >> he was the third son, ten years younger thanoe junior, the oldest boy. eight years younger than jack. he idolized his older brothers, love...

Program and we all know a few years later what happened to moammar gadhafi. do you think giuliani was trying to do the same thing? >> in front of an audience in israel and make no sense whatsoever. as soon as i heard his statements, i was reminded of the fact that he really wanted the secretary of state position. after president trump had won the nomination and the election and one has to wonder if he is trying to be in the multiple lanes, the presidents attorney and also sort of advisory secret...