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Russian meddling in the u.s. election aside, the relationship between president trump and vladimir putin is important right now because the two super powers are working, if not together, at least on the same issues, on syria, north korea to name just two. the question remains whether president putin is better as a friend or foe. joining us to dig in, steven cohen, professor emeritus and cnns fareed zakaria. fareed, youve described vladimir putin as the most powerful man in the world right now. c...

Election aside, the relationship between president trump and vladimir putin is important right now because the two super powers are working, if not together, at least on the same issues, on syria, north korea to name just two. the question remains whether president putin is better as a friend or foe. joining us to dig in, steven cohen and fareed zakaria. fareed, youve described vladimir putin as the most powerful man in the world right now. can russia be a reliable partner to the united states r...

In exchange for them getting those rights. now the fbi eventually got involved in investigating that bribe. and at that airport diner in jacksonville, in 2013, they set up mrs. dictator to wear a wire while she met with a representative of that mining company. and while she was meeting with that guy from the mining company, he told her in that conversation that she should destroy all the paperwork that she had that documented anything to do with the bribe. and she was wired when he told her that...

And the company has since tried to say, oh, that guy was just a rogue actor, he wasnt speaking on our behalf, we dont know anything about what he was talking about, nothing to do with us. but that same mining company is also alleged by the fbi to have paid another large bribe to another official in the guinean government the following year. and the reason yes we know that is because of a trial whats happening right now this week in new york city. the former mining minister of guinea is on trial ...

To do with the bribe. and she was wired when he told her that. she was a cooperating witness. so the fbi got all of his instructions to her about that on tape. and they nailed him. they nailed this guy from the mining company. charged. pled guilty. prison time. and the company has since tried to say, oh, that guy was just a rogue actor, he wasnt speaking on our behalf, we dont know anything about what he was talking about, nothing to do with us. but that same mining company is also alleged by th...

Ties, circumstantial ties to russia, there is a lot to look at and the pressure under the senate committee. the momentum is going to pickup on this again. we are now 100 days in. this story is i think as hot as it was at its hottest moment 100 days ago. >> again, i go back to michael flynn. he makes all of the other allegations seem plausible. thats the problem the trump white house has. no matter how much they want to call him rogue, and he may have been a rogue actor, but the problem is he was...

Kill to help make that happen. and the international community has to recognize russia for the rogue actor that they are. they are encouraging this type. despotic regimes wherever they can, and thats really the threat of russia. i mean, when putin started, you know, messing around in ukraine and other places, you know, thats but a small piece of what he is trying to do. he is trying to undermine liberal democracy every place he can and basically hes trying to make the world safe for autocratic d...

Cause some pain. >> jenna: lets talk more about the sanctions specifically, over the last couple of years we have talked about sanctions, some of which you like, some you dont. what is it about the sanctions that you think are particularly effective that they are actually getting the response from iran? >> book, we had a huge amount of pressure on iran before the deal was signed. it was one of the things that brought them to the table in the first place was that they were really feeling it. prim...

Preserve four constitutional republican. if russia has, you know -- i am not 100% convinced that they did this solely, but if they did do that, yeah, i think there has to be some payback on that. but i disagree with president obama saying its going to be covertly and overtly. i dont think he should announce these things. i think it should be done diplomatically. i think he should have included president-elect donald trump. >> let me ask you this, then. you are not convinced, donald trump clearly...

Officials believe to be the case. they say that they have very good intelligence on iran. they were able, at least the israelis, we suspect, if not with u.s. help were able to compromise the centrifuges over the last couple of years through the computer virus that was put either into equipment in iran or on its way into iran. youve seen the assassinations of iranian nuclear scientists. theyve slowed the process down. they believe that iran has not made the political decision to proceed and now c...