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These diplomats worry that new communist party chief yuri andropov may have had to pledge a tough anti-washington line and big weapons buildup to win military support. they would like the american delegation to meet with andropov after the funeral monday, but have no assurance the meeting will be arranged. [susan eisenhower] here was a guy who came out of the soviet intelligence community. you had the feeling during andropov's period that, you know, things were really inert, and the old generation was still running the country. [nina] my family was simply terrified. my great-grandfather was kh...

These diplomats worry that new communist party chief yuri andropov may have had to pledge a tough anti-washington line and big weapons buildup to win military support. they would like the american delegation to meet with andropov after the funeral monday, but have no assurance the meeting will be arranged. [susan eisenhower] here was a guy who came out of the soviet intelligence community. you had the feeling during andropov's period that, you know, things were really inert, and the old generation was still running the country. [nina] my family was simply terrified. my great-grandfather was kh...

Respond to the recent u.s. cruise missile test. he blamed a weapons buildup on the u.s. withdrawing from the anti-missile treaty. of course russia says the u.s. first broke that treaty. until 2014 it was the g-8 when other members kicked russia out, this for the invasion and annexation of crimea in a sobren european country, ukraine. fredlic pleitgen is live in moskow. how serious do we expect this russian response to be to the u.s. test? >> well, i think it's going to be quite serious. and i think some of the things that folks are saying not just here in moskow but internationally is that the...

Office projection of the federal debt has some alarming numbers. the current level is higher than at any point in the nation's history other than shortly after world war ii when viewed as a percentage of the gross domestic product. the cbo says large budget deficits over the last 30 years are projected to drive federal debt held by the public and over the next 30 years to unprecedented levels to 78% of gdp to 144% of gdp by 2049. stocks had the worst day of the month today, the dow dropped 179, the s&p 500 fell 78. russia is using its words and its actions to send a warning to the u.s. tonight...

Occupy our attention too. the common thread in all of this is the destabling conduct of the iranian regime, a regime that insists on promoting violence throughout the middle east, while depriving its own people of basic human rights. the united states welcomes a discussion of this violence in the middle east. we welcome discussing the ways we can cooperate with each other to put an end to this violence. there is far too little discussion in the security council on iran's destabilizing presence in syria, its promotion of violence in yemen, its support for terrorism in gaza, and its dangerous an...