>> THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY SAID IT IS CONFIDENT
THAT RUSSIA INTENDED TO
INTERFERE WITH THE U.S. ELECTION
PROCESS.
>> RUSSIA UNVEILED IMAGES OF A
NEW NUCLEAR MISSILE CAPABLE OF
DEVASTATING AN AREA THE SIZE OF
TEXAS.
>> RUSSIA, LIKE US, HAS NUCLEAR
WEAPONS, FOLKS.
YOU WANT TO HAVE WORLD WAR III?
>> RUSSIA POISONING OF AN EX-SPY
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
EXPELLING 60 RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS.
RUSSIA IS RESPONDING, VOWING TO
STRIKE BACK.
>> WHAT IT ALL POINTS TO IS A
NEW ARMS RACE, WHAT SOME ARE
WARNING COULD BE A NEW COLD WAR
BETWEEN THE U.S. AND RUSSIA.
♪
>> I NEED SOME RUBLES.
♪
>> HI.
>> WELCOME, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME ALEX WAGNER.
♪
>> GUYS, A LOT OF SHIT HAS
HAPPENED SINCE "THE CIRCUS" WAS
LAST ON THE AIR.
IT'S BAN YEAR.
>>
>> HAS IT BEEN A YEAR.
>> IT'S BEEN A YEAR.
>> McKINNEN STILL ON DEATH'S
DOOR, BUT STILL LOOKS GOOD IN
THAT HAS THE.
>> TRUMP IS TOTALLY
UNPREDICTABLE.
A PERPETUAL MOTION IN CHAOS
MACHINE.
>> HE MAKES MORE NEWS IN A WEEK
THAN MOST PRESIDENTS IN A MONTH.
HE MAKES MORE NEWS IN A MONTH
THAN MOST PRESIDENTS IN A YEAR.
>> BUT THIS MOMENT THIS TIME
REPRESENTS A REAL COALESALESCE
OF SO MUCH CHANGE.
>> WHEN WE WERE LAST ON THE AIR,
REINCE PRIEBUS AND SEAN SPICER
STILL HAD JOBS.
>> AMAZING.
>> ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI WAS A
GLIMMER IN DONALD TRUMP'S EYE.
>> YOU THINK OF ALL THE STUFF
THAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE
COURSE OF THE YEAR, ONE LINE HAS
STAYED THROUGHOUT.
NEVER SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE
ABOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>> I WILL HAVE A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH PUTIN.
TOMORROW YOU WILL SAY DONALD
TRUMP WANTS TO GET ALONG WITH
RUSSIA.
THIS IS TERRIBLE.
>> KISSY, KISSY, KISSY.
>> WHAT'S BENEATH THAT?
IS IT ADMIRING ANOTHER STRONG
MAN OR IS THERE SOMETHING MUCH
DEEPER, MORE SIGNIFICANT.
>> AND POTENTIALLY MORE
NEFARIOUS.
>> WE HAVE THE 2016
INVESTIGATIONS.
YOU HAVE BOB MUELLER'S
INVESTIGATION.
YOU HAVE ALL THE STUFF GOING ON.
THEN THE RUSSIA STORY LINE
SUDDENLY KICKED INTO A DIFFERENT
PLACE.
♪
JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO YOU HAD
ALLEGEDLY VLADIMIR PUTIN
ORDERING THE ASSASSINATION OF A
FORMER RUSSIAN SPY ON BRITISH
SOIL.
WITH HIS DAUGHTER.
>> WE WILL NOT TOLERATE SUCH A
BRAZEN ATTEMPT TO MURDER
INNOCENT CIVILIANS ON OUR SOIL.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> THEN NATO RALLIES AROUND
BRITAIN.
>> YOU HAVE DIPLOMATS GETTING
EXPELLED.
>> LARGEST U.S. EXPULSION OF
RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS EVER.
>> A BOLT ACT OF RETALIATION BY
RUSSIA TODAY.
SHUTTING DOWN THE U.S.
CONSULATE.
>> TENSIONS NOW GREATER BETWEEN
THE TWO COUNTRIES SINCE THE COLD
WAR.
WE GENERALLY THINK OF HISTORY
MARCHING FORWARD IN THIS SENSE
THEY'RE MARCHING WAY BACK.
>> RIGHT.
>> OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT
WEEK WE'LL BE IN RUSSIA, IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM AND IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. TRYING TO GET
TO THE BOTTOM OF IS THERE A NEW
COLD WAR, IF THERE IS WHAT DOES
IT MEAN?
>> MOSCOW AN RUSSIA EXIST IN
MYTH.
>> THERE'S THE IDEA OF RUSSIA
AND THE REALITY OF RUSSIA.
BETWEEN THE IDEA AND THE REALITY
FALLS THE SHADOW.
>> OR THE CIRCUS.
♪
>> SO WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO R.T.,
WHICH IS BASICALLY RUSSIAN STATE
MEDIA.
THAT'S CARRIED PREDOMINANTLY IN
THE UNITED STATES.
PRODUCES A LOT OF JOURNALISM, I
PUT QUOTES AROUND IT.
OTHER PEOPLE WOULD SAY PROP
GRAN GAND
DA.
>> MARGARITA HAS CITED AND
UNCLASSIFIED INTELLIGENCE
REPORTS AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER
RUSSIAN INTEL CHIEF.
ONE THING R.T. DOES IS USING
AMERICAN JOURNALISTS, INCLUDING
LARRY KING, FORMER MSNBC HOST --
>> ED SHULTZ.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASON R.T.
HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL.
PEOPLE MAY BE WATCHING AND
DIGESTING R.T. INFORMATION NOT
KNOWING IT'S COMING FROM RUSSIA.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT THE NOTION THAT
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEW
COLD WAR.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHETHER YOU
THINK THAT'S HYPERBOLE OR
WHETHER YOU THINK THE TENSIONS
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND
RUSSIA ARE AT A BOILING POINT.
>> THIS IS THE WORST IT'S EVER
BEEN.
THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY FEELS IN
RUSSIA.
♪
>> WHAT'S BROUGHT US TO THIS
POINT?
WHAT TRIGGERED THIS?
>> WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.
IT'S NOT US IMPOSING SANCTIONS.
IT'S NOT US EXPELLING DIPLOMATS.
WE'RE ONLY ANSWERING.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A SINGLE MOVE
THAT RUSSIA DID TO THE U.S.
FIRST.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT'S NOT
POSSIBLE AT ALL THAT RUSSIA
ENGAGED IN THE AMERICAN
ELECTION?
>> WELL, WE DID NOT INTERFERE IN
THE AMERICAN ELECTIONS.
IT'S LAUGHABLE TO THINK WE AT
R.T. COULD HAVE IN ANY WAY
AFFECTED THE AMERICAN ELECTIONS.
BUT WHAT IF WE HAD?
WOULD IT BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN
FROM WHAT AMERICAN MEDIA HAVE
BEEN DOING IN ALL OF THE
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD FOR
DECADES NOW?
AMERICAN MEDIA HERE IN RUSSIA
HAVE NOT SUPPORTED OPPOSITIONAL
CANDIDATES FOR YEARS, AND NOBODY
HERE IN RUSSIA HAS BEEN ACCUSING
THEM OF MEDDLING IN RUSSIAN
ELECTIONS.
DOES IT CONCERN YOU THAT SOME OF
THE FARMS THAT GENERATE FAKE
NEWS STORIES ARE LOCATED IN
RUSSIA?
>> WE ONLY KNOW THAT BECAUSE THE
CIA TOLD US SO.
>> WE HAVE INFORMANTS WHO SAID
THEY WORKED ON THOSE FARMS.
>> WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A REAL
SINGLE PROOF.
>> THERE'S AN ACCUSATION THAT
RUSSIA WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR AN
ATTEMPTED MURDER ON BRITISH
SOIL.
>> HERE IN RUSSIA NOBODY
BELIEVES IT WAS RUSSIA.
>> BECAUSE PUTIN HAS NEVER BEEN
THE CAUSE OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE
BEFORE?
>> THAT IS CRAZY.
WE ARE NOT NORTH KOREA.
WE ARE NORMAL.
IF I FIND OUT IT'S TRUE, I QUIT
RIGHT NOW AND I BECOME AN
OPPOSITION LEADER IN RUSSIA.
WE WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR A PERSON
WHO DID THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED VOTING.
YOU JUST HAD AN ELECTION NOT
THAT LONG AGO HERE.
YOUR VIEW IS THE RUSSIAN
ELECTION WAS A FREE AND FAIR
ELECTION.
>> I THINK IT'S FREER AND FAIRER
THAN YOUR U.S. ELECTION.
>> WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
>> TO EXPEL MORE DIPLOMATS, TO
IMPOSE MORE SANCTIONS, IF YOU DO
MORE OF THAT, IT WILL ESCALATE.
IF YOU DON'T.
IT'S NOT.
THAT'S IT WETCIT.OT
WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING.
>> TODAY WAS THE DEADLINE FOR 60
U.S. OFFICIALS TO LEAVE RUSSIA.
THEY WERE KICKED OUT AFTER THAT
TIT-FOR-TAT DIPLOMATIC
EXPULSIONS.
>> THEY OPENED THE DOOR.
>> I'M ON MY WAY TO SEE JON
HUNTSMAN, THE AMBASSADOR FROM
THE UNITED STATES TO RUSSIA.
FORMER AMBASSADOR TO CHINA.
FORMER GOVERNOR OF UTAH.
AND HE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DIPLOMATIC
CRISES NOT ONLY BETWEEN AMERICA
AND RUSSIA, BUT BETWEEN AMERICA
AND ANYBODY.
SO I'M VERY ANXIOUS TO SEE HIM
NOW AND GET A LITTLE BACKGROUND
ON EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
>> I WANT TO MEET WITH
AMBASSADOR HUNTSMAN.
>> WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
>> MARK McKINNEN.
>> HE'S WAITING FOR YOU.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> SO WE GO THROUGH THE GUARDS,
GET PASSPORTS, WE HAVE TO LEAVE
ALL THE CAMERAS BEHIND FOR
SECURITY REASONS.
FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS AN
EMOTIONAL DAY FOR HIM.
HE HAD TO LET GO 60 OF HIS
FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE
BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.
WHEN I ASKED HIM HOW DOES THIS
PLAY OUT, HE SAID IN A
HISTORICAL CONTEXT NOTHING LIKE
THIS HAS HAPPENED IN DIPLOMATIC
HISTORY THAT HASN'T ENDED IN
WAR.
♪
>> DO YOU THINK THE UNITED
STATES AND RUSSIA ARE IN A NEW
COLD WAR?
>> DO YOU THINK THERE'S A NEW
COLD WAR BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES.
>> OF COURSE.
>> RUSSIA HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF
POISONING.
YOU AWARE OF THAT?
>> IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.
HOW CAN WE KNOW THE TRUTH?
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR
PRESIDENT.
VLADIMIR PUTIN?
>> HE'S NOT BAD.
>> HE'S A VERY GOOD MAN.
>> BUT HE'S NOT BAD.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> OUR PRESIDENT RULES OUR
COUNTRY FOR A LONG TIME.
>> TOO LONG?
>> NO.
>> YES.
TOO LONG.
>> IS THE PRESS FREE HERE?
>> YES.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> BREAKING NEWS OUT OF SYRIA.
REPORTS OF A CHEMICAL WEAPONS
ATTACK CARRIED OUT BY THE SYRIAN
GOVERNMENT.
>> DOZENS WERE KILLED, THAT
INCLUDES 22 CHILDREN.
>> RUSSIA IS CALLING THE REPORTS
OF A CHEMICAL ATTACK A HOAX.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLING OUT
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN
BY NAME FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> PRESIDENT PUTIN, RUSSIA AND
IRAN RESPONSIBLE FOR BACKING
ANIMAL ASSAD.
>> ONE SENIOR RUSSIAN LAWMAKER
COMPARING THE CHEMICAL STRIKE IN
SYRIA WITH THE POISONING OF A
FORMER RUSSIAN SPY AND SAYING
IT'S ALL THE SAME FABRICATED
NARRATIVE.
IT'S ALL ABOUT BLAMING RUSSIA.
>> WE LANDED IN LONDON LATE LAST
NIGHT FROM MOSCOW, WE'RE ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE LOOKING GLASS
OFFICIALLY.
THE BRITTS HAVE BEEN IN THE
CENTER OF ALL OF THIS THE
SKRIPAL CASE SET IN MOMENT THIS
DIPLOMATIC CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT
LED US TO THIS POINT.
NOW DONALD TRUMP FOR THE FIRST
TIME IS DIRECTLY NAMING VLADIMIR
PUTIN IN A TWEET AS BEING
PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACK.
NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS REPRESENTS
A MAJOR SHIFT IN THE DYNAMIC
BETWEEN TRUMP AND PUTIN.
THE QUESTION IS NOW WHAT
HAPPENS.
>> IN RUSSIA, IT'S LITERALLY THE
TWILIGHT ZONE.
THE STATE LINE SEEMS TO BE AT
THIS POINT WE JUST WANT TO BE
FRIENDS WITH THE WEST.
>> REALLY.
>> ALL OF THIS SKRIPAL POISONING
HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA.
THE TIMING MAKES NO SENSE.
WHY WOULD PUTIN DO IT AHEAD OF A
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHY HE WOULD
DO IT AHEAD OF A PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION, TO SHOW HE'S A STRONG
MAN.
HE WILL FIND TRADERS WHEREVER
THEY ARE IN THE WORLD AND
DISPATCH THEM.
>> THE ONLY STATE IN THE WORLD
THAT HAD ACCESS TO THIS POISON
IS THE RUSSIAN STATE.
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE SEEN A SUS
PISH SHUSLY LARGE NUMBER OF
RUSSIAN DISSIDENTS DIE IN
BIZARRE CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM.
>> IN THE U.S. THE CONTENTION
HAS BEEN STRANGELY WARM RELATION
BETWEEN OUR PRESIDENT AND
PRESIDENT PUTIN.
THAT SEEMS TO BE SHIFTING, ON
SYRIA ESPECIALLY.
>> I HOPE SO.
FROM A UK PERSPECTIVE THE
RELATIONSHIP PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
HAD WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN HAS
BEEN A CHANGE ONE.
IF HE IS SHIFTING HIS GROUND AND
ADOPTING A HARDER POSITION, THAT
WOULD BE WELCOMED IN THE UK.
>> NEW U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST
WEALTHY RUSSIANS VERY CLOSE TO
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>> THEIR ASSETS IN THE U.S. WILL
BE BLOCKED, U.S. PEOPLE WILL BE
BARRED FROM DOING BUSINESS WITH
THEM.
>> YOU ARE AN ENEMY OF THE
RUSSIAN STATE WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN FOR YOUR LIFE?
>> IT MEANS THAT AT ANY MOMENT
SOMEBODY WOULD COME AND POISON
ME, NERVE GAS ME.
SHOOT ME.
BLOW ME UP.
KIDNAP ME.
ARREST ME.
♪
I DON'T TALK ABOUT HOW I GET TO
WORK OR ANYTHING ELSE I DO FOR
THE SIMPLE REASON I DON'T WANT
MY ENEMIES KNOW HOW TO GET ME.
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST THOUGHT WHEN
YOU HEARD ABOUT SERGEI SKRIPAL?
>> THIS WAS A KREMLIN-SPONSORED
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OF A
PERSON THEY CONSIDER TO BE A
TRAIT TORE THEIR COUNTRY.
I FELT LIKE THE WEST HAS GIVEN
PUTIN A FREE PASS TO KILL AT
WILL, DO WHATEVER HE WANTS WITH
NO CONSEQUENCE.
INVADING A FOREIGN COUNTRY,
REDRAWING THE BORDERS WITH
UKRAINE.
BARREL BOMBING INNOCENT WOMEN
AND CHILDREN IN SYRIA.
INTERFERING IN THE ELECTIONS IN
THE UK, U.S., SPAIN, GERMANY,
EVERYWHERE.
THEY'RE CHEATING IN.
OLYMPICS.
SHOOTING DOWN PASSENGER PLANES
OVER UKRAINE.
I LIVED IN RUSSIA FOR TEN YEARS.
I WAS THE LARGEST FOREIGN
INVESTOR IN THE COUNTRY.
I DISCOVERED MASSIVE CORRUPTION
IN THE COMPANIES I WAS
INVESINVESTING
IN.
I EXPOSED THE CORRUPTION, IN
RETALIATION I WAS EXPELLED FROM
THE COUNTRY.
MY OFFICES WERE RAIDED.
MY LAWYER WAS ARRESTED, TORTURED
AND KILLED AT THE AGE OF 37.
SO SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN ON A
MISSION TO GET JUSTICE FOR
SERGEI.
THAT LED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE
MANISKY ACT, WHICH IMPOSES ASSET
FREEZES ON CORRUPT RUSSIAN
OFFICIALS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.
THAT'S WHY PUTIN HATED THIS SO
MUCH.
HE KNEW WHERE THIS WAS GOING.
LAST WEEK WHEN THEY FINALLY WENT
AFTER PUTIN'S OLIGARCHS.
>> YOU THINK THE OLIGARCHS ARE
THE KEY?
>> IT HIT HIM BETWEEN THE EYES.
THE ONLY WAY TO GET VLADIMIR
PUTIN TO PAY ATTENTION IS TO GO
AFTER HIS OWN MONEY.
HIS OWN MONEY IS HELD BY RUSSIAN
OLIGARCHS.
>> TALK TO ME GENERALLY ABOUT
TRUMP'S RELATIONSHIP TO PUTIN AS
YOU VIEWED IT FROM THE UK.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH PUTIN IS.
IT'S CLEAR THAT PUTIN PREFERRED
DONALD TRUMP.
PUTIN SENT HIS PERSONAL EMISSARY
TO TRUMP TOWER ON JUNE 9, 2016.
>> FAMOUS MEETING.
>> TO MEET WITH DONALD TRUMP
JUNIOR, JARED KAUSHNER AND PAUL
MANAFORT.
THE ADMINISTRATION OF TRUMP IS
TOUGH ON RUSSIA.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO
PREDICT WHAT DONALD TRUMP WILL
DO.
BECAUSE WHO CAN PREDICT WHAT
DONALD TRUMP WILL DO.
♪
>> HITTING THE GROUND, TRYING TO
CATCH UP WITH ALL THAT'S BEEN
GOING ON SINCE WE'VE BEEN GONE.
AS USUAL, THERE'S A LOT.
TRUMP HAD A CABINET MEETING.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY
CONDEMNING THE HEINOUS ATTACK ON
INNOCENT SYRIANS.
>> IN AN HOUR OR SO, TRUMP WILL
BE MEETING WITH MILITARY
GENERALS AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND
PROMISING MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS AND
ACTION WITHIN THE NEXT 24, 48
HOURS.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS.
THE FBI RAIDING THE OFFICE OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PERSONAL
LAWYER, MICHAEL COHEN.
COHEN HAS ALSO COME UNDER
SCRUTINY IN THE INVESTIGATION.
>> THEY FIND NO COLLUSION, THEN
THEY GO FROM THERE AND SAY LET'S
KEEP GOING.
>> THE RAIDS ON COHEN CLEARLY
OCCUPYING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
MIND, EVEN AS HE IS CONSIDERING
LAUNCHING MILITARY ACTION
AGAINST SYRIA.
>> ALL ROADS LEAD BACK TO
RUSSIA.
>> LAST TIME I WAS IN RUSSIA WAS
20 YEARS AGO BACK IN 1996.
BORIS YELTSIN WAS JUST
RE-ELECTED.
THERE WAS HOPE.
RUSSIA WAS OPTIMISTIC, FULL OF
ENERGY, DESPERATE TO BECOME PART
OF THE WEST.
IT WAS AN AMAZING TIME.
NOW IT'S 20 YEARS LATER, AND
VLADIMIR PUTIN IS IN CHARGE.
IT'S LIKE HE'S TRYING TO
REASSEMBLE THE SOVIET UNION.
TESTING THE WEST.
IN RUSSIA, STATE MEDIA, EVERY
POLITICIAN, ALL SAY THE SAME
THING, WE DIDN'T POISON ANYONE.
THIS CHEMICAL ATTACK IN SYRIA,
THERE WAS NO CHEMICAL ATTACK.
YOU HEAR THAT DEGREE OF
PROPAGANDA, YOU REALIZE EXACTLY
WHERE YOU ARE WHICH IS REALLY
FAR BEHIND ENEMY LINES IN THE
ULTIMATE LOOKING GLASS WAR.
>> A HUGE DAY.
FACEBOOK CEO MARK ZUCKERBERG
SPEAKING IN HIS FIRST
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY EVER.
>> IT WILL LOOK LIKE COLLEGE
GRAD WIGS.
GRADUATION.
>> USED FACEBOOK TO TRY TO
INFLUENCE AN ELECTION IN THE
UNITED STATES.
PERIOD.
>> CAN REGULATIONS STOP RUSSIA?
>> HUH?
>> CAN REGULATIONS STOP RUSSIA?
>> NO WHAT WE'RE DOING TO PUTIN
IS NOT WORKING.
IT WILL NEVER WORK UNTIL HE
FEELS LIKE THAT'S TOO PAINFUL,
I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT ANYMORE.
>> WE WELCOME EVERYONE TO
TODAY'S HEARING.
>> MR. ZUCKERBERG, WHAT IS
FACEBOOK DOING TO PREVENT
FOREIGN ACTORS FROM INTERFERING
IN U.S. ELECTIONS?
>> ONE OF MY GREATEST REGRETS IN
RUNNING THE COMPANY IS THAT WE
WERE SLOW IN IDENTIFYING THE
RUSSIAN INFORMATION OPERATIONS
IN 2016.
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN RUSSIA WHOSE
JOB IT IS TO TRY TO EXPLOIT OUR
SYSTEMS AND OTHER INTERNET
SYSTEMS AND OTHER SYSTEMS AS
WELL.
SO THIS IS AN ARMS RACE.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP GETTING
BETTER AT THIS.
>> HAVING A WEIRD SORT OF META
VIRTUAL CYBERMOMENT HERE.
THOSE RUSSIANS HE'S TALKING
ABOUT ARE ALL IN ST. PETERSBURG,
MOSTLY IN ST. PETERSBURG, THAT'S
WHERE WE'RE GOING TOMORROW TO
CHECK ALL THAT OUT.
♪
>> WE'RE IN THIS WORLD WHERE
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FACEBOOK,
TALKING ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN
IN 2018 AND 2020.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FAKE NEWS
EPIDEMIC THAT RUSSIA SPAWNED IN
THE 2016 ELECTION, IT ALL CAME
FROM HERE.
THIS IS THE FORMER HEADQUARTERS
OF THE NOW INFAMOUS INTERNET
RESEARCH AGENCY.
BOB MUELLER THE SPECIAL
PROSECUTOR ISSUED 13 INDICTMENTS
AGAINST EMPLOYEES OF THE
INTERNET RESEARCH AGENCY.
THE REASON THE WORLD KNOWS ABOUT
THE GOINGS ON OF THE TROLL FARM
IS BECAUSE OF A WOMAN WHO
INFILTRATED THE INTERNET
RESEARCH AGENCY, CAME OUT AND
STARTED TALKING TO JOURNALISTS.
♪
>> WHAT WAS THE THING THAT MADE
YOU GO UNDER COVER LIKE YOU DID?
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
.
>> JUST YESTERDAY AND TODAY ZK
K
ZSHG ZSHG IS
ZSHG
MARK ZUCKERBERG IS TESTIFYING IN
CONGRESS.
HOW IMPORTANT WAS FACEBOOK?
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> WHAT'S THE KREMLIN'S GOAL?
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> I'M AN AMERICAN.
SO I'M BIASED MAYBE.
WHEN YOU HEAR RUSSIAN STATE
MEDIA, RT, SPUTNIK, ALL THE
THINGS THEY SAY SOUND LIKE
BULLSHIT TO YOU?
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> I THINK SHE SAID IT'S
ABSOLUTELY ALL BULLSHIT.
I DON'T EVEN NEED A TRANSLATOR.
SHE'S RIGHT.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> WE DO HAVE BREAKING NEWS FOR
YOU RIGHT NOW.
>> RUSSIA SAYS THAT IT WILL
SHOOT DOWN ANY AMERICAN MISSILES
FIRED AT SYRIA.
>> LISTEN TO THAT SWEET.
>> RUSSIA VOWS TO SHOOT DOWN ALL
MISSILES.
>> GET READY, RUSSIA.
THEY WILL BE COMING.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
ESSENTIALLY TELEGRAPHING AN
UPCOMING MILITARY STRIKE ON
SYRIA, SOMETHING HE SWORE --
>> LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT THE
TIMING HERE.
THIS IS COMING AS THE HEADLINES
ARE DOMINATED BY COHEN.
THIS LOOKS LIKE A WAG THE DOG
SITUATION.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> WHY IS THE PRESIDENT
TELEGRAPHING HIS MILITARY
INTENTIONS ON TWITTER.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT LAID
OUT A TIMETABLE AND STILL
LEAVING A NUMBER OF OTHER
OPTIONS ON THE TABLE.
>> DOES THE PRESIDENT NOW
BELIEVE THAT RUSSIA IS FIRMLY
INVOLVED?
>> THAT SOMETHING THAT RUSSIA
NEEDS TO PLAY A ROLE IN
DETERMINING.
♪
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
♪
>> MARIA ZAKAROVA IS THE
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE FOREIGN
MINISTRY.
SHE TANGLES WITH JOURNALISTS
HAPPILY AND IS A FIERCE, FIERCE
ADVOCATE FOR THE RUSSIAN STATE.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST
YEAR AND A HALF RUSSIA HAS
BECOME THIS CENTRAL DOMINANT
ISSUE IN AMERICAN POLITICS.
I'M CURIOUS HOW RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT AND HOW RUSSIANS SEE
THAT.
>> WE ABSOLUTELY ARE SURE THIS
IS PART OF DOMESTIC PROPAGANDA
THAT POLITICIANS ARE PLAYING.
UNFORTUNATELY THEY CHOOSE RUSSIA
AS DEMON.
>> I THINK THE CONVENTIONAL VIEW
IN THE WEST IS THAT YOUR
PRESIDENT HAS BECOMES MORE
AGGRESSIVE.
>> WHERE DO YOU FIND AGGRESSION
FROM RUSSIAN FEDERATION?
SHOW ME.
>> I THINK THE ANSWER WOULD BE
INTERFERENCE IN THE AMERICAN
ELECTION.
>> LET US -- STEP BY STEP.
WHAT ABOUT AMERICAN ELECTIONS?
HOW RUSSIA DID THAT?
>> WELL, THE ENTIRE UNITED
STATES INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
BELIEVES THAT --
>> NO, NO.
HOW?
HOW WE DID THIS.
>> ONE WAY YOU DID IT WAS TO
HACK INTO THE DEMOCRATIC --
>> WAS IT ONE WAY OR SEVERAL?
>> SEVERAL.
THERE WERE SEVERAL.
>> SO ONE WAY IS WE -- WHAT DID
WE DO?
>> RIGHT.
I THINK YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH
THAT.
THIS WOULD TAKE UP MOST OF OUR
TIME.
>> IT'S NOT A MATTER OF TIME.
I CAN TALK.
I CAN CANCEL ALL MY MEETINGS
TODAY.
>> LET'S DO IT WE'LL BRING A
BOTTLE OF VODKA.
>> NO, WE DO NOT NEED VODKA FOR
THAT.
WE NEED VODKA FOR OTHER THINGS.
PLEASE.
PLEASE SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE.
>> ROBERT MUELLER, OUR SPECIAL
PROSECUTOR ISSUED A 37 PAIGE
INDICTMENT THAT NAMED 30 RUSSIAN
WORKERS --
>> THOSE ARE TNAMES WHAT DID THY
DO?
>> IT SAYS IN THE DOCUMENT WHAT
THEY DID.
I WAS IN ST. PEERT PETERSBURG L
NIGHT, SITTING ACROSS FROM A
YOUNG RUSSIAN WOMAN WHO WORKED
AT A BUILDING WHO WAS SURROUNDED
BY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE
TRYING TO INFILTRATE --
>> SHE IS A CRIME.
>> DO YOU HAVE HER NAME?
>> I'M REALLY TRYING TO --
YOU'RE MAKING THIS MORE --
>> YOU'RE TALKING TO THE CRIME
WHO SAID SHECOMMITTING A
CRIME.
GIVE US A NAME.
>> I'M A JOURNALIST.
I'M NOT -- CAN I TAKE YOU TO A
DIFFERENT TOPIC?
>> YOU CAN TAKE ME TO THE
RESTAURANT.
>> WE WILL DO THAT FOR SURE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE A SCENARIO WHERE
WE END UP IN A HOT WAR?
>> WE DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT
THAT.
OUR POSITION IS TO KEEP THE DOOR
OPEN FOR NEGOTIATIONS AND
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP.
THIS IS OUR POSITION WHICH NEVER
CHANGED.
>> STILL THE CASE THAT THE LEVEL
OF HOSTILITY AND TENSION IS AT
COLD WAR LEVELS.
>> LET'S NOT COMPARE WITH COLD
WAR PERIOD.
THERE'S NO USE.
WE CAN JUST, I THINK, AGREE
TOGETHER WITH THIS DESCRIPTION
THAT --
>> THINGS ARE TENSE.
>> YES.
THINGS ARE TENSE.
IT'S NOT GOOD AT ALL.
IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.
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>> IF THE UNITED STATES LAUNCHES
AIR STRIKES ON SYRIA, RUSSIA IS
PREPARED TO DO WHAT IN THAT
CIRCUMSTANCE?
>> RUSSIA WILL PROTECT ITS OWN
PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.
>> BUT RETALIATION IS NOT
IMPOSSIBLE?
>> I JUST ANSWERED YOUR
QUESTION.
AND I HOPE THAT THAT WON'T
HAPPEN.
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>> TODAY THE NATIONS OF BRITAIN,
FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA LAUNCHED RIGHTEOUS POWER
AGAINST BARBARISM AND BRUTALITY.
A SHORT TIME AGO I ORDERED
PRECISION STRIKES ON TARGETS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS CAPABILITIES OF SYRIAN
DICTATOR BASHAR AL ASSAD.
THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD CAN BE
JUDGED BY THE FRIENDS THEY KEEP.
RUSSIA MUST DECIDE IF IT WILL
CONTINUE DOWN THIS DARK PATH OR
IF IT WILL JOIN WITH CIVILIZED
NATIONS AS A FORCE FOR STABILITY
AND PEACE.
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