Building behind me. The venue for this edition of global questions. It is Blackheads House. Latvians had hoped they had put their turbulent history of occupations behind them. When theyjoined the European Union along with fellow Baltic States, lithuania and estonia. But russias Annexation Of Crimea has reawa kened concerns about moscows ambitions and whether nato could protect them if russia were to interfere in their affairs. In the last few months, there has been a build up of nato troops in the region, with british units leading the effort in estonia, close to the russian border. If moscow and washington were to reset relations, would that leave the Baltic States feeling more exposed . Putin and trump, a new era . Welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from riga, the capital of latvia. Were at the Blackheads House in the heart of the old town. I am joined by an esteemed panel and a wonderful audience, some of them are from here in latvia but others have travelled to be
Airports. Yes, theyre convenient. But if other people know theres no security there. Sure. But if youre looking at the kind of simple screening you can get at these airports, i dont think we need that much screening. I got the leave there it. Im sorry. Appreciate it. Thank you both. Tune in sunday morning to state of the union with jack tapper talking to congressman ed royce and deval patrick. Thats all sunday morning, 9 00 a. M. , 12 00 p. M. Eastern. Our coverage continues with wolf blitzer in the situation room. Happening now, breaking news. Mueller and the madam. Robert muellers Team Interviews the woman who earned notoriety as the Manhattan Madam. The Special Counsel apparently wants to know about her ties to roger stone. Is mueller building a case against the longtime trump ally . Russian hysteria after u. S. Intelligence chiefs paint a grim picture of continuing russian interference at u. S. Elections. Moscow responds with ridicule,
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take care of my sweet, sweet city, philadelphia. it s such a special place. jake, listen, you have to come back. come back, jake. i was just there a couple of weeks ago. my mom s there. i m there all the time, and i ll see you there in person. democratic mayoral candidate, sherelle, thank you so much. we re following major developments out of russia and ukraine. i ll ask the former cia director and defense secretary, leon panetta, about moscow s latest claim that its fighter jets intercepted two military aircraft approaching the russian border. all of this amidst attacks on russian soil causing anger and confusion inside the kremlin. anti-putin russian nationals are taking credit for the latest incursion, all that and much more coming up right at the top
but maybe some of the answers are more radical. some people suggest we should eat insects rather than meat. should we be open to that? i think we should be open to everything. i really do. i think things are going to change a little bit. and i think food waste has to be considered in this as well, because food waste is an enormous problem globally. do you think ukrainian farmers will be able to bring a harvest in this year? i think it s going to be difficult. i know that there are some farms that are still operating, but you have to remember a large majority of the land, where the crops were grown before, are now mined. with landmines. the equipment that they use to work, the farms are mined. this is a tragic situation. and if the conflict were to end today, we d be years being able to clear the land and clear the properties to make sure that it was safe to plant and safe to put livestock on. what about moscow renewing the grain deal?
do you admit it has been happening? translation: no, no. absolutely not. the evidence suggests otherwise. days before the russian invasion, president putin oversaw massive nuclear drills and since then, several times, he has dropped unsubtle hints that he would be prepared to use a nuclear weapon in the ukraine conflict. and what about moscow s claim that ukraine is about to explode a dirty bomb and then blame it on the kremlin? well, the british, american and french governments have issued a joint statement rejecting what they call russia s transparently false allegations against kyiv adding that the world would see through any attempt to use allegation as a pretext for escalation. as for the cuban missile crisis, stas namin s grandfather was the soviet official who helped end the stand off. he fears nuclear rhetoric can