All the elements of russian power, the dime concept i think were all familiar with as an acronym, in order to bring about that restoration and preservation of his power, and the point of this whole operation, therefore is not to achieve some final state but to develop these tools as you have called them, instruments of power, others would say. In order to keep the game going because that is how russia sees the world as being in any case. And second, this is the the only way that it can maximize what is the condition of its great power and the regime at home that is a fully independent, sovereign great power, which is what it says it is and wants to be recognized as. But that doesnt have to answer to anybody either at home or abroad. And thats the strategic objective. I think that things thus become much more clear to the analysts, and i think theyll become clearer to you and you can overcome the clim ma of whether hes a tactician or a strategist. The tactics serve the objective and the
But perhaps even more important is that i think we have an obligation to do that. I dont think we can shirk our responsibilities have that kind of strength of economic and military and having the kind of history and representing the kind of values that we do is an obligation on our part to continue to strive to play a leadership role in world affairs. Can we do it alone . No. Absolutely not. Its we dont have that power commensurate to what we talked about. But we should not want to. The various aspects, there is no possible way you will be able to deal with them except in partnership with other countries. We are entering into an era of mutuality an era of interdependence and i think if he does to take this new era very seriously and crew responsibility. I am confident really that under the circumstances we face today and provided that we continue to keep perfecting our own society and work closely with her friends around the world that we can continue to play the kind of strong leaders
Well get the latest. Then we will talk to a founder of peace boat, one of japans most prominent antiwar groups. Peace who will make the piece . It will be us. And as the u. S. Congress holds a key hearing on the tpp or Transpacific Partnership, well look at why many japanese activists oppose the trade deal. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from tokyo, japan. Tens of thousands of West Virginia residents remain without tap water one week after a Chemical Spill in the elk river. The states water ban has been lifted in stages over the past several days for about half the 300,000 residents in the effected areas. But that still leaves close to 150,000 without tap water for drinking, bathing, or cooking. Dozens of people have been hospitalized with symptoms related to chemical exposure. Speaking to cnn, West Virginia attorney general Patrick Morrisey vowed a probe of the spill and the Comp
Lets bring in our leadoff panel for this friday night. Franco ordonez, White House Correspondent for mcclatchy newspapers, covering immigration and foreign affairs. The New York Times katie benner, pulitzer prizewinning reporter who covers the Justice Department. And yamiche alcindor, White House Correspondent for news hour on pbs. Thanks to all of you for being with us. Katie, let me start with you. We have that reporting tonight about some movement on that issue of reunifying parents with children, at least some of them. You cover the Justice Department, the legal end of this. It sounded like there was still plenty of confusion when that Executive Order was issued the other day by the president about what that was actually going to allow in terms of reunification. How clear is that now . Absolutely. So as you say, this was another selfinflicted wound by the Trump Administration not thinking through clearly enough a directive before issuing it. So we saw a lot of confusion last night.
Declared that america was never great. I dont believe america has been great for all folks. I would have to agree with Governor Cuomo. Quote, america was never great. Thats the democrats new theme. It dont matter where we go we always find a way back home. Steve there is just two of us on the couch today live from new york city. Its been kind of a rainy night. Things are drying out here on new york city. Meanwhile 250 miles south of us is Ainsley Earhardt at the white house where it was raining overnight there, too. And its going to be a beautiful day. Ainsley makes me a little sad saw that shot from the two of you behind. Im used to being right in the middle of you two. I flew down here yesterday last night. We are interviewing the president after the show. Big news day yesterday. We have exclusive interview with him. We have a lot of questions to ask. If you at home want to send in your questions we would love that friends foxnews. Com. Brian also have people joining you out there, r