Welcome to the programme. We will start with russia. President ial Election Results give six more years of Vladimir Putin and there has been plenty of reaction. In the us, they say. They said the vote took place amid systemic internal repression. Canada criticised the process was flawed and undemocratic. In the indian Prime Minister offered warm congratulations. We will look at where russia goes from here. First here is Stephen Rosenberg in russia. Vladimir putin after the landslide came the love. Vladimir putin portrayed by the kremlin as a national hero. At a concert marking ten years since russia annexed crimea. Long live russia, he cried. Cue the National Anthem and some kremlin choreography to make it look as if putin is russia and russia is putin. Earlier we saw the crowds pouring towards red square. Thousands of russians had been given free tickets for the putin event. After all, a president who claims to have won 87 of the vote needs a decent audience. Western leaders have dism
it criticizes the united states and allies for issuing strikes on syria, which happened in the last 24 hours. with russian president vladimir putin insisting the april 7 chemical attack was staged. that chemical attack came just one day after the u.s. sanctioned russia for supplying weapons to syria on april 6th. here in the united states the strikes took place against a very busy backdrop as well of scandals facing president trump during a very, very busy week. let s go to ken dilanian, intelligence and national security for us here at nbc, john flannery, former special prosecutor to the senate judiciary committee, and david corn, author of the inside story of putin. as you know, russia s role in what is happening in syria and then russia s role here in the united states and what the president has been facing. it s a lot to put together, but