many cases because of russia. that s exactly right. i think there s a lot of concern about the aggressiveness of russia. i don t think anybody really has any illusions about the desire of vladimir pugh it continue to rebuild the russian empire, not necessarily the soviet empire but the russia empire, and that threatens all the states in what he s called the near abroad. and those states need and want the protection of europe if not of nato. so all of that is still in play. ukraine is still a very difficult issue. the baltic states which are members of nato have felt very vulnerable. i think they re all feeling more secure now that they ve seen the populist wave essentially peteering out here in europe and the last blow against it and the most descisive is the election f macron. what s all the fuss about macron s handshake with trump the other day?
intelligence on suspected balmer salman abedi. staying overseas russian president vladimir pugh it continue is trying to improve his country s ties with western europe with talks with emmanuel macron. joining me is msnbc contributor and world news he heditor for daily beast in paris for us. chris, good to see you. thanks for being with us. what did the two leaders discuss and was macron receptive to putin given he not only backed his opponent but the russians were accused of interfering in the election? well, at the press conference a lot of questions were asked about precisely that, and it was fascinate to go see how they reacted, both of them. putin basically looked like he wanted to crawl behind the curtain. i ve never seen him look so abashed, so uneasy in his own skin. macron was in complete control of the press conference, and i imagine that things went that way when they had lunch
positive he believes mooi come from his secretary of state john kerry s talks with the russian president. i am hopeful the discussions secretary kerry has with foreign minister and other players in this can give concrete results. there are fresh doubts about whether the u.s. can trust putin after he poked a finger or two in mr. obama s eye writing that america is no longer a model of democracy declaring he only wants to rely on brute force. firing away at tuesday s prime time address writing, i d rathder disagree with the case he made. it s dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exemption exceptional whatever the motivation. a series of republicans like speerk john boehner i was insulted. and others feel the commander looks weak. to be lectured by putin like we were this morning, i can hear reagan rolling over in his grade. white house officials tried to offload ownership on putin. russia has put credibility on the line assuring us and others. th
german chancellor argues, hand back the pieces looted by the russians following the second world war. earlier today, there were reports president vladimir pugh 10 had canceled exactly such a tour with his german opposite, angela merkel, to a museum in st. petersburg because she was planning precisely such demands. reports of the cancellation, pewter and said nothing had been called off and that the pre-agreed itinerary would be followed after all. lex the pair did tour the exhibition, merkel did make her demands, and this has taken away the focus from the real reason she is there and international economic forum. the two leaders smiles concealed and economic class. the dispute over vladimir puget and angela merkel s joint visit to st. petersburg s museum threatened to overshadow anything vladimir pugh 10 and angela merkel s joint visit vladimir. vladimir putin and angela merkel s joint visit. russia lays a moral claim to the works, saying it paid for the minute p
now imagine being taken on a tour of an art exhibition and then demanding the curators hand over the artwork or as the german chancellor argues, hand back the pieces looted by the russians following the second world war. earlier today, there were reports president vladimir pugh 10 had canceled exactly such a tour with his german opposite, angela merkel, to a museum in st. petersburg because she was planning precisely such demands. reports of the cancellation, pewter and said nothing had been called off and that the pre-agreed itinerary would be followed after all. lex the pair did tour the exhibition, merkel did make her demands, and this has taken away the focus from the real reason she is there and international economic forum. the two leaders smiles concealed and economic class. the dispute over vladimir puget and angela merkel s joint visit to st. petersburg s museum threatened to overshadow anything vladimir pugh 10 and angela merkel s joint visit vladimir.