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moscow. so we were looking all around the world for soviet recruits who were vulnerable to our approaches, our blandishments, who we thought that we could turn. we found one in bogota. >> we became aware of him through a telephone tap that cia had on the soviet embassy. >> he was doing things in bogota that showed that he might be vulnerable. >> he womanized. he liked parties. he was fast and loose with money. >> all of the things that we saw, and clearly he was not a real communist. he was not a true believer. >> so we arranged for a meeting with him in the turkish bath in the hilton hotel. >> we started to talk to him. he wanted a better life. he wanted to do something that he could really believe in. and ideologically he was clear ly on our side. he did not like communism. he believed that the american system was superior. all of those things kind of came together. we realized we could make a deal with him. and we did. that was aleksandr ogorodnik, a foreign ministry official for the soviet union and of course, the first issue that came up, we needed a code name for him. we
moscow. so we were looking all around the world for soviet recruits who were vulnerable to our approaches, our blandishments, who we thought that we could turn. we found one in bogota. >> we became aware of him through a telephone tap that cia had on the soviet embassy. >> he was doing things in bogota that showed that he might be vulnerable. >> he womanized. he liked parties. he was fast and loose with money. >> all of the things that we saw, and clearly he was not a...
Wolf : CNNW : April 12, 2017 10:00am-11:01am PDT
breaking news out of moscow. the secretary of state rex tillerson meeting with the russian president vladimir putin. this meeting has been going on now for almost two hours. we're expecting to hear from tillerson and his russian counterpart at the end of the extended day of talks on russia's involvement in syria. the military strikes ordered by president donald trump among other issues. our senior diplomatic correspondent michelle kosinski is joining us live from moscow. and ben wedeman is at the border between syria and turkey. michelle, what does it say that president putin has been meeting now apparently for so long with secretary tillerson? >> reporter: well, even the fact that he has agreed to meet with him, that he scheduled this, is kind of part of the theater of the whole trip. the state department officials say they did expect this meeting to happen at some point, but president vladimir putin broke with precedence. he would normally expect and schedule to meet with any u.s. secretary of state. but this time he kind of strung the state department along for days. they couldn't
breaking news out of moscow. the secretary of state rex tillerson meeting with the russian president vladimir putin. this meeting has been going on now for almost two hours. we're expecting to hear from tillerson and his russian counterpart at the end of the extended day of talks on russia's involvement in syria. the military strikes ordered by president donald trump among other issues. our senior diplomatic correspondent michelle kosinski is joining us live from moscow. and ben wedeman is at...
Early Start with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs : CNNW : April 11, 2017 1:00am-2:01am PDT
many wondering how far the u.s. will go. >>> and rks tillerson's high-stakes visit to moscow. what message will he deliver to the kremlin? >>> facing a pr nightmare after disturbing video of a paid passenger being forcibly dragged from an airplane. a man who paid for his seat, a doctor who wanted to get back to his patients in louisville dragged off the plane. universal condemnation for unit this had morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> pleasure to be with you here. >> you, too. >>> we start with the white house. new confusion over president trump's red line in syria. air strikes president trump ordered against the air field. spicer seemed to significantly lower the threshold against the assad regime that would trigger a response. the administration is now saying never mind, spicer's words should not be taken literally. the latest from the white house. >> reporter: good morning, borrow sbis christine. ever since president trump ordered a military strike in syria, the question has been what comes next? the white house offered more confusion than clarity yester
many wondering how far the u.s. will go. >>> and rks tillerson's high-stakes visit to moscow. what message will he deliver to the kremlin? >>> facing a pr nightmare after disturbing video of a paid passenger being forcibly dragged from an airplane. a man who paid for his seat, a doctor who wanted to get back to his patients in louisville dragged off the plane. universal condemnation for unit this had morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >>...
CNN Newsroom With John Berman and Poppy Harlow : CNNW : April 11, 2017 6:00am-7:01am PDT
$180 off hp printers. >>> to russia, but no love here. america's top diplomat heads to moscow as tensions over syria reach quite a high point. >>> north korea lashes out at the u.s. deployment of war ships to the region. the communist nation says it is ready to war. >>> and you may remember this pledge by then candidate donald trump? >> i love golf. si i think it's wup wi it's one of but i won't have time. i'll be working for you, i won't have time to play golf. >> well, there's a lot of time, apparently. and president trump is on pace to spend more on personal travel in one year than the entire obama administration. good morning, i'm john berman. >> and i'm poppy harlow. it's getting tense this morning. russian president vladimir putin firing off at the u.s. one day before secretary of state rex tillerson meets with his russian counterpart. tillerson right now in the air on his way to moscow for this high-stakes meeting with sergey lavrov. a short time ago he ripped russia and its steadfast support to have syria, even after last week's chemical attack on civilians. >> he condemn
$180 off hp printers. >>> to russia, but no love here. america's top diplomat heads to moscow as tensions over syria reach quite a high point. >>> north korea lashes out at the u.s. deployment of war ships to the region. the communist nation says it is ready to war. >>> and you may remember this pledge by then candidate donald trump? >> i love golf. si i think it's wup wi it's one of but i won't have time. i'll be working for you, i won't have time to play...
The Seventies : CNNW : July 7, 2017 7:00pm-8:00pm PDT
called for instructions. >> desperate for help, putin dialled kgb headquarters in moscow over and over again. >> finally, one official told him simply, moscow is silent. >> vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the building and fired up the furnace. >> he finds himself in a basement at a furnace shoveling documents as he hears demonstrations out on the streets. they're unbelling the secrets. putin tore pages of kgb documents in secrets. as the crowds closed in, with the fire still raging, putin went downside and faced the mob by himself. there are armed guards inside, he told them. they will shoot you. he's able to bluff his way out of this and tell the crowd, don't try it here, you are going to get hurt. putin's threat worked, the mob dispersed. this is the drama that stays with putin all the time. the fear. vladimir putin quells that fear with absolute control. this is what control looks like. in one of the world's busiest cities. the streets are empty for vladimir putin's motorcade. 12 million people simply disappeared on putin's inauguration day. [ speaking in forei
called for instructions. >> desperate for help, putin dialled kgb headquarters in moscow over and over again. >> finally, one official told him simply, moscow is silent. >> vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the building and fired up the furnace. >> he finds himself in a basement at a furnace shoveling documents as he hears demonstrations out on the streets. they're unbelling the secrets. putin tore pages of kgb documents in secrets. as the crowds closed...
Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer : CNNW : April 12, 2017 3:00pm-4:01pm PDT
. rex tillerson closhing in moscow with vladimir putin saying relations are at a low point. can the two nuclear powers bridge their wide rift. >>> no longer obsolete. president trump meets with head of nato and reaffirms the commitment to the u.s. organization which he called into question on the campaign trail. we will get details of the meeting this hour in my exclusive interview with the nato secretary-general stoltenberg. >> carter page speaks out to cnn about reports the fbi obtained a secret court order to monitor communications. now sources tell us former campaign manager paul manafort is expected to register as foreign agent. both men say they are willing to talk to congressional investigators. what would their testimony reveal? and mixed messages. president trump says the u.s. is sending a powerful armada amid growing concern of a nuclear test by north korea. but secretary of state says u.s. warships now heading to the region are on a routine mission. will china heed mr. trump's request to step up and hip reign in kim jong-un. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >
. rex tillerson closhing in moscow with vladimir putin saying relations are at a low point. can the two nuclear powers bridge their wide rift. >>> no longer obsolete. president trump meets with head of nato and reaffirms the commitment to the u.s. organization which he called into question on the campaign trail. we will get details of the meeting this hour in my exclusive interview with the nato secretary-general stoltenberg. >> carter page speaks out to cnn about reports the fbi...
CNN Tonight With Don Lemon : CNNW : July 6, 2017 8:00pm-9:00pm PDT
in moscow over and over again. finally one official told him simply moscow is silent. >> and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him. >> vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the bowels of the building and fired up the furnace. >> he finds himself in a basement shoveling documents as he hears demonstrations out on the street. >> they are burning the street with fire so high -- >> putin torched thousands of pages of kgb documents and secrets as the crowd closed in. with the fire still raging, putin went outside and faced the mob by himself. there are armed guards inside, he told him. they will shoot you. >> and he's able to blot his way out of it and tell the crowd don't try here. you'll get hurt. >> putin's threat worked. >> this is the drama that stays with putin all the time. the fear of popular uprising. >> vladimir putin quelled that fear with absolute control. this is what control looks like. ♪ in one of the world's busiest cities the streets are emptied for vladimir putin's motorcade. 12 million people simply disappear on putin's inauguration day. [ speaking ru
in moscow over and over again. finally one official told him simply moscow is silent. >> and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him. >> vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the bowels of the building and fired up the furnace. >> he finds himself in a basement shoveling documents as he hears demonstrations out on the street. >> they are burning the street with fire so high -- >> putin torched thousands of pages of kgb documents and secrets as the...
headquarters in moscow, over and over again. finally, one official told him, simply, moscow is silent. >> and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him. >> vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the bowels of the building and fired up the furnace. >> he finds himself in the basement, at a furnace, shoveling documents, as he hears demonstrations out on the street. >> they are burning the secret files so fast that the furnace is blowing up. >> putin torched thousands of pages of kgb documents and secrets, as the crowd closed in. with the fire still raging, putin went outside and faced the mob. by himself. there are armed guards inside, he told them. they will shoot you. and he's able to bluff his way out and tell the crowd, don't try it here. you're going to get hurt. >> putin's threat worked. the mob dispersed. >> this is the drama that stays with putin all the time. the fear of popular uprising. ♪ ♪ >> vladimir putin quelled that fear with absolute control. this is what control looks like. in one of the world's busiest cities, the streets are emptied for vladimi
headquarters in moscow, over and over again. finally, one official told him, simply, moscow is silent. >> and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him. >> vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the bowels of the building and fired up the furnace. >> he finds himself in the basement, at a furnace, shoveling documents, as he hears demonstrations out on the street. >> they are burning the secret files so fast that the furnace is blowing up. >> putin...
CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield : CNNW : April 8, 2017 11:00am-11:31am PDT
tillerson sits down from his russian counter part in moscow this week that'll be a difficult conversation between the two countries. at that point, we should start so see whether things will start to escalate or calm down again, fred. >> clarissa ward. thank you very much. measuring that end results, may take some time, jim. >> no question. the u.s. never intended that air base to be operational. >> i want to talk to ryan brown, our cnn reporter. >> you and i heard about that message. we never intended to make that place unusable. we have seen a bleak demonstration of that within the 24 hours. >> that's right,s the kind of complicate this situation. it was a lot of missile and hit against the air base and hit radar. that is regime air force that's old and they don't have a whole lot of these assets. it is a lost for them. they're sickgnaling back to the u.s. that this base will remain operational. there is been a messaging issue. the thing to watch is whether or not chemical weapon employed. let the door opened for addit n additional strikes and should that line to be krcrossed. >> it wou
tillerson sits down from his russian counter part in moscow this week that'll be a difficult conversation between the two countries. at that point, we should start so see whether things will start to escalate or calm down again, fred. >> clarissa ward. thank you very much. measuring that end results, may take some time, jim. >> no question. the u.s. never intended that air base to be operational. >> i want to talk to ryan brown, our cnn reporter. >> you and i heard...
Early Start With John Berman and Christine Romans : CNNW : February 15, 2017 1:00am-2:01am PST
russians at the same time moscow was executing the hack of the dnc. >>> and the white house struggling to limit the damage following the resignation of michael flynn. new questions are emerging about why key information was kept from the vice president. a very busy morning, good morning to you, welcome to "early start." i'm alison kosik. >> i'm john berman. it's wednesday, 4:00 a.m. in the east. you can't sleep at all. operation of the news developing right now. breaking overnight, surrounding the white house, russia in the eye of the storm, sources tell cnn there was constant communication during the 2016 campaign between russian operatives and top aides to then candidate donald trump. the extensive contact was picked up as part of routine surveillance of russian officials and others. our sources say it drew the attention of law enforcement partly because it came as russia was known to be hacking mostly democratic organizations. now, the new revelations comes as the white house tries to limit the damage following the resignation of michael flynn, after he misled the white house about his
russians at the same time moscow was executing the hack of the dnc. >>> and the white house struggling to limit the damage following the resignation of michael flynn. new questions are emerging about why key information was kept from the vice president. a very busy morning, good morning to you, welcome to "early start." i'm alison kosik. >> i'm john berman. it's wednesday, 4:00 a.m. in the east. you can't sleep at all. operation of the news developing right now....
instructions. >> desperate for help, putin dialed kgb headquarters in moscow, over and over again. finally, one official told him, simply, moscow is silent. >> and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him. >> vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the bowels of the building and fired up the furnace. >> he finds himself in the basement, at a furnace, shoveling documents, as he hears demonstrations out on the street. >> they are burning the secret files so fast that the furnace is blowing up. >> putin torched thousands of pages of kgb documents and secrets, as the crowd closed in. with the fire still raging, putin went outside and faced the mob. by himself. there are armed guards inside, he told them. they will shoot you. and he's able to bluff his way out and tell the crowd, don't try it here. you're going to get hurt. >> putin's threat worked. the mob dispersed. >> this is the drama that stays with putin all the time. the fear of popular uprising. >> vladimir putin quelled that fear with absolute control. this is what control looks like. in one of the world's busiest
instructions. >> desperate for help, putin dialed kgb headquarters in moscow, over and over again. finally, one official told him, simply, moscow is silent. >> and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him. >> vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the bowels of the building and fired up the furnace. >> he finds himself in the basement, at a furnace, shoveling documents, as he hears demonstrations out on the street. >> they are burning the secret files...
instructions. >> reporter: desperate for help, putin dialed kgb headquarters in moscow, over and over again. finally, one official told him, simply, moscow is silent. >> and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him. >> reporter: vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the bowels of the building and fired up the furnace. >> he finds himself in the basement, at a furnace, shoveling documents, as he hears demonstrations out on the street. >> they are burning the secret files so fast that the furnace is blowing up. >> reporter: putin torched thousands of pages of kgb documents and secrets, as the crowd closed in. with the fire still raging, putin went outside and faced the mob -- by himself. there are armed guards inside, he told them. they will shoot you. >> and he's able to bluff his way out of it and tell the crowd, don't try it here. you're going to get hurt. >> reporter: putin's threat worked. the mob dispersed. >> this is the drama that stays with putin all the time. the fear of popular uprising. ♪ >> reporter: vladimir putin quells that fear with absolute control. thi
instructions. >> reporter: desperate for help, putin dialed kgb headquarters in moscow, over and over again. finally, one official told him, simply, moscow is silent. >> and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him. >> reporter: vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the bowels of the building and fired up the furnace. >> he finds himself in the basement, at a furnace, shoveling documents, as he hears demonstrations out on the street. >> they are...
CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield : CNNW : July 22, 2017 11:00am-11:30am PDT
senate negotiators have agreed to a deal that could impose new punishments against moscow. both houses of congress will have to vote on the bill before sending it to the president's desk. a spokesman for the kremlin says he sees the agreement, quote, quite negatively. and the investigation into election meddling moves forward. we now know that donald trump jr. and paul manafort will speak with a senate panel behind closed doors about that secret campaign meeting with a russian lawyer at trump tower last year in 2016 during the campaign. and president trump's son-in-law jared kushner also expected to have his interview on monday. let's go to cnn white house report eri reporter kathryn collins. first we know the senate was pushing for public testimony, but that is still a possibility down the line. right now it's behind closed doors? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. they were pushing for a public hearing and they were even threatening to subpoena drimz jr. and paul manafort if they had not responded by the deadline, which was yesterday. but we've heard from them that they have wor
senate negotiators have agreed to a deal that could impose new punishments against moscow. both houses of congress will have to vote on the bill before sending it to the president's desk. a spokesman for the kremlin says he sees the agreement, quote, quite negatively. and the investigation into election meddling moves forward. we now know that donald trump jr. and paul manafort will speak with a senate panel behind closed doors about that secret campaign meeting with a russian lawyer at trump...
At This Hour With Berman and Bolduan : CNNW : January 11, 2017 8:14am-9:00am PST
visits in moscow or st. petersburg you engaged in conduct you now regret and would a reasonable observer say you are potentially vulnerable to blackmail by russia or its intelligence agencies? >> when i leave our country, i'm a very high profile person, would you say? i am extremely careful. i'm surrounded by bodyguards. i'm surrounded by people. and i always tell them anywhere, but i always tell them, if i'm leaving this country, be very careful, because in your hotel rooms and no matter where you go, you're going to probably have cameras. i'm not referring just to russia. but i would certainly put them in that category. and number one, i hope you're going to good anyway, but in those rooms you have cameras in the strangest places, cameras that are so small, with modern technology, you can't see them and you won't know. you better be careful or you'll be watching yourself on nightly television. i tell this to people all the time. i was in russia years ago with the miss universe contest which did very well, the moscow area, did very, very well. and i told many people, be
visits in moscow or st. petersburg you engaged in conduct you now regret and would a reasonable observer say you are potentially vulnerable to blackmail by russia or its intelligence agencies? >> when i leave our country, i'm a very high profile person, would you say? i am extremely careful. i'm surrounded by bodyguards. i'm surrounded by people. and i always tell them anywhere, but i always tell them, if i'm leaving this country, be very careful, because in your hotel rooms and no...
CNN Tonight With Don Lemon : CNNW : July 14, 2017 12:00am-1:00am PDT
. don junior responds, could we speak now? let me track him down in moscow, what number he could call. don junior replies, he can call his cell. goldstone replies, he's on stage in moscow but should be off within 20 minutes, so i'm sure can call. that was june 6th. nearly an hour later, don junior replies, rob, thanks for the help, raising the question of whether a phone call might have taken place during that time. 24 hours later, goldstone sent another meeting saying, they asked that i schedule a meeting, you and the russian government, attorney, i believe you are aware of the meeting. the attorney for donald junior told cnn that his client has no recollection of a phone call. >> that attorney is scott valver and he joins us live tonight from new york. he represents two of the men in donald trump's e-mails. thank you very much for taking the time. >> my pleasure. >> did your client aguilara speak to don jr. over the phone before or after the meeting with the russian lawyer? >> at some point before the meeting. he has no recollection of any conversation by telephone or otherwise in t
. don junior responds, could we speak now? let me track him down in moscow, what number he could call. don junior replies, he can call his cell. goldstone replies, he's on stage in moscow but should be off within 20 minutes, so i'm sure can call. that was june 6th. nearly an hour later, don junior replies, rob, thanks for the help, raising the question of whether a phone call might have taken place during that time. 24 hours later, goldstone sent another meeting saying, they asked that i...
Anderson Cooper 360 : CNNW : May 26, 2017 5:00pm-6:01pm PDT
reporting by kislayak, up to the superiors in moscow. that reporting was captured on intercepts. and, you know, this could be russian intelligence agencies are known sometimes to put disinformation into their feeds in order to sow confusion. intelligence officials exaggerate at point, but if this is true, it means kushner was seeking a secure channel during the transition period, with the government of an adversary that the intelligence agencies had concluded had meddled in the presidential election, to help donald trump get elected. >> what would be your understanding, why kushner exactly wanted a setup like this at the russian embassy? >> we don't know for sure why, whether indeed this is true, but apparently, the idea was to have a secure means of communicating, if that would be beyond, you know, the reach of u.s. intelligence agencies or other intelligence agencies, will submit to keep their channel of communications very private. >> in other words, have a dialogue with the kremlin that the u.s. presumably would not be able to monitor or others in the u.s. intelligence agency, is
reporting by kislayak, up to the superiors in moscow. that reporting was captured on intercepts. and, you know, this could be russian intelligence agencies are known sometimes to put disinformation into their feeds in order to sow confusion. intelligence officials exaggerate at point, but if this is true, it means kushner was seeking a secure channel during the transition period, with the government of an adversary that the intelligence agencies had concluded had meddled in the presidential...
CNN Newsroom Live : CNNW : April 2, 2017 1:00am-2:01am PDT
corruption. we'll have the latest from moscow live. >> from cnn, welcome to our viewers here in the united states anand the world. >> i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >> it is 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast, first to southern columbia. people there are digging out after massive mud slides. at this point, more than 200 people are missing, at least 234 people are dead and many trying to find relatives and friends. what you see there, the great devastation. >> george, some families were barely able to escape before their homes were wiped out. colombian president visited the inge ached on saturday. a crew was there when the president spoke with a victim. [ speaking foreign language ] >>> the colombian president there, he also says he suspects climate change cog partially be to blame. our rafael romo has more for us. >> reporter: it all fast. according to a witness it started raining friday night about 10:30 and the waters rose so fast people had to run for their lives. many houses were flattened, bridges collapsed and highways washed away. it happened in the capital of a p
corruption. we'll have the latest from moscow live. >> from cnn, welcome to our viewers here in the united states anand the world. >> i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >> it is 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast, first to southern columbia. people there are digging out after massive mud slides. at this point, more than 200 people are missing, at least 234 people are dead and many trying to find relatives and friends. what you see there, the great...
CNN Newsroom Live : CNNW : March 5, 2017 11:00pm-12:01am PST
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Wolf : CNNW : July 18, 2017 10:00am-11:00am PDT
projects in russia. studied at the moscow academy of finance and also got an mba from the university of new haven in connecticut according to his website. kaveladze is a u.s. citizen. according to his attorney and worked for the agalarov business since 2004, meaning with the company when it partnered with the trump administration to pull off the 2013 miss universe pageant in moscow. appears, wolf, he is sneen video from 2013 exclusively obtained by cnn with the agalarov family and with now president trump. so he is seen in this video we obtained exclusively and presented last week. so he apparently goes way back with the agalarovs. the special council investigators reached out to his attorney seeking information from kaveladze as part of this russia probe and his attorney says that he is fully cooperating, wolf. >> all right.
projects in russia. studied at the moscow academy of finance and also got an mba from the university of new haven in connecticut according to his website. kaveladze is a u.s. citizen. according to his attorney and worked for the agalarov business since 2004, meaning with the company when it partnered with the trump administration to pull off the 2013 miss universe pageant in moscow. appears, wolf, he is sneen video from 2013 exclusively obtained by cnn with the agalarov family and with now...
United Shades of America : CNNW : May 26, 2017 8:00pm-9:01pm PDT
caution this is based on reporting by kiss lee ok up to the superiors in moscow that reporting was captured on intercep intercepts. intelligence agencies are known sometimes known to put disinformation into their feeds to sow confusion, sometimes senior officials in reporting can exaggerate a little bit, but if this report is true than it means kushner was seeking a secure channel during the transition period in the weeks leading up to the inauguration with the government of an adversary that intelligence agencies concluded had meddled in the trump election to help trump get elected. >> what would be your understanding why kushner exactly wanted a set up like this at the russian embassy? >> well, we don't know for sure why or, you know, indeed whether in fact this is true, but apparently the idea was to have secure means of communicating that would be beyond, you know, the reach of u.s. intelligence agencies or oranther intelligen agencies. was meant to keep their channel of communications very private. >> in other words have a dialogue with the kremlin that the u.s. presumably wou
caution this is based on reporting by kiss lee ok up to the superiors in moscow that reporting was captured on intercep intercepts. intelligence agencies are known sometimes known to put disinformation into their feeds to sow confusion, sometimes senior officials in reporting can exaggerate a little bit, but if this report is true than it means kushner was seeking a secure channel during the transition period in the weeks leading up to the inauguration with the government of an adversary that...
Anderson Cooper 360 : CNNW : May 3, 2017 6:00pm-7:01pm PDT
, you denied -- there's been focus on your trip to moscow when you made the speech in the summer of 2016. you've repeatedly denied having any conversations in a lot of interviews about lifting sanctions when you were in moscow. you have denied this many times on this network and others. in an interview in april, you suddenly sound less than definitive. i want to play what you said to george stephanopoulos. >> it sounds like from what you are saying it's possible you may have discussed the easing of sanctions? >> something may have come -- i have no recollection and there's nothing specifically that i would have done that would have given people that impression. >> but you can't say without equivocation that you didn't discuss the easing of sanctions? >> someone may have brought it up. have i have no recollection. if it was, it was not something i was offering or someone was asking for. >> it seems a little unclear. it does seem like you are changing your story. you said never one day and maybe another day. did anyone talk to you about sanctions? you were there for three days in moscow. >
, you denied -- there's been focus on your trip to moscow when you made the speech in the summer of 2016. you've repeatedly denied having any conversations in a lot of interviews about lifting sanctions when you were in moscow. you have denied this many times on this network and others. in an interview in april, you suddenly sound less than definitive. i want to play what you said to george stephanopoulos. >> it sounds like from what you are saying it's possible you may have discussed the...
Declassified : CNNW : July 22, 2017 9:00pm-10:00pm PDT
normal lives while secretly carrying out orders passed to them from moscow. >> the term "illegal" is an intelligence term of art that refers to somebody who is here not under -- with any kind of diplomatic status, that is here not in true name. >> they are career intelligence professionals. they are given advanced training in tradecraft, clandestine activities. then they ultimately spend years serving abroad in order to become someone they're not. >> these are teachers, travel agents. they're in real estate. they're going to rotary clubs. your first reaction is, this is just an ordinary joe. >> they can live unnoticed in the shadows, with a specific purpose. they spot and assess people with access to information. they start a relationship with them. they learn what kind of person they are, what their interests are, what their vulnerabilities are. >> all to gain access to classified information, political, academic, financial, from friends, employers, co-workers. >> they can ultimately provide some very important intelligence to the russians. >> and if you want to know what an ill
normal lives while secretly carrying out orders passed to them from moscow. >> the term "illegal" is an intelligence term of art that refers to somebody who is here not under -- with any kind of diplomatic status, that is here not in true name. >> they are career intelligence professionals. they are given advanced training in tradecraft, clandestine activities. then they ultimately spend years serving abroad in order to become someone they're not. >> these are...
CNN Newsroom Live : CNNW : March 4, 2017 2:00am-3:01am PST
me now from moscow and drama playing out on capitol hill. it seems you struggled to find anyone that hasn't had a meeting with the russian ambassador. how is this playing out as for as the kremlin is concerned? >> i think that's precisely the kremlin's point that the ambassador in washington was doing what he should be doing which was getting out and having meetings particularly in an election year, meeting with people from the campaign's -- with a view to -- for help moscow better understand what may be coming from either campaign and therefore for them to -- you know, for the kremlin to formulate better. they are caught up in an intense internal political fighting within the united states. they deny, of course, any accusation that they were involved in -- in trying to interfere and influence the outcome of the election in hacking the dnc computers. they say that's not what they do. they don't interfere into the affairs of other countries. but where it impacts russia today is that you know, they feel here in russia that they're trying to sort of maintain some patience, the wait for
me now from moscow and drama playing out on capitol hill. it seems you struggled to find anyone that hasn't had a meeting with the russian ambassador. how is this playing out as for as the kremlin is concerned? >> i think that's precisely the kremlin's point that the ambassador in washington was doing what he should be doing which was getting out and having meetings particularly in an election year, meeting with people from the campaign's -- with a view to -- for help moscow better...
and his russian counterpart. they just ended a tense, four-hour meeting in moscow. tillerson's goal, try to find common ground with russia, but russia's foreign minister is at the table to define boundaries over its ally syria and the military strikes there. >> moments ago the white house press secretary sean spicer said the meeting between rex tillerson and vladimir putin is still a possibility. we're watching this very closely as president putin is casting as persians on the u.s.-russia relationships and the relations especially at the military level under the administration of donald trump has not improved, but rather worsened. elise labott following the u.n. security council meeting and we'll bring you a live picture of that, but first we'll start with matthew chance. no meeting yet as far as we know between the secretary of state and vladimir putin and the secretary did just walk out of a four-hour meeting with the foreign minister. >> reporter: later on in a few hours from now and before that, there will be a press conference and we expect that to be with the secretary of stat
and his russian counterpart. they just ended a tense, four-hour meeting in moscow. tillerson's goal, try to find common ground with russia, but russia's foreign minister is at the table to define boundaries over its ally syria and the military strikes there. >> moments ago the white house press secretary sean spicer said the meeting between rex tillerson and vladimir putin is still a possibility. we're watching this very closely as president putin is casting as persians on the...
moscow's man in washington will clarify what that was about. first latest from jim acosta. >> reporter: when then candidate donald trump delivered a foreign policy speech in washington last april, russian ambassador to the u.s. sergey kislyak was in the audience listening in as the real estate tycoon calld for better relations with the kremlin. >> i believe an easing of tensions, improved relss with russia from a position of strength only is possible, absolutely possible. >> reporter: three months later -- former campaign adviser j.d. gordon tells cnn he and foreign affairs correspondent, jill dougherty policy adviser carter page discussed u.s. russia relations with the ambassador. jared kush merer in and michael flynn also sat down with the ambassador at a previously undisclosed meeting at trump tower in december. now republicans are saying it's time for bhiswhite house offici to tell all. >> i think everybody ooh who's had any contact with the russians need to be in the practice of oversharing. >> reporter: the president pushed back about his campaign's contacts with the russians. >>
moscow's man in washington will clarify what that was about. first latest from jim acosta. >> reporter: when then candidate donald trump delivered a foreign policy speech in washington last april, russian ambassador to the u.s. sergey kislyak was in the audience listening in as the real estate tycoon calld for better relations with the kremlin. >> i believe an easing of tensions, improved relss with russia from a position of strength only is possible, absolutely possible. >>...
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moscow next. >>> the state department is condemning the kremlin for arrests of hundreds. thousands of people hit the streets in moscow and nearly 100 russian cities and towns. alexey navalny opposition leader detained after a well known critic was shot and killed. let's get to fred for the very latest. fred you yourself were caught up in these protests, huh? >> reporter: yeah, absolute lichly. we walked along with the crowds in central moscow and could see how many people were being arrested in that demonstration. it seemed as though the police had what i would call was a no tolerance or zero tolerance policy. anybody who chanted against the government or a sign got arrested. we got pushed around while we were trying to do some reporting from the scene and that was really one of the things we did see a lot of. turnout was a lot bigger, but a lot of folks hauled into the vans and detained, many not released yesterday. >> speaking out against vladimir putin has become a deadly thing. what's the latest on alexey navalny who led the protests? >> he was taken into detention before he could
moscow next. >>> the state department is condemning the kremlin for arrests of hundreds. thousands of people hit the streets in moscow and nearly 100 russian cities and towns. alexey navalny opposition leader detained after a well known critic was shot and killed. let's get to fred for the very latest. fred you yourself were caught up in these protests, huh? >> reporter: yeah, absolute lichly. we walked along with the crowds in central moscow and could see how many people were...
including a noted critic of president vladimir putin. live in moscow next. >>> the state department claiming the kremlin for protesters including a key proponent. the detention of opposition leader alexi valni coming less than a week after a shooting of another -- let's bring in, we understand you got caught up in this as well. >> reporter: yes, it was certainly a lot bigger than anticipated. when the rally got underway there were a lot of cops on the street to keep that from getting started. police dogs were all there, a lot of people were detained and we actually did get caught up in some of that scrum as well. here is what happened. >> reporter: there's a massive p presence at these protests and time and again we are seeing this protesters pushing back with the police making arrests. >> reporter: as you can see there a lot of scrum going on and indead dea lot of people crested around 500, the numbers are saying around 700 detained. the opposition leader has not yet been released from detention. he apparently has his court date today. this comes when the safety of the opposition i
including a noted critic of president vladimir putin. live in moscow next. >>> the state department claiming the kremlin for protesters including a key proponent. the detention of opposition leader alexi valni coming less than a week after a shooting of another -- let's bring in, we understand you got caught up in this as well. >> reporter: yes, it was certainly a lot bigger than anticipated. when the rally got underway there were a lot of cops on the street to keep that from...
CNN Newsroom Live : CNNW : March 6, 2017 12:00am-1:01am PST
more from fred from moscow. the russian press trump ted trump, if you would like, what are they saying now? >> well, wasn't just the russian press, there were a lot of people here according to public opinion who felt at the time that donald trump would be a good president to -- for u.s. russia relations, at least from the perspective from the russians. it seems many russian politicians have, somewhat, cooled off i wouldn't say they make the president himself responsible for that. it was interesting because last week you had the prime minister of this country come forward and say they don't believe the lifting of sanctions against russia that were levied in the wake of the ukraine crisis with this new administration that the sanctions could disappear any time soon. it doesn't look as though people here believe that there can be a very quick positive diplomatic momentum between the u.s. and russia any more. at the same time you had one of the main pun dents is a good measure on what kremlin is thinking as well. he came forward and said, that he believes that donald trump, president trump
more from fred from moscow. the russian press trump ted trump, if you would like, what are they saying now? >> well, wasn't just the russian press, there were a lot of people here according to public opinion who felt at the time that donald trump would be a good president to -- for u.s. russia relations, at least from the perspective from the russians. it seems many russian politicians have, somewhat, cooled off i wouldn't say they make the president himself responsible for that. it was...
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are the expectations and how would that potential be received there in moscow? >> well, they dismiss it here in moscow out of hand. i mean, it's been dismissed, in fact, the other day when we were talking with dimitrios peskov said we're tired of talking about this. it's fake musnews and we're not going to talk about it. so in that sense, they don't want to because it's not a narrative that they want to pursue. they denied it and that's it. what they want to do now is move toward this new relationship which will start in just a week and even less and try to smooth the way as much as possible. so they are denying certain things, but they're not, they're not taking, let's say, a hard stance on anything that the incoming president trump is saying. they want to work with him. they're not quite sure however, whether he'll be able to really deliver a lot of the stuff that he was maybe not promising, but laying out as a possibility during the campaign. >> jill doherty in moscow, thank you very much. >>> also this week, trump spokesman sean spicer told the media michael flynn, choice for nat
are the expectations and how would that potential be received there in moscow? >> well, they dismiss it here in moscow out of hand. i mean, it's been dismissed, in fact, the other day when we were talking with dimitrios peskov said we're tired of talking about this. it's fake musnews and we're not going to talk about it. so in that sense, they don't want to because it's not a narrative that they want to pursue. they denied it and that's it. what they want to do now is move toward this...
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killed in an air strike. we are live in moscow with what the russians are claiming this hour. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs friday, june 16th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. word this morning isis leader abu bakar al baghdadi may have been killed in an air strike, according to reuters citing russian media. >> reports say al baghdadi, seen here in a video clip in mosul in july 2013 giving a sermon. he may have been killed in a russian air strike last month. cnn correspondent diana magnay live in moscow with the breaking details. what are russian media saying about this may 28th air strike, and what kind of evidence are they giving to support the notion that they have killed this guy? >> reporter: christine, at the moment, it is russian state media who say that the defense ministry is investigating information that al baghdadi was killed in a may 28th russian air strike in the southern suburbs of raqqah. the information they're getting is that he was attending a meeting at a command post there with various other isis personnel, trying to wor
killed in an air strike. we are live in moscow with what the russians are claiming this hour. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs friday, june 16th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. word this morning isis leader abu bakar al baghdadi may have been killed in an air strike, according to reuters citing russian media. >> reports say al baghdadi, seen here in a video clip in mosul in july 2013 giving a sermon. he may have been killed in a...
CNN Newsroom Live : CNNW : April 10, 2017 12:00am-1:01am PDT
the world to discuss the role in the last week's chemical attack. he heads to moscow to meet with the russian foreign minister later this week. >>> the white house japan supports the strong result the use of chemical weapons. u.s. president donald trump spoke by phone saturday. they agreed to cooperate on a number of issues, including what they described, as the threat posed by north korea. >> the u.s. is defending its redeployment of the carrier strike group. u.s. national security adviser say it's prudent to send the navy formation due to north korea's threats. it often shows off his military force in the region. >>> the u.s. secretary of state is heading to moscow this week at a critical time in u.s.-russian relations. they're questions if russia was aware. stopped short of accusing moscow of direct involvement in. the u.s. ambassador takes a harder line. >> i'm not seeing any hard evidence that connects the russians directly to the planning or execution of this chemical weapons attack. indeed, that's why we'll try to be very clear that the russians were never targeted in this stri
the world to discuss the role in the last week's chemical attack. he heads to moscow to meet with the russian foreign minister later this week. >>> the white house japan supports the strong result the use of chemical weapons. u.s. president donald trump spoke by phone saturday. they agreed to cooperate on a number of issues, including what they described, as the threat posed by north korea. >> the u.s. is defending its redeployment of the carrier strike group. u.s. national...
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have to leave their own post-s in moscow. more of the diplomatic tit for tat live in moscow. hi, i'm mike ditka. and i'm johnny bench. and we've spent our whole lives around professional sports taking hits and catching our fair share of aches and pains. which is why we use blue-emu's pain relief products. blue-emu products; non-greasy, deep-penetrating formula that works down into your muscles and joints and works its magic. it's comfort that won't leave you smelling like a football gym bag or an old catcher's mitt or a shower mat in the locker room. how about an old pair of socks after an extra inning game. blue-emu, it works fast and you won't stink. parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what? you could apply for a medicare supplement insurance plan whenever you want. no enrollment window. no waiting to apply. that means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. medicare doesn't cover everything. and like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, these help cover some of what medi
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. >>> now, to moscow and matthew chance standing by. russian involved, with this fallout from michael flynn's resignation. how concerned will the kremlin be with his resignation, the manner he's gone and whatever is likely to replace him in this role? >> it's embarrassing for the kremlin, in the sense they have repeatedly, in the past few minutes, when i've spoken to them, denied there were conversations about the possibility of alleviating sanctions between michael flynn and their ambassador to the united states, survey kislyak. they are not going to comment on that. it's an internal u.s. matter, they say. not prepared to discuss it. it's astonishing, really, they've gone out on a limb, to really follow the white house denials. that any conversations about sanctions took place. those denails appear to be unfounded. and the situations seems very different, which leaves the kremlin with some egg on its face. and i think it underlines to the kremlin the concerns they had all along, about the reliability of the trump administration. concerns about what messages they're getting from that
. >>> now, to moscow and matthew chance standing by. russian involved, with this fallout from michael flynn's resignation. how concerned will the kremlin be with his resignation, the manner he's gone and whatever is likely to replace him in this role? >> it's embarrassing for the kremlin, in the sense they have repeatedly, in the past few minutes, when i've spoken to them, denied there were conversations about the possibility of alleviating sanctions between michael flynn and...
CNN Tonight With Don Lemon : CNNW : March 3, 2017 7:00pm-8:01pm PST
moscow bureau chief. we keep learning new details about the russian ambassador meeting with top aides to trump. he keeps denying there's any -- but don't you want to know why so many contacts and what were the meetings about. >> weren't you intrigued about who this donald trump guy was and whether or not he could win? the russians, he was just as much of a puzzle to them. how many asked me, is he for real, what is he going to do? could he win? is he a caricature, he's not a normal american politician and explain same thing in russian so they could get confirmation. some of this goes on -- getting secret instructions, i doubt it. >> explains the russian side about it. just because they want to learn about it doesn't mean they must meet with them. doesn't explain why the folks on the trump side wanted to meet as well. >> this is the black box. still not had a serious explanation from donald trump about his intrigue with russia. what does he want to do? does he want to do it? does he like russian souls? want to do it because it's contrary? like putin because everyone in american es
moscow bureau chief. we keep learning new details about the russian ambassador meeting with top aides to trump. he keeps denying there's any -- but don't you want to know why so many contacts and what were the meetings about. >> weren't you intrigued about who this donald trump guy was and whether or not he could win? the russians, he was just as much of a puzzle to them. how many asked me, is he for real, what is he going to do? could he win? is he a caricature, he's not a normal...
Anderson Cooper 360 : CNNW : March 3, 2017 1:00am-2:01am PST
end of another week here, there are certainly more questions being raised about moscow and they are not just about from democrats. from republicans as well. that's what donald trump is facing as he heads off to florida later today. christina and dave? >> all right, jeff zeleny, another busy day and night for jeff. so, with the attorney general recused what happens next? for now the acting attorney general deputy attorney general will over see any investigations or prosecutions related to the trump campaign. but he may choose to appoint a special prosecutor to probe the trump campaign and its ties with russia. for that, three conditions must be met. that a criminal investigation is warranted, that the current probe presents a conflict of interest, and that an outside investigator is in the public interest. who would determine if these conditions have been met? attorney general jeff sessions. >> so, another option is being floated by some democrats reviving the old independent counsel law under which the attorney general asks a three-judge panel to name an independent counsel. that la
end of another week here, there are certainly more questions being raised about moscow and they are not just about from democrats. from republicans as well. that's what donald trump is facing as he heads off to florida later today. christina and dave? >> all right, jeff zeleny, another busy day and night for jeff. so, with the attorney general recused what happens next? for now the acting attorney general deputy attorney general will over see any investigations or prosecutions related to...
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. the question is at the strategic level how much did they know and did that get up to moscow or did putin or his defense ministry even know? we tend to think, and i think the beggeneral would agree. we tend to think of russia as a monlite, that information goes from up to down and it doesn't. there are disconnects and people at the ministerial level don't always know what's going on on the ground. i think we have to wait to see. i also think that that was the other thing missing from this, and i think hopefully people recognize that. secretary mattis didn't call out the russians. >> yeah. >> he called out assad. more than once he laid it right at assad's feet and didn't specifically talk about russian complicity. i think maybe he's trying to buy a little trade space with him. >> and spicer said there's no consensus in the u.s. intelligence community. >> you saw that reflected two or three times, bait in the water hoping the secretary would come to and two or three times they said syrians did this. this was totally under the command and control of the syrians. i do think there's a ve
. the question is at the strategic level how much did they know and did that get up to moscow or did putin or his defense ministry even know? we tend to think, and i think the beggeneral would agree. we tend to think of russia as a monlite, that information goes from up to down and it doesn't. there are disconnects and people at the ministerial level don't always know what's going on on the ground. i think we have to wait to see. i also think that that was the other thing missing from this, and...
CNN Newsroom Live : CNNW : January 7, 2017 1:00am-2:01am PST
, quote, moscow will apply lessons learned from its putin ordered campaign aimed at the u.s. presidential election to future influence efforts worldwide including against u.s. allies and their election processes. donald trump's reaction to the revelations in the intelligence report was luke warm at best. here is jim sciutto with that part of the story. >> reporter: tonight a declassified version of the intelligence community's report on russian hacking concluded that, quote, putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for president-elect donald trump. russian president vladimir putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the u.s. presidential election. russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the u.s. democratic process, denigrate secretary clinton and harm her elect ability and potential presidency. the russian's assault on the u.s. election used several different techniques blending, quote, company verse ivert intelligence voergss with overt agencies, third party intermediaries and paid social media users or trolls. it also says, quote, when it appeare
, quote, moscow will apply lessons learned from its putin ordered campaign aimed at the u.s. presidential election to future influence efforts worldwide including against u.s. allies and their election processes. donald trump's reaction to the revelations in the intelligence report was luke warm at best. here is jim sciutto with that part of the story. >> reporter: tonight a declassified version of the intelligence community's report on russian hacking concluded that, quote, putin and the...
Early Start with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs : CNNW : August 3, 2017 1:00am-2:00am PDT
signing, then slamming the russian sanctions bill. we'll go live to moscow for more heated reaction from russia. we'll also be live in beijing and south korea in this hour. >>> good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> good morning, i'm alison kosik, thursday, august 3rd. 4:00 a.m. in the east. and president trump throwing the full weight of the white house behind a new immigration plan, the most far-reaching overhaul in decades. the proposal aims to move the u.s. toward a skills-based immigration system like those in canada and australia, while slashing legal immigration to the u.s. by half. it would cut back on so-called chain immigration by limiting family members immigrants could bring over, mainly to spouses and minor children. >> the measure by republican senators purdue and cotton would award aspiring immigrants points based on age, education, english language test scores, whether they have a job offer with a high salary, or won a top award like a nobel prize or olympic medal or are a major investment in a new business. applicant spouses would be scored the
signing, then slamming the russian sanctions bill. we'll go live to moscow for more heated reaction from russia. we'll also be live in beijing and south korea in this hour. >>> good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> good morning, i'm alison kosik, thursday, august 3rd. 4:00 a.m. in the east. and president trump throwing the full weight of the white house behind a new immigration plan, the most far-reaching overhaul in decades. the proposal aims to...
CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield : CNNW : April 9, 2017 12:00pm-1:01pm PDT
much harder line than the secretary of state who is headed to moscow this week. nikki haley spoke today about the u.s. position on regime change. >> ten days ago you said getting assad out of syria would no longer be a priority for the united states. obviously since then was the chemical weapons attack. but i'm trying to figure out is regime change in syria now the official policy of the united states? >> so there's multiple priorities. getting assad out is not the only priority. so what we're trying to do is obviously defeat isis. secondly, we don't see a peaceful syria with assad in there. thirdly, get the iranian influence out. then finally, move towards a political solution. at the end of the day this is a complicated situation. there are no easy answers and a political solution is going to have to happen. but we know that it is not going to be -- there's not any sort of option where a political solution is going to happen with assad at the head of the regime. if you look at his actions, if you look at the situation, it's going to be hard to see a government that's piecefeaceful sta
much harder line than the secretary of state who is headed to moscow this week. nikki haley spoke today about the u.s. position on regime change. >> ten days ago you said getting assad out of syria would no longer be a priority for the united states. obviously since then was the chemical weapons attack. but i'm trying to figure out is regime change in syria now the official policy of the united states? >> so there's multiple priorities. getting assad out is not the only priority....
Early Start with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs : CNNW : July 11, 2017 1:00am-2:00am PDT
associate of trump sr., with connections to moscow. although goldstone suggested the damaging material originated with the russian government, there is no evidence it was related to the russian hacking of the dnc. last night, don jr.'s newly hired attorney dismissed the "times" report calling it much ado about nothing. his statement reiterating that don jr. didn't do anything wrong by taking the meeting and that nothing came of it. >>> the white house consumed on monday by questions about this meeting. spokeswoman sarah huckabee sanders insisting the campaign did not collude, describing the meeting as "very short, with absolutely no followup." sanders are fewer answers about the white house pattern of denying any possible wrongdoing only to backtrack and offer amended answers when presented with contrary evidence. we don't have on-camera video because this was once again off camera. listen. >> how are we to take all of these blanket denials that occurred through the transition and now when it has been proven and recognized by the president's attorney and don jr. that those blanket deni
associate of trump sr., with connections to moscow. although goldstone suggested the damaging material originated with the russian government, there is no evidence it was related to the russian hacking of the dnc. last night, don jr.'s newly hired attorney dismissed the "times" report calling it much ado about nothing. his statement reiterating that don jr. didn't do anything wrong by taking the meeting and that nothing came of it. >>> the white house consumed on monday by...
the east, 11:00 a.m. in moscow where secretary of state rex tillerson and russian foreign minister is getting underway. it comes as u.s. officials are accusing russia of trying to cover up syrian leader bashar al-assad's use of chemical weapons against his own people. warns of backing assad in this new interview. >> frankly, putin is backing a person that's truly an evil person, and i think it's very bad for russia. i think it's very bad for man kind. it's very bad for this world. but when you drop gas or bombs or barrel bombs -- they have these massive barrels with dynamite and they drop it in the middle of a group of people. in all fairness, you see kids no arms, no legs, no face. this is an animal. >> the latest, let's go live to cnn's paula newton in moscow. is secretary tillerson's meeting underway yet? what do we expect to come out of this? >> reporter: not as of yet, but we do expect it to start at any moment, christine. and if we take ourselves away from the punching and the counter punching we've been hearing for days now, rex tillerson at that table with sergey lavrov to und
the east, 11:00 a.m. in moscow where secretary of state rex tillerson and russian foreign minister is getting underway. it comes as u.s. officials are accusing russia of trying to cover up syrian leader bashar al-assad's use of chemical weapons against his own people. warns of backing assad in this new interview. >> frankly, putin is backing a person that's truly an evil person, and i think it's very bad for russia. i think it's very bad for man kind. it's very bad for this world. but...
>>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 8:00 p.m. in moscow. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. breaking news we're following. as we keep an eye on the white house, sean spicer is preparing on brief the press. we'll take you there live once that gets started. spicer will face plenty of questions about syria, but what will certainly dominate the briefing is reaction to what we heard this morning from the russian president vladimir putin. here is president putin's take on the u.s. air strikes in syria. >> this reminds me very much of the situation in 2003 and the war in iraq. first of all, there was a campaign launched in iraq and it finished with the destruction of the country, the growth of the terrorist threat, and the emergence of isis on the international arena. no more. no less than that. >> our senior international sbre correspondent matthew chance is joining us from moscow. sara murray on the lawn of the white house while we wait for sean spicer's press briefing. putin also said he expected more chemic
>>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 8:00 p.m. in moscow. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. breaking news we're following. as we keep an eye on the white house, sean spicer is preparing on brief the press. we'll take you there live once that gets started. spicer will face plenty of questions about syria, but what will certainly dominate the briefing is reaction to what we heard this morning from the russian...
CNN Newsroom Live : CNNW : June 10, 2017 2:00am-3:01am PDT
moscow, the stigma and struggles of being hiv positive in russia. >> welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world, we are live in atlanta, i am natalie allen. >> i am george howell. "newsroom" starts right now. good day to you, 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. the president of the united states donald trump struck a defientd tone when asked about james comey's testimony. he says he will 100% testify. he's willing to do so to dispute comey's account. >> oddly enough, he doesn't want to dispute everything comey said. here is jim acosta from the white house. >> reporter: speaking as he tweets in short bursts, president trump tried to have it both ways, claiming the testimony of james comey as his salvation, slamming the man he fired in the same breath. >> no collusion, no obstruction. he's a leaker. >> reporter: during a news conference with the romanian president, mr. trump denied he tried to shut down the russia probe, specifically when it comes to national security adviser michael flynn. >> i didn't say that. i will tell you, i didn't say that. >> reporter: the presid
moscow, the stigma and struggles of being hiv positive in russia. >> welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world, we are live in atlanta, i am natalie allen. >> i am george howell. "newsroom" starts right now. good day to you, 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. the president of the united states donald trump struck a defientd tone when asked about james comey's testimony. he says he will 100% testify. he's willing to do so to dispute comey's account....
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an unexpected cold war. right now a high-stakes showdown in moscow between secretary of state rex tillerson and his russian counterpart. they're expected to hold a joint news conference shortly and everyone should listen closely to that especially after taking jabs at each other in public over the u.s. strikes in syria and the russian role in the deadly chemical attack there, but the big question at this moment, will vladimir putin meet with secretary tillerson? normally that's not even a question. it's customary and tradition, but nothing is traditional today. keep in mind this, new this morning, putin says relations with the united states are now worse under trump than under president obama. we have all of the angles covered for you starting with cnn's senior diplomatic correspondent michelle kosinski. she is in moscow right now. michelle, what is the very latest you're hearing of the high-stakes meeting, where things are and where things are headed? >> reporter: we saw them going into this meeting with the tension says just blatantly on display. usually there is this period of
an unexpected cold war. right now a high-stakes showdown in moscow between secretary of state rex tillerson and his russian counterpart. they're expected to hold a joint news conference shortly and everyone should listen closely to that especially after taking jabs at each other in public over the u.s. strikes in syria and the russian role in the deadly chemical attack there, but the big question at this moment, will vladimir putin meet with secretary tillerson? normally that's not even a...
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junior and let me quote, the russian government attorney who was flying over from moscow. so that's what was in the e-mail. that's what they thought wthey were doing. it doesn't appear there was any question who trump junior thought he was meeting with. a lot of developments to get to tonight. i want to begin with manu raju. what more did senator warner tell you. >> reporter: he's requesting records from jared kushner and donald trump jr. he made this request along with the republican chairman of the committee. he wants more information from kushner raising concerns that kushner did not disclose some key meetings in warner's words three meetings with russian officials left off some initial forms as well as information he is looking for from donald trump jr., presumably information related to this newly revealed meeting from last year with this russian lawyer. now, the question is when those two men will come before the committee. warner would not say when that would happen. either richard burr who i talked to about as well. but clearly these two men of interest to the committee as t
junior and let me quote, the russian government attorney who was flying over from moscow. so that's what was in the e-mail. that's what they thought wthey were doing. it doesn't appear there was any question who trump junior thought he was meeting with. a lot of developments to get to tonight. i want to begin with manu raju. what more did senator warner tell you. >> reporter: he's requesting records from jared kushner and donald trump jr. he made this request along with the republican...
Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer : CNNW : November 9, 2017 2:00pm-3:00pm PST
send five women to donald trump's hotel room in moscow. the aid says he took it as a joke and that president trump laughed it off as well. >>> more trouble. shocking allegations against roy moore. the republican nominee for the alabama senate seat. the washington post reports he initiated sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl when he was 32. and three other women gave similar accounts. moore denies the allegations, but republican lawmakers say if they're true, he must step aside. >>> planned disagreement. a controversial house republican tax plan makes it through committee as senate republicans unveil a tax plan of their own. will the two chambers be able to resolve their differences and send a bill to the president? >>> and alternate universe. after president trump taunts kim jong-un's regime and criticizes life in north korea. we're getting exclusive reaction from inside north korea where people tell cnn that life there is great. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following multiple breaking news stories. president trump's for
send five women to donald trump's hotel room in moscow. the aid says he took it as a joke and that president trump laughed it off as well. >>> more trouble. shocking allegations against roy moore. the republican nominee for the alabama senate seat. the washington post reports he initiated sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl when he was 32. and three other women gave similar accounts. moore denies the allegations, but republican lawmakers say if they're true, he must step aside....
michael flynn to russia. >>> and take a look here. these were the scenes in moscow last week. thousands of people taking to the streets to protest corruption, and today more protests are expected. >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. we're live in atlanta. i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. from cnn world headquarters "newsroom" starts right now. >>> it is 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. we begin in southern colombia. people there digging through rubble after devastating mudslides that took place, many of them hoping to find relatives or friends still. more than 200 people are missing. at least 254 are presumed dead. >> some families barely able to escape before their homes were destroyed. the colombian president visited the region affected. a cnn crew was there when the president spoke with a victim. >> the colombian president there speaking with people. he also says that he suspects climate change could be partially to blame. our rafael romo picks up the story. >> reporter: it all happened very fast. according to a witne
michael flynn to russia. >>> and take a look here. these were the scenes in moscow last week. thousands of people taking to the streets to protest corruption, and today more protests are expected. >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. we're live in atlanta. i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. from cnn world headquarters "newsroom" starts right now. >>> it is 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. we begin...


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I know this is a very old recipe but this was my first attempt. I got this version off the great British chef site. It is time consuming but the depth of sweetness and caramelised flavours you get are so delicious. I love sausage and mash with onion gravy so figured I would enjoy this, well I certainly did, this recipe takes the humble onion to a whole new level. You get nutty and caramel notes from the roasting, acidic notes from the wine, undertones from the garlic and thyme all topped off with gooey cheese toast. It really is worth the effort.
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I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Gender Studies at Lund University, Sweden. Between 2016 and 2018, I was a Postdoctoral researcher at Collegio Carlo Alberto in Turin, Italy. I hold a PhD from the Department of Political Science at the Université de Montréal, Canada. During my academic carrer I have held several visiting positions in distinct research centers at Concordia University (2018), Cornell University (2015 and 2016), University of Toronto (2013-2014) and the European University Institute (2013 and 2014).
I am a political sociologist and I specialize in the sociology of migration and critical ethnic and racial relations in the Mediterranean region. My research bridges several literatures, i.e. citizenship studies, theories of immigrants' political incorporation, and ethnic and racial politics, with social movement studies, critical race theories and intersectionality to examine how receiving societies (especially the state and civil society organisations) exclude and racialize immigrants and ethnic minorities and how these groups respond through grassroots mobilizations.
My forthcoming book, entitled Immigrant Activism and Allies: Coalitions, Conflicts and Racialization in Hostile Environments, is under contract with Routledge in their 'Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations' series. Based on extensive ethnographic research that I conducted in four Italian cities between 2013 and 2014, the study analyzes the efforts immigrants and their allies of the civil society make to resist state actors' production of exclusion and precariousness in immigrant communities after the financial crisis of 2008 in Italy. One of the main contributions of my work is to show that, in addition to state actors, immigrants' allies often play a crucial role in excluding and racializing immigrant activists in the struggles that concern them, thereby reducing the scope of immigrants' greater inclusion in receiving societies. Additionally, considering migrant activists as relevant political players, my research shows their role in transforming narratives about integration from below.
My research on political claims by immigrants and ethnic minorities contributes to a growing literature that applies social movement and critical race theories to ethnic and racial studies. The focus on a crucial receiving country of migrations in the Mediterranean region allows me to add important cases to the literature in field. My work has appeared in International Migration Review, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and Southern European Society and Politics as well as in several chapters of co-authored books.
Currently, I am working on a new project titled INTERSEC_RACE/Challenging the Security/Migration Nexus after 9/11: Race Politics, Racism and Gender in the Mediterranean Region. It is about a comparative study on the nexus of contemporary racism and the securitization of migration in two Mediterranean countries—Spain and Morocco. Focusing on the evolution of selected public debates since 9/11, the study will examine how racist discourses and interlinked practices of political elites (i.e. policy makers, political parties and key intellectuals) have contributing to othering the two largest immigrant groups in each country—Moroccan 'Arabs' in Spain and 'Black' sub-Saharan Africans in Morocco—through processes of racializationa and gender-based stigmatization. It will also examine how these groups have exposed and challenged these processes through grassroots mobilizations with the help of civil society organizations. I use a mixed-qualitative method approach to conduct this research, combining multi-sited field research with discourse analysis to map the discourses and practices of key political actors and their challengers.


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Curiosity Finds Unique Ripples in Mars' Dunes
Though both Mars and Earth possess wind-blown sand dunes with very similar characteristics, it seems Martian dunes have a little something extra.
Mars is a planet shaped by aeolian -- or "wind-driven" -- processes. So it probably doesn't come as a surprise to know the Red Planet also sports some pretty big sand dunes.
From afar, these dunes strongly resemble the dunes we have on our planet. But in a new study carried out by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, an active dune field on Mars has revealed that, though many of the processes that shape Martian dunes are the same processes that shape terrestrial dunes, there's an extra ripple that can only form in Mars' atmosphere.
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"Earth and Mars both have big sand dunes and small sand ripples, but on Mars, there's something in between that we don't have on Earth," said graduate student Mathieu Lapotre, of Caltech in Pasadena, Calif., in a NASA statement.
On both Earth and Mars dunes can be as large as a football field and consist of a gently-sloping upwind face and a steep downwind face that is shaped by continuous sand avalanches as the prevailing wind keeps pushing material over the apex of the dune. Classical arc-shaped barchan dunes can often result on both planets and Mars satellites have captured some stunning observations of these types of dunes from orbit. Just look at them, they're amazing.
On Earth, the surfaces of these dunes are often rippled with peaks and troughs spaced around 30 centimeters (12 inches) apart. These rows of ripples are created by wind-carried grains of sand colliding with stationary grains, eventually creating a corrugated texture on dunes covering sandy deserts and beaches.
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Until Curiosity started its approach to the active dark Bagnold Dunes six months ago on the northwestern slopes of Mount Sharp, scientists didn't know whether these small-scale "impact ripples" existed. From orbit, larger ripples measuring around three meters (10 feet) from peak to peak could be seen and it was generally assumed that these larger-scale ripples were equivalent to Earth's impact ripples, only much larger owing to the thin Martian atmosphere and lower gravity.
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But when Curiosity arrived at Bagnold, the rover didn't only see the 10 feet-wide ripples, but it also saw the small-scale ripples just like Earth's impact ripples.
"As Curiosity was approaching the Bagnold Dunes, we started seeing that the crest lines of the meter-scale ripples are sinuous," said Lapotre, who's also science team collaborator for the Curiosity mission. "That is not like impact ripples, but it is just like sand ripples that form under moving water on Earth. And we saw that superimposed on the surfaces of these larger ripples were ripples the same size and shape as impact ripples on Earth."
So it turns out that Mars dunes have an added complexity that could only be proven by rolling up close and taking photos. Mars dunes have the small impact ripples, plus medium-sized "sinuous ripples" that can be resolved from space.
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Interestingly, though Earth's dunes don't possess sinuous ripples, they can form underwater -- on a riverbed, for example. Rather than particles colliding, these sinuous ripples are created as flowing water drags particles, causing them to settle in a rippled pattern.
Lapotre, who is lead author of a study that was published on July 1 in the journal Science, thinks that the Martian sinuous ripples are being driven in a similar way, but it's the Red Planet's thin atmosphere that's dragging the particles to form the medium-sized ripples on the sand dunes. Lapotre's team have nicknamed them "wind-drag ripples."
"The size of these ripples is related to the density of the fluid moving the grains, and that fluid is the Martian atmosphere," he said. "We think Mars had a thicker atmosphere in the past that might have formed smaller wind-drag ripples or even have prevented their formation altogether. Thus, the size of preserved wind-drag ripples, where found in Martian sandstones, may have recorded the thinning of the atmosphere."
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But after studying observations (carried out by Curiosity and NASA's veteran rover Opportunity) of Mars' sandstone dating back to 3 billion years ago, the researchers found evidence of these wind-drag ripples preserved in the material of the approximate same size as the ripples that exist in today's Martian dunes. This means the planet lost most of its atmosphere early in its geological history and for the past 3 billion years the atmospheric pressure has remained fairly constant -- a finding that fits with other Mars atmosphere evolution models.
"During our visit to the active Bagnold Dunes, you might almost forget you're on Mars, given how similar the sand behaves in spite of the different gravity and atmosphere. But these mid-sized ripples are a reminder that those differences can surprise us," said Curiosity Project Scientist Ashwin Vasavada, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
It's pretty amazing to think that a fairly simple observation of an active sand dune on Mars can reveal so much about Mars' current and ancient atmospheric conditions. But as the sophisticated wheeled robot continues its quest to seek out past and present habitable environments, and this is all in a day's work.
GALLERY: The Beautiful Dunes Of Mars
Mars plays host to a huge number of dune fields -- regions where fine wind-blown material gets deposited to form arguably some of the most beautiful dunes that can be found on any planetary body in the solar system. Using the powerful High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on board NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, planetary scientists have an orbital view on these features that aid our understanding of aeolian (wind-formed) processes and Martian geology. Here are some of our favorite Mars dunes as seen by HiRISE. Pictured here are shell-like "barchan dunes" in the ancient Noachis Terra region of Mars.
Special thanks to Ari Espinoza of the HiRISE team at the University of Arizona for helping to compile this list.
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Dunes of many shapes, sizes and formation processes can be found on the Red Planet. Shown here are elegant "linear dunes" with deposits of larger rocks and possibly ices in their troughs.
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These slug-like dark dunes are striking examples of "dome dunes" -- elliptical accumulations of fine material with no-slip surfaces. These domes contrast greatly with the often jagged appearance of barchan dunes. Found at the bottom of Proctor Crater, they are darker than the surrounding crater floor as they are composed of dark basaltic sand that was transported by the wind.
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Looking like a wind-blown silk sheet, this field of "star dunes" overlays a plain of small ripples, another aeolian feature. The ripples move more slowly across the bottom of Proctor Crater, so the large dune field will travel over the smaller ripples. Dunes are continuously evolving and moving with the wind, ensuring that the Martian surface is never static.
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These "transverse dunes" are undergoing seasonal changes. Likely entering Mars summer, this region of dunes is stained with pockets of subliming ices -- likely carbon dioxide. As the ices turn from solid to vapor, dune material slumps, revealing dark, sandy material underneath.
Resembling the mouths of a shoal of feeding fish, this is a group of barchan dunes in Mars' North Polar region. Barchan dunes betray the prevailing wind direction. In this case, the prevailing wind is traveling from bottom right to top left; the steep slope of material (plus dune "horns") point to the downwind direction. The HiRISE camera monitors barchans to see if they move between observing opportunities, thereby revealing their speed of motion across the Martian plains.
This is the same barchan dune field, zoomed out, a "swarm" of dunes covering the plains.
Not all barchan dunes "behave" and form neat "horny" shapes. They can become muddled and overlapping, creating "barchanoid dunes," as shown here.
This very fluid-looking collection of barchans is accompanied by a wind-blown ridge in the Hellespontus region of Mars but...
...only when zoomed out does the true nature of this fascinating region become clear. The prevailing wind is eroding the mesas (small hills) to the right of the image, carrying fine material downwind (from right to left), creating a startling pattern of barchans and a viscous-looking trail of sandy ridges across the plains.
The band Train sang about the "Drops of Jupiter" -- what about the "Drops of Mars"? Sure, they're not made of any kind of fluid, but they do make for incredibly-shaped dunes. These raindrop-shaped dunes are found in Copernicus Crater and are known to be rich in the mineral olivine, a mineral that formed during the wet history of Mars' evolution.
READ MORE: Mars' 'Raindrop' Sand Dunes Swarm
These craggy-looking dunes are old barchanoids eroding away through seasonal processes (sublimation of sub-surface ices) and the persistent Martian wind.
These linking barchan dunes are at the leading edge of a dune field -- grains of dust have been blown across a plain, deposited and left to accumulate in elongated arrow shapes.
Dome-shaped dunes and barchans seem to "reach out" and touch their downwind partners with slumped material.
Barchan dunes inside Arkhangelsky Crater in the southern hemisphere of Mars reveal a wind direction from top left to bottom right. Note the tracks of Martian dust devils over the dune slopes.
For more on the HiRISE camera, see the HiRISE website and regularly updated Tumblr page. For more on Mars dune definitions, check out the USGS Mars Dunes site.

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Ingjaldshóll, a church, ancient manor farm and the main setting of Víglundar saga.
Often the residence of sheriffs and other important officials.
The church is believed to be the oldest concrete church in the world, built in 1903. A painting in the church by Áki Gränz shows Christopher Columbus conversing with the local clergyman in 1477 about the voyages of Icelanders to the west (Vinland – now America).
Life stories of Columbus indicate that he visited this part of Iceland in the company of English merchants at Rif in order to get information about the earlier Viking voyages to the west.


UN officials denied a South Sudanese government minister access to the United Nations compound in Bor, shown here on Dec. 25, 2013, where thousands have sought shelter from fighting.
JUBA — South Sudan's information minister was refused access at the weekend to the United Nations compound in Bor, where some 10,000 people have sought shelter as heavy fighting between pro- and anti-government forces raged in the town, U.N. and army officials said Monday.
Ariane Quentier, the spokeswoman for the U.N. Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), told VOA News that Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth tried to enter the U.N. compound in Bor but was refused access because the two bodyguards accompanying him were armed.
She said none of the eight U.N. protection sites in South Sudan, which are currently providing temporary shelter to some 70,000 people who have been displaced by five weeks of fighting around the country, allow access to any outsiders carrying weapons.
Makuei's bodyguards reportedly threatened U.N. staff who refused them access to the camp, but eventually withdrew.
Makuei could not be reached for comment, but South Sudan army spokesman Philip Aguer called the United Nations' refusal to allow a government minister to enter the camp astonishing, and said it raised questions in the minds of South Sudanese about the goings-on inside the camp.
"We are surprised if the United Nations can deny a host Minister of Information, the honorable Michael Makuei, who wanted to visit the United Nations camp. So people are wondering what was inside the U.N. camp that a minister of the incumbent government should not see," Aguer said.
Quentier insisted that the United Nations is merely enforcing its own rules and trying to maintain a neutral position in the conflict, which pits supporters of President Salva Kiir against anti-government forces, most of whom back Kiir's former deputy, Riek Machar.
Makuei's attempt to visit the camp in Bor came as the two sides continued slow-moving peace talks in Addis Ababa while fierce fighting raged in parts of South Sudan.
South Sudan army soldiers stand next to a destroyed motorcycle near Bor airport on Dec. 25, 2013. The government says it has recaptured Bor from opposition fighters.
The South Sudanese government said at the weekend that its forces have recaptured Bor, which is one of three provincial capitals that have been the scene of bitter battles between pro- and anti-government troops in the five weeks since the world's newest nation plunged into violence.
Authorities in Jonglei state said the provincial capital was reduced to rubble during the fighting.
Jonglei state's caretaker Governor John Koang Nyuon told VOA that nearly every building in the town was destroyed.
State Assembly Speaker Peter Chol Wal said looters ransacked his office, and appeared to be targeting official documents.
He said state officials will form a special committee to assess the damage but warned that it would probably take years to rebuild the provincial capital and the rest of the state.
"I think it will take time for rehabilitation of Jonglei state to get back to its place, like it was before," Wal said.
"I think it will take us three years because they were targeting the documents -- I think it will be very hard work," he said.
He said many people fled into the bush or swamps weeks ago to shelter from the fighting and were still too frightened to come out.
Government forces earlier this month recaptured the capital of Unity state, Bentiu, which a high-ranking U.N. official said has been wiped off the map by days of heavy fighting between the two sides, and Aguer said the army was preparing to launch an offensive to recapture Malakal, the capital of oil-rich Upper Nile state.
A woman stands with her daughter in the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) clinic set up at the camp for displaced people in the grounds of the United Nations Mission to South Sudan (UNMISS) base in Juba, South Sudan, on January 12, 2014.
A source in Malakal, who asked not to be identified, told VOA last week that opposition forces were "in full control" of Malakal and were preparing to advance on two key oil-producing areas in Upper Nile, which produces around 85 percent of South Sudan's key revenue-generating resource.
More than half a million people have been forced from their homes by the fighting, and although no precise death toll is available, U.N. officials have said they believe many thousands of people have been killed.


State and local experts will discuss the impact of early childhood programs on student achievement, family engagement, and community development in urban settings. New models of early learning will be explored, such as birth to college pipelines on the same block in downtown Camden. The presentations and discussions will emphasize and renew commitments to fund and develop quality early childhood initiatives that benefit all children.
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