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>> i know again another story you don't want to cover. thanks for being there. sarah and others from cnn will be there. thank you for watching. i'm candy crowley in washington. set your dvr to "state of union" if you can't be here live. if you missed any of today's show, find us on itunes. with the latest on today's e ler elections in ukraine. this is gps the local public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. it's election day in ukraine and we'll start with a live look how the struggles between east and west are playing out at the poles. next, a version of nazi is afoot in russia. that is the explosive allegation you'll hear from the billionaire
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investor george sorris when he sits down with me. he'll officially become the indian prime minister. is he in a golden age or turned to nationalism? and finally, this used to be the only way to see tv. now there is this and this and this and more. so what is the future of tv? i will ask the ceo of the media and entertainment giant timewarner, my boss, jeff bucis. here is my take. vladimir putin might be a 19th century statesman using old fashioned muscle to get his way but china's president embraces the 19th and 21st century and
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the challenge from china will be more complex than one the united states has ever faced before. let's start with the 19th century aspect, the huge russian natural gas deal signed this week is perfectly understandable in terms of old-fashioned politics. beijing has long sought secure energy supplies and places that vital interest above any desire to punish russia for annexation of crimea or strengthen global norms. in fact, the chinese recognize the russians facing sanctions were anxious to diversify among european customers so beijing probably got a good deal. it's wort studying the speech in shanghai the same day the deal was struck. it was the gathering of a group, one that includes turkey, iran and russia and not the united states. his message was that asians
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should take care of their own security. she presented the chinese view of the region, which she calls asia and never the preferred u.s. term asia pacific. it excludes the united states and washington as an outside power should not play a role in nation affairs. this week, we saw a new world of great power intrigue. the justice department filed former charges against five officials in the chinese military and detailed the economic espionage that they conducted against american companies over the last eight years. the action is unprecedented, especially since the officials are never going to be arrested and will probably never leave china and no one believes it will make a difference because officials are not likely to face a sanction at home. if anything, they might regard being on this list as a badge of honor. some experts believe that the scale of china's cyber espionage
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is staggering. quote, it is the largest theft in human history end quote says peter singer of the brookings institution. the united states will spend about a trillion dollars developing, operating and maintaining the f-35 fighter which will be its most advanced weapon system. singer says, we can now see clearly that eloqueements of th 35 made their way into a similar chinese plane. american investments meant to give it a 15-year battle field advantage are totally undermined and singer points out, china targets everyone from defense contractors down to small furniture makers whose chair designs get stolen and copied within a year. cyber attacks are part of a new messy chaotic world fueled by globalization and the information revolution in a wired networked world, it is much harder to shut down this kind of activity and it
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certainly will not be possible to do it using traditional mechanism of national security. notice washington is using a legal mechanism, which will be ineffective and largely symbol i can for what really is a national security issue. the final russian gas deal reminds us that traditional politics is alive and well and washington knows how to work its way in that world, but cyber espionage represents a new frontier and no one really has ideas, tools or strategies to properly address this challenge. for more, go to cnn.com slash fareed and read my "washington post" column this week and let's get started. today is election day in ukraine. that nation is of course in the mist of a tug-of-war between east and west and voters there
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are at the polls to elect a new president. the previous president was ousted in february. cnn's chief national security correspondent jim is in ukraine and joins us live, jim? >> fareed, they have a choice between unity and division between closer ties to russia or the west, and between the status quo of corruption and mismanagement and a cleaner government. the stakes are high after six months of violence that started with protest behind me here in kiev, which removed prorussian president and killed more than 1 0 people. today's voting is proceeding here well in the west and the first resident to cast his ballot raised his hands and shouted democracy, perhaps speaking for the hopes of so many ukrainians today. in the east, which we just returned from, it is a very different story. 1/5th of polling stations are
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open. witnesses at several polling places told us how they were forced to close them at gunpoint by prorussian militants and in the days leading up to today's vote, a new state, new russia they called it, aspiring to join the eastern regions into an independent country. i interviewed a man who wants to be a leader of this new state, former ukrainian deputy and asked what he thinks of today's election. >> translator: i think they are illegal, but it's not important what i think. it's important what the people think and they think it's illegal, too. >> why should they have the right to vote in the referendum but not tomorrow? >> translator: to provide an election when the army is fighting its own people is illegi illeg
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illegal. that's why as a presidential candidate, i with drew from that election. >> reporter: we're getting the first reports of turnout, at of 3:00 local time, 41% a good start but eastern regions 9%. nick paton walsh, only 1/5th of polling stations open, intame da -- intimidation of voters. is anyone turning out to vote? >> no, the last count was a quarter of polling stations. even there, only 11% of registered voters have actually turned out. we've seen something quite different today, jim. a remarkable sign how involved russia is in the unrest. vladimir putin said today's ed elections should be respected. i met a militant working with the shep separatests.
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they were there to serve the interest. let's hear exactly what he had to say to me. it's almost impossible to learn how a policeman armed could have gotten into ukraine where he says he's from without some sort of russian government here, jim? >> nick paton walsh where it's hard to see how a successful
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election can take place in that country today. many challenges to today's crucial national vote, a chance to restore peace and a functioning government to ukraine after so many months of instability, violence. we've spoken to many ukrainians that have high hopes but many skeptical this will bring real change. fareed? >> thanks, jim. next on gps more on the region, billionaire investor george sorris says he see signs of a virgin natziism. predibut, manufacturings a prettin the united states do. means advanced technology. we learned that technology allows us to be craft oriented. no one's losing their job. there's no beer robot that has suddenly chased them out. the technology is actually creating new jobs.
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george sorros made one of the estimates voting on global trends, specially but europe more broad did. he's just back from the region and joins me to talk about what he saw, what he thinks and where he's putting his money. george, pleasure to have you on. >> same here. >> first on ukraine, one of the things that many people recognized about you was that you during the revolutions of 1989 funded a lot of activity, civil society groups in eastern europe and poland, the czech republic. are you doing similar things in ukraine? >> i set up a foundation in ukraine before ukraine became independent of russia. and an important part in events
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now. >> do you think ukraine will be about to assert an independence in russia but not a specific alignment but an orientation toward the west or will the russians always stop them? >> putin will try to destabilize ukraine, but ukrainians, the large majority of ukrainians determine to be independent of russia. it won't be easy because putin has staked his regime on destabilizing ukraine because it's a theft to his regime in russia. if you have freedom, free media and so on and a flourishing economy, that is unsustainable.
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>> and he says they are full of an antis-semiti antis-semitics. have you detected anti semi'tis m in ukraine? >> that's part of the dna of that part of the world. there is antisemitism. there is much more in the east in the east. and actually atrocities. and gypsies. >> you have been pessimistic or gloomy about europe. do you see the lack of collective action? >> unfortunately, europe is very weak. it's preoccupied with the eternal problems which are
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unresolved. eros crisis is no longer a financial crisis. it's turning into political crisis and you're going to see in the elections and putin -- >> explain what that means. you're going to see it in elections because you're going to see the rise of the european forces. >> yes, and interestingly, they are supported by russia and prorussian. so russia has emerged as an alternati alternative. putin has come out of the close et. and ethic nationalism, you could call it russism. that's a new word. i don't want to call it nazi. it's very similar to what you had in the war period.
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you know, and with military force. >> it's more than that. >> it's a new myth russian superiority. if you watch putin's speeches, he revealed this new myth and russian genetic superiority. you might have heard that previously from someone else. it's a new ideology based on ethnic russian superiority. >> a lot of these nationalists who do well in european, the european-wide elections see that on the left on the right. don't break up the european
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union. >> yes, it's that europe needs to recognize it, and we need to recognize it, actually. we need to have bipartisan foreign policy. we used to have that, and we have lost it. so we need to reestablish it because there is a real theft. it's a theft to america, also, because what is happening in ukraine and in europe is having repercussions in asia. you know, the chinese that is establishing facts on the ground. poouten just being in china and they have a common interest they are establishing one of -- which
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from what in the world segment, graduation season, commencement speeches. >> not much going on now a ways. >> this year i was asked to do the honors in new york, a quite essential liberal arts college so i thought it was worth talking about the idea of a liberal arts situation. the governors of texas, florida and north carolina announced they do not intend to spend
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taxpayer money. florida's governor rick scott asks, is it a vital interest of the state to have more anthropologists. technical training could be more valuable than a degree in art history. i can well understand the concerns about liberal arts because i grew up in india in the 1960s and '70s. a technical training was scene to the key to a good career. if you were bright, you studied science. that's what i did. if i got to america college, i saw the immense power of a liberal education. for me, the most important use of it is that it teaches you how to write. and my first year in college, i took an english composition course. my teacher, an englishman with a sharp whit and sharper pencil was tough. i knew coming from india, i was
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good at taking test but not so good at expressing my own ideas. i'm supposed to say a liberal education teaches you to think but thinking and writing are intertwined. when i begin to write, i realize that my thoughts are usually a jumble of half-baked incoherent impulses with holes in between them whether you're a novelnove historian, writing forces you to make choices and brings clarity and order to your ideas. if you think this has no use, ask jeff, the founder of amazon. he insists that his senior executives write memos often as long as six printed pages and begin senior management meetings with a period of quiet time, sometimes as long as 30 minutes while everyone reads the memos and makes notes on them. whatever you do in life, the ability to write clearly,
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cleanly and i would add quickly will prove to be an invaluable skill. this is the central teaching of a liberal education. the second great advantage is it teaches you how to speak and speak jury mind. one of the other contrasts that struck me between school in india and america, an important part of my grade was talking. my professor will grade me on analysis and conclusions out loud. speaking clearly and concisely is a big advantage in life. the final strength of a liberal education is it teaches you how to learn, to read in a variety of subjects, find data, analyze information. whatever job you take, i guarantee that the specific stuff you will have learned at college, whatever it is, will prove mostly irrelevant or quickly irrelevant, even if you learn to code but did it a few
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years ago before apps, you will have to learn how to code new. you will need that skill of learning and retooling all the time. these are liberal education strengths and they will help you as you move through your working life. of course, if you want professional success, you will have to put in the hours, be focused and disciplined, work well with others and get lucky. but that would be true for anyone, even engineers. >> congratulations and god speed. >> anyway, that a is piece of the graduation talk i gave at sarah lawrence college on friday. you can watch the whole thing, which is much more online. go to our website and we have a link to it. up next, what to think of india's next prime minister. should the word be worried or excited? tigers, both of you. tigers? don't be modest. i see how you've been investing. setting long term goals.
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on monday here in the presidential palace in new deli, india's 15th prime minister will be sworn in since the partition of the empire. that act in 1947 lead to the creation of a mostly muslim
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pakistan but secular india. inspiring strong emotions in the country i was born in. they are certain he will restart the engine of economic growth. they are worried about what they see as nationalist and secretary tendencies. let us hear from both sides. a former world bank economist who today is a senior leader of the tea party and a leader of the opposing congress party and a former under secretary general at the united nations. you said it is my dream that modi will never become prime minister and you eluded to the fact you worry about a dark streak. do you believe modi will focus on growth and abandon national
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li and things you were worried about? >> he didn't dream of becoming prime minister. it was just a jibe of the sort that happens all the time on our 24 24/7 television channels. i congratulated him on the victory. i must say since his election on the 16th of may, we have seen a different modi from the one that stoked the fears and anxieties that i have had occasion myself to express both personally and on half of my party. we had a great deal of worry about the so-called hindu nationalist modi, sending signals of bigotry toward our muslim population and the one who seemed to be on a relentless drive for exclusive power, but on the 16th of may after his sweeping victory, he struck a
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very accommodating note. for the last five days, six days, we have been hearing nothing but modi 2.0. he even congratulated me on twitter, which was astonishing for me and said let us work together to move india forward. i guess the question is, what are we going to see when mr. modo seems for office. it's the letter. we would applaud if and all indians. >> representing all indians. >> could i just -- one thing is many fears were stoked for elect tr -- electoral purposes.
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second, would not like to be distracted by things. he wants to focus on economic development. he wants to be remembered of the builder of the new india and to get -- let loose or let others just run amok on the types of things that he was eluding to. would be just not right. he would not allow it, and the third is, we must have faith in the diversity of india. anybody who has tried to put india into a straight jacket or put it down has had his hand singed and had to report it. i am certain he will not attempt and allow others to do it, district from the again to he wants the country to pursue and if any others do it, india will
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discipline them. >> you may not consider it part of your portfolio to offer foreign policy advice to mr. modi. the united states put him on a black list, president obama congratulated him and invited him to the white house, do you think he should get over this? >> i would say, he has decided to put a lot of judges behind him. in the campaign and before that, to me, he will want to reach out to the u.s. politically. i think the priorities are more likely to be economic. i think he sees far more benefit
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and encouraging american businesses to come to india by creating the climate for them to come and invest. then he would see value in rushing off to a photo op in the white house. >> final word, will the united states as it were have to pay a price for its frostiness towards mr. modi over this last decade? >> no, he's now the prime minister of a large country and he has to and must reach out to the united states, not just for the good reasons that shesie was just mentioning but more reasons. look at china and therefore partnership with japan, partnership with other countries, especially vietnam, australia and certainly with the united states. i think if you ask most indians, they would not want the united states to retreat from the
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pacific or rep p-- i cannot imagine a person like mr. modi, because of some foolish step by their u.s., about not giving them a visa or something just because they send telegrams to the state department. he's going to keep that in mind. if u.s. shows steadiness of purpose, you can be certain that an indian defendant, especially an indian government led by modi will want to partner. >> thank you very much. one of the great pleasures we get, two people speaking english better than we would on american tv in general. the future of television, what will you watch, where will you watch it and how will you pay for it? a fascinating conversation with one of america's most powerful ceos. meatball yelling c'mon, you want heartburn?
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and only 9% of the households had it. today 95% of homes have televisions but they can also watch shows like "gps" on cell phones, tablets and desktops among other places. you can get me on itunes, amazon, other shows available on websites like hulu and just to name a few options without paying cable or satellite fees. the broad band and mobile revelations brought us to a point of the kind we haven't seen for 40 years since cable first took off. it's about viewing shows when it's convenient and viewing them on any device, not just the tv in your living room. i wanted to talk about the future of television and i could think of no one better to talk about it than my boss' boss' boss. he's the chairman and ceo of
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timewarner. under the per view of not only channels like cnn and hbo but only tbs and tnt, tw of the five top rated cable channels and the world's highest grossing studio warner brothers. jeff, when you look at it, what is the big difference between television in the 1960s and television today? >> back in the '60s, tv was new and exciting because it was new. if we remember this, there were three channels, mostly in black and white. tv was interactive back then. you had to get up and wiggle the antenna to see if you could get a picture. what the world of tv has become today and the united states more than any other country is hundreds of channels with your show of what interest and a lot more quality in the television, and the reason that this has happened is basically,
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television is a thriving business, not just america but the world. advertising, revenue, subscription revenue has come in to create much bigger tv budgets, much more participation of movie actors in tv, and just to think of one show which is dear to my heart, "game of thrones" for example, i think it has the biggest cast of any show on tv today. this is about the kind of budget that television can support. so tv is now in a second golden age, and. >> you think the golden age is because of what forces? is making this happen? >> one of the secrets about television today, the channels. even loves their favorite show but as i think most people know, your favorite channel now may be different than your brother or father's. in the old days, everyone was
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sitting around and every house had one television. today there is a screen for everybody. there is not only tvs across every room but now, this is probably the untold story, television is taking over the internet, and what the internet does is -- >> say that again. the internet is not taking over television, television is takingover the internet. >> television is taking over the internet. what does that mean? that means every one of the people watching this show cannot only watch it on their television screen, they can watch it on any electronic screen they have and it means that all of television, all your favorite shows are now on demand. you cannot only watch what you want when you want but take it with you. you can watch gps on a subway or in a car driving down the highway. >> so a lot of people look at that and say what is now going to happen is the great unbundling of television. when you make a lot of money
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because the cable companies provide a bundle product, 189 channels or whatever it is. i saw a study that said most americans watch 9% of the channels, that's 17 channels out of 189. doesn't that mean there will be an unbundling and those who don't want sports will pay a big fat fee that encompasses everything. >> the fact is the package of all these channels where everyone watches different set of their channels is what allows the package to be cheap. so what gets lost in the debate is that the amount of time people are spending watching television as it gets better and on demand is about six hours a day and they are spending to do that, the best channels in high-definition on demand, spending less than half the cost of one starbucks latte.
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so the actual price for per viewing hour per channel you're watching is actually a very good bargain and the proof of it is that 85% of the homes in the united states are subscribing to some package of television. >> and it's -- >> more effective. >> what do you say to those that are cutting the cable cord to watch on streaming. >> if you do that and cut the cord, you have less choice of what you can get. there is some of it happening among younger people. we think the reason is we haven't really made all the channels, the hundreds of channels on your television, not that easy to access yet on an on demand basis. think of hbo go. if you're a subscriber and you're used to watching hbo go, that is the future of tv. every channel on television, the whole tv dial is going to work
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the same way that youtube works or that netflix works. >> you call netflix, very famously the army. since then the stock has been well. booming. do you think it needs an upgrade? maybe the italian army? >> they did a great job. it's a great product. what netflix has accomplished and it's great and they have become a great business partner of ours, they joined the ranks of hbo, show time as a good subscription offer. back in the, you know, what people want is they want more choice of what they can do. netflix does a good job of making a strong library service of a lot of classic and older shows and movies available in a very, very effective way to find them. >> and that's all good for content providers like
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timewarner. >> absolutely. because one thing we haven't touched on is this tv revolution is going global across the world. right now, if you have a show like big bang theory, gps on cnn, it's being watched around the world and being watched on demand not always at the scheduled time. >> well, on that happy note for gps, jeff, pleasure to have you on. >> nice to be here fareed. >> if you enjoy thinking about the future of tv, you want to watch the premiere of cnn's series the sixties. it will air this coming thursday. ♪ now printing is so affordable and convenient, you can print all you want. hp instant ink.
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wrecks and trade disruptions and the prize was large 20,000 pounds, $3.5 million by today's standards. a working class clock maker eventually won after developing marine clocks that allowed sailors to pinpoint their position at sea. fast forward 300 years. >> we're at the door of a new world. >> britain is offering the longitude prize again, this time $17 million for solving one of humani humanity's biggest problems and a group in the uk is letting citizens fix the problem this time. asking them through a bbc poll if it should be flight, how can we fly without damaging the environment? food, how can we ensure everyone has nutritious sustainable food and how can we prevent the rise of resistance to antibiotics and
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restore movement to paroalysis and how can we make sure everyone has safe and clean access to water and dementia, how can we help people with dementia live longer? visit facebook.com so you can vote on which problem you think the prize should solve. the last problem was solved by by a highly educated expert but a man with a passion for clocks. the collect answer to the gps challenge question is b, for the third year in a row, paraguay is the biggest. nine of the top ten countries surveyed, if you guessed sweden hoping that good quality health care and free college might influence the rankings, you might with surprised to learn sweden is tied for 19th with the
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netherlands, argentina and the united states and the nation known for the index ranked a disappointing 82nd. the putin is reported feeling well-rested but not well-respected. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. ly si will see you next week:god morning and welcome to "reliable sources." i'm brian selter this week. the ugly smear campaign against hillary clinton and how democrats should fight back and i'll talk to the only reporter that interviewed the embattled >> let's begin with a story that rocked the white house this week. it came