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>> the guy is moving east of kiev. >> if you don't stop them in eastern ukraine, it very possible they may decide to go in moldova or elsewhere. >> if you essentially allow russia to start rejoining borders in eastern europe, what does that mean for china and japan? >> he could reneed to reassure our allies. >> we are are not going to allow a bigger nation to push around a smaller nation. i'm pivots can you make before you end upright where you started? president obama is in the middle of his week-long trip where he'll make stops in china and the philippines. but the piv set once again overshadowed with the crisis in ukraine. back in 2011 this was the grand plan for orienting u.s. foreign

policy. >> after a decade in which we fought two wars that caught us dearly in blood and treasure, the united states is turning our attention to the vast potential. asia pacific region. the united states say pacific power and we are here to stay. >> turning our attention to the asia pacific region, until the arab spring erupted in the middle east and syria divulged into a bloody civil war and iran's nuclear ambitions became too pressing to ignore. now the latest distraction from the pivot to yash is russia. vice president joe biden arrived in kiev today to announce new economic assistance. meet with officials from the ukraine's interim government and to de-escalate the situation in eastern ukraine. over the weekend more deadly fighting broke out in that region of the country kill agent least three. and despite week eggs of denial from russian officials the state department now has evidence that at least some of the gunmen in eastern ukraine are in fact russian military and intelligence forces.

new photographs show the very same special forces who fought in crimea and georgia in 2008 are now responsible for taking over government buildings in eastern ukraine. according to the "the new york times" there say russian word for what the kremlin is up to, disguised warfare. joining me now is "the new york times" correspondent peter baker and diplomatic correspondent for "the washington post" ann garrin. thank you both for joining me. peter, had you a piece this weekend that details the president's new strategy may actually be the old strategy of 1947. tell us a little bit about that and whether you think it will be successful. >> well, look, they're looking at what will happen beyond this particular crisis at some point or another. ukraine may be resolved. at least that's the hope. what happens for the rest of the 2 1/2 years that bred sc is going to be in office? it's not going to be another reset. what you're going to see say restrained policy. containment is another way of looking at it. it's not a global competition

the way it was in the cold war but trying to make vladimir putin less of an issue on the american agenda. keep the disruptions that he can cause in his own neighborhood to a minimum. and focus on other areas of foreign policy where president obama hopes to make progress. >> to follow on that, peter, you also outlined the international consensus that the president has built. and we get into the criticism that surrounds his foreign policy. this is an area of strength. specifically on russia, the fact that he's got the german buy in on that stuff is hard? >> well, look, one reason he hasn't been stronger as only his administration would like him to be, like some people on the hill would like to be. i think he's keeping it too far out in front of europe. holding the kol tlougs keep russia boxed in, nobody siding with him, including china, putin's usual friend on the u.s.

security council. what that will mean in the long term is up in the air. the administration is hoping ultimately there will be an economic price. and that may from you the way the kremlin behaves. >> ann, david brooks on "meet the press," famously, now famously said he thought the president had a manhood problem. and i would love to get your thoughts on this point in particular, the macho aspect of these diplomatic negotiations. because vladimir putin is the person photographed riding shirtless on horses and doing jujitsu and so forth. a lot of this power would be related to his own sense of ego and whether or not he's an alpha male, et cetera, et cetera. what did you make of david's comments regarding the president and his ability to exert himself? >> well, alex, far be it to me to comment on the president's manhood but i think what david

was getting at there was a question of whether obama was really willing to look tough and swagger a bit on the world stage. and he's got plenty of people urging him to do just that. the problem is, when you're confronting vladimir putin, swagger meets swaer s swagger. and you're not quite sure what happens next. obama has tried a couple of different tactics with putin. he's tried reasoning with him. he's tried to appeal to putin, the say it'sman. he's tried getting europe on his side and against russia with the economic threats and implications that follow. and so far, none of that has worked. so you kind of have to wonder whether real swagger would do much good. that said, at the same time, the asian allies he's visiting and some he's not, are watching very closely to see how big a deal he's willing to make of ukraine

and how tough he's willing to look. >> yeah, to anne's point, peter, swagger meets swagger. does good foreign policy ever come out of that strategy? i want to get your thoughts on something your paper has published today these photographs which link some of these fighters from 2008, russian fighters to what's happening in ukraine right now. the russian government has been -- i don't know is bull headed the word to use? sergey lavrov has been completely blanket in his denial that the fighting forcing have anything to do with the russian government. he's called it the biggest load of nonsense he's heard. and yet, there are these photographs that emerged today. dot russians at any point claim responsibility? >> well look at what happened in crimea, right? they said what is happening there is strictly the work of self-defense forces. now, as recently as this week, president putin said in fact

those were russian troops. so it may be a matter of waiting until they eventually come around to acknowledging what the rest of the world has concluded which is that some of these people are russian soldiers in some fashion, working in tandem with local russian speakers in eastern ukraine. and the pictures do present a very compelling thing, the face its and bushy beards look familiar from 2008. so do the adornments on the uniforms. and so do the weaponry which is often things only russian military has issued to it. so, putin says what he said, but the truth is the rest of the world doesn't believe him. >> anne, we started this segment talked about the pivot to asia. and that's obviously going to come under much focus later on in the week when the president is actually in asia. philip ewing in politico sort of suggested that the pivot to asia that we've been discussing for years now is sort of already

happening and is not actually that meaningful. i'll summarize, paraphrase his point. he said that the president and his officials love to talk about focusing on asia. but they do not walk the walk. and basically, add a load of skepticism to the fact that the u.s. will never under this administration gimp the lay of the land, geo politically be able to turn its attention in a very primary way eastward to asia. your thoughts on that? >> i think it's inevitable that the united states will pivot or rebalance as the white house likes to use it because it sounds less like you're turning away from something, in order to turn towards asia. that is inevitable, just because that's the way the world is. that's where the markets are. that's where the sort of -- it's just go to be where the united states is going to have to focus, both economic and diplomatic resources in the future. that said, we're not there yet.

and the last couple of years have proved it. i mean, the defining foreign policy crises and challenges for the obama administration involved the middle east, in earia and iran and europe. and a replay of the cold war with russia. none of it has anything at least on paper to do with asia. >> and in fact, when you look towards the remaining years under this administration, iran remains a huge question. syria remains a huge question. and neither of those countries is of course in asia. peter baker and anne guerin, thank you for your time and thoughts. >> thanks very much. coming up the national fathers day council just named new jersey governor chris christie father of the year. this guy is their choice. >> i do not respond to yell-out questions. in fact i have a finely honed skill to ignore things that are being yelled at me. this has nothing to do with me being governor. and has everything to do with me

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as a legislative supercommitteer. s to call witnesses for testimony, governor chris christie has launched his latest bid to move past the bridge scandal that has rocked his

administration. christie's comeback quest began with a pricey taxpayer report that aimed to vindicate the governor and blamed lane closures on former aides. and now christie is putting the recommendations from that report into action. as to start, the governor is named an ombudsman in his office. christie's pick announced thursday is a man named patrick hobbs, the dean of seton hall law school. and as the editorial points out, back in 2005, u.s. attorney christie ordered bristol-myers squib to give the seton hall law school $5 million to endow a business ethics professorship. in exchange, christie didn't file charges against bristol-myers squib. christie said the idea for the endowment to his alma mater

originallied with the company and not with him. ombudsman hobbs insists he'll have complete authority to address ethical issues. ethical issues that maybe the fact the law firm hired by christie donated $10,000 in the governor's association in the days right before the report clearing christie was released. $10,000 march 18th. that law firm gibbs and dunn said they regularly donate to the rga and have done so since 2009. christie is busy carrying out the recommendations to fix his troubled administration. also on thursday, christie eliminated the department that had, according to the review, doled out political rewards and punishments to mayors across the state. the office once held by campaign manager bill stepien and former deputy of staff bridget anne

kelly. familiar names. stepien and among those who did not talk to lawyers. as early as this week as it calls its first witness in for testimony. joining me now is democratic assemblyman john wisniewski. i'm excited to have you here. thanks for coming on. let me start with the subpoenas. you have opened the door that you may subpoena governor christie. can you give us any more details on that possibility? >> precisely what i said, we're not going to rule anybody out. it's far too early in the process to say a person, no matter what office they hold, is off limits. we do have a number of people interested in calling and it's based on thousands of documents we've received. a lot of people have made much out of the two subpoenas thwarted by the court. >> stepien and bridget kelly? >> correct, correct.

so we now have a lot of material that we now have questions to ask people. >> and there seem to be quite a few questions out there. one in particular, the transcripts -- >> the lack of transcripts -- >> yeah, the sort of watercolor impressions of the interviews conducted. suggest david wildstein was telling christie's top people, this is according to mike duhain who was interviewed by gibbs & dunn. that bridget kelly and bill stepien knew about the bridge closures beforehand. that there were e-mails as proof. we aknow that chris christie said december 13th that nobody on his senior staff knew anything about what they were calling the traffic study. >> right. >> there would seem be a host of questions related to that issue, how skeptical are you of it? >> are so many inconsistencies. you correctly pointed out that mike duhain made it known to the governor that there were people in his administration who knew about the lane closures either contemporaneously or after the

fact. yet, he came out making that statement saying no and his administration knew. that means that he disregarded the information that mike duhaime gave to the administration. we don't know why. there are so many reports stemming from that the report that vindicate the governor that we need to continue asking these questions. >> at a certain point, the goal of this was to clean up what might have been some sort of a corrupt office. on that point, the fact that the governor is appointing a specific ombudsman, you're kind of smiling here. >> well, there is a need for an ethics ombudsman, absolutely. p.a. pat hobbs say fine attorney and well respected but i think the fact of the officer himself appointing somebody to look over him, a university that he was not only an alum of, but also

directed benefits to from bristol-myers squib raised question. >> is seton hall the most ethical law school in history? because governor christie keeps going back to his alma mater when had comes to picking people out to run ethics investigations? >> i'm an alum of seton hall. but i point is this, if the governor really wants to be transparent on ethics and an ombudsman, then have somebody else make the choice. that's not what happened here. so you have to really wonder about the transparency of the project when the governor himself is picking somebody whose job it is to oversee the governor. >> right, bad students don't get to pick the students. let me ask you about gibbs & dunn donated money days before the report was released.

gibbs & dunn can make contributions. but given the fact this was a christianity-sanctioned firm. and whether or not the taxpayer should have been on a vind indicating report. i put vindicating in air quotes what is your reaction to that? >> the indication is that we always do that. but this is a case where the bullet holes in their shoes are growing by leaps and bounds because if you want people to accept this as an objective report, at the same time you're release it, don't make a contribution to the rga. you don't have to do that so it sends entirely the wrong schedule. and it raises the skepticism that we all have that the report was done more as a rush to judgment to say that the governor had no involvement. look, he may not have any involvement. we don't know that. without all the legitimate questions being answered, we can't run that conclusion up front. >> and this is the same law firm that amid the speculation about why they'd been chosen say, hey,

look, our reputation as a law firm is on the line. do you think it's pure laziness. do you think it's thoughtlessness that led hem to make this recommendation days before they would come on fire? >> well, they're either tone-deaf because somebody would have to say to them who is advising them, look, it's not a smart move to make a report by somebody making a contribution. >> the saga is unfolding as we speak. >> there are more questions every day. >> assemblyman john wisniewski, thank you for your thoughts. coming up, boston runs again. scott heldman joins me to discuss the running of the boston marathon and the new meaning of patriots day. that's coming up next. [ male announcer ] this is jim.

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it was the second highest total ever. over 1 million spectators lined the streets to watch. a testament to the fighting spirit of a city hit by tragedy one year ago. joining me now is staff writer for "the boston globe" and collaborate of "the long mile home" the city's courageous hunt for justice. scott helman. thanks for joining me. you're up in boston. tell us from what you could tell, what was noticeably different in terms of this marathon versus last year's? >> you know, there's a ton more people, for starters, along the course and the sidelines. this is a big day every spring. this is like our irish spring holiday in boston as you well know. it's always well attended. this year was beyond anything i've ever seen. i just came from the finish line.

this is hours after the start. a couple hours after the elite runner have finished. it was just throbbing with people. it's a wonderful 16. >> did you notice anything in terms of security that was clearly, markedly that was aheaded this year? >> you know, they did a pretty good job. but you could tell. there are different barricades. they were limiting the number of people that could go to the finish line area. the last few days they were flying helicopters over to establish a base aviation level to use as a baseline were something to happen. but there are definitely reminders that this is a different marathon than years in the past. by and large, it felt like the last prior 160 years. >> scott, let me ask you, in the book, you tell the story of what happened at the boston marathon through the lens of five different stories. one, the family of a victim. one, someone who was hurt in an explosion. a trauma surgeon, a police

officer and a marathon race director. i wonder, i would assume that all of those reactions in that immediate aftermath of the attack were very different. but was there anything that, while a common thread, a feeling or a sentiment, or a way of kind of dealing with the tragedy that those different groups of people shared? >> yeah. that's a great question. i think they all just said they come from different places and that their reactions were different. i think it took them a different amount of time to get to that point, i don't want to say okay with it, but willing to sort of look for ways they can move on. and i think certainly for four of the five people, i would say they have done that, for krystle campbell's family, the young woman from medford killed i think that's going to take some time. i think they're all celebrating their own way today. >> staff writer for "the boston globe," scott helman, thank you, my friend. coming up you can guess who

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it's rare to hear former supreme court justices speak out. and rarer still for them to say anything controversial. former justice david souter and sandra day o'connor raised eyebrows when they called out the ignorance of the american public and this week it was former justice john paul stevens' turn when asked if the justice should consider the giant oval when they retire. >> do you think it's something that justices should take into account? >> i think so.

it's certainly a natural and appropriate thing to think about your successor. >> stevens' comments came after the dean of the law school penned an op-ed in "the new york times" urging ruth bader ginsburg, the court's most senior justice to retire before the november elections this year, ensuring that a democratically controlled administration could confirm that. but seemingly when touched on politics and urge older citizens to rise up in revolt. antonia scala told students while they ask tax, if it goes to a certain level, you should revolt. while a scalia-led insurrection is not something to lose sleep over.

the political activity in scalia's wife maureen is cause for concern. in june, the court will rule on the massachusetts 35-foot buffer zone, one that exists outside of abortion clinics. maureen scalia is a hitted pro-rights person who aims to dissuade people from undergoing abortion. and a counselor at the hope crisis pregnancy center. two organizations which would be directly affected by her husband's ruling. this apparent conflict of interest doesn't seem to bother justice scalia during january's oral argument. the question is, should it have and should he recuse himself now. joining me is law professor from george washington university, jonathan turley. professor turley, when you hear about maureen scalia and her activities as an anti-abortion activist, do you think this is grounds for or a reason that justice scalia should recuse

himself from ruling on this case? >> i think when you look at how the court has handled those types of conflicts in the past, alex, it's not. that we've had this come up repeatedly with the wife of justice thomas. also controversy involving justice alito. this court has not recused itself, except in fairly, clear, if not extreme cases. i actually think they should recuse themselves more. but with regard to the spousal issue, i think that many people feel that on its own is not necessarily a conflict. but, you know, the problem that we have often with the supreme court is that it has been very adamant that the usual set of judicial ethics rules do not apply to the justices. they've said since they're the supreme court, they can't be held in judgment by lower court judges on questions of judicial

ethics. i've long disagreed with that. and i think the supreme court shows a dire need to be brought in conformity with lower courts on things like conflicts of interest. >> what about, some folks will argue well, it's actually good to have justices who have an active and robust intellectual life either at home or elsewhere. because it helps them make these very important decisions. especially as the work of the supreme court has gotten political in an age when congress is basically self-blockaded into obscurity, legislatively speaking? >> well, vie to say i'm also a big critic of justices going out and making these public appearances. justice scalia is notorious for maining a base. ruth bader ginsburg is subject to the same type of criticism. she speaks often to liberal groups. and there was a time when justices as a cultural

touchstone did not make any type of public appearances, sort of a graduation speech. and what we're seeing is the time of sort of a silent justice. i think it's not a good thing. last week both scalia and ginsburg talked about the possibility of a ruling in the nsa surveillance controversy. and it really took my breath away. you know, these justices have to decide whether they want to pursue this type of celebrity status or whether they want to live a life on the court and allow as stevens did, his opinions to speak for him. >> john, let me ask you, is this a result of i'm not going to take on celebrity cases but calls it celeb, but you're the expert here, that seem more overtly political. that seem to stir controversy on one or both sides of the aisle? i suppose it's a chicken or an egg scenario. but i mean, does that play a

role in the justices seeking higher profile on the news media? >> i think it's a combination of things, alex. one of them is this whole move towards media celebrity status. that the court has indeed become the focus of our political divisions. and we have these fights every time someone has the possibility of retirement. and i think that's beginning to corrupt the judgment of justices. that, you begin to believe your press reports. and you begin to sort of cultivate these bases. and you can imagine, the court itself is somewhat ensue lar. you live in a rather small environment. so there's obviously huge temptation to go throughout and meet these adoring crowds. but it also sends a very bad image out there for the supreme court, of justices that are throwing red meat to

identificationological compatible groups. >> let me ask you one more question, the open acknowledgementes that justices made to retire whether or not a democrat is in the eval office. is that just an acknowledgement of reality? or do you think it's a disturbing trend of the outright politicization of the supreme court, somebody who is supposed to be immune from politics? >> i do think it's an acknowledgement -- a consideration has always been there. many justices want to see the court remain balanced. and he's brought in as a conservative, stevens. and you have to feel sorry for ginsburg, people are saying she would either pass away or retire in the last 25 years. it's really getting rather creepy to have all of these people focusing on ginsberg. she remains really quite sharp, you know. there's no reason why she needs

to retire. there's no physical or mental residence. in fact, stevens himself could have stayed on the court. so i feel a little sorry for her because this has been going on for 20, 25 years. and people were saying, it's about time. it started soon before she got on the court. >> we'll see what happens. george washington university's jonathan turley. thanks. come up be given his precaution with the fast and the furious and chairman issa's history involves the u.s. postal service. more on that next. cars are driven by people. they're why we innovate. they're who we protect. they're why we make life less complicated.

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unprecedented partisanship. after wasting 97,000 hours and $14 million in taxpayer money and finding absolutely nothing relating to an irs scandal, after spending years, literally years investigating the embassy attacks on benghazi and being unable to dig up a shred of evidence that there was indeed a cover-up. and, of course, after notorious cutting off the mike as his democratic counterpart, after all of that, darrell issa is trying to plane ice. next week the house j and reform committee chair is expect an overhaul of the u.s. postal service. one that he hopes will win democratic support. the proposed reforms will likely include eliminates saturday letter delivery. removing illegal restrictions on expansions like new products like banking. and 12ing the workforce through attrition instead of layoffs.

so the darrell issa to-do list includes benghazi, "fast & furious," irs and the postal service. what? the postal service did run a $5 billion deficit last year down from the $16 billion loss in 2012. and the white house has suggested some of the very same changes that seem to have found their way into mr. issa's overhaul. so what's been the main obstacle to reform? house republicans. after the senate passed a bipartisan reform bill if 2012, the house did nothing as it usually does and ignored the bill in favor of more important legislation like appealing the affordable care act for the umpteenth time. two republicans or at least the party that may actually still be interested in legislating. if you at long last want to work in a bipartisan manner to get something done, the guy who has been running around with a flaming torch on a multiyear witch hunt, that guy, maybe not the best guy to extend the olive

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guy billy on the street has had the entire office cackling with laughter for several weeks. he has sung christmas songs with amy poehler and this season billy is focused on "the passion of the christ." >> east isser is just around th corner and i'm here to celebrate "passion of the christ." >> happy anniversary. >> happy tenth anniversary of the "passion of the christ." >> hi. >> hi, which is a better movie, "passion of the christ" or "bridesmaids"? >> no, it's the "passion of the christ!" >> joining me now is the host of fuse's "billy on the street"

billy eichner. >> hard news finally being covered. >> i mean, do you this stuff where you're interfacing with the american public in a way that nobody really does. and i wonder what you have learned about this country in the course of filming this show? >> wow, i don't know what i've learned about the country or what i've learned about new york. because they're two very different things. you know what i've learned, don't judge a book by its cover. a huge cliche. but i walk up to an early person thinking they won't know anything about lady gaga and katy perry. but no, they've seen them on a talk show or "today" show and they know what to say. and then you go up to what you think is a hip person and you can't judge a book by its cover. it's unscripted, spontaneous, you never know how they're going

to react. >> the thing that is interesting, the questions you ask, name three white people. >> people have a hard time answering. >> you also asked are the berenstain bears jewish? >> how do you guys cook up questions in the lab? >> it's me and a few that prep before the filming. once i'm on the street i'm alone. we don't cast the show. these are real people i see on the street. they're not cast in advance. so what you're seeing what happens really. but a few weeks before i start filming, i sit down with writers and i think we're very pop culture-obsessed people. and i like to come up with questions like would prince put down the moon with emergency contact which i think is valid to ask. >> this is probably an impossible question to answer. what is the most surprising

reaction you've gotten. you're running up to people and yelling at them asking them crazy things. by and large, people feel receptive. >> once an older woman slapped me across the face pretty hard which i guess is not a surprising reaction. i'm surprised it doesn't happen more often. but, you know, it stung. there was a woman who i got into a huge fight with because she was convinced that denzel washington had played the phantom of the opera on broadway. and she would not back down. and i know as a big theater fan that did not happen. she would not back down. we had a huge argument. i ended up giving her money to just her up. >> what's the best new york neighborhood to film in? >> we film a not chelsea. tlrnd 21st street. i run around the building like i did with amy poehler and paul

rudd. it's black, white, gay, straight, it's a really good miss. i really want real new yorkers on the show, not just tourists. although i like tourists, i want it to feel downtown and legitimately new york. >> what's interesting, sometimes, you have celebrity partners on some of these on-street shenanigans. you also seem to not be a fan of jake gyllenhaal. you got into a two-minute fight. more substantively what your issue is at a guy at age 10 was in "city slickers" and also "donnie darko." >> don't i know it. i'm fighting with joel, he's stuck in a big ball. with all the nominees, including maggie gyllenhaal -- it's not

that i hate jake gyllenhaal as i used it to lash out. he need to be put in his place. >> apparently that place is a gigantic ball. >> billy, you also are in "parks & rec." >> i am. >> you play craig who is the do that doppelganger. that show is really coming into its own. of course, amy won big awards this season. you work with people like aziz, rob lowe. what can you tell us about doppelganger? >> he's a crazy character. he's really loud. and it's definitely a different tone for the show. but i'm having a great time doing it. i mean, it's like the tightest,

funniest ensemble on tv. i'm glad people are enjoying it. >> all i can say, you've given me renewed confidence to run around new york and ask people insane questions. catch new episodes of "billy on the streets" on wednesdays on fuse. that is all for me now, i'll see you back here tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. eastern. "the ed show ""is up next. good evening, americans and welcome to "the ed show" live from miami, florida, i'm ready to go! let's get to work. well, the keystone exxon pipeline decision has been delayed. >> of course, it was about politics. it's all about politics. >> you can make that decision carefully and does factor in polics