we are speaking to nicolai petro from odessa. we are also speaking to timothy snyder, a at the university, in vienna, austria. 's 18ths democracy now! birthday. went on air february 19, 1996. we are now broadcasting on over 1200 public collision and radio stations around the world. if you want to send in your photo holding him why you need democracy now!, that is what we are showing on the brakes. , we areracynow.org streaming the pictures. you can also send us video to democracy now! means to you. we are back with timothy snyder. he is in vienna, austria. his latest piece is entitled "fascism, russia, and ukraine." with us from odessa, ukraine is nicolai petro. i want to turn to statements made by yulia tymoshenko, following her release from jail. she was undressed and protesters in kiev. >> i know that all together we will be able to do it and i will never allow anyone to let you down. a singlet not politician or official to touch or lay one of their fingers on your life. nothing in my life will be more important. may god give

from the department of political science at the university of rhode island mr petro welcome to r.c. is so a at this point also people on the streets of kiev fighting for and what are their demands. well one continues to hope that it is not just the extreme radicals but that there are still people there who are hoping to be with the government in a go she added political solution and if indeed the political opposition political opposition reach an agreement thanks to the e.u. thanks to the intercession was also. the former russian human rights. chair or you were lucky and it was now and you if they do reach an agreement that this will indeed suffice to. lead to an end to the violence in the street but does the rebels actually controlled by the political opposition of ukraine that's always been the question on the one hand. the answer to that question seemed to be yes. as far as a brewery seventeen away and the amnesty agreement was reached with members of the with the leaders the political opposition and an exchange was made for amnesty in return for the liberation of the. occupied g

seventy one on its debts and they went on the currency charade now forty years and here we are the petro dollar which was a substitute for the gold dollar is now cracking open because for various reasons we no longer have that connection and the replacement for the petro dollar is the fraud dollar so america is backed by fraud which is funded by money printing by the central banks who are unconstrained by accounting or law so here you have a rigged system into this big system must be thrown some underdogs to lose to the heroes that you know the banking wrestling federation sets up nearly half of america lives paycheck to paycheck but the important thing here we have a rigged system where you need to rely on the financial system the plight of these folks is compounded by the fact that the recession ravaged many americans credit scores to the point that now fifty six percent of us have subprime credit so fifty six percent of americans go into the ring with those bankers with a subprime credit rating right but even though forty percent of americans are living paycheck to paycheck the poores

>> it's going to be a petro car, yes. >> ok. why not an electric one?ve a leadership in germany with electric cars in 2013. we will launch further electric cars during this year, the b class, namely, we have the van with petro electric drive train. so we are leading in this area as far as technology is concerned. we're launching a new electric car in china as the only one of the direct competition. we are moving fast there, but we all know it will take some time to the market overall, if you want excitement with better electric cars, of course, our s.l.s. e-drive is a nice choice as well. >> yeah, i talked to elon musk a few months ago, and what he was telling me was that when the germans in particular decide that they are going to focus on electric vehicles and electric sports car, that's going to be the game changer, that he's just kind of a catalyst, and it's really down to you guys to decide this is the future and this is the way you're going to go, and kind of put the resources that you're putting behind petro sports cars into other -- into electri

>> first of all, it depends how we define petro state. i don't want to imply a resource curse, but on the other hand the international energy agency in paris has predicted that the united states will become the world's largest gas producer and oil producer in this decade. we are certainly already the largest combined btu producer in terms of oil and gas. that is very real. we will see some economic implications going forward. >> thank you, so much. thank you all for coming. this has been a very memorable first luncheon for me. i hope you will come back from anymore starting next monday. we are adjourned. [applause] andwashington journal" terry branstad. then mary kate henry discusses labor union issues. your phone calls and look for your comments by e-mail, twitter, and facebook. that starts at 7:00 a.m. live on c-span. on newsmakers, lorraine miller is our guest. she is the interim president of the naacp. she talks about unemployment and health care, which were topics of discussion with president obama and other civil rights leaders at t

some demonstrators through stones and petro bombs. police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets. more than 10,000 people marched on the square. but when the discussion wasn't tabled opposition politicians who are a minority in parliament blocked the session. one party leader said the speaker was breaking the law and repeated the protesters demands. >> translator: as a responsibility politician, the president of ukraine should call early presidential and parliamentary elections. this will be a way out, a brave decision. at the same time i'm urging the president to pull the riot police back off of the streets. >> reporter: so far victor yanukovych has showed no signs of doing that. the latest violence a reminder of the distance between what the opposition wants and what those in power are offering. >>> in thailand four people have been killed. we received this report from the capitol, bangkok. >> reporter: the moment that a historic part of bangkok became a war zone on tuesday. round after round of gunfire ex -- echoed across the inter

some threw stones and petro bombs. the police fire up and grenades and later bullets.arlier more than 10,000 people marched from independence scare. their aim to pressure parliament to have a law that would restore the constitution, and limit the powers of president victorian that cover itch. politicians who are a minority blocked the session. >>s that a responsible politician, the president should call early presidential and parliamentary elections, and convince this will loiter temperature in society. this will be a way out, a brave decision. at the same time, i am urging the president to pull back off the streets. so far president yanukovych has shown no sign of doing that. in exchange for anemone'sty for scores of arrested protestors. but on tuesday, they attacked yanukovych's headquarters, the latest violence a reminder of the distance they want, and what they are offering. nadine barbar, al jazeera. >> al jazeera has more on what is expecting. all about places like this, and what is going on in them, the nuclear facilities. in vienna both sides will try to find c

these are going be surfboards and instead of having a core made out of petros chemical, it material.love this piece. i had no idea that mushrooms could do so much for us. >> who knew? >> who knoou. amazing stories, thank you for coming. "techknow." >> dive deep into these stories and go behind the scenes at aljazeera.com/techno. >>> good afternoon to you. welcome to al jazeera america. coming to you live from new york city. and here are the stories we are following right now. secretary of state john kerry meet with the ukraine option today. and new allegations against the new jersey governor in the bridgegate scandal. elections in thailand spur violent clashes in bangkok.

he's up against petro-porashanko.hat prime minister will put forward nominations of ministers in the cabinet. a raft of measures are expected. there's a fast pace to events, including trying to get justice against the former head of state, viktor yanukovych. his whereabouts are still unknown. he's wanted for mass murder along with a number of other people. there are rumours about possible involvement and an escape bid from gymea. there's a financial crisis mere, a col os ol one. $35 billion is needed. european unions top diplomat, katherine ashton is in the city trying to broker a bailout deal. that might take place, and russia is causing even more of a crisis by suspending the aid program, $15 billion worth. that is an aspect to the further chaos in ukraine. >> as andrew reported, there are two nominees for the post of interim prime minister. both are well-known and established figures. the first is an economist and lawyer who served as foreign minister and is a leader of the group in parliament. he's an ally of newl

>> first of all, it depends how we define petro state. don't want to imply a resource curse, but on the other hand the international energy agency in paris has predicted that the united states will become the world's largest gas producer and oil producer in this decade. we are certainly already the producer inined btu terms of oil and gas. that is very real. we will see some economic implications going forward. >> thank you, so much. thank you all for coming. this has been a very memorable first luncheon for me. i hope you will come back from anymore starting next monday. we are adjourned. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute]

it cannot just survive and flourish as a petro state.was arco -- also remarkable was how much know-how and technology but not integrated into world markets. russia still has the potential and i think should pursue it to build the high base economy. that is what it has not adequately done. >> jeffrey sachs with us on russia. , weoming up on surveillance will take a look at inflation and productivity, the relationship. as high inflation kill additivity? single best chart is next. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. bloomberg "surveillance." adam johnson making me feel ancient right now. good to have you back, scarlet fu. young adam johnson is here with top headlines. >> venezuela, the president accusing rivals of being fascists and banding with the u.s. to de-stabilize the economy. the president made the comment and a tv interview last night. arrival fired act to save the world is starting to use the word genocide to describe you. at least nine people have been killed in anti-government protests in the country happening over the past few weeks. a

went off the gold standard they went on the petro dollar you see that the dollar the u.s. dollar is them now backed by oil that's emerging really of heavy industry and currency manipulation and and wall street debt creation but what does goldman sachs met pieces talking about is really the financialization of every single aspect of all industry into nothing more than a way for banks to crank out more every complicated financial widgets that are meant to destroy the economy the host in which this parasite lives the goldman sachs the parasite has been given more leeway to burrow ever deeper into the host being the u.s. in the global economy and no one has stood up to the parasite well the banks in particular benefited most. this are goldman sachs morgan stanley and j.p. morgan chase and he says regarding the oil industry for example this is just how deep the tentacles go but banks aren't just buying stuff they're buying whole industrial processes they're buying oil that's so on the ground the tankers that move it across the sea the refineries that turn it into fuel and the p

tip led investigators to three family members they've identified adds the ring leaders. 53-year-old petro selendon, luis gomez and daughter castellar. authorities showed us some of the evidence that they found in the suspects cars and home. >> approximately 300 credit card. >> the body is the brains of the skimming device that collects and scores the credit card information. >> reporter: also fond a kilogram of cocaine and a cash of assault rifles. gas pumps are locked. but a universal key opens most. investigators say the thieves would install the skimmers and within weeks they would go shopping for luxury goods. each shopping trip netted them up to $60,000 worth of merchandise. >> i think our numbers are conservative. >> reporter: and the owner of this gas station has asked her workers to look for skimming devices every day. amber lee, ktvu. >>> consumer advocates says you should take a close look at the card reader to see if it looks altered: one way to check is to make sure it looks the same as all the others. also avoid using your pin number at the gas pump and if possible simply pay

the execution of convicted plans, a new anonymous supplier of petro bashtol. attorneys have asked for a new background check over a settlement of inhumane drugs with an oklahoma compounding pharmacy. pleading guilt to multiple terrorism related charges. the suspected al-qaeda operative helped to plan the deadly attack of an oil tanker off of the coast of yemen in 2002. a higher profile preenser as part of the plea deal. since 2009, the united states and it's nato allies have dedicated billions of dollars to setting up a new afghan national army. today, only 37,000 sdmrus troops remain in afghanistan and a success or failure of afghans manning their own basis will determine the fate of the country as well as the wisdom of the u.s. strategy. in a rare exclusive look at afghanistan's war through the eyes of the taliban, al jazeera's fault line and danish journalist carsa were embedded with taliban fighters in an operation in logar province. >> sitting at the back of a motor bike, driven by a taliban earlier this evening, we heard the sound of the drones quite ner

tip led investigators to three family members they've identified adds the ring leaders. 53-year-old petro selendon, luis gomez and daughter castellar. authorities showed us some of the evidence that they found in the suspects cars and home. >> approximately 300 credit card. >> the body is the brains of the skimming device that collects and scores the credit card information. >> reporter: also fond a kilogram of cocaine and a cash of assault rifles. gas pumps are locked. but a universal key opens most. investigators say the thieves would install the skimmers and within weeks they would go shopping for luxury goods. each shopping trip netted them up to $60,000 worth of merchandise. >> i think our numbers are conservative. >> reporter: and the owner of this gas station has asked her workers to look for skimming devices every day. amber lee, ktvu. >>> consumer advocates says you should take a close look at the card reader to see if it looks altered: one way to check is to make sure it looks the same as all the others. also avoid using your pin number at the gas pump and if possible simply pay

it happened to a petro station. one person has been confirmed dead. we understand from the reports that the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber. [inaudible] it used to be an area and inhabited and now more or less a mixed area and close to the southern suburbs. with that itself is a very crowded and poor area and right now it is crowded and busy on the street where the explosion happened, jane. >> thank you. we'll leave it there. we are looking at the pictures now of the explosion in south eastern beirut. probably quite a few people were there. we don't know what was behind it. >> two people killed in protests after the police raid on a mosque in kenya. the building was being used to recruit fighters. one man shot dead by the police and an officer was stabbed. kathryn was outside of the court when the suspects arrived. >> i don't know whether you are see it, i will step out of the shot and you can see this truck that is bringing them in. this is a large group, about a hundred of them were arrested yesterday and they are going to be arraigned toda

the economist wrote this week about the united states becoming the new -- the world's new petro stateand had a smiling barack obama, which i do not think we would have dreamed of seeing years ago, but do you agree with the statement that the united states is headed towards being the world new petro >> first of all, it depends on how you define petrol state. i don't want to provide a resource curse. on the other hand, the international energy agency has predicted that the united states will become the world's largest gas producer and oil producer in this decade. we are certainly already the producer inined btu terms of oil and gas. that is very real and we've already discussed some of the economic implications. >>est

pellet. >> petro pellet. you're feeding cattle petroleum? >> reporter: there's only one problem. >> have to call you back. >> reporter: the side effects. chipotle says the four-episode series reportedly costing $250,000 each to make aimed to raise interest among consumers about where their food comes from. >> chipotle as a company is essentially trying to change the way food is raised in this country. it's basically telling stories about how food is raised in an entertaining way. >> and a delicious way to boot. i think it's funny. >> if it works, it works. that's it. >> well said. >> all right, lara. thanks so much. >>> another check of the weather and a little bit of everything. >> yes. >> out there right now. >> finally some changes and some big changes out in the pacific northwest. it was a very wet weekend and also snoqualmie pass was shut down for a time yesterday. they had more than two feet of snow in two days. and now we get another one. i want to play this through. it'll drop big-time rain especially

father land party being in the square a lot campaigns and a main opposition letter and the other is petro, who is an independent. the person that will answer your question more authoritatively on me on who the most likely contender is with me now and it's a political analyst. out of those two names, who would you say is the right person or the most likely person to become an interim prime minister of this country at such a critical time? >> people know who they are. in this difficult time we need somebody to lead ukraine in the future. i think these two countries may be good for people, but maybe would be better for the ukraine. he was in position at a different time. he's in position. i called in some difficult points, but now maybe he can be better. for me it's not the best. >> what about tymoshenko? is she a good president for in country? many people believe she will win. >> many belief she will win, but she had her time to be the prime minister and president in her election, but now something changed. the mentality of the nation changed. now people don't believe anything. just people

i was just wondering through jordan a few weeks ago, and looking through 8,000 year old petro glifs,ng my gosh, that was communication. and today it is all about communication as well. but we are living in a fascinating time where every one is communicationing. so i suppose it is up to the individual. but i feel the way it was and the way it is the way to present it. the brilliance of reality. >> and can i ask you, what your favorite one was in the awards? did you have a favorite apart from your own? >> i don't actually most of the time like my own images. i haven't had too much of a chance to look at it. i have been up since the morning receiving phone calls, but i have seen my colleagues, marcus has a very powerful story on whaling, the images out of of course the middle east and syria, are very pressing and important to our time, and the natural science our environment, that is crucial. really the work i'm doing now is not so much front line combat photography, i have been photographing year after year and not seeing much of a change, and my focus now is the issues that lead to co

the price of petro has started to go up, and ukrainians are worried other goods and services will become more expensive also. there has been some offers of financial lifelines from the european union, from the united states, and from russia, but only if ukraine's parliamentians start to think about a realistic solution to all of this. so while the offer of money is on the table, the ball is now very much in the opposition and in the leadership's court. >> neave barker live for us in kiev. thank you. >>> in bosnia protesters have gathered outside a police sfags in sarajevo. they're calling for the release of people arrested during violent demonstrations at the end of last week. many people are angry at high levels of unemployment and poor living conditions. tim friend explains. >> reporter: the protests and frustrations aimed as bosnia's leaders are unrelenting. the violence has ceased for now, but the passion remains. >> you have to find -- you have to fight for your future because they don't fight for our future anymore. >> reporter: this country is in crisis, years of pent-up anger ove

canada is turning to the kind of petro state under the harper government.same is happening in australia. in certain parts of this country, with the help of the federal government, the same thing is going on. we are creating huge sacrifice zones and in the process, creating huge amounts of carbon pollution and huge amounts of wealth. that wealth is being used to make sure nothing ever changes politically. >> bill, i want to play part of president obama's comments in 2012 when he appeared in cushing, oklahoma, to announce his support for transcanada to build the southern leg of its keystone oil pipeline from oklahoma to texas. >> over the last three years, i've directed my administration to open up millions of acres for gas and oil exploration across 23 different states. we are opening up more than 75% of our potential oil resources offshore. we have quadrupled the number of operating rigs to record high. we have added another new oil and gas pipeline to encircle the earth and then some. so we're drilling all over the place. right now. that is not the challen

she's been named the number one, then you have ibm, number three of pepsi, then the ceo of brazil's petrour. as for her pay, recently mary bar told fortune she never asked for a promotion or a raise and being committed to the job is her key to success, but she's being rewarded anyway, so the board agreed to pay her $1.6 million in the annual sort of cash base salary, then she's eligible for another $2.8 million under a short-term incentive plan, then she's got stock awards tied to company performance, sort of like on a longer term basis. the base salary for a lot of these big execs is a starting point. a lot of stock options can make up of what you take home. despite reports that she's getting less than her male predecessor, apparently that's not the case. >> you make a lot of money on those stocks and pay less taxes on them because they don't count on income, something a lot of people don't understand, partly because it doesn't make a lot of sense. two other points, interesting she didn't ask for a raise. we hear people should ask for raises, particularly if they are doing well. that's i

in caracas i've seen every night for the last couple week we've seen petro bombs and tear gas and occasionally rubber bullets. this is going on every night in caracas. it's mainly a wealthy area of town. they're getting this across the country. that's more important, more organic part of this process. it all began in a western state non-for being quite feisty for lack of a better word. now that's continuing even more. there's more violence and more passion than in caracas. what we're seeing is this protest is much more organic than we've necessarily seen before. protesters, and they tell me, i asked them who do you support, do you support the official leader or leopoldo lopez who is now in jail. some of them don't care. they don't care about the opposition leadership, they just want a change. they want a name to the problem this country faces. 6.3% year. they're crying, there are deaths in this country every single day. it's the same population they're not sure if they want their own, they're not sure, they want to change. >> ifill: is maduro himself allied with chavez, at the now in danger be

.-- petro dollar. >> people are 35 to 40% poorer than they were. >> yes. >> even though the country has money. >> yes. >> i think that sanctions always disproportionately impact the most disadvantaged people in a society. >> mark dub vit heads the foundation for the defense of democracies in washington d.c. he believes that economic pain has served a purpose. he points out that iran's new president rouhani was elected in large part to fix the economy and to reduce saningzs. -- sanctions. and while iranian leaders deny it, he says it was the pain from sanctions that brought iran to the negotiating table in geneva over its nuclear program and says sanctions should be decreased. >> it is to-- to put a fundamental choice between the survival of his regime an a nuclear weapon. and at the very least, those sanctions have now gotten the iranians to the table and i think most people agree that without those sanctions iran's leader would not be negotiating right now. >> but as we saw on our recent visit, many iranians believe sanctions have impacted them in ways beyond just their wallets. at the

part of the world, russia which essentially has a failing system, an economy based on corruption and petro dollars. the talent leaving, a gigantic part of the world moerlsz imploding. it's hard 0 to not seep how that is not a major issue. >> chris, i want to talk about obama. i do think that this becomes a leadership challenge. you heard susan rice say, it's not in our interests to go into syria. there's a lot of agreement about that. but nevertheless, have you another country falling apart, that's syria, iraq looks like 80s listing a bit because of sectarian division. do you think this president has been clear enough what america stands for? >> i think he's clear about what he stands for which is not to get involved in any who are countries. it is consistent with the american people's sense of pulling back. what i found interesting over the weekend not the olympics but in ukraine, they're wearing ski masks which told me that the people involved with the overthrow of the president there are not at all comfortable that this is going to hold. that the russians are coming. you don't want to b

seeing it in caracas is saying lots of every night for the last couple week we've seen stones and petro bombs and occasionally rubber bullets. this is going on every night in caracas. it's mainly a wealthy area of town. getting this across the country, that's more important, that's the more organic part of this process. it began in a western administrate known as being quite feisty for want of a better word. now that's more violence and even more passion than it is in caracas. what we're seeing is this protest is much more organic than we've necessarily seen before. protesters tell me, i asked them, who do you support. do you support the official leader or leopoldo perhaps who is now in jail as you might know. they told me they don't care. they don't care about the opposition leadership. they just want a change. they want an end a to the problems this country faces, the inflation 6.3% inflation over the last year. they're crying. there are deaths every single day in this country this year. that's two and-a-half times than last year with the same population. they are primarily shooting a

still petro with us, you are talking about the fact that you have established a short here of 30 stockss a funding market is concerned. so how much portion is there in. >> they are the place to look. the problem we merging markets you normally have is it's the same group of investors with the emerging market funds when a country takes the hit, then they start reducing risk of across the board and then have the domino effect. so i mean there's a profit with the indonesian corporate bond which will double our money in the next few months. there are definitely opportunities to really being a stock pick and a fixed income and put the stocker pictures. >>> pedro, never enough time. and what's up with whatsapp. details on what is behind the problem coming up, next. so we're up early. up late. thinking up game-changing ideas, like this: dozens of tax free zones across new york state. move here. expand here. or start a new business here... and pay no taxes for 10 years. with new jobs, new opportunities and a new tax free plan. there's only one way for your business to go. up. find out if your b

, but do you agree with the statement that the united states is headed towards being the world new petro >> first of all, it depends on how you define petrol state. i don't want to provide a resource curse. on the other hand, the international energy agency has predicted that the united states will become the world's largest gas producer and oil producer in this decade. we are certainly already the producer inined btu terms of oil and gas. that is very real and we've already discussed some of the economic implications. >> thank you so much. thank you all for coming. this has been a memorable first luncheon for me and i hope you will come back for many more, starting with next monday. we are adjourned. [applause] >> energy secretary announcing today at lunch and the approval by the energy department of a 6.5 million dollars federal loan guarantee for the first nuclear power plant built from scratch in this country in more than three decades. the secretary tomorrow travels to georgia to visit the construction site of that $14 billion nuclear power plant construction facility. if you missed

. >>: >>james: senator charles schumer of new york is calling on the russian government to allow petro yogurt to be delivered to sochi for u.s. olympic athletes and in bs-nbc studios employees. a shipment of the yogurt is being held up at new work liberty international airport in new jersey because of unattainable russian customs certifications. the u.s. department of agriculture has requested that russia approved a usda safety certificate for the yogurt but schumer said russia's still won't allow the shipment. the yogurt is an official sponsor of the u.s. olympic team. >>: >>darya: coming up on the kron4 morning news facebook is taking users on a stroll down memory lane. and the warriors would rather forget to-just forget the charlotte bobcats. you talk about the team . at hlshi far spicis t spi ofife. th's w ourraften ason eve sauge perftly. so you c coaout grt flor . llshe rm beuse 's wth dog rit. ere'a reon o slo asted turk tas so esh. conds after carvg, we n onlsealverylice doue se it. e results are sothint. conds after carvg, hillire rm beace it wor doinrigh >>erica: welcome back

they say dow has asked shareholders to accept its word that third point's proposal to split the petro specialty chemical businesses would not increase value. unfortunately, dow's lack of transparency means we know neither the methodology nor even the advisers used to arrive at that decision. transparency is essential considering dow's undistinguished track record of capital allocation decisions. third point going on to say they are prepared now to sign a nondisclosure agreement to review and discuss the analysis that led dow to those conclusions. we look forward, they say, to having a constructive dialogue among our own financial advisers. ceo of dow and dow's board which we believe, third point says, can ultimately result in significant value for all shareholders. so that's the latest development in this ongoing story. you see what the stock is doing right now. it is down about 1.5%. it has been down throughout much of the day once dow did release that statement this morning saying that they were in effect rejecting dan loeb's call for the company to split. now dan loeb fires back. b

sandra: petro quest energy, you have to make a case for a turnaround, stock is down 12% so far this yearbread-and-butter operations in the gulf coast, they are not in a sexier domestic sale plays be talk about that 70% natural gas, we did think the company will generate $30 million in free cash flow and be able to go double digit production and earnings the next couple years. sandra: natural gas specifically where they see prices go from here? we heard phil mentioned on the trading floor concerned that after this cold winter that the end of season storage is going to be depleted for next year. how high could prices go when they are just over $5? >> you will see short-term speights, there's enormous volatility in the short term. 450 is a good long-term proxy. an issue and no one has paid enough attention to is increased gas exports to mexico, several large projects in place could increase exports by 3 to 4 a day which is 76 bcf of lower 48 production. we know supplies are coming primarilyyfrom the appalachian area and ohio. we think there's a more balanced environment. sandra: thank you f

there's some russian and chinese companies that are still in there but a lot of companies, petro vietnam is leaving, one of the big russian companies is leaving, gas prom is pulling out, not gasprom but lukoil is pulling out, gasprom is still there. number of other companies from eastern europe and china that are part of it but even they are beginning to feel uncomfortable because of the policy environment, they have currency controls, they have a lot of other things. so they're going to get support from china and from russia, but their energy sector is in such disrepair and the politics are falling apart. >> bob, thank you for coming in this morning. bring henry with you next time. >> maybe he'll come. >> strange bedfellows. you know he was a republican, right? >> yes, i worked for the republican administration. >> i know you did. >> including nixon, ford and reagan. >> you've steadily moved. >> i'm a pragmatist. i'm a pro-market pragmatist. >> i just read something the president had a chance to consult with kissinger on something and didn't. why would you not talk to henry kissinger ab