united united nations. in kiev the new government said ukraine is ready to deal with russia's military presence along it's eastern, southern, and northern borders. >> we can mobilize 20,000 volunteers and reservists to the ministry of defense and another 12,002,000 to the national guard. >> ukraine's foreign minister met with n.a.t.o. secretary general to request technical equipment to deal with crimea. he also asked for more monitors. shortly after crimea's referendum sunday supporters in stormed the prosecutors office. all eyes are on ukraine's eastern border with russia. >> 160 years ago the world's great powers squared off on the peninsula simmering worldwide rival creeds with enormous loss of life. russia lost sevastrepol to the french. the struggle runs to the economic as well as the military. what happens now that crimea has declared itself free of ukraine. this is on "inside story." phil ittner is in kiev and jennifer glass is in sevat erpol in crimea. you're in what some people consider the world's newest country or renegade province. what signs are there that something new is going on after the vote? >> well, you know, it's been an exciting two days here. where the people have been out on the streets. they were celebrating yesterday even before the polls closed. they were literally dancing in the streets, flying the russian flag, when you got up yesterday morning the polls were jammed on sunday morning. it's been a jubilant mood. we've had fireworks along with the signing of the legislation. the parliament was up early declaring independence, a breakaway from ukraine and basically sign, seal, and deliver what the referendum had already decided yet. >> is this to your --is this a sign of short transition before some sort of closer union with russia, or are there people who are interested in entirin spearing a middle course between kiev and moscow? >> here, i don't think so. they made very clear, you saw a huge turnout numbers in the referendum and in 97% vote to head to russia. i think it's very clear. they want to head back to the motherland. a lot of people believe what nikita kruschev did in 1954 was a mistake. then is went a big deal because it was the soviet union. thea lot of people here said thy never wanted to be part of ukraine any way. they always felt close for russia. and of course this is home to the russian black sea fleet. you have russians from russia who serve in the military here as well. they have even been closer to russia. so i don't think they're steering a course between kiev and here. a lot of people talk with alarm about kiev. they've been watching russian television, telling them that fascists are coming down to attack them here. they say they're happy the russian forces are here to protect them. i think a pro-russian sentiment with flags flying. they were giving out the russian anthem today outside of city hall. >> phil ittner outside of the capitol of kiev. phil, there have been brave words of defiance from elected officials. but are people starting to feel like crimea has slipped through their fingers, that this is over? >> well, as far as crimea is concerned i think they have. it's a bitter pill to swallow for people here in kiev, but it's de facto and already happened. what has people more concerned is not the peninsula. they're convinced that russia has grander designs in the east of the country where there are a lot more russian ethnic russians who speak russian and have ties to the russian federation. the the feeling here in kiev is that russia will try to take that part of the country as well. we've been hearing for quite some time that the intelligence community here in ukraine has evidence or information that there are agent provocators . they're just really deeply concerned about that because that is mainland ukraine. we have heard repeatedly from the government here in kiev that if russia does try to take that part of this country, that that will be unacceptable. that will be one thing too many for the government here in kiev. they say they will fight now. we have seen in the last few days the beating of almost war drums here in kiev. they're calling up reservists. people are going after recruitment centers. there are ads in heavy rowcation on the national television here in which they're urging the local population to give money to the defense ministry, to help build or re-build their military. in addition they're saying start sending us food stuff, things that will be of assistance to soldiers. there is a real deep concern that this is not the end of things with crimea, but really just the beginning. >> even with that kind of national mobilization and that sense of threat is ukraine equipped in any way to resist the russians if they really tried to make a move in eastern you crane? >> no, not at all they're down to a fraction of what they used to be they are calling up reservists. the national reserve that was called up just a few days ago has people going out and training for a couple of days, and then they're talking about sending them out to the east. so what could potentially be the front lines. the military here is very much aware that they can't stand up to the russian army if, indeed, it goes to a toe-to-toe fight. we're hearing from the intelligence sources here in the capitol that there are partisan plans drawn up. they are drawing up plans for asymmetrical warfare. they said that their air defense is good. they're not particularly worried about attacks on the capitol but they're very much concerned about army forces along the border up in the east, northeast, and now, crimea. again, it has to be reiterated that there is this sense that this is not over. that crimea was just the beginning, and that there will be open conflict before too long. >> sounds much closer to war than anyone would have speculated about two weeks ago. my thanks to my guests. we'll take a break. when we come back we'll take a closer look at the power of sanctions and whether the economic pressure will de-escalate this crisis. this is "inside story." >> welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. russian president putin signeeda decree recognizing crimea as a sovereign and independent country. the united states and europe have been talking tough with russian president putin, and today backed up the talk with economic action. the u.s. sanctions primarily target russians close to putin's inner majo circle. the question is whether going after the money will make putin back down. joining us from stockholm, senior program officer for germany marshal fund. and georg from san francisco, post doc post doc doctorate fellow . is there a reality taking shape that is much different from what governments in washington, brussels and elsewhere are ready to recognize? >> i certainly think that it's created very quickly on the ground. it seems to be --this is not an i am positive reaction impulsive reaction. this is a scenario at play here that is well thought out, and that's to substantiate a better bargaining position for negotiations at the e.u. and united states, this is really at the beginning as said in the report, this is something that at this stage i think it's very hard to forecast. >> nadia

. >> we hope that the united states, president obama and united states government actually when make some action and we hope that the united nations troop has come to crimea and united nation troops need to come to make stability in this region. >> you crimian supporters protested russian's involvement by rallying in front of the consulate in san francisco. >>> showers beginning to wind down for tonight after what's been a couple of really wet days. here is live storm tracker 4 and not much showing up on the radar this evening. there were a couple sprinkles here and still a couple on the east of palo alto around the airport there, south of the dumbarton bridge. for the most part, we are quieting things down for tonight after stormy weather since tuesday. rainfall totals since tuesday have been impressive, 1:00 to two inches. sunny vale up to three inches plus for san rafael but the water relocation from the series of storms, definitely the santa cruz mountains, typically, that is a dry spot. now, for this evening, there could be a fray shower. otherwise partly cloudy skies. isolated showers in the morning but the showers will pick

already there. >> so it's easier to conduct those -- >> not if it's through the united nations and i do cover the unitedations. i am not going to say the united nations can't do anything, we cover the united nations, they do a pretty good job on a lot of things. >> they're pretty corrupt, aren't they? >> it's open anyway, the technology is all right there and other people are all right using it. >> critics, and i have heard them say this, that the handover is a "kumbaya" measure by president obama, let's show how inclusive and open we can be and forget all the dangers, do you think he's being naive? >> i laid it out in chapter and verse, giving the proper evidence and argument as to why this is so dangerous. but the president was in full appeasement and apology mode at that time and he's carrying it through today, to somehow think that something that we invented, that we're protecting, and you just heard it from ellen, the mystery that's created by others, it's going to be open season for countries like china and russia and others. >> i want you to react to what brad wrote, i'm sure you read his comment

we just heard from the united states -- the russian ambassador to the united nations, vitaly churkin. i want to also play some sound right now from the united states ambassador to the united nations, samantha power, who is criticizing russia's recent actions. take a listen. >> russian's actions speak much louder than its words. what is happening today is not a human rights protection mission and it is not a consensual intervention. what is happening today is a dangerous military intervention in ukraine. it is an act of aggression. it must stop. >> cnn's anderson cooper is live in kiev where he's been monitoring the very latest developments. we're also squoinjoined by the u.s. ambassador to ukraine, michael mcfaul who now teaches at stanford university. michael, i guess i could call you, or professor -- i called you ambassador last time we spoke -- >> you can call me whatever you want. >> your reaction to this remarkable united nation' testimony by the russian federation ambassador to the united nations, vitaly churkin trying to justify what russia did, what's your immediate reaction? >> well, my immediate reaction is not that much different

united nations united states and the international monetary fund are coming to the aid of ukraine while loving for sanctions towards moscow. mckenzie on reports the next beaches has thrown its support behind ukraine and further isolated brush after an international community for its actions in crying yet. the general assembly approved a nonbinding resolution that affirms ukraine's territorial integrity and call the referendum for crying in succession in the eagle one hundred member countries voted in favor of the resolution with eleven voting against the eagles and twenty four caps next the next week is applying pressure to rochelle supporting me. yes congress is promoting bills that would provide one billion dollars in loan guarantees to ukraine and one to fifteen million dollars in direct assistance the house of representatives is expected to approve the legislation friday in washington in which the senate passed the day before with bipartisan support the legislation is known to include more senior russian officials and cooperation. now the subject after the season travel team hsbc sa

we have no choice but to defend our country. >> the united nations and security council met to discuss this crisis. >> good evening from the unitedations on the east side of manhattan, where the security council, a body charged to look after world peace is meeting to discuss the situation. the meeting was called for by the ambassador to the united nations. it was a behind closed door, no conclusion reaching the end of the either meeting. let's begin the coverage by turning to the russian ambassador to the united nations. he cited the february 21st power sharing agreement with the new government, but immediately fell apart as a reason why moscow is concerned for the safety of its citizens inside ukraine. >> the parliament with its new membership, the ukrainian parliament, with the traumatic changes, why did it first, off the top, take a - make a decision to take away the language legislation, which says people have the right to use the minority languages not only of russian language, but others. why the first day was that decision taken to take those away. >> what can be done at the united nations to try to sort the situation out.

communities to find out their particular problem, especially after i worked for the united nations with refugees. the unitedions cannot solve the problem of the minority people. they always have a solution for the majority of people but i always go there to find out a particular problem of the small community or minority. even before the disaster project or temporary structure, it has to be beautiful and comfortable. it is no different from buildings i am working on. >> why did you become an architect? >> first, i wanted to be a carpenter. >> you are fascinated about building at a very young age, hammers, nail, wood, building things. >> when i was small i did not know what an architect was. it is like a conductor. you need to be a team leader. >> you came to the united states and you went to the cooper union and what was that experience like for you? >> my father was very angry i decided to go after high school. nobody knew about it. it was my dream to be accepted but my father was very angry because it doesn't sound like a school. this is my dream since high school. that is why i became the architect there

we heard the strong statements from n.a.t.o., the united nation, the united states - is that the show of support that the ukrainian government wants at this point? >> yes, absolutely. they are craving it as a matter of fact. have you to keep in mind this is a brand new government. many of them are not career politicians. they are trying to find their way. they are trying to basically learn the job on the job. so, you know, they have got to build up their support. they have got have a stronger moral. there's a real sense here that this is a government in disarray. they are just learning what to do, they are brand new and have external threats coming from russia. they have got to figure it out. they are also dealing with the situation that they swept away many of the people that do the job. today they announced - the prime minister announced he'd by appointing 18 regional governors to set up a network over the large country on thou function as a government. now, there has been some concern. there's concern because at least two of them are former oligarchs, men that came to power through

how much support does moscow have it the united nations from other parts of the world? >> there are 50 members of the united nations security counsel. 10 of them are rotating members. all members that spoke today expressed concerns and opposition for russia's action in crimea and ukraine. for russia inrt the united nations security council and it was a very angry session. talking about the reagan administration's invasion of grenada in 1983. the british ambassador speaking of 1956-19 68, a reference to the soviet crackdown of what was hungary and czechoslovakia. history is on everyone's mind. as world leaders struggle to find a solution in ukraine, president obama was dealing with the elusive middle east these plan, welcoming judgment netanyahu to the white house. toughama stressed decisions now need to be made by israel. it is a topic i discussed with former middle east envoy, george mitchell, but we begin with the major news of the day in ukraine. lex president obama said russia is on the wrong side of history. with all of your experience negotiating trouble spots, is that an effective type of language to

every time that is real is subjected to attacks on legitimacy of the united nations or from any nation. the unitedtates will use every tool we have to defeat the efforts. and we will stand for his rail. >> behind the scenes president obama is sending a tougher message. in an interview ahead of the meeting he warned that time is running out to make a deal with the palestinians saying: >> he warned of increased international isolation. on monday he was subtle when meeting with binyamin netanyahu. >> the time set up for completing the negotiations is coming near and tough decisions will have to be made. regardless, they'll make their decisions based on israel's commitment to security. >> binyamin netanyahu says he will not be pressured and repeated that. >> the best way to guarantee these is to be strong. that's what the people of israel expect me to do, to stand strong against pressure. to secure the future of the one and only jewish state. >> that is a welcome stand to many who don't believe the u.s. would ever turn away from israel. >> i think this may be a threat, an empty threat. i don't know wh

then union united nations -- united nations security council discusses intervention in ukraine. later the comments of secretary of state john kerry. >> on the next washington journal, we will be joined by national political reporter robert cost to discuss the administration's proposed budget for fiscal 2015 and republican alternative. you can call in with your questions about the political unrest in ukraine for stephen from who is ambassador 1998-2000. washington journal is live every day at 7 a.m. eastern. join the conversation on facebook or twitter. >> president says russia has violated ukraine's sovereignty and that the u.s. is considering economic and diplomatic measures to isolate russia. the comments came during a photo israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. this is 15 minutes. >> well, it is a pleasure, once again, to well, president netanyahu to the oval office there is no one i have met moore or consulted with more. it is a testament to the incredible bond between our two nations. i have said it before, and i will repeat, we do not have a closer friend or ally than

unite -- united nations protest -- he made a glorious speech. he speaks before dr. king and they had a -- not a falling out but after the meredith march where stokely had unveiled the black power slogan with different activists, there's a famous repartee between king and stokely where stokely said that we used you, dr. king so we could unleash this phrase because the media was going to be here. black power. and dr. king says, stokely, i've been used before, won't be the first time. but certain people around dr. king said after the meredith march in june of 1966, we don't want king and stokely sharing a stage again, and they don't share a stage again until april of 1967. what is interesting is that they really find common ground in opposition to the vietnam war. so, dr. king does three really important antivietnam speeches in april of 1967. one is april 4th in riverside, new york. the second is at the united ebenezer baptist, and it's the end of april and the called stokely carmichael up saturday night and says that, stokely, i want you to come. what are you doing tomorrow morning? and stokely says, dr. king, like a good heathen, i'm not going to be in church. i'm just working for the people. and dr. king says, well, stokely, i want you to come tomorrow, and he says why? and he says, tomorrow i'm going to really come out against the vietnam war, and then there's silence on the line between them. and stokely says that, i'm going to be there on the front row tomorrow. and when you look at footage of king's speech, it's stokely carmichael in april of 1967 who is leading the standing ovation for dr. king's antipar -- anti-war speech. it's incredible the coverage of these activists. by 1967, newspaper reporters and journalists are saying that carmichael and king are working hand in hand together and it's interesting because we don't remember it that way. they're saying these guys are basically

united nations? >> i think the united nations is in a very difficult position. e security council if they go ahead on saturday with this vote, that will be a one shot. they won't actually be able to do that again, really to condemn what has happened. so in many ways it will be hard to reverse what will have happened on the ground. the defactor status of crimea will be that crimea is no longer part of ukraine. it will create a big headache and depends a little bit on how the russia president and parliament respond after the referendum, which now looks pretty unstoppable, and whether they actually go the next step and welcome crimea into the federation >> james thank you very much for that. >>> well in eastern ukraine rival demonstrators have been fighting each other with deadly results, and supporters of the transitional ukraine government battled pro-russia demonstrators. at least one person was killed and up to 20 others in the city. v -- >>> ukraine's national guard has begun training its first group of recruits. paul beban has more. >> reporter: they are proud

. >> guest: april 15, 1967, a picture from the unite -- united nations protest -- he made a gloriouspeech. he speaks before dr. king and they had a -- not a falling out but after the meredith march where stokely had unveiled the black power slogan with different activists, there's a famous repartee between king and stokely where stokely said that we used you, dr. king so we could unleash this phrase because the media was going to be here. black power. and dr. king says, stokely, i've been used before, won't be the first time. but certain people around dr. king said after the meredith march in june of 1966, we don't want king and stokely sharing a stage again, and they don't share a stage again until april of 1967. what is interesting is that they really find common ground in opposition to the vietnam war. so, dr. king does three really important antivietnam speeches in april of 1967. one is april 4th in riverside, new york. the second is at the united nations in new york. the third is ebenezer baptist, and it's the end of april and the called stokely carmichael up saturday night and

tonight world leaders including nato the european union, united nations and united states are all demanding that russia back down. ukraine's interim leader says his country is on the brink of disaster. >> we urge president putin to pull back his military. >>> inside parliament the entry rim prime minister made a plea to prevent war. outside the streets of kiev were filled with fresh memories of bloodshed during the ousting of the former russian backed leader. ukraine called off the troops. >> reporter: ukraine's defense council said his country does not have the military to fend off russia. >> this is an aggression. even aggression is a threat of war. >> russia thought this brazen act of aggression. >> reporter: but no one is offering military support to ukraine. the u.s. is emphasizing diploma cy and sanctions. this afternoon, john kerry announced he will go to kiev. >> i believe russia will set its stage to try to present a different face on. in moscow a group of prokers prokers -- protesters showed support. president obama today spoke with his counter parts in great britain, poland and g

our united nations soldiers -- our united nations soldiers effective at pushing back terrorist groups? no, they are not. >> an interview right here at embry riddle three years ago, hamas and his he were more dangerous -- hezbollah were more dangerous than anyone we were going to get. a sum of bin laden, any of the others. do you believe his he -- hezbollah and hamas are the biggest terrorist threats to united states? >> lets me start -- let me start with hezbollah. it is a shia group. it is present in 100 groups, including mexico. they are joining forces with mexican drug lords. a lot of tunnels have been discovered in tijuana and san diego. not only do they smuggle weapons. they smuggle people. for the second one, hamas is less dangerous in north america, but they are definitely dangerous in the middle east. >> we are going to take questions from the audience. think of what you would like to ask. we are going to come left into right. you can ask your questions of dr. matusitz for the next few moments. i want to ask this because it's very sensitive, but very important. there is -- i t

we just heard from the united states -- the russian ambassador to the united nations, vitaly churkin. i want to also play some sound right now from the unitedited nations, samantha power, who is

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united nations. the government in the united nations cannot solve the problem of the minority people. they have a solution for that minority people, but i always go there to find out the particular problem of the small community or small minority people to start my design. even before the disaster relief project or temporary structure, it has to be beautiful and comfortable. it's no different from other buildings i'm working on. >> charlie: how did you become an architect? >> first i wanted to be a carpenter. i like to work with timber. >> charlie: you were fascinated by building at a young age, the idea of hammers, nails and wood and building things. >> yes. but then -- yeah, very small, i didn't know there was a professional architects. i knew architects are like the conductor. we have to be the team leader which i was interested in doing. >> charlie: you came to the united states. >> yes. >> charlie: you went to the cooper union. >> yes. >> charlie: and what was that experience like for you? >> well, first of all, this is -- my father was very angry that i decided to go to the u.s.

and we do have other national guard units that were largely spanish speaking units. that they were based in areas where the population was really spanish speaking population, so that when they went in, they were speaking spanish most of the time. >> professor swartz if you look back at the 90's and the first decade of this century, there have been many occasions when presidents of both parties and all different kinds of backgrounds themselves. military and non, have given awarding to aging gentlemen that served in previous conflict. so that idea of going back and checking a service record isn't new, but how should we understand this latest one. as part of a defense authorization, appropriation bill, a promise to go back and look atrd robust responses to see if men were cheated out of a higher accommodation. >> yes, i think it's partly obviously it has elements of political desire to rectify wrongs but also to comment, in a sense, i think there is a background to this of trying to say that the united states is always been more diverse than many accept that. i think in

united states voted against the united nations resolutions of resolution today requiring states using arms and runs an anti terrorism operations to comply with international law the resolution sponsored by pakistan yemen and switzerland urges transfer and record keeping and independent investigations of human rights violations and reward. although the us carried out the majority of these types of attacks country along with france and great britain. against the resolution saying it was not appropriate for the forum to discuss weapon systems nevertheless a house with twenty seven twenty seven states in favor. meanwhile another un human rights watchdog released a report this week criticizing the last one drum program and its human rights record. our teas green importantly it brings us more on the report it's the practice for the us initiation to criticize other countries for human rights failures but now the tables are being turned to the un human rights committee has released eleven page report on with the us catalog in a string of serious concerns regarding mass surveillance torture drone strikes america's notorious prison system. capital punishment and that washington's ongoing failure to close one time obey the guantanamo bay prison now the committee has said that that i miss the secret surveillance programs first revealed by edward snowden have had an adverse impact on the right to privacy and un officials are calling on the west to overhaul its surveillance activities to ensure they comply with u s and international law additionally me about initiation is urged to create a legal pathways for restitution that can be taken by people what they might just be spied on. speaking of justice the un committee by denouncing the us prison system for jailing homeless people in juveniles and allowing thousands of non violent offenders to blame bush in prison for decades as a result of mandatory minimum sentencing. the us is being urged all set to end its death penalty and would make its use of solitary confinement. however america's justice system if it can be handed on to everyone the report criticized the ministry said for failing to prosecute senior members of its armed forces and private contractors involved in targeted killings. us officials found only a meager number of criminal charges have been brought against low level operatives. meanwhile america's drug program which is used for targeting killings. it also came under speeding attack the human rights panel has concluded that the program is cloudy and a lack of transparency and is on the air of who qualifies as a legitimate targets. officials say every us us drone strike should be subject to independent oversight right now that is not the case we should mention that not all the findings in the report was that the key un human rights committee has praised us for making improvements such as the two thousand ninth and on c i a torture and interrogation helping to curb human trafficking and taking steps to and racial profiling such as that stopping first program in new york city. the catering apartment in reporting but presidential elections looming in ukraine politicians in kiev are increasingly at all to one another. the coming race appears to be dissolving shaky alliance which helped bring the opposition to power turning revolution ally to bitter rivals arsenal fc are shocking reports. situation surrounding ukraine is still pretty much cleared out both domestically and externally first off when you kong which is breaking out between the so called light snack to be a radical. for all the protests in t town of those in power right now in the range and high capital i've always been. one of the right sectors activists the time and wished this week barely get me to get him on the wii. it's the reason is that to step down and out of place. consequences for what he believes to be having orchestrated the golf frontage the interior minister refused to step down of the parliamentary he was initially to review his resignation but. late on thursday evening and several hundred activists of their rights back to the beach we tried to storm the ukrainian parliament several other than just getting that demanding the resignation of pink and industry minister and the doctor in question was meant to be raised at the morning session of the parliament again attended by several hundred dollars provides actor activist with clubs knives and some even reported to have guns on them essentially armband in the long run of the parliament decided against sacking the interior minister at the moment of promise to create a special commission which would investigate the mysterious death opens out into the school also known as such in the ligue one of the activists of one of the probably most well known activists of the reit sector and only then make conclusions whether the interior minister would be sad that this is something which has been long coming according to a maniac with ukraine because local people as i got to be independent with no corporate is raking in the mass protests over the past month have been happy with the way the new authorities have been handing themselves the authorities themselves are fighting with each other we know that they are three parties in that idea because something crazy to see eye to eye. also on the interesting part of the story happening right now is the information coming mostly from the ukrainian media that the russians are i'm kinda late teens or to send them to have the war toys near the border with ukraine in the southern part of russia summit in the argument according the top two hundred thousand russian soldiers may be. on the grass on the border with ukraine as well as a lot of times that these yarns and different machinery of war machinery as well. this is something of the russian foreign ministry is denouncing sharply saying that yes indeed there is a drill and electric drill in the southern parts of russia but it's not violating any kind of international laws and in fact the international observers from the boise have conducted there comes a story which acts on the ground how many russian troops and russian war toys out there can be found nothing suspicious and there's absolutely no grounds to talk about a possible integration of ukraine something which is now being peered inside the country and many have been talking about it. a couple so this is one of the points where the us president and where washington bound edition of ease the pressure on russia saying that most go must withdraw troops on the border or else with grace and for the sanctions coming from us and probably he knew the foreign ministers of russia said that this has no grounds and russia is not letting any sort of innovation so still remains pretense that both domestically and study but some experts in ukraine with their opinion that this weekend may be crucial for the for the development in the story of course we keeping track of everything which is happening in ukraine thirty some years after reporting. as afghanistan gears up for next week's presidential elections violence the country is scaling up. the last of its capital kabul on friday when guest house came under insurgent attack the taliban claimed responsibility for the assault that killed a child. afghan capital was just meters away from where the insurgents attacked. this is the third attack in ten days now i guess the field the icon the excursion that happened in the guesthouse afghan and foreign citizens i'm told that about four pm we were actually about eight hundred meters away. when she heard a loud explosion last stop on the mobile billing into the air. the guillotine afghan authorities the insurgents detonated a bomb at this point guesthouse many gunmen entered the scene shortly thereafter and for several hours we witness a prolonged. the site and afghan forces what a riot on the seat of course afghanistan is heading to the polls in just about a week to elect a new president and this comes as violence has spiraled and escalated in the country not just the price of gas and here in the capital on tuesday insurgents attacked an election commission office here in the capital and just a week before that about that ten days ago we saw a very devastating attack against the highly fortified hotel cure the serena hotel in which nine people were killed including a prominent journalist could tell by how much worse this selection against intensely first ever democratic handover of power and bake another data shows that these insurgents are certainly bent on making good on that i was promised. in kabul. a sixteen billion dollar arms deal back in two thousand camels washington's largest in the us on huge amounts of weapons to saudi arabia a huge amount of whale is coming the other way. in two thousand eleven alone riyadh supplied america with crew that worked over forty six billion dollars. as president obama visit to saudi arabian 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he is the ambassador to the united nations to the united nations, heard through a translator. another headline -- the ukraine crisis catches the world off guard. country,nt to invade a it is important for liberation. look at crimea. russian troops fly in to help with this. they are calling it nazis in u kraine. the statement from chuck hagel issued yesterday -- without a change on the ground, russia risks further instability in the region, isolation and the international community and an escalation that would threaten the european and international security." the press secretary to the defense security. democratic line. mark inmove on to michigan. serious things to talk about. independent line. caller: good morning. good morning america. you know what is going on in ukraine? chris explains it very well. there is a mass extinction underway. the wealthiest of our societies around the world have taken over government, they have taken over military, and in order to slow down this, they are eradicating poverty. host: thank you for the call. some photographs yesterday -- this is from

express my gratitude to the austrian foreign ministers and his colleagues and the united nations and office of the unitedions in vienna for having provided all of the facilities for these meetings. on the basis of the timetable of the -- on the basis of the framework of the previous terms of negotiations over the last two days of talks, we have had very content-full, very serious talks and useful talks in relation to a series of issues that included enrichment of iraq reactor and peaceful cooperation, nuclear cooperation and sanctions. once again, from the 9th of april, we are going to meet up again in vienna and carry on our talks on the substance of the issues that could be followed up within the framework of the comprehensive solution between now and the formal meetings, the experts and technical colleagues are going to meet up to discuss the details of the -- of the issues in the upcoming meetings. once again, i would like to thank you very much, and i would also like to congratulate the persian new year. thank you. >> thanks, everyone. see you in two and a half weeks' time. >> listening to iran's fo

united nations had its meeting, extraordinary meeting. and we declared that what is going on in ukraine is the act of aggression from the russian side against ukraine. so we proved it by the united nations documents which are defining the act of aggression which started long before the decision of the russian parliament. russian ambassador could not explain the exact reason why they send the troops to ukraine. the pretext, he explain he expl absolutely shocking. because is to protect russian speaking population. couldn't imagine russians could protect any russian-speaking around the world, including here at united nations. in united states, in brooklyn. so it means that the explaining from russia's side absolutely unacceptable pretext which is not foreseen by the international laws. so that's why today the prime minister said what he said and yesterday we were supported by the critics in the united nations really estimating that it is an act of aggression. >> i think that clearly world opinion is on the side of the government in kiev. my question to you is, okay, it's a declaration of war by russia. let's accept that that is what those movement of russian troops over the border

united nation where the u.s. and 12 other members of the united nations voted to condemn the crimea vote. it is expected to veto the vote. u.s. ambassador samantha power told nbc news it shows how president putin is isolated. >> our hope is that this vote in showing that the entire world stands with international law, with the ukraine people, with the territorial integrity that somehow it will affect his calculus, if it does not, russia will feel the outcome. >> they made final preparations for tomorrow's vote with the heavy russian military presence in the region. >> reporter: on the eve of the referendum, the russians have locked down crimea. ukraine soldiers are prisoners in their own bases, the russia robbers have a sprawling camp outside, there appear to be elite troops giving little away. ukraine ships are blockaded in their bases, too. one ukraine commander showed me the fence laid by the russians, along the area, they patrol the bay. what is happening here is part of a pattern that is being repeated right across the crimea. they say they are still taking their orders from kiev and

united nations john bolton. the russian ambassador to the united nations did not sound like a man giving guidance to the world that vladimir putin and when it comes to the ukraine. >> putin has a strategy and knows what russia's interests are in the ukraine and they are substantial from his point of view. he holds the cards economically, militarily. he will use them. when the president of united states is a matter for the ukrainians to workout he will not treat this as the cold war chess board and talk about violations of international law having consequences. so vladimir putin takes out the pen makes the checkmark no problem with america. and continues. lou: heavily armed men in camouflage with the nationality insignia the major-general says talking about security contractors is something wrong but actually they are russian special forces, special operations using see a case 74 this is the weapon choice. >> leading from behind is one consequence putin has decided what he won sandy will take it and nobody will do anything about it. lou: is anybody paying attention? although he spoke less than three minutes and cou

they appealed to the united nations to declare crimea and unit trusts and moscow was unimpressed. i'm not pro russian troops tightened their hold and feed on what tuesday the washington post reported that the us national security agency had recorded the content of every single phone call in one country the post said documents provided by format and is a contract with snowden show the existence of the boys and deception program known as mystic since two thousand and nine. the white house refused on to questions on the reports. i don't have a response to it except to say that we don't. as a general comment on the specific allegation. four report. this week's revelations increase pressure on president barack obama who has repeatedly assured americans that the nsa spying on ordinary people. the washington post is not identified the target country saying government officials worried that could hurt the us. the documents suggest that the nsa at least had contingency plans to carry out similar eavesdropping operations in other countries. on thursday german chancellor and the medical tell

we asktional monitors all member states of the united nations to demonstrate solidarity with the ukraine to protect the very basic principals of the united nations currently brutally violated by a permanent state, a prominent member of the security council. thank you, madam president. thank you for your attention. >> i thank the representative from ukraine for his statement and i now give the floor to members of the security council. i give the floor to the representative of the russian federation. >> thank you, madam president. first of all, i would like to thank my -- i would like to express my sympathy to you. under your presidency in just the two hours we wasted on discussing the format for this meeting, and we agreed that in an open format only three people would speak. mr. ellerson, my ukrainian colleague and the russian federation. as i understand, some of the colleagues of the security council already intend to break with this, but what can you do? there is a game without rules. i would like to thank him for his briefing and support the idea he ended on, the yad that -- the idea in this situation cooler heads must prevail. unfort

united states, united states army and presidio, san francisco. i worked for the national park service. and before i retired, i worked for the united states park police. i understand fully conflict of interest. when we san franciscans created this commission, we created a commission where our commissioners are diverse commissioners, as i see it, you seated, that you all would adjudicate all matters in the proper manner. high standards, very high standards. and as you know he, on this matter we are one or two in the audience who participated in -- on the relevant and pertinent deliberations. we did. you commissioners today will be bombarded with statements where those stating what they're going to state will not have the empirical data, the real facts. but we are lucky, very lucky that we have some astute commissioners who can discern and that their heart is in the right place. this is about morals. this is about ethics. this is about standards. this is not about selling out the community and our values. thank you very much. >>> good afternoon. my name is dr. espinola jackson and i was here before when this was -- decision was done,

united states at the united nations there have been protests. that's where even ukraine's acting prime minister, there he is, arseny yatsenuk addressed the crowd and even hugged some of the protesters who are demanding the world protect democracy against what they call vladimir putin's aggression. >> what do you worry about? >> what do i worry about? that he's actually going to take crimea. that this ridiculous referendum by bullet is going to actually pass, even though the world is not really recognizing it, and crimea will be his and then he will actually go further. that's the scary part, that he might try to go further. >> so what happens if it passes as expected? we're joined now by judith miller, pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter, author, and fox news contributor. judith, you just heard that protester say it, he's going to take it and he may go further. >> this has been so far a tactical victory for vladimir putin. but it could be a strategic setback for him in the long term if, and here's the big if, eric, if the west, if the unitednd its european allies manage to impose sanctions that really bite. and that's the difficult part because europe is so dependent on russia for oil and gas. >> germany is the number one market for moscow gas, for example. >> exactly. >> do you think the sanctions that will likely be announced tomorrow will be enough? >> well, if they get what they're planning to do it could really hurt. in fact, the former finance minister of russia, who's very respected, aleksei kudrin, said it could cost russia $50 billion a quarter in lost foreign investment and that we might wind up with a year of no growth if in fact the sanctions that are now being discussed are put into play. >> do you think putin's willing to lose, what, $200 billion a year, or is that for them a drop in the bucket? >> no, it's not. depending on the price of gas and the price of oil. the problem for the obama administration and its allies is that all of us are democracies and we're very price sensitive in terms of ballot boxes.

help of the peace loving nations of the world, and i think as a member of the united nations as russia is a member of the united nations, that we should work together to preserve the peace and the territorial integrity and sovereign of ukraine. >> thank you so much for your time. former ambassador from ukraine. the crisis is sending real tremors throughout the financial markets. real money is joining us with that side of the money. how negative are the reactions? >> depending on where you are. in america it is less than earlier in the morning, than wen the flashing was that the russians were telling the ukrainians to surrender or the war is upon them. the market has pulled back. the dow is 154 and the s&p and nasdaq less than that. they are big losses, not t terrible and the russian stock market down a lot. the ruble fell. gold us up 2%. oil was up as well. so there definitely a market reaction. i would say that in 2014 more than the potential war than the ambassador is speaking about, we are just very worried about economies, sort of crumbling and coming apart and the effect that has around the world. >>ali, s

however, with regard to the search and rescue operations, the united nations -- the united states, newealand, and australia, are working together and they always have very well. so, that search area is, i think, well-coordinated. the adjacent search area northwest of there will be conducted by other notions who will hopefully, who in cooperation. >> hopefully. henry, thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> to the irs season. you want proof that nothing is being done? consider what this guy just told senator ted cruz today. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] a car that is able to see, to calculate, to think -- and can respond to what it encounters. ♪ even if that means completely stopping itself. it's the stuff of science fiction... minus the fiction. the 2014 e-class. see your authorized dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. >>> from fedup to shot down. ted cruz's last-ditch answer to get ans for the irs targeting rejected. jay, we're essentially back to the drawing board, depending on a staff appointee to investigate itself. that's what it comes down to. and i

tonight, and international outcry, including nato, united nations and the united states is demanding that russia back down. that unrest is being felt here in the bay area inside of church services and outside on the streets of san francisco as ukrainian americans speak out about the trouble taking place in their homeland. >> >> no noel has more. >> >> stakes are very high. some say they believe that russia's latest military move is bringing the two countries closer to war voices were loud the signs direct, the more people know about this, the more they will do something againstputen -- >> ukrainians and supporters staged a protest outside of the russian conso late in the pacific heights neighborhood. >> the first time i'm actually participating in anything that hamas to do with politics. >> reporter: anna said her heart is broking over what is happening to her country and its relationship with russia. >> they want a piece of land, because of politics and money, of course. they will never say it and they will try to find other ways to explain why there are russian troops right now in

. -- united nations soldiers our united nations soldiers effective at pushing back terrorist groups? no, they are not. >> an interview right here at embry riddle three years ago, hamas and his he were more dangerous -- hezbollah were more dangerous than anyone we were going to get. a sum of bin laden, any of the others. do you believe his he -- hezbollah and hamas are the threats tororist united states? >> lets me start -- let me start with hezbollah. it is a shia group. it is present in 100 groups, including mexico. they are joining forces with mexican drug lords. a lot of tunnels have been discovered in tijuana and san diego. not only do they smuggle weapons. they smuggle people. for the second one, hamas is less dangerous in north america, but they are definitely dangerous in the middle east. going to take questions from the audience. think of what you would like to ask. we are going to come left into right. you can ask your questions of next fewitz for the moments. i want to ask this because it's very sensitive, but very important. there is -- i think a misperception when we put t

you were representing the united nations, representing the secretary-general of the united nations. this awful experience that we saw unfold. what needs to be done? give us some specific recommendations. >> well, i think, first, you need to address the situation on the ground. a mechanism is very much needed between the apparents involpart the crimea to start to control the situation and to de-escalate these tensions. there may be -- there can be help from the outside if the parties accept that. but with this immediate need to actually de-escalate tensions on the ground. what is, of course, very important is that the political dialogue starts between representatives from the republic of crimea and the government in kiev. of course, i've heard also grievances from the russian population who are telling me that they feel themselves also threatened by what has happened in kiev. there is a lot of distrust. that can only be overcome if we find a mechanism now for all these people to start talking. >> the secretary of state of the united nations, he's been talking to the russian foreign mi

muslims and christians in central african republic continues the united nations is warning that the crisis has reached a terrifying level rise united nations commissioner for human rights non ep laces children had been decapitated and have been reports of militia fighters engaging in countless thousands of people have been killed since last year in the ca are in our next report we visit a refugee camp overflowing with people desperate for sanctuary the cars made of old tin cans are among the few toys to children in the past or repeat you can the number one on the grounds of his church pastor david and demon has taken in more than forty thousand people. they fled in fear of muslims the lake of militias responsible for last year's reign of terror the dramatic situation. it holds. sometimes people have nothing to do that to forty three days and then to rise to the ball but most of like the fighters had fled the capital funky many families still don't dare leave the camp. they're still heavy fighting in the neighborhood around the church every night. a few kilometers away the last muslims of funky standby packed suitcases. they've take

united nations in the security council the united states pushing forward this resolution to condemn what has happened in crimea. russia having that veto power vetoed and spoke of the international unit that demonstrated with the exception of russia. today signing a second executive order authorizing yet more sanctions against individuals within russia and today's order authorizing sanctions against individuals within ukraine and within crimea including people who purport to be the new leaders of cry maya, apart from ukrainian government. obviously the president saying again this is not something that they're going to be recognizing, the united states and it's international partners. the armed sector, those individuals involved in the armed sector are targeted by the sanctions, and they did name names, seven individuals in total including those who provide material support for what vladimir putin and the russian government are doing in crimea. the president time and time again voting vice president bide someone heading to the pol baltc states, poland, those nations known to be very sensit

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charles was a lead weapons inspector in iraq for the united nations and the united states.e's been following the response to the syrian stockpile closely and joins us live from maine. thank you for being with us. give us a progress report. how far along as the chemical weapons process gone, and how productive has it been? >> of all the horrors which you discussed about syria, there's one semi good thing, and that is the progress made on getting rid of chemical weapons. it's worth remembering that in the fall they destroyed missions, production equipment. that has given syria no capacity to use chemical weapons. with the delays recently about, that has been about getting the chemicals out of syria on to ships where they'll be destroyed. there has been some political issues getting entangled in all this. there has been the meetings in geneva with the opposition, and i think that bashar al-assad was seeing if he could play a bit with his chemical destruction process to effect that agreement. >> so you are not too concerned about the delays that we have seen, the missed deadlin

unit. but it was a critique the united nations' stocks that would sound like. it allows itself to seventy to fifty people. i want to remind you to play the ukraine to sign tt's becoming dependent on them when they get the same faded but you. i haven't regretted them brings us to get ideas in a sea of people in ukraine in nineteen ninety four it matches the putnam now they can either keep the crimea one line. way to sway union decides that way. there is this a court costs if a president to like each week it's create it by the likes to mind was on getting the teaching them. one of the shoe situation without stating i get to go to what's happening in crimea takes a break to cost effective said yes. i make is independence it's why the years. many trains across the country was taking the lead to the fact that my student attendance not so blessed to visit according to united nations should at least the odds are in the west and contents to the cake cos if a mutation in two thousand and ten. show up not the most poignant reflection in his eighties and a new ticketing staff visitation at the rate it makes you sad. option one adult male. inside you. i want to snuggle. washing and using these. that is yes. yes we'll do our budget the cherry tree from baby to carry its independence a scent like it. in my eyes at me like to hide secret agents do not allow me to get stale this tale of crete some doubts. with the family gets in and i rented from the united states also the plates. the team's lead to criminal courts. he just about anywhere. support the idea of costs of raising dependence. in yet another negotiating. oh praise we didn't know kenya. not all do it because it is sometimes declarations of independence sunlight is that violates the community. thanks to some countries it was motion of no snacks don't know. they were pushing impressing for the case. we are

the united nations will work with ukraine, oural lies and partners in europe and around the world, and here at the united nations to uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and democratic future of ukraine. thank you. >> translator: i thank the representative of the united states, and i give the floor to the representative of the united kingdom. >> president, as the permanent representative of russia has suggested that some e.u. member states were somehow involved in making the crisis in ukraine worse, i should like to set out clearly my government's position. the united kingdom is deeply concerned by the escalation of tensions in the crimea peninsula and by the fact that the russian parliament has authorized russian military action on ukranian soil against the wishes of the ukranian government. this action is a grave threat to the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of ukraine. we condemn any act of aggression against ukraine. we have therefore sought an immediate and full explanation from the russian federation for the decision to authorize -- >> you've just been listening to an emerg

united states and united nations and iaea should apologize to iran and north korea for spending their time and trying to enhance their security with only real means of enhancement of security. it means, so it will be a great impact for the horizontal proliferation or just a push for proliferation movement. and first, then as for the vertical proliferation i think that it will be big idea for the dream of global nuclear zero because now russia has very good pretext not to continue its nuclear disarmament or not disarmament or not some kind of reductions in its nuclear forces just to create new strategic nuclear forces to, not to cause the technical nuclear forces because, everybody understands that the west is style. that they are pushing, that they are creating these scenarios in ukraine and other places because you know, this is not, i'm very support the idea of viatcheslav that it can be created in kiev, this kind of revolution. not? kiev, even some of my colleagues support this. the idea that the hostile west is coming will create some kind of consolidation in the field of not only just, that they the means to enhance russia's security and it means that russia would not pursue any kind of reductions. so would put it out for the nuclear proliferation, non-proliferation, thank you. >> -- questions of the distinguished panel. i'm retired foreign service. first of all to what extent the russian winter olympics provided cover for putin to plan his crimea operation in the same way that the invasion of georgia took place during the chinese summer games? secondly, what are the prospects for invading moldova? there are news that russian agents are agitating the situation and there is turmoil in moldova now. thirdly, could you please comment to what extent the european union is unified in their resolve to counter the russian aggression especially watching the german attitude toward the crisis? thank you. >> keith darden, american university. thanks to the panel for a interesting set of comments. i'm curious what any difference that happened to ukraine, listening to fisun these are the same comments that might take place after an election at regional level to accommodate a new power in kiev. does it matter this new power in kiev didn't come into power through election in that they came to power through other means? does that affect the willingness of the population in the east and south to support them rather than simply a accommodate? i also want to point out to the panel the logic behind russia not moving, further into the east would also be applicable having never entered crimea. given we know they did enter crimea i wonder if you could update the underlying logic in a way that would both incorporate the fact that they invited crimea and they won't go any further. >> let's have one more question in the back. >> hello? thank you. i'm peter olburg. my question is about the economy. i know none of the panelists are the economists but volodymyr touched on this and demitri, long-term situation about the ukraine. it was economy that triggered protests last year. my question, will the e.u. and the united states really be able to absorb the turbulences that will be caused by necessary austerity measures and disassociation from russia because now ukraine and russia live in a quasi-symbiotic economic unity and there will have to be a disassociation? so necessarily this will cause social unrest as we've seen in greece, far more stable country economically than is ukraine, which kind of government in ukraine will be able to regulate these kinds of unrests that are foreseeable and that will actually determine the future of ukraine? >> thank you. why don't we start with dmitry and we'll go this way. >> okay, one thing, i can pick two of these kind of parallel, why won't they intervene and what, what, but what further steps if they do intervene? so, there's no, obviously there is no certainty here, right? but it seems to me the main difference is that crimea is, well, there are three i guess. one i mentioned which was the presence of a base making intervention easier. two, kind of, crimea is