says do they trust mr poroshenko because. all they've experienced recently is defacto again nature backed shelling of civilian areas over recent days they just going to forgive and forget you believe mr bush and go and as you say the allies in the shadows because certainly there will be hawks in washington and in london and in brussels who will be pleased that it is. just their eyes out showing to most fascinating timing of announcement it's going to be interesting to see the rhetoric coming out of that nato summit afshin rattansi thank you very much for your time here on r.t. international tansey that host of going underground reacting to the developing and breaking news here on r.t. into.

make it so that russia appears to be a party to the conflict because mr poroshenko is office announced their first announcement was. a peace agreement has been reached following a telephone conversation with russian president putin which implies that in fact it's russia who's controlling something on the ground in dumbass of course we had an announcement from the kremlin just. a couple of hours later even even quicker that that's an internal ukrainian thing and that they're not a party to the conflict so i think we had that as well is there also a case to say that mr put a shank receiving a lot of pressure from the public within ukraine because as we've been running area there are a lot of people annoyed about the possible number of soldiers that have died in there have been accusations of a cover up can be saying the number is much lower than what anti government forces and some of the public is saying gee think he's feeling public pressure. absolutely he is especially once again because the military campaign is going so badly. the public pressure would have been less had it been goin

of an option the public pressure would have been less had it been going well had the had that mr poroshenko is military forces been successful instead they've been losing ground they've been losing territory you know then then public pressure increases very much the economy ukraine's economy is on life support and on top of all that you are doing badly in on the ground in militarily so of course there is great public pressure on mr poroshenko as well he will u.s. president barack obama's expressed quite a different view on the situation in ukraine we must continue to stand united against russia's aggression in ukraine. thank you keep in mind that repeatedly president putin has ignored the opportunity to resolve the crisis in ukraine diplomatically obama's words came right after the ukrainian government took a further step towards trying to get into nato approving a bill to cancel the country's nonaligned status the us leaders stressed that he supports the military alliances expansion into europe a washington correspondent next the got it she can as will. this might not be the best moment fo

on the ground in militarily so of course there is great public pressure on mr poroshenko as well well obviously a lot of goings on the reaction today u.s. president barack obama's expressed quite a different view on the ukraine situation we must continue to stand united against russia's aggression in ukraine. the e.u. keep in mind that repeatedly president putin has ignored the opportunity to resolve the crisis in ukraine diplomatically obama's words came right after the ukrainian government took a step towards trying to get into nato approving a bill to cancel the country's nonaligned status the us leader stressed that he supports the military alliances expansion into europe and washington correspondent going to teach you can has more on that. this might not be the best moment for petro poroshenko to talk peace with moscow when his friends to the west of the border are preparing to deploy more forces against russia and are making all kinds of statements against russia president obama in a stone here did say there will be more u.s. forces in largely early to a near the one year the u.

had mr poroshenko is military forces been successful instead they've been losing ground they've been losing territory you know then public pressure increases very much the economy ukraine's economy is on life support and on top of all that you are doing badly. on the ground in militarily so of course there is great public pressure on mr poroshenko as well the ukrainian government has taken a further step towards nato membership it's approved a bill to cancel the country's nonaligned status meanwhile u.s. president barack obama has stressed that he supports nato military expansion in europe and also expressed his view on the conflict in ukraine. and joins us live now to tell us more. and what does mr obama think needs to be done. well you see this might not be a great moment for a paper partially to talk peace with russia when his friends to the west of the border are making statements against russia and preparing to deploy more forces in eastern europe to defy russia and that's basically the gist of what president obama is saying in a stone here before heading to the nato summit in w

that remains i'm afraid to be seen firstly it's important to say that this is a ceasefire that mr poroshenko is trying to negotiate with mr who the people who are actually fighting in the ukraine are as we know the local people in the eastern ukraine they will have to be included in these negotiations the other problem is that on the other side there are all sorts of the willing here who are not going to be happy with any kind of negotiation involving the eastern ukrainians so we're going to have to see this is a very difficult situation and i'm far from convinced that this is the problems have been resolved there's much still to do do you think therefore that this is a genuine attempt to open dialogue or do you think this is a chance for ukrainian kier forces to regroup i think it's a bit of both actually i think the do was to regroup their forces and extra to get them through a very difficult situation but i'm afraid i think that the military realities on the ground make this almost inevitable that there will have to be a cease fire now and i'm hoping it will be permanent but we will have

mr. poroshenko said as soon as it is signed at 2:00 p.m., he will call off the ukrainian forces. the rebels say if they observe they have heeded this cease-fire, they will also put an end to the fighting. all eyes on 2:00 p.m. local time. that's about three hours. we will see if, indeed, this agreement is signed, then wait to see the impact on the battlefield, if, indeed, it ends the fighting. >> a lot of ifs. perhaps the biggest reason for home we have had in some time. reza sayah in kiev, thank you so much. >>> a u.s. citizen from massachusetts who is linked to isis. 32-year-old is already want eedy the fbi and he joined isis using the computer skills he honed in boston to help their media campaigns. >> obviously, we take very seriously the threat of american citizens that joined terrorist organizations. we take care for options of taking them on the battlefield. >> meanwhile, british prime minister is opening a legal path against isis in syria. he's declaring the assad regime illegitimate meaning they would not need permission to enter. he tells cnn isis can be wiped out if he

mr. poroshenko, please listen to us, why don't you understand your people?e a man, be human, please stop your aggression, stop this war. >> but there is little sign of that, this once thriving city is now half empty. the forces unleashed by this conflict, greater perhaps than mr. poroshenko can control. diana magnay, cnn, donetsk, ukraine. >> let's go live to kiev. ukraine's defense minister accusing russia of launching a great war. russia's president reportedly boasting that his forces can sweep into kiev in just weeks. nato forming a rapid reaction force. so where's the off-ramp here? >> yeah, john, the off-ramp could be potentially what developed yesterday in belarus. of course yesterday in belarus, you had all sides of this conflict meeting, and seemingly representatives of the russians and separatists seemed to ease off their position and demand for an independent state in southeastern ukraine, and essentially suggesting they would be okay with autonomy, some sort of self-determination, and in return, they would respect the sovereignty of ukraine. that

mr. poroshenko. >> this was a big moment. eeks ago poroshenko was elected democratically in ukraine. he's a western-leaning ukrainian. he wants ukraine closer to the eu, closer to nato and standing up for russia. i was there for the election and this was not an easy one. in eastern ukraine you had pro-russian separatists disrupting the vote, burning down polling stations. ukrainians voted. they chose a man like poroshenko and they know what poroshenko wants. he wants a closer relationship with the u.s., a closer relationship with europe. he's fighting a war on his territory right now. he

mr. poroshenko, went along with this cease-fire. in other words, he engaged mr.in in this discussion. and putin can't have it both ways. he can't both say he's not a party to this conflict but then say he's proposing this cease-fire that involves a withdrawal of troops that really only freezes his position on the ground in the ukraine. >> you know, i'm guessing that there are probably americans from sea to shining sea right now who are going i don't really care about crimea and eastern ukraine. but isn't the larger problem that this sets a precedent or that it could and that in the near -- maybe the near days or in the near weeks or months or years, we might be forced into some sort of action because what happens when this is a nato member? >> absolutely. and you're talking about a country where an extensive nuclear arsenal. only a decade or two removed from agreement that repositioned those weapons away from targeting the united states. this is a matter of grave concern. again, not just because of crimea but what it represents for nato, what it represents for th

mr. poroshenko, who just arrived at the nato summit in wales is optimistic and agreement could be made as when they will meet. many people eager to see what happens in this summit tomorrow. but, at this point, indications the fighting still continues. >> both sides are trying to consolidate the gains they have before a peace deal is reached. of course russia denies they are fighting at all. reza sayah for us in kiev, thank you so much, appreciate it. >>> 44 minutes after the hour. an ef-1 tornado caused this destruction in up state new york. it was on the ground ten minutes with winds over 100 miles per hour over a six-mile stretch. >> my husband jumped over all of. it sounded like a train. we just prayed. >> enough of that. what's going to happen today? let's get a look at the forecast with indra petersons. >> kids are back to school. summer is over. it feels like it, too. a quick change in temperatures dropping behind the cold front. we'll watch it make its way to the east. with it, more of that severe weather will be concentrated around wisconsin. everyone else looking for more scatter

mr. poroshenko is hoping for much more, and as western officials say and reporters on experts on the ground say that russian forces are in ukraine. >> let's focus on those events on the ground because that very fragile cease-fire, it seems to be holding, but who can say for how long? >> exactly. it's holding, but you can say just barely. there is fighting going on, especially around donetsk, where a bbc team is and has been witnessing the fighting around the airport. but that said, it is still a better situation than what we've been seeing previously. we don't have the massive loss of life that we saw at the end of august and the beginning of this month when this russian inkushs apparently took place, and the ukrainians are hoping this will give them enough breathing space to perhaps push towards a bigger cease-fire and address the deep economic issues that they are facing. >>> the world bank has warned the ebola outbreak could have a catastrophic effect on west african economies. it's said the economic impact of the virus could grow eightfold in what it describes as already fragile state.

mr. poroshenko saying 70% of russian troops are out.is has been fraught with a lot of misinformation or inknack rid reports or either intentionally or unintentionally, so we're going to be cautious in reporting this, to do our best to verify, somehow, independently. but indeed if this is true, that russian troops have pulled out, this would suggest that the pro-russian rebels in moscow are taking serious steps to de-escalate this conflict. and presume seabol kiev and the western capitals would have the next move. so far, they have not been sold that moscow is de-escalating this conflict. they're considering another set of sanctions. washington is considering unilateral sanctions as well. they have yet to enforce it. they have yet to implement it. if they do, it could be that moscow is going to see this as provocation, they've already threatened to respond with their own economic measures. so a lot happening here, we're going to keep our eye on it. but the latest development in ukraine, the president, mr. poroshenko, saying 70% of russia

mr. poroshenko who was elected by every oblosk who was allowed to vote including in the east and the south. mr. poroshenko made a proposal to devolve some powers to local governments to be able to decide on budgets, decide on language policy, decide on local infrastructure. that kind of devolution of power makes a good sense and that would address most of the concern that these people have expressed. >> ambassador william taylor. thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> after president obama leveled sanctions on a russian bank over the situation in ukraine, the bank hired two ex-u.s. senators, trent lot, john breaux, to lobby against the sanctions and they're not the only members of congress making bank literally. i'll tell you who else is bulldog: quarterback takes the snap... oh, he fakes a handoff and he's making a run... for mattress discounters fall kickoff sale! right now, save up to $300 on sealy posturepedic and serta mattress sets. even get 24 months interest-free financing on every tempur-pedic. you're going to love their football field-size selection. this calls for

mr. poroshenko says that he will order a cease-fire possibly as early as friday. why do you think the separatist will stop fighting? >> >> we had already won a sensual experience with cease-fire when we declared cease-fire in early june and wound up with many more dead soldiers and premises gained by the terrorists. so, right now, there is a feeling in the air at least on our side of the fight that we had already and not. another of the dead voice. we need somehow to get it over with and come to some sort of solution. >> vladimir putin was reported as saying recently that he could take kiev in two weeks if you wanted to. when you hear the russian leader speaking that way, how real can you believe that diplomacy is going to solve this problem -- this crisis? >> the rhetoric that we hear from the russian side is absolutely incredible. to hear such words from the russian president. this will continue to cease to exist. it makes us extremely worrisome. the russian mother is starting to get coffins with their boys from the other side. this is something that no amount o

mr. poroshenko made the suggestion, the peace proposal, exactly that, that is some deal would include a -thority to local governments, including dough ned k, such as the policy of use of local taxes and local infrastructure rebuilding, the policy on language. so this, again, is poroshenko's proposal which the russians now have agreed to. >> that does this mean? the takeover of crimea, the invasion of crimea -- because by the dictionary that's the right word but in politics you can't use it. they invadessed and took crimea and for that there's birthday cake? what do you get for that? >> you get more)ú sanctions. you have the sanctions that have affected the russian economy, and i do believe the threat of additional sanctions the europeans and the americans were looking at today has had an effect, and has led to -- has been one of the forcing mechanisms for this agreement today. so, he does not have a free rein. the sanctions remain on. the sanctions will continue and should be expanded. i believe that the defense of the rest of eastern europe, as well as providing military assistance to uk

mr. poroshenko says the most serious crimes will be prosecuted. it will also protect the russian language, as you say, an important part for not just the rebels, but many in ukraine. >> moving onto iraq, the u.s. has carried out its first air strikes against islamic state militants. officials say the strikes destroyed an is finding positions south of baghdad that have been firing on iraqi forces. this comes as the u.s. continues to build an international coalition to fight the islamic extremists. >> washington says airstrikes similar to this one in iraq in late august destroyed six vehicle southwest of the iraqi capital. monday's operation to mark a new expanded phase in the offensive against the islamic state organization. as an international coalition unfolds. france sent in to jets for a reconnaissance mission, a step to become the first allied to join the u.s.-led campaign. >> the goal is to bring back photographic evidence that can be analyzed. it is not just a matter of getting the footage. there is a long process that has to be undertaken b

mr. poroshenko who was elected by every oblosk who was allowed to vote including in the east and the south. poroshenko made a proposal to devolve some powers to local governments to be able to decide on budgets, decide on language policy, decide on local infrastructure. that kind of devolution of power makes a good sense and that would address most of the concern that these people have expressed. >> ambassador william taylor. thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> after president obama leveled sanctions on a russian bank over the situation in ukraine, the bank hired two ex-u.s. senators, trent lot, john beroe, to lobby against the sanctions and they're not the only members of congress making bank literally. i'll tell you who else is cashing in, next. waves don't care what age you are. take them on the way you always have. live healthy and take one a day 50+. complete multivitamins. with 7 antioxidants to support cell health. research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day 50+ for men. and for women. age? who cares. one a day 50+ who's more exci

mr. poroshenko, who will be speaking any minute now, he will be again be calling for that. the other thing i don't think you are going to see any time soon is across eastern europe, permanent basis of nato. that's because there is an old treaty between nato and russia, which says that nato agreed not to do that. i'll told rather than the word permanent basis there will be persistence, both to deter moscow and reassure those members of nato that live on russia's border. >> thanks very much, james we'll be keeping in contact with that conference has it goes on today. thanks very much. >>> well the president of ukraine has said that he is ready to declare a ceasefire. on friday scheduled peace talks are launched in laboring belarus. rebels say they would submit to a truce if the meeting is successful. paul brennan has more. >> reporter: in the last 25 minutes, we have seen -- actually we have heard and seen a sustained barrage of what could be artillery or mortar fire from the north of the city here where i'm standing in donetsk that way -- close to the airport frankly, a big

mr. poroshenko wants more. >> i strongly encourage the united states to give ukraine a special security. we should reflect the highest level of interaction with nonnato ally. >> question, is president obama likely to give president poroshenko the special security he wants by declaring ukraine a major nonnato ally of the united states? mort zuckerman. >> no, i don't think he will. i don't think this president has the -- he has come to the conclusion if he's not going to go very far for the reason you stated. he does not want to arouse the rath of the russians in this particular context. i think this is a dangerous position for us to take, because it does, once again, give putin the sense that he can push us back and we will not respond in an area where he has an interest and we have an interest. >> obama, president obama wants to give mr. putin an exit ramp. do you understand? >> i do understand. >> that's not bad. >> it isn't. >> as far as playing the universal game. >> that's on the exception he is looking for an exit ramp rather than an entrance. >> that's what i'm doing. >> he's doing

mrs. poroshenko said we cannot win this war with russia with blanks.our help, u.s. >> but that's all you're going to get from the obama administration right now. i don't see any movements on the part of the administration to change its policy, of nonlethal aid already. both parties are screaming at him to change this. >> you were just there. >> i was. i was there with larry summers and the two of us were listening with larry summers. they don't want the american boots on the ground. they don't need them. they need the lethal aide that byron was just talking about. they'll do the fight, but instead, they got offered $46 million on top of the 78 million that the president is offering. by the way, the mres and other flack jackets, most of that hasn't even arrived yesterday and no one can tell me why that is. so in terms of being a fair weather friend, that's the united states. poroshenko, the president, ukraine is very polite that he was staffed with his visit. i know that anyone that went to the ukraine knows the situation there. >> it's a tenuous cease-

it's been a long time coming and it suggests that mr poroshenko of last understand that there could be a normal solution to this crisis. and he will have to gauge and go to see asians to resolve in the interests of his own people the russian people and everyone involved we just hope that some of the same seems to be emanating from kiev. moves into brussels and almost certainly into thinking all mr rasmussen the secretary general of nato who we said pronouncements and bellicose statements have been absolutely disgraceful with regard to need to expand the creation of oxford reaction force and so on considering the timings absolutely fascinating isn't it with the nato summit taking place in the u.k. on thursday. well absolutely i mean if you look at it from a diplomatic initiative to putin has played a blame to. know that this is a game of chess but you really have to see at this point that he is playing chess while the west is playing checkers closely or searching for the living will think in their champagne and talking about you know a new cold war with the new thinking in western capit

mr. poroshenko delivered another message saying he was hopeful these conditions would be put in place as early as tomorrow, friday, when all sides of this conflict would once again meet in belarus, but late yesterday prime minister yatsinyuk seemed to pour cold water on this plan, saying this was a russian ploy to avoid sanctions. even so, this is still the best sign yet that these two sides of this conflict are close to a breakthrough, close too a cease-fire. >> they have mixed messages indeed. today, the president is due to meet with nato leaders, what is ukraine looking to get out of nato over the next few days. what are the goals for the ukrainian president, reza? >> what ukraine wants and it looks like they're getting it is full support from nato, washington in western capitols. kiev is not asking for weapons, they're not asking for military intervention, they're asking for support. and it looks like it's happening, over the past couple days, nato has suggested that they're going to skband their bases and bolster their capacity in eastern europe. they're also going to hold annual ex

mr. poroshenko calls putin at 5:00 from the morning and put this plan flying to mongolian on an officialisit. at the end of the day russian media considers it beneficial for ukraine to have ceasefire now defending side and separatists are on attacking side now. ukraine needs to regroup. the end of the day, we'll see what's happening if the plan is accepted on friday when the talks continue. also want to mention russian political an will lists today put in particular to point out the difference of opinions between the prime minister of ukraine and president poroshenko. they consider the part of war in ukraine. russia is trying to act within that part of war to bring peace to eastern ukraine. >> adds another element to it. for the time being, editor of the russian service, thank you very much more expertise. >>> the militant group boko haram has received control of a town near the border in the northern state of borno. many are reported to have been killed. thousands of civilians have fled the town along with soldiers. we'll be brought up to date on this development. >> reporter: yes, it's

mr. poroshenko is hopeful a plan will emerge when officials meet. >> and there is mounting pressure from nato and the u.s. >> pro-russian separatists and there is a devastation that is staggering around ilovaisk. >> reporter: you get a sense of the scale of the task ahead from the scene behind me. this stretch of burned out vehicles, tanks, military carriers stretches for about a mile and a half down this road. we've seen an ss-21 surface to surface missile, a huge thing lying on the side of the road and tanks just ripped apart by the fierceness, by the verocity that took out this convoy. we don't know exactly what happened here. we have found the caps of the ukrainian national guard. clearly many people died because the smell of bodies washes past me now and again and there are shallow graves dug along the roadside. but one very telling piece of evidence that we have found as we've been looking through this area is this. this is a russian military supply box filled with the food that whoever ate it clearly did eat. here it says, army of russia. and so however much russia may deny that i

mr. poroshenko saying according to their ukraine intelligence, 70% of russian troops have withdrawn. thing to keep in mind is that this conflict has been fraught with a lot of information on both sides, either intentionally or unintentionally, we're going to be cautious in reporting this. and we're going to verify this independently. this is in fact happening. if russian troops were pulling out, that would seem to suggest that moscow and the rebels are taking real steps to de-escalate the conflict. in the meantime, the west doesn't appear to be sold yet. the european union seemingly prepared to pile on tougher sanctions. washington considering more unilateral sanctions as well. the e.u. has yet to implement the sanctions but if they do, we have to see how this impacts the conflict because moscow will likely see this as provocation. they've already threatened to respond with their own economic measures. so this is a conflict, john, with lots of moving parts. we're watching all of them closely. but again, the latest news out of ukraine, the president here, petro poroshenko, said that 7

mr. poroshenko outlined economic and social reforms on thursday.ys he will meet with the russian president vladimir putin within the next three weeks. >> but back to the top story this hour. the war on isis and a ground breaking new agreement that could help coalition forces defeat the terror group. >> moderate factions in syria say they'll put their religious differences to one side to defeat both isis and president bashar al assad. >> they gathered just across the border in turkey. at least 20 leaders of mostly moderate rebel groups, hammers out an agreement in writing, an alliance that brings minority christians, moderate muslims, kurds and others together for the first time in a unified front against isis and the syrian regime of bashar a al assad. >> translator: yes, good signs of unity. >> reporter: the deal facilitated by the staff of the u.s. house of foreign afires committee and finalized in a push by an illinois congressman. >> there's a perception in the united states that somehow bashar al assad is a protector of christian minorities an

mr. poroshenko also asked congress to create a special fund to support investment in american companies in ukraine, and to help reform their economy and their justice system. >>> starting tonight, sierra leone will be shut down nationwide for three days as it tries to slow the spread of the deadly ebola virus. the nation's 6 million people will be confined to their homes while volunteers search house to house for victims who are in hiding. earlier this week president obama ordered thousands of troops to west africa to help build treatment centers and to train health care workers there. >>> the polls have closed in scotland, and the vote counting is under way right now on whether to end the country's 307-year union with england. this is a live picture. people are counting every paper ballot. polling places reported a heavy turnout. terry moran is in scotland for this historic vote. >> reporter: scotland's day of destiny. if not now, when. at polling places across the ancient land, millions of voters are casting their ballots on whether scotland should break away from the kufuk and become in

mr. poroshenko have very similar views on how to end the fighting, which has claimed the lives of at least00 people. we'll have some analysis from moscow. but first let's go to harry fawcett in mariupol. there has been reference to thefts. do we know what those are? >> reporter: there has been a great deal of back and forth between the two governments so far on wednesday. it started with the announcement from the president's office in ukraine and kiev saying that they agreement had been reached on a permanent or lasting ceasefire. the russians came back to that saying that they could not -- president putin could not have maintained a ceasefire, because russia claims it is not part of this conflict. ukraine adjusted its terms and called it a ceasefire with the regime. but despite of course all of the accusations from ukraine and other countries that there is a great deal of russian involvement in this conflict. president putin has come out with a list of potential agreements for a ceasefire, saying one could be reached by friday if ukrainian military pulled out of eastern ukraine, if there

mr. poroshenko, please listen to us. why don't you understand your people? be a man. be human. stop your aggression. stop this war." but there is little sign of that. this once-thriving city is now half-empty, its railway station bombed. the forces unleashed by this conflict greater perhaps than mr. pore shen cocan control. cnn, donetsk, ukraine. >>> the united states is calling on israel to back off plans to annex palestinian land in the occupied west bank. the plan is for the israeli government to seize some 400 hectares in the bethlehem area. >> israeli officials tell cnn the move was linked to the killing of three jewish teens in june. but it has enraged many palestinians. ben wedeman has more from the west bank. >> reporter: for the past 42 years, mahmoud has tilled this land near bethlehem on the west bank, growing vegetables in the summer, olives in the winter. the farmers in this fertile valley work in the shadow of the burgeoning jewish settlement, one of the biggest in the west bank. sunday israel declared almost 1,000 acres in nearby areas would become state land. ma

mr. poroshenko. >> this was a big moment. it was a few weeks ago poroshenko was elected democratically in ukraine. he's a western-leaning ukrainian. he wants ukraine closer to the eu, closer to nato and standing up for russia. i was there for the election and this was not an easy one. in eastern ukraine you had pro-russian separatists disrupting the vote, burning down polling stations. ukrainians voted. they chose a man like poroshenko and they know what poroshenko wants. he wants a closer relationship with the u.s., a closer relationship with europe. he's fighting a war on his territory right now. he calls it a russian invasion. his troops were doing well against russia's forces until a couple weeks ago, pro-russian sen tifts until russia sent in russian forces, artillery units and so on and helped push them back. this is a country in a precarious situation now and he's coming for help. he wants more lethal military aid, not the body armor and mreas the u.s. has been sending the this point. he wants tougher sungss against rus

mr. poroshenko also took time to sit down with cnn's wolf blitzer. >> the president of ukraine is joining us now, here with me in "the situation room." welcome to washington. welcome to "the situation room." >> thank you very much. >> i know you came here just from the oval office, your meeting with the president earlier with a joint session of congress. you asked, and i listened to every word you said in your speech before the house and senate. you want lethal aid, military equipment from the united states. and so far the u.s. is saying no. how disappointed are you? >> first of all, this is not exactly what you said. we asked the increasing our security and defense corporation with the united states. and the white house and president obama said yes. and i have absolutely no disappointment. i think that the immediate step my country, the whole region, the whole world needs now is a step for peace. this conflict is impossible to win only by military means. to improve the defense potential for our army, this is just for peace to defend us, peace, freedom and democracy in my country. that's

mr. poroshenko? >> well, they have just gone in. and we're going to hear from them. he says we will hear from both of the presidents when they come out. look, first of all, the united states is going to provide $46 million in new security assistance to ukraine's military. but what we know what poroshenko said. he wants legal aid to help his country. and it's clear the united states is not willing to provide that. they are willing to provide some of the military equipment. they also have $7 million set aside for humanitarian aid. next year, we should see in fiscal 2015 another authorization for ukraine, joy, $350 million for some pretty heavy duty military antitank, antiarmor, weapons programs, ammunition. some very sophisticated radar programs. but when i asked josh ernest a short time ago what would the president say if president p poroshenko said this is what i need. you can't win a war with blankets. he said he did not want to characterize what that conversation might be like. hep didn't want to characterize whether or not knowing president obama was not ready to

mr. poroshenko. we really felt that there was great hope for ukraine and thought that he was the likely winner and everything that he's done in my opinion since he's won just reaffirms our initial feeling about him. i was very happy that ukraine signed the european union association agreement yesterday. it strikes a very good balance but moves ukraine closer to the west where the people want it. i can tell you that when we went ukraine and we stood in the square where the protest happened, you really felt, there was a palpable feeling that you were part of history and people -- average ukrainians coming up to us in the street thanking the united states of america for its strong support of ukraine and for the independence of ukraine. now the resolution, and i think it's important to highlight certain things, it says that the united states is strongly committed to the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of the ukraine and the united states strongly supports the right of the people of th

mr. poroshenko has spoken in noen certain terms about the fact that he sees a russian invasion. others have been more -- about the army. as you say, we've been talking about some of the ramifications, the reactions that have been occurring economically. i spoke to the head of the bdi. he said we spoke to merkel. she is our elected leader. we understand what she's doing from a foreign policy point of view. we have at the bdi back frau merkel. it is tantamount to them that they seek good action from are her. her heinus that's thousands and thousands of dollars. so it's very interesting. a leader ahead made this decision. we respect those despite what it costs us economically. others have been talking about the benefits and the negativity. we heard previously the germans could lose between 15% and 25% of their exports. if the trade war were to expand from here, as well. but on others are saying, hang on a second, if we see euro depreciation, on the back of the crisis of competence, calls by the conflict in ewe crepe, that could mean to the euro coming down. this could have positive

mr. poroshenko, please isen to us. why don't you understand your people? be a man, be human.aggression, stop this war. >> but there is little sign of that this once thriving city is now half empty, it's railway station bombed. the forces unleashed by the conflict greater perhaps than poroshenko control. today the 75th anniversary of world war ii. ukraine's defense minister said today a great war was coming to europe, the likes of which have not been seen since world war ii. i would categorize that really as hyperbole, very exaggerated. we see this kind of language from both sides, russia comparing the siege of donetsk where i am now to the siege of leningrad during world war ii. i'm here. you've seen the pictures and however terrible it is, it is, of course, nowhere near that. an indication kgs really brianna, of how the language, the heated rhetoric used on both sides is almost as dangerous as what is going on on the battlefield. brianna? >> diana magnay, thank you so much for your voreporting. >> joining us is the spokesman for the organization for security and cooperationi

mr. petro poroshenko says he expects this deal to be signed at 2:00 p.m. local time. once that happens he says he will immediately call for an end to military operations by ukrainian forces and then rebel leaders say if they observe that ukrainian troops have heeded the cease-fire an hour later at 3:00 p.m. they will stop fighting as well, natalie. so all eyes on 2:00 p.m. local time. it's about 4 1/2 hours from now. to see if indeed this cease-fire agreement is signed in minsk, belarus, and then we wait to see if it's effective, if it means that the fighting will finally end for now in southeastern ukrai ukraine. >> all right. because there are even more reports of people still trying to get out of harm's way because we continue to forget all the people whose lives have been just wrecked by this continued fighting. reza sayah there for us in kiev, watching developments. we hope you have good news later on today. thanks, reza. >>> all right. we turn again to our other top story, the death of comedian joan rivers. the quick witted comedian known for her sharp tongue an

president poroshenko: mr. speaker, majority leader, members of the house, members of the senate, ladies and gentlemen , it's impossible to imagine what i'm feeling right now. of ymbolic is the unity united states congress and solidarity with ukraine. this is exactly which ukraine now needs the most, unity and solidarity. not only with the united states congress, to the only with the united states, but with the whole world. t me thank you for your warm -- warmth and hospitality. addressing both houses of congress is one of the highest political privileges. standing here i'm grateful and fully aware that this honor goes not to me but to the people of ukraine, those brave men and women who are today on the forefront of the global fight for democracy. of ukrainian people now watching this speech and this session of the congress and seeing absolutely sure about our solidarity and our joint and common strength. and please, allow me, to speak on their behalf. i are focus on the one thing that this -- at the core of u

president poroshenko: mr. speaker, majority leader, members of the house, members of the senate, ladies and gentlemen , it's impossible to imagine what i'm feeling right now. of ymbolic is the unity united states congress and solidarity with ukraine. this is exactly which ukraine now needs the most, unity and solidarity. not only with the united states congress, to the only with the united states, but with the whole world. t me thank you for your warm -- warmth and hospitality. addressing both houses of congress is one of the highest political privileges. standing here i'm grateful and fully aware that this honor goes not to me but to the people of ukraine, those brave men and women who are today on the forefront of the global fight for democracy. of ukrainian people now watching this speech and this session of the congress and seeing absolutely sure about our solidarity and our joint and common strength. and please, allow me, to speak on their behalf. i are focus on the one thing that this -- at the core of u

poroshenko into the chamber. the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise, the gentlewoman from washington state, mrs. mcmorris rodgers, the gentleman from oregon, mr. walden, the gentlewoman from kansas, ms. jenkins, the gentleman from california, mr. mckeeon, the gentleman from california, mr. --

mr. speaker! the president of ukraine. >> reporter: petro poroshenko won a standing ovation as he addressed the house senate this morning. it was his first visit to washington since being elected president of the former soviet republic, and he made clear he's counting on more u.s. support to regain control of eastern ukraine. >> united states made a commitment that it would stand behind ukraine's territorial integrity and we hope that it will live up to that promise. ( applause ) democracies must support each other. they must show solidarity in the face of aggression and adversity. >> reporter: country's soldiers need more and heavier weapons to defeat russian-backed separatists and drive russian troops from ukrainian soil. >> i urge the world to recognize and endorse their fight. they need more political support. and they need more military equipment, both non-lethal and lethal. blankets and night-vision goggles important. but one cannot win a war with blankets! >> reporter: as poroshenko finished, the white house announced an additional aid package, worth $53 million, that does not include any majo

mr. putin has spoken in the past few hours with ukrainian president petro poroshenko and the two have largely agreed on a way out of this conflict. here's a quote from the spokesperson according to interfax, the viewpoints of the presidents of the two countries largely coincide on possible ways out of this grave crisis. we should point out that kiev has not confirmed to cnn that this phone call took place, but the question is if it did take place, what did these two leaders agree on? because up until this report for the most part they've been trading accusations in veiled insults, max. a positive development. we're working to find out if kiev is confirming this report and we're certainly working to find out the details of this phone call and if, indeed, these two presidents agreed on the way out of the conflict, what the details of that agreement are. max. >> but we would be able to assess what's going on from the ground movements as well possibly if we don't get that response from kiev very quickly? >> reporter: yes, certainly. i think a focal point of this conflict is the port city of mario

mr. biden's meeting with the turkish president. ukraine's president poroshenko is speaking in about an hour. jeter on the brain, let's do a data check. s&p futures down fractionally. euro-dollar is a big story we will focus on in our 7:00 hour. 1.26. get a print of on to the next screen. yen churning again. there is the euro. gold, a big deal, beginning to really push against the $1200 level. victor is helping out. june 2013. back to here's that $1200 support that we are going to break through. adam, this is a huge deal. 's over, the chart looks the same. the difference is, rather than $1200, it was $19. the concern is gold follows silver. >> this goes to the imf meetings . what will they do about a markdown to global gdp? we're going to give you front page. we start with syria. day three of our airstrikes on syria, u.s. and arab allies going after the source of islamic states money, which is oil, by bombing will refineries in the eastern part of syria. in the dozen refineries oil smuggling operations. according to brookings, islamic state may be raising about $

mr. prime minister, thank you for having us. >> it's a privilege for me. >> warner: president poroshenko, your president, said thursday in kievht the worst part of the war was behind you. do you share that view? so your president said that he thought actually there had been a transformation, that was his word, in russia's attitude toward ukraine. do you think so? >> i'm very skeptical about russia and the russian president. i just don't trust them. i do understand their ultimate goal which is to recreate soviet union to do something that resembles these soviet style empire, the brand of evil as obama said in his address to the united nations general assembly. it wasn't related actually to the soviet union, but to those who similar with them. uh but uh, we had limited options on the table and uh i do understand the decision that was made by president poroshenko to stop talks in minsk and to, to unfold a cease fire and peace plan. the thing is that whether russia is ready to execute and to implement this plan. cause knowing them, they will just try to pick the cherry, what they want, but not, but not what's needed. but again, i