we have already got russian miferlsmissiles peeking into estonia and latvia, now the area around russia has awakened russian nationalism, president putin's popularity ratings are going through the ceiling. >> i really hear you. but those people whose countries border russia, lath latvia, lithuania l estonia poland, would supersede the rights of superpowers to have their buffer zones and their strategic debt. depth. >> i would say that's true but we live in the real world. i would say in the basket of countries you just mentioned you're mixing two kinds of countries. there are some countries that the united states has given ironclad security guarantees with the form of nato membership. we've made that commitment and we can -- now comes the question -- >> those countries i claimed are all nato countries except for ukraine. >> indeed so ukraine is in a different situation. and i think the russians are eager to be sure that ukraine does not move into that category of those other countries. >> right. >> that you just mentioned. that's the reason why it's not able to accept the possibility of

. >> there are russians in lithuania, in latvia estonia, in other yooern european countries, and this administration said that we are going to extend an umbrella of protection towards them. there are russians in some that never took citizenship. will that happen will we see russia extend on umbrella of protection over russians that live outside of russia in european countries. >> no, i'm, as a member of parliament advocating and protecting the russians and getting them involved and provided with jobs and education in russia and picking up the most talented people to come to russia to make business to prosper and develop russian economy. we have never done anything like that. several legislation acts that i was introducing were turned down by vladimir putin's administration. what he thinks about is the spheres of influence that they are talking about. he thinks about military interference. military protection and the guys don't need military protection, they need humanitarian protection for the language, culture. it is needed. it's what they need to do. >> thank you for joining us plea

now the eu foreign ministers are gathering in latvia today.re doing is reviewing the cease-fire in ukraine. the meeting comes as ukraine struggles to cope with the economic fall up from 11 months of fighting. ukraine signed a $17.5 billion international rescue. to start it over all of its spending and to deal with its credit situation. let's put it in context. whether or not this meeting will deliver anything significant. let's go to moscow and talk to henry meyer. any census meeting is going to deliver an escalation of the situation, or is it just a monitoring of the situation? henry: yes that is accurate. there was a meeting yesterday in moscow between president put and the italian prime minister. iand there are signs the cease-fire is starting to take hold in a more durable manner. of course, we are long from a situation where we can say we are out of the with. however ,-- out of the woods. the germas express somes optimism. there are countries in europe that still feel you have to brand this a threat to sanctions to make sure we do not lie

up next here on bloomberg european leaders meet in latvia to talk russia and ukraine.will bring you more of that after the break. ♪ anna: welcome back to "countdown ." time for a look at the foreign exchange market. the dollar set for its best week in six. before we get that u.s. jobs report they are on. the contrast between the ecb's quantitative easing stimulus program which will start on monday, contrast that with what the fed is doing. lena telling us that she thinks the fed will start tightening in june or september. 235,000 is the number that is estimated by economists as having been created. that's the number of jobs created by the u.s. economy in february. a high bar was set in january. we saw 336,000, that was the three-month average through the january. what will february bring? as bad weather at a negative impact on the amount of jobs created? strike action in some of the ports on the west coast, has that had a negative impact? a lot of focus on the wage elements of this report. average earnings remain subdued since the start of the expansion phase in 2009.

but covering an area the size of latvia isn't cheap. so far the australia and malaysian governments that set aside $93 million for the search. well tony abbott described the disappearance as one of the great mysteries of our time. >> i have to admit to the house that so far, we have not found any trace of mh-370. but i do reassure the families of our hopes and expectation that the ongoing search will succeed. i can't promise that the search will go on at this intensity forever, but we will continue our very best efforts to resolve this mystery and provide some answers. >> tony abbott. well, i've been speaking to desmond rossen an aviation expert, based in sydney about the financial restraints of carrying out a search like this forever. >> my understanding that it costs around $120 million u.s. is budgeted for this between australia and malaysia. now, it can't continue forever. the search will continue even if it's on an occasional basis. and i'm confident that some day, somebody will find something. >> are they looking in the right plac

high-level officials from poland and latvia who wanted to attend say they were died access. the eu is demanding an explanation. >> we will talk to our correspondent covering the ceremony and just moment but first we have this report. >> mourners looked on as churches servicemen laid boris nemtsov's body to rest. around 600 people attended his funeral service at a cemetery outside the capital. just meters away, russian police watched over the crowd. some opposition figures feel the death will keep people from publicly criticizing the government in the future. >> there is no limit. for those who want to destroy any other feeling in the country except what comes from the kremlin, there is no limits whatsoever. >> his death has opened our eyes. it shows we cannot go on accepting this injustice and corruption. we need to fight, we need to organize, lead to change things in russia. >> earlier's in the day thousands of mourners and dignitaries lined up outside downtown moscow to pay their last respects to stop germany's former justice minister was among those who came to show suppo

300american soldiers are reassuring no meers of russia's bordersrs, and touring possibleussian aggression a latvialithuania, andoland. itill also arrive in romanania and bulgaria for training. to deter assertive russia, nato leers decided to increase alliance training that will culminate in an exercise and a high readiness joint task force. last week, we met wi the commander of the u.s. army europe, attorney general ben hodges. general hodges: this is more than 20,000 personnel involved. it is touching portugal, spain sardinia. it will have an air component, a maritime component, a special operations component and all the domains will be involved. i am excited about it because it is going to demonstrate alliance c capability. it is also a great opportunity for u.s. army eueurope to demonstrate what we do so well which is logistics. the command will be at the heart of logistics support for this multinational exercise, spread across three different countries. it is going to be a great function with communications working logistics in a way that unlike the past, where logistics was a national respons

latvia and estonia and -- consider themselves on the front lines between the eu and increasingly confident president putin. i started by asking how nervous these baltic states are. >> there is a lot of nervousness here. actually interestingly because russia tops the agenda at this meeting of foreign ministers. there are some in the baltics to say there is so much talk about vladimir putin attacking these countries, perhaps the talk will encourage them -- him. but others say that they feel safer now that nato is stepping up its air policing campaign so it is stepping up its rapid reaction of force. but they feel left to fend for themselves. lithuania is reducing construction, and all three baltic states are boosting military spending. -- with when you is introducing conscription. >> how much do you think the baltics trust nato and the european union to be there if they need them? >> that is a very good question. i expect the lithuanian -- i put to the lithuanian president, and she said we are a nato members state, that it takes on average of the two hours for nato to spring into action and

let's say there was a demonstration in latvia and buildings were taken over.n who speaks russian. what would nato do? those are the questions that bother our allies in eastern europe. if it were to start that way as it started in ukraine, we don't know how it would end. that's the threat that nato must deal with not only the threat of a conventional invasion or some long-range cruise missile taking out radar, but the fact that through these hybrid warfare tactics nibbling away at nato he could undercut the credibility of the alliance. >> general, julia wanted to weigh in. >> one thing i was going to say is russia is already testing nato in the baltics. putin has taken his domestic policy of sending out trial balloons international. what he has done is to go across the estonian border and kidnap an intelligence officer, bring him back and imprison him in moscow. it was a test to see how nato and the west would react. >> how did they react? >> they didn't really do anything. so the problem is that if something more serious comes along, bigger trial balloon comes

latvia a tiny baltic nation where u.s. troops and equipment just arrived for nato training and where fears are growing about putin's next move. >> now we are going to demonstrate that same resolve as we lean forward and demonstrate to russia and to putin that we are not broken in our efforts to stand together through this type of aggression. >> reporter: but putin has been flexing russia's military might. russia's northern fleet has been placed on full combat alert for arctic exercises involving nearly 40,000 troops and 50 warships. rattling nerves in some nato states. >> they are nervous in poland particularly in the baltic states particularly estonia and latvia. that goes back to for a number of years the kremlin has talked about this right that russia has to defend ethnic russians or russian speakers wherever they are located and whatever their citizenship. >> reporter: the u.s. army says it will soon be sending armored striker vehicles on an 1100 mile convoy through six european countries to show solidarity with nato a

no, it's latvia. because it's a black market, it's hard to know exactly how much money gets wagered illegally, but the federal government estimated it ranges from $80 to $300 billion, that's billion with a "b," every year. >> reporter: so that's a lot of money. >> it's a lot of money that's not being taxed. a lot of money that is going under the table. >> reporter: these days, it's not just the commissioner of the nba who says this situation needs to change. there are a lot of cash-strapped states that want in on that action, too. the resort town of atlantic city is in dire economic straits, its unemployment rate is 11%, double the national average. several of the city's huge casinos are shuttered, hit by the one-two punch of the financial crisis, and competition from new casinos in neighboring states. some in new jersey now want to tap into illegal sports betting to revive this area. >> so the whole idea came as a result of the casino and the racetrack industry being on hard times. >> reporter: denni

infantry unit known as the dragoon ride convoy has been moving through countries including estonia latvia and lithuania. from an exercise to showcase necessitating's ability to defend its neighbors. >>> cuban aid workers are heading home, after fighting ebola. the u.s. is expected to bring home its remaining soldiers. >> when ebola was at its worse last year, julius proud was trying to save those he could. and that's whether he caught the disease. >> fortunately i survive it. but working down the community people pointing finger at me, oh he is the one who came down with the virus he is the one who people see die and least the one, i mean, it becomes somehow discouraging and worrisome. >> even colleagues who showed notice symptoms were made to feel isolated. despite the stigma proud is back at work. he's beat the virus and says it's now time to beat the misinformation about the disease. that's what liberia's government wants to do as well. in a few weeks the world health organization had hoped to declare the nation ebola free. that is not going to happen because of a new case discovered d

. >> in the latvia capitol riga the bloc remains united and continues on sanctions against russia for its role in the conflict. >>> ukraine's ambassador to the u.n. said that kiev's forces have started to remove their heavy weaponry. >> on the other side, which is a verified and monitored by the o osce people, we have moved out all artillery of 150 millimeters. we started to remove yesterday the rocket system, and this morning the rocket system . to release all the detainees and prisoners, all for all and for those who are illegally held in moscow. >> the mine explosion in eastern ukraine on wednesday 33 works died in the blast in the separatist city of donetsk. the mine has a history of deadly accidents. >>> a man was pulled from prison by a huge mob and killed. people overcame the prison guards and killed the man. he was accused of raping a woman last week. >> local media is suggesting what started as a peaceful protest against the alleged rape of a local woman late last month took an unexpected turn with the mob aprojectly 1,000 people effectively turning to the prison where the al

. >> meanwhile a member of the european parliament from latvia was denied entrance into russia. she was set to attend nemtsov's funeral tomorrow. >> many left flowers and presents on the bridge where nemtsov was shot. >>> garry capsry kasparov sait down with alsat down withrichelle carey. >> when did you last speak with your friend boris nemtsov and when did you fear for his safety? >> i had to leave russia two years ago recognizing that staying there could be dangerous. i know in february, he at least did two interviews, he-he expressed his fear of being murdered. and it was highly unusual. this is the man who was always full of life. >> not a fearful man? >> you know, he was bursting with energy and he was 55, but you know, you could be jealous of his energy. and you know, going against the tide. so he was not afraid. probably bravest of us all. and he was the most vocal critic of putin's regime. i would feel putin considered him as his personal enemy. >> after the system? >> he concentrated on putin as a symbol of the system. when people asked me who could benefit killing nem

the czech republic foiled by latvia. >> tennis world number one djokovic winning in three sets. he raced through the opening sets to take it 6-0. in the second set showing great spirit to take it 7-5. however, that was to be the highlight of the match for the slovakian. djokovic raised his game in the deciding set going to the win. >> japan advanced beating the russian 6-2 6-1. the four seed won 70% of his service points. >> in the women's draw, world's number one serena williams managed to beat man company in straight sets, 6-3 6-1. >> nba now the blazers beat the nuggets. the play of the night goes to denver's with i will burton, getting the assist off an unsuspecting wright. denver really tested the bounce. a triple opened a 10 point lead. 120-114. >> that's it. >> thank you so much for that. >> now the city known as istanbul is changing again. $100 billion being spent to transform it into a modern metropolis. that sent rent for properties soaring and opponents say little is being done to stop it. we have the story: >> it's a shock from a by gone age paying by gone rent. just

. >> that's right the baltic states estonia latvia and lithuania, they are already members of nato. something that i don't think that mr. carson will soon forget. >>> and hilliary clinton's email practices have made democrats nervous. and she may be seen by some voters as not trustworthy and then calls again for elizabeth warren to get into the race. warren said that the pressure on her is building. a group spent over $1 million to build a warren infrastructure, 300,000 people urging warren to run and now they have sent warren a video with pictures and voicemail from citizens pleading with her. >> i want my youngest child my daughter to experience the first female president of the united states as being a person of character. and that is what you are. please, please consider running for people like me. >> how do you say no to that? with the pressure, it will eventually pay off. and regardless of who runs, the politics in the presidential campaign will be obamacare. the latest pole of registered voters shows that support is rising and anger is falling. kaiser family foundation indica

group a leaders the czech republic are losing at home to latvia. wales with three goals against israel. and the netherlands in a precarious situation against turkey. and the quarterfinalist belgium are in group b and group h is italy against group leaders crow with a shah who will be playing norway, crow with a shah croatia leading 3-0. >>> it's something that fewer countries want or want to pay for, the bid for the 2022 olympics is down to two contender right now. kazakhstan and china. four other nations pulled out. in china though, it represents another chance to host a major international event. >> a beautiful blue-sky day of chongli. if they win the bid this will be the place of the 2022 winter olympics. >> people are happy and economic growth is at the top of the world. when the country is rich, they want to develop sports. >> if we win more people will become interested in skiing. >> this week the inspectors from the international olympic committee are in china to evaluate progress. there are only two bids. this one and kazakhstan still in th

steps to illustrate that solidarity. >> can you talk about what is being done by nato in estonia, latvia and lithuania in regard to that? >> the reassurance measures being taken by nato do include, and the united states is included include rotating forces through the baltic states, engaging those states in exercise and training and facilitating additional aircraft being stationed in those countries. nato awacs are being -- are flying other eastern europe. ships are in the baltic and black seas. all of this is designed to bolster and underlined the article five commitments. >> we have said -- all four of you have said that the solution is diplomatic, economic and military. my question is on the sanctions. they don't have a consumer economy. russia doesn't have a consumer economy. they have an energy economy. their banking sector can be hit and also there -- their military arms manufacturing sector. can you speak in a nonclassified way about what needs to be done from a sanctions perspective that can get his attention at this point? >> thank you for that question. the sectors that you ment

warned latvia of its consequences of treatment of ethnic russians. sweden to reroute a civilian airliner to prevent collision with a military jet. and flown strategic bombers over the english channel. and sent unannounced formations of military aircraft into our airspace. i would like to follow up on the question about article five, but do you believe putin's strategy is to undermine nato's credibility to defend all its member states? >> i do. i think president putin would like to undermine the nato alliance and we are working hard to communicate to him the solidarity of the alliance taking these steps to illustrate that solidarity. >> can you talk about what is being done by nato and east area, latvia and lithuania in regard to that? >> the reassurance measures being taken to include -- it include rotating forces through the baltic states, engage in those states and facilitating additional aircraft being stationed in those countries. they are flying flying over eastern europe. -- nato awacs are flying over eastern europe. ships are in the baltic and

and senior officials from latvia and poland were barred from entering russia to pay their respects. they called it pay back from a tom russian lawmaker. >>> returning to india tv stations are band from airing a documentary about a vicious gang rape and murder that happened on a new delhi bus in 2012. in it, the bus driver says that the victim would be alive if she had not fought back. >> it comes after scenes of the documentary, india's daughter. and it says that women are more to blame for rape than men. and his comments are sparking outrage. on december 12th, at 8:30 p.m., a 23-year-old many was on her way home with a friend. they then boarded a bus where five men and a 17-year-old boy took turns raping the student. and they then threw her onto the street. she died 13 days later. [ chanting ] the gang rape set off protests across india. and now even more outrage. in a new documentary, the bus driver speaks from prison, blaming the victim. he said a decent girl won't roam around at night. a girl is more responsible for rape than a boy. she should just be silent and allow the rape.

something in response to his actions in ukraine or maybe further actions in let's say lithuania, latviar even poland that we'll be afraid in the united states to take action because he's been demonstrating had his bait to reach out and touch us. >> meantime russia has repeatedly denied any direct involvement in the conflict in the eastern ukraine. swedish furniture giant i keep ca is shutting down its website magazine in russia to avoid violating the country's guy ban. the magazine featured same sex coup counsels and mayor families. putin signed a lauf penalizing propaganda of nontraditional sexual orientation among minors. i kia could be forced to pay more than $16,000 or stop activities for 90 days. >> the lawyer for julian assange says a meeting with his client and swedish authorities is possible. investigators have offered to ravel to britain to speak with assange regarding sexual assault allegations and to get a dna sample. an saung is wanted for questioning in an incident dating back to 2010. he's been in the london embassy since 2012. in the wake of a scathing u.s. justice report

. >> reporter: if putin were to move again the baltics, that account force nato's hand because latvia,olition waynia and -- lithuania, and estonia are members of nato the alliance and the u.s. sworn to defend them. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> a letter sent to the white house is being tested for cyanide. the secret service says the envelope was received at the white house mail facility on monday. initial tests came back negative but on tuesday chemical testing showed a possible presence of cyanide. a law enforcement official says there were no injuries or exposure concerns for the person who opened that letter. >>> we'll take a short break now. coming up next, the u.s. responds to claims that one of its drones has been shot down by syrian forces. well, a mortgage shouldn't be a problem your credit is in pretty good shape. >>pretty good? i know i have a 798 fico score thanks to the tools and help on experian.com. kaboom... well, i just have a few other questions. >>chuck, the only other question you need to ask is, "what else can you do for me?" i'll just take a water... get y

>> because we're doing that up in latvia lithuania and estonia, all of them watching what's happeningine and very much concerned russia will do the same thing to them once russia has satisfied whatever its objectives may be in ukraine. each of those baltic nations has a small ethnic russian population much as crimea and eastern ukraine did, and they're watching the u.s. and really overall nato response and they're worried about their own safety, security and long-term ability to keep russia out. jenna: colonel cowan, how do you describe the mission? if you had to peek to one of the 3,000 -- speak to one of the 3,000 troops that gets this assignment how would you describe to them what their mission is over the next three months? >> with well they're going to develop -- probably most important thing jenna, develop good working relationships with the troops with the units, with the leaders of the military of those three countries. personal relationships count for an awful lot when the u.s. military is working virtually anywhere overseas. this is a minor a very minor show of force on the

i think if you talk to latvia, lithuania and estonia leaders, you will hear that very strongly. >> implementingrticle 5 is a political decision rather than a military one. what would it take to say the line in the sand's been drawn, if militia started operating just over the border in the baltic states. would that be considered a breach of article 5, and in which case what would our reaction be? >> i think that's a very good question. i don't want to give some unthought-through answer. but we are committed to their collective defense. where they are being destabled, we would intervene and help them with their stability. where they're being cyber attacked, we'd help them with their cyber defenses. i think we need to do more, frankly, in the area of information. one of the complaints you get from the baltic states that there's nothing to counter the deluge of sort of russian paid and bad media spreading this information. we have to recognize one of the strengths we've got as a country, we have a very strong and impartial media. we have a wonderful brand in the bbc that's known for its impartial n

. >> reporter: if putin were to move against the baltics, that could force nato's hand because latviaania, and estonia are all members of nato. the alliance and the u.s. sworn to defend them. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> coming up on cnn the deadline is getting closer for agreement on iran's nuclear program. a live report ahead on where those negotiations stand. >>> plus passengers on the united airlines flight jumped into action after a man charged the cockpit shouting "jihad! " ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if you can clear a table without lifting a finger... you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin. because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec®. muddle no more™. . >>> just reached the halfway point. welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." i'm john vause. >> i'm rosemary church. in headlines, there have been will have clashes if frankfurt, germany, between anti-austerity democrat strars and riot police. the alliance of groups call h

politicians from poland and latvia were banned from entering the country to attend while russia's best-known opposition leader was denied release from jail. >> woodruff: the kremlin has charged the killing of nemtsov was a "provocation" to whip up opposition to putin and destabilize russia. >> ifill: one of south america's most active volcanoes erupted today in southern chile, forcing 3,000 people to flee. the villarica volcano sits about 400 miles south of santiago and reaches 9,000 feet into the sky. early this morning, it spewed a sea of ash and glowing lava high into the air and down its slopes. the heat caused snow on the sides of the volcano to begin melting, raising a risk of major flooding. >> woodruff: back in this country, most u.s. auto makers reported sales gains in february, despite bad weather. but that didn't do much to help wall street. the dow jones industrial average lost 85 points to close near 18,200. the nasdaq dropped 28 and fell back below 5,000. and the s-and-p 500 slipped nine points. still to come on the newshour. full analysis of prime minister netanyahu's congress

. >> can i put it to you for a country like latvia or estonia with a substantial russian-speaking minority amongst its population, right on the front line with russia, facing a president who has shown that he is actually prepared to admit that he planned the annexation of the territory of ukraine and who has said that the collapse the ending of the soviet union was the greatest disaster of the 20th century, that there is understandably deep concern about not having clarity from united states united kingdom, france, and the other big nato partners about under what circumstances article 5 would be invoked? >> no i'm not sure that's right. i was with you until the last ten seconds. of course we understand the concern that there is in the baltic states and nato members and the uk has been leading among them, have sought to reassure our baltic partners, for example, by offering strike aircraft for the baltic air policing commission by taking part in military exercises in baltic countries and poland. and we will continue to do so. but i think the interest of the baltic countries are best served

make you mentioned in response to russian aggression in ukraine, we have deployed force to poland latvia. when you look at their defense budgets, what they spend in connection with their gdp compared to what we spend is insufficient. >> what more do we need to do to make difficult decision that's are more in their national interest than ours? >> that is a big challenge and a moving target and one that secretaries of defense, and going back to my time, secretary gates have tried to press upon. largely european allies. only four of the 28 nato nations currently meet the 2% requirement. i might add astonia is one of them. as you noted when it comes to russia and the concerns that we see driving out of ukraine, all of us would like to work more closely with our european allies. >> thank you. >> mr. conway. chairman conway. >> thank you, chairman, and thank you folks for being here today. i'm encouraged that -- it has been my experience, that when a question rises to the top level of the committee up there we're gaining some traction. i want to follow up on mr. miller's comments about auditin

so they can defend itself and we ought to be stationing more nato troops in estonia laugh via -- latviaania to protect them and commit to our article 5 agreement to protect them from russia. i think president obama is a tougher minded than the europeans. we have to bring the europeans, particularly the german government, held by chancellor merkel, along with us. that's the big challenge in the weeks ahead. >> i think you made a little news there, i haven't actually heard this administration say it would be considering giving weapons to those who are fighting off pro russian rebels in eastern ukraine. is that right? >> i'm not a member of the administration. i'm a private citizen. i have been advocating for several weeks now that the united states ought to give defensive arms, antitank missiles so the kiev government but i don't represent the administration. >> putin's power returning a kremlin to what we knew in the past kind of an view. what are your thoughts on that? >> i think that he has shown himself to be a demagogue brutal cynical dictator within russia but more worrying to the u

something in response to his actions in ukraine, or maybe further actions in let's say lithuania, latvia or even poland that we will be afraid in the united states to take action because he's been demonstrating his ability to reach out and touch us. this is we would call it a flexible deterrent option. he would call it psychological warfare. he would call it hybrid warfare. they are attempting to impact our mentality right now. this broadcast, american people listening, fear so the next time we want to confront russia you will hear analysts speaking up saying oh, no no let russia have what it wants because after all, they are a nuclear power. so we have to have the means to counter his buildup of forces. >> how do we do that? >> sometimes that's defense. sometimes it's deterrence. we make sure that he doesn't have any nuclear capacities that we can't match. we have leakage between our first forces on the ground all the way back to the strategic nuclear threat that we pose to him with our missiles submarines and long range bombers, and as necessary, we build out our strategic missile and

. >> can i put it to you for a country like latvia or estonia with a substantial russian-speaking minority amongst its population, right on the front line with russia, facing a president who has shown that he is actually prepared to admit that he planned the annexation of the territory of ukraine and who has said that the collapse the ending of the soviet union was the greatest disaster of the 20th century, that there is understandably deep concern about not having clarity from united states united kingdom, france, and the other big nato partners about under what circumstances article 5 would be invoked? >> no i'm not sure that's right. i was with you until the last ten seconds. of course we understand the concern that there is in the baltic states and nato members and the uk has been leading among them, have sought to reassure our baltic partners, for example, by offering strike aircraft for the baltic air policing commission by taking part in military exercises in baltic countries and poland. and we will continue to do so. but i think the interest of the baltic countries are best served

and i believe he will move forward, are you sure you when i hear the same voices from estonia and latvia cannot find on a map? stephanie: you are more passionate than ever? aren't you afraid of your safety? >> i'm in new york and boris was killed in moscow. i believe i have to speak just elevate his memory. stephanie: you don't think there are russian gangsters in new york? >> i have faith in the police. stephanie: i am so sorry. our condolences. erik: let us take you back out to the breaking news deskk. >> here is a double-digit percent increase for the japanese carmaker. 13.3% increase in february vehicle sales for toyota. analysts were looking for in increase of 15%. it misses the mark here and it is consistent with what we have heard from chrysler, ford, and gm. a lot of people blaming the winter weather and storms across the east coast for the disappointing numbers. theater getting a boost because of the week yen making cars affordable. toyota's shares are falling about 4/10 of 1% in u.s. trading. erik: thank you scarlet. a slight decline in those shares. stephanie: a lot to cover t

joyce's allies make it responds the we have deployed additional forces to listen arabia and poland and latvia the at what they spend as the percentage of the gdp is insufficient what more do we the to do to force countries to get those taxpayers to support these missions that our more in their interest than ours? tueber if that is the big challenges a moving target that the secretary of defense has tried to roux press upon but zero days four of those agents -- the nation's meet those requirements and estonia is one of them but when it comes to russian news of the concerns coming out of ukraine we would all like to work more closely with european allies. >> i am encouraged it has been my experience as the question arises to the top level we are gaining traction. so with those questions about auditing one quick anecdote we're grabbing an impromptu town hall meeting in the galley of the submarine and one of the kids asked me how is that audit thing coming? i know if it was suppliant? have you just suck it up to the house armed services committee. with each of you to respond to as the president's

states such as latvia, lithuania, ukraine tried and succeeded briefly. georgia, azerbaijan, russia was both an empire and regime. both were splintering in the aftermath of the great war. so there were huge questions the world had to settle. what was the shape of europe going to be like? what was the shape of the middle east going to be like? suddenly all the arab territories of the ottoman empire were now up for grabs of some sort. there were colonies to be disposed of in africa and south pacific. there was a real danger that many felt at the time, the europe and the world were going to plunge into even more revolution. the second revolution in russia, of november 1917, had seen a small and fanatical splinter group in the bolsheviks takeover. there was a communist revolution in bavaria. it only lasted for a week come but it was enough to worry a people. there were militant strikes in britain, canada. there were troubles around the world. there was a real fear that 1918 was not the end of something, it was the beginning of another even more dreadful perio

from latvia and lithuania soldiers from 173rd air borne and the first cavalry showed the world the america would stand with nato allies and respond to unbrielded aggression. in west africa your army acted. elements of several units led by the 101st air borne provided command and control, equipment and expertise to support efforts to stop this deadly and destabilizing disease. in response to rapid gains by isil your soldiers quickly returned to iraq to advise and assist in turning the tide on this barbaric group of radical terrorist. in the pacific thousands of soldiers and civilians supported operations to strengthen partnerships and presence. today the headquarters of nine active army and two guard divisions are committed to combatant commands and some 143,000 soldiers are deployed, forward stationed or committed including over 19000 mobilized reservists. moreover we've done all of this while continuing to transform our formations to make them leaner, more agile and far more lethal. as all of you know so well such extraordinary success comes at a price. for in the end the young lieutenant

. >> can you talk about what is being done by nato and east area latvia and lithuania in regard to that? >> the reassurance measures being taken to include -- it include rotating forces through the baltic states, in glade engage in those states and facilitating additional aircraft being stationed in those countries. ships are in the baltic and black seas. all of this is designed to bolster and underlined the article five commitments. >> we have said -- all four of you have said that the solution is diplomatic, economic and military. my question is on the sanctions. they don't have a consumer economy. they have an energy economy. their banking sector can be hit and their military arms manufacturing sector. can you speak about what needs to be done from a sanctions perspective that can get his attention at this point? >> thank you for that question. the sectors he mentioned have been targeted through the sanctions. the defense sector and financial sector have been subject not only to sect oral sanctions -- sect orielsectoral sanctions. in the defense sector, there have been individual com

states such as latvia, lithuania, ukraine tried and succeeded briefly.eorgia, azerbaijan, russia was both an empire and regime. both were splintering in the aftermath of the great war. there were huge questions the world had to settle. what was the shape of europe going to be like? what was the shape of the middle east going to be like? suddenly all the arab territories of the ottoman empire were now up for grabs of some sort. they were colonies -- there were colonies to be disposed of in africa and south pacific. there was a real danger that many felt at the time, the europe and the world were going to plunge into even more revolution. the second revolution in russia, of november 1917, had seen a small and fanatical splinter group in the bolsheviks takeover. there was a communist revolution in bavaria. it only lasted for a week come up but it was enough to worry a people. there were militant strikes in britain, canada. there were troubles around the world. there was a real fear that 1918 was not the end of something, it was the beginning of another, eve

latvia and lithuania to poland and estonia soldiers from the 173rd airborne show that america would stand with our allies respond to aggression suffer from the scourge of a bola army acted. elements of several units provided command-and-control, equipment and expertise to support efforts to stop this deadly and destabilized disease. in response in response to rapid gains your soldiers quickly returned to advise and assist security forces entering the tide on this barbaric group of radical terrorists. the pacific thousands of soldiers and civilians supporting operations to strengthen our partnerships and increase our substantial presence. today the headquarters of nine active armies and to guard the visions are committed to combatant command. some 143,000 soldiers nondeployed at forward stations and are committed including overnight thousand mobilize reservists. moreover, we have done all of this will continuing to transform our formations to make leaner more agile far more lethal. as you know such extraordinary success comes at a price. in the end laboring countless hours to support the i

now if ukraine goes, what happens to lithuania, estonia, latvia? and just today, in the news, we hear where russia has threatened a nuclear response i believe it's to denmark. now, now what is happening in the world? the world now is a very dark a very dangerous and a very evil place. and when those three things get together, there must be that shining light on the hill that shows the way out of the darkness. and throughout history that light has been the united states of america. we must act here. let us hope that president obama will hear our plea as democrats and as republicans. we've got to help save ukraine. from russia. i serve on the nato parliamentary assembly. for 12 years i've served on nato. i've served as a chairman of the science and technology committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. scott: i'm here to tell you, ladies and gentlemen -- mr. engel: i yield another minute. mr. scott: thank you. i'm here to tell you, ladies and gentlemen if we don't act here, there will be a devastation on the european con

from latvia and lithuania to poland and estonia, soldiers from the 173rd airborne and the 1st cavalry show the world that america will stand with our nato allies and respond to unbridled aggression. in west africa as thousands suffered from the scourge of the bowl of your army acted. elements of several units led by the 101st airborne provided command and control equipment and expertise to support efforts to stop this deadly and destabilized disease. in response to rapid gains your soldiers quickly returned to go back to advise and assist security forces in turn the tide on this barbaric group of radical terrorists to read in the pacific thousands of soldiers and civilians supporting operations to strengthen partnerships and increase our substantial presence. today the today the headquarters of nine active army and to guard divisions are committed to combatant combat command. in some 143,000 soldiers are deployed forward stationed overcommitted including over 19,000 mobilized reservists. moreover, we have done all of this more continuing to transform our formations to make them leaner

western weakness for what it is, could be tempted to replay his ukrainian play book in estonia and latvia, forcing nato into war or object sal essence. -- obsolescence. with china denying american forces access to the seas, countries as diverse as south korea, japan taiwan and the philippines will feel compelled to conciliate or confront, neither helping regional stability. while north korea already possesses nuclear weapons iran appears to be on the path to a nuclear bomb, whether it breaksor it holds a potential nuclear agreement. not only might iran use its weapon but its nuclear umbrella would also embolden its drive for regional hygemony. does anyone doubt that saudi arabia and other sunni states will follow iran down this path? nuclear trip wires may soon wring the world's most volume industrial region, increasing the possibility that islamic insurgents may seize materials if they can topple the right government. islamic terrorists will continue to rampage throughout syria and iraq inspiring more attacks upon europe and american soil. emboldened by their own battlefield assesses, th

i think that should extend, we have deployed forces to poland and latvia. when you look at their defense budgets, what they spend in connection with what we spend is unsufficient. >> what more do we need to do to make difficult decision that's are more on their -- >> that is a big challenge and a moving target and one that secretaries of defense and going back to my time secretary gates have tried to press upon. only four of the 28 nato nations currently meet the 32% requirement. when it comes to russia and the concern that's we see arrive coming out of ukraine, all of us would like to work more closely with our european allies. >> thank you. >> mr. conway. >> thank you, chairman, and thank you folks for being here today, i'm encouraged it has been my experience that when a question rises to the top level of the committee up there we're gaining some traction. i want to follow up on mr. miller's comments about auditing. one quick anecdote. i was on uss texas having an impromptu town hall meeting and one of the kids asked me show that audit thing coming with