good to have you with us. america's top diplomat, antony, blanket and russian foreign minister, sergey lover of our beginning, their high stake talks in geneva at this hour. the meeting follows a 10th stand off over ukraine that some fear could lead to war. in europe. on thursday, blanket was in berlin, where he, hal talks with german foreign minister, analynn, a bare bach and their british and french counterparts. a meeting meant to show united front and clear up any misunderstanding about western unity regarding russian aggression against ukraine. the stakes are high, us secretary of state antony, blinking, landing in berlin to try and rally america's allies and prevent a war. unity is the main goal here, blinkin and his german, french, and british counterparts disgust the intense fears that russia may soon invade ukraine. their focus, how to credibly deter moscow with warnings of what could follow even as were relentless and pursuing mr. bradley path. will continue to make very clear that if moscow chooses the path of further regression, we will impose swift and mass of course, befo

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let's talk about where we are in this diplomatic sprint by antony blinkin. he was in key of yesterday here in berlin to day. do you see a diplomatic way out of this crisis? at this point, the only way out of this crisis is there deterrence, anthony blinkin has already been pushing hard behind the scenes for germany to take a stronger stance against russia's aggression for the you to tow a stronger line. and now he's here in person to push that at the end of the day dialogue will not solve this issue. anthony lincoln, tomorrow is going to have to make perfectly clear to russia that the cost of invading ukraine will be higher than the cost of invasion. and if this does not happen, i fear that we will have to calculate with some sort of invasion or incursion. yet the consequence is, we hear a lot about that. the u. s. has warned that it is going to be a disaster for russia. if russia invade ukraine, but no one wants to spell out exactly what those consequences will be. why is there? well, russia is one of the use largest trading partners. not only in energy, i

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antoni: let's take a step back. reduction of the balance sheet, these are very harsh words with regard to fed action. i am a contrarian here to most analysts. as soon as the s&p and credit markets correct to the tune of 20%, 30%, we will be back to easing. i don't see the political will for anyone to power through what is necessary, to hike rates consistently and for an extended period. the s&p is down year to date 2.5%. everybody is pointing to the end of the world. i don't see that as a likely scenario. cheap money is here to stay. matt: four times is the latest the market is pricing in four 2022. what do you expect? antoni: i expect them to do one or two hikes, equities, bonds, pension funds will take a hit, and then we will be back to easing in no time. even if they taper, they certainly don't tell us the amount, just the regularity and frequency of it. i just think the balance sheet is so huge, interest rates are such a vast amounts of money, raising rates ultimately hits the united states the most. matt: i won

s. secretary of state antony blanket has been meeting russia's foreign minister. so gala ross in yemen, at least 76 people are reported to have been killed in an ass strike that had a temporary detention center who the rebel say the saudi led coalition struck the facility and saw the province. the area is a hoot, the stronghold and aid from around the world is being sent to toner, was the pacific island nation clears up after a major pl kenneth corruption and tsunami. at least 3 people on and had died following saturdays in a rush. at least 17 people have died in an explosion at western gone up. it happened in a small town near the city of go. so videos from the scene posted on social media, showed the extent of the damage. police said the blast happened on a truck carrying explosives between 2 gold mines, collided with a motorcycle, it dozens of buildings were destroyed and several people were injured. most of the victims have now been moved to hospitals in the bogo. so district people have been advised to leave the area nearby, towns of open shelters in churches

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here is what antony blank and said. there was no promise that nato wouldn't expand. nato never promised not to admit new members. it could not and would not. the open door policy was a core provision of the 949 north atlantic treaty that founded nato. russia has provided many examples of nato, promising not to expand the james baker. u. s. secretary of state said nato would not move an inch east. we also had statements from german foreign ministers and german officials. these statements were made. russia has documented this time and time again, us officials to please continue to pretend these things that russia has provided as evidence. they simply don't exist, they just pretend that they didn't happen. but regardless, the upcoming meeting is expected to cool temperatures. that is the aim, the hope is that us russia relations will improve. that is the aim of the meeting next week between the leader of russia and the leader of the united states. but this, these words from blink and just a few days beforehand are certainl

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ah, i'm pablo fo lillius welcome to the program. america's top diplomat, antony blinkin, is in geneva for a summit with russia's foreign minister, cedric saturday. lab rav make or break talks that could determine war or peace. here in europe. ahead of that meeting blinkin was here in berlin, where he hell talks with german foreign minister and alina bell, bach and their british and french counterparts. a meeting meant to show a night at front and clear up any misunderstanding about western unity regarding russian aggression against ukraine. the stakes are high. you a secretary of state antony, blinking, landing in berlin to try and rally america's allies and prevent a war. unity is the main goal here, blinkin and his german, french, and british counterparts disgust the intense fears that russia may soon invade ukraine. they focus how to credibly deter moscow with warnings of what could follow even as were relentless in pursuing this diplomatic path. will continue to make very clear that if moscow chooses the path of further aggression, we will impose swift and massive cost. if lot on

jessica, let's talk about where we are in this diplomatic sprint by antony blinken.was here in berlin today. do you see a diplomatic way out of this crisis? >> at this point, the only way out is through deterrence. antony blinken has already bee pushing hard behind the scenes for germany to take a stronger stance against russia's aggression, or the eu to toe a stronger line. at the end of the day, dialogue will not solve this issue. he will have to make perfectly clear to russia tomorrow that the cost of invading ukraine will be higher than the cost of invasion, and if this does not happen, we will have to calculate with some sort of invasion or incursion. >> the consequences, we hear about that. the u.s. warns it will be a disaster for russia if they invade ukraine, but no one wants to spell out exactly what those consequences would be. wise that? -- why is that? >> russia is one of t eu's largest trading partners, not only in energy. trade between them in 2020 accounted for over 170 billions euros. they are also germany's largest gas importer, so the economic cost

we still wait for the secretary of state antony blinken in about 10 minutes.t's dovetail this in at the president wilson hotel on the shores of lake geneva. annmarie hordern, last time i saw her she was skiing south of geneva. she joins us now, or bloomberg washington correspondent. i want to dovetail the domestic item with the foreign policy the moment. this from the team at "the new york times" this morning. i thought the way they captured this quote from the president, "the public does not want me to be the president senator. they want me to be the president and let the senators be senators." how is he taking this moment to be more presidential? annmarie: he's taking his for us an -- his foreign policy mom has president. yesterday was a bit of a cleanup act -- cleanup act after realizing that as president, your words matter. president really cleaning up some insight which many resonated with, the fact that he said this issue on minor incursions which that would mean for sanctions, potentially some fighting between the united states and its partners on what

that is significant, of course, because the antony blink in the u. s. secretary, the secretary of state is heading to geneva to meet his russian counterparts. are gay lever off tomorrow. so that's as far as we got with the german foreign minister at the moment. again, we have some issues with our translation there, which is why we just pulled out of that. as soon as antony blinking starts to speak in english, we will dip into that live. and i've just heard that the translation is working. so let's see if we can listen and again it with the protective shield. and this is expressly true in cases where this might have economic consequences for ourselves. very often you have been asking us as we are engaging in these formats, you have asked us if these are engagements, have only meant a mini mil. see the plans for all of us. they're taking one millimeter by millimeter. we will continue to do, sir, because each and every millimeter is worth while our every, every 1000000 meter means a little bit greater security for the people in europe. and that i believ

this is what was said by antony blanca. there are very particular drivers of what's happening cause it's done right now as a said that go to you cannot megan and political matters. one lesson recent history is that a, once a russians are in your house, sometimes very difficult to get them to leave. it's important to note that he's speaking as the secretary of state of the country with a long pattern of remaining in countries that never invited them. syria never invited the united states in neither did afghanistan. neither did iraq. neither did a number of countries where the usa continues to maintain a military presence, but the situation with casks, dan, is quite different. it's the authorities of cows extend that are asking for support . and the block i has offered its support to cause its dan after the countries president reached out amid a security crisis, but apparently antony blank and thinks he knows better. this is what he said. it would seem to me that the cause, like authorities and government certainly have the c

s. secretary of state antony, blinking, landing in berlin to try and rally america's allies and prevent a war. unity is the main goal here, blinkin and his german, french, and british counterparts disgust the intense fears that russia may soon invade ukraine. their focus had a credibly deter moscow with warnings of what could follow even as were relentless in pursuing this diplomatic path. will continue to make very clear that if moscow chooses the path for the regression, we will impose swift and mass of cost. if one who has lung thing and that, so we urgently call on russia to take steps towards steve collation, you divide act any further, aggression would have serious consequences. see it. would it not even the cleanse, extensive nasty scene. but comments by the u. s. president a day earlier have right questions about whether those consequences really do apply to any active aggression. russia will be held accountable. if it invades, it depends on what it does. it's one thing influences minor corrosion, and then we end up having a fight about what to do and not to which cetera. but if

antony blinken meetings are gay lavrov in geneva. the u.s. warned the kremlin that an encouraging into ukraine -- incursion into ukraine would cripple the russian economy. that's get to maria tadeo in geneva for this round of talks. the u.s. says there still is a diplomatic root. is that window closing or what is the way forward through diplomacy? >> look, as you said, there is time for a diplomatic solution and there is still time to de-escalate tensions with russia and ukraine. it will depend on their next decisions going next. as you know, russia wants a guarantee that ukraine will never join nato. that vladimir putin will not get from the west. what the west wants is that pullback of the troops. it is something the russians are not willing to do. the solution going forward is very unclear, very muddy going on from here. the other thing i would point to is that morning that was reiterated yesterday saying that sanctions would be huge on the russian economy and that it would cripple the russian economy. what is key is that the united states

. >> antony mills joined us on that story earlier in austria. next, joe biden trying to clarify the u.s. position over any russian movement into ukraine. the words used to talk about the difference between an incursion can invasion, made it look like there will be a list heavy price to pay. some observers took this as a tacit pylon of russian troops. gaskell converts that it is not at all like that. , biden's onbrd antony blinken -- meanwhile, biden's foreign secretary antony blinken. >> western allies insisted they would be undivided in responding strongly to a russian assault on ukraine. the u.s. secretary of state met with french, british, and german leaders to discuss the crisis. >> that unity gives us strength, a strength, i might add, that russia does not and cannot match . even as we are relentless in pursuing this diplomatic path, we will continue to make very clear that if russia chooses a path of aggression, we will impose strict and dramatic costs. >> his german counterpart shared the same sentiments. quick sweepers urge russia to tak

as spheres of influence go, i asked antony blinken today to explain...aying about the balkans, if the eu was present there, there is no place where anyone else in this region. —— no place for anyone else. i think this is a very good illustration and applies to everything that is happening in eastern europe. let's look at the west balkans. there are some countries that are not part of nato and the eu there and attempts are undertaken to make them associate themselves. they are trying to dissuade them from having good, close ties with china, with russia. it is not about trying introduce their own spheres of influence? spheres of influence exist due to the policies pursued by colonial powers. when decolonisation happened, colonial powers and want to lose their influence and spheres of influence was about trying to steal, you know, control. it was about controlling these territories. and they are trying to expand their presence in these territories and attract new ones into their sphere of influence. we spoke about whether mr blank and today, and it's a pity

s. opposite threat assessment had of talks between zachary, of say, antony, blanket and russia, sergey lamb roth in geneva. this week. 2 major telecom companies say that they are delaying their 5 g roll out of the warnings that would cause catastrophic disruption to flights. and the last time she ran to the columbia either and she was kidnapped and held hostage for 6 and a half years. now angry bethany co says she's running again. ah, an unprecedented disaster. that's how tongue as government is describing the situation facing the country's islands. 3 days after a volcanic eruption sent to su nami, surging across its coasts. tong remains mostly cut off from the rest of the world. though images from surveillance, flights and satellites are beginning to show the full scale of the destruction. at least 3 people have been confirmed dead, but their affairs at the toll will rise. victoria gate and b has more now satellite images show a thick layer of ash on the wrong way of tongue is main. airport on the left is how it looked before the eruption, the ashes, delaying deliveries, of internatio

antony blinken warns that russia could quickly double the number of troops on ukraine's border. also, more aid and help on its way to tonga as more evidence shows the destruction of the tsunami. and a scandal has boris johnson's fellow conservatives outraged. germany records more than 100,000 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours. a record high made possible by the omicron variant. to our viewers watching on pbs in the united states and to all of you around the world, welcome. we begin tonight with the u.s. secretary of state at the start of a three-day diplomatic sprint here in europe aimed at preventing a war in ukraine. today, he was in kia where he urged western countries to remain united in the face of what he called relentless russian aggression. he also accused moscow of trying to undermine ukraine's democracy. he said washington is committed to protecting ukraine by de-escalating tensions with moscow. he will be here tomorrow for talks with his british and french counterparts. although the ultimate goal is peace not war, antony blinken warned russia again that

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secretary of state antony blinken renewed calls for russia to choose diplomacy or pay a price in casemilitary escalation. >> today, there are some 100,000 russian soldiers near ukraine's borders, and in that sense, the threat to ukraine is unprecedented. the president asked me to underscore once again our commitment to ukraine's territorial integrity, its sovereignty, its independence. >> the history of the visit comes as washington confirms another 200 million dollars in military aid for kiev, a clear show of support for what the u.s. says is ukraine's fundamental right to sovereignty. that has angered moscow. it says it is a threat to its own security, the u.s. and ukraine hoping this support will change president vladimir putin's calculations even though more russian troops around the move, this time towards ukraine's northern border. russia says it is ahead of planned military exercises with belarus, and the u.s. should not be concerned. >> declaring political support from the side of the united states and providing such military supplies can deter russian aggression. of course, r

what did you make of antony blinken�*s comment about additional sanctions — do you agree? i do.building a force that poses a significant threat, the action hasn't occurred yet and deterrence is about issuing threats in the hope that the other side doesn't take action, so until the action is taken, you don't follow through on those threats, that's the basic philosophy behind deterrence. implementing it now, you would lose any deterrent benefit that the threat would potentially generate. that said, i have to imagine that vladimir putin has priced in western sanctions given the size of the operation he appears to be planning, so even if the threats are quite specific and potentially quite significant, one has to imagine that he didn't assume that he would just sort of roll into ukraine without any consequences in terms of western sanctions. so whether it ultimately changes his mind is a different story but going ahead with it now doesn't make any sense, so i think the secretary of state makes an important point. if you want to know more about this story, go to our website, where th

alix: i am wondering what antony blinken can offer germany to help because they are really in betweenk and a hard place. annmarie: all of nato seems to be on the same page right now when it comes to russia, and that is dealing with russia in terms of dialogue. we know that next week the deputy secretary of state wendy sherman is going to be leading the u.s. in those talks with russia. before they do anything in terms of the united states, before president biden got on the phone with president putin, he made sure he spoke to his european allies and counterparts. so you do see the u.s. wanting to mix sure they are in alignment with their european allies when they are confronting president putin, but you are not going to see, and terms of movement in response to putin militarily. it is going to be sanctions, and the nuclear option will be the swiss payment system. guy: thank you very much, indeed. maybe we will get a press conference later on and learn a little more about this story. equity markets coming into the close positive, but off the highs. the close is next. this is bloomberg. ♪

the united states issues an urgent warning over ukraine and san secretary of state to antony, blinking back to their beach and his mission to try and de escalate tensions with russia over a possible invasion. also coming up, we speak to the ukranian civilians preparing to defend their country. if russia launches an attack and emergency supplies for tong up, australia's prime minister pledges aid for the country that was hit by tsunami. all the pacific nations are also rushing to send supplies by ship and turkey is hailing a new home grown covey 19 vaccine. as a big success boss, does it really work? ah, i'm good how to if was welcome to the progress the united states says it believes moscow could launch attack on ukraine at quote, any point. washington is setting up diplomatic efforts to try to prevent a conflict secretary of state antony blanket is in here for talks with president vladimir zalinski. we'll also meet with russian counterparts a lover of later in the week and also speak with a german, french, and british foreign ministers. russia has deployed more than a $100000.00 troop

what about antony blank and is he on the same page? well, i think that he is still talking to the press during his press conference. so we have to wait a bit to understand his assessment of the meeting today. however, at the beginning of his press conference, he both that was my impression, at least a bit more cautious. and he described the talks also as, as at frank and substantive. however, he also said that what he told his counterpart, his russian counterpart was a clear message, if you will, the message that any aggression against a crane will have massive consequences and that it is up to russia to show that they want to continue this path of diplomacy and they are ready to de escalate and alexander if you look at what we saw today in geneva, and really of the last 2 weeks of this diplomatic activity. as anything we've seen, really changed the position of the un and nato allies. have they been reassured, perhaps at all by anything that they've heard? well, it's really difficult to answer. and my impression was that there was noth

you are secretary of state antony blink, and has arrived in berlin. his latest stopover in 3 days of shuttle diplomacy aimed at preventing a war in ukraine. he will hold talks by a video conference with his german, british, and french allies. it is a face to face bilateral meeting with german foreign minister on a lena bear book, blake, and left here. earlier this morning, after meeting with ukrainian leaders, he told them he would keep working to avert a russian attack and urged western countries to remain united in the face of what he called relentless russian aggression. lincoln is also due to meet with russian foreign minister, sergey lover off in geneva on friday. now let's bring in our political corresponded hands blunt for more on this story of the meeting to the as is taking place as we speak. what can we expect there? while there's been a flurry of activity there been half a dozen countries involved, it's been going on for the last 10 days or so. and there's really 2 central questions to this. the one question is, what is the next move in the

we've got antony blinken saying that there could be an invasion at any point. saying this is extremely dangerous. and yet, as we know, that build—up has been going on for months and months now, anxieties have risen to a surface and then hovered there. is it realistic to think an invasion could be on the cards? well, over the last six weeks, i have become more pessimistic because it seems to me that vladimir putin is beginning to paint himself into a corner. you had the discussions — us—russia discussions, nato—russia discussions last week, but then at the end of the week, the kremlin was saying our key demands that nato agreed not to deploy troops on those members that entered the alliance after 1997, that those key demands have gone unmet, and so putin may find that he has no way out other than an embarrassing climbdown or to actually use some of the military options that he is now acquiring with the russian deployments near ukraine. and what do you think of the whole issue of nato enlargement, particularly ukrainian membership at this point, because that is t

the united states urges de escalation in ukraine, secretary of state antony blank, and calls on russia to engage in dialogue to resolve the crisis, but says there will be consequences at moscow continues along the path of aggression. also coming up a court in belgium sentences, the leader of a human trafficking rank the 15 years in jail. in connection with the death of 39 vietnamese migrants to post suffocated inside. a tropical turkey is hailing a new home grown cove at 19 vaccine. as a big success, but doesn't really work. and new zealand and australia rush supplies to tonga after reports emerge, that water is wanting out after last weekend volcanic eruption and to non ah, i'm simply so misconduct. glad you could join us. the united states believes moscow could launch an attack on ukraine at any point, why tennis stepping up diplomat diplomatic efforts to try to prevent a conflict. us secretary of state to antony blinking isn't kia for talks with president blood and mr. lensky. he will also meet with his russian counterparts 30 lab rough later in the week, and speak with the german,

difficult to get russian peacekeepers to leave catholics down at now they're there and with more on antony blinking jai band open . i developments on the ground egleston reports from the contact capital while the country he is still reeling from the consequences of some very violent protests, which mostly engulfed the largest city and the former capital over al marti. basically, their protest very quickly escalated into marauding into even terrorist attacks. in fact, the government is talking about 6 wave of those as it is right now in the middle of an anti terror operation. as a result, and 4000 people have been detained because the government's response has been quite heavy handed as well. and there are dozens of dead dozens of killed people on both sides as a result. now, helping out the catholic authorities here is a, more than $3000.00 strong peacekeeping force in international one operating under the umbrella of the collective security treaty organization. a military alliance that includes kazakhstan, russia, and some for other posts of yet are nations. and well, this international p

you are secretary of state antony blinkin is in berlin. his latest stop over 3 days of shuttle diplomacy aimed at preventing a war in ukraine. he's holding discussions with his german, british, and french counterparts on how to contain the threat from russia, including a face to face bilateral, meeting with drummond, foreign minister unaligned of havoc. lincoln left kiev early this morning after a meeting with ukrainian leaders. he told them he would keep working to avert a russian attack. and he urged western countries to remain united in the face of what he called relentless russian aggression. blinkin is also due to meet with russian foreign minister, a survey lover of in geneva, on friday. clearly, let's bring in our chief international editor richard walker for more on these talks. he joins us now. i richard. so antony blinkin is here trying to bring together allies to, to forge a common approach towards russia. what are the biggest challenges that he's facing? yes to me is it, as you just mentioned, really, unity is it is the main go

mr lavrov and antony blinken are due to meet on friday, once again in geneva.ot quite over. but the tremors of this crisis are being felt right across europe. 0n the baltic island of gotland, sweden is beefing up its presence, concerned about nearby russian activity and what it calls russia's direct threat to europe's security. paul adams, bbc news. in a news conference, marking his first anniversary as us president, joe biden warned russia that the consequences of a large war would be heavy, but implied that may not occur if moscow stopped short of full invasion. this is one thing if it is a minor incursion and then we end up having a fight about what to do and not do, etc, but if they actually do what they are capable of doing with the force amassed on the border, it is going to be a disaster for russia if they further invade ukraine, and that our allies and partners are ready to impose severe cost and significant harm on russia and the russian economy. the cost of going into ukraine in terms of physical loss of life for the russians — and they'll be able to

but it was interesting comments just last night from a joe biden himself, antony blink ins boss. back in washington, d. c. in a press conference. raise some questions about whether there really would be that unity under certain scenarios. so i think we can just quickly listen into what joe biden said. russia will be held accountable. if it invades, it depends on what it does. it's one thing if richer, minor kirschner, then we end up having to fight about what to do, and not do, etc. but if they actually do what they're capable of doing with the force of mash on the border, it is going to be a disaster for russia. in a richard that comment on a minor incursion there from biden did raise a lot of eyebrows. what do you make of it? yes, that's right sir. mm hm. is being criticized. it is quite a serious gaff by joe biden. sort of opening the door potentially to, to vladimir putin sort of thinking. all right, what he's saying there is that as long as i don't go in too big into ukraine, then maybe i'll get away with it. and reinforcing the sense that this was a gaff. also, the fact tha

this morning, secretary of state antony blinken is in geneva ahead of his high-stakes meeting with hisussian counterpart. the two men will sit down for talks as tensions between the u.s. and russia escalate. >> if any russian military forces move across the ukrainian border and commit new acts of aggression against ukraine, that will be met with a swift, severe united response from the united states and our allies. >> reporter: both russia and ukraine have been gathering troops and military weapons on their border. general robert abrams, who was a former commander of u.s. forces in korea, says a major conflict could result in a level of violence europe hasn't seen since world war ii. >> the sheer destruction of infrastructure, homes, cities, loss of life, both military and civilian, as well as displaced civilians will directly impact not only ukraine and russia, but economically will certainly affect europe and have global reach to include the united states. >> reporter: right now moscow is still insisting ukraine not be admitted into nato. the u.s. and allies remain united calling tho

it's in nigeria, antony shirts, a day which people i will talk about. i'm keeping my eye on the game between that. yes, i would happen to cause of the week. that is, sir, i have recourse versus egypt night, the ivory us when it back in 2015 with a golden generation, offer the likes offer them for the match as a city our midfield player, but they've got her. why miss sullivan? egypt now they started a bit in a group today, but still qualified behind nigeria, ivory coast blew out algeria. arthur goes to one, a dallas group games have got that big truck from i access to boston, i left so many will be waiting to see perhaps if egypt will get themselves against every cause who ivory coast will consider and is good form to knock out egypt as the game are, be look into watcher in this when the other matches won't, clearly ivory causes or egypt is the big one, a puff antony's against nigeria. okay, looking forward on his satchel coma. thank you. a reminder how the top stories were following for you. the 1st shipment of ezra american military aid has arrived in

as we heard antony blinken traveling to europe this week as well. he is going to kiev tomorrow. then he ll presumably meet his russian counterrt. anything germany wld discard would not be around the consultation of the transatlantic context. >> we appreciate your time and insights tonight. tonight, the european parliament has a new president. they have elected this conservative as the new there. she is 43, the youngest person to ever hold this job. she is only the third woman since the european problem and was created in 1988. alexander met with her and asked her about her priorities as the new president. >> it is a great privilege and an honor to be elected by my colleagues to serve as president of this house. it has been a verynteresting campaign with negotiations and discussions but also within the shadow. the first thing i would do is honor his legacy and i will carry responsibilities he has left me and my colleagues with. as you said, give it a fresh base, more forward-looking and efficient. but also, become more visible and more effective in the way we communicate. i would