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-- and the balkans about the crisis we are having in the ukraine. from a personal perspective we want to make sure that he knows how much that we appreciate his eing here. [applause] >> community health centers love joe biden. [applause] >> throughout his public life, including 36 years in the united states senate, he has truly been a man of the people. a fierce fighter whose work has advanced the ideals and principles upon which this great nation was founded. he is a leader who has stood shoulder to shoulder with us in the fight to expand health care access and sustain a strong safety net in our nation. oe biden knows health centers. he knows what they mean to our communities and the people that we serve. and from a personal experience, he also knows that tragedies and hardships that often befall families through no fault of their own. and he has stood up for the working poor, the frail and elderly, and most vulnerable this this nation. he clearly understands and is a huge advocate for the expansion of behavioral health services in this country. [a

. >> so the balkan fields in the northern west. >> maybe, if the market demands it. >> and valeri, how would you describe the mood right now in kiev? i mean, this wa are they consolg their grip on power? are they acting with more command, solidifying their writ in the nation? >> now the government and the parliament control the whole country where we have russian troops. the russian troops have no specific signs of arms people in military uniform without specific signs. president putin said there are no russian troops there, but today many russian people who are members, they told people that they are russians, now international investigators from united nations. they know much more than yesterday about specific people who are now without any sign of russian army but soldiers of russian army in crimea. but all other parts of the country are controlled by ukrainian parliament and government, and the country is really unified to to stop invasion and to stop aggression, and very much western diplomats because all western diplomacy together with fortitude and tendency stop. >> we're going

is actually the first time we're witnessing military situation, military escalation outside of the balkans and the caucasus since the end of the cold war. and now basically military ways of solving problems is quite a shock for european watchers. >> does that make europe more risk averse or more willing to take steps to see military solutions don't continue? their already making an effort that there is something of a--there is more blockages in any possibility to escalate the situation. also the policy is to impose costs on putin to prevent repeat of the situation in the future. i would like to respond to what nicolai is saying, yes, it's true, but putin's military action against ukraine has its roots and sources in russian domestic politics, but this is what they're targeted. they're aimed at incurring costs for putin in the domestic arena by complicating the current regime so that at some point down the road, putin feels more constrained by the economic costs and potential decrease and popularity of his regime. >> nicolai. how do you respond to that? well, the sanctions make sense becaus

europe to some significant risks because there are ethnic enclaves all over eastern europe and the balkans. >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. also ahead this friday, mark shields and michael gerson analyze the week's news. plus, our science correspondent, miles o'brien, after reporting from japan inside the crippled fukushima nuclear plant, suffered a life-threatening injury in the philippines and his left arm was amputated. tonight, he discusses living, working, and coping, after what happened. >> i really like to ride my bike, i like to fly airplanes and i want to get back to shooting video. these are my three o criteria. they're, like, no problem, we have attachments for all of that. >> woodruff: some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs >> woodruff: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you

prevention and post conflict rehabilitation they're known for their involvement and eating several balkan countries get back on their feet after the bloody nineteen nineties complex. for example in observing elections field operations are organizing a request to force countries to monday agreed by consensus by the participating states critics say the white trees inclusiveness of the body candidates held back by a curing between its members the osce described the information in ukraine to contribute to our country to reducing tensions and fostering peace stability and security. so far the u s and russia and the osce member is due to different interpretations of whether the monsters who people to go into crimea. after the show was the center russia. osce observers are already held back from entering from the arrondissement of their life they deal with the speedy experience in the ukraine in crimea means they can be better able to understand the complex regional politics and other international bodies. oh well these two weeks on the size for a missing the nation passenger jet continues like

even here in europe we've seen ethnic cleansing in the balkans that shocked the conscience. the difficulties of integration and globalization, the reason it's amplified by the worth economic crisis of our lifetimes strained the european project and stirred the rise of politics that too often targets immigrants, gays, or those who seem some how different. well, technology has opened vast opportunities for trade and innovation and cultural understanding, it has also allowed terrorists to kill on a horrifying skill. around the world sectarian warfare and ethnic conflicts continue to claim thousands of lives, and once again we are confronted with the belief among some that bigger nations can bully smaller ones to get their way. that recycled maxim that might some how makes right. i come here today to insist that we must never take for granted the progress that has been won here in europe and advanced around the world. because the contest of ideas continues for your generation. that's what's at stake in ukraine today. russia's leadership is challenging truths that only a few week

. >> a man this has been arrested in the balkans. darko gave himself up to the serbian police after an operation in the c.i.a. france's highest court of appeal is expected to rule on ex-trader jerome kavill. he spent more than three years fighting a gaol sentence of a bet that nearly brought the french bank to the brink of collapse. >> an authorised trader who made unauthorised transactions. gurr om caviell was at the center of the one of the biggest scandals. he was found guilty of forgery, breach of trust and the illegal use of computers after making $50 billion of unauthorised trades. >> jerome was sentenced to five yeerts imprison with two years suspended, and ordered to pay back billions. he insisted he was being made a scapegoat. societyie general believed he acted alone. the bank, one of the biest suffered and its rep u -- biggest suffered and it's reputation tarnished. last month pope francis was met, a critic of excess, and he set off on a journey on foot from rome to paris. six years after his arrest, he divides opinion her

joe biden is going to balkans to reassure allies. rush asta russia will stand more from a breakdown in relations with it and the united states, there are arse where they need cop operation, in the syrian chemical weapons removal. one person not targeted, vladimir putin. the president's spokesman would not rule ot sanctions on the russian leader himself. >> i will not speculate. i have not ruled out any individual who might be covered under the categories that are provided in the executive orders. >> very few experts expect the sanctions announced by president obama to be determinative, to change your the behaviour of vladimir putin or the russian military in ukraine. much depends on a unified front between the united states and its european allies, and the president has a pre-scheduled meeting among the leaders. much depends on a unified front coming out of the meeting. >> you certainly have many sides. people are celebrating in crimea. the decision to breakaway from ukraine is leading to new questions about the future. in sevastopol

what message does that certain to the western balkans? just as poland has invoked article 4 in nato consultations, the balkan states and others in the region are wary of russian goals. as chairman of the hell helsinki commission and former vice president of the o.s.c. assembly, i am encouraged to see the active and wide ranging engagement of the osce to foster peace and security in ukraine. the osce has the tools to address concerns with regard to security on the grounds in crimea. minority rights and with regard to preparation for this democratic transition to lead to free and fair elections. in response to their quest by the ukrainian government, 18osce participating states, including the united states, are sending 35 unarmed military personnel to ukraine. this is taking place under the vienna document which allows for voluntary hosting of businesses to spell concerns about unusual military activities. various osce institutions are activated at the request of the ukrainian government including the osce's human rights office known as the

at least now sunnier weather, much calmer weather, still across the balkan peninsula, a few thunderstorms continue to erupt here, that's going to work its way east while weakening towards turkey bringing heavy rain showers and isolated strong to psiy severe thunderstorms. athens still looking at a 16 for your high. rain showers in your forecast. across the americas, north, freezing rain is a major threat across montana over towards the dakotas and western great lakes. the new storm system continuing to push through. if you have travel plans along the border, be careful with that. also southeastern portions of the americas, southern georgia and northern florida, be ready for the threat of hail here and possibly a tornado or two on your thursday. here is the extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. a7guc >> hello, and welcome to "france " broadcasting live from paris. we will be together for the next hour. the eu freezes the assets of ousted ukrainian president yanukovich and 17 other officials, including his son, former prime minister and minister.nd

far more significant than the very bloody events in the balkans in the 1990s. >> why? >> because this is a great you power confrontation. this is not a question of small out of the way countries with insubstantial armies killing one another. this is the revival of russia as a major power trying to make a play in a strategically vital region of the world, the crimea is historically access to ports, a great deal of oil in the black sea and it raises very significant issue which joe biden alluded to about other post-soviet states like the baltic states. >> which we are are obliged to defend. >> what is putin's goal? >> it's to reconstitute as much of the old soviet union as he can. he sees himself as a new russian czar with designs on the european continent. and whether we stop him now or forcefully counteract what he's done is going to have an affect going forward not for year, but for decades. >> will is there is an argument there that the cause of this is actually russian insecurity. that we caused this because we expanded nato not from the border of germany to poland,

that will be affecting the southern parts of the balkan peninsula and turkey on friday. nasty weather for the western areas but quiet in other areas. temperatures are in the mid teens in many places. it will stay almost the same into the weekend. enjoy the warm weather. over asia looking quite settled over most of japan, some drizzle is falling over the tokyo area, but by tomorrow clear skies will come back. clear weather across the korean peninsula and rain for the beijing area that is good in terms of air pollution. however, winds will be picking up. that will carry yellow sun from the gav i have desert. temperatures looking gorgeous in beijing, 20 for tokyo on friday. here is the extended forecast. >>> that's all for this hour of "newsline." i'm shery ahn. thank you for watching. óÑóa7guc >> egypt's abdel fattah al-sisi finally confirms speculation that he will indeed run for president. sisi is the widely popular general who ousted mohamed morsi from power. almost my month later, sisi is promising to rid the country of terrorism. the right-hand man to x president -- w

describes as russian aggression meanwhile japanese foreign minister is in lithuania on a tour of balkan states to reassure the foreman said the republic's who are looking on was the lamest the mexican events in ukraine it's difficult says. it's a process of separating the time it continues. if as a result this weekend with the referendum which is being used to split crime and from the ukrainian commonwealth and integrate it with the russian tara take naturally you are or how to react to them isn't enough to weaken the will of. the joint will get to see us to shed field goals of the exercises in the back seam of don's long before the ukraine crisis parents president took the opportunity to talk up these countries minutes the connections them usage of the dutch tulip this is the place where you can maybe see a lasting heritage american alliance with a mate into two pools of them. how to save the manatee posturing is just that and no one has an appetite for a confrontation with russia protesters clashed with police in cities across turkey on tuesday evening the protesters are angry after t

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describes as russian aggression meanwhile japanese foreign minister is in lithuania on a tour of balkan states to reassure the foreman said the republic's who are looking on was the lamest the mexican events in ukraine it's difficult says. it's a predecessor separating the time it continues. if as a result this weekend with the referendum which is being used to split crime and from the ukrainian commonwealth and integrate it with the russian tara take naturally you are or how to react to them isn't enough to be in the will of. the joint will get to see us to shed field goals of the exercises in the back seam of don's long before the ukraine crisis parents president took the opportunity to talk up these countries minutes the connections them usage of the dutch tulip this is the place where you can maybe see a lasting heritage american alliance with a mate into two pools of them. how to say the man at the posturing is just that and no one has an appetite for a confrontation with russia. protesters clashed with police in cities across turkey on tuesday evening the protesters are angry afte

but across the eu is a whole the european commission says trade between the balkan moscow amounted to three hundred and thirty five to ten years in twenty twelve dependency on russian energy however there is pointing across the twenty eight member bloc. some eu countries such as britain and political exposure to russia's oil and gas sector this is just the baltic states and permanent rely heavily on such sales. it means that the ukrainian crisis on some of the gas wall. it could from the cone wreath think of europe's energy policy. yet how far can you go and we assigned sianz given the strong economic times with russia in theory news put that question to judy dempsey the head teacher in chief of the strategic europe alone she's also a senior associate at the comic europe think tank. he'd ever seen any signs of being with us are wondering is that this must stop whilst he recalls an eu summit that starts on thursday. identical talking very tough on the issue of sanctions with russia. she thinks she's going to match his words was real concrete action. she's already conducting the brick a

here, mild, and then we have a cutoff low which is continuing to bring you thunderstorms across the balkan peninsula through your friday. here's the extended forecast. >>> and that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. >>>> it is 1:00 in the french capital. there will be no war between moscow and kiev, but the russian upper parliament speaker calls it nonsense. the international criminal court finds congolese warlord germain katanga guilty of crimes against humanity for his involvement in the 2003 village attack which left 200 dead. warns there is no quick fix to central african instability. it says 12,000 more troops are needed to shore up the situation.

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a few thunderstorm advisories in effect here, and also over towards the balkan peninsula, continuing to remain those thunderstorms through the next several days. here's the extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene owe tan if i in tokyo.  >> welcome back to the "france 24" newsroom. here are the headlines this hour. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is sitting down with russian foreign minister sergei laufer of. -- serge a laufer off. ready to give is ukraine a billion dollar aid package. are meeting onov the sidelines of the support meeting for lebanon aiming at helping the country better manage its security and the growing number of refugees from syria. the annual congress in china gets underway. the government is promising to transform the world's second-largest economy with

take over areas, look at what's going on in south china sea, look at what's going on in the western balkans, this can be used by others to justify the use of force. it's a very dangerous serious situation. i think the president, as lindsay said, is saying the right things, getting the coalition together. it's not even russia, it's putin, one person that's responsible. >> i would suggest that really russia appears to be strong, but they're not. they're an oil and gas company that's corrupt. he is ripping off his own people, his friends live like kings. so stopping their travel will make a difference. hitting them in the wallet will make a difference. but here's the problem. we're at a moment now where we've got probably the last chance before iran breaks out and gets a nuclear capability. sending those fighters in did more to convince me that we're going to deal with putin differently than hitting them in the wallet. mr. president, keep it up. >> keep it up, hey, at least it's nice to hear you saying something good about the president's leadership even if it's only for a few minutes. next i'

heavy rain also snort or the scandinavian peninsula and the many other hand it illegal for course the balkan peninsula cutoff low which is continually good progress in a week ago flight plans and about this region be careful for that risk of thunderstorms could not believe them up and you can even become strong. my best with your wealth whether this is then forecast. i am noon and. i know. and then stays like this aren't you note on the intel skills of all this you in the world. thanks very much for joining us now but can't wait to wear. do. bit ch. it was. rule. new new new. and who we miss this interview. this sees this stealing food seasons in japan. he chewed it all could use in the line east of japan's main island of one sheet

even here in europe, we've seen ethnic cleansing in the balkan this is a shocked the conscience. the difficulties of integration and globalization, recently amplified by the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes, strained the european project and stired the lives -- stired to life a politic this is a too often targets immigrants or gays or those who seem somehow different. while technology has opened up vast opportunities for trade and innovation and cultural understanding, it's also allowed terrorists to kill on a horrifying scale. around the world, sectarian warfare and ethnic conflicts continue to claim thousands of lives. and once again, we are confronts with the belief among some that bigger nations can bully smaller ones to get their way. that recycled maxim that might somehow makes right. so i come here today to insist that we must never take for granted the progress that has been won here in europe and advanced around the world. because the contest of ideas continues. for your generation. and that's what's at stake in ukraine today. russia's leadership is challenging tru

the mall for violence in the balkans and georgia these people take it away we think we see in libya but then struggled with how cool mix of whom are difficult to actually get rid of them in the province once again unleashed on the scene well in crime in all former ukrainian vanity basins and now on the russian come on with thousands of soldiers also choosing to switch allegiances. add remaining oil to kiev on free to leave the peninsula. the situation is very different with droppings from crimea stationed on ukrainian territory aunties course leah spent some time these people that loved ones one be allowed to attend. one of my county in life. i love me that's all i can tell him he was a receipt is too much to bear. i don't know when bree hassan use a piece of cake. the most is not around when as an undead ukrainian can get it done last name that explain why some time along with its americans like me. the swelling on the phoenix who knew her. my son and his friends think that the woman returned home to a tree to tell him to stay calm that ukraine russia and the cranium authorities will s

this referendum is of course i'm hopeful because she had thought of a country of balkan nation as a distinct doesn't all have the right to secede from the nation. vivendi is to have the right to secede from germany for instance on the button is do not have the right to believe jimmy it is to say. here's a question. and when kosovo declared independence when supported them for the last has been very critical of this referendum and crimea is this double standards is over the most honored because the background is totally different impossible. dave education because to have the impact of guinness i need them to a stunned clinician went into costly going to rescue those people to save them from genocidal acts and to the full number of years under un administration in queues at times they established their own administration so finally at the end they decided in forgiven thee. their future and paid for it and opted for self determination and national independence. that is not the case here. i see is paramount as some of the erroneous are a christian thomas and former member of the united nations

she scored her is nearly always in the cold the mall for violence in the balkans and georgia these people take it away. we frequently see in libya for mr were a powerful mix of food grade difficult to actually get rid of them and upon the swans that being unleashed on the scene. and i love mail has an edition of young people believed to be radical activists from the mind set time gearing up to pre election activists and the ease of ukraine but can't show this month meant somewhere in ukrainian flags tasting and stitching. a troubled man at knifepoint after finding the ribbon that the symbol of russia's victory as the germany the activists of cbt. one man and then taking the rest of the police. i love the nice comment from the fund including upon teachings of such actions us and sent it. i think it would to god not on and he brought the dogs. the sixty when the video wasn't as shocked as many of the place us in the east of ukraine the city has seen in mathematics and the black isn't called select a random finally the corinthians waimea all from the ukrainian energy bases on the line the ru

the second concerto as the overnight rate will lead to continued expansion in the east taking in balkan states and georgette and just rasmussen also said the allowing me to wait upon the ship with ukraine and the more perspective on the effects of coastline to my son jonathan perry county at paragon and welcome to auntie very nice to see he added. so i know when the cold war and did the motion was given a promise that said nate said one to experience to the east but to think that it will seem like more fun and the eastern european countries have been taken in and do you think gosh i should warn you. i feel fresher shouldn't worry to the excitement too. when you marry me. it's all greek to the reunification of the day he was very clear shorts while us secretary of state baker and in because well it's nature would not move one inch two ladies. all that often questioned him again saying that they will be no need to spend them back would be unacceptable to which they said i agree completely. it's there the russian made this weekend. that will patrol and they were no effort whatsoeve tompha

around russia the balkans and poland. they are all these promises that were not fulfilled so what is russia to make of it but what does india have today with it i'm just trying to figure out there that they main reason for such a strong support is it economic or really politics no i think it's basically basically political because. as i've suggested that considers russia fred and i think it is mindful of the real geopolitical interests of the russian federation and i think india's view although not articulated as such was that it was late in order that moscow tries to counter these moves which mental to to the russian national interests it's as simple as that i think thirst so much cooperation between moscow and delhi going on on all levels is the west becoming less important for india compared to russia. no i think the west is important to have specially united states. for various reasons i mean whether it's trade or of course the very substantial military lation ship with russia now and the soviet union in the past so i

they operated with us in afghanistan, in the balkans. they made efforts in the beer. they sent a ship for counter-piracy. they cannot stand up to the russian war machine. you put your finger on it. they have financial constraints that are going to be very top. this is where the west can be helpful with the eu package, the imf package, the u.s. announcing a billion dollars. all of that, i think, has a deterrent effect on the russians. >> putin told lawmakers crimea was, in his words, an inalienable part of russia. is that nationalistic talk in the russians or the international community? >> i think both. he is certainly playing off very high approval ratings. this is the kind of red meat he can throw out to russian nationalists at home. by the same token, he is bearing his fangs to the west. i think it is going to be very difficult to climb down out of crimea. ensuringgame now is that ukraine itself is not divided. if any, vulnerability does russia have? where has it made miscalculations about the resolve of the international community? --i have two words for you gazpr

. >> what about the balkanization of data? is a lot about cloud in germany. >> my sense is that these things have not yet happened. i think people are disturbed about the intrusiveness across the board. the crazy thing about it is, my sense is we are not dealing with a big brother type state. it was not like the nsa really knew everything that was massively intrusive. it was probably massively incompetent. just a bureaucracy on autopilot that simply collected all the data in the world because it could. i do not think it did much with it. that is probably the other shocking story. there is a civil libertarian critique of the nsa that it was too intrusive. there is a technocratic critique, which i have, that it was just incompetent. if you had a competent security agency, it would be able to figure out that there is a very small amount of data that you need to get, so it is a sign of extraordinary incompetent to say that you need everything. >> why can't the state be both, incompetent and big brother? what is the outlook for an

i believe we should have immediately admitted the balkan states. i think pushing beyond those lines too quickly violated when i think the russians thought were the arrangements that were made at the end of the cold war. >> do you think he thinks that he understands president obama? do you think president obama is committed not to use force? in the end, will president obama give him more leverage that another president might not? >> i don't think so. i think if you roll the clock backwards, and let's say the president had used force in syria. he had done some things, or the defense budget wasn't being cut, i do not think that would have changed the calculus that putin has under the circumstances. there are no realistic military options for he was in ukraine. there weren't any when putin invaded georgia in august 2008. let's be realistic about that. george bush was the president in august 2008. no one ever accused him of an unwillingness to use force or not being tough enough. that did not deter putin from invading georgia. i do not think it would ha

bulgaria, ore germany, or the balkan states are dependent on russian hydrocarbons. that is going to make it ethical for the europeans to enact real sanctions. >> i want to put in context the conversation i had with henry kissinger. here is what he said. to. don't think he intends , the firstroblem problem is, no russian i have ever met finds it easier ukraine ao consider separate country. it was part of russia for 300 years. they have intertwined for several hundred years before that. so, the evolution of the ukraine moves.tter that it dissonances from the communist system. >> it belongs to russia? >> it probably should be part of the same country. tothe minimum, they wanted be in the russian sphere of influence. can theestion is, ukraine have it both ways? can they have a relationship with the west, and have a special relationship with russia? >> they can. that has to be the goal of western policy. to make the ukraine a civil society at the same time that russia is assured of a stable and special relationship with the ukraine. first of all, crimea is ethnic russian

with a refueling aircraft, to patrol the northern region of eastern europe, that's principally the balkans, what is your reaction? >> i think what's making the american people nervous is that there doesn't seem to be a plan and if we look at what they have been doing in syria and other places, it dund lead to some coherent approach. secretary hagel announced all of these new cuts to the budget at defense. today, we're supposed to believe they're going to take tough new steps and implement even more budget dollars toward this problem. if you look at it politically and if john kerry is out polling you with the confidence of the american people, and if you're barack obama, you've got to be worried. >> i think that's a terrific point and doug, if i may, the ukrainians themselves right now, they're at the center, the epicenter of this crisis, they must be anxious about their future, is there any clarity here for them whatsoever in. >> none, as far as i can see. first, vladimir putin made it clear that he's not invading eastern ukraine for now. he's made it clear that he is not an anning crimea

to patrol the northern region of the east everyone europe, the balkans, but what is your react? is that mucht much see or outer -- sufficiency or outer limit. >> what is making us nervous there does not seem to be a plan, does not lead to a coherent approach, looks at what secretary hagel just announced the new cuts to budget, at defense. and then we're supposed to believe they will take tough new steps, and imminent more budget dollars, toward this burgeoning problem. if you look at it, you know. politically, if john kerry out polling you with confidence of american people, and you are barack obama, you have to can be worried. lou: and that is a terrific points. doug, ukrainians right now, left we forget they are at center, the epicenter of this crisis. they must be terrifically anxious about there are future, it sthr an is there any clirty foty clarity. >> none, vladimir putin made it clear he is not invading eastern, crane, for now. he made is clear he is not an economy "crime stoppers: cas -- yiemia for now, they say who knows what happens next. they look and hey say, we're

said,ing that lavrov "crimea as more integral and more important to us than the balkans were to great britain -- were tolands unde great britain." we know the boat is happening in crimea. the russians will respect the outcome of that vote. the u.s. is hoping respecting the outcome does not mean annexation. i think they are prepared that it may mean that. in which case, as ryan said, we're talking about sanctions coming out on monday. eu far is the u.s. and willing to go? will there be economic warfare? >> who stands to lose the most from the sanctions? >> whoever they want to designate in terms of seizing their assets. those could be ukrainian as well is russian. those could be those oligarchs. it could go all the way up to the leadership of the russian government. i don't think the u.s. and the eu are repaired to do that right away. it was interesting that on the lot merkel has gotten the buy-in of the german business community by saying that trade sanctions would not affect germany that much. merkel.a the new war of the 21st century, on the economic front as opposed on the battlefie

in the balkans early one nine hundred ninety s. in georgia and then more recently in syria in libya we find that. regime change becomes difficult with just political actors pushing forward there is nearly always a need for the mob for violence to frighten the community and bring about regime change which of course is illegitimate in the balkans in georgia these people faded away. we think we see in libya that they are still very powerful and very difficult to actually get rid of them and violence once they've been unleashed on the scene. troops loyal to kiev may be packing up and leaving crimea but north of the border the new border young recruits from the peninsula facing uncertainty many soldiers were drafted before the armed insurrection in the capital and their families now fear you crane won't let them go home are these poor asli report on the arduous wait. don't tell him. i love you that's all i can tell him. the anxiety is too much to bear just. not knowing where his son is or if he's ok. he had the phone for a month in euro

when the soviet union annexed the balkans, the u.s. did not recognize the annexation for 20 years.ut he considers those costs and all the accusations of violation of international law as a reasonable cost for gaining new territory, gaining the territory that was always russia's, and in return he is considered a hero by most russians. >> michael, thank you very much. >> i want to show you pictures out of brussels, they're addressing journalists following the announcement, the meeting of the e.u. foreign ministers in brussels announcing limited sanctions will be applied against surgeon russian interests. we'll let you know if anything press-worthy comes out of that. catherine ashton will be addressing journalists live. >>> there has ban step up on the malaysian flight that disappeared. it is believed a crucial signaling system had been turned off. >> we'll do our duty to insure that our search and rescue responsibilities are maintained and upheld, and we will do our duty to the families of the 230 people on that aircraft who are still absolutely devastated by their absence and who ar

for eric holder's balkanized america, race must always win the race, and killers earn respect by living longer. we get it, every perp gets represented, that's how it's done, but this lawyer crusaded, revealing a bitter bias. it speaks to a administration steeped in its own bias. isn't the defense of mumia kind of racist? you think if mumia was white, he would be a hero, or if the dead officer was black, would he know his name? i doubt it. the great story here is maureen faulkner called a lot of senators on the fence, got them persuaded. then the president responded. here's what he had to say. very upset. what did he say? he said this, as they show it. there you go. he called it a travesty based on wildly unfair character attacks against a good and qualified public servant. i would read more but frankly, it bores me. eric -- >> yes. >> yes, you. >> first. >> this nomination was a thumb in the eye to law enforcement. why were they so upset? >> they thought they had the bag. they only need a simple majority. they thought they had it. they thought they had 49 or 50 because republicans, one

the balkan burger. one with lots of cheese.> add kaskaval and mozzarella cheese, fold it up, pick your condiments. cabbage, tomato, onion, lettuce, hot peppers. up to the roof with a view and eat. spicy. good. i guess i want to talk about nelson mandela, because what i was not aware of at all was the degree to which he was personally responsible for really the nuts and bolts of the transition from white rule to majority rule. now he's very ill. >> yeah, yeah. >> what happens after mandela? do you think? >> we go on. >> i think the foundation is laid and i think through god, we have him as a symbol. i think mandela represents our nation. the test we use to check the way forth. >> all the things that could have gone terribly wrong, it's a remarkable thing how well it went. >> between 1990 and 1994, tough times, you know, intercity fighting. black-on-black violence. black-on-white violence. but we transcended that coming together regardless of the unresolved issues. >> to what extent is it a rainbow nation? what extent are things

sea fleet, smallest of their fleet, but it allows quick access to the immediat mediterranean see,e balkans and to the middle east. semi autonomous portion of the region, own parliament if you like 100 members in total called the supreme council of crimea, it has an executive power held by a small group of ministers and a chairman, he serves with a nod and a wink from the ukrainians. this is the important part of this. of course part of the judicial portion of the ukraine they have no autonomous authority whatsoever. that brings us up to speed where we are today. the crimean parliament have offered the people of crimea, to side with either kiev or moscow. as jen just told us, this is to be brought up in ten or 15 days or so. the problem is, no one knows if this is leel or not. according to bodies like united nations and european union, they're not sure whether it is. over and above the courts locally here in crimea work to ukraine not to russia. even if the people of crimea vote in favor of seceding and lining up with moscow, once again who knows whether that will actually stick in internat