soldiers to poland and baltic nations as a show of force against the russian troops along ukraine. >>> irs foul? the folks at the tax service handed out almost $3 million in bonuses to employees who failed to pay their own taxes. >>> plus, georgia's governor will sign a wide-ranging gun law that has critics, including police, very upset. why this kick in the let could result in big bucks in advertising for the victim. >>> and the jokes fly when old meets new. >>> thanks for being with us. good morning. we begin with president obama's long anticipated trip to asia. just hours from now, the president will arrive in japan. it is the first stop of his father-nation tour. later this week, he will visit south korea, malaysia, and the philippines. the hope is to reassure these allies of america's support. the president's last three scheduled trips to asia were cancelled because of domestic issues here at home, including the government shutdown. nbc's tracie potts is in washington, d.c. tracie, good morning. how would the president go about reassuring u.s. allies during the trip? >> reporter:

soldiers to poland and baltic nations as a show of force against the russian troops along ukraine. >>> irs foul? the folks at the >>> irs foul, the folks at the tax service handed out almost $3 million in bonuses to employees who failed to pay their own taxes. >>> plus, georgia's governor will sign a wide-ranging gun law that has critics, including police, very upset. >>> why this kick in the head could result in big bucks for advertising for the victim. >>> and when old meets news. it's wednesday, april 23rd. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning, i'm richard lui. we begin with the president's trip to asia. moments ago he arrived in japan, the first stop of his four-nation tour. later this week he'll visit south korea, malaysia and the philippines. the hope is to reassure these alleys of u.s. support. now, the president's last three scheduled trips to asia were canceled because of domestic issues here at home including government shutdown. nbc's tracie potts is in washington, d.c. good morning to you, tracie. why does the president here need to reassure u.s. allies? >> rep

they tear soaked up the officials baltic nations as the suspense of it in an industry cooperation with russia the ukraine. russia is once more in athens the greek and steal thirty protest is the not impressed by the promise that you pay to put up. palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas has applied to join the un agencies in a dispute with israel over the release of prisoners. two people were at least five people dead after an eight point two magnitude earthquake struck off the chimney smoke west coast triggering a tsunami left alone will look fab in central america's pacific coast line. the authorities immediately ordered a mass evacuation of oil. larry is telling people to get to higher ground orchard reception centers. the quake was very shallow on the twenty km below the seabed and struck less than a hundred km northwest of the mining port of icky cake. b the peruvian border according to ex pats the quakes trend has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike amid the epicenter within minutes. a more distant coastlines within hours. the chilean navy report

troops exercising along ukraine's border terrify pentagon is sending 600 soldiers to neighboring baltic nations for training and exercises starting in poland tomorrow followed by lithuania, latvia and estonia. john mccain on "late night with seth meyers" wants more. >> russia is a gas station run by mafia that is masquerading. >> reporter: this is why john kerry sounded oddly nostalgic for the bad old days. >> during the cold war it was easier than it is today, simpler. >> reporter: tonight president obama leaves for asia, a trip he has had to cancel three times before, u.s. officials are resigned that the ukraine crisis will overshadow whatever the president does in asia. >>> andrea, thanks. on his way on that trip to asia, president obama stopped in washington state today. he spent time with families and first responders while touring the scene of devastation there after the landslide that wiped out much of an entire community. the death toll stands at 41. the search is continuing for two others still missing. >>> with a rising death toll over 170 souls still missing the anger is growing toni

that was the baltic nations in terms of the island with the wind which extends the machine either to be filled inside the body and comfortable to me that the crowd was chanting trait is asking why they would bear a licence on one of them share the text message to the polish activist bearing the message that we are with you. with the people we have no intentions toward the building. dr has left the crowd dispersed. always use it and didn't ask macaskill the government says it is to publish a post express magazine sees ukraine's realization as the only way to a brighter future. absent in the alienating the people in the east and south of ukraine i will say to my sin of ukraine's feature about the preschool now let's see all those irresponsible and reckless actions of mobile kiera prevalence fertilization is the empty why is the only sustainable way. you couldn't function as a unified state. the trend exists as an independent sovereign country that needs to be respected. we need to refill with them we meet understands that the consents to the structure and make up of ukraine. and that's

one unfortunately i need to countries that extreme pressure from countries like poland the baltic nations to a sticky stations to time increase the military prison cell for the lions are high in the eastern european members. it is going to get going. ground forces on a permanent bases in these countries. it's of course quite certain natural that russia reacts like it materials are used to deploy some of the tactical nuclear weapons in kabul in gaza truce and we knew that we took him for looking. going into a very negative developments within the military escalation in gaza can be prevented to leave the sticks to its nineteen ninety seven agreement with the celtic goal he kicked them and was its forces into humans are so delighted to be secured from yesterday. one of ten sessions are very comprehensive and present with addresses all slobbering issues but as the eye he does the will to act with a sense of humor let's now take a listen to what prison had to see regarding the obstacles towards dialogue with eu. and in many countries in the west wing. naturally one simple integrity projected t

lou: yet the nato nations have done nothing. they announced baltic flights over the states today. to what effect we can't imagine. yet the they have done nothing either engaging putin or trying to, to reverse the course of events. so, where, where are we headed here? >> i think we're clearly heading the kiev government is coming to the grips of hard harsh and sad reality the united states will not do anything to help them. they were asking for arms and got meals to ready to eat our troops use. the fact of the matter they know they will not get tough sanctions imposed on russia would discourage them from possibly doing other things. so they may be thinking about making some kind of an accommodation, you know with the russians, because, they know for a fact that the united states is not going to be there for them. it doesn't look like e.u. will be there for them or certainly nato. they were never seeking troops to help them. they were seeking weapons to help them. certainly, some tough sanctions imposed on russians to curb this behavior. but i think the ukraine government sadly to s

troops in poland and those other baltic nations?think it's very important that the president do this. we should have them in poland and make it clear this is not just a temporary measure. one criticism i would have of the president is he's not up until now shown we're in this for the long haul. we have to make it clear that our troops should be there. also i think we should consider restarting the missile defense system in eastern europe, which again will be a signal to the russians and also we have to dramatically accelerate, i believe, the production and exporting of liquified natural gas to europe so the allies won't be dependent on russia. it will be a strong symbol to russia and investors in russia that we're serious about this. >> there are 40,000 russian troops along the border with ukraine. some suggested the united states should send more troops to eastern europe. do you agree with that? >> i don't know if we have to at this stage. i think right now this is sending a first signal. if we have to send more, we should. the pur

soldiers to poland and baltic nations as a show of force against the russian troops along ukraine. >>irs foul? the folks at the tax service handed out almost $3 million in bonuses to employees who failed to pay their own taxes. >>> plus, georgia's governor will sign a wide-ranging gun law that has critics, including police, very upset. why this kick in the let could result in big bucks in advertising for the victim. >>> and the jokes fly when old meets new.

it is intended more as a strong message to the native and the baltic nations that if the ukraine crisis should explode out of control, the u.s. is prepared to do whatever it can militarily to help defend those countries. and now, the u.s. military and intelligence officials do not believe at this point that vladimir putin intends the go anywhere beyond perhaps eastern ukraine, but if in fact that crisis in ukraine does explode, the u.s. military would be p prepared to respond, and i wanted to emphasize here that these forces there now are only intended to conduct relatively small exercises. they are not there to prepare for any kind of confrontation with the russian people, tamron. >> absolutely, but as you know, comments made by secretary john kerry regarding the cold war caught a lot of attention. let me play what he had to say. >> during the cold war, it actually may not have seemed so at the time obviously to great leaders, but it was easier than it is today. simpler is maybe a way to put it. the choices were less varied, less complicated and more stark, and more clear. >> less comp

military will send about 600 soldiers to sever baltic nations for training and exercises over the coming correspondent jim miklaszewski reports the first wave of soldiers will arrive in poland then lithuania and he is tone ya. >>> new numbers are making headlines about earth day. one set of numbers, four in ten, that is the fraction of americans who do not believe or aren't confident that earth is warming as a result of man emitted greenhouse gases. this falls on a frightening new report from the united nations finding we urgently need to end our reliance on fossil fuels that emit those gases or suffer devastated consequences like in the view of many scientists human civil lags being unable to survive in its current form. the problem, the cost. how much would it cost to end production of fossil fuels? according to one estimate, $20 trillion. that is what gets left on the table if we leave 80% of fossil fuel reserves in the ground to avert disaster. that estimate is included in a provocative new article in qult the nation" magazine out this our by msnbc's own chris hayes. joining us now,

restore theelp opportunities of the baltic nations and other eastern european nations to feel free fromtion. that is largely a question of energy supply and preventing the subversion of their democracies by influence peddling. that would start in moscow. forink that this is a time the west, led by the united states and international organizations, to be very clear that the takeover crimea was illegal and illegitimate. united nations general assembly has overwhelmingly condemned it. we need to be putting together financial and technical assistance for ukraine so that they can emerge from this crisis stronger and unified. we have to play a long game ourselves. part of our problem is that we are a rock is democracy. budgettrying to get our houses in order. we trying to set up our own priorities are our own people. we would like previous generations and say to ourselves , it is important that we say no to someone vladimir putin. we must do it in a smart way that makes them think twice about what he is trying to achieve. >> thank you. [applause] christine the ground -- christine lagarde, the

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we have to help to restore the opportunity of the baltic nations, other eastern european nations to feel of both energy supplies and preventing the subversion of their democracies by influence peddling a few well, starting from moscow. i think that this is a time for the west come abide by the united states and international organizations like the imf to be very clear that the takeover of crimea was illegal, illegitimate. the united nations general assembly has overwhelmingly condemned at comment that we need to be putting together both financial and tech nickel assistance for ukraine said that they can emerge from this crisis stronger and unified and we have to play along came ourselves. and part of our problem is we are raucous democracy as our our friends in europe and we're all trying to get our budgetary houses in order. we are trying to set their own priorities with our own people. we like previous generations of leaders and citizens have to say to ourselves, it is really important that we say no to somebody like vladimir putin and that we do it in a smart way that makes them think

help to restore the baltic nations, other eastern european nations intimidation rom and that is largelyion n energy supplies and sub phergs of democracies starting from moscow. is a time for the west led by the united states and international organizations by i.m.f. to be very clear that crimea was of .llegal, illegitimate the united nations condemned putting need to be together technical assistance so they can emerge stronger and and play the game ourselves and part of our we're a raucous democracy and we're trying to get our budgetary houses in order and try to set our own people. or our own but we, like previous enerations of leaders and citizens, have to say to ourselves it's important that we somebody like vladimir putin and do it in a smart way twice aboutim think what he's doing to achieve. you.hank it's interesting maybe the two that putinant people as to wrestle right now on the international stage are women yourself abring us up to is your negotiations with ukraine because you're central to providing the support they need to sustain them through this crisis. >> thank you very

unfortunately need to countries particularly under pressure from countries like poland and the baltic nations taking decisions to increase military presence of. european members if they're going to deploy ground forces on a permanent bases in these countries and it's of course quite certain natural that russia reacts with i expect russia. to deploy some of their tactical nuclear weapons both in battle of use and in calling in which would be a for political event a very negative development a military escalation because this can be prevented certainly nato sticks to its one thousand nine hundred seven agreement with. forces in the new member so your lines in the east of europe. well you know these curious actions are very comprehensive and president putin addresses a lot of burning issues but some of them he does though look add to the sense of humor let's now take a listen to what president had to say regarding the obstacles towards dialogue with . many countries in the west for better or worse have voluntarily rejected to be part of their sovereignty but it's hard for us to agree with among

troops now arriving in poland, heading to three other nations along the baltic sea. in a move the u.s. says is in response to the crisis in ukraine. for its part, russia's also mobilizing its military with previously unplanned drills in the caspian sea. earlier today, the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said russia would respond if its interests were attacked in ukraine. >> if we are attacked, we will certainly respond. if our interests legitimate interests, the interests of russians, had been attacked directly like they were in south ossetia, for example, i don't see any other way but to respond in full accordance with international law. russian citizens being attacked is an attack against the russian federations. >> let's bring in our own frederick pleekten. what kind of message is russia sending? >> they're certainly sending the message the u.s. isn't going to back down. it's hard to overstate the significance these troops have. the u.s. is sending 600 troops into three eastern european countries that are all members of nato. but it certainly is something t

eastern european nations like the baltic states, moldova and even poland very worried they know the u.s.aaper tiger. that's where we are at. president obama understands the situation but not likely to confront putin effectively any time soon. that's the top story. joining us from washington mary katharine ham and juan williams both fox news analysts. where am i going wrong here. >> i don't think putin is pit hitler. not only did he want to kill rice of people. >> do i have to school you in history? >> please. >> in the mid 1930s nobody knew that because that wasn't on the drawing board yet. so all knew this guy was a fascist as was mussolini in italy, juan. he also tell you violating international law trumping up to seize austria to seize parts of czech vok i can't. this is exactly what putin is doing. go. >> i think putin is trying to restore soviet prime is i in that part of the world. he would like to restore the soviet union. we all know that but i don't think that he has any sense, even with nuclear weapons, which hitler didn't have, that he would go beyond the ukraine. the second th

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think that this may spark an interest in a more renewable energy source for these baltic and european nationsfically germany. 24% -- that may make them go to a better energy source and get away from this natural gas from russia and cut that ability of russia to impose these embargoes. guest: absolutely. germany has begun its transition. it is making a big bet on renewable energy because it is phasing out nuclear power and needs to replace that. crisishe wake of this come advocates of her noble energy have another arrow to say this is domestic. no matter what he does, he can't shut up our windmills or solar panels. old,ink of ukraine as an petrol stay.control state.ol wonderful and twitter offers up this comment energy as a using biblical weapon. what major world powers don't do that?" do a boycott in order to put financial pressure on the exporter. generally, you have to be the exporter. allies have its used sanctions related to the energy sector in the case of iran to try to modify their behavior. it is a slightly different situation. a prettyan case is clear and consistent pattern of using

it is also going to north nations campaign of propaganda against ukraine former soviet bloc countries and the west in general. in his palms ukraine and the baltic states of estonia latvia and appealing at all and russian tv for what i have cold war propaganda without those bearing to follow suit the kremlin's media tactics and drawn considerable scrutiny that the rush of accusations of a korean provocations allegedly propagated by progression media in order to stir up sectarian hatreds and foment unrest as a precursor to an invasion to protect russians from the so called ruins told fascists in kiev. turkey of media ridicule russia last week's bloody checkpoint shutouts misled be honest the ears and shut the uneasy peace the trees are russian media will fuss that the scene showing off christine freshly printed business cards all the leader of the far right wing militant group rights act to conveniently found at the scene along with crisp hundred dollar bills and according to janice nate a weapon or a special song in a foreign meddling. another classic tool in the kremlin's propaganda tool box. unlucky circumstances around that the incident which

the czech republic have joined -- and hungary have joined nato, 10 years since seven more nations from the baltics to the black sea expanded nato's ranks, and the big bang that grew the eu, and five years since albania and croatia became part of nato. in hindsight, it's tempting to suggest that this was inevitable, but those of us who lived through it know it was anything but inevitable. i remain in awe of the determination and moral courage the people and the leaders who willed their country forward through political, economic and social upheaval. and the glory is all theirs -- all theirs. like so many of you, i was proud to play a very small supporting role. i had the opportunity, ironically with my colleague bill roth who was chairman of the finance committee at the time, to help bring the baltics and central europe into nato. it's easy to forget that this was a hard-fought battle on the floor at the time. there wasn't unanimity in the united states senate. some of the brightest and most articulate members of the senate thought that -- thought that expansion was happening too soon. others said

ally ships will deploy to the baltic sea, the eastern mediterranean and elsewhere as required. military staff from allied nationseploy to enhance our preparedness, training and exercises. >> anders rasmussen speaking in brussels. jonathan, what's that announcement all about? reassuring the nervous neighbors? >> absolutely. two things. reassuring nato's allies in the baltics and in central europe. the baltic republics, poland and so on, who are alarmed by the russian deployments on ukraine's border. it's reassuring them that the alliance is solid. that it's willing to take action to defend its members if necessary. and, of course, the second part is to send a very clear signal of the same message to moscow. what's interesting in this is that the air and the naval parts are relatively easy to do. we've already seen the nato air patrols over the baltic stepped up. mr. rasmussen said there would be more of that patrolling. he mentioned nato ships would be sent to the baltic and eastern mediterranean. interesting he didn't mention the black sea by name. that might, perhaps, be too much of a provocation to the russian

baltic countries. there is a number of steps most powerful nation in the world.would have tough enforceable sanctions. and that means the europeans will not join us but they must follow us and i would have a president of the united states that tells the american people what's at stake here. this is a blatant takeover of a country by vladimir putin and the old rugs style and he lies through his teeth as you know. >> yeah. when you say you would station troops, western troops in some of the countries that border russia, where would those troops come from? >> i think they would do joint exercises. when i say station, i don't mean station. a permanent base. i mean joint operations. >> nato force are or would they be american forces. >> nato and u.s. nato and u.s. >> what if nato wouldn't go along with it though. that's the problem here that america is facing that we don't have, even great britain doesn't really back us up here. and so we're almost going it alone. >> we may have to but other nations will follow if we lead. this president of the united states won't eve

baltic states. ukraine is now trying to flex its miss tear muscle. thousands of national guard troops are soon to finish training. parliament will hold joint military exercises with nato countries. that would put u.s. troops close to russian forces in crimea. in a small sign of easing tension, russia is reported to have pulled back one battalion of soldiers from the border region. a much bigger retreat is a key part of negotiations with the west. russia is keeping up economic pressure on ukraine. its gas producer has announced a 40% rise in the price ukraine pays for gas. although some of this may be offset by an imf loan package. the revival of old cold war confrontation revived nato too. the secretary-general arrived in brussells with a strong message. >> it is of most importance to make sure that the world understands that we are very determined to provide effective defense and protection of our allies, of our populations. and to that end we will take the steps that are necessary. >> those steps are likely to include more surveillance, more military exercises, and poss

baltic states. we should look at positioning combat brigades. not 600 men. maybe getting our national owe allies to position themselves. putin is looking to break nato. the allied force is gone. we assumed control of many of the countries in that alliance. he would like to take back the baltic states. we need to put down markers right now because we don't want conflict. we need to demonstrate strength now and quickly. the russians are not taking us quickly. they are violating every agreement they sign. >> the congressman is not advocates boots on the ground. why send 600 there if we are not about to pursue a military option, gary? >> the point is i'm not saying the military option in ukraine. i'm talking about estonia and latvia and lithuania. we have the treaty with them. attack on one is an attack on all. we want to demonstrate our commitment to nato. the ukraine is one piece of this. the other piece is nato. putin and his leadership, their number one goal, breaking nato. that treaty and agreement. >> congressman, how do you take the temperature of your constituents on the matter li

baltic air space unannounced testing and probing. fears are worsening. action in ukraine remind leaders in countries remind them how their nations were once themselves annexed by the kremlin. >> on wednesday american fighter pilots handed over to polish and british airmen and women, all part of a standard rotation but one bigger than ever before. the baltic countries, estonia, latvia and lithuania don't have their own aircraft, so they've had to rely on alliance members. >> n.a.t.o. partners wanted in a visible way to contribute to the integrity of the air space and along the way reassure an ally to let them know that n.a.t.o. is strong. n.a.t.o. is ready, and n.a.t.o. is committed to collective security. >> n.a.t.o. says it is watching. a boost of presence is likely also a warning with more jets taking to the air, armed and ready for action just in case. nick schifrin, the air force base lithuania. >> sanctions imposed by russia by the u.s. and european union because of ukraine are meant to target those close to president vladimir putin. they believe the loss of confidence caused by the sanctions is weakening russia's economy. we have this report from mosc

national electronic mass media council the council says the several russian reports on events in ukraine have been presented in a manner to justify military aggression against a sovereign states. the three baltic states latvia lithuania estonia which are all nato members and former soviet states all have large ethnic russian minorities are worried about the kremlin's actions in ukraine in its announcement that it will protect russians abroad increased jewish community has voiced concerns of rising anti semitism in the country following the far right job across the success in last weekend's national elections one in five hungarians budget for the widely perceived anti semitic eel which fueled by party promises to create jokes cracked down on crime and hold a referendum on eu membership of the substantial election to the building makes it one of the strongest support the far right parties in europe. laurie for tens of thousands of and gypsies in concrete the fear they could be prosecuted. despite assurances from the recently elected prime minister the government was more to integrate them into society the capital budapest is high and send out a two percent of countries to use one of the city's r

nation alliance has been followed by unwelcome consequences. meanwhile knights that has held an entry had drills in this guys is doing it assigns a rush of the associations solidarity with the baltic states have recently been rattled by the arm rest in ukraine several onto jets took part in the exercise. the most got some material. received a freelancer continuing to build a promise it's that they're with us even when there is no aggression when tension is mounting that is when the interaction needs to be increased and that is by these rules have been taking place in our country needs to obtain more military technologies which can strengthen our position and was pretty good at that stupid. the most was our tickets. we were. light to the list continued to debate how aggressively they should ramp up forces in eastern europe to a crisis i thought which is on t receipt of the eye is you today is the upcoming they set celebration of dedicated cd cos i was saved and the reading of dada. the shia tuition in rome at a very special i got a call to not make out that the chief on the dock. made by the children of the f d a softness to school. this guy is intended for other children. not only

baltic sea directly to russia. that is one of the reasons you will see germany is a little bit reticent to jump on board with some of these sanctions. they do get 40% of their national gas -- natural gas from russia. russian economies are not as integrated as the european and russian economies are. there are a lot of what -- we could have a lot of financial distress when our economies are not completely recovered from the last couple of years. >> according to the national council for behavioral health, 30% of active-duty and reserve no three personnel have mental health issues that require treatment. there was an initiative this week aimed at responding early to mental illness. this is about one hour. >> everyone has a seat. let me say thank you for being with us. i'm thrilled to have so many of you that have served our country. spouses, sisters, children that have served our country. i am the president and ceo of the council for behavioral health. i was thinking about the fact that we are in the press club and how appropriate that is. we are going to be talking about have protected the first amendment. i am very grateful that we are here. i have several tasks this

baltic countries would be people that moscow would reach out to. it did not happen. why? there were two reasons, i think, one domestic and one foreign. russianromote a national strategy at home, it would have led to the further disintegration of the russian federation. because you would have promoted russian nationalism at home and more sales and could not have contained that state. is, there was a view of the yeltsin government that the only way that russia could have influence in the neighborhood was by promoting good relations with the government that were headed by different nationalities. promoting ethnic russian nationalism among these non-russian groups, what would that do? it would be viewed as an unfriendly act, as i can testify that the estonians and latvians view that as a nun from the act to this day. consequently, despite a lot of talk about it, moscow did relatively little to play the ethnic card, except in estonia and latvia between 1991 -- estonia and latvia. between 1991 and 2010, very little. but there was a third reason will stop most of these people did not see themselves as ethnic russians the way we want to see them as ethnic russians,

what you want here national and news just in nato chief says the alliance is sending ships to the baltic sea and boosting air patrols in the region and that's the plan it has come up with in response to the escalating crisis in ukraine we'll bring you more on this as we get it of course here and international in the meantime though let's now take a look at how this latest unrest developed in mid december in key of tens of thousands of people mainly from ukraine's eastern regions rally in support of president yana cottage after the self-proclaimed government came to power thousands rallied in the country's east calling for the new authorities to quit and for greater autonomy don't ask where that answer even elected their own governor who was soon arrested in the situation escalated in early april when anti-government activists stormed administrative buildings in the nansook and hard of were at least seventy activists were arrested the heart of the heels of that police units began siding with a pro federation activist earlier i called him a no one asked german an appeal about the whole abo

baltic countries would be people that moscow would reach out to. it did not happen. why? there were two reasons, i think, one domestic and one foreign. if you promote a russian national strategy at home, it would have led to the further disintegration of the russian federation. because you would have promoted russian nationalism at home and more sales and could not have contained that state. the second is, there was a view of the yeltsin government that the only way that russia could have influence in the neighborhood was by promoting good relations with the government that were headed by different nationalities. promoting ethnic russian nationalism among these non-russian groups, what would that do? it would be viewed as an unfriendly act, as i can testify that the estonians and latvians view that as a nun from the act to this day. consequently, despite a lot of talk about it, moscow did relatively little to play the ethnic card, except in estonia and latvia between 1991 -- between 1991 and 2010, very little. but there was a third reason will stop most of these people did not see themselves as ethnic russians the way we want to see them as ethnic russians, as member

russia will of course never going to the baltic because damn a member of nato and downfall it would stop. it's nearly full twenty pm here in moscow it's a national with me rule research and afghan girl severely injured by a grenade while playing in her village has been given a prosthetic during treatment in america so now it's time for her to go home but her brother won't be waiting for he was killed in the same terrible accident this story being followed by a guy in a church. this seven year old afghan girl was brought to the u.s. for medical treatment almost a year after she was injured in a blast at home her village had been a cauldron of violence is the u.s. invasion of afghanistan one morning she went outside to play with her brother the night before there was a violent battle between taliban fighters and u.s. military forces nothing residents there weren't used to she picked up what looked like was a rock but actually it was a grenade hit it on the floor and it exploded the explosion killed bibi's brother it destroyed her right eye and she lost most of her right arm the u.s. nonprofit the children of war foundation brought should be to a h

by the scottish national party the danger that scotland would end up will put it charitably not like the country that wants to wait not what does what it was when successful the baltics or singapore or whatever it will be more like the east germany used to be wow but i do have to say i like the public mindedness i might have to bring you that roger but i want to ask you what would some of the adverse side effects be for england. well economically i'm not sure that they will be that serious there will be some on certain secrecy not required a long time and the full everything was bundled and they will work know what the eventual settlement be because the british government has said that it would stand by all that britain's national debt. even that part of it was normally assigned the poultice so he's got his government. vested might worry a bit about that worry about whole series of consequences so there could be pressure on the u.k. financial markets on but i must so that they be that serious really the economic because there's no doubt that. these college businesses made it clear that if there were independent scotland they want to migrate to him but i think it's a