you think president putin may intend to confront nato in the baltic states?you mentioned at least it was a theoretical possibility. would he try any initiative that would weaken nato's article v commitments in the next year or two? is a possible? >> it's possible. i think it would depend on his calculation of the risk to reward trade-off. it's one of the reasons why i have always thought we need to have them fail in the ukraine so he won't be tempted to try to do something in the baltics because i do think that risks here. who would have thought we would be talking about war in europe. that is why you think the policy needs to be strengthened. i think we have focused too much on sanctions. i understand why we have done that but they have some unfortunate effects. they encouraged the russians. they are weaken the russian economy and you can decide whether you think that's good for the russian sense of itself and its foreign policy. also encourages it to de-integrate its economy with europe and the rest of the world. i don't think that's good for russia. i don'

it's stepped up air patrols in the baltics. the baltics no doubt an air force of their own. turn has annoyed the russians. so the russians are once again mounting all of the kinds of military activities that they used to do in the cold war, the sort of flights testing out nato air defenses, flying into nato air space unannounced. >> and a submarine, which was, you know, question mark russian. >> the mystery submarine in sweden. >> do we have any idea? >> the swedes, it's very clear they thought something was there. i don't think they found anything in the end, but sweden was warning that they were prepared if necessary to use force to bring it to the surface. so yet again another indication. to be fair, the european leadership network, the think tank based in london which has produced this report, they're saying in a sense that all sides must calm down. on the one hand, they believe more aggressive behavior on the part of the russians that is behind this, but equally a much stronger willingness of nato countries to face them down. so the tensions are there. they want to see

baltic escort what happened to those people? victor became putin as personal bodyguard in 2000 and he was until 2014. he is now the head of all the ministry of interior internal trips. in the event of a massive outbreak of trouble against to than he would mobilize the forces. he is the one who brought us the horrible scene in the last inauguration of the black cars going through moscow that had been emptied for the inauguration. all those cars on a brilliant day basically getting the message so what. we can maintain this regime without you. it is an interesting story about him. he came to new york in 2000 to do security prep for putin is first trip to the united nations and of course, he met with dash in any york conflict at the time he was the ambassador. one assumes an unknown to his colleague but he was working for the united states and effective at the end of 2000 and wrote a very interesting book with an extended interview. very interesting book in which he said in brighton beach they talked about how they had hoped to peop

same way in the baltic states. we have gone and surveyed all of those. we have surveyed rail heads if we have to move this type of equipment around in europe for training or operations, that we'll be able to do that, bolster those up and give us better access for training and could be guaranteed for strajtic access in time it increased. it's not meant to build something that's going to require every year to be funded. we're not looking at anything like that. we're looking to try to build the readiness of the alliance through training and readiness initiatives, the things i just mentioned. i think we'll get more equipment. i think we'll get better training areas. i think we're going to get more training exercises. and we'll be able to also fund a continuation of operation atlantic resolve, which will keep forces rotating through poland and in poland and also in the baltic states and perhaps other eastern european nations. as far as the threat in europe, i think we -- it's a very complex threat. we have foreign fight

we've seen incursions in the air space of the baltic countries.ure you remember the story of sweden a couple of weeks ago, and many of the baltic countries are thinking about their future defense and started thinking about russia as a strategic threat rather than a lost commercial opportunity as many of them were thinking in summertime. some of the countries have already decided to increase their military spending to the level of 2%, which the nato recommends. and have been stopping for review their strategic options for the future year. it is highly unlikely that the relations between iran and the e.u. would get to the crisis of framework even after the fighting in eastern ukraine quiets down. >> michael, if i could turn to you. when you speak to government officials in kiev, are they optimistic that sanctions as they stand now would be enough to dampen the iran enthusiasm, or do you think that they'll be fighting again through the winter? >> well, we do meet frequently with ukrainian government officials. yesterday, we met with president poroshe

on a polish island, in the baltic sea, the polls are building an enormous plant to import and process natural gas. construction began three years ago, in part inspired by russia's decision to turn off gas supplies to ukraine in 2006, and 2009, which affected supplies to several e.u. countries. i sat down to discuss it with former polish president and cold war icon. pollen had the experience where the gas from russia, gazprom, flows a little less. year? >> >> translation: just a few more months, years, and we'll be independent of russia. russia will lose out because we and others will not buy. now we are not able to do it. we will in the immediate future. >> reporter: poland's deputy prime minister says the economy depends on sources of energy. >> translation: the future belongs to number, and a foundation is access to your own source of energy and the cheapest energy. it's needed for residents and business, industries that require energy. >> reporter: that's the problem, energy independence does not come deep. gas deals negotiated with kat kat -- qatar cost a third more because of whe

troops on the ground now in the baltic states in the balkans. vladimir putin understands that he goes into those areas there's a risk of direct military confrontation in the united states we need to strengthen the capacity of states to defend themselves and, not to defeat the russian army but because they will raise the cost to russia. we know from the reactions in ukraine there is sensitivity to casualties, casualties are problem for vladimir putin politically. if he tries this people are going to fight, then we need to reduce leverage over the long term. we have got to get a new energy policy that reduces europe's reliance on russian energy, and thereby reduces these leverageds. we have to get the trade and investment pact in place to tie europe into a prosperity sphere with the united states and these are a number of things which in the short run raise the cost to russia and vladimir putin to think about this kind of adventurism and in the long run reduce its leverage. that said comment at the same time i am sounding very hawkish on russia. w

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he does this kind of a stroke mentioned, this kind of destabilization campaign in a place like the baltic states it will be to show that article v and nader and the defense commitment doesn't anything. it isn't worth the paper it's written on, which will be a blow to the willingness of countries in europe to stand up to them. the bottom line, a big payoff for him would be if he could reestablish russian influence in the former soviet space and in central and eastern europe comparable to what the soviet union had. this is not sending in troops and occupation. this is influence. so the states have to take into account, and to take into account, russian interest, russian desires. to me, if you asked him what is his dream, that might be it. that might be it. and that's the kind of europe that are think would be bad for europe, bad for us and ultimately bad for russia. because i think, well, it would vindicate russian nationalism and feed their ego i think is not sustainable over the long term and it takes russia away from what its real objective should be which is to become part of the 21st c

russian bombers and fighters swooped over the north sea, the black sea, the gulf of finland and the baltic sea. that intercept was captured here on never-before-seen video recently declassified by the norwegian military. it shows russia's newest fighter jet the su-34 which can travel more than 2500 miles carrying a payload of eight tons of precision enjoyed weapons. events like this happen more than 100 times in 2014. three times more than in 2014. -- 2013. >> essentiallily what it is is the cat and mouse game, where each side proposes the defenses of the other to see how they'll react. >> that game is putting more pressure on nato outposts like this outpost in boudah. to be eyes and ears in the sky when it comes to russia. norway runs that operation from its military headquarters which it recently moved 600 miles north, becoming the only military headquarters inside the arctic circle. one big reason for the move to keep better tabs on russia. buried deep inside an arctic mountain, norwegian monitors track incoming bombers on monitors, an image of 1950s cold war surveillance and lately tha

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if we look at the countries of eastern europe and the baltic states, they look like countries of latin america at their stage of economic development. people with middle income countries, with all the problems of middle income countries. transformation is not pretty. we look at what has changed. if we look at. >> if we compare the baltic states, the differences are less than we would have expected, given the legacy of socialism. >> do you think capitalism came too vast? >> the data is convincing. those that suffered reforms are those that saw the drops in g.d.p. per capita, and did their best engendering economic growth. those countries were unwilling to introduce economic reforms, choosing graduate paths where the cost is higher. the evidence is clear. former soviet gasha chov says the -- gorbachev says the world is on the brink. what do you say? >> it's dangerous. gorbachev is feeling a great deal of remorse for a variety of reasons. i don't think we should take it seriously. the cold war was a global struggle between two ideological systems. we do not have that between two systems t

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the baltic states. the borders with nato. when you deploy the forces, you create a balance of power, every international race will tell you then the message is sent. then you can sit with president putin and talk with a different manner. lou: but now, will there be talkk, do you expect and to what end? . >> i think talks will happen because the obama administration has no other alternative at this point in time. if you ask what is it you're going to do if tanks are crossing the borders with there is no strategic response because we're not mobilized there. lou: and colonel mcginnis, your thoughts? >> putin is playing with donetsk, and like georgia in 08, the no accident today yet a battalion of tanks, battalion of howitzers, it's going to continue through the winter. all the cards are on his side. concerred about the ruble, he's concerned about the sanctions, but as long as he didn't take verr significant offensive action inside ukraine in the near future, he'll accomplish what he wants, and that's to keep the area from the ba

things are happening as well not necessarily the baltic states. it's a problem for europe in general. my question goes to the.of what angela said. apparently we argued -- what we aren't losing here. >> if i could just ask you brief questions so that the four panelists can sum up. >> i would like to get straight to the information warfare. >> the russians asked for a revision of the so-called flank document. this is esoteric today, but the fact is, this is after the war and we wanted to strengthen the incipient democracy of yeltsin. a vote in the u.s. senate was 100 to nothing. it it was very significant. second, very quick. senator biden and i went to moscow. we went to russia first. yeltsin had been at the summit. he was described as an disposed in the suburbs. he met with just about everyone he talked to, including his national security staff. we talked about details of possible enlargement, paul and czech republic and hungary. were they happy? no. they felt wounded. were they the slightest bit worried? no. could it someday join nato. so that is

it says it will keep its soldiers in the baltic nations and poland another year.ato's top military commander visited the ukrainian capitol in a show of support. the president wants to hold a referendum of joining the alliance. >> they have been with nato and in maritime operations with us. we've done training here in ukraine together, and what is important about this work is that it will bring the ukrainian army closer to those nato tactics, techniques and procedures that make them even more inter-operable with our forces in the future. >> merkel told parliament what was needed was patience and staying power. that seems to be moscows approach as well. nick spicer, berlin. >> russia is encouraging the syrian regime and opposition to return to peace negotiations. russia is one of syria's main political allies and is long supported the syrian president bashar al-assad. >>> peter sharp joins us from moscow. what is the significance of this meeting? >> you know, the relationship between syria and russia goes back more than 50 years,-- >> i'm sorry about that. we have t

mention closing counters between spy planes and fighters, flags of warships in the black sea and baltic sea, and three cases and which russian fighters and bombers actually simulated bombing raids against sweden, against denmark, and against the united states. obviously the dynamics, it is very disturbing. and we are worried that these incidents can get out of hand. >> you are calling these incidents disturbing and russia is simply saying we are improving our defenses. can we dismiss russia's characterization of these incidents? >> obviously we have seen more military traffic. so to say in europe, beyond ukraine, when we have seen conflict, but also along the nato-russian border, more exercises. obviously more surveillance, more reconnaissance planes, more assets put together by both sides. also by nato. but recently, some of the incidents actually go beyond this training and preparation. what we have that russian operatives are hijacking in estonia, counterintelligence officer from the estonian territory. we have a fishing vessel in the high seas, in international waters by the russian

my big worry he will push his advantage in the baltic states.st nato in the baltic states i bust nato permanently and get americans out of europe. >> reporter: analysts say putin does not want to erect a new berlin wall or iron curtain. he wants europe on its own terms. they go on to say the u.s. was better prepared to deal with the soviet union 20 five years ago. then it was superpower to superpower. now the global geopolitical scene is much more fragmented, the west more easily distracted. they do acknowledge that putin's russia is smaller and arguably weaker than the old soviet union. they also say a fading empire, flailing for power can be equally dangerous especially, jon, when they have all those nuclear weapons. back to you. >> scary situation and you looked great in that video from 25 years ago. greg palkot. new that jon. jon: thank you. heather: we have a segment coming up on that in the next hour. we'll talk to major general bob scales about putin's ambitions. you want to watch that one. meantime coming up in the next hour, also coming

is this shrinking, the sense of a shrinking american footprint and allies from japan to israel to baltic states and poland. asking themselves, where's the united states. >> sorry, is there a sign of a larger shake up here. >> john kerry of state, susan rice seems like is going to stay and put as the national security advisor. also in the obama administration, i keep hearing washington. >> insider. >> clearly not worked for them. if you worked on a team when things are not working out, even president obama might have -- this is not what have the dog and pony show, shook hands in the white house. this was several weeks in the making. this didn't just happen overnight. the president didn't wake up and decide to fire chuck hagel. what b i don't is why don't they have a replacement? that's not an office you want to leave unfilled. >> but who would want to take the job. >> you can't unless you're willing to be a yes man. do what the president wants you to do. john kerry got that climate deal with china. he's now pursuing the agreement with iran. chuck hagel started to push back, he was out of

thanks to various help from others, hungarians and russians, the ukrainians and the people of the baltic public, armenians and georgians, and in the recent days, the east germans. we wish them luck and rejoice -- at eachuccess success they achieve. others willin that also take our route since there is no other choice. [applause] i asked now, is there any sensible man who could not say that it would be better if the kept quiet because what they are doing is jeopardizing world peace? couldn't we say that the pols are doing more to conserve peace than many others? could we not say that stability -- peace [indiscernible] disgraced ways of government contrary to the wishes of their society? things are different in poland. we are helped by understanding from our eastern neighbors and their leader mikell gorbachev. this understanding is a foundation for new relations between poland and the soviet union, relations much better than before. these improved mutual relations will also contribute to stabilization of peace in europe, removing east-west tensions. the pols have a long and nobodylt histor

the motives come from the world heritage church nearby the baltic sea.s sash is weaved by one of the most established textile makers near tokyo. among those who joined the project. he agreed to design a kimono garment for south africa. he specializes in a process that involves -- he is famous for skillful depiction of flowers. he applies several shades of purple to create flowers. for a very short time each year south africa's highland desert becomes fields of flowers. he dedicated an image of the scene to the spirit of the late president nelson mandela. he used a variety of techniques to achieve a sense of depth and dimension in the scene which includes the national flower. >> translator: i'm so moved. i have never seen a show like this. it was wonderful. i'm very satisfied with my work. >> reporter: the south african garment appeared at the beginning of the show. embassy officials were among those who watched the show. [ applause ] people loved it. >> this captures the beauty of south africa. the protea, our national flower. this is our sakura. >> tran

there's a sense of a shrinking american footprint in allies from japan to israel to baltic states andoland are asking where's the united states. >> matt, is there a sign of a larger shake-up here in the staff? >> i don't think so. i think this isnly that will fall. they went out of their way to praise john kerry and susan rice will stay put as national security adviser. the crisis of confidence is also in the obama administration. i keep saying -- >> you mean inside? >> clearly not worked for them. if you're working on a team where things are not working out, even president obama might have self-doubts. >> that's why you have some of this sniping as hagel goes out the door, most unseemly, this is not what -- had that dog and pony show where they shook hands in the white house -- >> this was several weeks in the making. this didn't just happen overnight, what i don't understand, why don't they have a replacement ready to go right away? we're living in a period of serious national security crises, that's not an awful you want to leave unfilled. >> who would want to take the job? unless

watch out the rest of eastern europe and baltic.ur hits and misses of the week when we come back. >>> kim, start us off. >> hit for americans for prosperity, the outside conservative group that's fresh off electing a whole bunch of republicans already back up on air with $200,000 worth of ads in republican districts pressuring them to do the right thing in an upcoming tax debate. wanting republicans to final a allow the death of the wind production tax credit, good to see them trying to keep new members honest to promises of small government. >> free market principles. joe, this week bill de blasio said anyone found traveling with 25 grams of pot, of marijuana, will not be arrested but receive a ticket instead. as i can see in the video, that's a small garbage bag full of marijuana. i guess this was a hit were but i wonder about the impact on the role of law and it's a good thing i only travel with 24 grams. >> i don't know where to begin with that. it's not true. audience. matt? >> there's a hit to i guess the human race, which thi

not necessarily baltic states. just a few days ago angela merkel, she, well, stated that ukraine is a problem for europe in general. it's not only regional problem. and my question goes to the point what angela said on information warfare. apparently, we are losing here. what we can do not to lose? >> thank you. mike and anders, if i could maybe just ask you very brief questions so that the four panelists can then sum up. >> well, thank you, nick. i'd like to get straight to the information warfare and to stress what other people have said, that the historical revisionism that putin first enunciated at the meeting in munich in 2007 just simply doesn't hold up for most of the 1990s. and here i'd like to underscore what strobe said, but from a congressional perspective in this case. after the first war in chechnya, the russians asked for a revision of the so-called flank document. this is esoteric today, the russians have withdrawn from the cfe, but the fact is this was after the war, and we wanted to strengthen the

will try to take advantage of the last two years, so watch out the rest of eastern europe and the baltics. >>> we have to take one more break. when we come back, the hits and misses of the week. our hitsnd m when we come back. .. ...heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm... amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. earning unlimited cash back on purchases. that's a win. but imagine earning it twice. introducing the citi® double cash card. it lets you earn cash back twice, once when you buy and again as you pay. it's cash back. then cash back again. and that's a cash back win-win . the citi double cash card. the only card that lets you earn cash back twice on every purchase with 1% when you buy and 1% as you pay. with two ways to earn, it makes a lot of other cards seem one-sided. >>> time now for hits and misses of the week. kim, start us off. >> a hit for americans for prosperity, the outside conservative group fresh off electi

secondly, we need to reassure nato allies this is jianging people in the baltic states, in poland watching, again tanks crossing a border. thirdly, we need to strengthen the ukrainian armed forces. we have to make putin pay a price and that price has to come back to roost in moscow, fourth, its sanctions, these are beginning to bite. we can find a variety of evidence of this including the collapse in the value of the reboundle. one could argue that is going to take time, and it will, but the long-term outlook for russia's economy, if they turn into this kind of isolated angry island in the middle of asian common is not good. >> is that the price to pay for being in ukraine and having a frozen conflict? >> there is a certain russian psychology that we're all aware it is being said, clear to me that over time this economy which is a one trick pony dependent on hydrocarbons is highly at risk over the long haul, but that's always the problem with sanctions, it takes a while for them to kick in. >> i want to turn now to the battle against islamic state. >> certainly. >> do you think that the cu

nobody is more scared than the baltics. they have a recent and vivid history of russian involvement. there is a huge russian minority in estonia. they are aware of their own memory of what russia is capable of. >> we are in by having mary advantaged by -- having mary childs with us. >> it is a little muted right now. the u.s. looks pretty stable right now. >> let's look at the geopolitics of the moment. putin.el may meet with david cameron calls for a new cold war. inneed to go to hans nichols berlin. what is the hope of the western world? >> not much hope. there might be muted opportunities for angela merkel and francois hollande to meet with putin. merkel was not- by these shipsd entering international waters. she wants to preserve her position as a go-between between the west and putin. ad is she the vl whisperer? >> i think some of that has been pretty overplayed. she has been firm when she has needed to be. only one with the authority. she is the only one with the domestic stature. you look a germany's 30% of the euro

nato has reported a spike in russian lights of birth the baltic.fficials say there have been 100 intercepts this year, three times more than the whole of 2013. coming up next, why this blimp appeared above the skyline. we will have all of the details when we return in two. >> it is 7:30 in hong kong, a cloudy monday morning. we are 30 minutes away from the open of trading. japan closed for culture day today in focus, boj, the unexpected stimulus. how is asia going to respond? on your tv, on your mobile, and online, you are watching "first up." so many struggles. growing smartphone rivalry brings yet another quarterly loss. recent history is not on the side of bangkok airlines. the eye in the sky. singapore takes surveillance to new heights. i am angie lau. breaking news from australia. td securities inflation figure coming in at 0.2%, month on month, for october. the september meeting showed prices rose 1.7%. right now, where we are seeing fractional gains right now, after chinese data had the aussie dollar sinking. we are continuing to see that ri

nato reported a spike in russian flights over the baltics, the black sea and the atlantic regions.re have been three times more interceptions than the whole of 2013. looking forward to a meeting tomorrow. shares 0.3% lower. a three-day loss, the worst performance since 2011. all that to look forward to and of course, japan today is closed. hong kong, the markets opening on a slight the klein. -- slight decline. ♪ >> coming down to earth, shares of bangkok airways are falling on their thailand debut. gold tumbles along with the yen after stimulus from japan. and, not the goodyear blimp, the eye in the sky watching over singapore. let's get the latest from the markets now. what do you have your eyes on? >> i'm watching aussie minors. that is dragging down the overall session in australia. we are down about 0.4%. one of the markets that is bucking the trend. up. let's take a look at how those stocks are trading. -- stocks, here we go, 18 out of 19 are falling today. i can go through each name here, but suffice to say, we are seeing substantial losses. the reason is fairly simple. gold

russian bombers and fighters swooped over the north sea, the black sea, the dpufl of finland and the baltic sea. that intercept was captured here on never before seen video, recently declassified by the norwegian military. it shows russia's newest fighter jet, the su-34 which is carry a payload of 8 tons of precision guided weapons. events like this happened more than 100 times in 2014. three times more than in 2013. >> essentially what it is is the cat and mouse game that was played during the original cold war where each side probes the defenses of the other in order to see how they'll react. >> that game is putting more pressure on nato outposts like this air base in buda, where norwegian forces recently cooperated with their russian neighbors. nato uses its joint commander and its f-16s to be its eyes and ears in the sky. recently moved 600 miles north to buda becoming the only country with the military headquarters inside the arctic circle. one big reason for the move: to keep better tabs on russia. buried deep inside an arctic mountain norwegian officers track incoming russian bombers

it was using radio free europe to boost the signal into the warsaw pact countries and the baltic countries. stopping the subsidy of their economy -- he used every available method, quite frankly. the soviets never knew what hit them. he hit them at many different levels. he basically brought them to their needs. >> you could sum all of that up in a simple phrase, which he used. that is "peace through strength." he was willing to negotiate with the soviets once we had achieved military superiority, which we did not have when he came into office in 1980. a great way to kick off this conference and commemorate the 50th anniversary of ronald reagan's speech. we have a great grounding in history. are going to take a bit of a break now for a few moments let you stretch her legs. we will be right back here for our next discussion. thank you so much. [applause] >> you're watching american history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span three. follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest his

he is putting enormous pressure on the baltics. in his own words russianand nova, he wants to restore the old russian empire. in my show solidarity, we have got to help particularly the ukrainians who are my friends. i was in the square with 200,000 people in subfreezing weather where they stood for days because they wanted a free country and free of the government that was in power, and they are unable to achieve that. relations with russia have a great deal to do with the behavior of vladimir putin. >> what is your opinion on the u.s. military's drone program? do you think unmanned weapons are a key part of the future? >> an interesting thing happened a few months ago. a jerome land on aircraft carrier. it was kind of -- when historians look back, a seminal moment. no doubt in my mind that many of the missions that are now conducted by manned aircraft will be conducted by drones. later for 12 hours we will see the technology get better but there are a lot of other countries developing the same capability by the way. we haven't go

though he puts enormous pressure on the baltics in his own words he wants to restore the old russian empire. it does not mean we're back to the cold war in the square was 200,000 people in self freezing weather, or days because they wanted the free country and the element in power that now there and able to achieve that. so we will have a great deal to do with the behavior vladimir putin. >> what is your opinion of the u.s. military drone program? >> and interesting thing happened a few days ago and drove to a coffee and landed on an aircraft carrier. there is no doubt in my mind those interconnected by aircraft they could wait for 12 hours but there is a lot of other countries with the same capability we don't have the exclusive franchise. so you will see a much greater role for drones and though lesser role for the manned aircraft. we know what happens to american pilot there is no repercussions of that. and the drone that could stay on station for 12 hours, then why not? but for a moral standpoint i do have some qualms thinking that somebody sitting behind the consoles brings deat

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statement backed by exercises of our forces in our eastern european allies, so places like poland, the baltic republics, who welcome our troops and aircraft for exercises, need to establish and announce a robust program and tell president putin and his people, we're not going to tolerate any more of this. and particularly the bomber flights, we need to make sure each of those is properly intercepted as they reach the edge of the international airspace, same for the ships driving around the caribbean. that's not a russian ocean, i don't know what business they have out there. lou: or what business they have in crimea, or what business they have in eastern ukraine, or what business they have with nuclear weapons, the prospect of them. >> absolutely. very, very disturbing. lou: general, thank you very much. general daniel bolger. breaking news tonight as well, sources telling fox news the president will make good on his promise to issue executive actions on giving amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, issuing a ten part plan as early as the 21st of this month. the obama plan contains initia

we have to strengthen our hand in the eastern countries baltics. everybody is looking at this putin's next hand will probably be up there and we have to make certain that nato forces and u.s. forces are on the ground as well. >> how do you explain this. nuclear capable forces in crimia. and they have cross the the border despite the sos fire. a flo tillia of russian ships mexico, something that the u.s. calls unprecedented. what message are they sending? >> putin is the master of using propaganda and telling loys. here it is psychological warfare. he is believes that you can force enemies in to capitulation without firing. he's taking old ancient aircraft. his military is no match for the united states military. and he knows that. but he still uses his military power to intimidate and gain advantage. that's what it is all about. when he walked in opec and/beijing conference and down to g- 20. if you take a vote who is the strongest leader in the world, he would get that vote. he wants people to understand that. >> i am glad you believe it is psycho

on the baltics and , romania, those countries really at risk of russia trying to destabilize them as well. that is something we have to look at aggressively. andilliam cohen, chairman ceo of the cowen group, joining us from washington. always a privilege to have you on the broadcast. thank you for your time. coming up, we continue the weeklong look at risk. we look at how one company is joining the fight in the next generation of cyberattacks. "bottom line" continues in a moment. ♪ >> welcome back. we have breaking news this hour from dow chemical. let's go to julie hyman with the details. >> activist investor dan loeb is increasing rationing up the pressure to some degree on dow chemical. he owns a 1.87% stake in the company as of the last filing. he has held meetings with the ceo and has tried to increase pressure on him to improve returns on dow. today, he is taking his campaign a little more public and , which has website video that details what he says are dow's recent failings. also, an advisory board was created of various folks it says it will draw on for advice as to how to

put armored brigade in one of the baltic states. push up against putin and army, and frankly, i firmly believe as do most of the generals that at the end of the day, he'll go home. lou: is the taliban still in afghanistan? are the poppy fields still growing? >> they are, they are. lou: same group of generals? >> they are. lou: i'm sorry, i couldn't resist. >> i know. lou: and i'm going to study asymmetry. >> a symmetry of ends. lou: absolutely. general, great to have you with us as always. [ laughter ] general robert scales. >>> time for a look at online poll results, is there any way short of war to stop vladimir putin's aggression? only half of you said no. 49%. be sure to vote in tonight's poll. if republicans can't stop the executive fiat on immigration amnesty from taking effect, do you believe they could stop him from remaining in office after second term? cast your vote at loudobbs.com. >>> president obama tonight announcing a $3 billion contribution to a new international, quote, green climate fund to help poor countries aff