follow him welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle boris yeltsin was he a great man who made history or was he merely a product of his time opinions differ widely don't know when denies the important role he played in creating our present crosstalk continues its series on the collapse of the soviet union twenty years ago. and. to cross talk yeltsin's russia i'm joined by dmitri barber chair in the studio with me he's a political analyst at ria novosti news agency in washington we have donald jensen he's a resident fellow at the center for transatlantic relations and in london we go to alex proud day he is director of russian and eurasian studies center at the university of oxford all right gentlemen crosstalk rules and in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want well the reason why we're doing this we're doing our series here on cross talk on the collapse of the soviet union twenty years ago and twenty years ago on june twelfth one thousand nine hundred ninety also became the first popularly elected president of the russian soviet federated socialist republic all basically th

and a multi-million pound battle between a russian tycoon roman abramovich and fugitive mobile boris berezovsky in a wonder in court finally approaches its conclusion. and up next the moscow team heads to florence italy looking for traces of russian culture in the heart of the country. hello and welcome to the program today the moscow team are in italy as we continue our exploration of russian culture abroad music from. spiking didn't ski racing creativity has been studied and celebrated for centuries around the world so joe be martyred on roots as we take a look at russian influence and connections one of the most beautiful historic and romantic cities in the world florence. christians have been fascinated with italian culture for centuries florence is often compared to st petersburg. with its architecture and classical entertainment see consisting of music and literature it's easy to draw comparisons to the cultural grounds you of russia's former capital. moved around the major cities in italy today and you definitely hear the chit chat excited recent tourists they devour the socia

remind you we're talking about russia's first president boris yeltsin. but first here's a brief report on content the. just legacy. in recent russian history few personalities remain a spoiler arising as boris yeltsin twenty years after the fall of the soviet union yeltsin is still seen in the west as the politician who ended communism and i'm sure there in the area of personal freedoms and western style capitalism. that any few are just better perceived from a distance especially history i think we still need more time for the emotions and trouble to give way to serious analysis of what to take tannic figure you'll soon really was in a moment that later became one of russia's most iconic yeltsin with genuine popular support helped to stare down an attempted coup in one thousand nine hundred ninety one yes we declare illegal all of the crazy decisions by the state emergency committee in the us and in the western world yeltsin was seen as a reformer and a leader who could compromise he was embraced as a friend and told he was treated as a peer and when he

boris epstein.e way boris was talking i was thinking karen hunter was here. thanks so much. just a programming note, coming up at the top of the hour, alex wagner will talk with richard cordray head of the consumer protection bureau. that's coming up with alex wagn wagner. >>> developing news out of texas where rainstorms have led to street flooding. at least three tornadoes have touched do unin houston toppling trees and damaging cars but 30 flights at dallas-ft. worth airport have been canceled. in san antonio more than a dozen roads have been closed so far. there have been no reports of injuries. >>> also here is a look at some other stories topping the news for you right now. hundreds of mourners are in state college, pennsylvania, this morning to pay their final respects to ledge endary penn state football coach joe paterno. the hall of famer died sunday just two months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. a private funeral will be held coming up this afternoon. >>> and did you hear that act

i want to start with you, boris.ere are the big applause lines, the president saying when he talks about the six agencies he wants to consolidate into one, this is redundant, inefficient. with the authority he's requesting today of congress, he would consolidate them into one department, one phone number, one mission, helping american businesses to succeed. coming out with this color coded power point presentation. how can people object to this when they're going back and talking about this in congress today and see what he wants to do, how can anybody object? >> twill it will be important t at the specifics of what he's proposing. republicans in congress should not oppose this and overcome this moniker of being an obstructionist coo isist congre that it is good to bring the agencies together and move ahead to the issues that they really care about, which is jobs. >> here it is, savings and cutting waste. a lot of people on the right will say this is more about his re-election campaign than it is about good policy. w

he is fighting boris johnson in the upcoming election. other parties of also voiced their concerns. >> it is not a realistic idea. it is a flight of fancy from boris. >> it is a preposterous idea. >> the government's consultation on aviation is due to be launched in march. >> the search of the costa concordia has been suspended after it slipped further into the sea. >> wikipedia remains shut down in protest of a proposed u.s. law aimed at stopping online privacy. >> argentina -- david cameron suggested argentina's claim to the falcon islands. the two countries fought a war in 19 -- in the south atlantic. >> thousands of kilometers from britain in the middle of the south the atlantic ocean, the falkland islands are a peaceful and remote. in 1982, this was a battleground. more than 900 people died. with the 30th anniversary of the conflict in april, there are growing tensions between britain and argentina. the latest batch came on wednesday. parliament -- david cameron defended britain's sovereignty of the falkland islands. >> the with the

. >> take the mayor of london, boris johnson, for instance.ging volunteers to help clean up london's rivers, boris sets the example and takes the plunge, literally. >> i'm here to promote volunteering week. what could be more lovely on a day like this than having a quick informal dip. >> informal? that's one word for it. >> getting ready. >> and who can forget presidential hopeful gary bauers pancake stunt. >> all right. whoa! oh, no! >> there's a tradition in new hampshire presidential politics where candidates have to flip pancakes at a pancake breakfast. oh, no! >> you compare and contrast the politician's skill at flipping pancakes at this event. gary bauer was the worst ever. >> jack be nimble, jack be quick, whoa, jack fall over the bisquick. >> one of the most embarrassing moments for any politician i've seen. >> i hope your campaign platform is more solid than your footing. that goes for you too, mr. dole. campaigning against president bill clinton turns out to be a dangerous affair for bob dole. reaching out to his supporters in calif

to some control of the russian parliament building the committee ordered tanks to roll into moscow boris yeltsin then considered a political maverick and reformist led russian parliamentarians in opposition to the coup and that's what it clearly illegal all the decisions and decreased by the state of emergency committee. shortly most of the troops either decided to return to their barracks or join the resistance and just like that the committee's actions found parliament surrounded by armed and unarmed civilians the plotters of the coup found little support either within the political elite or the constituent republics that made up the soviet union as a result the kuku lapsed with minor loss of life on august twenty first. was freed and returned to moscow but the soviet union would never be to see all of the. state committee for the state of emergency people all they knew they wanted to do was stop whatever was happening in its tracks but they didn't have an alternative vision they didn't have really anything else to propose in its place other than status quo ante let's go back to we had

and a multi-billion pound battle between russian tycoon ramana album obituary indeed of mobile borisberezovsky in a london court finally approaching. the hour's headlines up next peter lavelle and guest discuss the dispute over a planned u.s. anti-piracy laws which critics say may censor the internet worldwide stay with us crosstalk. oh. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle it's a contest pitting silicon valley against hollywood with washed.

fugitive mobile boris berezovsky in a london court finally approaches its conclusion. and up next the moscow team heads to florence italy looking for traces of russian culture in the heart of the country . hello and welcome to the program today that. as we continue our exploration of russian culture. music from. creativity has been studied and celebrated around the world. as we take a look at russian influence and connections one of the most peaceful.

polo in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle boris yeltsin was he a great man who made history or was he merely a product of his time opinions differ widely don't know one denies the important role he played in creating our present crosstalk continues that series from the collapse of the soviet union twenty years ago. place to. sleep.

up next people of these guests of boris yeltsin was a key history maker or just in the right place at the right time crosstalk is next on our team. if you. want to play. polo in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle boris yeltsin was he a great man who made history or was he merely a product of his time opinions differ widely don't know one denies the important role he played in creating our present crosstalk continues that series on the collapse of the soviet union twenty years ago. played keep.

plus a multi-billion pound battle between russian tycoon romana fugitive mobile boris berezovsky in a london court finally approaches its conclusion. i. midnight in moscow good to have you with us here on r t our top story the u.s. government and the country's entertainment industry have come under attack from a group of computer hackers known as anonymous they took down web sites belonging to the f.b.i. the department of justice and universal music the group says it's the largest ever attack in response to the shutdown of a major file sharing service mega upload that's affected around fifty million daily users the web site's bosses have been arrested and are now facing prison sentences for copyright infringement u.s. lawmakers are currently debating new bills to curb illegal downloading which have been attacked by some as an attempt to censor the internet thousands of web sites including we keep pedia went dark in protest this week patrick hayes a reporter for online magazine spiked thinks the proposed u.s. legislation might make the web as we know it ceased to exist. we could see mu

and fugitive mobile boris berezovsky in a london court finally reaching a conclusion.more stories coming your way in thirty minutes up next our team takes you to siberia where the ancient tradition of shamanism is alive and well special report coming up. the sons. of beriah a dusk by year in chino one of the most celebrated and experienced shamans east of lake begins his shamanic rituals today's ritual is designed to invoke the spirits healing abilities and thank them for their powers at one point during the ritual a spirit penetrating by his body is expected to help the shaman deal with people's issues as well as heal them when a shaman becomes aware of the onset of the state trance he puts on a cap that covers his eyes the cap protects the shaman from evil spirits and safeguards the on.

boris, i want to talk tour we have the debates, too coming up but the one this weekend on sunday before new hampshire, who has the most to win, the most to lose, in your estimation? >> in new hampshire, mitt romney has obviously got the most to lose, you look at rick santorum and newt gingrich the most to gain this race is not over yet. mitt romney is doing very w i agree with david. he needs to win by a healthy margin, if he wins new hampshire, a full head of steam. if he he whips by a small margin and newt gingrich is second and newt does have a good infrastructure or rick santorum off a success in iowa does well in new hampshire, then you are right it is up for grabs, most to lose, mitt romney, most to gain, newt gingrich, rick santorum. >> thanks venks neil la vehicle in manchester, new hampshire for us, david goodfriend in washington and boris epstein, political columnist for "u.s. news & world report." again, thank you. >>> a reminder, nbc's david gregory moderates that final presidential debate before tuesday's new hampshire primary. the nbc news/facebook debate airs sunday on nb

lead a multi-billion pound battle between russian tycoon ramana promote bichon indeed of mobile boris berezovsky in a london court finally approaches a conclusion. and coming up here lavelle and gets discussed the raw a over the planned u.s. anti-piracy legislation that critics say will censor the internet worldwide stay with us cross talk coming up. if you say. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle it's a contest pitting silicon valley against hollywood with washington in the middle supporters of the stop online piracy act claim they are losing billions of dollars a year to fast on the internet opponents of sopa worry the internet as we know it today could be hijacked. live. and you can see live. to discuss the future of the internet i'm joined by daniel castro in washington he's a senior analyst with him.

and a multi-billion pound battle between the russian tycoon roman abramovich and fugitive mobile boris berezovsky in a london court finally approaches its conclusion. and coming out of u.s. anti-piracy laws and who's likely to cash in on them among the topics discussed in today's edition of capital account that's coming up stay with us. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. now the federal reserve has more than tripled the size of its balance sheet since the financial crisis printing money in order to do it whose decision was that not yours unless of course you're one of the handful of members of the federal open market committee next week they meet some are predicting more quantitative easing may be on the menu but what is all this money printing really amounted to talk about it and speaking of bailouts. so do you know that taxpayers actually made money on the wall street bailout. well they say maybe not on g.m. but they did on the the on.

and fugitive russian billionaire boris berezovsky is close to conclusion the judge is considering herverdict in the financial showdown after armies of expensive lawyers went to battle for their clients exposing some juicy details along the way artie's london correspondent ivor bennett has more. it's been dubbed the trial of the century for two reasons really firstly because of the sheer money involved there's six and a half billion dollars at stake here making it the most expensive civil lawsuit in u.k. legal history and more importantly perhaps is the subject matter it's really laid bare all the dodgy dealings of ninety's russia in the wild east reaffirming all those stereotypes there are that i don't think anyone actually thought because could possibly be true but it turns out they are and what makes it even more unbelievable is that they've come from two of the main players in those turbulent times remand every moment. to former friends now arch enemies as for juicy details will some of the really big believe the recent claims we've heard are that he actually turned up to meetings

>> boris?ght, between the taxes and the charitable donations, he has paid over 40%, and that is what is important that he is not only paying the taxes, but he is donating and giving to education as a barack obama is talking about. so no, wealth is not a turn-off and most americans want to be rich and be like mitt romney. >> jason? >> look, americans love the rich people, but you have to be the right kind of rich person, and mitt romney isn't. we like mark cuban and warren buffett and bill gates and people who made their money that we can feel, touch and understand, but the problem with mitt romney is that he has made money and how did he make it? he needs to connect for the with regular people and then we won't talk about it. >> jason, and goldie and boris, great discussion. happy friday, and let's do it again. >> okay. happy friday. >> okay. >>> tuesday, all eyes on florida and join wolf, and candy and anderson and john for the coverage of the florida primary beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern tue

. >> that is boris. >> yes. >> this is snowy we will meet tease really two cute puppies derek tell usut the german shepherd rescue. >>> we are a charitable organization out in virginia, sen paralyzed we take -- centralized we take in from maryland, dc virginia, always looking for more fostervolunteers majority of our funds come from adoption fees and donations we are always looking for more donations as well. >> to get involved i presume there is a website >> there is shepherd rescue.org go on and get information about the available puppies we have. also information on finding out how to be a foster or volunteer. >> now let's start with boris he will not be ignored tell me about this dog. >> this little guy is a 3 month old german shepherd. >> a baby. >> yes. >> he is actually one of our special needs puppies you would never know it by looking at him he is one of our special needs pups he has a disease that effects balance the breeder gave him up thinking he was blind, but his eyesight there may be a little something going on with his eyesight mostly just the syndrome and condition th

and just let nature take its course. >> reporter: boris worked at a financial services company for 10 years before his position was cut in december. while jobs remained tight in that industry, most other major sectors were hiring last month. and for the year, the economy gained 1.6 million jobs. >> reporter: economists say the unemployment report shows real, meaningful improvement. but it didn't make much of a mark here on wall street. >> reporter: the stock market reaction was luke warm, as investors worried that europe's financial troubles could overshadow the progress here at home. >> if europe does go into a deep recession that's going to affect our exports here, it will affect our corporations. >> reporter: for now, though, companies are showing the best hiring trend in over five years. >> people tell me, when one door closes, another one opens along the way. and you have to trust that. >> reporter: even with december's gains, there are 6 million fewer jobs than there were before the recession. and economists say it could take years to catch up. alexis christoforous, wjz eyewitne

reporter: chris boris hopes the hiring trend will help him find a job. >> you just got to get out there and put the word out there and just let nature take its course. reporter: boris worked at a financial services company for 10 years before his position was cut in december. while jobs remain tight in that industry, most other major sectors were hiring last month and for the year the economy gained 1.6 million jobs. economists say the unemployment report shows real meaningful improvement, but it different make much of a mark here on wall street. the stock market reaction was lukewarm as investors worried that europe's financial troubles could overshadow the progress here at home. >> europe is going through a deep recession that's going to affect our exports here, affect our corporations. reporter: for now companies are showing the best hiring trend in over five years. >> people tell me when one door closes, another one opens along the way and you have to trust that. reporter: even with december's gains there are 6 million fewer jobs than there were before the recession and economists s

. >> reporter: chris boris hopes the hiring trend will help him find a grob -- job. >> you just have to get out there and put the word out there and just let nature take its course. >> reporter: boris worked at a financial services company for 10 years before his position was cut in december. while jobs remain tight in that industry, most other sectors were hiring. and for the year, the economy gained 1.6 million jobs. >> reporter: economists say the unemployment report makes real, meaningful improvement. >> reporter: the stock market reaction was luke warm, as investors worried that europe's financial troubles could overshadow the progress here at home. >> if europe does go into a deep recession that is going to affect our expoarltds here, -- exports here, that's our corporation. >> reporter: for now, though, companies are showing the best hiring trend in over five years. >> reporter: people tell me, when one door closes, another opens along the way. and you have to trust that. >> reporter: even with december's gains, there are 6 million fewer jobs than they there were before the re

you mentioned scott boris which just translates into huge dollar signs.ey threw at jayson werth last year, is it more money if they throw a contract at him this year. >> he is a better player. the only reason she was playing first base last year is because laroche got hurt. can you find a spot for him. >> but isn't it also true that, as time passes, the pujols deal is done a month ago. price is going down for fielder. >> if you are going be for a player, steve, in that division and you want to compete for world series championships, you have to get the talent. >> the lerners own every office building and mall in the entire d.c. metro. they can spend the money. >> if they get him and they're able it put him in at first base right now and you plug him in and you've got strasburg and everybody stays healthy, can they make the playoffs this year or is this a couple of years down the road? >> he they might be expanding the playoffs by one team. they'll mechanic it interesting. they're not the phillies or atlanta. >> if they expand the playoffs by eight team, t

some had been bory put it together and it was a life of great love. that was the only way it could be done. empty sidewalk was jammed with people. i held her as they streamed by. thank you. >> from the last 2 pages i wrote in my novel. after the events in entertainment room number 17. with the man who had been pretending to be her husband. the imposter didn't have his own name. he used ga as he wore ga's clothes and slept as her husband had on the couch. he drove with the high beams on and reunification boulevard. they were in a mustang and there were no other cars on the road. passing through the park they saw families in the dark steeling chest nuts from the trees. at dinner everyone called him commander ga even though he didn't look like commander ga. see knew that this man was not going to leave that her husband was not coming back be and from now on this man wouldn't be wished away. he would have to be dealt with as her husband had to be dealt with. they crossed the river the bridge lights showing the color of his bruises. they drove through the