as we continue to watch development in ukraine, general breedlove, top commander in nato announceing 8 russi russian tank brigades have moved in to eastern border of ukraine, and nuclear capable forces are moveing into crimea in support of those forces there. in disputed territory in crimea. governor, ambassador, always good to see you, thank you. >> thank you. lou: missouri governor jay nixon today announcing riot preping a inpreparation are under way in ferguson, missouri. >> our pillars here are safety and speech. missourians, anyone that comes here needs to know they will be safe, exercising those rights of speech. if folks cross that safety line, on property on person, we will use a full power of the law to keep peace. lou: st. louis county prosecutor says that time frame for the grand jury decision is still mid to late november. he insists that alleged leaks of information are just as he pit it rank speculation, and should be ignoreed. >> michael brown's parents today took their case overseas, testifying before a united nations committee in geneva. michael brown sr., and leslie

we heard general breedlove. he talks like a man isolated, not the supreme commander of nato forces representing europe and america's finest troops. >> general philip breedlove is a combat experienced fighter pilot, no doubt about his resolve to deal with this. i'm certain behind the scenes these conveying deep concern what's going on tonight in the ukraine. lou: is the concern shared by some, i'm sure, if not, in fact, most at the pentagon, seemingly by only a few, if that, at the white house, and i, for the life of me, can't figure out whether germans, french, britishar, and why they are so quiet do you? >> one of the things we have keep in mind is the united states has lot of energy that makesis less dependent on foreign imports. they depend on getting imports into europe from russia. the british have their own source of oil. russian oil and russian natural gas powers economies. so the russians essentially have a very important spigot they can turn on or off and people are well aware of that. that's particular

flip breedlove. >> -- phillip breedlove. >> we have seen russian tanks russian artillery, air systems and combat entering into ukraine. we do not have a good picture at this time of how many and has to their intent, i'm not sure. >> meanwhile the united nations security council held its 26th emergency session on ukraine on wednesday without agreeing to any action. >>> for more on the conflict in ukraine i'm joined by two former ambassadors to nato. nicholas burns was on the national security council from 1990 to 1995. he is a froafe professor at harvard's scol of government. kurt voa volker is a professor at arizona state university. kurt i'll start with you. general breedlove says russia has moved heavy munitions into ukraine. what should the u.s. and its nato allies do besides call another meeting of the u.n. security council? >> i think there are two things we need to do. we need to show we are fully supportive of the ukrainian government and time to provide lethal assistance and help them control the border. the second thing we need to do is specifically about the nuclear issues i

while speaking in kiev, general phillip breedlove confirmed a large number of russian troops are activenside ukraine and enough to mount a major incursion. >> secondly, we're concerned that the capabilities in crimia that are being instaaled will bring effect to almost the entire black sea and this is of concern. coastal missiles, surface to air missiles and other capabilities that are able to exert military influence over the black sea. >> that was the general breedlove speaking. he also expressed concerns of moscow's militaryization of the criticala peninsula. -- crimea peninsula. >> represents all of the times of aviation. warplanes that you see now, the s.u.-27 s.m., the s.u.-30 m. 2. generation 4-plus planes, attack bombing aviation and all army aviation, transport aviation and combat aviations. it enables up to -- us to fulfill all our assignments. >> 40 years ago a key speech was delivered in france's national assembly. a passionate defense for the legalization of abortion. she was addressing just nine women lawmakers within the assembly. but four months later it was given the al

the comments from general breedlove, you think they're accurate? >> gosh, they're understated, actually. putin has promised to put 70 more ships into the black sea fleet. he's increasing the quality of the communications in sebastia pol, he's cleaning up the docks, extending the docks, he's fencing off, full, the russian naval part of this facility, and turning it or turning it back into the classic fortress that the czars built in the 17th century. now as far as the world is concerned, crimea now belongs to russia. everybody's painting it red in their maps, even in the west, no one disputes that crimea belongs to russia. now worried about the eastern ukraine. ashley: so what about the u.s. response to this? obviously, mr. putin seems to do what he wants to do. we impose sanctions and speak a good game but what's it going to take to get him to stop in his tracks? >> so interesting, i talked to everyone in washington on both sides of the aisle, in the civilian side and on the military side, active and retired. those that are pro-obama and those agai

nato's top commander, general philip breedlove spoke today at the pentagon. >> what you saw this pastk was-- was a larger, more complex formation of aircraft carrying out a little deeper, and i would... i would say a little bit more provocative flight path. and so it is a concern. >> woodruff: back in kiev, ukrainian president petro poroshenko has called a meeting of his top security chiefs tomorrow. to discuss what the election means for ukraine, the u.s. and russia, joining us are, andrew weiss, he was director of russian, ukrainian and eurasian affairs at the white house national security council. he's now with the carnegie endowment for international peace. and stephen cohen is professor emeritus of russian studies at new york university and of politics at princeton university. we well come you both back to the program. andrew weiss, to you first, are the leaders of this group, this rebel breakoff group, they say they are now independent of ukraine, are they? >> i think they are stating what we all know which is the central government of ukraine has lost sovereignty and control ov

and general breedlove released the shocking news yesterday that tank batallions or tank units were coming over the border from russia as you indicated, an invasion, also artillery, also combat infantry, and they are moving on an area near the amount north of donetsk, where the ukrainian military is trying to hold off against an assault by rebel forces. now, if they directly engage the ukrainian army there, in the ensuing days as they make their way towards that target, and the united states says nothing, imagine how the europeans interpret this. europeans watch this administration haul the interceptor system out of poland, out of the czech republic because of russian pressure. that system was to protect against an attack from iran, a missile attack. lou: how quickly -- we're in desperate trouble here on time, congressman. but how quickly in your judgment can we support our allies across all of eastern europe, including the balkan states? >> well, this is reminiscent of the situation we faced under jimmy carter, and we'll said how will this possibly be reversed. look what the ayatollah is

general breedlove warns that russia militarization of the annexed crimea peninsula could be used to exertontrol over the horrible axes. russia says 14 of its jets are now in crimea as part of a squadron of 30. two brothers have now become the first britons to be jailed in syria. and were jailed for 4.5 three years respectively. they were intercepted on their return to england in september. they had brought back bullets and pictures of their training in syria as trophy. more than 500 girls in northern iraq are being held as slaves by islamic state. many are being treated as wives and others are repeatedly raped. very few have managed to escape and their stories are harrowing. there has been very little attention to this story. changean is trying to that by mounting a campaign for their release. she spoke to me earlier and i survey by asking her what exactly had happened to these women and girls. by asking her what exactly had happened to these women and girls. >> the girls are being sold to arab men as six slaves. also, these girls have been forced to convert to islam and have had to mary

speaking in the bulgarian capital, general philip breedlove said the movements have been observed overast few days. moscow has dismissed the reports. today the world health organization reported that more than 5000 people have died in the ebola outbreak that is ravaging west africa. it comes as u.s. health officials testified before lawmakers about the response to the virus. among those in the hearing was chaircoons, who is also of the foreign relations africa subcommittee. he joined us from capitol hill. thank you very much for joining me. billions of dollars are being requested in emergency aid. from what you have heard today, it is not going to be enough to stop ebola at its source in west africa. >> the $6 billion emergency funding request being considered today by the senate appropriations committee would provide critically needed resources, both for making sure the united states is secure from any potential outbreak of ebola here, but more importantly to make sure that we continue to sustain and fund the vital work on the ground in africa that is essential to making sure that thi

. >> general phillip breedlove confirming russian military equipment and combat troops have been seen streaming across the border to eastern ukraine in recent days. and officials fear the build-up ahead of a renewed military action. and the end of the two--month-old cease-fire agreement. the wall street journal editorial board member matt kominsky is here following all things vladimir putin. so what is putin's game here? >> putin is back on the war track. i think that's very clear. what we changed in the last two months since they signed the cease-fire in early september is that he was very upset by the outcome of the elections in ukraine, which saw a sweep by pro-western parties then. he was a bit frustrated that he can't give the europeans divided and give up on sanctions. i'm going to give back and rearm these guys in eastern ukraine and am looking to push toward crimea very soon or he'll have to wait until next spring when the weather gets better. >> he wants to keep that land bridge or establish a land bridge from russian proper all the way across to crimea so they don't have to

the comments breedlove has made are essentially nothing new, because people who have been in easternaine, journalists and analysts and even the osce have been talking about convoys of very new high-tech weaponry on the roads in eastern ukraine for weeks now. what is new about what he says is it comes from the top commander of nato himself. and this is someone who politicians in the west will listen to very, very closely, and may well used to -- to decide on future policy. we have a meeting next week in europe of foreign ministers gathering together to decide whether to hit russia with anymore sanctions. they will probably be looking at this new information very, very closely indeed. >>> now the world news palestinian security officials have accused israeli activists of setting fire to a mosque in the occupied west bank. here is more from the scene of the attack north of ramallah. >> reporter: this mosque wasn't just a place of worship it was a focal point for a community. it serviced around a thousand families, and as you can see it is now mostly just ash. let's just take a look at w

to insist it has no military role in the conflict so the defense ministry has dismissed general breedlove's comments. a comment for domestic ears more than foreign ones. russians have no desire to see brothers fighting and dying in ukraine. >> pretending there are no russian soldiers, that is what russia is going to be doing, going to deny. >> are with fighting intensifying in recent days, the ceasefire agreed in minsk appears to be dead. russian army is preparing for increase beining violence. >> how could we react to their acts, i see it as my aim to be ready to fight. >> that's rory challenge. an immediate meeting of the security council over this conflict. u.s. ambassador samantha power says: >> russia's done nothing to restore ukrainian government control. russia has continued to flout ukrainian air space with its helicopters and uavs. it continues to send so-called humanitarian convoys, something it will not allowing to be searched. >> they do not reflect the situation on the ground. president obama in myanmar tonight the second leg of his asian trip. he's there to attend the eastboun

. >> general phillip breedlove is a combat experienced fighter pilot. there is no doubt about his resolve to deal with this. i'm certain that behind the scenes he's conveying deep concern about what's going on tonight in the ukraine. >> his deep concern shared by some, i'm sure, if not in fact most at the pentagon, seemingly by only a few, if that, at the white house, and i for the life of me can't figure out where the germans, the french, the english, the british, are on this and why they are so quiet. do you? >> well, one of the things we should keep in mind, the united states has a lot of energy developments especially in recent years that have made us less dependent on foreign imports. that's not the case for our european allies. the great german economy, the french economy, even to a degree, the british economy, depend on getting imports into europe from russia. the british do have their own source of oil. particularly on the continent, russian oil and russian natural gas powers their economies. so the russians essentially have a very important spi

and what breedlove has said is nothing new.ple who have been stationed in the east of ukraine have been seeing such things for weeks now. what makes this different, what makes this an escalation of sorts is that the comment has come from the top commander of nato itself. and that is season who politicians in the e.u. and in america, in the united states will listen to very carefully. so we have on tuesday a meeting of e.u. foreign ministers gathering to talk about whether to hit russia with more sanctions. >> thank you very much. >>> in other world news palestinian security officials have accused israeli activists of setting fire to a mosque in the occupied west bank. the first and second floors of the building have been damaged. let's go live to the mosque. i imagine the community there very much angry at this incident. set the scene for us first. just how damaging was this fire? >> reporter: that's right. an awful lot of anger, but i should also say a real sense of sadness here, too. this wasn't just a place of worship, it wa

nato commander philip breedlove said that over the past few days russian tanks, artillery and combat troops have entered ukraine. he says that the border between the two nations are wide open. >>> meanwhile russian officials announce that long-range bombers will conduct patrol missions from the caribbean to the gulf of mexico. >>> coming up, how the pilot of virgin galactic spaceship to have made it out alive tore apart 50,000 feel above ground. and also as protests become more frequent and violent there is more fuel for the fire thanks to details about the mexican president's life of luxury. >> mexicans are demanding answers from their government after 43 students have been missing since september. meanwhile, the president of mexico is facing a new scandal involving a mansion in one of mexico city's most exclusive neighborhoods. adam rainy reports. >> a home in the hills. that's what mexico's president's family has now. ultra modern architecture, mood lights. of course, a swimming pool, too, a place to free your mind of all the stress of running an up and coming extremely violent an

but what's taking place now is general breedlove has indicated there's movement in the opposite directionssians once again acting with belligerent and all of that is going to reawaken europe to the need not just to keep the sanctions that we have and not just to add new individuals but to broaden the base of the sanctions themselves. >> you're aware of the talk now of a review of syria policy and the idea of adding assad, to the target list so you're not just getting rid of isis but assad. is that something that the u.s. has the capability and commitment to do? it's already taken on a lot with isis, a war that we've been told will take years to accomplish that goal. how do you consider doing both things? you know, it seems like a very tall order. >> well, it is a very tall order and i think part of what make it is a tall order is if we expand the scope of not just going after isis but after the regime itself, it changes the nature of the envoeironment of iran. does iran become more hostile to us in iraq? does it release its ma lesh sild bomb us with ieds as they have in the past? a lot of

general philip breedlove, confirmed reports by international observers.said, "there is no question any more" that russia's military is operating inside ukraine." >> what worries me the most, i have said before, we have a situation now, where the former international border, the current international border of ukraine and russia is completely porous, it is completely wide open. forces, money, support, supplies, weapons are pouring back and forth across this border completely at will. >> woodruff: the russian defense ministry denied the claim, but ukraine's government said it's re-deploying troops amid fears that russian-backed rebels will launch a new military offensive. >> ifill: in iraq, nearly two dozen people died in a wave of suicide attacks and car bombings in and around baghdad today. the targets were mainly security forces and police. iraqi officials blamed islamic state militants. >> woodruff: u.s. airstrikes in syria have killed more than 700 islamic state fighters, but they've also killed 50 civilians. the figures came today from a syrian human

clearly what the white house calls the strategic pivot that yesterday for example general philip breedlove said that we want to reduce forces in europe and ukraine ukraine? take a look at what's happening in syria, iran and iraq afghanistan-pakistan. there's a tremendous argument that we'll be engaged there. what advice would you give in terms of how you balance the short-term issues which actually could be quite long-term against the larger especially as we find ourselves more engaged in the middle east region? >> i think for us to use the term often come operate forward and use the forces we have as effectively as possible. if i look at europe folks a way to map what are you doing about your? we are putting more destroyers in. we are building ships today which have great persistence and we could move them there if you well and it's about capacity, it's about deck space if you well and bring in the aircraft that you need that resonates with the mobile landing platfo platform. it is taking what we have and making sure that we are making the best use of this for the problems of today. as i

. >> general breedlove is going to ukraine. has there been any change in the u.s.olicy in providing only nonlethal? >> the question presupposes there's an official line being drawn at nonlethal, david. nothing has changed about the nonlethal assistance we continue to flow to the ukrainian armed forces and security forces. we continue to evaluate all ukrainian request for military aid and assistance. right now, the focus remains on nonlethal. >> no decision has been made to provide -- >> we continue to focus on nonlethal assistance to ukraine. >> no decision has been made on providing lethal assistance? >> we continue to be focused on nonlethal assistance to ukraine. thanks. >> you can watch this pentagon brief and -- briefing on her website, www.c-span.org. insident obama will be chicago talking about immigration and his recent executive order relating to immigration. live coverage of the president's remarks is scheduled for just after 5:30 eastern time here on c-span. >> this thanks giving week, c-span is featuring interviews from retired numbers of congress. >> i

and i do believe -- i think one of the, i think, as long, too, as we give general breedlove the ability to at least exercise that it without having to get back to the alliance for everybody to agree on. we don't want to stand up a ready force and not allow the commander who is responsible to not test it. i know committing it is another step that would require agreement from the allies. but trayen it, deploying it, building its readiness, that's one of the key decisions that came out of that. very much looking forward to help training and exercising with that force. thank you. >> i think we had one here and one here, one there and we'll go to this side. >> thank you. you were talking about some of the intellectual challenges. of inoperability. i was wondering if you could mention some of the logistical and technical challenges. are there some things should be doing to sort of better enhance interoperability. >> yeah, thanks. that's a great question. like i said, the first step on interoperatability is, one, try to find a common understanding of what you think the word means. people use t

the general breedlove was saying do we want to reduce forces given what is happening in ukraine. given what is happening iran, iraq, afghanistan, pakistan. there is tremendous argument we'll be engaged there. what advice would you give or will you give how you balance these short-term issues which actually could be quite long term against a larger pivot, especially as we find ourselves more engaged in middle east region? >> i think for us we can, i use the term often, operate forward and use the forces that we have forward as effectively as possible. so if i look at europe, folks say, wait a minute, what are you doing about europe? well, we're putting four destroysers in roda. we are calling them forward-deployed naval force. we're building ships today which have great persistence. we could move them there if you will. it is about capacity. it is about deck space, if you will. then bring in the kind of aircraft you need that resonates with -- put up mobile landing platform and forward stages base and it is taking what we have and making sure that we are making best use of it for