this time on the program the violence in ukraine and more broodly, the fate of people's movements, whenoes popular resistance work and when does it fail? that's the inside story. joining us now, the founding fair of the international center on non-violent conflict, the deputy director of human rights watch. and director of the princeton institute for international studies. it may seem a little shallow, but in the good nows, bad news binary world if 25 people died last night, announcing a trust tonight can't be anything but good news, can it? >> well, obviously it is good news that there is a truce tonight. there is not the first time that there has been a truce. the first time that violent open conflict broke out in kiev back in january, things got very bad and there were -- there was exchange of fire of rubber bullets on one side, and molotov cocktails and bricks on the other side that also ended in a truce. i think this is a time for the international community, to immediately deploy a panel of independent human rights investigators who can establish the facts of what violations were

i want to jump in quickly on the environment bid and then we can talk a bit more broodly.have to consider if we're talking about the u.s. or the [ inaudible ] perspective. because the u.s. has been [ inaudible ] when it comes to standards on labor and the environment, there is no other country that wants to do it except the united states, which makes sure that the environmental protections are not undermined, and in fact are often strengthed through these agreements, and it's often developing countries who push back. we're at a different stage of develop. and [ inaudible ] labor is something which makes our exports more competitive in your market. so if you think there should be stronger environmental and labor standards, then you would support the trade agreement from a development perspective you may not think they are appropriate for all countries, so it's a mixed bag here. >> i would just jump in on that that was a leak of the environment chapter that was fairly recent, and it is true the united states was pushing for stronger standards. every other country was lining

economy broodly? and does the economy look different to people in different regions of the country?racial and ethnic minorities. joining us is economist and author, economic contributor at color line magazine, and director of global and u.s. consumer markets for ihs global incite. and chris christopher when we look at housing spending up, spending on tuition and cars up, and home equity credit borough down, isn't that a good picture? >> there are some good signs, but household median income is not doing very well, and still about 7% below where it was. so what we saw in 2013 was relatively okay consumer spending numbers, but real disposal income actually grew as a measly 0.6 to 0.7%. basically because the payroll tax expiry took 2% out of people's wages. >> so what do we make of the numbers? >> the things that concerns me the most is the tuition number. i saw how many folks simply could not afford tuition. the change of the parent plus loan put a lot of people at a difference. the average for african-americans is about 31,000, while the white number or the overall number of 51 has g