catherine ashton has reassured the bosnian serbs that the e.u. what examined the complaints this will sort of scar on abuses of justice and you have to given that in exchange you counseled the referendum on the status of serbs in bosnia and herzegovina how's the he'll you fulfilled its obligations. look if you're important that catherine ashton reacted to the situation was serious we had been dissatisfied with their position in bosnia and herzegovina for a long time we're here because we must stay here and not because we want to anyway we're not ready to accept any way lesions of the international peace agreements were both also known as the dayton agreements in the field of justice the rules over teaming power and handing it over to me and herzegovina have changed greatly that was achieved by the high representative one loaf will impose his decisions i think that you are of has realized that we are determined to fight to the bitter end to eliminate this inconsistency including every friend i'm on the status of this republic in both near to gover

envoys of wives in the region the european union's catherine ashton is already here as is the mideast full tilt envoy tony blair and they've been meeting with both israelis and palestinians to try and jump start before persis right interesting developments there thanks very much indeed for that update paula in tennessee. this is r.t. life in moscow come up to forty minutes past the hour still ahead for you in the program a warning of the border disorder. tension between serbia and kosovo could escalate into violence with claims foreign forces may be part of the problem also on the radar. turkey becomes the latest country to agree to host parts of america's missile defense system just a day after rumania does break down what that all means here on party. but. emotions are running high in italy as an unpopular sturdy package was approved by the country's parliament. people protested against the series of tax hikes and spending cuts designed to save seventy billion dollars the measures were previously approved by the senate despite weeks of wrangling and public protest and many wonder if

plus, the european union's foreign policy chief catherine ashton. >> what we are very clear about from european union is that the way forward is negotiations. we want to see a just and fair settlement; we want to see the people of palestine and the people of israel living side by side in peace and security. >> brown: ultimately, the united states has threatened to veto the statehood proposal, if it comes before the u.n. security council. the palestinians could instead take their case to the full u.n. general assembly and seek non- voting "observer-state status," similar to that of the vatican. we look at the stakes and risks in all this now, with daniel kurtzer, a former u.s. ambassador to israel and to egypt. he's now a professor at princeton. and robert malley, former national security council staff member in the clinton administration. he's now with the international crisis group. daniel kurtzer, start with you. today we saw this press continuing by the u.s. and other western officials to try to head off a vote. explain what has them so concerned. what's going on? >> well, i think t

ashton, henry clay's kentucky home. >> "washington journal" continues. host: the final segment takes a look of bullying in schools. our guest is catherine bradshaw.come. we brought you in because one thing we heard about in new jersey when it comes to their approach to believe in school. can you tell us what happened? guest: they have passed one of the toughest anti-bowling balls. clearly they are setting the mark to having a clear policy and outlining as that of prevention activities that schools can implement to prevent bullying. host: who is involved in that? guest: the state department of education outline their policy in relation with community stakeholders. then they develop policies for the individual education agencies to outline in greater detail that would be implemented at the ground level. host: talk a little bit about the reaction from the school systems themselves, because from what i've read, there was quite a reaction. guest: right. clearly this will be a big change for schools. they're now required to implement prevention programs and policies to prevent bullying. there will be a district coordinator for bullying prevention activ