in terms of the crimea, crimea for the first time that happened since the beginning of world war ii the region was not just invaded. the region was annexed, it was attached to another country, to another -- so this is, again, for the first time happening in 60 or 70 years of european history. so crimean situation is different. if ukraine succeeds in its attempts the to join europe -- to join europe, not necessarily joining european union, but bringing in business practices, so joining europe in that way crimea would follow sooner or later. and the reason for that is not ethnic composition. the reason for that is geography. so most of the supplies to crimea, they come from mainland that happen to be ukraine. there is a talk now that russia tries to change geography by building a bridge between the region of russian federation and the crimea. but as long as we have the geography as it is now, it would be really difficult for crimea to exist and effectively function without close cooperation with ukraine. and if we see ukraine really succeeding in terms of its reforms, not sinking into cor

you take the crimea will pave group would you play fair on the ukraine i think a compromise responsible but obama failed to see that and then he magnified it even more afraid to fight russia with soldiers on the ground he tried to institute sanctions and that exposed because the european union does almost ten times the trade with russia the artists within nato particularly germany and we've now got winter coming on. and germany has only as forty percent of its total energy imported from russia so i think obama has landed us in a very weak position and it's going to be very difficult for him to recover from it and still hold his head now let me just say that i totally disagree with your analysis on our russia's role in the ballance and if the new crane i think the united states and any other countries that allied rushes into fans there are yet to produce any evidence of that but having. sad that i think this is something that ukrainians or at least the ukrainian establishment fully believes and they believe that they're at war with russia this is something that you hear all the time from

what's happened in the crimea these things have happened but how do we reestablish a degree of trust between the west between nato and between russia because without a degree of trust this is not judged to be any peace and there will be a return to a cold war. i should make a suggestion the west it seems to me and european union and nato in particular have been trying to move through ukraine a traditional area of russian interest of concern not a few years not over the period of communism but over centuries. and they're trying to move ukraine really to say we want to join nato. i think the a crane should be told that it can never join nato that other means will be found to make sure that the ukraine remains secure the west should be persuading those who are now in government in the ukraine that within ukraine they must learn the art of compromise. and. more inclined to russia in the ukraine should also be persuaded by russia you must also learn the art of compromise but mr fraser you certainly cannot teach ukraine the art of compromise without russia and the west exercising that are

referendum in the in the crimea has been taken and believe that most people feel that crimea whether as an independent state whether it's joining russia. is no longer really part of ukraine. everyone should understand that including the west that the naval facilities the military facilities in crimea were absolutely essential to russia and that russia would have to take action to secure and safe god those particular strategic interests. but that having arrived at this point how do we move on and moving on does not consist of encouraging one of the major parties in the ukraine. hosted by. president obama just a day or two ago in the white house that. that party can have it all its and way so if the west and russia say right we've got to try and establish the circumstances so that people in the ukraine can live at peace with themselves. but the moment that's not happening yeah i agree with you totally. there is a saying by a famous american economy and economists john can have a gold brace who said once that the politics politics is the art of choosing between the disaster s. and b. an

it's a meeting of many of the most senior politicians in russia and crimea. when president putin was last there on victory day may 9th, it was a short visit to celebrate russi russia's victory day in crimea and moscow. this is large chunks of the russian government, political establishment in crimea. we believe that much of the public discussion will be about developing crimea. we think about $20 billion worth of redevelopment will be announced today to do with trying to integrate crimea into the russian federations, transport structure, communication structure. just to give you an example, if you go to crimea at the moment and turn on your mobile phone, it hooks onto the ukrainian mobile phone operation. the integrated system is not rooted through russia at the moment. there's things they want to do to establish crimea as part of the russian federation, something few of the rest of the world accept. >> indeed. on this russian aid convoy, we understand it's on the move again after yesterday's disruption. do we know where it is now? >> yes. heading south or at

when it comes to crimea, it is true that crimea was given to ukraine in 1954 when nikita , recognizingby the way that since it was all the soviet union, it did not matter in a , gesture of friendship, gave crimea to ukraine. but whatever the circumstances, when borders are fixed internationally, it is generally the belief that those borders are then fixed. a referendum that took place under questionable circumstances in crimea under the threat of russian power does not stand the test of a democratic referendum for the future of crimea. and so, that would be my answer. >> i feel that the pictures and everything out of kiev and ukraine were clear. -- were clear about the will of the people. one of the things you must have -- left out is yanukovych disappeared. he basically abandon his country, and there was a real question as to what government would come into existence. and i believe it was a government that came out of parliament and chosen in a way, the best possible way at that particular time. and i was in kiev just a month ago. the square there, which is in memory of all the people

russia is going to be controlling crimea? control ofs in crimea right now, no doubt. part of the trap we are playing creating dozens of instability and the aggression in the east that the international community risks moving beyond crimea. i think that is an extraordinary important point, the crimea will and should remain part of ukraine. part of what clinton's point may -- to be able to back away a little bit from the conflict in donetsk and look on task and therefore almost get away with the annexation of crimea, but i'm confident most western leaders are going to get crimea on the agenda. our policies and sanctions will continue to target companies that operate in crimea, but this is clearly going to be a long game now. >> a long game. i want to thank you very much. you will keep us informed. let's turn to the conflict between israel and hamas. they have agreed to five more days of truce to allow for the talks. the two sides have been speaking through egyptian mediators. while talks continue, israel's defense industry continues to accelerate. >> israeli troops spen

when it comes to crimea, it is true that crimea was given to ukraine in 1954 when nikita, recognizingby the way that since it was all the soviet union, it did not matter, in a gesture of friendship, gave crimea to ukraine. but whatever the circumstances, when borders are fixed internationally, it is generally the belief that those borders are then fixed. a referendum that took place under questionable circumstances in crimea under the threat of russian power does not stand the test of a democratic referendum for the future of crimea. and so, that would be my answer. >> i feel that the pictures and everything out of kiev and ukraine were clear about the will of the people. one of the things you left out is yanukovych disappeared. he basically abandon his country, and there was a real question as to what government would come into existence. and i believe it was a government that came out of parliament and chosen in a way, the best possible way at that particular time. and i was in kiev just a month ago. the square there, which is in memory of all the people that were there for months,

besides crimea, he would play a very heavy price. i think this is part of bargaining to try to get as much on the ground as he can. before cutting a deal, at some point with the west, president obama was jut on television, and he talks about going to whales a week from today, for a nato summit. i think that is one of the key moments. because if indeed, between now and then, putin intensified or his people intensify, the idea that they are doing it on their own is just nonsenses, then the western response, western solidarity is likely to be stronger a week from today when the president of the united states is faced with the need to take much stronger leadership, and a much stronger position than he has had to take so far. split escertainly strengthening nato resoldier, but i think this is part of an agreement, that this is rah negotiation tactic. rev up pressure, right before the settlement, i think at the same time, they want to send a message -- this is part of this longer process coming out party. in the abroad, and will do whateve

the town lies along a major road that runs to crimea. oh, listen to that. the road runs to crimea. would they accidentally end up there? oh, because russia needs a road to get to its new place that it just got by accident, crimea. it's comical if not so horrible. of course, some analysts said that president putin has been trying to land a land bridge to crimea. seems the analysts are exactly right. there it is. when he took this, we said next he'll need a bridge. where will he get it? right where that was. you know what he did? just got him a bridge. mr. ambassador this has been like the most frustrating takeover i've ever witnessed. first he's taking over crimea, but he's doing it so quietly that you can't really even pin him on it. then all of a sudden he has it. now he's getting a world to crimea and the world's just sitting here watching him. >> the world is watching him, as you say. now they have clear evidence. they have these ten russian soldiers who are there by accident according to months you ko. >> yeah, by accident. >> by accident, yeah. this is hard to believe. we know

and crimea's soccer talents become a political football. our first report tells the story of how thousands of children were taken away from their mothers and raised in an environment devoid of love and support. if the children survived at all. the women in charge of these religious homes were catholic sisters from the 1920's until well into the 1980's. they struck terror into the hearts of the children and their charge. only now is the full scale of the horrors that took place there coming to light. >> these women have returned to a suburb on ireland's southern coast. to this catholic home for unwed mothers and their children. as young children, the women were humiliated and locked away here. mary was given up for adoption by the sacred heart nuns over 40 years ago. she grew up in the u.s., but many other children died and are allegedly buried somewhere in the grounds. >> i think about how that could have been my fate. had it just been a few years sooner, i might not have been born in a hospital, and an stillborn at a vesper oh and died, di

or nato ships sailing into sevastopol in the crimea with these guided missile destroyers and a.b.m. system of sorts that's too much so it's a matter of national security the deterrent now if if the russians get to believe that nato thinks or the u.s. thinks that they can have a first rate capability what happens they launch on warning they launch on warning and we're all fried and that hasn't happened that situation hasn't happened since before one thousand nine hundred seventy two ok martin let me go to you in london but i thought it was all about democracy promotion and bringing western values to the world i thought that's what it was all about because that's what i seem to read all the time about the greatness and the virtue. you of the west against the dark forces in the east russia china iran except for yes democracy is used as a legitimising to you can't go abroad and say right we're the only superpower and you must submit to us china must submit to us russia wants to submit to us you say right democracy is the best possible system because. human rights people are free they ca

the mood has been changing in the crimea. the mood has been changing and donetsk -- in donetsk and lugansk. ago, under months russian propaganda, the people aboutxtremely cautious embracing their ideas of freedom and democracy. decentralization, they have already introduced people more freedom but also more responsibility. to hate therted terrorists. the mood in crimea has been changing considerably. people understand it is a dead end. of course, it's about our commitment. it's also about commitment of the whole international community. independence, its and its commitment to assist and help. we feel this commitment exactly right now. , it took also such tragic cases as shooting down the malaysian airlines airplane. looking around the globe from the beginning and how to negotiate full and unrestricted access to the site on how to carry out fully transparent and effective investigation. team, not only from , but alsoon authority the best international team. we invited dutch representatives, malaysian , our friends and partners

did this local unit start flying to crimea?s it told to by the kremlin and what are the implications of that? >> certainly, there is suspicion. it only started operations this year. it is a new local airline set up by aeroflot. and the kremlin has been wanting to promote tourism, russian internal tourism into crimea because the tourist sector has since theremendously province was annexed. ukrainians have stopped traveling to crimea. it is not the only russian airline traveling to crimea. it is low-cost, it is providing a cheap way for russians to visit crimea. of the specifics of why it is not able to fly, what are they? does it mean it is a short-term problem or more longer-term problem western >> it would appear as though the airline is no longer able to operate. madennouncement that was yesterday said the european companies which had been providing services leasing and servicing and ensuring -- and insurance, were no longer willing to work with it. ,nless the situation changes and it would take a switch of destinations and t

the problem with that is that when we lost crimea or when ukraine lost crimea, we would never let that happen we did let it happen. if the eastern provinces go every other former republic of the soviet union including the bam particular republic has to worry about what's coming next. >> we say lots of things. president obama said the red line. we say assad is going to be gone soon. if you look back, if you roll the tape back, you know, a lot of really silly things are said. there is a lot of talk with no consequences. well, i think that's the key. can you say a lot of silly things and get away with it if people think that you are prepared to take action when necessary. it's not that anybody is looking for conflict. the whole point of a position of strength is to deter your adversaries from taking steps that are harmful to your interest and those of your friends. and the president's rhetoric without action is gutting our deterrent and persuasion capability. >> is he going to do anything on ukraine meeting with nato next week. >> i don't think so. i think they are looking for some way to

i mean, they annexed crimea.avrov saying these satellite images that nato has produced are images out of a video game same guy telling john kerry the russians just wanted to help the crimea economy while russian troops were pouring over the border in the middle of that phone call. why anybody treats putin and lavrov and the russian regime as if they are possibly telling the truth is beyond me, yet, the president continues to talk about them as if they are some kind of a legitimate actor, a real potential diplomatic partner talking about offramps and whatnot. there is a weird odd off quality about the whole thing. >> re-set reduction, juan? the president hoping that in nato that some other country is going to step up and -- >> -- well, i think that's pretty dubious. the fact is that what you have here is a situation where, you know, russia continues to behave horribly. i mean, there is no way around that the question is what do you do? next week the president will try to get those allies that you are talking about

we know putin is in crimea hoping to reintegrate there, charles. what do you make of this?think hagel very real possibility that russia is about to invade ukraine. >> it's very dangerous because, after all, the reason there is a crisis is because putin started encouraged, fueled the civil war. the part that makes it dangerous is his side is losing of the separatist have lost. it's unreported because there has been other stuff going on as hagel says the world is going to pieces. what's unreported is that the rebels have lost three quarters of their tear to. they are now in two places in donesk surrounded. this is to relieve the siege. and the ukrainian, of course, don't want to see that happen, they want to see a surrender. the russians want to save them. the question is, will they stop the russian trucks who knows what's inside the trucks. it's a lot of them. 2600 tractor trailers. that's not, you know, a minor relief operation. are they willing to allow the russians in or not? if they stop them at the border, will russia force its way in? so we are really at a precipice he

crimea is on the map, not russia. russia tweeted their own map saying helping our canadian colleagues to catch up with contemporary geography of europe. canada and much of the western world do not recognize russia's annexation of crimea. raise the terror alert level. up next, we go to london to find out why authorities are so concerned and why now. plus, as isis fighters gain more ground, what u.s. military planners may have in store. stay with us. for our call center. i'm spending too much time hiring and not enough time in my kitchen. [ female announcer ] need to hire fast? go to ziprecruiter.com and post your job to over 30 of the web's leading job boards with a single click; then simply select the best candidates from one easy to review list. you put up one post and the next day you have all these candidates. makes my job a lot easier. [ female announcer ] over 100,000 businesses have already used zip recruiter and now you can use zip recruiter for free at a special site for tv viewers; go to ziprecruiter.com/offe

is right after russia invaded crimea and you know i've watched that and c.n.n. b.b.c. al-jazeera etc etc and i would always like to like stop the frame and say can someone please tell me the date of the invasion and then you know hit play because you can't name a date because there was no invasion this is what we're fighting against go ahead well the problem is that indeed not a single person was killed during the so-called invasion of crimea of ukrainian troops stationed in crimea did not want to protect it they just left because the population was overwhelmingly for the union with russia but the problem is that when things don't go away according to a plan russia is always to blame it is quite clear that these parade in t. of which we've saw on august the twenty fourth it was supposed to be the victory parade you. were expected to take will ganske and then yes by that they eat so instead of a victory parade we had a very embarrassing situation because of the rebel stuff that they called their offensive and how do you explain it to the people or russia invaded

he is going to talk about aid for crimea. let's just imagine he said -- i wouldn't be surprise standard he is there inalitya, the place where stalin -- yalta, this is the place where stalin and roosevelt met. they are sending the convoy to the east. separatists want to be part of russia. he is helping those people in the eastern ukraine who are suffering as a result of the ukrainian army's block aid. he is helping crimea after having annexed the territory. this is mainly about the message that he is sending out. >> all at the time when the u.s. is focused on sanctions giving us revisions to the sanctions they previously put in place. are things going to get a bit tougher? >> yeah. this most recent change comes to the so-called 50% rule. the rule was if an individual or entity is sanctioned, if they own more than 50% in something it too is sanctioned. there is an insurance exeand at one point last year, three months ago we thought they might be sanctioned because its majority stake holder appeared be a bank whose biggest share

deliberatelyorces went in and took over crimea. they said crimea will be part of russia.en they had a referendum. >> cannot be undone? >> certainly, it can be undone. no one in united stationers has recognized it. -- united nations has recognized it. said were 100 votes that this was completely illegal and unacceptable. there were only 11 votes in favor of russia. the others abstained. there is a clear majority will not accept it. russia says that it is a fact of life. we will not recognize crimea as part of russia at all. then we have a problem of eastern ukraine. what is happening eastern ukraine is that russia has supported these pro-russian separatist who want their own referendum. they want to attach themselves to the russian federation like crimea did. russia is arming them. russia is supporting them. they are supporting them militarily by shelling across the border. that is totally unacceptable. we had used all the tools we can . russia has a veto. equally, what we're trying to do arrangement between key of authorities and these groups, who has a legitimate concern

that's the law whose basis was used to annex crimea. this is in line with the thinking of the nationalists about the creation of a greater slavic state that would be belarus, that would be ukraine, that would be northern k kazakhst kazakhstan. you now have a man by the name of dmitrdmitri, now a deputy pr minister, he's russia's nationalist number one. already about 15 years ago he wrote in a book no matter how unrealistic it seems today, we must persevere coming out like germany, united after 40 years. russia's had long-term designs on these territories. the problem is with ukraine it's an unrequited love. ukrainians remember the 2 million people that were killed by the forced famine in the 1930s. >> more than that. >> well, 2, 3, 4, but it's a lot of people that were killed, and many of them were killed in the eastern territories under contention. the empty homes then were filled by russians who came from other parts of russia. if you go as far in russia to the pacific island of sakalin, you find many people with ukrainian names. the

it is crimea's first summer since it was reattached to russia. they report from the shores of the black sea that locals might be working on their tan life is not a beach quite yet according to l'express. a struggling economy and the negative impact of fighting in eastern ukraine. near crimea. a large majority of locals say they are very happy to be under the russian flag. l'express describes the situation in yalta. yalta likens itself to the nice of russia. you can see locals mixing with rich russian businessman sunbathing and dancing the night away as they wait for the russian papers to come through. a fascinating report. >> next up, a growing population in the african continent -- the wealthy. >> the life of the affluent. how do rich africans live? they might be leaders of countries where large parts of the population struggle to get by. they have no money problems, according to jeuneafrique. there are five chapters. chapter one, no limit to how much money they spend. they vary among themselves. they like to have a good time. they tell you all

the ukrainians were told by the west not to resist in crimea. that's why the ukrainian defense minister called the russian generals in crimea and said look, don't hurt our people. we'll give you everything. just let us leave. but they didn't like it. they're fighting for their country. >> hold on a second. professor, i see from your expression that you see this differently. >> i'm glad you call me a professor, because i deal with fax. i want to be as polite as possible. but general clark is simply uninformed. these are ukrainian cities, russian-speaking ukrainian cities. the populations are either ethnic russian or russian-speaking, but they are ukrainians. they are getting help from russia. but overwhelmingly, the fighting force in these cities that is defending the cities, about 15,000 men overwhelmingly they are ukrainian citizens. the notion, this entire crisis comes from putin's aggression, ignores a fundamental fact there is a civil war under way in ukraine. and as i said, the first time i was on cnn back in february, that if ukraine's civ

russian president vladimir putin is in crimea. rory challands is there. >> reporter: this is an unusual meeting indeed. what you see here is pretty much the spire russian state duma, the parliament, from moscow to yelta on the black sea cost. there'll be an extraordinary meeting, followed by. we have dim itemry dmitry medvedev. vladimir putin was holding security briefings about sevastopol recollects and has met with the crimean leaders. if the crimeans wanted a display from the russian government that it takes them and their causes seriously, this is it. >>> a research analyst at the royal united services institute for defense and security joins us from london. thank you for joining us. what do you think vladimir putin is up to at the moment? >> vladimir putin has a difficult balancing act that he needs to keep up. for him, his domestic topularity ratings are -- popularity ratings are important. he stakes importance on crimea and the separatists in ukraine. because the separatists in eastern ukraine are being pushed back, he's un

>> yeah, right. >> we speak about crimea. and you have russian agents on the ground operating already. >> and we know that from social media and what has been detected even in recent days. wish we could have you on for a lot longer. thank you for your spaoeexperti >> if you were a second grader, you would have already been living through your second war. so many children shouldering the brunt of this blood shed. we will talk about these images in depth straight ahead. ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle, see how much you could save. >>> question number 4 of the day. it's a tough one. in the middle east now, who is winning the image war? >> we know the numbers more than 1,800 palestinians dead in these four weeks of fighting. dozens of israeli troops and three civilians dead as well. united nations school struck right next to that school, which is being used by a shelter -- as a shelter. and also with live news cameras frankly around all the time worldwide. and social media. how that is changing all of this. the

that's the law whose basis was idea to annex crimea. this is in line with the thinking of both -- the thinking of the nationalists about the creation of a greater slavic state, belarus, ukraine, northern kazakhstan. the idea was put forthmen years ago and -- forthmany years ago and others pith it up. then you have man who was formerly russia's ambassador to nato, now deputy prime minister, he is russia's nationalist number one. already about 15 years ago, he wrote in a book, no matter how i'm realistic it seems today we must persevere coming out like germany, united after 40 years. russia's had long-term designs on these territories. the problem is, with ukraine as an unrequited love. ukrainians remember that two million people that were killed by the forced famine in the 1930s. >> more than that. >> well, two, three, four, but it's a lot of people that were killed. and many of them were kill in these eastern territories that are under contention now. the empty homes then were filled by russians that came from other parts of russia. if

in crimea the fact they want buffered states because they fear invasion from the west. we will just turn this into one of our countries. not realizing the russians wants to keep ukraine as part of their orbit about a hundred times more than we wanted to get it. and as a result we added to the problem. earlier, and this always goes to one of the reasons for the breakdown of the russian u.s. approach if you will will. you remember the baltic crisis in which the united states decided that self-determination required an independent kosovo which was serbia. the rushes who have always considered the southern slavic people to be their protector. they were protectors of the slavics. and they were outraged we would allow a part of a nation state that wasn't a nation to exercise self-determination and breakoff. if you listen to the russians they have saying we have the right to do what you did in the baltics because we have russians living there and you said they should not live along slavs. from a legal and historical standpoint this whole thing is muddled in part because of put

crimea and russians were denying they were russian soldiers. of course everyone knew they were. a month after the annexation vladmir putin was being questioned on russian television station he came out and said, yeah, those were russian troops all along. not a surprise after four or five months of this on boeing unrest and -- ongoing unrest and war in ukraine, the russians basically admitting what we've known all along that these are russian soldiers and russian arms and military equipment being used to attack ukraine. jon: they have apparently, with the help of these russian troops, they have apparently taken this town in ukraine. >> yeah, it is a critical town, really, because it sits on the highway that connects that part of ukraine with crimea. and if the russians eventually win control of that entire area, they win some fairly significant mineral rights, possibly oil deposits. >> yeah. the worry is that they're on their way. they're making an advance towards marupol, which is a larger city that would secure a land bridge from eastern ukrai

that is the russian annexation of crimea as condi sad. and the other is what is happening in the middle east. in many ways, i think they are related and maybe we will get into that. i think that -- i have had, i have been further away from when i met putin. i did not like in from the moment i met him and he did not like me, either. the bottom line is i think he has developed his own version of history. that is the troublesome part. anybody who can say the dissolution of the soviet union was the greatest tragedy of the 20th century is delusional. i do think that he has lived in his own version of history as he keeps making it up as it goes along. i see we depend on the fact that there's a rational actor on the other side of the table. i am worried about his own approach to issues and it does lead to the question of how we deal with it. i think what he has done is identify himself with a very -- it sounds like psychobabble, problem that russia has been having. you were there. one of the things we were asked to do, and so were you bob, basic

held in crimea for more than 20 years.tion of that territory and the conflict in ukraine this year forced the 10-day events to relocate to georgia. the self-styled president says the world can learn a lot from his republic. >> translator: the least i could have done was gather the g20 summit here and given them a lot of advice. we don't live in a perfect world and this is not a festival, it's an attempt to create the most perfect social model. i think i have succeeded in doing that. >> reporter: the citizens must agree to play by the rules. be fun loving, be peaceful, and be themselves. ♪ ♪ >> translator: people call is the first season, others the russian ukrainian amsterdam form me it's just a place that i can be myself no matter what. >> reporter: local businesses had hoped 40,000 would dissent on the sleepy resort. ukraine's war may have spoiled the appetite. nobody wanted to talk about that. but it was on many people's minds. >> all this conflict of this war is not about people, it's about government. people like each

he wants us to just basically did in crimea. just to say, okay, well that's happened and nothing - -- you notice nothing is happening on crimea. there are economic sanctions. he wants us to give in. i don't think he wants a military confrontation. the problem is that if we keep acquiescing, hopefully he won't go into ukraine. what does putin want next? >> thank you for your time, sir. >> thanks for having me. >>> coming up, details on the fight to save the life of two americans who contracted ebola in africa. eltzer 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. ♪searching with devotion ♪for a snack that isn't lame ♪but this... ♪takes my breath away >> it's lovely to have you in today. >> i'm happy to be here. >> jenna is otherwise occupied. we'll find that out in just a bit. >> where is she disappearing to? stick around. you'll find out why and where she is. >> thanks, guys. >>> har