at home, they hear that crimea is occupied, and that this is basically russian fascism.lized immediately that my family would be torn apart, so we decided to leave crimea right away. not to mention our language -- anything that wasn't russian -- was banned in the schools. reporter: russia sees jamala's song as a provocation. but she says it was meant to recall the fate suffered by her family. >> i wrote it so people would know and understand, not lay blame or call to account. it's the story of my great-grandmother. the song recounts a year in her family's life -- the year 1944. and that's the title of the song. reporter: and, she says, the song is intended to keep alive the emory of people of whom nothing remains -- not even a photo. michelle: that's it for today. thank you for watching. be sure to tune in next week, when our beloved damien mcguiness returns. in the meantime, it's goodbye from me and the whole team. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

mostly go to crimea. so let's go to crimea now. >> we are on the island, the of crimea.see a bridge being built across the strait. can see the outline of this future bridge. this will be the longest bridge in russia, 19 kilometers long. it on eightlding sites simultaneously. sections will be combined, and there will be one correcting crimea with the mainland. eury here with me. he's in charge of construction particular site w. are currently pouring concrete into the second pillar. the third pillar has been finished. installed over 500 metal pillars. this is just a start. some of them will go 90 meters deep. let's take a look at the map. have 19 kilometers here. four. currently at site this is the middle of the bridge. >> thank you. >> so, hello, moscow! hello, colleagues! hello, mr. president! people from crimea here. questions.ome so please go ahead. >> hello, mr. president. my name is olga. we, the people of crimea, look to this bridge being finished. crimea should be self-sufficient. since i work in the travel industry, we are preparing for this summer of 2016. provid

let's go to crimea now. >> translator: we are on the island, the republic of crimea, we see a bridgeng built across the strait. you can see the outline of this future bridge, this will be the longest bridge in russia. 19 kilometers long. they are building it on eight sites simultaneously and then all of the sections will be combined and there welcome one bridge connecting crimea with the mainland. he's in charge of construction on this particular site we're currently pouring concrete into the second pillar. the first pillar has been finished with installed over 500 metal pillars. this is just start. some of them will go 90 meters deep. let's look at the map. so we have 19 kilometers here. we're currently at the site four. this is the middle of the bridge. thank you. so, hello moscow and colleagues and mr. president. we have people here from crimea, the island and have questions. >> translator: hello, mr. president. my name is olga, we the people of crimea look forward to this bridge being finished. crimea should be a self-sufficient. since i work in the travel industry, we are prepar

now they go to crimea. so let's go to crimea now. >> we are on the island. this is crimea.see a bridge being built across the strait. you can see the outline of this future bridge. this will be the longest bridge in russia. 19 kilometers long. they are building it on seven -- eight sites simultaneously. then all these sections will be combined and there will be one bridge connecting crimea with the mainland. i have yuri here. he's in charge of construction on this particular site. >> we are currently pouring concrete into the second pillar. the first pillar has been finished. we've installed over 500 metal pillars. this is just a start. some of them will go 90 meters deep. let's take a look at the map. so we have 90 kilometers here. we are at site four. this is the middle of the bridge. thank you. >> so hello moscow, hello colleagues, hello, mr. president. we have people from crimea here on the island. they have some questions so please go ahead. >> hello, mr. president. my name is helga. we the people of crimea look forward to this bridge being finished. crimea should be s

let's go to crimea now. ♪ [speaking russian] >> translator: the republic of crimea.ee the outline. 19 kilometers long. building seven or eight sites simultaneously. all these sections will be combined and they will be one bridge connecting crimea with the mainland. here with me in charge of construction on this particular site. we are currently pouring concrete and the 2nd pillar. the 1st pillar has been finished. installed. this is just the start. some will go 90 meters deep. must take a look at the map. 19 kilometers here. thank you. hello. they have some questions. we, the people of crimea look forward to this. we are preparing for the summer. we can provide a high-level service. really like to provide people fall over russia to crimea. when will be the next time you come to crimea? [speaking russian] >> translator: thank you for the invitation. [speaking russian] >> translator: i actually want to ask about turkey. when do you think their flights will resume to egypt in turkey? [speaking russian] >> translator: 1st of all, regarding crimea i was interested to see

now they go to crimea. so let's go to crimea now. >> we are on the island. this is crimea. we see a bridge being built across the strait. you can see the outline of this future bridge. this will be the longest bridge in russia. 19 kilometers long. they are building it on seven -- eight sites simultaneously. then all these sections will be combined and there will be one bridge connecting crimea with the mainland. i have yuri here. he's in charge of construction on this particular site. >> we are currently pouring concrete into the second pillar. the first pin ar has been finished. 've installed over 500 metal pillars. this is just a start. some of them will go 90 meters deep. let's take a look at the map. kilometers here. we are at site four. this is the middle of the bridge. thank you. >> so hello moscow, hello colleagues, hello, mr. president. we have people from crimea here on the island. they have some questions so please go ahead. >> hello, mr. president. my name is hellinga. we the people of crimea look forward to this bridge being finished. crimea should be self-suffi

at home, they hear that crimea is occupied, and that this is basically russian fascism.ly that my family would be torn apart, so we decided to leave crimea right away. not to mention our language -- anything that wasn't russian -- was banned in the schools. reporter: russia sees jamala's song as a provocation. but she says it was meant to recall the fate suffered by her family. >> i wrote it so people would know and understand, not lay blame or call to account. it's the story of my great-grandmother. the song recounts a year in her family's life -- the year 1944. and that's the title of the song. reporter: and, she says, the song is intended to keep alive the emory of people of whom nothing remains -- not even a photo. michelle: that's it for today. thank you for watching. be sure to tune in next week, when our beloved damien mcguiness returns. in the meantime, it's goodbye from me and the whole team. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ?÷?p?aókÑño ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

more because of the russian annexation of crimea and the strong build up in crimea.nato supports the coalition. first of all, all nato allies provide forces. and then as i said, nato supports the coalition in different ways. assurance measures in turkey, capacity building in iraq. i will also add that what we do in afghanistan, our biggest military effort ever, is relevant to the fight against terror, including against isil. and we stand to do more in libya libya. one issue we discussed during my visit to washington this week and also with secretary ash carter was the possibility of nato providing awacs support, our surveillance plane. that is on the table now and it's going to be addressed in nato. and then we will be able to provide you with a more resized into. but awacs support in one way or another is now an issue which is discussed. >> we promised the secretary-general that we would get him out of your on time, and i apologize to everyone who's questions we didn't get too. thank you so much. i think the fact that there are so many questions testifies both devel

but it all started after crimea and ukraine situation and this -- so now we are called, like fifth -- so i think if there is any liberalization, maybe just when our political leaders make a deal about ukraine, crimea, so on, and syria maybe, i think if there is any liberalization, maybe after that, the station will be like previous years. just we could receive grants and we could work. we don't execute any orders from any foreign country. we work independently. so i think the crucial thing is to explain to people and to russian officials how the system works. i mean, just -- we have some grant for -- we write a project by ourselves and we do everything that we want to do. we don't execute any orders. so i think that's a crucial thing. and now russian government, of course, is not very tolerant to ngos who receive money from abroad, of course. so i think that that is a future issue that we could discuss later. thank you. >> well, it's a good question. just give me a second. one thing. the last question i ask all the time, why americans should be concerned about the situation in russia,

the crimea is not changing. you think there is reason to believe that crimea can be taken back from russia? john kerry: there is reason to believe that depending on how the crimea feel about it they some resolution with respect to whether they are part of ukraine or not. it is not going to go away. ukraine is not going to say, go ahead and keep it. that is not the cards. right now the fight is over ukraine. i think president putin feels that the united states abused the process in libya. he reminds us every moment. there is a long list of things. what we need to do is find a way for president putin have an opportunity to meet the demands of the united nations security council. live up to his obligations under the minsk agreement. that is what you test. my job in diplomacy is to try to take what someone says and test whether it is something real. especially when you are looking for an outcome that is structured and peaceful and productive. likely have to find some road that is not perfect. but that finds a way to

and the strong military buildup in crimea. nato is not formally part of the coalition, but nato supports the coalition. first of all, all nato allies provide forces. as i said, nato supports the coalition in different ways. assurance missions in turkey, capacity building in iraq. our biggest military operation ever is relevant for the fight against terror, including against isil. and we stand ready to do more, which is key. one issue we have discussed and also during my visit this week and also with secretary carter was the possibility of nato providing our surveillance plane, and that is on the table now. it is going to be addressed in nato. then we will be able to provide you with a more precise answer, but it is now an issue which is discussed in the alliance. karen: we promised the secretary general would get him out of here on time. i apologize to anyone we did not get to their questions. still managed to cover an enormous amount of ground. thank you so much for your candor and for the completeness of your answers. thank

. >> in a speech that putin gave to russia parliament announcing the annexation of crimea, he outlined a new purpose for russia. >> there was one part in which he warned russia's western colleague if you compress a spring all the way to its limit at some point it will spring back hard. that's the new foreign policy of russia. it's springing back against perceived slights and encroachments by the west. >>> in november former soviet president mick highly gorbachev gorbachev weighed in. >> the stakes of this new cold war are about more than just territory and influence. they are also about money. here on the top of the world the battle is being fought over energy. the arctic is home to 13% of the world's undiscovered oil, and a third of its natural gas. eight nations lay claim to this fast melting landscape including russia, canada and the united states. they, alongside china, are all pursuing huge reserves of oil, gas and coal. >> reporter: russia's resurgence has been fueled by hydrocarbons that come from the subarctic and if they are to stay powerful they need more from the arctic. >>>

biggest strain on society are the almost two million people who have been driven out of occupied crimea and the eastern war zone. in a soviet-era dormitory that once housed transit workers outside kiev, people like lyudmila pishtoy live in tiny quarters. >> ( translated ): here's our kitchen and our bedroom. this is how we live. we are thankful for this, of course. we want to go home, but the roads are closed to us. >> reporter: oksana budnik fled crimea with her husband and two children. a florist back home, she hasn't been allowed to transfer funds from her old bank account. >> ( translated ): they said i could re-register my business here, but to do so i need access to my money. so neither my husband nor i can officially work. the residents say their 35 dollar a month government stipend doesn't cover even their rent, so they get by with the help of a canadian aid group. 18-year-old aaron rokrobskiy says pro-russian separatists detained him, but he escaped and fled with his father. his mother refused to leave. >> ( translated ): she called us, in tears and screaming. our house was bom

this is not working, because now he started an aggression against ukraine, in crimea east, and then he launch an operation in syria absolutely unpredictable. >> that interview was done on friday. his warning putin is on the move. and the problem is not that putin is unpredictable. it's that obama is predictable. and you can predict and advance that whatever putin does, will receive no serious response from the united states. you know, we are now increasing our patrols in eastern europe. that's ridiculous, or the eastern europeans are begging for a permanent presence a triple error, that would assure them, obama will not do it, can anybody explain to me why in ukraine we to this day refused to provide defensive weaponry. they are not asking for offenses. simply defense, there's is obsolete and inadequate like i would say the kurds in iraq. that's another story. we are leaving them twisting in the wind and leaving the initiative entirely up to putin. if you are the ukraine, poland, you don't sleep at night on account of that. >> last thing, the panama paper story, explosive. journalists

know for sure that now it's about 6,000 regular troops on occupied territory plus 50,000 troops in crimea. plus local militia men this is a huge contingent which is more than the army of the many european countries. >> do you have any hope ever of getting crimea back? >> i'm sure this is a brutal violation of the international law. none of the countries analyzed this. if we do not act properly, the world will never be secured. >> your assessment of the u.s. support for your efforts and how the u.s. has factored in to your fight against russian agrelgs? >> you keep asking me this question two years ago, i said, okay, this is completely insufficient. we have joint trading courses, not only for their trading equipment but their military and technical corporation. >> it's gotten better? >> yeah, it's gotten better. >> we have received the final approval of 335 million dollar package, significant part of this package would be new technology. >> knowing what you know, what do you think vladimir putin's aims are, what are his goals? >> point number one, nobody knows that, except vladimir putin.

indeed, two years after russia invaded ukraine and annexed crimea, president obama has shamefully refused to provide ukrainian forces with assistance they need to defend themselves. china is getting less like a great power and more like a petty bully. time and time again, president obama has failed to take timely action to protect interests and allies. china may be less likely to go operate on priorities he thought were more important, like climate change, and the reckless iran nuclear deal. as a result, china has asserted behavior, cyberattacks, economic espionage, and theft, militarization of one of the most important waterways, and the closing of regional allies and partners. the middle east is descending into chaos, but for the past seven years, president obama has sought to scale back america's involvement in and commitment to the middle east. he has tried to convince us the unfolding crisis in the middle east is simply a local problem, that our nation's core interests are not truly threatened, that the consequence of regional , hundreds of thousands dead in syria, sectarian strikes

greek debt crisis, illegal annexation of crimea, and military destabilization of eastern ukraine by russia. civil war in syria, so-called islamic state. terrorism inspired by the islamic state and migration/ refugee crisis. all of these impact our thinking as well as political reality in europe. they don't constitute our biggest problem. the biggest problem is some kind of a permanent crisis management. the feeling that we have don't have events under control. europe is not capable of following its own rules far too often. a great number of europeans are disappointed today and fear the future developments. there are growing nationalistic tendencies as well as demand for radical solutions. the result of this situation is not only the presence of dangerous radicals in many national parliaments but also increasing discussions of disintegration and dilution of the e.u. most visible example of the above, i.e., uk leaving the e.u., which if it comes to past will become a major turning point in the european cooperation following the second world war. the cohesion of europe is at stake. the cohesi

the greek debt crisis, the illegal annexation of crimea, and military destabilization in eastern ukraine by russia. civil war in syria, the so-called islamic state, terrorism inspired by islamic migration/refugee crisis. all of these impacts in a major way as well as on the political impact, but our biggest problem is having some kind of permanent crisis management. the feeling that we do not have events fully under control, that ofope is not capable following its own rules far too often. a great number of europeans are disappointed today and fear future developments. there are growing nationalistic tendencies, as well as demand for radical solutions. situation is this not only the presence of dangers and radicals in many parliaments, but also increasing discussions of disintegration .nd dilution of the eu u.k. is the possible and the internal cohesion of europe is truly at stake here. this cohesion has been painstakingly built and negotiated since the 1950's of the last century and, native with the european union enlargement by the states of the former soviet bloc, including the czech r

speaking about the borders of europe, russia, of vladimir putin has been responsible in crimea and in ukraine for the most significant intrusions, violations of the principle of borders and sovereignty in many, many decades. and the czech republic has stood together with the united states and with europe in sanctioning putin and russia. you alluded to this, of course, in your remarks, but can you tell us a little bit more about how the sanctions are working? will the european consensus hold? and do you have a view on whether the sanctions will be successful? what would the definition of success be? exiting ukraine? mr. sobotka: well, i think this is one of the major questions, because all we talk about, in fact, is that worsened in the past years a security situation in the direct vicinity of the e.u. ukraine is one of those. of course, i will come back to ukraine in detail in a short while, but i should not, and i don't want to forget, one important note that i wanted to make. you mentioned some important dates and events that are related to the history of central and eastern europe,

and i think with the exception of president putin's adventure in crimea/ukraine, most of this century is already being defined by nonstate actors, and principally radical religious extremism. you also are seeing a massive squeezing, if you will, of the universe into a smaller ball because of technology. because of trade and the massive amount of interconnectedness of all of our economies today. and the result is, many, many people are running around with smart phones, but no education, no opportunity, no jobs. no rights within their country, and the consequence of that is a disgruntlement, a clash of culture, of aspirations, with the absence of opportunity, with the corruption, and it explodes, and it exploded with the food vendors who lit himself on fire and ignited the whole northern bart of africa, the horn, and the middle east. >> rose: what we now call the -- >> that's what we are dealing with. that's what we are with dealing with, and beyond there now, it is in south-central asia, it is in asia, it is wherever government -- and unfortunately one of the things i have discovered i

the annexing of crimea. all these things.hout the detail to know how he makes the relationships, that's leaving a lot of questions. in the middle east, trump very, very hard on iran and the nuclear deal. all bad on the iran expansionist role in the region. that will sit well with the saudis and gulf states. his previous statements about banning muslim from the united states, notwithstanding. that will perhaps draw some of the gulf countries back toward the united states a bit where they have been drifting away under president obama. the reality here is a lot of information that's very helpful. it doesn't give the specificity that politicians in this part of the world to get a grip on what it would mean if trump is in the white house. >> and leaders are watching the race closely and donald trump at this point. >> reporter: and this political fall from it. look at the things that david cameron has said about donald trump. he accused donald trump on this policy, initiative to ban muslims from america for the period of time. he s

a short hop from ukraine and crimea., but follows the recent buzzing of the u.s. fighter aircraft. let's get more now from senior international correspondent clarissa ward live in romania. a training exercise, they say, but still a significant move. >> reporter: it certainly is, john. we're here on the black sea which is rapidly becoming one of the most hotly contested and heavily military zones since ukraine and crimea in 2014. that caused a lot of anxiety to allies in the area like romania. fighter jets from the u.k. to romania. we were able to ride along in the refuelling tanker that accompanied the two jets. it really was extraordinary to be able to watch those aircraft up close. there are just 187 f-22 fighter jets in the world. they are incredible aircraft. they are able to travel at twice the speed of sound. they have special stealth technology to allow them to fly undetected by radar. that technology is so sophisticated that congress passed a law making it illegal for lockheed martin, which makes the f-22, to sel

the ones in place since they annexed crimea. administration is saying, we can talk about the sanctions going away. you have to top meddling in ukraine and give crimea back. he wants outreach with russia and the u.s. he doesn't even mention ukraine. that's something that the russians will have been pleased to hear. the other thing is the russians felt the impact of terrorism on themselves which is something that he believes that the russians and u.s. could work closely together to fight isis. right now, the obama administration is reluctant to do because of the russian support of bashar al assad. it is no secret that president putin and donald trump have both expressed somewhat admiration for one another. certainly it seems these two gentlemen believe that they could work with each other. >> nic, the critics of donald trump in the u.s. say he has not thought deeply about the foreign policy. saying he is learning this as he goes along. lindsey graham says i'm not sure who is advising trump on foreign policy, but i understand why h

the russians are sinking in crimea. trish: he doesn't respect president obama or president obama's word. he doesn't think we are going to do anything. what is the difference between this administration and previous administrations? reagan stood by and allowed something like that? >> ever since the 1970s there has been an agreement between the united states and the former soviet union to avoid incidents of this nature. you don't want to start world war iii over something like this. the united states has always been cautious about such actions. what john kerry is doing is saying don't push us. remember, this very ship had an incident that was rather similar to this two years ago in april when the russian planes also buzzed it. so now there is a lot going on in the region. the united states is augmenting its forces in nato and adding some planes, we are taking steps that have gotten the russians's attention. trish: we got to give them a warning and say enough. coming up a question for you. do sexy advertisements tend to as

since the annexation of crimea in 2014, russia has steadily built up its military footprint on the black sea, unnerving many nato allies in the region as air force chief of force told us. >> increasing the activities, they're increasing the missions, increasing the training. this is the thing that we are seeing every single day. so we need to get ready for what's going to be. that's my major concern, how to get ready for what's going to be next thing. >> reporter: and like many here, he hopes that the u.s. will continue its commitment to its nato allies, whatever tomorrow may bring. >> senior international correspondent clarissa ward is joining us live from romania. good report. thank you. does russia have a similar amount of air power at its disposal over there? >> reporter: well, wolf, russia is projected to spend more than $2 billion by 2020 on essentially revamping its black sea fleet and it does have some serious weaponry, their most modern cruise missiles travel nearly 2,000 miles but they don't have anything like the f-22. in fact, really, it is not an exaggeration say nobody in t

actually, we had two meetings after the annexation of crimea. the idea that practical cooperation has been suspended, political dialogue has been in place, so the challenge has been not to have a decision to have the nato-russia council because it has been there all the time, but the challenge has been to agree on the agenda for a new meeting, and we are in t process of discussing that with the russians, and, hopefully, we will be able to agree on the agenda and to convene a meeting. let me underline that for me, dialogue is not an expression of weakness. it is an expression of strength. it is because we are strong, because we are confident that we are not afraid of talking to the russians. even during the cold war, we talked to them. i think it is in our interests to talk to them on many different issues, especially related to military activity. i think it just underlines how important it is that we do our utmost to have military to military communications, transparency predict ability, to avoid that kind of incidents. we have to try to avoid t

beensure that crimea will supplied with energy. president, we have an urgent message here. government officials report that they'll fix 21 roads by may 1. actually, there are similar problems in other places. >> i hope that the leaders of those regions are also listening to this, and we will discuss this issue with them. we'll also be discussing that with the members of government, the minister of finance, the minister of transport, in order to address this issue of providing this additional ruble from all excise taxes that the ministry of finance wanted to give to the federal budget. but i think it should be given two regional taxes for transport and road construction. >> we talked about traveling and -- >> is it that cold up there? >> yeah. we hear you. yeah, it's quite windy here. actually, yesterday, the weather was quite nice but it has changed. >> but you are already inviting people over for vacation. do you guarantee that you will have good weather by then? >> yes, we can guarantee we'll have nice weather for you. >> thank you. >> so let's talk about developing trave

russia is building an advanced networkess area denial from crimea to the eastern mediterranean.an submarine activity in the north atlantic and the mediterranean is at the highest level since the cold war. russia's military modernization and expanding operations demand a comprehensive review of u.s. force posture in europe, and the resources necessary to support it. but a strong response to vladimir putin's aggression cannot come from america alone. with a flood of refugees pouring across its borders, nato has to step up. our nato allies not only need to reverse declining defense budgets and honor their pledge to reach the 2% target within a decade, they must also invest in critical military capabilities that further alliance interoperability. a strong nato is in america's national security interest. nowhere has that been clearer than in afghanistan. our allies have sacrificed blood and treasure fighting alongside us for 15 years. now the balance of our shared mission and indeed the fate of afghanistan hangs in the balance. the president has announced he intends to reduce u.s. fo

in 2014, russia took crimea from ukraine, which the u.s. supports. then the u.s. hilt russia's weak economy with economic sanctions, and the obama administration states near today's incident. in syria, russian bombed rebels at -- that the u.s. supports, and recently the u.s. staged military maneuvers in latvia. the russian bombing campaign in syria has turned the tide for the syrian regime of bashar al-assad, who embroiled his country in a five-year civil war. well, today assad held elections, ignoring u.s. demands that he step down. elizabeth palmer is in damascus. >> reporter: more than 3,000 candidates vied for seats in syria's parliament, but none represented genuine opposition, so every vote was really an endorsement of president bashar al-assad, who, along with his wife, made a personal appearance today to cast his ballot. this election, with its thousands of candidates, its ballot boxes and polling stations is a surreal exercise, considering that syria is very much at war and the ceasefire month is now collapsing. so to say this election is flawed is an und

sanctions after russia annexed crimea. and syria's government circumvented international sanctions using shell companies in the seychelles. in an interview with a panamanian tv station, the law firm's co-founder, ramon fonseca, said they've never been found guilty of anything in their 40 years of business. "we are a knife factory," he says, "that sells knives. and if the knife is used for a murder, we're not responsible." so far no american politicians or companies have been named, but there are other investigations already under way around the globe, scott, including australia, germany, the netherlands and france. >> pelley: all of this just beginning. don dahler, thank you. brussels is flying again. there were 39 flights from the airport today. there are usually about 600, before the terrorist bombing two weeks ago. isis bombers killed 32 at the airport and a subway. today, for the first time since the flood of refugees overwhelmed europe, the flow was reversed. more than 200 were sent home with more to follow under a ne

and the strong military buildup in crimea.mally part of the coalition, but nato supports the coalition. first of all, all nato allies provide forces. as i said, nato supports the coalition in different ways. assurance missions in turkey, capacity building in iraq. our biggest military operation ever is relevant for the fight against terror, including against isil. ,nd we stand ready to do more which is key. one issue we have discussed and also during my visit this week and also with secretary carter was the possibility of nato surveillance plane, and that is on the table now. it is going to be addressed in nato. will be able to provide you with a more precise answer, but >> we promised the secretary-general we would get him out on time. seapologize to everyone who questions we didn't get to. the many questions testifies to both the relevance and the level of interest, and we have managed to cover an enormous amount of ground. thank you so much for your candor and the completeness of your answers. thank you. mr. stoltenberg: th

russia is building an advanced networkess from crimea to the eastern mediterranean. russian submarine activity in the north atlantic and the mediterranean is at the highest level since the cold war. russia's military modernization and expanding operations demand a comprehensive review of u.s. force posture in europe, and the resources necessary to support it. but a strong response to vladimir putin's aggression cannot come from america alone. with a flood of refugees pouring across its borders, nato has to step up. our nato allies not only need to reverse declining defense budgets and honor their pledge to reach the 2% target within a decade, they must also invest in critical military capabilities that further alliance interoperability. a strong nato is in america's national security interest. nowhere has that been clearer than in afghanistan. our allies have sacrificed blood and treasure fighting alongside us for 15 years. now the balance of our shared mission and indeed the fate of afghanistan hangs in the balance. the president has announced he intends to reduce u

since 2014 with the conflict over ukraine and the russian annexation over crimea, there is a lot of cold war style. this is one of the areas where the two forces come into contact. it's not the first time this has happened to the "uss donald cook." it was buzzed at close range before. this thing happens quite a lot. >> matthew chance, take something chances there. safety has to be a concern for sailors and the pilot as well. thank you, matthew. >>> let's get an early start on your money. alison kosik joins us. alison. >> good morning. seeing red arrows and green arrows. markets are mixed. asian markets ending higher. red arrows for european markets. it was another great day for wall street yesterday. dow, nasdaq and s&p closing at the highest levels of the year. the dow closed up 187 points. now close to 18,000. the financial sector led the rally. jpmorgan chase earning report was good enough. it wasn't great. it was good enough for wall street for the gains. today we will hear from bank of america and wells fargo. >>> first it was the boss, now one of the beatles. ringo starr protesting

>> consider russia's annexation of crimea and further aggression in eastern ukraine.elationship with russia has been complicated. we have always been rivals who depend on each other. although we are allies out of necessity in world war ii, mistrust dates from the russian revolution, when the allies invaded russia out of fear of communism, which continued in the cold war. u.s. russian relations have improved with the new approach to russia. however, let them if you didn't has revived -- however putin has revived an age of military aggression. >> in late august, we specifically asked the russians, what are you doing? they said, according to the administration, well, we are fortifying our interests there. there just as scared of islamic state as you are and we think something needs to be done. the adopted a sort of watch and wait, and i think it sort of wishful thinking posture. >> i think that our relationship with russia is one of the most complicated in the world. worse overen much the last few years, in large part because of russia's invasion of ukraine, but the same

sanctions after it annexed crimea, associates of vladamir putin, ran a multibillion dollar money laundering. >> when it comes to governmental leaders there will be lots and lots of questions about the source of the fund. i think we scratched the of the beginning of the scandal. >> right now, no americans have been named in the investigation. but the department of justice is reviewing the reports. saying it takes very seriously all kred cal allegations of high level, foreign corruption that might have a link to the united states or the u.s. financial system. former treasury officer, chip ponsey. >> with the level of detail and specificity that has been reported, out of these papers, that it will be, there will be opportunities to identify. and facilitate investigations into financial crime. money laundering or fraud. >> mossack fanseca, it said our business is regulated by several different oversight and enforcement agencies. our firm has never been accused or charged in connection with criminal wrongdoing. meanti meantime, the network plans to place all documents on line next month availabl

being more common more because of the russian anexation of crimea and the strong military buildup. then nato is not formally part of the coalition. but nato supports the coalition. and first of all, all nato allies provide forces. then, as i said nato supports the coalition in different ways. measures in turkey, capacity building in iraq. i will also add that what we do in afghanistan our biggest military effort is the fight against terror including. and we stand to go more in lybia. one issue we have discussed and during my visit to washington this week and with ash carter is the possibility of nato providing support. our surveillance plane. that is on the table now. it's going to be addressed in nato. then we will be able to provide you with a more precise answer. but support in one way or another is now an issue which is discussed. >> we promised the secretary general that we would get him out of here on time and i apologize to everyone whose questions we didn't get to. thank you so much. the fact that there are some questions testifies both to relevance and level of interest. a

they got another page of the story of the media, the russians invade crimea. of -- what was the reaction of society when the soviet troops invaded czechoslovakia? he answered, you cannot imagine. the propaganda was more or less the russian propaganda. i am not a user of state channel. i do not want to answer what channel i watch now. but the situation with the internet is so that every interesting article, every interesting film you can find on the internet and social networks somewhere else. modern state channels often you some products from the internet. it is some kind of circle. by way of the very big mediaence from the soviet , every event is shown on the internet. so you can understand everything as it goes. when they have the street action in russia, people look like this. can understand everything that is going. why. will ask ourselves they don't want to take care. so entertainment media, sometimes they make some kind of awful things. audience that everything is going right. they speak about our troops in the ukraine. they say that we are right and her

we didn't anticipate that russia would illegally annex crimea.e didn't see that kind of destabilizing activity. >> next, putin's forces began menacing ukraine itself. >> the fundamental point of dealing with a bully like putin is not to allow them to get away when they wanted to do. >> but the president rejected calls for a muscular response, instead announcing limited sanctions. >> i believe there's a path to resolve the situation diplomatically in a way that addresses the issues of russia and the ukraine. >> i think the president should have taken some very strong steps to make very clear to putin that this was unacceptable. he should have provided arms to the ukrainians. >> but he didn't. and today, russia is emboldened, threatening to spread its sphere of influence even wider. secretaries panetta and gates and others told us that you can let bullies get away with bullying or you pay a price. >> i was talking about ukraine. with the president. and he told me, very bluntly, that ukraine as a nonnato country living in the shadow of russia will a