and russia, the west and what became of what we used to call the eastern bloc. nbc's andrea mitchell monitoring all of it from our washington newsroom tonight. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. all of this is just incredible. the white house, infuriated, says it's outraged by the government's firing automatic weapons on its own people. but while the vice president in the call urged restraint, ukraine's leader is hearing a very different message from vladimir putin's russia. in kiev, raucous protesters capture a dozen riot police, marching them across the square, while fending off who want to lynch them. and beyond the capital, the firestorm of anti-government protests is spreading. near the polish border, the command post has taken over. but ukraine's president is resisting appeals from the u.s. and its allies, rebuffing a delegation of foreign ministers, from europe, ignoring president obama. ukraine's military even refusing repeated calls from defense secretary hagel. >> there needs to be mediation here, but first and foremost, the government ha

way and still be able to compete nine hundred eighty four i won two limpid gold medals but the eastern bloc countries weren't there so there were it wasn't a full representation of the olympic games i was also then able to continue on by the grace of god to compete in the one nine hundred eighty eight olympic games and was successful there and winning two gold medals a limpet boycotts hurt the wrong people when you're talking about commerce and business i believe that those boycotts do work it makes those businesses and those people with the power to take another look again missile again i totally agree with him and if you seconds that we have left can i just clarify because you just said that you do not support the olympic boycotts and yet i saw your name your signature on a statement calling on the international olympic committee to deny future games to countries that discriminate or you believe that i discriminating against the gays can you clarify these two somewhat. conflicting bits of information. yes the ok the petition that's out there. because i believe it was the ukraine was was s

nuland comments being secretly recorded allegedly by members of intelligence from one of the former eastern bloccountries and then that be released isn't this just kind of how the game is played well of course cities i mean you know countries do spy on each other the point is that german intelligence agencies should be protecting their german politicians and the german government from being spied on by other governments and other intelligence agencies that's what they're there to do know to be complicit in helping the n.s.a. and u.s. intelligence agencies my own people in their own country that is not what they're there for they're there to protect the national integrity national security of the german country and if they are complicit and we know they're complicit from the revelations made with snowden to the x. keyscore then they're not doing their job to protect the german people do you think there is the possibility of this new. internet system being established infrastructure being laid out that works its way around u.s. surveillance in order to trade information without any kind of involve

my question is why culturally do we have people abusing women in the eastern bloc of europe. is a cultural thing. in the south pacific women should be held in higher regard. my mother was held in high regard. i don't understand how all cultures have formulated their idea of keeping women down so address that. >> host: do you consider yourself a feminist? >> caller: no. i am man who believes in equal rights for everybody. that is not feminism, that is humanism. >> guest: the answer is elizabeth blackwell. she was admitted to geneva medical college as a joke. >> host: as a joke? >> guest: yes. was applied and was put to a vote by the male student body and they thought was sophia hilarious and that she will surely fail and they were amazed when she showed up and completed the course and study. okay. why is there violence against women? it is local as well as global, it is not limited to any nation. is an issue in every country, and the fbi can offer all kinds of better statistics that showcase how much she is part of american culture. o will to keep women limited or to treat wom

moscow wants to stop the other states in the eastern bloc from rebelling from the influence. michael is there a fear what it was one circa brezhnev and kruschev with little intervention from the u.s., is that putin's ultimate fantasy? >> absolutely. that was the major theme of my book "dancing with the devil" we can't project our own sincerity into the adversaries. the europeans in the united states look at it as trying to come to a win-win agreement but vladimir putin sees international relations as a zero sum game. he wince for that to happen, everyone else has to lose. the question is what he's willing to do to ensure his victory and whether we're going stand up to him. >> michael, you mentioned your book. i want to put up one item from the book you that write. you say when presidents embasra dialogue and incentive as solution to rogue behavior what is this part for ultimate policy? >> ultimately, i'm not against talk. the problem is, talk has to come at the end of the process, rather than at the beginning. when ronald reagan sat down with mikhail gorbachev it became as a

the soviet and eastern bloc nations know how we operate. they know at your job is. there's a good chance trying to compromise you so don't do anything dumb. i said, can you give me a little guidance? what should i expect? ,e looks back at me and he says i've had a long career in counterintelligence and counterterrorism. i've given this briefing maybe ,00 times and during my career i've never given it to someone as ugly as you are. [laughter] is a woman who is interested in you and what you do in intelligence, you know dam well you are being compromised. [laughter] so, megan -- [laughter] i've been waiting three decades for a learned woman to be interested in what i do in politics. world affairs the council for inviting me here. you had no idea the deep need this has fulfilled. i have a lot of friends here today. when i you go back to was a toddler. some i worked with when i was a white house fellow. others i've known for many different incarnations and i thank you for coming. in addition to our distinguished peter kelly he was in many careers in addition to law and

so the russian figure skating, occasionally you see judging, the eastern bloc, the cold war can be alive and welin figure skating judging, i can tell you that. for the first time ever in a full olympics, the complete olympics is in russia. the fact that we're here and the u.s. is the big cheese, always, the fact that the united states and russia are at it a little bit in a friendly rivalry-- and i do stress friendly-- but there are moments when you look back to the old days and they were not quite so friendly, obviously. >> woodruff: when you stum up the week, what's been the highlight for you? what do you take away at the halfway point of the games? >> reporter: i have to say the fact that there has been no-- knock on wood-- huge news. thinking of the sochi, all the kitchens, the terrible concerns about terrich bsecurity, protests involving the antigay law-- there were a couple earlier. of course, i'm in the-- talk, to you right now from the press center inside the secure zone, its ring of seal, so to speak, so we wouldn't see that. put the bottom line is there has been almost no news.

members are concerned they nearly joined members like bulgaria romania and all the eastern european bloc am i correct is this is this your target group. our target is make it possible again to control and to limit we do not want at all to make a difference between different countries we do not want to make a difference between portugal between as tony between greece and ireland all members of the you or of the european union or of course we want to treat them all the same but if the number of immigrants is drawn as much as it has drawn the last years then i think if people from the from the european union here dimensions they understand what we are talking about and i think we have to find means to limit what about highly qualified professionals are they also going to be limited. i think the percentage of highly qualified immigration is so small that there we do not ever have a problem but the quantity altogether is a problem usually stress the point that. if you compare switzerland to the european union as a whole. mentions it is as the european union would have year per year ten millio

that is the challenge for all of those former eastern bloc countries that are trying to reach into europentain ties with russia at the same time. >> we will talk about the markets coming up next. we will talk to one man who thinks the s&p 500 could hit over 2000 by the end of this year. we will have that conversation coming up next on "louvered surveillance," on bloomberg television, streaming on your phone, your tablet, and bloomberg.com. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. futures are dirt carrier rating -- are deteriorating. let's get to company news. his lannettne puts emotion -- he is having ceo's at discovery communications and liberty global the right to buy stakes in his company if he decides to sell. he also said he would stay active with both companies. fonic has a bid for royal kpn. it plans to merge the german units of two companies which would reduce the mobile operators in germany from 4 to 3. the european commission is concerned how the deal would affect competition. a feud between netflix and verizon has led to a video slow down. netflix says its average primetime speeds on veriz

. >> it always seems to come back to the eastern european bloc and the russians. >> don't forget the chinese. >> that goes without saying. >> but you will say it. >> we'll talk about it later. >> what appears to be a wolf walking through the halls of the athletes dorm in sochi, watch. >> all right, cool video, right? the media ate it up. listen. >> check out what kate hansen shared on twitter. >> it shows a large canine casually walk past her room. >> a wolf in the hallway, and i'm not talking blitzer. >> outside her room in the olympic village. >> be glad you're not in this hallway. >> they have since gotten it out of there. there's stray dog problem. maybe they also have a stray wolf problem. >> the media bought it like a line and sinker, but check out the real story before the wolf. >> that was not a russian wolf. that was an american wolf, and i know this because the wolf is backstage right now. we shot the video. and kate hansen posted it for us from her account. and a media frenzy was born. >> so greg, it was great, right? >> great. >> how does the media buy it? >> everyone bou

the soviets and eastern bloc nations know how we operate. they know what your job is. there's a good chance trying to compromise you so don't do anything dumb. i said, can you give me a little guidance? what should i expect? he looks back at me and he says, house, i've had a long career in counterintelligence and counterterrorism. i've given this briefing maybe 100 times during my career, but i've never given it to someone as ugly as you are. [laughter] if ever there is a woman who is interested in you and what you do in intelligence, you know damn well you are being compromised. [laughter] so, megan -- [laughter] i've been waiting three decades for a learned woman to be interested in what i do in intelligence. i thank you in the world affairs council for inviting me here. you had no idea the deep need this has fulfilled. i have a lot of friends here today. some of you go back to when i was a toddler. some i worked with when i was a white house fellow. others i've known for many different incarnations and i thank you all for coming. in addition to our distinguished pet

is, why culturally do we have women abusing -- people abusing women in the middle east and the eastern bloc of europe? it's a cultural thing. this the south pacific. -- in the south pacific. women should be held in high regard. my mother was held in high regard. i just don't understand how cultures have formulated their idea of keeping women down, so could you address that? >> host: paul, do you consider yourself a feminist? >> caller: no. i'm a man who believes in equal rights for everybody. so that's not feminist, that's just humanism. >> guest: okay. although it would make you one. anyway, the answer is elizabeth blackwell. she was anytimed to geneva medical college as a joke. >> host: as a joke? >> guest: okay. yes. she applied, and it was put to a vote of the male student body, and they thought it was so i lair yous and that she would surely fail, and they were amazed when she actually showed up and completed the course of study. okay. why is there violence against women, and it is local as well as global. it's not limited to any nation. it's an issue in every country. and the fbi can

but my question is, my culture lead to we have people abusing women in the middle east and the eastern bloceurope. it's a cultural thing. the south pacific women should be held in higher regard. my mother was held in higher regard. and just don't understand how cultures of formulated their idea of keeping women down. >> do you consider yourself a feminist? >> no. i am a man who believes in equal rights for buddy. that's just humanism. >> anyway, the answer is elizabeth blackwell was the first to die she was admitted to geneva medical colleges joke. okay -- >> as a joke? >> yes. she applied and it was put to a vote of the male student body, and it thought it was so hilarious and that she would surely fail. there were amazed when she showed up and completed the course of study. okay. why is there violence against women? and it is local as well as global. it is not limited to any nation. is an issue in every country. the fbi can offer all kinds of better statistics this showcase some much as a part of american culture. the well to keep women limited or to treat women as property, which is supp

last twenty years which is to incorporate all of the former socialist countries in the eastern and central european bloc those that were aligned with the soviet union into an american western nato sphere of influence and you can see that it's going systematically and ukraine is a big prize it's a big country with a very big military and it's right on russia's border it's part of a new cold war against russia as well as political chaos reigns in ukraine the country's economy is more fragile than ever russia is suspending its bailout payments on so a new government is formed and the international monetary fund has also said it's unclear who to talk to about providing financial aid their concerns are understandable as some of the protest leaders have of the serpent record and there are fears such people could end up in power now let's take alexander for example he's the leader of a far right nationalist party in western ukraine which of course played a key part in taken over kiev now he's long been a member of the ultra nationalist movements that's the spied me in the ukrainian citizen during the traction

is, why culturally do we have women abusing -- people abusing women in the middle east and the eastern bloc of europe? it's a cultural thing. this the south pacific. -- in the south pacific. women should be held in high regard. my mother was held in high regard. i just don't understand how cultures have formulated their idea of keeping women down, so could you address that? >> host: paul, do you consider yourself a feminist? >> caller: no. i'm a man who believes in equal rights for everybody. so that's not feminist, that's just humanism. >> guest: okay. although it would make you one. anyway, the answer is elizabeth blackwell. she was anytimed to geneva medical college as a joke. >> host: as a joke? >> guest: okay. yes. she applied, and it was put to a vote of the male student body, and they thought it was so i lair yous and that she would surely fail, and they were amazed when she actually showed up and completed the course of study. okay. why is there violence against women, and it is local as well as global. it's not limited to any nation. it's an issue in every country. and the fbi can

united states, you know, americans, forget that the eastern bloc countries were not here.fight on and compete in the 1988 olympic games. so what my feeling is, olympic boycotts don't work. if you're talking about boycotting sponsors, you know, commerce and business, those work. those send a message because the dollar speaks volumes. >> you know, you brought up the sponsors and the companies, we talked about the ads. chevy's ad, mcdonald's, coca-cola as well. and google. google on its home page on the first day of the opening ceremonies. they placed up the rainbow there and they put from the charter there. i'm going to read it, the practice of sport say human right. every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport without discrimination of any kind. and the spirit, the olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with the spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play. what do you think the impact, is this preemptive to kind of prevent those protests? or do you think that this is really having some value, even in russia? >> well, i mean it is adding val

>> well, it's part of eurasia but part of eastern europe and the former soviet bloc.s basically robin to russia's batman. and the challenge here, the challenge here is to try to attract it to the west, to get it to flip sides. >> so the rebels in the streets what are they fighting for. >> they're fighting for a better future. >> stephen: that sounds leak a political speech, what really -- >> countries have to develop over time. and ukraine basically after the end of the soviet union faced two tracks, it could stay as a stagnant, corrupt, authoritarian country tied to russia or it could essentially join the west. it commod earnize, liberalize, become a democracy. at the last minute when it looked like it was going to trade up permits, abusive relationship with its boyfriend from the hood to a nice upie-- . >> stephen: you're not loading these choices in anyway whatsoever. >> it's actually truth. when it looked like it would trade up to a better environment, at the last minute putin offered a bribe. >> stephen: how much. >> $15 billion. >> stephen: that's a lot of cash.

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them but my question is why culturally do we have people abusing women in the middle east and the eastern bloc of europe? it is a cultural thing, in the south pacific, women should be held in higher regard. my mother was held in high regard. i don't understand how cultures have formulated their idea of keeping women down. address that. hans riemer you consider yourself a feminist? >> no. i believe in equal rights for everybody. that is not feminists, that is just humanism. >> guest: the answer, elizabeth blackwell was admitted to geneva medical college as a joke. she applied and it was put to a vote of the male student body and they thought was so hilarious and she would surely fail and they were amazed that she actually showed up and completed the course. why is there violence against women? it is local as well as global. it is not limited to any nation. is an issue in every country and the fbi can offer all kinds of better statistics that showcase how much it is up part of american culture. load will to keep women limited or to greet women as property which is supported by custom and law sin