this crisis has intensified our focus, not just on central and eastern europe, but on a broad set of transatlantic security challenges and opportunities on the road to a europe whole, free, and at peace. we are very grateful for the bipartisan and very active support of this subcommittee and the whole committee in that effort. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you. -- thank you for having me here today to discuss the security challenges we face in central and eastern europe and how it can work to strengthen our allies there. after russia's collegial -- illegal actions in crimea, the united states has taken action to reassure our partners. air policingthe mission. we deployed aircraft and personnel to poland to supplement the u.s.-poland aviation detachment. we extended the truxton stay in the black see to commence exercises with bulgaria. we will deploy another ship next a to builde black se interoperability. its -- asked with its allies, the united states wants to ensure a continuous, augmented presence along nato's borders at least through the end of the year in the air the

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so this crisis has intensified are focused not just on central and eastern europe, but on a broad set of transatlantic security challenges and opportunities on the road to a europe whole, free and at peace. we're very grateful for the bipartisan and very active support of the subcommittee and the whole committee in that effort. i look forward to questions. >> thank you. secretary chollet. >> thank you, mr. chairman and country for having me here today to discuss the transit like security judges we face in central and eastern europe. and now we are working to strengthen our allies there. after russia's illegal actions in crimea, the united states to prompt steps to reassure our regional partners. first, we all banded nato's air policing mission by sending additional fighter aircraft. second we deplo deploy aircraftd personal t to poland to soap upo you as poland aviation detachment. third we extend the u.s. as truxton state in the black sea to conduct exercises with romania and bulgaria. and forth we will deploy another ship next week, the uss donald cook to the black sea soon to build

in thehere is a worry is rest of eastern europe.are looking over their shoulders at developments in ukraine. you start to see a bit of a slowdown in eastern europe. also into germany, they are picking up an impact there as well. german sales are somewhat slow in the first quarter. russia is very good. eastern europe and in two parts of western europe is not so good because of ukraine. will western and eastern europe be a strategy for nestle? is the scenario of growth going forward anyway? if you look at the broader scale of things, nestle is saying today that 45% of their sales are in emerging markets. is probably a couple of points maximum of those. the bigger emerging markets are is five or six percent of gross sales and brazil. these are their big emerging markets. interestingly, emerging markets accelerated for them. great figure compared to the developed world. -- 8.5% is a great figure compared to the developed world. they were basically saying don't get too concerned. that indicates that they saw acceleration or reacceleratio

also i think we should consider restarting the missile defense system in eastern europe, which again e a signal to the russians and also we have to dramatically accelerate, i believe, the production and exporting of liquified natural gas to europe so the allies won't be dependent on russia. it will be a strong symbol to russia and investors in russia that we're serious about this. >> there are 40,000 russian troops along the border with ukraine. some suggested the united states should send more troops to eastern europe. do you agree with that? >> i don't know if we have to at this stage. i think right now this is sending a first signal. if we have to send more, we should. the purpose of our troops is not to counter the russians per se man for man or soldier to soldier but send a signal that we're standing with our nato allies and any movement by the russians against a nato ally is a move against the united states. so in many ways our troops there are a trip wire. the russians have to realize that a move against poland, for instance is, a move against the u.s. and nato would come to th

we can do more with diversifying their energy supply and free up exports in eastern europe would serve as this priority and finally the west needs to reanimate a vision of a europe whole and free. the situation shows that nato made clear its open door policies was flow empty slogan. this is an important way of securing committee and no decision or recommendation should be committed or advanced that would limit to any country. senator johnson, that is why i think your concern is warranted. it would reward putin for his aggregation and bring us back to a day when great power decided the future other other countries. articulated their desire to be part of your. those wings should not be clipped at this point. we could not trust putin to live ... up to any agreement regarding a neutral country, because it would encourage him to pick away at them. let me conclude by saying the most effective way to counter their operations -- the presence of a secure and prosperous to miami in their neighborhood is not threatening, but can help their focus toward resting internal problems. it may provide mo

from the pentagon, we report. >> the first wave of troops landed in eastern europe. russia's foreign minister remained undeterred and upped the rhetoric on russian television this morning. accusing the u.s. being behind the unrest in ukraine. >> i have no reason not to believe that the u.s. is running the show. >> i think many of the claims he made are ludicrous.llowed with l to secretary of state john kerry. >> we will never recognize russia's illegal occupation of crimea and neither will the world. >> reporter: roughly 150 u.s. paratroopers from the 173 rd combat team based in italy will carry out exercises with nato ally poland. the pentagon will deploy another 450 u.s. paratroopers to other countries in the coming day. f 15 and 16 fighter jets were sent poland in recent weeks. >> what would be very helpful if they removed their forces off that border and took concrete actions to respect the sovereignty for ukraine. for our part, we're going to constantly look for ways to reassure our nato allies how seriously we take our obligations. >> the ukrainian interim pres

for how ukrainian government stepped in and nino has announced a major military buildup across eastern europe brian on russia's doorstep several lines were ships have already been sent to the black sea and three vessels are there now including the u s is for don cook carrying tomahawk cruise missiles which can be firing deep into the mainland to warships including a french attack craft are on their way to join. many will grow but as the west and more fine how do we get the american people aren't so enthusiastic in polls suggest that another us military venture would be the one thing americans want right now. a recent survey showed two thirds think washington should stay away from the crisis in o'neal s american anti war activist richard becker how the u s military buildup is affecting the situation. i believe that it's a very very dangerous situation and i think that the escalating us military intervention and the black sea with the us as the trial court which is a very advanced and they will tussle with the capacity to shoot down missiles i know it is that. another ominous sign of what is un

vladimir putin's backyard putin's troops heading to eastern europe.hat is in the bottle that says it's pomegranate juice. the supreme court weighs in. taking the long way home. the journey of wyoming's mule dear. first, richelle carey with the top stories in the briefing. >> a landmark decision by the supreme court stood in a 6-2 ruling. the court uphead a michigan amendment banning affirmative action. the justices found states have the rights to decide whether you public university should take race into account when accepting students. president obama is in the air on the way to japan, for the first stop of its week-long foreign policy. an issue, a tense standoff over who controls a set of remote islands. on the agenda, the nuclear threat posed by north korea. >> the country is thinking about all of it. and has been throughout the tragedy. >> before he left for asia the president stopped in oso washington, where 41 tide in a mudslide -- died in a mudslide. he met with families of those people and offered support. he took a tour of the areas devastate

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in eastern europe, there are some sounds that they think are in agreement that most people who are noteastern europe will think are very, very much in disagreement in the style of music called ganga. [singi ganga music] [shrill yell] in gangan music, they sound notes at the same time that are very, very close together. and in bosnia, that sound is of the essence of music. what constitutes being in agreement or being dissant or being consonant is a culturally determined thing. and it can change over time. [ensemble plays early music] (narrator) within the western classical tradition, ideas have varied over time as to what combinations of notes make good harmony. the story of how these ideas developed can be traced back through the baroque, renaissance, and medieval periods. (man) well, the term harmony is used in western music to describe the simultaneous sounding of several notes-- what we call chords. that's what we use as the basis of our music in the 19th and 20th century, but it really wasn't always the case. in order to understand the development of harmony, you have to really go

nato is increasing its military presence around eastern europe.med convoy carrying a russian flag entered the city of slaviansk. rescue teams in south korea are continuing to search for nearly 300 people missing after a passenger ferry sank off of the coast. at least four people are conf m confirmed dead. >>> in south sudan rebels have taken hold of the oil-rich town of bento. >>> britain is one of the richest countries in the world, yet almost a million people are being asked to ask for food rations. lawrence lee reports from southeast england. >>> holly aspires to be a business woman and says she never wanted handouts from anyone. certainly not the government. but she had to close her shop down for a month when her 4 year old daughter had to go to the hospital. when she got home she had no food and no money. so she had to go to the food bank. >> we're nice people. we -- we don't -- we're not what people expect. we're not drug addicts or alcohol alcoholics. we haven't gotten ourselves in this situation because we have lived this amazing life. it'

troops arriving in eastern europe. >>> first stop for the president, japan. he is there trying to assure them that what happened in crimea won't happen there. >>> and the right to carry a gun at an airport, school, or church, georgia's governor preparing to sign that ball into law. ♪ >>> it was just a few days ago that leaders from ukraine, russia, and the west signed that agreement trying to de-escalate the crisis. today harsh rhetoric and troop movements. the russians saying that u.s. is now in control. the pentagon saying the troop movements follow what it refers to as russia's aggression in the area. >> reporter: no sign on the ground yet about the relaunch of this anti-terror campaign as the interim government calls it. last week pro-russian protesters seized armored vehicles from your next questionian paratroopers. it appears this time the government want foes cuss all of its efforts on slaviansk and kramatorsk. these two towns seem to be completely under the control of pro-russian protesters. but when it comes to buildings like this one here in donetsk

plans to conduct military exercises in eastern europe. this just days into a deal between russia, ukraine, and the west. we're going to have more details on that in just a moment. >>> now, in yemen what could be a big hit on al qaeda. a drone strike reportedly kills at least ten suspected al qaeda militants. a source tells cnn three well-known operatives are among the dead. >>> the hunt for malaysia airlines flight 370 is entering a crucial phase. the blue fin 21 underwater drone will finish scanning the search zone within five to seven days. after that the entire search operation could need a reboot. you're going to hear about the options being considered coming up. >>> and in south korea, the captain of the ferry that sank this week has been charged with violating the seaman's law, that's the widely recognized principle that the captain is the last person to leave a sinking ship. but the ferry captain didn't do that. he was among the first 174 people rescued on wednesday while nearly 300 people mostly high school teenagers were left beh

. >>> show of force, more american troops on the ground tonight in eastern europe as the war of words with russia grows more intense. >> and high honor for a baseball icon, why a statute of a broadcaster is way up there near the worst seats in the house. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. what has been an unusual quiet start to tornado season ended with six tornados doing heavy damage and sending people to hospitals in eastern north carolina. the start of what forecasters say is going to be a very violent, dangerous and potentially daily couple of days from the gulf coast to the midwest. as we come on the air tonight, the risk for severe weather is ramping up from texas to kansas and the potential for deadly tornados only increases and expands as we get into sunday and monday. tonight, with some 32 million americans in the danger zone, officials in several states are warning people to get their tornado plans out and to stay glued to the local forecast. our coverage begins with nbc's janet in houston. >> repo

you came in the united states years ago and you wrote about immigration among the jews of eastern europe and basically stating that they had a lot of oppression that they were facing at that time. so what are your memories of your grandfather? and what inspired you at this point to tell the story? >> the memories of my grandfather is that my mother and i when i was a little boy lived with my grandparents in thomist park. he took me out to the ranch every sunday. my mother dropped at the uptown theater every saturday morning and this is the point. i was a smart asked kid. and until i started researching this book, i knew more about sam houston in the texas revolution i knew about the revolution that he escaped in the revolution of the industrial revolution that is taking place in san antonio. why did i write the book? essentially two people got me going. one of them is just a great author and thinker here at trinity and he has inspired me. the other person is mary l othee cox and she's a best-selling author. >> the period that you are, going, 19281945, he graduated in 1969 and from what i

hundred and fifty paratroopers to the few india as part of efforts to reassure made to members in eastern europe that they will be protected. the american paratroopers will take off into a texas noises with it if you wait a minute recent extended period of time. i guess. thus what not. not us i do. the undertaking. and i'm sad to know you wish to achieve officials pledged to hold me to collective security guarantees. little india. o'halloran is over since two thousand and four as it benefited. this is the third disease when a snowball. the eu has there we are due to the usa's national commitment to him we are persistent. as for his or her. maybe this minute he needs no idea as me. we'll be there. hundreds of us troops avoid being deployed in common than to be a multi center study of the fullest with the states included soap assurances off to russia ukraine's crimean into the conference and the tunes but does the line for new russia a thinly veiled reference to the sleeping union. the western front sporty sent in a three warships the biloxi with an american vessel currently stationed in iranian p

troops arrive in eastern europe trying to guard against escalating tensions in ukraine. secretary of state john kerry spoke with russia's foreign minister today trying to agree on steps to diffuse the situation. >>> meanwhile, festivities at the vatican where more than a million people are expected at tomorrow's canonization of two popes. john paul ii and john paul xxiii will being saints. >>> president obama is in malaysia in the third stop of his east asian tour. trade and economy are expecting to be the top talking points. >>> 20 years and counting. in 1994 south africa held its first free elections, and that was when all races voted. those were the votes that put nelson mandela into the presidency, and now south africa holding general elections in just two weeks. >>> the world's fair has been hosted in places all around the world including in queens, new york. 50 years later queens residents are still fighting to have that memory preserved. kalen ford reports. >> some places make you happy just to be in them. >> reporter: for the last 50 years it's a place that loome

that's a direct quote from nato as it moves to protect western interests in eastern europe.y have called on russia to stop destabilizing ukraine. that's an accusation that russia denies. southeastern ukraine there is an ongoing anti-terrorism action, and an armed convoy has been seen bearing a russian flag and there is gunfire there. in donetsk pro-russian activists are in control of city hall. kim vinnell sent us this report. >> reporter: it's still not clear where they came from, but at least six armored personnel carriers rolled into the eastern town. they flew russian flags. some of the soldiers wear the symbol of sir george. they were greeted be enthusiasm by some of the locals. one of the new arrivals said ukrainian troops defected to their side. >> translator: they switched to the people's side. you can count for yourself how many of them there are. >> reporter: elsewhere protesters continue to occupy the regional government headquarters in donetsk. they took of the building ten days ago and declared a people's republic. the people here say they are not separatists bu

i want to start with reassuring our allies in central and eastern europe. you heard about some of the things the united states was able to do in the early days of f-16's to, providing poland and other plants that we have for the region to reassure our allies. europe, western europe in particular, was slower to respond to this crisis and to calls for reassurance. they have had a number of concerns about unnecessarily provoking the russians. they have look at public opinion data that does not support initiatives that would reassure our friends in central and eastern europe, and some of them lack the capabilities to do so. some of that has changed. o ministerial where we saw a number of countries offer support. as you heard, a general is presenting options on tuesday that i hope will be supported not just by the u.s., but by the alliance as a whole. forward, the challenge for europe and the united states is to keep momentum going. and get to a point where we do not allow our policy differences to lead to policy for alice's. we do not want to find ourselves in

last week a bill made its presence known in eastern europe the alliance is stepping up its activities in the region nato had this book rasmussen says eastern european members are increasingly concerned about russia's aggressive behavior that's what he says the lights must strengthen its military footprint in the region we would have more patience. in the air. more ships on the water. and more readiness. on the dance germany is among the countries taking part in the new deployments. berlin is sending the elba navy supply ship to the baltic sea for a nato mine clearing exercise. it's also providing six year old fighter jets to help patrol the airspace over the baltic countries. nato says the measures our defenses and no threat to russia. the online support all efforts to result in ukraine crisis diplomatically the color of russia. toby parts of the solution. this top. the standard icing ukraine. put back the tropes from supporters and make it he doesn't support the violent actions are. will honestly since the pro russian separatists. if moscow doesn't cooperate nato leaders say addition

realizes that he's rational to cry but in a pitching while he seeks to impose a bit still rule in eastern europe the eye. i a. as russia continues to stir separatist elements in ukraine's east the breakaway region of trends in history and situated in eastern world go by is asking russia to recognize its independence transistors parliament approved unanimously the decision to appeal to russian president vladimir putin to recognize the region's independence from moldova sending all those government unequivocally projects. last month russia an extra premium after referendum in the southern ukrainian regions and many fear that moscow may also have to change history and insights or is this risk but away from all the way in nineteen ninety eight euro for the dissolution of the soviet union amid fears that moldova were shortly merged with neighboring romania whose language and culture it probably shares. all those times it is five hundred and fifty thousand people and occupies about one eight the mall building territory trade says she holds a significant share of those industry. the russian private inv

nate a recently announced it was and she explains intrigued eastern europe within days but has continued to roll health ministry intervention. many observers believe the minute realizes that he's rational to cry but in a pitching while he seeks to produce a big storm rolled in eastern europe a former ku kueh clan leader during ct preserving and i were to try just after she reportedly when the deadly rampage at two jewish community sites near kansas city which left three people dead three circle and cross junior also known as glenn miller is being held on a ten million years dollar bond and could face the death penalty. it's still unknown whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty since the conviction could automatically carry a life sentence without parole police suspect in the killing of fourteen year old blake griffin underway to his grandfather in the carpark of the overland park jewish committee center for firing a third victim identified bombing near a jewish returning home the suspected gunman a seventy three is known for its anti semitic rhetorically institute for research an

operations by ukrainian forces against progress to separate this and need to exercise this in eastern europe. actually two hostels that the russian air force's were receiving new and upgraded versions of that crap for that little and were forming army aviation brigade that were unprecedented western president met with putin has warned kiev against using the army in the east he said it will be a serious crime would affect interstate relations. ukraine's foreign ministry has responded by giving russia forty eight hours to explain and give details of its military exercises. on the announcement came shortly after ukraine's acting president of weeks and could trek snob. contrast that to pull troops and that from the border. in a brief address to the nation he urged moscow to and its threats and blackmail. and to stop interfering in ukraine's internal affairs. it's not that he would continue taking measures to protect the lives of ukrainian citizens. what i have announced a will hold a new military exercises involving ground and air force is me and its border with the plane. it came after ukraine

about what a success it has been so in light of all this the us and beefing up its presence in eastern europe sending fighter jets to the baltic states the warship to the black sea and planning new war games near russia's borders. ukrainian parliament has approved a series of joint military exercises with nato countries ukraine had helped exercises nato before but there is indication that they may expect. os but says it has no intention to invade in one but that does little to assuage western rhetoric to the united states will try as it has a purpose to persuade its members to spend more on the military investment. i just don't think that's going to happen and the reason i don't it's going to happen is that they aren't for economic shape they can only invest in military power at the expense of their welfare states. i was too much evidence for any one's willingness to do that at this point. a new life in a no official figures signaled that the kitchen with what it purports to be aligned with the same time they don't want to read a link to getting the way of the benefits that means getting from

brussels to meet with other nato foreign ministers for talks on the scene of military presence in eastern europe hundreds of thousands of americans down the website for obama can just as the deadline hits for sign up for the affordable health care. the cheadle spent the first french president francois long has lost no time in reacting to the dropping his social is god in municipal elections sunday. less than twenty four hours after that vote along named hardline interior minister manual balls as france's new prime minister speaking on tv last night the present protestant also would believe what he called finding government. a fresh start for and that the government meaning of culture places on our control as france's prime minister following the socialist party's crushing setback at the polls. to top it with a tiny clear coherent was assaulted team of nineteen and deliver them will do well a more aggressive government and daniel calls fits the bill nicely. the scene as did chores and the right wing within the socialist party known for his pro business side. he is in opposition to add to the tori

with russia over ukraine all the while planning to boost its military presence in eastern europe. we have to quickly find ways to back away from what has been said. in the most idiotic decision and statement that could have been made. in the global community itself. but the lack of cooperation is likely to worsen drug crisis and. the world's biggest supplier of. more than three decades of war and instability in afghanistan drug production and this illegal opium economy is a lifeline for thousands of afghan farmers but also funded drug traffickers and the whole of on problem that extends far beyond this country's borders also those international for the first time in history israel launches a war crime hearings against some of the country's top officials. which claimed hundreds of civilian lives. and a city girl in the perfect ring in siberia. the latest world headlines live from moscow it's also international with me from everybody here welcome to the program nato is suspending old military and civilian cooperation with russia. beefing up its presence in eastern europe in response

liz: you see how large ukraine is, and it's really eastern europe. to people who are there, they say kiev has settled down a little bit, and there are points of calm. but if angela merkel of germany starts to get involved, what does that do, luciano, to your european-focused etfs? >> well, you know, or this is going to be a fluid situation, and it's not just germany, it's nato and -- i mean, i think what needs to happen is, hopefully, this is the first accept in the deescalation. i think we, our government, need to communicate that there are costs and risks for escalating going forward, and there's a lot more that can be done on the economic front. and, hopefully, the russians and the russian government see that, and they realize now that there's no need to, you know, take it to another level. liz: well, it just amazes me that the rfx, if we can put this up one more time, up 6% right now, peter. big move today. look at this intraday picture on news there may very well be a deal here. >> well,s this is telling us there is a deal, that this deal has hi

this is nato in eastern europe because of the ukraine crisis. nato's top military commander philip breedlove described the moves as defensive measures. we havehe actions that proposed and have been accepted today are clearly defensive in nature. and i think it is going to be very straightforward to see them as defensive in nature. they're designed to assure our allies. and so i think in any case, it is always a chance that you run that something might be misinterpreted. but we specifically designed these measures to assure our be clearly, and to seen as defensive in nature. >> your response? >> i never know what purely defensive weapons have men. resuming their guns but only shoot and one to greg -- presuming they are guns that only shoot in one direction. they're talking about giving the ukrainians small arms, night vision stuff, superior intelligence. they can't give them intelligence information because ukrainian intelligence services -- the tapes we have had, the leaked tapes reveal the real debate going on. this is a distraction. it is what

security at the center of this conversation when we talk about the vulnerabilities of central and eastern europe to get an update on the administration's response how the allies can and teacher aggression in to help countries in the region becomes strong, prosperous and independent. the local ministry made to make europe at peace. let me suggest a few steps to increase security and have the panelists' comments as part of the increased need a response the united states should consider tripp levels and secretary hagel has already said the third brigade is considered to decide for us to reevaluate the historically low constraint and in europe devil send us a clear message to friends and adversaries as the tripwire has the same effect as the offense but makes better neighbor of the provisions. the united states and european allies should suspend sales to russia. we call for the u.s. government to end business relationship with the export agency and hoping france will strongly reconsider designed specifically for the impatient that was on the shores of crimea. now is a time for nato to approve the ac

troops in eastern europe. they are therefore joint war games.russian troops flood into the ukraine. where is all of this headed? we will talk about that coming up. but first, back to politics. and a political ad star sets tot a firestorm for vulnerable democrat. the latest shot fired ahead of the 2014 midterms. welcome, everybody com, a brandw hour of "america's newsroom." bill: good morning. the new ad targets louisiana senator for her position on obamacare. as she seems to be in danger of losing her seat to republicans. the ad features an iraq war veteran who says it is senator's fault that his health insurance premiums have exploded. watch here. >> she said obamacare is going to make things better. better? not for people like me. i don't think she is looking out for my best interest or the people in louisiana. martha: that is the latest from that. what do you think the significance is of this next salvo in this battle? >> this is the second phase we have seen from this group that is part of a network backed by the koch brothers. in round one

complicated legacy, but he's also remembered for his role in helping bring down communism in eastern europe, delia. >> yeah, he had an enormous impact in the world of his times and his role in the coming down of the iron curtain is probably exhibit "a." we'll remember that in 1979, he made his first homecoming to poland. [ speaking foreign language ] >> we'll just listen in now as pope francis provides the homily of mass during this canonization ceremony. >> translator: and thomas was present. jesus turned to him and told him to touch his wounds. whereupon that man, so straightforward and accustomed to testing everything personally. my order, my god. the wounds of jesus are a scandal, a stumbling block for faith. yet, they're also the test of faith. that's why on the body of the risen christ, the wounds never pass away. they remain, for those wounds are the enduring sign of god's love for us. they're essential for believing in god, not for believing that god exists, but for believing that god is love, innocence and faithfulness. st. peter quoting isaiah writes to christians, "by his wounds

troops going into eastern europe. i am bill hemmer. >> and i am doing well. and 160 soldiers a ratifying for war games. there are reports that more russian soldiers pouring in eastern ukraine. they join us live from the pentagon, jennifer? >> you are right. roughly 150 u.s. paratroopers arrived in poll land this morning. the army company brig ad team will begin exercises with nato- poland today. other paratroopers are sent to estoppia and close tore russia to send a signal that the u.s. and nato will not accept adventurism in the baltecs. they are expected to arrive monday. their deployment is a direct response to russian aggression in ukraine. >> what would be helpful if they removed the forces and respect the sovereignty, of ukraine. we'll reassure our nato allies and partners how seriously we take our obligation. >> the fighter jets are deployed to poll land and 150 troops doesn't sound like a lot. and critics know they are not deployed to ukraine proper. joe boyd bide is armed with 150 million in nonlethal aid. and russian foreign minister are accused the

there was some talk we made about factories in eastern europe. is that the direction of travel? part of the question pending today. are they going to announce a low car strategy? they have been able to penetrate all of the emerging market with dean --. the partnership they have with forfeng would be a good -- them to renewed the production cost varied nothing announced on the lower-cost car. cost asre about premium a premium brand. the objective is to move in a like of od. it will take time. clearly, now, the objective is to reduce the number of cars they manufacture and make sure --y are a brand which are each other. the car sector, particularly the low end small car market is an structural decline. kids do not want cars and more. face on meet face to facebook or wherever else they want to meet. they do not need cars. what you do if you are trying to figure out a strategy for this brave new world? of the stronger challenge for all of the manufacturers worldwide. the car is different than what it was for two years ago. for two years ago, it was a way to emancipate, to leave your

jarazelski hadn't yet put them down, and i could see eastern europe unraveling. i was a little early as it turned out, but it looked like this was the end game here. i thought, well, maybe if i'm in this group, i can learn something about this. c-span: can anyone join? >> guest: no. you have to get two people who are members to sponsor you and then they pass on you. c-span: does it cost you some money? >> guest: no. c-span: what are the privileges of membership? >> guest: well, the privileges of membership were to go to a lot of meetings and hear the ambassador from belgium, if he was in town, give a little talk or the junior assistant under secretary of state for banking development give a talk if he was in town. the most interesting meeting i went to was maurice bishop, the dictator of grenada, who gave a talk not very long before he died. i remember he came with little bodyguards, and they were kids. they were like 17 years old, these kids in these uniforms with very fierce expressions checking everyone out. here we all were drinking tea out of our little pink

troops arrive in eastern europe as the crisis in the ukraine escalates. >> good morning to our viewerspe. good evening to those in asia and a very warm welcome to those just waking up in the united states. i'm guy johnson. >> i'm francine lacqua. this is "the pulse" live from bloomberg's european headquarters in london. >> coming up, the fourth dimension in film. how 4 dcinemark could be the ext big thing. >> we'll find out next. let's find out with tech earnings. another sign of weakening demands behind the smart phone. >> the price points, unsubsidized are down in some places $50. meaning more and more people can get access to smart phones and that is going to drive more services that use them to engage with them. even entry level smart phones have a higher degree of content. >> the c.e.o. of arm. apple release earnings today. facebook will also report results. joining us now with the details is caroline hyde and jonathan fero. we're starting to see a little bit of a slowdown creeping through. and the turation point high-end smart phone. where arm gets money from is licensing. you li

troops touched down in eastern europe they will be deployed for military exercises meant to bolster the allies there. more are due in estonia latvia and lithuania next week. stationed along ukraine's eastern border, today's russia's foreign minister said russia will respond if they are attacked. u.s. calling those comments ludicrous. and an american journalist is in the hands of pro-russian forces tonight. the correspondent could be a spy. he was detained in slovyansk, one of the cities that the forces are trying to driver out pro-russian activists. jacky rowland are reports. >> they have heard the acting president has relaunched the so-called antique terrorist operations but they say they are not worried. >> this is not the first ultimatum. secondly, we don't consider any of his words to be action. he doesn't do anything. he's just a false governor and this whole government is illegitimate. >> this is going to focus on breaking up what the government in kyiv says is gangs. but the pro-russian activates say they are ready to attack. they know the last time kyiv sent the army in many sol

it looks like eastern europe and it does not. and then you have a pessimistic view that the entire domestic spring is about the islamists and nothing can be done in the societies are not ready. in my book and make the case that it's neither one or the other. it's both at the same time so you are right from 9/11 until 2011 that decade had gigantic efforts in the region. we removed the taliban. we removed saddam hussein. we gave space in those two spots for societies to emerge and to play the game of democracy. nanny in washington forget that the next peaceful nonviolennonviolen t revolutions which have failed that they were there were impressed by what was happening in afghanistan and women for in the parliament. it was not only the baath party but many parties. it was a mediocre democracy but that is how democracies begin. so i make the case in this book that the arab spring was influenced by two presidents. one was the -- of lebanon 1.8 million people in 2005. it was not entirely successful because hezbollah's rap -- weapons rem

they are expected to discuss ways to help ukraine and reassure allies in eastern europe. earlier the parliament approved a series of joint military exercises with nato countries that would put u.s. troops in direct proximity to russian forces in crimea. russia says it ordered a partial withdrawal of its troops along the border with ukraine. nato says not according to their information. emily buchanan reports. >>> two giants of german literature. this monument to their close friendship in the city of viemar, deeper ties between france, germany and poland. the three foreign ministers met here before the nato meeting. >> translator: we have to continue the action that we have begun. we have to maintain european unity. we have to support the ukrainian authorities. and we have to engage in dialogue with the russian authorities. >> on his tour last week, president obama reinforced the u.s. european bond. he made it clear if a nato country were attacked, there would be a common military response. russia's annexation of crimea has rattled nerves across eastern europe and the balt

and there's a power vacuum in eastern europe, even in the eastern states at nato.d what's been promised so far, a few aircraft, an additional ship in the black sea, some scheduled war games, mostly simulated war games with the ukrainians. that's really not enough, i think, to dissuade putin from doing something stupid. what we need is something far more robust, particularly by the united states. most people don't know it, greg, but the united states does not have a single battle tank left in europe, and this is extraordinary. so, it's time to gradually build up american power, move it to the east in places like poland and the baltic states, put a presence, a nato presence on the ground that's substantial. putin fears military power. nato is far more powerful than the russian military. it's time to sort of do something about it. >> well, and the russians fear the m-1 abrams tank, right? >> yes. >> so, in addition to those, which are not there -- >> right. >> and they likely should be, at least in europe, anyway. what about aerial technology? >> yeah, that's very imp

nato suspends dialogue with russia and says it will ramp up its military presence in eastern europe a measure that critics call counterproductive plus. we struggle to save the i have two children and my husband left. hundreds of ethnic armenians forced to flee a small syrian town of cosatu after being stormed by islamic extremists. in moscow i metro's are bring you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news and eastern ukraine hundreds of protesters took over administrative buildings in three major cities harkov dynamic and lugansk according to reports at least two people were injured activists are calling central coup established authorities illegitimate and calling for the federal is ation of the country where if an ocean reports. we see tensions are escalating in at least three bixi chased off eastern ukraine in donetsk known as the region's industrial capital and in its in ukraine's biggest city off of protesters who claim they do not recognize key as new authorities and they refuse to consider them as legitimate and legal power of ukraine occupied the regional governme

nato allies up russia's border and considers sending more troops to eastern europe following the ukrainian crisis is sticking to long held traditional breaking promises made to moscow to plant. the project that was supposed to be a symbol of hope is now falling apart and too many areas look something like this. trying to the millions start an unschooled in afghanistan as we begin our special coverage of the presidential election a vote the taliban has pledged to make as bluntly as possible. also of billions roll into the greek economy as the eurozone signs off on a long awaited loan but there's a little relief for business owners to still struggling back. on the coldest city are now about moves a run south wall to hunt for hidden treasures as this siberian winter falls. international news and comment live from moscow this is our to international with me. hello and a very warm welcome to the program new nato military bases could be about to appear on russia's borders with eastern europe foreign ministers from the alliance are discussing whether to bolster their presence of following the cri

russia had demanded answers from the alliance for at that duties and eastern europe. nato promised that it would be beefing up defenses of its eastern members. here is the secretary-general denying the nato was coming back on an agreement with russia. >> we have not violated the declaration and i am surprised that russia can claim that nato has violated its commitments. violating every principal and international commitments it has made. first and foremost, the commitment not to invade other countries. >> israel has canceled releases.n prisoner the palestinian decision to resume its push for recognition at the united nations. the middle east peace process the john kerry has put so much political counsel into and it was a frustrated secretary of state who appealed to leaders of both sides to get back to the negotiating table. >> in the end, my friend, as all of you know, you can facilitate, you can push, you can now just, -- nudge, but the parties themselves have to make fundamental decisions and compromises. the leaders have to lead. they have to be able to see a momen

. >>> well 40 minutes ago, nato announced its represence in eastern europe. they are worried violence in ukraine will spill into their land. critics are demanding a more aggressive stance. republicans senator mccain wants to defend against a russian attack. >>> back here at home, 21 people were wounded in a knife attack last wednesday. they went to an open house to comfort each other and some say they are trying to recover psychologically. they are trying to come through with the emotional return. >> it is really important we love each other and stick together. >> i love you all and i wanted to tell you that. >> she is a school hours in at the middle school and she was there helping that day. >> four injured students are still in the hospital. the 16-year-old suspect remains in juvenile detention though he is charged as an adult with aggravated assault. >>> they are hiring several people to investigate the rape cases on campus. >> i was raped during my first year at cal. >> women who say they were is a salted -- assaulted are joining spear to tell their stori

allies in eastern europe. rosalind jordan is in washington with this. what more do we know about the announcement? >> these are paratroopers from the 133rd airbrorn based in italy. they'll go to poland for a month-long rotation of on-the-ground infantry exercise. they are not the only paratroopers being deployed. 450 other paratroopers from the 173rd will be headed to lithuania, latvia and estonia. all four countries have one thing in common - they have a border with russia. what the u.s. is arguing is that this is a part of its obligation to these countries, since they are members of n.a.t.o., to help these countries haens their defence -- enhance their defense capability and reassure them that the u.s. will stand by them should anything untoward happen. >> russia's aggression in ukraine has renewed our resolve to strengthen defense plans and capabilities, and demonstrate commitment and reinforcing our native allies in central and eastern europe. a company-sized contingent of paratroops from the 173rd ipp fantry combat team, airborne, based in vin when

troops landed in eastern europe and it is intended to show as a message to russia. and on russian television, they accused the u.s. of being behind in the western ukraine. >> i don't have any reasons not to believe that americans are running the show in a very close way. >> i think many of the claims he made in his interview are ludicrous and another 400 u.s. troops to sonia, latvia in the coming days. >>> and the city of albany is planning on paying $300,000 to all the homeless. 28 people live there but not all of them decided to take the money because they had to agree to stay out of the parks. everybody who didn't take the settlement money had to move. >> we were happy to get something for those people who got it and we are sad is this community will being be gone. now it is helping to work with social services. two property owners are accused of from couldn't vern are -- couldn't of the verting. hey said they are making the city's affordable shortage of rental space even worse. if he wins he will have to pay for the violations as well as turnover any illegal pro

why is the action of russia going into crimea and now eastern europe -- ukraine, illegal in the united states' point of view? you both said it was illegal, so why is it illegal? >> yes, sir. thank you for that question. undertaking the actions they did, the russians have violated their commitments under the u.n. charter. that's from a legal standpoint from a political standpoint, they've violated -- well, they have broken commitments made under the 1994 budapest memorandum as well as the commitments thurnt ehelsinki final act, among others. >> ms. friedt, do you have any other comments other than what mr. hartley has said on why the action is illegal? >> no, sir, i think mr. hartley is -- has answered the question. >> when i was in ukraine, in recent weeks, talked to other heads of state in the areas, they're not the only country that's concerned about their territorial integrity. mull doe va, other form -- moldova, other former soviet republics, not yet in nato and some that are in nato, are there concerns warranted? mr. hartley? >> yes, sir, if i may, the -- of course >> i'm talking

plus -- hundreds of american troops are headed to eastern europe as the crisis in ukraine lingers. and -- stephen colbert visits david letterman. what he said a man is dead after crashing to chicago police officers hit by a car during a call on the west side. >> the man is dead after crashing into a c-t-a bus on the south side. we are *live with the latest. and the republican nominee for illinois governor, bruce rauner, takes a stand on immigration reform. good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm cortney hall in for erin. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. >> it's cool this morning we do warm-up later. we are expecting showers to come through tonight. we do need that rain. right now we do have very cold readings. 37 in oakland. we have dry conditions. rain is out to the west. it should arrive at 9:00 p.m.. by 5:00 p.m. 54 degrees. highs in the mid 50s today. by 9:00 p.m. we're down to 44. not as chile overnight. but more we have a 70 percent chance of showers. 66 degrees. friday's sunshine. we cooled down for the weekend with highs in the '50s. >> we do have overni

- the leader of a turkish organized crime gang - trafficked more than 130 women - mostly from eastern europe - to holland's red light districts. each woman was tattooed with his gang's brand: each was forced to service 20 clients a day. they behaved in a very brutal way. we have seen cases of forced abortion, we've seen cases of forced tattoo of pimps name on girls; some girls were beaten up and to hide the bruises they were put in cold water. they were beaten up in a terrible way. >> for dutch prosecutors, the baran case was a warning that the dutch experiment in legalizing prostitution had worsened - not solved - the problem of international sex slavery >> we thought in 2000 that liberal view to prostitution would stamp out trafficking but that proved to be very wrong 60 - 70% per cent of the women in this case were forced to work in legalized prostitution. it is modern slavery. trafficking human beings is a kind of modern slavery. >> five thousand miles away in america. the man who once led the global fight against slavery has long argued that holland is the cause of - not the solution to

allies in central and eastern europe. a company-sized troopers from 173rd infant try brigadry briga. this is the first in a series of expanded u.s. land force training activities in poland and the baltic region that are scheduled to take place for the next few months and beyond. additional companies from the 173rd will move in the coming days to lithuania, latvia and estonia for similar exercises. >> let's get more from roslind jordan, she joins us from washington, d.c. talk us through what the u.s. has decided to do? >> well, what the u.s. has decided to do, darren, is to send 150 pai 150 paratroopers fe 173rd. first poland, lithuania, latvia, they will all be on the ground by the end of this week. by sunday night according to the pentagon. they are going to be there in open ended rotating exercises. it's assumed they will have a full compliment of weapons with them, that this would not be just dry drills with their counterparts in those four countries. this is a step which the secretary of defense chuck hagel has author