was it that they sensed that they could get all of eastern europe free and win eastern europe? as an objective. >> i think that for reagan and scholz, they had a framework for the topics to negotiate with the soviets. it is something that they called the four-part framework. bilateral relations, arms controls, human rights, and covering a number of -- one might have called them proxy conflicts. in the highest level interactions between scholz, it is about how we broker specific arms-control deals and enhance stability. that was on his mind after the shoot down in the fall of 1983. he was concerned about the prospect of not having dialogue, even if it meant yelling at each other for a few minutes. they had to sit down. the soviets walked out of negotiations in geneva that fall. i think that reagan stressed mostly the same things. although, he was a more romanticized view. "think about the two of us coming back and looking at what we have accomplished." i think that was very important, in terms of building trust. speaking in moscow, in 1988, saying that he does not view the sovie

eastern only on al jazeera america >> you're watching al jazeera. my name is david forfeit and these are the top -- forfeit and these are thfoster andhere are . top of a four day visit to europe by president obama. expected to visit the newly elected president of the ukraine. here we see lew hans, this is in eastern ukraine. separatists issuing an ultimatum to troops in a government guard base in luhansk. ignored so far. >>> syria's state tv says polling places will stay open another five hours, to give people a chance to choose their next president, the same that they've had for the last 13 years. >>> spain's king juan carlos has appeared in public for first time with his son. tens of thousands of people took to the streets on monday marching and chanting against the monarchy. reporting from el escoriale. >> in his first appearance since the abdication, king juan carlos looked frail. his son always by his side. the king might have lost his popularity in recent years but to many people here he will always be remembered as the man who made democracy possible and united spain. >> we are a different people but all that has the king, the king of spain. >> reporter: the gra gran g

with russia they're not seeing the dividing lines being drawn geopolitically and politically in eastern europe that they were hoping for the polish leadership wants to be a leader wants to be in a leadership capacity in europe remember that sikorsky is presumed to be one of the leading candidates for taking over the leadership of the new foreign policy from catherine ashton so again there's a lot of political and geopolitical and diplomatic ties that really go into this this this current flap the controversy itself is secondary to the much more deeply frayed relationship. the broader picture about new technology spying on new technology etc etc we've all said things privately to other people that maybe don't actually make just a need to the moment blowing off steam maybe we should give the guy a break here know and what does it say about the wider implications of diplomatic conversations being blown wide open. well nobody is suggesting that everything that one says in private is necessarily one hundred percent representative of one's personal feelings but i think that the leaked recording of a

it is a timely moment for president obama to be in eastern europe, given the travails that have faced ukraine in the last few months. the tensions with moscow once again, and an opportunity once again to reassure perhaps central eastern european countries that this part of the world still remains as mr. obama said yesterday, sacrosanct in washington's mind. our correspondent adam eaten is in warsaw following events. >> president obama has chosen warsaw to come here to deliver a speech because of its symbolic nature. 25 years ago, poland overthrew the dominance of moscow. it held the first partially free elections in the former soviet bloc. the pro democracy movement solidarity won all the seats that they contested and communism was over in poland. within months the berlin wall had collapsed. for president obama, the message today is going to be that that story, that polish success story has resonance for the region today, especially for ukraine. for example, in 1990, the ukrainian and polish economies were about the same size but with the consolidation of democracy in poland, with the

nations in central and eastern europe standing tall as proud democracies. a europe that is more integrated, more prosperous and more secure. we must never forget that the spark for so much of this revolutionary change, this blossoming of hope, was lit by you, the people of poland. [applause] history was made here. the victory of 1989 was not inevitable. it was the culmination of centuries of polish struggle, at times in this very square. the generations of poles who rose up and finally won independence. the soldiers who resisted invasion, from the east and the west. the righteous among the nations -- among them jan karski -- who risked all to save the innocent from the holocaust. the heroes of the warsaw ghetto who refused to go without a fight. the free poles at normandy and the poles of the home army who -- even as this city was reduced to rubble -- waged a heroic uprising. we remember how, when an iron curtain descended, you never accepted your fate. when a son of poland ascended to the chair of saint peter, he returned home, and here, in warsaw, he inspi

. >> let me answer that question, if i may and come back to eastern europe and enlargement. it is interesting with the progress in europe, the term banking union did not exist three years ago. we used it the first time in 2012 and it's amazing how farthings have moved on that front. in terms of banking unions, we have always talked ant three strands of it. the single supervisor, a single resolution, and some form of risk sharing common backstop. on the first, there's clearly been process. faster than people have expected. i think on single resolution there's been progress but perhaps not as much as not as deep as some like us have been advocating. but there is some progress. where there is least progress is in terms of backstop and risk sharing. that is what is in the interest of the union and what is political acceptable nationally becomes in conflict. one of those strands is precisely what you mentioned is the link between sovereign and the banks. that link is very troublesome during times of stress. of course, those times of stress have passed. so the urgency, despite the

goinge chinese what was on in eastern europe they saw liberale little gorbachevs in eastern europe but faith,t true to the communist faith anyway. shesku was a pillar of the old communist regime. when he goss assassinated you see theyost visibly were shocked and clamped down on our relationship as well. them to death. >> just generalized, though, at remind me if my dates are wrong, we also had the that point with panama. >> yes. >> what people often forget is historically you take things out of context. june 4 in china. but at the white house at that time you have 14 other things on.g and this didn't necessarily jump out of your in box and say pay me.ntion to >> exactly. because eastern europe was in a ferment at that top story timed shortly after june the president europe which was really quite a remarkable trip. awakening of eastern europe. >> i mean it is also true i that china had real options in a way that eastern europe did not in that the party could have moved toward greater democracy. >> yes. >> and it could have held elections and actually won them. you know, controlling the

that's how we could help thwart russian aggression in eastern europe. so technically, the united states can export natural gas, but the approval process is slow as ma lasas. it's the -- malassas. it's the government. the government wraps the companies in red tape. many times we can lose these natural gas contracts to our competitors. i support this legislation and i thank the gentleman for bringing it to the floor, and that's just the way it is. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california continues to reserve. the gentleman from colorado. mr. gardner: i thank the chairman and at this point i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. lance: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in strong support of h.r. 6, the domestic prosperity and global freedom act, championed by my friend and colleague on the energy and commerce committee, congressman gardner of colorado, a true leader in this area. and this act will help expedite approval of u.s. liqu

obama is meeting on the europe leaders of central and eastern european countries. nda is crisis in ukraine and annexation of crimea. that sparked this announcement by the united states of a billion dollars to be spent on bolstering troop equipment for europe. jo jonathan is with me. are people going to say this is enough? >> they probably -- you know, they are the ones that want to see reinsurance. particularly the baltic states. i was there at one of the military exercises where british troops were sent over. tom countries want a permanent nato military presence in their country. >> that comes at a huge cost doesn't it? >> it comes at a huge cost. also when america has talked about a pivot ease. that's the contrast. >> the white house said the billion will not come at the expense of the asian pacific -- >> something is going to have to give. defense budgets are cut. >> let's listen to president obama speaking now. >> to you and polish people, i want to thank you for welcoming me back to poland today. it is an honor to be here to celebrate 25 years of freedom. mr. p

but now for the first time, a lockup crew travels to eastern europe and goes behind the wall of six maximum security prisons. >> there was a moment there where it was like, wait a second. this is a little different. [ chanting ] >> it's one of europe's oldest city, with a history scarred by war. it was invaded not once but twice by attila the hun. even today its ministry of defense building stands in ruins from nato bombings in 1999. this is belgrade. capital city of serbia. less than two miles from the city center is serbia's largest and most infamous prison. centrale socmore. known locally as cz. >> my parents are from belgrade so there was a bit more emotion going to a prison in serbia than say other prisons around the world. cz has an ominous reputation for serbs. it's where inmates went in, and then you'd never see them again. >> cz opened its doors in 1950 and has housed countless political prisoners, including opponents of the late serbian president slobodan milosevic. many were still there when milosevic himself was incarcerated here in 2001, while awaiting trial for corruption and

barack obama threw his weight behind eastern europe, saying it would not stand alone. he gave a speech in warsaw after telling the ukrainian president-elect that the u.s. is absolutely committed to the ukraine's future. china turns over security to try to snuff out any commemoration of the pro-democracy protests at kamman square -- tiananmen square. -- 25 been 30 years since years since troops left thousands dead. looks ---assad reelection looks to be all the foregone conclusion. ♪ >> also coming up for you this hour, tom cruise makes a new record, screening his movie in three countries in just one day. we will get the latest from the paris premiere of "edge of tomor row." and this friday marks the 70th anniversary of d-day but this day some history buffs will be commemorating the anniversary underwater. footage of the wreckage of some of the votes that brought allied troops onto the normandy beaches. but first, barack obama has thrown his weight behind the u.s. commitment to its nato allies. the u.s. president's speech in warsaw was a show of solidarity with eastern e

partners in eastern europe which are the nato partners, but he also mentioned georgia, ukraine, and moldova. these one billion, this will go into bilateral agreements. this means that u.s. troops are rotated into this country. this is somewhat separate. at the same time we hear noises coming out of russell's. nato should be more flexible. they should be able to go much quicker. this is to bolster the defense spending. this is the u.s. going ahead, providing the action security that these eastern european countries so long for in these days of crises. >> following barack obama' poland. we will move over to syria where voting is underway and the country is highly controversial. holy stations worked this morning but only in government controlled areas. >> this is taking place during the bloody civil war in syria. the u.n. estimates more than a third is internally displaced. serious president and many of his critics have called a sham. >> supporters demonstrate outside of damascus. most people are pro-assad. they cheer for the president as he cast his ballot. these voters are not too worried ab

it is also part of nato's stepped-up presence across central and eastern europe. >> with that, obama left the hanger with the polish president. the type especially poignant as it comes on the 25th anniversary of free elections after communist rule. travel to will brussels. before we see what happens in france, we go to our correspondent in warsaw following the american president's visit. has the president met with the wishs? >> his words are going in the right direction, but not far enough to realize the pols wildest dreams, which is to have a nato base permanently on polish soil. the polish president was dropping strong hints in that direction when he said there should be no second-class nato members. that could be interpreted as a reference to the deal that the tacitly struck with russia, which is there would not be nato bases on the soil of those countries. he pols state russia's occupation of crimea should wipe the slate of any deal of that kind. the polish prime minister has been stressing in interviews recently just what a thing to do that was, that and ex-ation that ea, the fi

. >> where is the perception in ukraine and eastern europe?ou have been across eastern europe in the last few months. what's the perception of american authority there, american power and influence. >> a disenchantment with the u.s., and really with our friends. what president obama has done in the last five years is manage to alienatary make anxious allies while encouraging foreign enemies. people still obviously turn to us for leadership, but it's true in europe, the middle east, in asia, and pakistan and afghanistan, he's put zero troops in afghanistan by 2016. >> direct quote from the speech, from europe to asia, we are the hub of alliances unrivaled in the history of nations. it's not true. our allies at the moment do not trust saudi arabia sperated itself from the united states. there's a kind of literally other worldliness about barack obama's view of the world. that's the thing that's so troubling about it. much of what he said is not true. >> i think it's a very narrow definition of what american interests are. he put a bar so high on

several african countries struggle with local security threats and tensions mount in eastern europe. industry experts say it's not surprising these regions rich with resources also foster conflict. >> very rapid changes. regional power struggles. and so we see the consequences of our springs. we see the consequences of vacuums being opened up in syria. other forces to regroup and take interest in iraq. bad interest in iraq. >> by itself, interruption in iraq wouldn't steeply impact global supplies. it would lead to major decline. >> libya's output tumbled from the year before in 2013. this year, production has ground to a near halt. nigeria, which had problems in 2008 and 2009 is experiencing a massive crime wave that's caused several companies to close wells. then there's eastern europe, where russia is cutting off natural gas supplies to ukraine, after two countries failed to strike agreement on payment. >> if the crisis between ukraine and russia escalates. there's going to be another anxiety premium on the world's energy markets. >> there's one country that could help diversify a

and he made this clear when he hit the ground in poland this morning, focusing on security in eastern europe with our allies there, trying to reassure them. right now he's holding a news conference with the president of poland, and one of the things that they focused on is trying to maintain relations with russia in that region, while condemning their actions in ukraine. president obama arrived in warsaw this morning to commemorate the 25th anniversary of free elections in poland. but the focus of this trip is urging our eastern european allies to keep the pressure on russia, to back off in ukraine. >> we have begun rotating additional ground troops and f-16 aircraft into poland and this is going to help our forces train together. >> reporter: mr. obama and russian president vladimir putin will both attend events commemorating the 70th anniversary of d-day, but there is no one on one plans between them. putin's scheduled to sit down with france's president and britain's prime minister, but not mr. obama. the state department calls russia hypocritical, calling for peace in ukraine, while send

allies in eastern europe, following russia's annexation of crimea. they had been impressed by petero poroshenko's vision. obama administration said the g7 meeting will be important to show the international community stands behind them. james, appears to be a friendly relationship between barack obama and petero poroshenko. >> does seem friendly. president obama met him in poland and is speaking in poland, the events very much the planned - the plan to be the - to anticipate what is going to happen at the g7, praising the polls for their struggle to overthrow commune. >>. i suspect toon he'll make comparisons with ukraine. he announced aid for ukraine, some $5 million to provide equipment like night vision goggles for the ukranian forces. nothing that they could fight off a russian attack with. i think have eight there to show support for the ukranian people and the new president elected 11 days ago. a man that president obama says was a wise selection by the ukranian people. having made that judgment about the new ukranian leader. later on in a coup

if you take the perspective of integrating eastern europe or raising living standards in the whole of europe over the past 50 years, i think the european story is a major global success. having said that, i will now come to my normal job. i think the challenge, what you mentioned, the relationship between economic distress and what you see in opinion polls and what is translated into election results is very striking. and at the heart of it at the moment is the challenge of jobs and growth, what anne mentioned earlier. that is at the heart of the problems. and the unacceptable high levels of unemployment. the question moving forward is how to address that, because from a political social perspective, it is remarkable over the last three or four years of economic stress that we have seen a lot of hardship. we have not seen the sort of social structure from fromcial strife emerging-market crisis or in earlier episodes of crisis in the world. but the sustainability of that requires job creation. it requires reducing unemployment. what jacques mentioned earlier, many european economies ha

what- letme answer-that question and >> i will come back eastern europe. is interesting in terms of progress in europe. didterm balancing union not exist three years ago. we used it in the first time in our europe consultation in 2012, and it is amazing how far things have moved on that front. in terms of banking union, we have always talked about three strands of it. the single supervisor, a single resolution, and some form of risk sharing. i think on the first of those there has clearly been progress. faster than people have be ated -- is going to supervisor and the process for that is an array. on single resolution, there has been progress, but perhaps not as much and not as the as some like us have been advocating. but there is some progress, and that is probably where there is least progress in terms of backstop and risk sharing, and that is where what is in the interest of the union and what is politically acceptable nationally becomes in conflict. is that one of those strands precisely what you mentioned, is the link between sovereign and the banks.

. >> in eastern europe. like progress in europe. and three years ago. and how far things have moved in that front. in terms of the banking union, we talked about three strands of it, the single supervisor, single resolution and some form of risk sharing. on the first of those, clearly there has been progress, they expected ecb is a single supervisor and that is well underway. on single resolution progress, perhaps not as much or not as deep as some of us have been advocating. that is probably where there is least progress in terms of risk sharing. and the interest of the union and politically acceptable nationally becomes in conflict and one of those is precisely what you mention, the link between suffering and the banks. that link was very troublesome. during times of stress and in those times of stress have passed and the urgency despite the declaration in june of 2012 breaking that link there has been some progress, not sufficient progress if there's a recurrence of stress, that is a problem. in terms of what you mentioned, sovereign paper is risk fr

have a listen to what he had to say and notice the clear message to other countries in eastern europe as we have been reminded by russia's aggression in ukraine, our free nations cannot be complacent in pursuit of the vision we share. a europe that is whole and free and at peace. we have to work for that. we have to stand with those who seek freedom. [applause] concretems of deliverables, $5 million in aid for nonlethal weapons. he also announced his plan to ask congress for another billion dollars for some sort of relief fund for eastern europe. that needs to go through the political process. >> before i let you go, the that are there at that meeting -- are they expecting the united states to lead on the issue of russia and ukraine? >> the expectation will be unanimously. the u.s. or eu to get too far out in front of the other bodies. at the idea is to come out of this with a unified statement and have everyone be on the same page there. the idea of the u.s. playing good cop and the european union playing bad cop is the one leadersthat all of the don't want. >> joining us live from b

your opinion. >>> nato has confirmed it's planning to bolster it's military presence in part of eastern europee baltics and the black sea. president obama announced that they will boost their presence in europe. it's a response to russia' annexation of the crimea region and the ongoing tension in the countriecountry's east. >> what we witnessed in ukraine is a wake-up call and based on that, political leaders in particular in europe, should review their defense spending. >>> and al jazerra's diplomatic editor james bays is in brussels where there have been meetings. >> reporter: nato is put be pressure pressure russia with these measures, in the air extra nato fighter aircraft at sea, already there are two nato fleets, one in the eastern med mediterranean and one in the baltic sea we may see nato ships now in the black sea too and on the ground a series of recent exercises by nato in the baltic countries, we are being told there will be now continual exercises and temporary deployments in eastern europe, close to the border with russia to keep that up pressure russia. having said all of that,

leader pledges a billion dollars for more troops and military drills in eastern europe while hailing ukraine's incoming president for taking the right path to resolving the crisis. eight civilians are reportedly killed by a military air raid in eastern ukraine allegedly targeting the city center which gave denies the we the images which seem to capture the attack. syrians cast their vote in a presidential election under the shadow of civil war with the rebels promising attacks on polling stations. and on the fraud alert out that milestone election day out of a prestigious german newspaper reveals he voted twice sparking worries that dual citizenship allowed many europeans to do the same. national coming to you live from the russian capital on marine josh. now the u.s. president is promising a billion dollar boost to america's military presence in europe brock obama says he'll send more troops and equipment to step up the region security amid the ukrainian crisis he made the announcement on a visit to poland obama reassured warsaw off on dying support while addressing polish and americ

. >> the soviet system in eastern europe had the seeds of its own destruction we see the problems at the very beginning. with the attempt to control all institutions and all parts of the economy but when you do that and tried to control everything you create opposition everywhere. to tell all artists and one artist's death says no. you have just made him into a political dissident. off if you tell a boy scout troops they cannot be boys scouts but young pioneers. and one group decides they don't like that. so they formed the underground group and a very happened and those underground as scout groups were popular in poland now there is also other political opponents. >> i am going back through a series i have read before centering on our presidents i get started on reading the book on truman. and how they solved problem santa friesen we're doing it is because our nation faces a variety of problems is the action based leadership to put solutions on the table. >> so today get something on margaret thatcher i every day on her. and doing some genealogy online with some research to works he

and i said before we went to eastern europe, i want some sign that my family had been here. maybe a gravestone, or a land record, some sign. we go down this road in rural poland, and there is my name on the roadside sign. without the "o." i mean, that is my name, that is my family name. it was a very moving moment. you can see how rural it is. they still had horse carts. nathan kallison would have still had business. they were still using harnesses. i will say briefly one story, which i think many of you can relate to because i said to our guide -- i want to go to the railroad station because i heard all of the stories from my grandfather. as a young man, it was a railhead, it was a provincial capital. he did a lot of errands from his father. when he stole money from his father and went to palestine for the first time, he went from that rail station. i had heard 100 stories about that rail station. and he said to me -- you are in luck because i know the place, and it is the only building, still looks the way was when your grandfather was here a hundred years ago. as i said,

>> i would say latin america, asia, and eastern europe.ey have a potential growth rate of over 10% over the next five years. >> what does that tell us about how these regions have responded to the global economic downturn? a couple of years removed from the recession, our people now investing there? >> i would say that they are back on their heels, but at the same time they have strong gdp growth in the regions where the new wealth is being created. >> offshore wealth is impacted by political and financial stability, rising and falling due to a lot of unforeseen geopolitical circumstances. private wealth, where is it being booked? how is it being affected by be patriot nation efforts and by the efforts of some countries to try to get taxes from people they say are innovating paying them? >> offshore is the new challenge, yes? not dead. i would say a lot of the banks are undergoing transformation. we do see repatriation in the old world, like in europe and north america. but there is also continued inflow. we have big inflow that we see fro

putin has alarmed people all across eastern europe and parts of central asia so i don't think he has won very much. an event that marks d-day and normandy. let's not forget russians with human sacrifice lost more people in world war ii than the united states. russia paid an enormous price and so did ukraine. and it's only appropriate that the leaders of those countries should be armed. >> thank you both so much. just ahead, developing right now, he is prepared for war. a man drives up to a courthouse, throwing out spike strips, gas grenades, firing shots. police now say his home may be boobie trapped. and bowe bergdahl is free to speak with his family now. test ? you! you told us your number one olive garden dishes. now they're part of our 2 for $25 guest favorites! featuring for the very first time your all time favorite dish, creamy chicken alfredo. and our seductive shrimp mezzaluna you loved so much we brought it back. unlimited salad and breadsticks, two entrees, and dessert. it's our most inspired 2 for $25 ever. olive garden. we're all family here. discover 70 pronto lunch com

now it is the modern capital of central and eastern europe.of the foreign delegations. the city celebrity and sweet fifth anniversary of freedom. [applause] [speaking polish] the declaration of freedom has been designed especially for the president of poland. it is open to be signed by anyone who subscribes to its value is. in a moment, it will be read out by you. -- for you. >> warsaw declaration of freedom. citizens of free and united dated by solidarity in our love of freedom and joined warsaw inther here in 2014, marking the 25th anniversary of the victorious election where the selection of solidarity ushered in major translations -- transitions and countries in central and eastern europe. view that freedom and solidarity represent fundamental values on which people should base their relation. our profound attachment to values that represent the common heritage of our free nation. and the source of human rights. the source of the rule of law. -- fundamental edibles principles of democracy. we real for me appreciations that respectful human

it's also part of nato's stepped up presence across central and eastern europe. >> president obama speaking in warsaw moments ago. let's discuss this with bbc defense correspondent. interesting the polish president said they would decrease defense spending to 2% of gdp. is there any guarantee congress is going to support this? what difference is it going to make? >> there's no guarantee congress will support. these are difficult times. with that said, it's unlikely they would block this. there are republicans as well as democrats who see russia as a problem. in fact republicans who are rather annoyed u.s. commitment to europe -- last year i went on the nato exercise. 200 u.s. troops involved post ukraine. suddenly military exercising taking place this coming week. you have seen a step up in commitments of asset, military jets flown up in the baltic states and poland as well. the promise from president obama they would put more men and equipment in european countries. it has changed. something big has changed. a billionle sounds like a lot of money and is a lot of money, but you have to bear

morning, president obama was in poland to speak about the united states commitment to central and eastern europeke viqueira was in warsaw this morning. >> reporter: president obama can't say it enough in his trip here to warsaw poland. 2pols and east turn europeans the united states, nato are there for poland and the rest of eastern european including the baltics. there is a long and bloody history as was pointed out by the polish pred him self standing next to president obama himself. he came here early wednesday morning and delivered the message in person to the polish public. >> i have come to warsaw today on paragraph of the united states. on behalf of the nato alliance to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to poland's security. article 5 is clear an attack on one is an attack a on all. as allies we had a solemn duty a binding treaty to defend your territorial area. and we will. we stand now and forever for your freedom is ours. poland will never stand-alone. >> reporter: before his speech here in castle square, president obama met with the ukrainian president elect, he promised to cooperate

personnel, army and air force units continuously rotating through allied countries in central and eastern europe and we will be stepping up our partnerships with friends like ukraine, maldova and georgia as they provide for their own defense. calling on congress to give $1 billion to support this effort which will show america's commitment to our nato allies. >> cnn white house correspondent jim accosta is live in warsaw. how much distance is there between what the ukrainian president wants and what the u.s. president is able to deliver? >> reporter: well, we heard president obama at the news conference yesterday say that he knows the ukrainian president is very interested to hear what the u.s. president can deliver in terms of money, in terms of support from a defense standpoint. he also wants to talk about energy. the ukrainians know very well, as you know, john, that russia holds a lot of sway over their country when it comes to natural gas and energy imports into the ukraine. the president wants to hear the ukrainian leader, some ideas from him as to how he might be able to expedite that pro

ster coming one a new action plan, to move forward, some resources and infrastructure to eastern europe, possibly even looking at infrastructure for more permanent basis. we have seen a lot of exercises taking place. in the last few months well, they say they will keep up the pressure military exercises and temporary deployments in those countries like poland, right on the border. >> james, thank you very much indeed. germany top prosecutors claims that united states monitored the mobile. still to come this half hour. zam beans run out of patience for promised changes to the constitution. and the u.k. government move today prevent workers from being abused under drove zero hours contracts. stories on al jazeera. security has been ramped in a chinese capitol on the 25th anniversary of the tiananmen square protests. in ukraine,boarder guards ran out of ammunition and has to abandon their position. separatist fighters have since seize add second guard base, following a fierce two day battle. that's barack obama arriving a few minutes ago in brussells for the g. 7 meeting. offering new aid

would say we could also work with the poles and others in eastern europe so this is not just something the united states is doing. i think we have a lot of friends in the region in which we can enhance their capacity for and communications in ukraine and also bolster the ukrainian capacity in this regard as well. >> just to reinforce the earlier comments about social media, i think there is a huge voice in ukraine that knows how to speak for itself. it just needs resources. >> one final question, which is think, an important one, but which in the focus of ukraine we have not talked about , and that is the nuclear nonproliferation implications of what has happened in the ukraine . ukraine voluntarily surrendered their nuclear weapons that they inherited from the former soviet union in exchange for a commitment by russia as well as the u.k. in u.s. to respect ukraine's territorial integrity. are there implications for global nonproliferation regimes with the loss of crimea and the threat to eastern ukraine that a conclusion, that if ukraine had retained these nuclear weapons, the loss to

and we continue to go along in createster peace that instability in eastern europe and causes people to question the united states. mr. chairman, thank you. chairman, thank you very much. let me thank all of our witnesses for their extraordinary work. i want to thank the iri for their participation in monitoring the ukrainian elections. senator portman and i were there on the ground, had a chance to visit polling stations and had a chance to meet with the leadership of the country. we share your observations, and i thank you very much. similarmuch have observations. in your overall concern, the international order of dealing with these types of incursions is very much in jeopardy here, and this goes well beyond the ukraine. clearly what russia did in crimea, what they are doing in east ukraine, violates international commitments and agreements, etc. we go through all of them, including osce commitments. it is all being looked at in the china seas. i went from ukraine to vietnam. all i heard in vietnam was their concern about china in the south china seas. when i was in japan, i heard

. >> this is not something that we should believe is far away, somewhere in eastern europe.. it has to concern us because it affects the very basis of european security. we thought that we could trust each other. we thought that there was now a degree of predictability in european, in the european security architecture. that belief has been shattered. there is a lot of mistrust now, probably on both sides. and that needs to be rebuilt. that will take a long time. >> rose: we continue with one of my favorite comedians, john oliver. need i say more.

just having come from eastern europe, the stability in that region, the concern for security is paramount right now. they have seen russia doing what it has done, so the fact is we have not only the issue of ukraine to contend with -- and again, i know there is a likeness in that regard -- but they need to show tremendous strength and perseverance relative to eastern europe in general. a very important issue of great geopolitical significance. thank you all for being here, and i look forward to questions. >> let me introduce our panelists. harman, able jane former colleague of mine in the house. we welcome her back to the committee. we also have former ambassador pfeiffer, whoven is now with the brookings institution. our third panelist is former assistant to the panelist -- to nowpresident james jeffrey, the distinguished visiting fellow of the washington institute. next is mark green, former ambassador to canton neah and member of the house of representatives. someone who is no stranger to the committee. let me welcome you all to the committee. i will advise you that all of your full st

why wasn't it much more like the revolution in eastern europe in the early 1990's?dan does not like variables. >> i actually love variables. >> so do i. i really do. one variable we try to measure is of democratic you are. there are a lot of ways of doing this. one is a group of the university of maryland. you can go and look. policy for schoolers. they all jump. then move from autocracy, much more in the democratic zone, every single one experiences a nice jump. of the eight warsaw pact members only two of them have not made it. we will not see a jump. maybe ginny's yen. nowhere else. we will see much more continuity the question is why, and i think it comes to two things that we have always known. requires a level of economic development, state capacity, neither of which were present in the majority of arab countries. once you get into saying there are structural preconditions and economic developments people think i'm making an argument. this is the are you and that was alluded to. i actually think that such arguments are wrong. instead, what i am saying is, if y

to eastern europe in general so very important issue in the great geopolitical significance. thank you all for being here and i look forward to questions. >> let me introduce our panelist, the honorable jane harman president and ceo o prese woodrow wilson international center for scholars and former colleague in the house. we welcome you back to the committee and we also have to former ambassador to ukraine who is now with the brookings institution and the third panelist assistant for national security adviser james jeffrey nava distinguished visiting fellow at the institute and next president of the international republican institute and a former ambassador to tanzania and someone that is no stranger to the committee that the democratic institute. i will advise you that all of your statements will be included in the record. without objection i would ask you to summarize them in about five minutes or so and we will proceed in the order in which i introduced you. so jane, you are first. >> thank you mr. chairman and ranking member corker. both of you are dear friends of mine a

at the moment what you have is small deployments and exercises of nato and troops in eastern europe withs and aircraft and ships there but they are also now talking about maybe sending slightly more on a slightly more permanent basis that is the sort of thing that is being discussed but a limit to what they can do because i think it's fair to say none of the nato countries want to get in a military confrontation with europe and in the coming days we move to g-7 which is meeting also here in brussels and president obama will be coming here with leaders in brussels and again the diplomatic track doesn't look like it's much further they really can go. there is talk of more sanctions, some in e.u. and reluctant about sanctions and japan not keen to upset the russians. >> and, james, and the head of nato is talking tablet crisis in syria and the current election. >> reporter: yeah, the discussion here at nato is about ukraine and then probably in the next 24 hours move on to the subject of afghanistan and nato's troop presence there after 2014 but behind the scenes everyone is talking about t

it's still one of the main cliche about women from eastern europe, that all of them are prostitutes.ning, questions an what is the position of woman today? and we started to scream more and more. we became radical feminists. >> members of the group begin to realize the more provocatively they dress and undress, the more the press takes notice. >> we took off our tops, and the next day we found information about feminists' naked protests in nearly all languages of the world. >> they call their method sextremism. >> it's the name of tactic that we invented for ourselves. we realize that we have to be radical and we decided to be terrorists, peaceful terrorists. we're using our sex as weapon. >> naked protests are nothing new, but femin's signatures are their vocal militants and their use of messages inscribed directly on their body. >> it's not only -- they don't want to listen to us. they don't want to listen to our voice. they want to look at us. now they can see our naked bodies, but it's always reaching what we demand. >> 25-year-old elvere joined femin in 2012 after she witnessed

is that pretty clearly in anti-semitism was far more widespread deeply-rooted and violent in eastern europe and on the territory of the soviet union that was in germany during the first few decades of the 20th century. so the second major contention of that book is that virtually the entire, the overwhelming majority of german society subscribe to this fear lent so-called elimination is to anti-semitism and actively approved of the holocaust, that they all basically agreed that the jews should be killed because the jews ought to die it flies in the face of a huge amount of evidence that shows us is like every other society german society on an important question like this there was a huge variation and the character and the intensity of anti-semitic sentiment that homicidal anti-semitism of the most committed committed not thesis something they are shared by only 100 or 200,000 people at the mouse and the best evidence we have is that the overwhelming majority of the german people were not actively approving of genocide or persecution but that they were just indifferent. there was also the

refugees from eastern europe ukraine who have arrived in russia, the government has erected a refugee camp for the increasing numbers of people seeking shelter. the ukrainian president has offered to engage in talks with moderate rebels under certain conditions. >> i'm offering a peace plan. ukraine'ss to restore territorial integrity. peace is the priority. >> but few believe peace will come soon. pro-russian rebels refuse to recognize the cease-fire. they vow to defend the city against the ukrainian army at all costs. .s. secretary of state john kerry has made his first visit to egypt since the country elected its new president. aiming to ease tensions between the two countries amid concerns about the military's crackdown on its opponents. after cairo, kerry traveled to jordan where he is set to hold talks on the crisis in iraq. >> the iraqi army is hitting back. it carried out this operation just 90 kilometers north of baghdad. it's aiming to slow the islamist advance towards the capital. the defense ministry says government troops killed several militants. but elsewhere, the gover

president obama has announced he is planning to send more troops and military quitman to central and eastern europen response to ukraine. nigerian police now say they will allow peaceful protests in support of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted earlier. niger police announced a u-turn. military officers have been found to be undermining the fight of the military insurgents. sharply revise the country's death toll from the ers.s known as mur yearly 100 more than previously recorded. additional confirmed cases, leading to fears they cannot stop the spread. silicom -- still to come on tonight's program, 25 years on the crackdown in tiananmen square. specialists are describing the results of two international drug trials to tackle adult skin cancer that could be promising. both treatments are enabling the immune system to recognize and target tumors. here's our medical correspondent with the details. >> a few months ago, he could barely walk. advanced melanoma, skin cancer, had read to his lungs. now, a new treatment has transformed his health. >> now i have a life that's the difference, really. hadre

in ukraine, russia's actions were called to the day when soviet tanks rolled into eastern europe. but this isn't the cold war. our ability to shape world opinion helped isolate russia right away. because of american leadership, the world immediately condemned russian actions. europe and the g-7 joined us to impose sanctions. nato reinforced our commitment to europe allies. the i.m.f. is helping to stable ukraine's economy. and they brought the eyes to the unstable parts of ukraine and this mobilization of world opinion and international institutions served as a counterweight to russian propaganda and russian troops on the border and armed militias in ski masks. this weekend, ukrainians voted by the millions. yesterday i spoke to their next president. we don't know how the situation will play out and there will remain grave challenges ahead, but standing with our allies on behalf of international order, working with international institutions has given a chance for the ukrainian people to choose their future. without us firing a shot. similarly, despite frequent warnings from the un