, estonia, and latvia included people from a broad spectrum. they range from communists to absolutely radical anti-communists, but they all stood together. >> the leader served as independent latvia's first prime minister. he knew the struggle for independence could not be won by force. >> when you've got so many people together, just try to stop them from doing anything. they were very peaceful. they came with nothing in their hands but flowers. just try to do something against them -- it's not that easy. you can answer force with force, but what happens when they are peaceful? that was our policy from the start, the parliamentary pass, a peaceful revolution -- the parliamentary path. >> songs, candles, and prayers took the place of shouted slogans. many of the former dissidents are now serving in government. lithuania's parliament building is a holdover from the soviet era, but inside, activists proudl the mementos of the day the inconceivable became reality. an original chart shows the organization of the chain at a time when there were no c

he will continue with that goal, after ukraine, he'll probably move on to estonia. what worries me -- >> nato -- >> what worries me, bob, because of our current treaties and current agreements, we have to protect countries like estonia. i think we should reexamine the entire nato alliance and cut loose companies that we don't need to protect and look at other countries in the baltic. the way that it's structured, our agreement, we could be in a lot of trouble if he keeps moving his tanks and -- >> take natos to court? >> i think he's ready to dismantle it. >> i keep thinking about russia, and i keep thinking, they're not preaching our demise. they don't have these apocalyptic visions of changing the whole planet. >> that's right. >> some crazy psycho world of nutbags. if the united states were batman, you go after your worst villain, which is the joker, and you save catwoman for another time. maybe catwoman could help you out. russia's like catwoman. the government's job, the president's job is to prioritize evil. but it's hard for our president when the number one

forces stationed in estonia.t will be incredibly important that as a final note to remember, estonia is a dramatic success story. as a former soviet state am a you are looking at one of the most modern european economies, that puts e-governance and e-forms to shame, flat tax dynamic. it is a commitment to du and the nato, the eu and an outstanding example. if you are on the trip, you will enjoy tallinn very much. let me briefly segue to the present's -- presidents next stop, cardiff and wales. the main theme will be nato's unified message these are the russia and ukraine -- vis-a-vis russia and ukraine. at the nato summit in chicago in 2012, that summit was overshadowed by the euro crisis, and this summit is, in fact, quite overshadowed not only by ukraine, but obviously, events unfolding in iraq, syria, and libya. this is the secretary-general mussen's last summit as the secretary-general, and nato will be welcoming the former norwegian prime minister as the new secretary general. in some ways, this summit repre

. >>> next week president obama heads to estonia for security talks. estonia, of course, another of the former soviet republics like ukraine. then he'll meet with nato leaders in wales. let's bring in our barbara starr over at the pentagon. what are you hearing over there, barbara, about this russian incursion? >> wolf, u.s. military intelligence began watching this very precisely over the last 24 hours. and they say indeed about 1,000 russian troops moved into this area in southern ukraine. this is something they've been worried about, something they were warning about. there are 18,000 to 20,000 russian troops on the border. they are so close it basically is a very short drive overnight for them to go on into ukraine. the satellite imagery that nato is now showing is some different areas of russian forces in ukraine, but it underscores it. let's go back and take a look at one of these images. if you look very closely, you see that line of essentially what may appear to you to be black dots. that is a convoy of russian artillery inside ukraine in a se

la portavoz del consejo de seguridad informÓ el presidente va viajar a la capital de estonia antes depaÍses con la alianza atlÁntica. >> en puerto rico el despido de 30 empleados en la cruz roja durante el dÍa de hoy "hamaqueo" los cimientos de la instituciÓn que ha atravesado por una reestructuraciÓn de su servicios, hoy el aumento de casos de chicunguya. >> las cesantÍas a los 30 trabajadores de la cruz roja cayeron como un balde de agua frÍa. >> solamente dieron esa carta realmente esperando la reacciÓn de ellos a ver lo que van hacer con nosotros. yo no entiendo que haya una pandemia para haber limitado que continuamos con las donaciones de plaquetas. >> que agotemos los que tengamos vacaciones y que nos vayamos a las filas del desempleo. >> ¿ es un augurio para cerrar la cruz roja? >> puede ser. >> salieron fuera de las instalaciones en rio piedras para protestar. >> yo soy el jefe de familia, si yo no llevo el sustento no tengo para comer ¿ quiÉn paga mi carro, quien paga la luz? quÉ vamos a hacer, seÑor gobernador ponga el ojo, mire a la gente que trabaja. el despido es por el

in terms of the authoritarian regimes, ukraine -- not estonia, not las via, not lithuania -- but ukraine creates a major challenge to that kind of arrangement, authoritarian arrangement that exists in russia today. because good half of ukraine speaks russian. in terms of many elements, not all, but many elements of political culture, they're very close. and many pro-democratic activists in russia look at ukraine and kiev with hope that this middle class that has ability to modellize itself without support from

a trip to estonia and wales where you can be sure the talk of how to rein in vladimir putin and change his policies will be a hot topic of conversation. fromter cook joining us the white house. thank you. controly under isil continues to expand and violence continues in northern iraq. still boom time for local, knees making money because of local american security officials. u.s. businesses .hat started in the first place the influence of the islamic state grows, the extraordinary growth has begun to slow, and in the boomtown, business leaders are facing a new reality. >> talking about the isis situation, it was a big surprise for us. we never think we will have these very close like what we have right now. may operateompany out of a small building but over the past decade has become a big business. the patriarch started the firm in the 1970's before handing over to his sons. the siblings covering their growing corporate empire like a board of directors, all of them specializing in separate sectors. >> we sit down and mostly it is approved. >> brother number two has been head of the co

he's going to estonia, will he speak there. >> will he speak today about this? and will he in concert with nato step up those economic sanctions. >> of course, one of the big fears here is not about just russia and ukraine but about we're assuming they put -- now they have crimea, the scalp of crimea on their wall. then they go ukraine. what's next? do they then go after a country that is in nato. jim acosta in the white house briefing room as we're waiting for president obama to deliver remarks on we assume ukraine, perhaps even iraq, syria, and the threat of the terrorist group isis, what are you hearing in terms of what the president feels he needs to do in terms of looping in congress, if he decides to do more military action in iraq? in syria? yesterday the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell encouraged president obama to come to the congress to make a request. congress would vote on it. he sounded very hawkish. what does did the white house feel it needs to do? >> that is a key question. you'll recall last year when the president came to the very edge o

that's are the pa of the reason why we're going to estonia.n't have those treaty obligations with ukraine. we do, however, stand shoulder to shoulder with them and we are doing not just a lot of work diplomatically, but also financially in order to make sure that they have the best chance at dealing with what is admittedly a very difficult situation. >> how about sending arms -- >> thank you very much. thank you, guys. thank you. >> immigration? >> how are external events and your executive decision making going to impact your decision -- >> let me just say this. i've been very clear about the fact that our immigration system is broken and needs to be fixed and my preference continues to be that congress act. i don't think anybody thinks that congress is going to act in the short term, but hope springs eternal that after the midterm elections they may act. in the meantime, what i've asked jay johnson on do is to look at what kinds of executive authorities we have in order to make the system work better and we've had a lot of stake holder discu

belgium and estonia rounded out the top three.were on par with the average so not completely lagging behind but mediocre. overall, only one in ten students in all 18 countries was able to tackle the most difficult financial literacy tasks. as your teen starts the school year, make sure that in addition to reading and math, they are developing the skills necessary to make sound financial decisions. according to this study, we all have a lot of work to do. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i'll see you next week. >>> hello, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. thank you for spending your holiday weekend with us. first up, lawless in libya. new amateur video appears to show libyan militia fighters jumping into the swimming pool at the u.s. embassy compound in tripoli. what the u.s. ambassador to libya is saying about the bizarre scene and a siege broken in iraq. thousands of people freed from the brutal grip of isis. we'll tell you how the u.s. and its a

belgium and estonia rounded out the top three. american teens were on par with the oecd average.ely lacking behind but mediocre. overall, one in ten students in all 18 countries was able to tackle the most financial literacy tasks. as your teens start the school year spend time making sure that in addition to reading and math they are developing the skills necessary to make sound financial decisions. according to this study, we all have a lot of work to do. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. >>> good morning. i'm brian salt ter. it's time for "reliable sources." we're asking what is a good question. are government officials overblowing the threat to the homeland and are media figures helping them do that. first, something we should all know more about. how radical islamic views are spread. my first guest is a radical, an extremist. he has a strong following on youtube where he posts videos of his sermons and tv appearances. he believes that islamic

obamaednesday, president will meet with the presidents of estonia, lithuania, and latvia and estonia's city. that meeting comes in for a ers summit set to begin on thursday. baltic leaders have expressed concern they might be russia's next target. the ukraine conflict will be the topic of day one of the summit in wales. president obama and nato leaders will huddle on the islamic state threat in iraq and syria on friday. and we close out the week with the jobs report on friday. economists surveyed by bloomberg expect 225,000 jobs were added last month and a drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1%, down from the current 6.2%. we will be following all the news for you right here on bloomberg television. back to you. yang with a wrap of the week ahead in the united states. coming up next, democracy activists protest in hong kong as beijing rejects calls for more democracy. more on that for you when "first up" returns. ♪ >> beijing has ruled out full democracy for hong kong's leadership election in 2017. this angered thousands of protesters as they accused china of betraying its promise of un

las agencias de noticias estonias de sÍ britÁnicas buscan la identidad del verdugo, y analizan sus ojosaer toda la fuerza de estados unidos contra estos salvajes. >> cualquier persona que mata a un estadounidense de una manera tan pÚblica y tan fea como se hizo va a tener un blanco sobre su pecho, el resto de sus vidas. >> como el caso de bin laden, emitiÓ un fallido anuncio de rescate, aÑadiÉndose todas las opciones siguen sobre la mesa. isis demandÓ mÁs de 130 millones de recompensa para no ser que lo matarÍan por los ataques a ellos en apoyo a irak y los kurdos. critican a los paÍses europeos para las recompensas por los rehenes. >> es una de las principales fuentes de financiamiento de isis. calculan millones durante este aÑo. el asesinato provocÓ otras preocupaciones sobre las filas terroristas. >> tienen y han reclutado ciudadanos estadounidenses, britÁnicos, espaÑoles, franceses, que tienen pasaporte, que les da la capacidad de moverse donde quieran en nuestros paÍses. >> recalcando la necesidad de mÁs inteligencia sobre el terreno de este grupo terrorista. el pentÁgono anunciÓ q

part of nato you could imagine a scenario where conflict bruce in estonia and america feels drawn in. i had not imagined that the separatists in eastern ukraine might shoot down a sifn airlines and that without restraint on both sides could have easily escalated. >> we have seen the first forcible change in european borders since 1945 in crimea, putin doesn't seem to be backing down. and your concern with russia, the narrative is that the west is trampling on russian dignity and humiliation can be a catalyst for war. >> i think that's right. antonio, i'm very much influenced by having covered the war in bosnia for two years and i think president putin today is doing what milosevic did 20 years ago. he's using historic injustice, russia is said to be encircled to be suffering to be being punished by the united states, and western europe and he's let loose this wave of aggressive russian nationalism. and the thing is with nationalism of that kind i think is that once the genie is out of the bottle, it's very hard to contain it. maybe putin has been looking for an off ramp in the last c

in estonia, i will reaffirm our commitment to the defense of our nato allies. at the nato summit in the united kingdom, we will focus on additional steps we can take to ensure the alliance remains compared for any challenge. i look forward to reaffirming the unwavering commitment of the united states to ukraine and its people. with that, i will take a few questions. i will start with somebody who i guess is now a big cheese, who has moved on. but this will be his last chance to ask a question. i want to congratulate chuck todd. >> thank you. let me start with syria. the decision you have to make between, first of all is it an if or when situation about going after isil in syria? how do you prioritize that assad has lost legitimacy to lead and defeating isis could help assad keep power? talk about how you prioritize those pieces of your foreign policy. >> first of all, i want to make sure everybody is clear what we are doing now. because it is limited. our focus is to protect american personnel on the ground in iraq, protect our embassy, our consulates, to make

these three baltic countries, lithuania, latvia, estonia. but on the streets, it was -- everything was very evident when my father -- i was walking with my father and mother, and he was wearing military garb. the way latvian people look at us, what the hell are you doing here? why you are here? i didn't have any answers, but i knew something is wrong here. it's later on, now i am looking at -- i'm actually flood that stalin send us there because i look into the politics and russian politics from a childhood eyes. i really understand already certain things, what anti-semitism is, what's the situation between latvians and the russians. what our army is doing there. there's a statue of freedom which actually proudly was facing west. just interesting dichotomy. you know, but art, you know, my mother passed away when i was like 10, 11. and i discovered theater, and it was my home. my father remarried. and those last few years when i was 14, 15, 16, and then i left to russia. i was like a sponge. my homework was like -- i was a very mediocre stude

. >>> in guy in his rally car in eston estonia, around the corner, kicking up dust. oh, boy.eft rear tire off in the ditch, flips him over, turns him around, and all spectators helping him out, he's okay. no problem there. a lot of the folks were sitting out in the field enjoying the action from a distance. >> now, these three guys racing in their scis at the nuremberg ring, a popular track. >> oh, you're in the grass. see there up ahead what caused this whole thing is a course marshall waving the flag, caution slowing everybody else down, but the guys around the corner carried speeds causing them to wad up, but no real accident. they avoided everything which is good. no damage there. >> woah! >> they are going all extreme to challenge their breath holding skills. >> but these are not divers, guys. >> how long the red bull pros can hold it in when they go under. >> and the angry blackbird on the attack. >> woah! n't en ce. on august 4th, two unsuspecting men walked in to a mcdonald's and discovered an extraordinary burger with heaps of jalapeños... ...for only two dollars. wi

will not take military action, however, the president will travel to estonia next week to meet with baltic leaders and nato officials. today marks nine years since hurricane katrina devastated parts of the gulf coast. one of the hardest hit cities was new orleans, as we know. ago, community leaders took part in a wreathlaying ceremony at the tomb of the nearly 100 unclaimed or on identifying the dems. killed 1800trina people and caused $125 billion in damage. i was there nine years ago when i started in florida. when standing on the levee it kept going up and up. >> when it first started, it was not supposed to be that big. my sister had moved down to tulane. i was trying to get my family out of their. -- there. this weatherman was not going to have his city in -- his family in the city of new orleans. hard to believe it has been nine years. meanwhile, here today, it is beautiful. plenty of sunshine, low humidity and comfortable temperatures. as i mentioned, in the 40's in some spots. take a look at this time lapse of the sun coming up this morning. a beautiful sunrise across the nation's

check out footage of a place in estonia.is an old prison camp, forced labor camp that has been abandoned long ago when it flooded. waters from the floor underneath began to flood this place and now it's become basically a beach paradise and scubaiving excursion place. lots of buildings s dipap tated but out in the water. a perfect spot for cliff jumpers, people who want to jump into the water and hang out. look at this. clearly not a water park. >> wow. it's still really cool. didn't sound fun but now that i see images it looked cool. >> right. >> it's strange to think about it, though. if anybody has relatives part of the forced labor camp in this prison camp what a strange thing for them to see it as a vacation destination. puts a positive spin on something that has a negative history but it's crazy to see. >> that's what this place looks like above water. check it out what it look likes underwater. scuba divers love checking out this place, it offers unique, different places to explore these old buildings have that since

. >> el presidente de estados unidos barack obama viajarÁ a principios del mes que viene a estonia, paracumbre de otan, que se realizara en gales. >> para majestad llega la el canal cumple aÑos. el 5% del comercio de todo el mundo pasa por panamÁ. estÁ transitado por miles de turistas cada aÑo. >>en puerto rico una mujer muriÓ a manos de su esposo. la policÍa a un mandato en la pista del hombre. >> muriÓ de tres balazos. >> hasta el momento estamos tratando el caso de esta mujer. de informaciÓn que no fluye, es un incidente de violencia domÉstica. >> la mujer era vÍctima de un patrÓn, de maltrato y aunque intentÓ separarse de Él, él siguiÓ buscandola. cuando las autoridades llegaron a su casa la vÍctima no quiso realizar la querella. >> ella no quiso hacerle daÑo, daÑo a nadie. >> a 25 aÑos de creada la ley de violencia domÉstica, se sabe que por miedo muchas mujeres se niegan a presentar la querella. >> un vecino responsable llama, la policÍa acude, tocamos su puerta y cuando salen las partes nos dicen no, aquÍ esta todo bien. lamentablemente ahÍ el policía se retira, entendemos que la

but to say this is a big estonia play right now, i think that's extreme. >> john?think one of the interesting things is the fact that just on the eve of us going in to help iraq, putin pulls his troops back from the border. now, you have to remember, on a global context, obviously, there's rumors that the chechen rebels are helping isis right now in iraq. so, we don't know if there was a back door-type deal between obama and putin -- >> we should indicate, whenever we talk about rumors, please, everybody, take them with a grain of salt. >> but still, i mean, obviously, it's very coincidental that putin decided to pull his troops back just as we said we were going into iraq. >> putin pulled his troops back because he's losing the battle in ukraine and at this point -- >> i don't know about that. it's very coincidental that it happened within 24 hours -- debatable. >> i would also say this. whether or not we know the true motivations behind what putin is doing and what ukraine is doing or what isis is doing and what iraq is doing, what we do know, at least empiricall

estonia has a sizable russian minority. >> this is the thing. it's about lithuania and estonia.e larger populations of ethnic russians than ukraine does, particularly now that some ethnic russians have left ukraine. but these are nato members. very different situation than ukraine. but they need the reassurance, and that's why obama is there. by the way, that's why angela merkel is there. >> will sparks with us here. and, of course, the headlines to review, shocking this morning, the abruptness of the putin headlines and the restatement by nato that they would like ukraine to join nato at some point. >> directly from anders phog rasmussen, ukraine may become a nato member. that's stunning. i think the stakes were already as high as they can get. he does not want to be the man who lost ukraine. >> on this friday in august, do you feel the markets will be removed from this debate? >> which debate? >> the debate of the geo politics that we have seen this summer. >> i think we're getting used to hot spots, and markets are pricing in the fact there are going to be ups and downs, flar

estonia i will reaffirm our unwaiverring commitment to the defense of our nato allies. much at the nato summit in the united kingdom we'll focus on additional steps we can take to insure the alignance remains prepared for any challenge. our meeting of nato-ukraine commission will be another opportunity for alliance to continue partnership with ukraine. i look forward to reaffirming unwaiverring commitment to the united states and its people when i welcome president poroshenko to the white house next month. so with that, i will take a few questions. i am going to start with somebody who, who i guess is now a big cheese. he has moved on but i understand there is going to be his last chance to ask me a question in the press room, so i want to congratulate chuck todd and give him first dibs. >> i am glad you said in the press room. let me start with syria, the decision that you have to make between, first of all, is it a if or when situation about going after isil in syria? can we defeat isil or isis without going into syria? how do you you prioritize that assad has lost le

. >>> day one of vacation in estonia, a couple in a car, and the husband asks his wife, hey, let's film a clip of the rainstorm on the first day, and the wife says, you want me to get the sound of the thunderstorm? what are the odds of that? just as the camera rolls a bolt of lightning crashes in front of them. >> he's, like, yeah, rain on the first day of vacation. >> wow. >> i thought it was next to the road. they seem further off, like it hit the car. >> they slowed down. like a big bunch of sparks there on the side of the road. >> imagine the odds of capturing a lightning strike like that because you never know where it's going to hit. >> good or bad oman? >> good. boom, coolest vacation ever. >> good because it meant something. >>> it's not old faithful. this is a fire hydrant hit. >> the water shoots up in the ar and you see the mercedes back up. >> why it's more than a wet mess. >> instagram super model. >> master the picture-perfect look with us next. >> bangs? >> just use your imagination. didid d sosomemeonone e s? trtry y alalkaka s seleltztze. theyey w worork k jujustst a as

in their size 14 boots, at least in estonia, where there is a heavy russian population.we have already come as a result of putting an expanded nato in place, to some degree contained the phenomenon we are talking about. i completely agree with you, susan, a grand bargain is out of the question completely. think a full-fledged russian invasion with official russian troops into eastern ukraine is minimal likelihood. y echo -- why? because i think couldn't think that is our trap. he's very sensitive to that. or four, the options for the future reply in between those -- for the future lie in between those, which is murky. in the best case, something is carved out of that. we talked about the offramp, the de-escalation. i don't think prudent -- kuchen cares -- i don't think putin cares much about reputation or him being seen as backing down or anything like that. this project has very little to do with ukraine, per se. it is for the future of russia and his repeated statements that historically, russia today would be a great nation, as populous as the united states, as powerf

that's the president of estonia. european leaders especially those on russia's periphery and those who border ukraine or certainly feel the might of the russian military and the threat posed by vladimir putin are seeing this as a definaltive act of war on european territory. i mean, russia already seized crimea and now they've sent over 1,000 soldiers into east ukraine and many are being killed and sent back in body bags to russia. the parents of those soldiers don't know where their sons have been buried. you know, the combat missions have notten d ebeen disclosed py by russia. this is the definition of a dirty, undeclared war, absolutely. >> i wonder when you talk to ukrainian officials there they are obviously looking to europe, to the wrest, to the ums for support and we're hearing from administration officials here that this is a, quote, escalation, that it's a, quote, effort. what do they want from the u.s.? and why does it matter when we're talking about words here? >> well, look, i think it's very interesting

listen to the russians now they're saying we have the right to do in ukraine, maybe in lobby, maybe in estonia, which he did in the balkans. because we

listen to the russians now they're saying we have the right to do in ukraine, maybe in lobby, maybe in estonia, which he did in the balkans. because we have russians living there and you said that those people shouldn't live among the slavs. so from a legal and a struggle standpoint, this whole thing is modeled in part because of putin's ambitions whether we regard them as legitimate or not, and in part because we help model things up and de facto in courage or at least forced him to act on those ambitions. am i wrong about that, harmon? >> i agree with a lot of what you said about the balkans. when andre became russian minister in the early '90s he had a pro-west foreign policy but he another were discredited when they were used offensively in the balkans because the argument against the hardliners, no need to fear the west. made it is strictly a defensive organization. but let's go back to ukraine and other parts of the former soviet union that putin has designs on. 2001, russia passed a law, the law is basis was used to annex crimea. this is in line with the thinking of the nationalists abo

he will travel to estonia, spend the night in estonia. do a range of meetings with the leaders of the baltic nations in estonia before leaving on wednesday night to travel to wales for the nato summit in the nato summit will take place thursday and friday, and the president will return on friday evening to the white house spirit of the course of that trip i is that you will have a couple of opportunities to hear directly from the president and you can ask him a question or two. all right? thanks, everybody. >> [indiscernible] >> that is the current plan, yes. have a good labor day weekend, everybody. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> you may have or josh earnest mention about the president's fundraiser. he was initially expected to spend a night out of town, but we received word his plans have changed and he will back here in bc tonight. no word on the reason for the change of plan. the associate press is reporting the british government has raised the terro

what has happened in ukraine, other countries of eastern europe, particularly poland, lithuania, estoniaembers of nato since 2004, are theeasingly concerned about credibility of commitments made to them to protect them, particularly from the russians. russia is a great power. it regards the incorporation of these companies -- countries into the eu and nato as a threat and it is determined to gradually roll that back. there is a great danger that if the west were to try to reassure its eastern allies by sending more troops, there could be a very violent response from russia. from the russian perspective, they were promised that nato would not expand eastward after the berlin wall collapsed. take the example of south korea. the united states has 3000 troops. in therve as a tripwire event of a north korean invasion , in effect, the united states is at war. you do not have anything like that kind of a physical commitment made in eastern europe. natouestion becomes, does have the wherewithal to defend these countries from russian invasion? the answer is right now, on the ground, no. the alter

discuss options with nato allies at a summit in the u.k., but first, the president will make a stop in estonia, where aides say he will deliver a strong message of support for the baltic states and pledge u.s. action if moscow dares try to invade the territory of any treaty member. >> my expectation is that we will take/ additional steps, primarily because we have not seen any meaningful action on the part of russia to actually try to resolve this in comic fashion. >> reporter: getting the europeans on board with even tougher sanctions against moscow continues to be a tough sell for president obama. europe has deep commercial ties to russia and, jim, the e.u. requires all 28 of its members approve any new penalties. >> axelrod: the crise in ukraine is one of several major policy challenges president obama is grappling with. no shortage on capitol hill of critics of president obama's handling of the crisis in ukraine. essentially, his approach has been ask our international partners to do more. now, we have this latest action in europe. is it enough to silence the critics at all? >> jim, the

and let's not forget that in 2007, russia released a cyber war against estonia. if russia succeeds in its ukrainian aggression, that would embolden putin to take aggression against the other baltic states, maybe romania, maybe poland. he is trying to overturn the peace settlement reached in the early 1990's at the end of the cold war. that is a danger to stability in europe and around the world. the chinese, as they push their aggressive aims in the seas around china, are watching carefully the western response, the week restaurant response -- the weak western response to russia. >> thank you very much, ambassador. coming up, is the value of your home going up or down? are people buying homes or content to rent? it is all about location. find out where one with a company is putting its money. that is next. and later on, the oil industry, onshore drilling, has seen a renaissance in the u.s. but the offshore picture is a different story. details ahead. ♪ >> this is "taking stock quote on bloomberg. i'm pimm fox. the strength of the housing market depends on the wee

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lithuania, latvia, hungary, slovakia, estonia, the czech republic. mr. president, i was proud to support them, but i'm also proud to say that israel zev's to be in that list. -- deserves to be in that list. why shouldn't they have the same opportunity? now, when we first wrote our visa waiver provision, there were objections that it didn't have enough flexibility. we chappinge changed it. now we have 81 sponsors of this legislation. i just would ask, how many pieces of legislation have 81 cosponsors? this is -- you couldn't even get it for a mother's day resolution. i mean, this is really, really strong. and of all the times for us to object to this u.s.-israel strategic partnership act, it should not be today. so, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 492, s. 2673, that the bill be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. sessions: mr. president? the presidi

. >> you mentioned the president of estonia mentioning putin's intention.hese are all nato members, so while they have very valid fears of russia's expansionist tendencies, they know the minute a foot crosses into their border, that their toe air ships will be launched. in that is a nato covenant. ukraine isn't in that position. ukraine matters less to the west. it matters more to russia. this -- this may be the problem. >> well, it's absolutely a problem for ukraine. i would, though, aly say the reason we're seeing such strong support from the baltics states and poland, is they understand we are seeing a very gross violation of international law. we are seeing for the first time since the second world war in europe, the invasion of one european country by another, and with crimea, the annexation of the territory of one european country. that is a devastating precedent for all of europe. ukraine in particular gave up its nuclear weapons, and in exchange a memorandum was signed in budapest by russia, by great britain, by france, by the united states, guarant

but we have to remember that many other countries in the former soviet union, including places like estonia or latvia or georgia are only 22 years old, as independent countries. for that matter, so is russia. the soviet union, you know, kind of brought this together. and the russian empire before that, as independent countries, all the countiriecountries, inc russia. some achieved robust security situations. ukraine has not. one of the reasons it's not, not just russian meddling. part of what it made possible, and this is vladimir putin's war, not the fault of government is the government has been corrupt throughout the post soviet period. leaders are bought off. in fact, many have been bought off in eat ukraine by russia, by president vladimir putin. it will be interesting to see if this conflict actually has the effect that petro porashenko seems to suggest it will, which is that it will help ukraine come of age, that's assuming it winces. this is the first post ingenned effort to have to assert its independents. it may help things in ukraine, it's hard to say, and it doesn't seem like an

president obama is going to estonia, there is a real sense that the west is shoring up his allies.nd continues to say we need to take a harder line with russia. you said it's an inflection point. what are the possible outcomes. >> first to comment on what you rightly point to is an effort by the u.s. and the europeans to reassure their allies. and you need a treaty commitment on national security. that is what nato is. and so it's trying to say, don't worry, we're protecting you, at the same time it doesn't want to encourage ukraine so much, which is not nato, that it goes off and does something stupid. so on the one hand we reassure, on the other hand we try to restrain. so this wasn't escalate. >> let me ask you this. this was the first time a european border was breached since the end of world war ii. and europe and the united states did not take action. these other-nado -- nato countries does that mean that vladimir putin is smart enough to make incursions elsewhere? >> i think he is smart enough to know it would be stupid to rile nato up. so yeah, i think he understands that.

the ukrainian border, ppt sayin president putin saying he would defend russian-spikers anywhere, estonia a member of nato, you could imagine a scenario where america feels drawn in. i had not imagined that the separatists in eastern ukraine might shoot down a civilian airline and that without restraints on both sides could have easily escalated. >> we have seen the first forcible change of european borders in crimea and your concern with russia is the narrative there inside russia is the west is trampling on russian dignity and you point out that national humiliation can be a tremendous catalyst for war. >> i think that's right, the war in bosnia for two years, i think president putin today is what are slobodan milosevic did. biggest largest nation in the earth, russia is encircled to be punished by the united states and western europe and he has let loose this wave of aggressive russian nationalism. and the thing is with nationalism of that kind once the jean geni genie is out of the bottle we see the nationalism he has uncontainable. when you get a forcible change in borders for the fi