- this is euro mining, a trade fair in tampere finland's second city >> today in finland we have 41ines and this mining sector has been growing steadily for the last 5 or 6 years and we in the finnish government have great expectation that mining is one of the growth areas also in future in finland. the total turnover of our mining companies is almost 2 billion euros. so at this moment it is vital. >> finland's biggest mining company is talvivaara, whose chief executive gave a keynote address at the fair. >> what has been lacking in western europe is our own minerals and sources for minerals - and particularly now for instance uranium. - in europe there's hundreds of nuclear power plants which have to supply their uranium from outside europe and in this volatile world i think it would be safer to have our own source for nuclear power. >> this is talvivaara nickel mine. the ore in the ground is of such a low-grade that vast quantities of rock have to be dug up and crushed in order to remove a relatively small amount of nickel. the crushed rock is stacked into immense heaps, one point

no money michael and know that the speaker of the parliament of finland giteau can allow a riot in the country on his first official visit at the invitation of the cars were jealous don't know all my highly appreciated cause expense role in the region and in the world and he believes that the success of the republic as well as stable the moment show an example for countries around the world. stressing the importance of development of the parliament of cooperation the speakers were unanimous and strengthening of the cooperation will be promoted by the expansion at the level of fractions and committees expanse of finnish colleagues in the issues of legislative support of innovative bowman improvement of the educational system ecological approach to the economy raises particular interest for cars extended parliamentarians the lower house of the parma of them are jealous of the meeting that as a minister of economy and budget planning informed that the government and the national bank of cars extend this idea for what purposes would be located three chilling changi spent thus the fines wil

during the cold war finland had a long border with the soviet union so finland has an independent capitalists country but its foreign policy was essentially compromised by moscow. >> rose: because of geography. >> because of geography. it couldn't, it didn't do anything in the foreign policy realm that was hostile to the kremlin. now, the united states needs to fear between two extremes. we cannot allow china to finlandize vietnam, the philippines, malaysia. but at the same time, we cannot allow the nationalism, the very hot blooded nationalisms of the philippines and vietnam, for example, to lure us into a military conflict with china. because our bilateral relationship with china is just so important for peace in the 21st century. so it's a matter of steering when those two extremes. >> rose: as you know, there are many books being written by 1914. >> yes. >> rose: suggesting that we slid into war and suggesting that sliding into war are present today. you reject those. >> there's been a lot of references to 1914 in regards to the pacific. in the last two or three weeks in regard to the ukr

it's finland, iceland, disneyland, right?o here's one thing that we did in iceland. i thought this was interesting. we went inside a volcano. not an active volcano. we went inside a volcano. and this is what happens. we go. we went with my husband, paul, our two sons. and first you go hiking. you go walking across the surreal landscape. it's moss. it's like this thick spongy moss as far as you can see. it's so stark but gorgeous, right? in a surreal way. and we were talking to the person who's guiding us, who's i'm assuming a geologist. and she's telling us about the landscape and the vol cane sxoez how they formed and all the lava tubes and showing us all these things. very cool. we get to the mouth of the volcano. it's starting to seem a bit dicey because there's the mouth of the volcano and what looks like a metal ladder stretched over the mouth of the volcano. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and from that they've got ropes hanging down and like some winches. it looks like a painter's scaffold, right? and there's a little gangplank and

. >> with respect to finland, that is the point about having a relationship going in either direction which is perfectly appropriate. >> it is incompatible with symbols of existing rule but it should be possible to put crimea's relationship on a less fraught basis. ukraine should reinforce crimea's autonomy and elections held. it would include removing inabilities about the black sea. >> that is all sensible. i do not think the russians are interested in that sort of outcome. let's say, that is not where the russians are. it is sensible. and certainly, kerry is probably pursuing things along those lines. kissinger said later, not all of the parts would agree with this. you have to get the best possible outcome. i want to go back to the third point which is really important which is a reconciliation. as i said earlier, it is important for the united states at west to support ukraine and a brace. i would have the next foreign minister be in kiev and john kerry bring the entire group to kiev for meetings to demonstrate the embrace of the world to the government. quite strongly advocating

what united states needs to fear between two extremes, we cannot allow china finlandize malaysia. at the same time, we cannot allow the nationalists, the hot-blooded nationalists, the philippines, vietnam or example, to get us into a military conflict with china. our relationship is so important for peace in the 21st century. it is a matter of steering between those extremes. >> the book is called "asia's cauldron." geography is his thing. he looks at the impact on geopolitical events. there is a lot to be argued and understood. ♪ >> next month, eight hundred million voters will cast their ballots in india's general elections. it will be perhaps the largest democratic exercise in history. it may mark a political turning point for the world's second most ppopulous nation. early polls predict a win for opposition leader. joining me, sadanand dhume, milan vaishnav, arvind panagariya, jonathan shainin. the significance of this election? >> this is a historical election. one of the most important ones. i would compare it to the 1977 election. the last 10 years have seen governance of t

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putin is setting his sights on finland, and the u.n. on climate change. who doesn't belong and why? if the un -- so i tried depend last weekend. it really made the difference between a morning around the house and getting a little exercise. hi-ya! and i tried a baking class. one weekend can make all the difference. unlike the bargain brand, depend gives you the confidence of new fit-flex® protection. it's a smooth and comfortable fit with more lycra strands. it's our best protection. take your weekend on with a free sample at depend.com >>> nothing trending here. these massive military drills in south korea had north korea so upset they're lobbing missiles or their own towards the south. the most war like the south and south have been in more than 60 years. add that to russian troops billing along the ukrainian bored and then putin saying finland is more like russia than the u.n. you would think the u.n. would be holding a session andow would be right but about climate change. you cannot make this up. >> this is the u.n. doing itself a completely perverse priorities. >> why this whe

internationally, they should pursue a posture comparable to that of finland. do you agree with that? >> well, a couple of points i would make on that. with respect to the finland point, that's the point about their being able to have relationships going in either direction, which i think is perfectly appropriate. >> charlie: four. it is incompatible with the rules of existing world order for russia to annex crimea but it should be possible to put crimea's relationship to ukraine on a less fraught basis to that end russia would recognize ukraine's sovereignty over crimea, ukraine should reinforce crimea's autonomy in elections held, process including removing ambiguities about the status of the black sea fleet. do you agree. >> i think that's sensible but i don't think the russians are interested in that sort of outcome, right? i mean, that's not where the russians are. i think it's sensible and certainly i think kerry is probably pursuing things along these lines, i would think, but certainly, as henry says later in his piece, he understands not all of the par

finland, her second world cup title of her career. shotsssian missed four but still took victory in the 12.5 kilometer, despite difficult conditions. needed to finish in front of norway to secure the overall title. only able to finish 14th, missing five over 20 shots. to the lovers -- belarus. the murder trial of south africa's a paralympic athlete oscar pistorius has been extended until mid-may. he denies shooting his girlfriend reeva steenkamp bed, saying he mistook her for a shooter. the trial will run until may the 16th. welcome to today's web news, where we will be taking a look at some of the stories making online headlines. coming up on today's show, polling booth selfies sweeper france's local elections. new zealand submitting ideas for a new national flag. ukrainian daredevil in death-defying stunts. obviously inspired by the dutch down apart who inundated the web with selfies as they cast their ballots in the local elections, french voters have also had their smartphones on hand to amortize -- immortalize their booth.in the

. >> in 2003, her olympic teammate hayley wickenheiser played in the men's league in finland and in 1992 goalie manon rheume made history as the first woman to appear in an nhl exhibition game. >> did you ever think she would be here in columbus georgia. >> cottonmouth coach was impressed by her performance at the sochi games and admits he is good for the organization. >> i would be lying to you if i didn't think this was going to create a little bit of a buzz but at the same time i wouldn't be doing it if she wouldn't be able to play against and compete at this level. >> reporter: all is a ba doe wants to do is play. >> good luck play. >> i would rather slide under the radar and just play. >> i think the ponytail gives you away. >> i think to zoo. >> she says she is just one of the guys but the crowds will be there to watch her. >> adriana diaz, cbs news, columbus, georgia. >> axelrod: and that is the cbs evening news for tonight, later on cbs, 48 hours, for now, i am jim axelrod in new york and for all of us here at cbs news, thanks for joining us, and good night. captioning sponsored

was very difficult time for me i had the help of big big artists are big contemporary artists in finland like jani lane and an equal stock and these guys are very well known in the scene and once we were able to get them together to support it it was kind of like an artist and community had come together to support the idea of using art to catalyze a change in the law we're now still in that process and lobbyists are virtually you know they're doing everything they can to stop us from going through and you've called street art an initiative that could be a new form of social movement which i totally agree with i mean that this kind of proves that case in point how do you get into street art initially i mean were you always kind of politically conscious and politically motivated to come later. it was activism first been working on different behind the scenes of course that's why i keep the name private private which is because i've been working in activism for quite some time street are just became a tool and this was this was after the fact. probably about five four five years of solid a

regarding countries which of my gender equality nearly half of the survey done in sweden denmark and finland suffered violence is the key to fifteen while colin mcrae the lowest number of cases of physical and sexual violence women's rights and i see these can too by differences in gearing levels of an understanding of what he's actually means only one button and seven the parade and no serious incidents of intimate partner violence to the police and some thirty one percent of those to the point of being raped by a partner have also been raped repeatedly the survey also studied the trivial and some violence and sexual orientation the results suggested that twenty percent of homosexual men have experienced violence by both female and male perpetrators compared to the five percent of heterosexual men have experienced physical or sexual assault. the authors of the airport perry's eu governments to form special awareness programs for young women as well as many in our to confront becoming a shia violence against women israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu wrapped up this his aipac policy con

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finland is 100% dependent on russia for their natural gas.long with the german, there is one example that i suppose personifies what we are dealing with. develope on schedule to 100 million euros of military training with the russians on march 7 asset we are fine and we are going ahead. here we are. the german government, they have come to a conclusion. that is not fine. they are not going ahead. not so much sanctions about the possibility of nothing acting in the right way. >> what about american businesses? >> some of the big brand names. ge. big planes on the ground. exxon. the second biggest exploration. they have done a deal to trail in the black sea. bowling -- boeing. would have ann effect on global gdp. this could be the year where russia and the implications off sanctions impact the migration into the global economy. goldman sachs has over $100 billion invested in russia. they are also advisers to the russian government in terms of repositioning russia. citigroup, one million customers. the number four player. the --ording to one of

will not only hit ukraine because of transpayments, but also western europe, and some countries, finland, belarus, germany, all the way down -- they can get up to 60%, 70%, 80% of their gas from russia. so, yes, there is a -- but the other side, of course, is russia switches off the taps. >> and they don't get paid. >> they don't get money and russia's economy is not in a particular healthy shape at moment. >> they're not, either. they depend tremendously on this money. so it's sort of mutual deterrence. >> and senior administrators said it's fragile. russia has already felt the cost of sanctions and an official making it clear they've worked ten years with the europeans to try to figure how to diversify energy fellows and will continue to do so. does that mean our energy? >> well, eventually our energy, but they are very vulnerable in europe making them reluctant to be quite as aggressive on this as we are. as, richard, you said, they get all their money from the russians that aren't in a position to just stop their bank roll going, either. thy this isn't just about crimea or ukraine, b

i was in finland not long ago. they aim to have an equitable school system. and it doesn't matter where you go to school in that country, you will find a good school. that's what we should be aiming for. you aim for equity and you will get excellence. >> when you were on the money trail, looking at how this money influences the movement, you ran into the american legislative exchange council, a.l.e.c. what did you learn about a.l.e.c.? >> a.l.e.c. is an organization, as i discovered, that's been around since 1973. it has something like 2,000 or more state legislators who belong to it. and a.l.e.c. is very, very interested in eliminating public education. it has model legislation, which has been copied in state after state, in some cases verbatim. a.l.e.c. wants to eliminate collective bargaining, and it's done a good job on that. it wants to eliminate any due process for teachers, so that teachers can be fired for any reason. it wants teachers to be judged by test scores. it's done a really good job of that. it wants charter schools, it has a charter legislat

you can see that a woman in norway and finland in at least seventy five percent of their regular salary while on maternity leave. but female workers in korea seen on the red one to get forty percent of their regular salary. experts quoted in the article states urging teams is in maternity benefits are necessary friendly and accepting hears us talk about that ending framed and the auto industry korea baffling when you're talking much and changing friends were talking about the electric vehicles and the headline over it. here we use electric car is a major trend of money and technology come together and know what we see here under the headlines right here. i did so and that's only an electric current is cuter than empty space in the middle is that it's a spanking stories on store cargo on the ride. the blacks here is where the driver's seat and now it's an on line looking student but it certainly caught the attention of investors here in korea. now with the chairman of the country's top online gaming firm and to others. having pulled their money to invest million dollars into late motors

european union members such as cyprus finland latvia and the pigs portugal italy greece and spain which of course are suffering economically very hardly themselves are reacting very negatively to the idea of harsh sanctions on russia because it would hurt their own economies. in any speech it's actually walmarts here at this point that we have been discussing the agreement on task on crimea economies integration on to russia has been signed we saw we witness this historic moment here i will send her president and with making a statement to the upper house of russian parliament. addressing the situation in ukraine crimea make very important key points they're saying that russia does not one set of the breakup of the ukraine on and on. just embracing different of very very important issues there. i will return to the studio to talk about the significance of what we just heard and the implications and what's up. what were the possible things that are likely to happen next but before that we can talk till course finally trc asking. racing gambling as the mood and the atmosphere at where you

relationships on the diplomatic, political and economic front with ukraine similar to a country like finland which is a neighbor of russia which has very close ties with the european union but also has a very good, close economic and political relationship with russia. so i think what you're hearing at the united nations, even though there's a lot of tough rhetoric going on, you heard ambassador samantha power calling it quote ironic that russia's always talking about the sanctity and the sovereignty of other countries, a kind of dig at how the russians have been dealing on syria, but also talking about mediation and talking about how russian interests can be protected. so i think that's really what we're going to see in the next couple of days, maybe a mediator go there, maybe some discussion on how to make sure that russia has a seat at the table here. >> i suppose the trouble is those carrots and sticks i'm sure have been a topic of conversation in all the back and forth we've seen over the last 48, 72 hours before those russian force moved in and yet russia went forward. what we have lea

and just makes me think of the biggest nights in finland the us stance that it is a brief look at some other stories making news. i know it's going to high emotional cleans his consequent its name to south korea. second not stand in the know we can come to sell in washington county and going to make him an illness the conical been on the actions of provocation the least eleven people have been killed and dozens wounded in an attack on a court building in the pakistani capital islam of god. a group of on demand including two suicide bombers still a complex phenomenon has denied involvement the islamic militant group announced a month long ceasefire on tuesday. he went into the streets again and then is not to contest against president nikolas my judo. the dumont into economic reform and ends to media censorship and six steps against mine and crying each team to beat anaheim dying consensus is to just toss in the game theory the glitz and glamour of hollywood hit the dance company announced and unison sunday evening when sixth academy awards at the time in dresses and acceptance speech i

if you want a personification of what is going on, finland depends on 100% of their natural gas fromsia. if you want an account of what is happening on the ground, they were going to build military we are aton and here the end of march and it is not happening. the german government stepping in and putting a blockage on that. that is the personification of what is happening without real sanctions. >> exactly. yet we could have much more repercussions. first bank is exposed. what about or print america? corporate america? exxon is in the black sea. they have done a deal. boeing are concerned that this year, global gdp to be impacted the same way it was last year with iran. this year, it is coming from russia. there is big american vested interest in terms of participation in russia. america is one of the biggest foreign direct investors in russia. them joining the world trade organization and wall street. >> i was going to talk about wall street. ,f you ratchet up sanctions wall street might also feel the pain. >> i think the most beautiful line that sums up the risk for wall street co

>> in finland, it's not very famous what he has done, but he has built many affordable houses after world ii. also he has done this working. they are working to make their own city without being paid. they're working not only in the disaster area. >> his own dream for the roosevelt island. >> there's also this notion that they called you the accidental environmentalist. i assume that makes you please. >> i am considered to be active but i started developing a system to use recycled material 1986. >> here's is one of the things you said. the most needed thing in our culture today is love. that is what makes it permenant if you have love for the building and where it is placed. congratulations. it's a pleasure to meet you. this award, this honor, this representation of the best in architecture is certainly where you deserve to be. >> thank you. i would like to continue my life's work working for the people. ♪ >> live from pier three in san francisco, welcome to "bloomberg west," where we cover the future of business. i am emily chang. big stories we're following right now. facebook making a

bulgaria, the baltics, finland, sweden, all of their gas comes from russia.s are particularly vulnerable because they are not connected to the eu gas grid. if russia decides to suspend its gas exports to eu, the baltics will be completely cut off from gas supplies. you sum up the annual consumption of the baltics, finland, bulgaria and -- these markets are very vulnerable but very small. it could cause problems, yes. thinklly quickly, do you we will see russian gas disruptions? >> no, we won't. they cannot afford it financially. they cannot afford it. if they decide to press this be finished.will >> thank you very much for joining us. next, next reports earnings today. ♪ >> welcome back to "countdown." >> ukraine's interim prime minister arseny yatsenyuk has warned that russia will try to further provoke tensions with ukraine. he spoke in an exclusive interview with ryan chilcote. >> it means a lot for the people of ukraine. started with the prior european slogans. the people have their dream. tos is the first step execute this stream. a dream for a better li

at one more make that two more silver volkswagen and a motorcyclist theft what both in finland. : douglasermitted to use the slang because the new and improved also a street bike length of the religious wrote down a buck right that you wish to make a right- hand turn these broken remarking that is the only place you can enter to turn right. yet the tarots green dots are you not the garry and the big ticket for that now of. fifth it ago by those returned few left with a the bottom of that. you can however use a pipeline at any point if you're going to park or enter dry white. you cannot and i repeat you cannot simply to sit by claim. naphtha crews to a bike lane. >> : the suns are clearly marked on the road led to an cyclist to avoid collisions between bike riders and drivers. >> : and there franciscos stanley roberts roberts kron 4 news. still ahead newborn girl undergoes of very humanlike surgery find out how is doing >> : some of our shores to the river is a special trip to under their year's for hard work here the story coming up and e-mail friday time for garry and his lovely wife lis

and the ukraine internationally takes the position very similar to finland. independent, fiercely independent, but careful to avoid an inherent hostile russia. to i would say the finnish model. on crimea, which is already technically autonomous, to ukrainian sovereignty. it would have to include russia. turn reinforces the autonomy that already exists and the russian naval base in ismea, in sevastopol, which i think on a 30-year lease, which they would never give up, that this be regularized in some way, that the time limit is removed here because the naval base in sevastopol is the only the outline of an agreement. >> and you think this outlined is this -- this outline is parties, the ukrainian government today, the and europe. >> russia will always be there. and it is no accident that their history has been so intertwined. the battleian mind, of [indiscernible] ii tried toes x , it fell toa ukraine. >> so russia will always be there. a wise ukrainian policy would try to say to themselves that the current ukrainian politics, which are organized according to

towhen you say china wants [indiscernible] making these countries like finland. >> during the cold war. what had a long border with the soviet union. ellen was an independent capitalist country. it's foreign policy was compromised by mass scale. >> because of geography. >> it didn't do anything in the wasign policy realm that hostile to the kremlin. what united states needs to fear between two extremes, we cannot e malaysia. finlandiz at the same time, we cannot allow the nationalists, the hot-blooded nationalists, the philippines, vietnam or example, to lower us into a military conflict with china. so importanthip is for peace in the 21st century. it is a matter of steering between those extremes. likes the book is called asia's cauldron. -- >> the book is called " asia's cauldron." geography is his thing. he looks at the impact on geopolitical events. ande is a lot to be argued understood. i'm pleased to have monty program. >> my pleasure. ♪ >> next month, eight hundred million voters will cast their ballots in india's general elections. it will be perhaps the largest democratic exer

denmark, finland and sweden reported the highest number of physical and sexual violence. i spoke with lee webster, the head of policy and influencing the group "womenkind worldwide." i started by asking her if she was surprised by the result of the study. >> the "world health organization" statistics show that a third of women globally will experience some form of violence in their lifetime top so what this report is really important when i heard of it. this morning i thought, that is no surprise because that's what we know. >> now how does the e.u. fare in comparison to the rest of the world? i know you look at the global situation, too. >> yes, our group works across europe, africa and asia and america. one in three is a pretty sound stake across the world. >> has it changed much over time? are we making gradual improvements? i know you say its patriarchcal, what is positive, and what has changed over recent decades is strengthening of laws and violence against women. that's often because women's organizations and women's movements have pushed for those laws at and the

the albania,ative of germany, austria, belgium, bulgaria, canada, cyprus, estonia,denmark, then, finland, georgia, greece, japan,, iceland, italy, malta, liechtenstein, montenegro, norway, new zealand, the netherlands, poland, portugal, republic of moldova, czech republic, the mania, slovakia, slovenia, sweden, turkey, and ukraine to participate in this media. it is so decided. the security council will now begin consideration of item two of the agenda. members of the council have 2014-189,em document s- fte text of a dra resolution submitted by albania, germany, australia, austria, belgium, bulgaria, canada, cyprus, deutsche, denmark, spain, estonia, the united states of america, finland, france, georgia, greece, japan,, iceland, italy, lithuania, in stein, moldova, norway, new zealand the portugal,s, portland, although the, czech republic, the united kingdom, northern sweden, slovakia, turkey, and ukraine. four tonow give the council members who wish to make a statement before the vote. i give the floor from their presented above the russian federation. >> thank you, madam president. m

ex s crimea >> are a number of european nationing that get all there are natural gas from russia, finlandeden, there are many others that get most. there is only so hard we can push. we have two speeds, on the ground in crimea, it is rapid fire, adopts the ruble, and adopting moscow starnar stan st, they are going russia as fast as they can be done. sanctions are slow. deliberately painful, and long lasting, that will be tough for us to manage, and china will watch, and see what happens. neil: china is roots for russia the lesser of the evils. >> there are hardliners in russia, saying we need aurein europe-asian counter weight. neil: they have been dealing with terror, and renegadeing in their midst, they meeting sympathetic. >> i think have you it china is going to watch this because, if they play their cards right. they will look for russia to turn to them, if there is a turning off of oil and gas requirement that go into europe, that oil will go somewhere, it may throw east. neil: that would be -- then we would have to respond to china? >> a very tricky thing. neil: thank you peter. >>

finland has had a lucky escape narrowly avoiding a cow that decided to cross the road during his fiestahe failed to finish when his car broke down. >>> there is plenty more on our website. check out www.aljazeera.co www.aljazeera.com/sport. there will be details there and you can get in touch with us through twitter and facebook. that's all the sport for now. >> thank you very much. well, have you ever felt like you're living on a hamster wheel? two new york performance artists know what you're going through. the pair are spending ten days on a giant wheel that they call the orbit, and al jazeera asked them why. >> hi, my name is alec, and i'm an artist and architect from new york city. >> and i'm ward, also from brooklyn. and together with my partner we're living on this piece called "in orbit." >> ward and i got our idea for "inorbit" based on other pieces we've done in the past. we want to explore two people who have to synchronize their entire day. all the sort of normal activities in the day spin around and we synchronize. 180 degrees from me is ward's bed. >> i'm on top of the whe

just as finland did in 1939 and 1940 when stalin attacked finland.and that creates pressure to do more. and that becomes something that putin has to consider. can he really undertake a war at this stage in the heart of europe, given the state of this economy? which is really very bad. and still they're relatively retarded state of his military which is only being modernized. if he did this 10 years from now he might be in much better shape. but right now i don't think a serious conflict in that part of europe is something that putin would welcome. he would like to have a quickie. either the brakeup of ukraine or some upheaval within ukraine. and we have to reassure him in a constructive fashion that that is somewhat unlikely because we have interests, too. >> do you think general scowcroft that the europeans will go along with meaningful sanctions? >> i think they're more likely to now than they were when this crisis first started. ut i think part of the problem has been we have both the u.s. and the europeans been lazy about this whole thing. the e.

austria, belgium, bulgaria, canada, cyprus, denmark, spain, estonia, the united states of america, finland, france, georgia, greece, hungary, iceland, italy, japan, latvia, liechtenstein, lithuania, moldova, norway, new zealand the netherlands, poland, portugal, czech republic, the united kingdom, northern ireland, slovakia, sweden, turkey, and ukraine. i shall now give the four to council members who wish to make a statement before the vote. i give the floor from the representative of the russian federation. >> thank you, madam president. many times we have put forth in this chamber the essence of the russian position regarding the cost of developing the internal crisis in the ukraine. this is the general context that is important for understanding how we view the u.s. drafted resolution, brought to vote today. it is a secret to no one that the russian federation will vote against the resolution. we cannot go along with a basic assumption that is declaring illegal the 16 march planned referendum, where the very people of the crimean republic will determine their future. this type of philo

in finland, 3.9%. in norway, 5.1%. in iceland, 7.1%. austria, 8.2%. sweden, 8.2%. germany, 9.1%. in south korea, 9.4%. united kingdom, 9.8%. france, 11%. new zealand, 13%. poland, 13.6%. canada, 14.7%. but in the united states of america, the childhood poverty rate is 21.8%. mr. president, as i mentioned a moment ago, this is clearly a moral issue, a powerful nation, a nation which in recent years has seen huge increases in the number of millionaires and billionaires that we have, should not be a society in which almost one out of four of our kids get their nutrition from food stamps. we should not be a society where a significant number of young people are dropping out of high school, standing out on street corners and destroying their lives. but it is not just a moral issue. it is an economic issue. you tell me what kind of economic future we have when we are competing against countries around the world which are doing a better job than we are in providing the intellectual and emotional support their kids need, that are doing a better job than we are in educating their young pe

if you want to understand the real risk, finland energy ifosure is with russia and you want to think about on the ,round, it is not the sanctions it is something like ryan metal that was scheduled to deliver on a project. that project has come to an end and that is a real personification of what is happening without the full sanctions going through. >> thank you so much. that was manus cranny with the latest on the sanctions. >> we are expecting a press conference in the president. let's go to the hague with hans nichols. if there are boxes that have to be marked by the president on this tip -- trip, what are the most important ones? >> the most important is to listen. the president arrived facing three realities. russian troops are on the ground and they are amassing on the eastern border of ukraine. knowsird is that no one how far europeans want to push on sanctions. we have seen a piecemeal approach that has been incremental. for the morning and afternoon, president obama is a journalist who will listen and try to find how far he can go impressing some sort of unified sanctions. y