president havel invited this u.s. international broadcaster to move to practicing, offering the former parliament building as a headquarters for them. and when some questioned the broadcaster's role after the fall of communism, havel stated, -- mrs. miller: mr. chairman, i yield the gentleman as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may need to take. mr. royce: we want to see events from a broadcast perspective. his zeal of liberating oppressed people did not diminish in his later years when he continued to advocate for democratic reforms in places such as belarus and burma, cuba and iran. in reference to his role as a democratic activist, havel simply wrote, we never decided to become dissidents. we simply went ahead and did certain things that we felt we ought to do, that seemed decent for us to do, nothing more nor less. the legacy of this freedom fighter serves as an inspiration for peaceful democratic activists today. it is fitting, therefore, for

observers havel criticized the referendum because it does not give crimea residents a true choice. the ballot offers two join russia -- to directly or restore one of crimea's previous constitutions, a rule which could give the crimean parliament the power to join the russian federation regardless of the referendum's outcome. >> alexander is standing by for us in the crimean capital. what has the mood and like today? >> i would describe it as a mixture of anxiety and uncertainty. no one has any doubts about the outcome of the referendum, and many people i talk to told me that they are happy to join russia, but no one knows what is going to happen in the next day, what about the tartar minority to -- in the area? what about the ukrainian troops still locked by russian forces .nd how they are going to react the atmosphere over the situation is very tense. >> you say most people are happy to join russia, but are they ready to do so? what kind of changes would be involved in joining russia? >> i don't think that they are really prepared. many people told me that they hope they are going

. >> there's no debate in terms of skill, he is a havel famer. however, he's fail the to get enough votes from the baseball writers of america for two consecutive years. a jury convicted bonds of one count of obstruction of justice. he did serve 30 days of house arrest and moved back here to the bay area. he was living in l.a. for the last several years. he now lives in san francisco. and his new passion? he rides his bike regularly in sonoma county most of the time with his good friend levi. definitely a different side of barry bonds. >> that's a different look at barry bonds that a rot of us have not seen for a long time. he seems so much morality peace with himself and his career. >> i think a big part of that is he's turned 50, gone through a lot of changes. just more reflective. >>> let's turn things over to jeff. and he's gt our micro climate forecast. can i just say it's sunny? >> exactly. and back to you. no, wins are starting to shift. we've seep them slightly come out of west. that's good enough to begin to drop our temperatures. and we

>> we will say this about charlie, and he wanted to havel was called the intelligence medallion whichis the highest honor the cia can give an outsider. the cia does it rather selectively. charlie passed the word that he would like to have that medallion and he wasn't too subtle either. [laughter] if memory serves the classified annex to the intelligence operation bill that gave funding for the cia. he didn't mention himself but he made it clear that he wanted that medallion. by god, he got it. he got it. [laughter] >> what year was that? what year was that? >> i think it was in the mid-80s. >> thank you. >> well thank you very much. i enjoyed this. [applause] next on booktv moscow-based journalists masha gessen profiles feminist punk rock collective pussy riot whose criticism of vladimir putin resulted in the arrest and imprisonment of three of its members in 2012. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> good evening. no applause necessary. [applause] welcome to allowed at the central library which is produced by the library foundation of los angeles. i'm louise steinman the cultural

states havel member expressed their opinions.i would not be speaking on behalf of individual member states. does remediation require any security council action? >> we have just heard a proposal and it will require further deliberation. it is on the table. >> ukrainian ambassador talked about whether the russian military airplanes that have crossed the borders, did they carry troops? is the security council considering to ease unrest in the region? >> the ukrainian ambassador gave specific details but i would assume it is better him who should speak about the situation in his own country than myself. with regards to the situation, the country had an urgent meeting and if need be, i would cy ofe the next presiden the council would hold other meetings, thank you. >> good afternoon, the un security council has just met to discuss the situation in ukraine. meeting, ise of this expressed my deep concern that the recent developments in crimea and particularly reports of russian troop deployment. the united kingdom believes that any new

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havell do not think we mr.n the measures for putin to change the calculation.e're never going to change the calculation about crimea. the key is to change the calculation if he is giving to act in eastern or southern ukraine. take forould it president obama and other western leaders to do to be able to change the calculation? have hitk we should him upside the head with tougher economic sanctions a long time ago. what the president did announce on thursday was better. it has been a little bit too little too late. to be moree have got leaning forward on providing military assistance and support for ukrainian military forces. we have got to be careful about this. we do not want to encourage ukrainian military forces to do anything rash that would then be interpreted by vladimir putin as a reason to come in. forwardto be more leaning so they will have a better chance of defending themselves and the cost will be greater. deterrence is still very important. important fore mr. obama to work with the european allies on strengthening the capacity of the ukraine governm

havel like we have to another meeting after edward snowden releases his next rash. >> they have beenccused of spying on their own people -- they spied on a user who might have stolen data. >> accused of, like they didn't do it? it is not called spying, it is just looking. >> they were using a hotmail account. two banks get stressed out? we will look at the news. >> tell the truth, you would not be shocked if some airline installed pay toilets on the plane. we will tell you about those fees. it is the only way they can make money. ♪ the globals after financial crisis, a majority of u.s. banks have passed the fed health check. 29 of the 30 lenders could withstand a deep recession and still pay dividends. a consulting firm specializes in financial -- we got a lot of data points yesterday, what was your biggest takeaway? >> most of the presence focusing on paying dividends. that was a foregone conclusion. the banks accumulated enough capital thanks to the regulators. most of the bad assets that were created before the recession created the weaknesses. can pass ist they not a big surprise

i recognize the state of israel right to exist. 2014 i havel today, not heard any is really say america recognizes the palestinian right to exist. it is just showing and saying bad things about me and smearing mean. it is time for decisions. do the israelis see us as their neighbors? do they want to live and let live? do they want to have two state solutions? care less ifess -- someone is palestinian or israeli. those who are for peace want a two state solution. that this american administration, and look there is a different cell. kerry is different. >> i was going to ask about that. >> ask me. [laughter] >> you dealt with many u.s. presidents and secretaries of state. >> it is time to move on. [laughter] >> i was taller before he started this. how is kerry different? >> i have known john kerry for 26 years. number one, he knows me inside out. i cannot play games with him. he knows us inside out. he is a man who is really a believer in the two state solution. he has no doubts whatsoever it can be done. the difference today is that yemen, the middle east is changing. it is different tha

because vaclav havel, the leader of czechoslovakia, a helsinki act activist spoke from that podium where the president of the united states gives his state of the union and says the helsinki final act made an extraordinary difference. us speaking out will give courage and encouragement. may i have one additional minute? mr. keating: i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. those that threaten ukraine's territorial integrity or its economic activity will hear us as well. as i understand, the 1994 agreement, great britain and the united states, two of the great powers in this world said we would protect and come to the aid of ukraine when they gave up their nuclear weapons in consideration, in part of that representation made by us and plead by the russians. -- made by the russians. mr. speaker, i ask my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to approve this resolution and send a strong and unmistakable message of solidarity to the people of ukraine and unity and defense of democracy in ukraine. and i

point offering as the new way to think about a success with the psychological underpinning and we havel whole chapter it you have too much of one or the other it does not work and bad things happen even when they all get together it has its own pathology. >> host: talk about what kind of success comes out of "the triple package." >> first of all, tried to raise possible misunderstandings we do not define success as material wealth. the definition of success means of achieving your goals whenever they are. with those conventional metrics like it become common educational achievement the first six chapters in the book is it is important but we do see of the last few chapters that success is extremely narrow and we think "the triple package" elements could empower them to have any success not just the material fact and individuals who have these qualities tend to predictably second generation to have a district should relationship between their culture in the american culture with the vigor communities we don't want to do success that we were the only ones to be a stand-up comic that these