hooton turns around and offers them a $15 billion loan. what the united states could have done at that time, and i think should have done, is to say, look, ukraine's economy is in terrible shape. let us, the united states, the eu, and russia, put together a program of assistance to ukraine to start them out. get them going again. i don't know if it would have worked, but we are now assuming that what we've got to do is match them belligerence by belligerence by belligerence. and that may be where we end up, but i don't think we ought to start there. and just one other comment. ukraine has a very interesting state. it is not just a country. it is three countries -- well, to if you take out crimean now. -- two if you take out crimean now. crimea is for all intents and purposes russian. other populations have been driven out. then there is eastern ukraine, roughly half, that is primarily of russian extraction. there is west ukraine which has a long history with poland, lithuania, austria. there are very different kinds of evolutions here. whe

. >> this press conference was called by the taylor hooton foundation, an organization started when 17-year-old taylor died after using steroids. although he was 6'2" and 185 pounds, his father says taylor felt the pressure to get bigger and stronger. >> so, taylor looks around the dugout. he didn't need to look far to figure out how the other kids were getting bigger and faster and stronger. he began injecting himself with real, hard-core anabolic steroids, and seven months later, he committed suicide. >> anabolic steroids are powerful drugs. they do increase muscle mass, but they also increase your risk for a host of health problems, from mood swings to heart trouble and kidney failure. >> the reality is it will give you an edge, but, boy, are you gonna pay for it later. >> no, they're not good for you. steroids are not good for you. >> no. >> no! >> many of us know that steroids are bad, and yet the hooton foundation's research found a million teens still use these drugs. >> you know, young people hear that athletes are using these products. and know what they see? they see the succ

hooton turns around and offers them a $15 billion loan. what the united states could have done at that time, and i think should have done, is to say, look, ukraine's economy is in terrible shape. let us, the united states, the eu, and russia, put together a ukraineof assistance to to start them out. get them going again. i don't know if it would have worked, but we are now assuming that what we've got to do is match them belligerence by belligerence by belligerence. up,that may be where we end but i don't think we ought to start there. comment.one other ukraine has a very interesting state. it is not just a country. it is three countries -- well, to if you take out crimean now. you take out crimean now. crimea is for all intents and purposes russian. other populations have been driven out. then there is eastern ukraine, roughly half, that is primarily of russian extraction. ukraine which has a long history with poland, lithuania, austria. there are very different kinds of evolutions here. when you say, ukraine this and ukraine met that, wh

hooton allowed those negotiations to proceed.hen they got a crisis point, he only intervened then. host: let's get one last phone call in from london. i just wanted to make a quick point and maybe also bring , we have seenact the media and political analysts bring to the front -- we never try to gauge how people think. hooton has anhow imperial right to take over crimea. we need to address the thinking between the two nations, russia, and the rest of the world. differences in opinions will always exist. somehow we cannot understand or we do not allow the opinions of other countries. this in anaddress impartial dialogue manner. that is the way you are thinking. there is this ideology of the americans invading here and there. it is very important to try to adjust this across the media. in order to bring this piece to people's minds entrance and that to the politicians at the table, if there is any validity in that i would like to hear your comments. i agree with you and as president obama put forth there are ways we can discuss thi

in a sense they have almost out-putined hooton. strategist.e is a he would like to rebuild parts along czarist empire czarist lines. whether he is ready to take no from crimea to the rest of ukraine, eastern ukraine, i am not going to get off the fence on that one. i do not know at this point. we have seen unrest in part to the ukraine, some deadly clashes. we have seen accusations from the government in kiev that the kremlin is fomenting unrest to whip up the local population into a frenzy and create a pretext for intervention. i think putin will want to strike a deal with ukraine. don't join europe, the russians greater rights. >> thank you so much for that. two other news -- australia has joined some 24 other countries as the search continues for the missing malaysian airlines plane. malaysian officials say the boeing 777 was intentionally diverted. it could have flown on a northern or southern arc. the corona has more. day 10 of the multinational search operation is still no sign of the malaysian airlines jet. it now lies on th

hooton -- itowered has empowered vladimir putin to do more. is crimea effectively gone? >> we cannot accept that diplomatically. we have to understand we will not be sending troops in there. russia was already in there with troops before they started. it was not necessarily from a troop perspective a new show but i think it, is essential we make clear that they cannot expand. >> so what is the answer? we are talking about sanctions. maybe we need to make them harder. do we kick them out of the g8? >> they do need to be tougher. we need to expand the universe supporting this regime and send any kind of military that we can short of our own troops and weapons to that region of the world. so that ukraine can defend themselves. >> let me turn to another subject that is topical right now, the issue of income inequality. the senate is expected to look at minimum wage this week, early this week, perhaps raising it to $10.10 per hour. what will that mean for jobs in this country, and will it do anything to address this very serious and growing issue? >> everybody who works hard

theasn't so much as to join eu, versus a custom unions of latimer hooton.adimirnt to be -- vitami putin. there's still a bastian of pro-russian people. that is understandable. even the young people in eastern ukraine do not want to be a part of russia here at that is what it is all about. later there was a number in the field that was wounded and arrested in the desperation to keep control. .hat did not work we now know that yankovic asked wooten to send in troops. that would have been -- asked putin to send in troops. that would have been embarrassing. he is dealing horse he had to ride. -- he is the only horse he he had to write up. ,e is taking care of yankovic just like he's taking care of mr. snowden. >> does he have any leverage to use against us or our allies? >> he definitely has leverage. lovers.hose he has no cap she has those -- levers,hose particularly energy. this has been about for the russian economy. the currency has fallen. the stock market is down. there was a reaction to this that may affect putin's economy. but i mention one other thing?

latimer hooton. neil: he must know it that even as crazy as it can be, then it matters to have that currency going. and you would think they would try to leverage all of that. >> i disagree completely. this is russia. and the russians have a 2000 year old history of either being at your knees or at your throat and this is visceral and the main audience is and nato, it's the russian people. and the russian people are loving this and it's almost like it's docked world war ii again. neil: we've been reading a lot of this press. they do like that. but i am reminded what mitt romney was talking about with russia. so have a listen. >> romney was right. >> he was. he was absolutely right. and you might also note that not only did the president dismissed romney, but the vast majority of the media actually made parodies out of what mitt romney said. and that is precisely what happens today and it seems to crumble around the world, bad guys stepping in and filling that gap. this has been going on for 4000 year

hooton allowed those negotiations to proceed. got a crisis point, he only intervened then. host: let's get one last phone call in from london. i just wanted to make a quick point and maybe also bring , we have seenact the media and political analysts bring to the front -- we never try to gauge how people think. hooton has anhow imperial right to take over crimea. we need to address the thinking between the two nations, russia, and the rest of the world. differences in opinions will always exist. somehow we cannot understand or we do not allow the opinions of other countries. this in anaddress impartial dialogue manner. that is the way you are thinking. there is this ideology of the americans invading here and there. it is very important to try to adjust this across the media. in order to bring this piece to people's minds entrance and that to the politicians at the table, if there is any validity in that i would like to hear your comments. i agree with you and as president obama put forth there are ways we can discuss this. russi

some military exercises latvia, baltic france, estonia, lithuania, that are under severe pressure by hooton. -- by putin. vladimirk to counter putin's ambitions without reigniting a cold war and without reigniting a conflict. famoust thatcher is words about ronald reagan is that he won the cold war without firing a shot, and that can be accomplished. >> senator mccain, senator durbin mentioned that china today abstained from the bow. do you think there is a greater role that china can play in helping to defuse this crisis? pre-k's what i let senator durbin -- >> i talked today to some powers, the member's -- the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, and she was trying mightily to bring in china to vote with us. the abstention is something, but we with that they had been with been we wish that they had with us. we will continue to work with them. we need to increase that family of nations across the world that are willing to stand up, and i hope they will be part of it in the future. >> mr. senators, [speaking foreign language] >> there is lots of information regarding the u.s. position on