john kerry arrived here from kiev last night. these would be importantly the first head to head high-level meetings between the united states and russia sips the late -- since the latest phase of the ukrainian crisis erupted. we can't underestimate the importance of that. there's the chance for europe and the united states, the west broadly, if you like, to coordinate their positions, how much stick, how much carrot they are offering the russians in meetings with lawrence fab use, chuck hagel and so -- and william hague. and there's only so much diplomacy. the headlines of the day that come out of the french capital inevitably will be about ukraine. >> you mentioned at the top there that the foreign ministers from - several foreign ministers meeting, sergei lavrov, and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry. there are other meetings as well on the sidelines of this. you talked about the lebanese officials as well. there'll be time for events in syria to be addressed also, presumably. >> yes, they'll certainly be addressed, and th

we are waiting for secretary of state, john kerry. he will hold a news conference there in about 30 minutes. we will get that live. i want to go to christiane amanpour. let's talk about president vladmir putin. he said that the current government in ukraine is illegitimate and russia reserves the right to use more force in ukraine if he wants to. those are strong words. amidst all that, you detected if not conciliation, at least reason to hope that the situation will not deteriorate more today. >> it is unclear which audiences he was addressing. for the western and international audience, he said, russia has no interest in a annexing crimea for the ukraine but he did reserve the right to do so. i did lay into the new ukrainian authorities, basically, distinguishing between the new parliament which he says is legitimate and the new which are not. it is hard to see how he can keep saying that president yanukovich is the legitimate president of the you crain. that is his position. he has a major act of diplomatic high wire to try to achi

stuart: secretary of state john kerry is about to speak.e is in kiev, the capital of ukraine, about to speak. we will bring you what he has to say when he says it. i have the dow jones industrial average up 205 points. that is a rally and a half. i wonder if john kerry will say anything that moved the market up or down. obviously that is why we are watching. it is a crucial moment in the ukraine crisis and it will be added to by john kerry moments from now. where is the price of gold? it is down $13 this morning. we follow tesla very closely. yesterday one of our market watchers on this program said now is the time to shore tesla, bet that the thing is going to go -- go down for a couple weeks. stock is up today after jpmorgan raised its target price to $1.64. raised its target price to $1.64. is now $2.55. what am i missing? charles: wall street analysts, it is almost a joke. stuart: wait a minute. does he mean to as low will come all the way from $2.65 to $1.64? charles: it was a $65 target still, i think. stuart: maybe i missed worded. h

these are live pictures from ukraine, where we are waiting new comments from secretary of state john kerry, who is on the ground in kiev, we'll bring you the very latest. this will be secretary kerry's first news conference since arriving and first comments since vladimir putin's marks earlier today. >>> meanwhile, day two of oscar pistorius's murder trial wrapped up just a few hours ago, and while the victim's mother speaks out for the first time. in a contentious back and forth on the stand, michelle berger, a neighbor who lives less than 600 feet from pistorius, continued her testimony from yesterday. the defense repeatedly tried to find holes in her story and at one point asked her the same question no fewer than eight time times. she broke down in tears. her testimony was she clearly heard a woman screaming, following gunshots. meantime, reeva steenkamp's mother speaks out about what it was like to face her daughter's killer for the first time. june steenkamp was in court yesterday because she said she needed oscar pistorius to see her. instead, she says he never looked her way in an

secretary of state john kerry. he is expected to announce $1 billion in u.s.id for the new government of ukraine. including technical assistance and economic advice. for the latest events coming out of ukraine and the rest of today's headlines you are follow us on twitter. >>> benjamin netenyahu giving the keynote address at a gathering this morning of aipac. benjamin netenyahu saying he will do whatever it takes to defend israel. >> did you ever hear about iran sending a humanitarian delegation overseas? no? you missed that memo? [ laughter ] >> you know why? you know why you haven't heard anything about that? because the only thing that iran sends abroad are rockets, terrorists and missiles to murder, maim and menace the innocent. [ applause ] >> on monday netenyahu met with president obama pushing back against white house pressure to cut a deal with the palestinians. president obama warning the time for peace is running out. and later today the president submits his $4 trillion budget to congress. the president saying he wants to cut taxes to workers who do

that's what john kerry emphasised. speaking from paris, john kerry called for a withdrawal of troops from the border. they have no intention of invading ukraine. ukrainians should be the ones to decide their own future. >> president obama and the united states believe firmly that diplomacy has a critical role to play in helping the people of ukraine achieve their goal in living in dignity and a stable, peaceful unified democracy. the united states and international community stands in support of ukraine's sovereignty and ukraine's territorial integrity. we'll continue to support the people of ukraine's right to choose their own future. it's not up to us to make any decision or any agreement regarding federalisation. we talked about it. it's up to ukrainians. >> any real progress in ukraine must include a pull-back of the very large russian force that is currently massing along the borders. tonight i raised with the foreign minister our strong concern about the forces. we blef the forces are -- believe the forces are cr

secretary of state, john kerry, here, and cameron and hague, and he went into the meetings with love rov to understand two things, are the russians prepared in any way at this point to step back from the brink in ukraine, and also to lay out what happens if they don't in terms of economic sanctions, travel bans, and freezing foreign accounts, and there are interesting reports now on the specificity, 120 to 130 individuals that are around president putin, close to the kremlin, maybe involved in some of the decision making on the crimea. and we understand two names have already served now. he's a very close adviser to president putin, and another name, alexei miller, chairman of gazprom, one of the biggest in the world. and that's the company that carries gas to europe across the pipelines in ukraine, so those two names on the possible list that we'll be hearing more about, if the russians don't back away from supporting this referendum in crimea on sunday. these meetings will be taking place and be probably breaking soon and then both leaders, serg day lavrov and secretary john kerry

we heard john kerry touching on a number of things.e was clearly touched and moved by getting down on the square where the deaths happened and the shootings during the height of the protest. he did visit, and apparently boosting the morale of the government, he also brought a message aside from the money and democratic talk, he brought a message that the united states remains very much in support of ukrain. >> and phil it is roughly now 7:00 in kiev. i know it is late. but has there been any reaction from the people out there concerning this support, the fact that secretary of state has now visited kiev and thrown the u.s. support behind their new and fledgling government? >> reporter: well, del, there hasn't really been support to the press conference yet. of course that just -- just happened, but when he did come out on to the square today, there was a clear atmosphere of appreciation. the people here in the center of kiev are clearly touched by his arrival. but i want to touch on one other thing, del that we touched on briefly on th

secretary of state john kerry plans to go. but what we're hearing is that the russians just aren't interested. but at the same time, we hear there are conversations between congressional members of the ukraine and russia. i'm not sure what to make of that. >> reporter: well, vladimir putin today said that while they do not recognize the government of the ukraine, they believe it's illegal, the result of a coup and so forth, they cannot be negotiations or any sort of contact at the highest level. what he is talking about is president to new acting president. but what he said is, because of the situation, russia is trying to be reasonable, and so there are still contacts going on government to government. he wasn't specific. we don't know precisely what that means. but what putin said today, he seize the parliament of ukraine being effectively legitimate, it's just the new acting president he does not recognize. the extent to which he is now prepared to negotiate, well, there has been no obvious sign of that so far. because as w

john kerry said u.s. deems their actions illegal and forces along the border unacceptable. >> any new progress in ukraine must include a pull-back of the large russian force that is massing along ukraine's borders. tonight i raised with the foreign minister our strong concern about the forces. we kiev the forces are creating a climate of fear and intimidation in ukraine. >> john kerry says ukrainians have to decide on the road ahead but said the u.s. will create a climate for negotiations. >> in washington state more than 600 people joined a recovery effort. sunday church services honoured victims of the deadly mud slide. volunteers are focussed on finding items from the debris. drier weather will help crews. >> four objects have been found in a search for malaysia airlines flight mh370. the objects retrieved yesterday from the southern indian ocean surgeoned o-- turned out not to be connected from the plane. those are the headlines. "real money" starts now on al jazeera america. >> russia's problem is yo

secretary of state john kerry will go to kiev on tuesday. the announcement comes as russian troops surrounded a ukrainian base. the ukrainian prime minister called it a declaration of war and is calling up army reservists. the head of ukraine's army has been fired for treesons. he swore allegiance to the russian backed leader of crimea. >> demonstrators clashed in st. petersburg over vladimir putin's request to use force. 40 were arrested. >> thailand's scaled-down protests continue. hundreds marched and camped in bangkok, vowing to topple yingluck shinawatra's government. >> egypt's president swore in a new government. with 20 ministers from the old government, including field marshal abdul fatah al-sisi who is expected to run for president. >> in a couple of hours fans and stars will arrive at the dowl by theatre for the biggest night. ellen degeneres is hosting, and the favourites are "american hustler," "gravity," and "12 years a slave." >> i'm jonathan betz, back in an hour with more news, "america tonight" weekend starts now. for updat

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and there's the expected arrival of secretary of state john kerry who many ukrainians hope will be carrying with him a stimulus package. >> many say it's the american foreign policy who shares in the blame. john mccain, a vocal critic of the policy. >> secretary of state john kerry has no idea what the kind of person putin is or what his intentions are, which is to build a near abroad, and ukraine is the crown jewel of that, and the president has played right into putin's hands. >> president obama says russia is violating international law and the white house is considering several options including sanctions to get president putin to pull back. mike viqueria reports. >> well, according to president obama, now is the time for russia to decide. he says there are two paths that cruz take. continuing this road to confrontation which he says over time will be a costly proposition. or the president says vladimir putin and cruz take the off ramp if they're really as concerned about the welfare of ethnic russians and russian speakers in eastern, southern and in the crimea portions of the ukraine,

in addition to sergei lavrov and john kerry, we heard to the e.u.'s katherine ashton, will join sergei lavrov and john kerry in paris. >> there are still protests on the ground, i see, behind you there in kiev. are the people on the square listening or are they concerned about the diplomatic efforts in. >> they are concerned for a variety of reasons. there's a sense here that they may have been taken over by bigger issues, bigger geopolitical issues, and their lives may be in the hands of moscow and washington d.c. we heard when secretary of state john kerry was here yesterday, he went on to the street, he met with people, and they gave him the impression "don't forget, it's about us, we have to live with the consequences, and when you go to paris, take that message with you." >> they gave me a deep personal sense of how closely linked the people of ukraine are to not just americans, but people all across the world who today are asking for their right, for the privilege to live defining their own nation, defining their future. >> now, stephanie, they

our foreign affairs reporter, is traveling with the secretary of state, john kerry. in kiev, right, elise? >> reporter: right. i am with secretary kerry. >> what are you learning? >> reporter: well, wolf, the us has been trying to get russia to have a diplomatic solution to end this crisis. now, what i'm told is the u.s. wanted to get together a meeting of this so-called 1994 buddha pest amendment. they signed an agreement in which they would basically -- ukraine would end its nuclear program and give up its nuclear weapons an russia would guarantee ukrainian sovereignty. that's what the u.s. has been saying. this agreement is not binding but the u.s. has been saying that russia is violating this agreement as part of international law. i'm told there will be a meeting in paris. the u.s. had hoped all four countries, the u.s., u.k., ukraine and russia would be taking part. sergei lavrov has declined the invitation. he will be in paris tomorrow for a donor's conference on lebanon. they had hoped that secretary kerry would be meeting with foreign minister, lavrov while

let's go to elise labott right now, traveling with secretary of state john kerry. he just wrapped up a historic meeting in kiev. i take it you're still on the ground in kiev. is that right, elise? >> reporter: wolf, we're in the motorcade about to go to the -- to where secretary kerry will be attending a meeting, and also meeting with members of the u.k., the foreign secretary, and also the ukrainian -- he invited sergey lavrov, to join them as part of this budapest amendment, what he was hoping would be part of a diplomatic way forward. but the russian foreign minister declined to attend the meeting, citing scheduling conflicts. even as the u.s. pushes for this diplomatic way forward, it's looking very rough, wolf. >> looking very rough indeed. so he has wrapped up his talks. the u.s., and correct me if i am wrong, it does formally recognize this new interim government in kiev, the government that replaced the ousted president as the legitimate government of ukraine, right? >> reporter: that's right. it doesn't recognize president yanukovych as the president of uk

he also went so far as to say john kerry didn't threaten me, there were no threats. so he was very much sort of in command. while kerry, at his separate press conference, was saying, we know russia has legitimate interests. we don't want a misunderstanding here. we don't want them to think we don't see their interests in crimea, but there's a more peaceful way to do this and they shouldn't be annexing parts of another country. >> amy: there's going to be a vote on sunday, which putin has said i'm going to wait to make any decisions until after this vote. everyone expects that this referendum is going to pass, which says crime yaes going to be part of russia. but what actually physically happens next? they take this vote, and then does putin bring in troops? do they start raising the russian flag? what goes on? >> it's an excellent question. even in crimea, people don't know. there are those in the crimean parliament that says as soon as the vote goes we'll be joining russia as soon as next week. others are saying our re-entry into russia would take up to a year. so it

we are wishing you a good night >> good evening everybody, as secretary of state john kerry has saved the day in the ukraine without a doubt a hard-working diplomat although not always diplomatic but a successful diplomat. the secretary of state telling russian president putin to order his military to abandon their position to return forces to their own bases in crimea. >> is not appropriate to invade a country at the end of a barrel of a dozen with what you are trying to >> we are dictating what we are trying to achieve and that is not 24th century nation behavior. and i think that it is clear that russia has been working hard to create a pretext for being able to invade. >> the secretary of state was garnering all of the headlines from key have, president obama in washington called it what might be procured to impress her. he didn't wait for them to conclude the live remarks from the ukraine before going live himself. the president's remarks more constrained than those of the top diplomats in his syntax is slightly better. >> we have all seen from the perspective of the european uni

we may have answers on tuesday when john kerry visits. timothy fry is with columbia university, and lincoln mitchell is the author of the book "the colour revolutions." let me ask you: are we facing another cold war here? >> i don't think we are facing a cold war. there's a number of complex issues. there's a rush to try to think of short-term solutions that will solve the problem. these are difficult issues that will take a long time to resolve. i don't think we are reaching the level of a cold war. >> what do we do moving forward here? >> a lot of options presented - these are probably necessary and almost certainly not sufficient. one of the truths here is we have fewer options than we would like. it became clear in 2008. it isn't lost on russia and vladimir putin. in 2008 the incursion - the precedent was then, and the west was powerless to stop it. >> let's talk about the russian georgian war. back then the george w. bush administration considered a military response. the u.s. sent humanitarian supplies. he upped his naval presence i

secretary of state john kerry talking to david gregory on "meet the press" and he asked him about the russian reset and how that factors into all this? kerry says i don't know what you're talking about. he said, no, wait, the whole thing you based president obama's foreign policy on. and they just get a pass. nobody is making fun of secretary kerry today. >> no one follows up with a question. >> that question was ridiculous. let me say this in defense of what mitt romney did and sarah palin. we have been so consumed with islamic terrorists that we have not looked at potential -- the big geopolitical picture which is russia and china. so if the obama administration missed it, a lot of people missed it. while we're focusing on these terrorists that i think we're overfocused on, we have left alone some of the bigger players in the world. >> to be fair, i think you're right. i still think terror is number one. but i always thought russia was a second-tier issue. i felt that way because i wanted to believe it. i wanted to believe that the russians were so much in love with the west, but i

>> secretary of state john kerry as well as president obama scheduled to speak this hour. kerry after his meeting with the russian foreign minster. obama is at an event in connecticut where he could make remarks on ukraine and we will bring you both of those events live when they begin. u.s. officials like to say all options are on the table when it comes to the crisis in ukraine and how they are going to deal with russia. what does that mean exactly. sanctions, yes. what about the military. chuck hagel testified before the services committee who is peppered with questions about the pentagon's response to the crisis in ukraine. >> i think everyone knows and in particular i know senator mccain was in ukraine and studied from leadership. it's a time for all of us to stand in support of the territorial integrity and we are doing that. >> secretary hagel is talking about suspending military exercises and stepping up joint training in poland and stepping up from the police commission. the question is, is this enough to take the u.s. seriously. for more on that, we are joined by

she later met with john kerry. he appealed directly to russia.he russian parliament later approved the use of military force in crimea. >> antigovernment protests could continue throughout the week in venezuela. there are daily reports of violence. a man was shot dead friday in clashes with lisa in caracas. -- police in caracas. students and opposition supporters have been venting their anger over high inflation and a shortage of basic goods in the country. the president held a called peace meetings this week. members of the opposition were largely absent. they have refused to enter dialogue until demonstrators are released were being held in jail. they expect the prime minister to stop the harsh crackdown on the protest movement. >> also on friday, over 200 african migrants broke into the spanish enclave. they reached european union territory. they made by dealing a heavily guarded and that separates the territory from africa. it was one of the biggest mass crossings in recent years. the number of people seeking to cross from north africa have i

john kerry, of course, responded to that.re should be consult aegzs between the ukrainian and the crimean authorities. seeing international observers in the crimea region. the russians don't expect right now the ukrainian authorities. it's difficult to see how that would play out. he's saying talks of putting a u.s. missile system in the ukraine in exchange for financial aid is fueling tensions. let's give you a look at the u.s. futures. indicating lower. stay with us. more to come after the break. ♪ [ male announcer ] how could a luminous protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industry in germany? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. >>> welcome back to "worldw

a lip dough mattic showdown in paris, secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart try to put the crisis in ukraine to rest. >> hundreds of volunteers and crew members leading the search in the washington mudslides. >> potential for stronger seismic activity on the west coast after earthquakes shake southern california. >> secretary of state john kerry is in paris where he'll soon meet with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov. this is the latest attempt to ease tensions over the annexation as of crimea. we have that story from paris. >> this meeting between john kerry and sergey lavrov due to happen at the residence of russia's ambassador to front after a direct phone call between kerry and lavrov saturday. john kerry was flying back from the middle east to the u.s., but turned around after speaking to sergey lavrov. it's well known that the u.s. has concerns about what it believes it the bit up of tens of thousands of russian troops on ukraine said eatern border. it's very worried that in fact russian troops could look to move into ukraine proper. sergey lavrov has been

john kerry has already warned of very serious consequences. on his way to the encounter he was asked what he had hoped to accomplish. >> expecting to have serious meetings to see if we could de-fuse the situation. we're working together in order to detect the integrity of ukraine. that's the objective. >> are you confident you can make progress? >> we're going to see where we are. >> john kerry entering 10 downing street for a meeting with the british prime minister earlier. let's go to paul evans outside the u.s. ambassador's on winfield park. paul, first of all, what are the prospects given certainly the russians won't even recognize and talk to the ukrainian leadership. >> you're right, nick. the prospects seem pretty bleak. there's a referendum that will happen on sunday. there's very little chance of that being postponed. others would like to see that happen. it is going to go ahead. it's a referendum that frankly which ever way it goes will put crimea firmly back in moscow's orbit. as far as john kerry is concerned, that referendum is il

secretary of state john kerry meeting with his counterpart sergey lavrov this afternoon. from the way kerry later described it the main weapon the u.s. is using against the russians is shame. >> russia's violation of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity as actually united the world in support of the ukrainian people. russia can now choose to de-escalate this situation, and we are committed to working with russia. together with our friends and allies in an effort to provide a way for this entire situation to find the road to deescalation. >> kerry said that all signs have agreed that a dialogue is the best way to move forward. the u.s. wants to get russia to the table to talk with ukraine's interim government which russia doesn't recognize. but that did not happen today. russia maintains that ukraine's ousted president is the country's true leader. before meeting with kerry, lavrov repeated the assertion that vladimir putin made yesterday, that the troops in ukraine's crimean peninsula are not actually russians at all but instead members of local self-defense gro

john kerry said he know it is going to go ahead.e regret that, we consider its results illegal, but it depends on what president putin does with the vote. if he takes the yes vote and rubber stamps it into moscow, john kerry said they would consider that a back door annexation. >> simon thank you. speaking to us from london. >>> and as simon was saying, russia faces sanctions if the referendum does go ahead. already the united states has issued travel bans and frozen the assets of people and companies deemed to have acted to undermine ukrainian democracy. the european union is expected to do the same on monday, especially now that angela merkel has taken a tougher stance. >> translator: if russia continues on its actions of the past week, we would see it as a threat and it would not only change the eu's relationship with russia and cause massive damage to russia economically and politically. >>> traditionally russia has an ally in china. it's china as policy to oppose foreign interference in a country's affairs. china appears uneasy

of state john kerry, walking down a street, honouring those killed by snipers. john kerry said russia's concerns about protecting ethnic russians carries a hidden agenda. >> i think russia is working hard to create a pretext to invade further. >> the implication that vladimir putin has designs on crimea and the east and south, areas with strong cultural ties to russia. john kerry spoke out about russia's move against crimea. >> we condemn the russian's federation act of aggression. we have, throughout the moment, evidence of a great transformation taking place, and in that transformation we will stand with the people of ukraine. >> there was one dramatic moment between ukrainian troops and russian soldiers. a tense standoff. it was on camera. randall pinkston is here with more on that. >> ukraine's military evicted by russian forces this past weekend said they wanted to do their duty, to return to belbek, to protect the air force. their risky, maybe foolhardy gambit triggered gunfire, the first time in the showdown with russia. [ singing ] >> led by their comman

secretary of state john kerry working overtime to broker a deal. will it work? erage on the very latest right now. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman. 30 minutes past the hour. at this moment, we're no closer to a solution. however, armed men still surrounding military installations in crimea are men that russian president vladimir putin insists are not russian soldiers. they're local militia men that he claims he can't control. right now secretary of state john kerry is in paris meeting with the ukrainian counterpart. he will speak with russia's foreign. that will be the deevent as all of this as many worry about what might come next. our michael holmes is live in kiev this morning? michael, what are you hearing on the ground there? what's the ukrainian government saying. over the past days we've heard talk from the american president and the russian president. where do the ukrainians fit into this right now? >> reporter: yeah, there seems to be a lot of talking going on, john and not a lot of resolution. here in independ

alfonso van marsh has the latest from moscow. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart are looking for a diplomatic solution before ukrainians in crimea vote to secede on sunday. >> obviously we have a lot to talk about. >> reporter: kerry it telling foreign minister lovrov that his state faces economic sanctions if the russians do not back off. >> reporter: troops and local pa alicias have occupied crimea for weeks. moscow says they're protecting the ethnic russian majority there. many say the occupation and the referendum vote are illegal. >> it's not a referendum that any of us can recognize as any normal part of democracy. >> reporter: britain and the rest of the european union support the u.s. proposed sanctions which include travel restrictions and freezing the assets of at least 120 russians. kerry is offering to suspend those sanctions if russia stops troop advances in crimea, returns russian troops to bases, and allows in international observers. ukraine's new government says it is willing to give crimea more aton my -- autonomy. that could help the

on tuesday secretary of state john kerry visited independence square and pledged a billion loan to thenterim government. john kerry condemned russia intervention saying: >> in a fundraiser tuesday night president obama said: >> mike viqueira has the latest from washington. >> for a second straight bay mmr mr -- day mr obama interrupted a scheduled event. amid on outcry mr obama held out that putin was having second thoughts. >> there have been some thoughts that vladimir putin is pausing for a moment and reflecting on what's happened. >> hours after he spoke a not so subtle reminder of russian force. a test launch by icm. speaking in public for the first time since the crisis began, putin called the outruling of viktor yanukovych a coup. he denied russian troops were in crimea. >> look at the post-soviet territory, there's a lot of uniforms similar to the yup forms. go to a shop, and you can by any uniform there. >> visiting the ukraine, a show of solidarity. walking down a kiev street, honouring those killed by government snipers. john kerry said russia's concerns carry a hidden agend

warning shots in ukraine, several fast moving developments on the ground as secretary of state john kerry landed in kiev this morning. the new video showing him with ukraine's acting president has the white house lays out its economic plan to bolster ukraine's finances. >>> next hour at home, president obama puts his money where his mouth is, unveiling a budget that backs up his income inequality message that backs young children and universal e pre-k. and it has been a winter of extreme cold, record snow. has the deep freeze changed how americans are spending? >>> we begin with the white house confronting major challenges on the domestic and international fronts. the president next hour will unveil a nearly $4 trillion budget at an elementary school in washington, as they battle with republicans over the economy and income inequality. overseas, secretary of state john kerry has arrived in the ukrainian capital of kiev, where he just met with the acting president. he's there to show support for the country's embattled government, which includes a billion dollars in aid. a new sign of aggr

secretary of state john kerry and russian counterpart sergei lavrov have been meeting.ana lewis is in london, and dana the meeting just breaking up, but it appears if you could sum it up in two words it would be dug in. >> it couldn't be a success that's for sure. the john kerry spent five hours talking to sergei lavrov and said there was a red line. the russians must not agree with the vote that is going to take place this weekend for that territory to join russia. otherwise russia will face economic sanctions, travel freezes, and it appears that that is where we are headed after all of these meetings. serg sergei lavrov held a press conference and he said we had constructive talks, but we do not have a common vision of the problem. let's listen. >> translator: as to the practical matter that should be taken -- or could be taken by foreign partners of ukraine, we do not have common vision of the situation. the differences are there, but the dialogue was definitely constructive. >> and here -- here is where they do not have a common vision point by point. he said that r

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secretary of state john kerry is my guest this morning. at a critical time.he administration is taking a hard line against vladimir putin and russia. the president has been saying don't do this. russia has gone ahead and done it. secretary of state john kerry says he thinks this is a pretext to the crimea peninsula in the eastern part of ukraine that is part of the ukraine. this is a serious act. the question is, what next? what consequences are the president prepared to pursue at this point? >> is the president doing anything to get putin to retreat? >> he talked to him 90 minutes yesterday. i don't think the the the talks went well. i don't think putin is interested he says he's there to protect russian interests, russians themselves in ukraine. kerry says that's not a pretext but a false pretext for why they're sending forces in. >> with all this happening so fast, we're watching it unravel. could this be the biggest foreign policy challenge for the administration so far? >> it's hard to count just one. the problem is it comes at a time when russia is majo

i think john kerry's been very strong.e's been over there, we saw him yesterday in kiev with the people of ukraine. he's brought it back to what it is. he's saying they want consent of the people. they want an economy that will louse people to live. i think he's bringing it back to -- that allows people to live. i think he's bringing it back to what they want. >> our interests in this area are so much more minimal than russia's. >> less -- more minimal than europe. europe has more at stake here, as well. >> absolutely. what we're willing to do given what putin's willing to do is far different. that handcuffs us a little bit. i think the idea that we have to be strong to prevent another one somewhere else is not realistic in terms of the way that geopolitical situations work. i think economic measures dealing with sanctions, dealing with business entanglement will be much more effective than any military possibility. and also one note -- a poll came out recently, this week, from the kremlin. this is extraordiflare. 73% of r

secretary of state john kerry is in paris trying to diffuse the crisis in ukraine.ll hold face-to-face talks with sergei lavrov. lavrov claiming there are no russian troops on the ground in crimea. >>> the black sea fleet is blocking all traffic in the crimean area. >>> the west virginia state house will vote on a water protection bill to try to prevent another chemical spill like the one that can tom nated the water in january. if passed it will effect 150 water companies. ♪ >>> i'm meteorologist dave. you may not have to wait long for the return of warm weather. but it doesn't feel like that now with bitter cold air, all the way down to texas, but the warm air comes back by thursday. much warmer temperatures coming up from the south, and this is ahead of a big storm developing out of the pacific. big train of moisture here coming in from hawaii. they call this the pineapple express. a lot of moisture coming in. this will be wednesday, thursday, and friday. very heavy rain in the valleys and heavy snow in the mountains. avalanche warnings in effect because of that

there's no word from john kerry how or when that might happen. >> thank you. the kremlin says it would like to see more power and independence for russian speaking areas. it is sparking concern that russia is weakening the government. the former ambassador to n.a.t.o. is not optimistic the west will be able to reach a deal with russia. >> i got the impression that no progress was made. in fact, we are speaking different languages, russia is speaking a language of force and making demands of its rights over its neighbour. united states seems to be speaking diplomacy and deescall ration, which if russia was interested would be helpful. at the moment russia is demanding and is willing to use force. >> one of the the objectives is to stretch out a time line, so it can consolidate gains made in crimea, and it can de-escalate the move towards higher levels of sanctions and push backs. vladimir putin has taken an extraordinary step of annexing cart of the territory of the country. it's hard to escalate to those levels, and once deescalated, it's hard to go back to th

john kerry is in london today.h the russian foreign minister in a last-ditch attempt over the crimean vote on sunday. they're voting to join russia. this violates ukraine's constitution and international law. >> we are getting the latest out of russia. what do we know? benchmark rate in russia. it is on hold at seven percent. we had a surprise hike last month. are 150 basis points, the highest since 1998. that was to prevent inflation. the ruble is still at a record is. only one analyst forecasting another cut to 6.5%. you can see the ruble pushing just a touch higher. >> thank you so much for that. jon ferro is with the latest on this russian central bank. >> billionaires in russia and the ukraine are bracing for further losses. helping to quantify the losses is robert lafranco. who is being affected? how is this impacting it rushes richest? youf you're in russia and have money, you are being affected. we are talking about the richest of them all in russia. indexre 19 guys on our and they control about $200 billio

john kerry is in paris trying to diffuse the crisis in ukraine.arlier today, his counterpart climbing there are no russian forces on the ground. >> the people do not listen to our orders, but the russian military forces in the black sea fleet are placed at the right spots a and some special alert measures have been adopted to control the black sea feet, because as our president said we are not going to allow any blood to be spilled. >> phil ittner joins us live now from paris. >> del, sergey lavrov may say there are no troops, but as far as the west is concerned those are russian troops. it appears as though the tactic is going to be economic. here is what the european commission president had to say today. >> today the european commission has identified a package to support ukraine. this is our contribution to tomorrow meetings of the sitting government. the package combined could bring an overall support of at least 11 billion euros over the next couple of years, from european budget and european union international financial institutions. it is

that was immediately followed up by the secretary of state john kerry. elise labott is traveling with the secretary of state. elise, when they're talking about sanctions, the u.s. imposes some unilateral sanctions today, but getting all of the u.s. and european allies on the same page imposing tough new sanctions, the secretary of state was diplomatic saying they're basically in agreement although there are disagreements on timing there are major disagreements. >> well, wolf, if you look at what the u.s. did today, these are very symbolic and meaningful gestures. but what the real -- the economic sanctions would take some time. and the administration didn't even actually list any russian individuals or entities sanctions. they just kind of laid the framework to do so if they wanted to, if they got coordinated with the europeans and they all agreed. really what they only did was these visa bans. and secretary kerry even said why they did that, because they want to give room for diplomacy to work. if this doesn't work, then they're willing to take these me

over that position if he gets approval. >> a developing story where earlier secretary of state john kerryw the united states support for the new ukrainian government. during the visit kerry will likely put diplomatic pressure on russia. this comes as vladamir putin spoke to the media for the first time about the crisis. putin said he is not invading the you crane, he is teping. putin said he has the right to protect russians in the ukraine. he also told reporters he hopes that russia will not have to use force in eastern you train. in the southern region of crimea russian troops firing warning shots. at 300 ukrainian soldiers demanded their jobs back. these are the first shots fired in this conflict. commanders from both sides eventually spoke, nobody hurt. >> time now for a final look here at your forecast for this tuesday. meteorologist christina loren's got her eye on that. >> right. it's fat tuesday. good morning to you. i earn these beads the right way with my paycheck. temperatures today are going to end up in the upper 60s, we hope you are going to be on your best behavior througho

secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart scheduled to talk tomorrow. it's been five days since russian-backed forces seized crimea. russia and ukraine is not talking but secretary of state john kerry is optimistic. european u.n. officials consider sanctions in moscow. the situation is more chaotic by the day. a united nations envoy visiting crimea was held against his will and forced to leave the country. we begin our coverage. on the ground in crimea, nick schifrin is in the regional capital and he joins us live. >> good evening. in this city law and order is not being handled by the police, but by pro-russian activists and militia members, and they are acting with impunity. >> reporter: for nearly an hour inside the cafe they barricaded u.n. envoy robert serry. [ chants ] >> demonstrators who support the invasion came to support robert serry's detention and stop us filming. whether at the cafe or the airport, they cal all access. robert serry was driven against his will and walked to a flight. the same activist blocked the door and ran robert serry o

. >> the show may be over, the conversation continues on the website >> >> secretary of state john kerry is heading to kiev. the white house now weighing its next steps in ukraine. russia shows no signs of pulling troops out of the country. >>> digging out again - washington forced to shut down as another winter storm cripples parts of the u.s. >>> memories uncovered from one of america's darkest chapters. the findings by archeological crews at an internment camp. >>. >>> dog mushers open their sleds for a nearly 1,000 mile trek. . >>> hi, everyone, welcome to al jazeera america. good to have you with us. i'm thomas drayton. >>> new developments overnight, president obama met with the national security team to discuss the crisis in ukraine. secretary of defense chuck hagel, secretary of state john kerry and susan rice were in the meeting. secretary of state john kerry boarded a plane at andrew's air force base, headed to kiev to meet with the interim government on tuesday. kerry's trip coming as russia shows no signs of backing off from crimea. they received a deadline to lay down arms o

when lavrov met with john kerry, it was clear noted room to negotiate. he is not interested in an off-ramp. there are reports now of the russians, busing russians into western ukraine to agitate and stir things up. >> and the significance of that is that putin's rationale is i have to go in to protect my countrymen, my ethnic countrymen. >> yes. hillary clinton got in a lot of trouble for saying correctly that this is just what hitler did with the germans. so we've seen this movie before. we're really thrown back probably on economic sanctions. and the effect of those is unclear. fox news contributor james carville said if he come back in another life, he wants to come back as the bond market because it can intimidate anyone. clearly they can be effective. we've had since 1960, an embargo against cuba and it has not had any discernible effect on the regime. >> speaking of sanctions, perhaps the most important development this week is that german chancellor angela merkel who had been seeming to hang back when it came to economic sanctions now seems all on

bottom line, 90-minute conversations with putin, beseeching today by john kerry, no hard action, no hardns. vladimir putin has seen we are again a paper tiger. >> so it's been window dressing and not a lot of action. >> precisely. >> john, what would ronald reagan say about all this right now? >> a good question because i wonder if putin would have done it if reagan was in the oval office. he would be afraid, a little bit of trying to gauge what reagan would do. let's say, it doesn't matter, obama is the leader of the free world. it's time to lead. it doesn't mean we have to fight russia militarily. there's no stomach for that kind of thing, but there are things we can do to put pain on putin. number one, decouple the banking system. so the russian banking system is unhooked from us. try to get western europe to do the same thing. if that doesn't do it, we look at freezing the russian leader's personal bank accounts that are stashed all over western europe, cause pain on them is the one thing. all these interviews, they don't care what john kerry says on tv. they want to see pain put on

secretary of state john kerry gets ready to meet his russian counterpart. >>> it's election day.urkey holds it's first volt since anti- government protests last year. >>> the number of victims in that devastating washington mudslide has now grown to 18. the number of missing has dropped substantially from 90 down to 30. al jazeera tanya moseley joins us outside of derington, washington. tonya, why has the number dropped so significantly? >> well, you can imagine this time last week, after the mud slide, it was extremely chaotic in this area. authorities were asking for folks to call in the names of people they believed were missing. fr from that mudslide. a week later, they have been able to con sol date and cross-reference. there were duplicate names and people who weren't missing in the mudslide. searchers are heading out again in the search for victims. a week after the mudslide, heavy rain soaks the crushed trees, mud and debris. >> that's all that's left of the lives lived here. earlier at 10:37 a.m., a moment of silence. the moment one week ago when oso, washington,

that was the plan, the implication that john kerry said they don't simply have their sites on krimia. and commended them for not accepting the provocations as we just saw. and not enganging with russian forces and military action. here is more of what john kerry had to say. >> we condemn the act of aggression, and we have throughout this moment evidence of a great transformation taking place, and in that transformation, we will stand with the people of ukraine. >> now, for his part, vladimir putin said that russian troops he denied. the troops were even in the krimea. that's hard to believe. he spoke for the first time since the outset of this crisis. >> who is arguing with that. >> now negotiations continue with european allies and the united states over a series of sanctions no word on that. but president obama and john kerry both talking about a $1 billion aid package, administers that they say is forth coming to try to get ukraine back on it's feet economically. >> and then, mike, as though he didn't have enough to consider here, russia conduct admissionle test earlier today. >> y