oil companies as a consultant in kazakhstan. and he was charged with funneling, i think $80 million into -- this was the old model -- into accounts told with controlled by the prime minister and president of kazakhstan. and he was a guy who had a very close personal relationship with the president. he had a house in the fanciest neighborhood of the capital in kazakhstan. when the president came to washington, giffin would show him around, take him to meet with washington officials. you really couldn't hope to do business over there without hiring him on as a consultant. so he was indicted and charged, and the case dragged on for years and years and years, and he is -- basically used a gray meal defense. i don't want to say he acknowledged that he had made payments to the president -- although, it's clear he bought the president and his wife a matching snowmobiles, and he -- jewelry for the wife, and believe he paid the tuition of a daughter who attended college here in the washington area. but in the end he basically said, every

and so it became known as every, it was known here as kazakhstan gate.n the end he was never charged. it was one of them he's one of the interesting characters i think of the book. >> host: it's not clear exactly how one becomes a fixer. is there an application process? a swimsuit competition? how do these guys get the connection -- i suppose it's a shadowy process we don't understand is how do they get the connections that enable them to be trustworthy conduit's? >> guest: certainly sort of ironic because the international oil industry is generally pretty corrupt, but one way that he will become fixers i think is being trustworthy, in the sense that you know that they do have access host the author among thieves, right transfer you can arrange deals and you can work -- and you're good to your work. one of the people who i write about, the focus of chapter one, he had a lot of contacts and influence in nigeria. i talk to them extensively and i acknowledge in the book, i came to like it and became friends with them. he's a fascinating character. very hard

you know, he had a house in the fanciest neighborhood of the capital in kazakhstan. when the president came to washington, he would show him around to meet with washington officials. you could end hoped to do business without hiring him as a consultant, so he was indicted and charged in the case dragged on for years and years and he basically used the defense. i don't want to say that he acknowledged that he had made payments to the president although it is clear that he brought the president and his wife matching snowmobiles and jewelry for the wife and they paid the tuition of a daughter that attended the college here in college here in the washington area. but in the end, he basically said everybody knows what i'm doing. this isn't a mystery. i was talking to the state department and the cia and everybody knew what i was doing and what my relationship was and so why are you bothering me? and in the end, he basically got off and the judge in the case said you've been persecuted. i think that he even used the term american hero. he said you were helping the u.s. oil

-- in kazakhstan?ocal markets, and the only restrictions are in terms of getting the legislative , andwork fine-tuned kazakhstan is the only country islamicat established finance legislation way back in 2009. it is rather comprehensive, and it is then that the different aspects that need to be andgrated with the system, it is $150 million, and we expect assets to double for the next three years. what about others -- >> what about others? what about other banks in kazakhstan? we do not necessarily view these as competition. this is complementary and supportive of the process. say, one is ae to and we look at a others, and two they are looking into coming into the market. and the capital requirements i think would be the one issue that might give second path to anyone who is coming into a relatively new market. are you seeing doing some of this in kazakhstan? issue inhas been one kazakhstan, and interestingly, that was out of malaysia, rather than from the gulf, and i suppose one of the issues, there ,re

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even along the other parts of russia's border, countries like kazakhstan. i had a former kazakh official say to me, look, we like the russians, they're good for us economical economically. when putin says the russian army gets to protect russians, we've got 25% russians in kazakhstan. what does this mean? he decides when he sends the russian forces in? >> can i switch to the topic of isis and the foreign policy. there are two very hot foreign policy stories that are sort of popping at the same time. and this recent aghounsment, 350 more boots on the ground effectively to protect the u.s. embassy. you've seen these things play out before. is this a mission creep? is this truly an embassy that is in danger? this is the largest u.s. embassy in the world. 350 more soldiers. or is this a front for saying that's where they'll land and they will eventually be elsewhere. >> it's mission creep but it's understandable mission creep. you touch on a very important thing, and you understand this, legally, the president needs authority to act against isis. people assume

no trips to kazakhstan. we have to take a break here. now this programming note, tune in tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on fox news channel for the special fox news reporting 13 hours of benghazi hosted by bret baier. is this the smoking gun in the scandal over the benghazi terror attack? >>> up next, the politics of isis and immigration has .. whenwork with equity experts who work with regional experts who work with portfolio management experts that's when expertise happens. mfs. because there is no expertise without collaboration. and we neeto bwork to the world. >> it is a threat to the world. we need work with others to close isis down, to end isis. >> even liberal democratic senator elizabeth warren was losing patience with president obama's hamlet act whether to go after isis in syria. back with the panel. bob a line in your book "the price of politics," presidents work their well on the important matter of national business. obama has not." when al franken tells the president he has to toughen up, what is his problem? >> he has to e

. >>> and cosmonauts capsule lappeded in kazakhstan. they were up there for four months.later this morning, russia will launch a fresh three-person crew to join them. >>> scientists in colorado say a strong solar storm could reach earth by tomorrow, but they say it's not as threatening as first thought. the surge of sunspots is causing a surge of energy to blast through space. >>> good morning, we have a "first alert" day to tell you about. we are expecting storms as we head into your evening hours so that's going to affect your evening commute. allow extra time to alert you to allow extra time to get home from work. you don't want to be caught off guard. so we are expecting isolated tomorrows as we head into the rest of your afternoon and evening. i'll show you exactly what that looks like. hot and humid conditions expected as well. temperatures yesterday and low 80s today. big difference, close to 90 degrees. in philadelphia, 69 degrees. mostly cloudy skies. 87%, wind speed out of the south at 6 miles per hour. we did see light showers in lehigh valley, they post out of

they touched down in kazakhstan today.hey spent 169 days taking part in science and technology research. they are happy to be home. it was much more than a 40-hour workweek. they set a record of 82 hours of research in one week. i hope they get overtime. >> i know. legs are a little wobbly but that's understandable. >> probably want a pizza and nice cold beer or something. >> that sounds good for us, elizabeth. >> it does. at 7 a.m. when we're off this shift, go for it! [ laughter ] >>> out the door we go. and bay bridge toll plaza if you have to get to work on time no huge hot spots, the overnight roadwork is cleared. we were seeing small backups in the far left cash lanes, not even seeing those any longer so we're off to a pretty good start at 5:15 this morning, no big accidents out the door. here's a look at silicon valley commute westbound 237. and we put up a drive time of 6 minutes so yeah, that's pretty good, right, between 880 and 101. we are starting to see a few slowdowns in the usual spots like highway 4 and 580

no trips to kazakhstan. we have to take a break here. now this programming note, tune in tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on fox news channel for the special fox news reporting 13 hours of benghazi hosted by bret baier. is this the smoking gun in the scandal over the benghazi terror attack? >>> up next, the politics of isis and immigration has president obama faces growing pressure from his own party. i've helped many people in the last 23 years. but i needed help in quitting smoking. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix reduced the urge for me to smoke. it actually caught me by surprise. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these, stop chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin reac

the establishment of a free trade agreement between the european union and russia, belarus, and kazakhstanas proposed by president putin in january of this year. russia has called for the harmonization. the agreement of political benchmarks and time lines of the convergence of integrations would make a real contribution in the topic of helsinki plus 40. a discussion free from ideology so that not only members of nato but all countries in the region including ukraine, moldova and georgia would experience equal and indivisible security and would not have to make a false choice of with us or against us. dividing lines must not be allowed in the era of globalization these lines could turn into a ward shed divide between the west and the rest of the world. no one has the monopoly on troops, and no one is now capable of tailoring global original processes to their own needs. there is no alternative to the development of consensus regarding the rules of sustainable global government and circumstances with full respect of the curlture and civilization of the world and multiplicity of model. it wil

there are lots of targets of opportunity for vladimir putin, northern kazakhstan, huge country, a large russian population. >> that's not a nato state. >> of course not. but it means he is going to begin piece by piece to reconstitute aspect of the old soviet union. that is dangerous for the kind of order we have in the world because it sends a signal to other countries that might want to revise the global order they can do that as well. >> but nato is crucial because as a defense alliance it helped to unify europe and keep the soviet union out of western europe. do you think, matt, that one of put putin's golds here is to essentially show that nato is a hollow approximation and to attem attempt, basically to destabilize one of the baltic states and when we don't respond, nato will be shown to be a nullity. >> putin does what he usually says. putin has said he wants to divide the west, that nato is a threat to russia, but i thinks he can weaken nato. it's really a paper tiger. >> right yes. you think he wants to do that and will zoo that. >> i think he clearly is moving on. >> moving in

kraine, kazakhstan and belarus had weapons. they had those three kouventryes plus russia with nuclear weapons. worried that war lords or criminal gangs would steal the nuclear weapons and we'd be in a of trouble. so we negotiated -- president clinton took the lead on it. achievement.lliant he negotiated with the kazakhs, so ukrainians, and belarus they would give up their weapons, they sent them to russia. we had a friendly relationship president yeltsin, he was a democratic leader, small d. agreement that you're referring to in december in budapest in with the ukrainians. they were the united states, britain, russia. we said if your territorial -- you, you crane. territorial integrity in the future is threatened, we, british, and , the the russians, will work to safeguard your territorial integrity. we did not give ironclad security guarantees. we'll send the army in, we said we'll work politically, the intent of it to help you preserve your country. obama kept to that agreement. we never promised american soldiers, we never p

> a russian space craft has docked with the international space station after blasting off from kazakhstan and lift off. >> the usual spectacular pictures at blast on. it encountered a glitch but it was resolved and the craft is carrying the first russian woman to fly in space in nearly 20 years. an american and another russian are also part of the crew. don't forget our website all the news we are covering right there. aljazerra.com is the address. when they object to a business, or policy or system. governments pension funs. universities foundation, have pulled out their money. does it foyers change, we will look at how it works and whether it works. it is inside story. >>

kazakhstan nothing of the sort, a completely different country. could stan that long ago. it is a state created by the soviets, a completely new thing. i don't think there's any danger whatsoever of russia trying to take over kazakhstan, forget it, but belarus and ukraine are just very special to russia. rightly or wrongly, but historically that's the way that it is. >> no small irony that the discussions in minsk taking place obviously in belarus and will they -- what will that mean when obviously vladimir putin seems to have his eyes on the prize? vladimir posner, thanks for the perspective. good to have you back on "new day," and look forward to talking to you going forward. >>> just got the inside scoop from a russian journalist about what may be happening with russia. we'll have to find out what these negotiations bring. we have the attack in somalia, and we have emerging situations all over the globe and here at home so let's get right to the latest. >> the u.s. attacking terrorists in small why. >> targing the al shabaab terrorist group the

. >> first of all i was in kazakhstan and people recall the tradition of warrior women so i was excited to learn that many years ago. i have a question about social structure. you have well-sketched the fact we have artifacts, we have injury records in the bones themselves, we have the armaments buried with the women. i what about the social structure? here we get somewhat goo into conjecture, it could be the women and young girls had sirred roles in these incursions? how would be know if they performed exactly the same sorts of tasks in a raid that the men did? they certainly that the training from what you were saying, but perhaps they weren't put in the most perilous parts of the invading force? i wonder what your thoughts are on that. >> i think the greeks, when they described the living women of cithia, mentioned the girls had to prove themselves in either hunting or battle or emergencies, and they couldn't even form a union and have children until they had at least defeated, maybe killed, a man, an enemy. but if you think about it in that kind of society, small tribe, beset by dan

dimitri vilandon, the man from kazakhstan, got the better from the chinese. he completed the hat-trick in the 1500 meter breast stroke. >>> rematch of the wimbledon final, final of the malaysian open. straight sets 6-4, 6-4. final bet. has been a big month for asian tennis with the continent's only grand slam winner le gna. but as preparing to return home for the japan open, he can only be having an impact. >> it can be hard to escape the crowd in tokyo with 13 million people competing for space and tennis courts have no exception. this club has 3,000 members with the numbers set to go up. k nishikori, given a vital boat to japan's large bud underachieving talent. >> for many players, isn't as big physically, to beat bigger and stronger opponents and go all the way to the final, gives me the confidence that i too can stand on that stage. >> for now, takahashi competes in junior tournaments. >> as a japanese player he doesn't really have a strong if physique. but he can become a player to compete on the world stage. >> if takahashi does end up competing. he re

central asia, worrying statements from russian officials about the ethnic russian authorities in kazakhstan. it could be on a couple of fronts. eastern ukraine where those russian led separatists are in place and poroshenko has done a deal with them giving them straight status for three years. >> you know, poland, you talk about estonia and the estonian president has been warning everyone to be careful. there are going to be nato exercises in romania. the fact is that they took this estonian guy. is that not a violation of the so-called article 5 that says that nato has got to act? >> well look, i think that what we're going to see, and the anything that we have to be really worried about, i think we're going to see lots of probing and pressure from russia. what we find in crimea was not coming in right away with tanks that had russian flags on them, but sort of a more stealth hybrid war scenario to make it more difficult for us to judge what's the moment when we say this is our red line. >> it's not like the old days where an attack was clearly an attack. now it's not clear what an attack

in the women's beach volleyball competition, the full seed tie, narrowly beat their kazakhstan opponents. >>> clark in november, the winner will fight vladimir klichko. bad language at a previous press conference. on top of speaking he used hand gestures. the lost art of miming. comedy show. interesting. >> thanks very much robin. >>> now iraq was one a sophisticated center for art and learning and on sun, its most prominent physician put bow to instrument. >> this may have been the most unlikely weapon against i.s.i.l. they begin with the national anthem and iraqi officials say that concerts like these are crucial in the battle against i.s.i.l. who have sworn to destroy anything that doesn't conform to the group's ideology and that includes music. a lot of people have come to watch the concert. some say that's a reflection of a desire for more events like this. despite the fear many have of leaving their neighborhoods and traveling in the streets. for conductor though, the attendance is less important than ability to just play. >> for many of years our music has been marginalized by off

. >>> well, kazakhstan also claimed their first-ever beach volleyball medal at the asian games. beating china in the finals, 21-15 in the first set, and 21-10 in the second. the start of the only run of the day coming in the sixth inning. they will start their national league at the la dodgers on friday. the detroit tigers have made their way through the playoffs hosting the minnesota twins in the home run in the third inning giving the tigers the 1-0 lead. they would celebrate the first title in 27 years. >> a lot of hard work went into it for every one of these guys. it's been a battle of the season. we'll put our heads down and continue to work hard. >> well, having already gone farewell to yankees fans, they got to say good buy to captain derek jeter at fenway park. featuring 153 and final game. the final hit part of a four-run inning and helped to beat boston, 9-5. >> i'm ready for it. i thought it was a wonderful job that the red sox did before the game. that was pretty special. after everything that happened on thursday night, the emotions are going up and down all over t

they took off from kazakhstan this evening. barry wilmore will go into space and with him the first return woman to go into space in 17 years. coming up a look at eric holder's time and the laws he changed. and america's drug laws. that's next. >> attorney general earthquake holder is resigning. president obama made announcement this afternoon holder is the country's first african-american attorney general. although he's leaving his post holder said there is a lot of work to do. >> i will continue to serve and try to find ways to make our nation more true to its founding ideals. >> holder's tenure has seen opposition. >> a program of fast and furious. >> this was all about a gun lobby. >> we've been trying to get to the bottom of fast and furious where people died and a couple hundred mexicans died, and we can't get the information to get to the bottom of that. i don't need lectures to you about contempt. >> i don't want lectures from you either. >> and the same hearing holder seemed to threaten the congressman. >> sir, i've re

they narrowly beating kazakhstan over three sets. >>> to major league baseball.tsburgh sending cardinals to the postseason hours before they played cincinnati. any plans to celebrate have been put on hold. they were given a thrashing. the three-run homer helped cincinnati win 7-2. >>> the race to win the american league central division is heating up. they now trail by one and a half games. >>> more sport on our website. check it out www.aljazeera.co www.aljazeera.com/sport. you can get hold of our team using twitter, blogs and video kits from around the world. again www.aljazeera.com/sports. >> golf, friday. >> yes. >> after two years. >> i think the americans might pull a surprise this summer. >> whatever. they are without doubt the most exciting sporting event i've ever had the ability to go and see. this will be just as good. thank you very much. >>> one of the great centers of art and learning, and the tradition is being kept alive. some of the country's best musicians have been trying to overcome the instability there with their bows and strings. and we wen

our ambassador in ukraine can manage ukraine and our ambassador in kazakhstan can manage there.i agree it's not just the languages but this is an indication of the thought process. it's not what it was in 1990 but, of course, the fact that you mention eastern europe along with russia tells part of the story in the enemy can a 20 much bigger pool because if you're based in warsaw do i do think they should if you're based in a number of european countries that is what you spent a lot of time thinking about, but that is not quite the case now spent sir simon, canterbury to sir simon, can it be the comeback the? i accept the expertise is there, and one is reverent towards it but the fact is we've fundamentally misunderstood but did not read the intention behind president putin's stated objections. why did we get it wrong? .. with the benefit of hindsight we've done rather better than some. >> thank you. >> mark henry. >> foreign secretary, has the which relations, cooperation, security between nato and federation should it be repealed and should location of nato troops be lifted? >>

besides ukraine, russian speakers reside now in moldova, georgia, kazakhstan, baltic states, poland, and even in germany. there's a big majority. bulgaria, moldova, georgia, ukraine, who is next? many things including the effectiveness of the global system will be put under severe judgment depending on the response of america. of the whole world to this very simple question, if our allies are at risk to underline the point two days after president obama's visit to acetonstoniast. the day after he left, the officer was arrested and accused of espionage. the security assurance we extended to ukraine and have failed to work provided no agreements and containments can secure a world order. what can bring the peace, and what can maintain it? cooperation, interdependence, leadership, and responsibility. this is the things that can defend the global security. so i urge you not to let ukraine stand alone in the face of this. [ applause ] thank you. and this is very important, that the whole world will see this gesture of solidarity. ukraine is not alone. we are together. we are united. and w

and a kazakhstan set a meet best in the 100 metres breast stroke, going alongside 200 he took earlier in the game. >> 3-time nascar champion tony stewart has been cleared of criminal charges following an accident that resulted in the death of kevin ward junior. it happened in august, during a dirt track race in new york. stewart was racing against 20-year-old ward who tried to confront stewart after a crash but was hit and killed by tony stewart's car. nascar ruled drivers involved must remain in their cars since emergencies. stewart returned to racing, but ward's family hinted they may pursue a civil case. >> there's toxicology evidence relating to kevin ward that indicated at the time of operation he was under the influence of marijuana. there was no toxicology work performed on tony stewart, however a certified drug recognition interview had interviewed him on the night of the collision and found no basis to observe any alcohol consumption or impairment by drugs. >> the leaders of the world football body gathered for the start of f.i.f.a.'s executive meeting. many big topics will b

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they speak russian, ambassador in ukraine, our ambassador in kazakhstan.at's the thought process. i don't resist the notion that our expertise in this area is not what it was in 1990 but, of course, the fact that you mention eastern europe along with russia tells part of the story. in that in the 1980s we had a much bigger pool. if pull. had you to think soft soft black. if you were in european countries, that is what you would spend a lot of time thinking about. >> briefly. i accept that expertise is there.j but the fact is, we fundamentally misunderstood, did not read the intention behind president putin's stated objections. why did we get it wrong? >> i think to be fair, british governments have been more transactional with russia than the idea we believed in a community of value. they were playing a different role on the world stage where in cases of our interests collided. there was a pretty clear indication of the way in which these things can evolve and the measures which the then government took in response to that. i would resist the notion that w

he recently said kazakhstan is not a real country. they're next. >> all right.trips tlchlt we have to take a break here. now this programming note, tune in tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on fox news channel for the special fox news reporting 13 hours of benghazi hosted by bret baier. is this the smoking gun. >>> up next, the politics of isis and immigration has president obama faces growing pressure from his own party. >>> now you can connect with "fox news sunday" on facebook and twitter. be sure to check out exclusive material online on facebook and share it with other fox fans. be part of the discussion and weigh in on the action every "fox news sunday." it makes me happy to go on the computer. i like feeling smart. internet essentials from comcast has brought low-cost internet access to over 1.4 million low-income people at home. internet essentials helped me progress in my schoolwork. it helped my grades move higher. today it's the largest broadband adoption program in america. it helped me a lot. comcast. helping to bridge the digital divide. >> it is a thre

. >> you are just back from kazakhstan. you had meetings with a nber of leaders in europe.t is the mentality on the ground from european leaders to all of this? >> i think a lot of european leaders, including the former president of poland who was there, who really know the area well, they all believe, first of all, that russia has -- putin has imperial ambitions. not to reconstitute the old soviet uon, but to push out the power and the influence of russia to other parts of the region. and, ukraine, of course is, is the primary candidate for that. sanctions have an adverse effect on the russian economy. but the average russian likes a strong leader, likes a strong russia. and he is not going to -- putin is not going to give in on these issues, just because the economy is adversely affected and will be for the foreseeable future. the only way we can really affect the economy is if oil prices go down. that's half his budget. that would affect his ability to give all sorts of benefits to the russian people. but oil prices have gone down, but not really enough to adversely effe

he recently said kazakhstan is not a real country. they're next. >> all right.trips tlchlt we have to take a break here. now this programming note, tune in tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on fox news channel for the special fox news reporting 13 hours of benghazi hosted by bret baier. is this the smoking gun. >>> up next, the politics of isis and immigration has president obama faces growing pressure from his own party. >>> now you can connect with "fox news sunday" on facebook and twitter. be sure to check out exclusive material online on facebook and share it with other fox fans. be part of the discussion and weigh in on the action every "fox news sunday." >> it is a threat to the world. and we need to be working with others to close isis down, to end isis. >> even liberal democratic senator elizabeth warren seemed to be losing patients this week with president obama's hamlet act about whether to go after isis in syria. bob, i want to talk to you about a line in your book, the price of politics, in which you write this, president's work their will on the importan

besides ukraine, russian speakers are reside now in mal dove a, georgia, kazakhstan, baltic states.rmany, big majority. bulgaria. mull dove a. georgia. ukraine. who is the next? many things, including -- >> the ukraine president poroshenko in a joint session of congress talking about the realities, giving us kind of a historical perspective, recent history of what ukraine has gone through and continues to face as we speak. joining me now, by the way, you can see the speech if you would like to continue watching on msnbc.com, it is streaming there live. we see it on our televisions, professor atd new school university, international affairs in new york, nice to see you. thank you for being here. the president of ukraine talking about one of the things he said as we came to talk to you is he says in russia, the spirit of the soviet union and its hunger for imperialistic mindsets continue. how much do you think this will have impact on the reality in ukraine by the president of that country being here in this joint session? is it important, significant? >> i think it is very important.

besides ukraine, russian peakers reside now if moldova, georgia, kazakhstan, baltic states, poe lapd, even germany. this is a very big majority. bulgaria, moldavia, georgia, ukraine, who is next? many things, including the effectiveness of the global nonproliferation system, will be put on the severe test depending on the response of america. of the whole world. to this very simple question. even nato lies at risk and as if to underline this point, two days after president obama's estonian tonia, the intelligence officer was abducted and accused of espionage. the security assurance that were extended to ukraine and then have failed to work, providing to agreement three days, containment can secure world order. so what can bring the peace and hat can maintain it? cooperation, interdependence, leadership, and responsibility. this is the things we can depend the global security. so i urge you not to let ukraine thankalone in the face -- you. and this is very important that the whole world will see this gesture of solidarity. ukraine are not alone. we are together. we are united. and we w

and france, georgia, germany, grenada, honduras, hungary, iceland, iraq, italy, japan, jordan, kazakhstannya u curd stan, lebanon, liberia, libya, lithuania, malaysia, mally, val disease and marshall islands and federated states, monaco, montenegro. morocco, ma nippia and nepal, netherlands, new we will have land, the nigeria, norway, panama, papua new guinea, poland, portugal, qatar, republic of korea, republic of mull dova. romania. rwanda, samoa, sanç marino and serbia, sierra leon, slovakia. slovenia. solomon islands and south africa, south sudan, spain, sri lanka. suriname, sweden, switzerland. thailand. macedonia, togo, trinidad, tunisia, turkey, uganda, ukraine, the united kingdom of great britain and northern island, the united states of america, uruguay, vietnam, yemen, and zambia. i shall put it to the vote now. will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document s-2o 14-673 please raise their hand. the result of the voting is as follows. the draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. the draft resolution has been adopted unanimously asdh rez los 2177, 2014. i s

so the mars we see today is kind of like the bad lands of the american southwest or mongolia, kazakhstan, really rather telling layered rocks, we love them. this is mt. sharp, this is an artist rendering of the what the ancient mars could have been like. the measurements we made of these isotopes of key elements suggest that we can possibly understand the earlier atmosphere of mars to be a window into whether it could have inhabitable. is there a record of past life? we've done that. the mars we see, this is it, you know, doesn't look like beach front terrain today is really a challenging terrain. we've seen wheel wear on our rovers. we've driven across it for more than 6 kilometers. we know it was habitable. that's the record in the rocks. what we don't know is how long that stage of habitability existed. our stage team the trying to understand that. was it a long period? was it a short blip? did it cycle? carl sagan talked in much better language than i about the cycling nature of climate on mars. was an attempted humor at lunchtime. forgive me, not funny. but in any event, we don't kn

. >> if you look at our ambassador in moscow, for example, or kazakhstan or the ukraine, a theyr of otherplaces, have huge amounts of expertise. they also speak excellent russian. i agree it is not just a language. the fact that you mention eastern europe along with russia tells part of the story. in the 1980's, if you were based www.c-span.or [indiscernible] >> i accept that expertise is there but the fact is, i never understood and did not read the intention behind the stated objections. i think the governments have been a lot more transactional with russia for a number of years than the idea that we believe in some sort of community of values. in different areas wherein cases are interests collided. it was a pretty clear indication of the way in which these things the measures that the then government took in response to that. i resist the notion that we have been naÏve. >> it is a comparative game. the relationship with russia and the benefit of hindsight, we probably do better than some. >> the mutual relations, that relevance, should it be repealed? or listed? >> the russians have c

they've got exports where they want to go to uruguay or kazakhstan or somewhere in the world. they can have some special person that knows the language, that can help them, they hire a consultant in the country. how can a small business with ten employees do that? yet they know their product is going to sell in these other countries. that's where the export-import bank comes in because working in connection with our foreign commercial service, they're able to get the tools that they need, small businesses to compete at the same level as big businesses. in august i visited balzer, an ag equipment manufacturer based in mountain lake, minnesota; a town of about 2,000 people. balzer currently employs 74 people in mountain lake, 74 people out of 2,000. it has made a real difference, the export-import bank for their company. exports are approximately 15% of their sales. how about superior industries in morris? 5,000 people in that town. 500 people employed at the company. they are now exporting thanks to the ex-im bank to canada, australia, russia, argentina, chile, and brazil. how

so the mars we see today is kind of like the bad lands of the american southwest or mongolia, kazakhstan really rather telling layered rocks, we love them. this is mt. sharp, this is an artist rendering of the what the ancient mars could have been like. the measurements we made of these isotopes of key elements suggest that we can possibly understand the earlier atmosphere of mars to be a window into whether it could have inhabitable. is there a record of past life? we've done that. the mars we see, this is it, you know, doesn't look like beach front terrain today is really a challenging terrain. we've seen wheel wear on our rovers. we've driven across it for more than 6 kilometers. we know it was habitable. that's the record in the rocks. what we don't know is how long that stage of habitability existed. our stage team the trying to understand that. was it a long period? was it a short blip? did it cycle? carl sagan talked in much better language than i about the cycling nature of climate on mars. was an attempted humor at lunchtime. forgive me, not funny. but in any event, we don't kno

so the mars we see today is kind of like the bad lands of the american southwest or mongolia, kazakhstan, really rather telling layered rocks, we love them. this is mt. sharp, this is an artist rendering of the what the ancient mars could have been like. the measurements we made of these isotopes of key elements suggest that we can possibly understand the earlier atmosphere of mars to be a window into whether it could have inhabitable. is there a record of past life? we've done that. the mars we see, this is it, you know, doesn't look like beach front terrain today is really a challenging terrain. we've seen wheel wear on our rovers. we've driven across it for more than 6 kilometers. we know it was habitable. that's the record in the rocks. what we don't know is how long that stage of habitability existed. our stage team the trying to understand that. was it a long period? was it a short blip? did it cycle? carl sagan talked in much better language than i about the cycling nature of climate on mars. was an attempted humor at lunchtime. forgive me, not funny. but in any event, we don't kn

this "wall street journal" editorial talks about how putin uses kazakhstan is not really a country.s that putin's mainly got what he wants now. he has eastern ukraine where the russian speaker majority is and where the country's industrial base is. and with that, he basically has ukraine destabilized and weakened and that is all that matters to him. >> if he thinks, mika, like a politician, even a brudish politician. if he goes into kiev there will be a lot more pain for the russian people. i think he is where he is. >>> let's talk about an op-ed written by david cameron who has been very forceful towards isis and also the president. >> mike barnicle has that. >> they are writing the times of london today we will not be coward by barbaric killers whether regional aggression unchecked or prospect that foreign fighters have a threat in our country. our nations have always believed that we are more prosperous and secure when the world is more pros purse and secure. so we have a real stake in making sure they grow up in a world where schoolgirls are not kidnapped and women are not raped

besides ukraine, russian peakers reside now if moldova, georgia, kazakhstan, baltic states, poe lapd, even germany. this is a very big majority. bulgaria, moldavia, georgia, ukraine, who is next? many things, including the effectiveness of the global nonproliferation system, will be put on the severe test depending on the response of america. of the whole world. to this very simple question. even nato lies at risk and as if to underline this point, two days after president obama's estonian tonia, the intelligence officer was abducted and accused of espionage. the security assurance that were extended to ukraine and then have failed to work, providing to agreement three days, containment can secure world order. so what can bring the peace and hat can maintain it? cooperation, interdependence, leadership, and responsibility. this is the things we can depend the global security. so i urge you not to let ukraine thankalone in the face -- you. and this is very important that the whole world will see this gesture of solidarity. ukraine are not alone. we are together. we are united. and we w

and when the oil is found in kazakhstan or equity real getty or chad or cameron it won't do the people a lot of good. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. this is booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. here's a look at our primetime live. coming up at 7:00 eastern, ken burns and historian geoffrey ward look at the lives of theodore, eleanor and franklin d. roosevelt. ..