keith johnson with foreign policy will focus on the role of natural gas in relations between russia and europe. ♪ good morning, it is wednesday, april 16, 2014. congress is on recess. we have a three-hour "washington journal" this morning. we will take a deep dive into house and senate campaign fundraising reports. we will talk to the chairman of the federal election commission and discuss how russia is using its natural gas supplies in the conflict and ukraine. u.s.ll begin talking about attorney general eric holder. last year, some analysts thought holder might be ready to leave the administration. the attorney general has become a high-profile member of obama's cabinet. we are asking our viewers this morning for their opinion of eric holder. how would you rate his job performance question might give us a call. republicans at (202) 585-3881. democrats, (202) 585-3880. independents, (202) 585-3882. if you are outside the u.s., (202) 585-5883. you can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media pages. on twitter, facebook, or e-mail us. very good wednesday morning to you. ta

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we are joined by keith johnson of foreign policy to talk about his recent report -- prudent putin aimsis energy weapon at your. to europe. gas what is russia doing with its natural gas supply? guest: in terms of supply, russia has not done anything yet. ,hat they have done in the past since the fall of the soviet union, russia has used gas weapons on 50 occasions. this is straight out of the playbook of the post-soviet russian state. to use the fact that they are huge supplier of natural gas as a weapon to influence what other states do. since the start of this crisis, they have not shut off supplies. they have threatened to. the main thing they have done is jack up the prices severely. that adds to the stress for the new government in kiev. host: why does this matter to the greater eu? guest: europe gets a big portion of its gas from russia. the biggest single supplier for the european union's russia. goes across ukraine. depending on what happens in the dynamics between russia and ukraine, you could physically disrupt the amount of gas that gets into europe. that matters for heating

and keep johnson, senior reporter -- keith johnson will focus on the role that natural gas plays in the relationship between russia and europe. when the conversation on facebook and twitter for washington journal. former charger he secretary henry paulson says china's economic gains over the last 30 extraordinaryn but not sustainable. speaking at the center for strategic and international studies, he said that the leaders understand climate change. this is one hour. >> it is a pleasure to be here. i asked him how many times he had been here. he said, more than 100 times. i thought i would start by remembering that you presided at the home for a horrible financial crisis. we were a country with a sophisticated financial system with the people running it. it didn't turn out to be as good as we were led to believe. in some sense, the chinese are facing what is regarded as a potential for a financial crisis. but cap -- perhaps with less expertise. they do have a few resources that they need them. i wonder if you could talk about how big a risk you think there is in shadow banking or credit

this week we are joined by keith johnson of foreign policy to talk about his recent report. his energy weapon. and mr. johnson, the energy weapon here, the natural gas flowing from russia across europe. what has russia been doing with its natural gas supply since the start of this crisis. we continue to hear about it in ukraine. >> in terms of supply russia has not done anything yet. what they have done in the past since the fall of the soviet union russia has used a gas weapon on about 50 occasions. this is sort of straight out of the playbook of the post-soviet russian state, to use the fact that there is a huge supply of natural gas as a weapon to end funds what other states to. since the start of this crisis they have not shut off supply. they have threatened to, but the main thing they have done is jacked up the prices severely that the cash strapped detainee -- ukrainian government has to pay. that is as to the stress. >> why does this matter to the greater you? >> first of all, europe gets a big portion of its gas from russia. you know, there are other suppliers, but

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johnson in our spotlight on magazine. boudin aims his energy weapon had ukraine. -- nine ns can call democrats can call -- an independent can call? -- can call -- with keithe on johnson. this ongoing drama between the ukraine and russia is like a very bad play. there are no good actors on either side. and the ending can only be very tragic. i will wait for comment. this is one of those situations -- you know, a lot of people have talked in the past about the problems that are endemic in the ukrainian vertical culture. of cronyn, and a lot business associates involved in the gas flow. it is true that a large part of the political culture that existed before the december uprising was due to this natural gas trade anyway. but a question from james on twitter brings in a possible u.s. response. he asks why haven't we announced we will pull all the stops out to expedite natural gas exports to europe? guest: administration officials have been quite vocal, partly in response to european request -- but the meeting of the security council is called to order. the provisional agenda for this 28 february,r 2014, for the purposes of the ukraine to the united nations ad

johnson will do that review. tam ra keitharding the affordable care act. >> yeah, let's talk about that i think everyone agrees it has flaws. but democrats have been sort of reluctant, in congress to reopen the conversation and republicans have been more than happy to reopen the conversation but in a different way. now that, as you say, it's here to stay, there's so many people signed up, in this environment is it possible to corrects that business community and many others woum like ld like to see technical corrections. >> it's absolutely possible but it will require a change in attitude on the part of the republicans. i have always said from the outside any large piece of legislation like this, there are going to be things that need to be improved, tweaked. i said that i think i signed the bill. i don't think there's any hesitation on our part to consider ideas that would improve the legislation the challenge we have is that if you have certain members in the republican whose view is making it work better is a concession to

johnson is going to good ahead and do that review. tamara keith. >> yes.garding the affordable care act -- >> yes, let's talk about that. >> since you brought it up. i think everyone agrees it has flaws. but democrats have been sort of reluctant in congress to re-open the conversation, and republicans have been more than happy to re-open the conversation but in a different way. now that, as you say, it's here to stay, there's so many people signed up, in this environment, is it possible to do the kind of corrections that business community and many others would like to see, small technical corrections? >> it is absolutely possible but it will require a change in attitude on the part of the republicans. i have always said, from the outset, that on any large piece of legislation like this, there are going to be things that need to be improved, need to be tweaked. i said that -- i think the day i signed the bill. and i don't think there's been any hesitation on our part to consider ideas that would actually improve the legislation. the challenge we have is th

johnson is going to go ahead and do that review. tamara keith. >> yes.t, i think -- >> let's talk about that. >> you brought it up. i think everyone agrees it has, but democrats have been sort of reluctant in congress to reopen the conversation and republicans have been more than happy to reopen the conversation but in a different way. now that, as you say, it is here to stay, there are so many people that signed up, in this environment, is it possible to do the kind of corrections that business community and many others would like to see for small technical corrections? >> it is absolutely possible but it will require a change in attitude on the part of the republicans. i have always said, from the outset, that on any large piece of legislation like this there are going to be things that need to be improved, need to be tweaked. i said that, i think the day i signed the bill, and i don't think there has been any hesitation on our part to consider ideas that would actually improve the legislation. the challenge we have is that if you have certain members

johnson is going to do that review. tamara keith >> regarding the affordable care act -- >> yeah, let's talk about that. [laughter] >> i think everyone agrees that it has flaws. but democrats have been reluctant to reopen the conversation and republicans have been more than happy to reopen the conversation but in a different way. is hereyou say, that it to say and people have signed up, in this environment, is it possible to do the kind of corrections that the business community and many others would like to see, small, technical corrections? butt is absolutely possible it will require a change in attitude by the republicans. said from the outset that, on any large piece of legislation like this, there are going to be things that need to be improved, need to be tweaked. i think i said that the day i signed the bill. i don't think there has been any hesitation on our part to consider ideas that would actually improve the legislation. is, if youge we have have certain members in the republican party whose view is making it work at her

johnson's going to go ahead and do that review. tamara keith. >> yes.g the affordable care act, i think -- >> yeah, let's talk about that. >> since you brought it up. i think everyone agrees that it has flaws. but democrats have been sort of reluctant in congress to re-open the conversation and republicans have been more than happy to re-open the conversation but if a different way. now that, as you say, it's here to stay, there are so many people that signed up, in this environment, is it possible to do the kind of corrections that business community and many others would like to see sort of small technical corrections? >> it is absolutely possible, but it will require a change in attitude on the part of the republicans. i have always said from the outside that on any large piece of legislation like this, there are going to be things that need to be improved, need to be tweaked. i said that i think the day i signed the bill. and i don't think there's been any hesitation on our part to consider ideas that would actually improve the legislation. the chal

keith johnson with foreign policy will focus on the role of natural gas in relations between russia and europe. ♪ good morning, it is wednesday, april 16, 2014. congress is on recess. we have a three-hour "washington journal" this morning. we will take a deep dive into house and senate campaign fundraising reports. we will talk to the chairman of the federal election commission and discuss how russia is using its natural gas supplies in the conflict and ukraine. u.s.ll begin talking about attorney general eric holder. last year, some analysts thought holder might be ready to leave the administration. the attorney general has become a high-profile member of obama's ne