the meeting in the kremlin had sealed his fate. he was arrested, his oil company dismantled and divided among putin loyalists. russia's richest man would serve ten years in a siberian prison camp. today, he lives in exile in switzerland and has no doubts about the system putin put in place. >> (translated): at first, he thought he could build a sort of democratic model that he could control. a model like this does not exist, so he started to slide towards, at first, mild totalitarianism and then an increasingly harsh totalitarianism. if the situation develops further, he will reach a full totalitarian model. in reality, every authoritarian system is a kleptocracy. >> narrator: some early evidence of that kleptocracy and how it worked was found in 2003, when police raided the offices of a small company called spag in a suburb of frankfurt, germany. author and journalist jurgen roth has written extensively about the raid, which targeted money laundering in several countries, allegedly by st. petersburg's tambovskaya mafia group. >> i

the kremlin is bulking up media weaponry, and spending a lot of roubles doing it. a new law restricting ownership by foreigners is under way. more will be under ownership of russians. russia and its media are heading into an eventful 2015. russia spent much of 2014 in the headlines, one was the news media working under its watch the the crisis in ukraine was in the early stages when a radio station, the country's popular news website, had their editors replaced by journalist with connections. the independent media television provided critical coverage of ukraine and was dumped by russian cable carriers, losing 90% of viewers. foreign owned media outlets saw rules change through a new law limiting foreign ownership to 25%, it was drawn up for a financial paper owned by dow jones and 'financial times' - known for the tough coverage and the oligarchs. >> translation: that law really does have a direct implication for us. it was quickly without discussion, without sufficient justification. it's an impression that it's not good for foreigners. there has been a year of c

it might point to the kremlin being involved, will be in secret. he carried out work for the british secret service, mi6, received regular payments from them and was visited in his hospital bed as he lay dying by his mi6 handler. the details of that relationship are likely to be heard in the open session of this inquiry. this may be the final opportunity to learn whether alexander's death was, as one lawyer put, an act of state sponsored nuclear terrorism on the streets of london. bbc news. >>> on facebook and instagram, they are back online after having been down for 40 minutes or so. it affected millions of the sites users across asia the u.s. and australia. facebook says it wasn't a hacker's problem. the technology report for bbc news asked them if we can be sure it wasn't a hack. >> i think we can take them for their word. if we believe facebook, it wasn't an attack. to see a hack on this scale would be i think, quite unprecedented. if you think about the numbers of people use zing facebook and instagram and kinder it would be a service attack

gave to russia parliament announcing annexation of crime yeah he outlined the new vision for the kremlinmoscow would protect what it influence. >> one part in which he warned russia's western colleague that if you compress a spring all the way to its limit at some point it will spring back hard, right, and that is the new foreign policy of russia, it's springing back against this perceived west. >> reporter: in november former soviet leader gorbachef said the expansion of nato and missiles and war in the middle east have contributed to the collapse of west. >> they are on the bring of a cold war and some are saying it has already begun. >> reporter: the stakes of this new cold war are about more than just territory and influence. they are also about money. here on the top of the world the battle is being fought over energy. the arctic is home to 13% of the world's undiscovered oil and a third of its natural gas. 8 nations lay claim to this fast melting landscape including russia, canada, and the united states. they alongside china are all pursuing huge reserves of oil gas and coal. >> fu

navalny is one guy to watch who is in a dance with the kremlin and how the kremlin response with this of defiance yesterday's weather they round him up and throw him in jail for violating terms of his parole -- they could do that, there is room for that. he led demonstrations of more than 100,000 people two years ago a big concern for the kremlin and fast-forward, the annexation of crimea and the russian president very popular with marginal support for navalny but a lot can change. >> the russian president is popular but why are people talking about the resignation of vladimir putin? >> it is a very trendy thing to talk about and the most recent person to weigh in is an 81 euro x strategist who made his -- 81-year-old xstrata just -- ex-strategist who said, this may be the year the russian president resigns because things will get so nasty with the collapse of the oil price. made me think of one of vladimir putin's favorite expressions which effectively is translated directly into english i will still be catching colds at your funerals. [laughter] prematurely forecast the demise of th

that gives the kremlin little room to manoeuvre as we were sanctions bite.especially those blocking firstly tied to russian president vladimir putin's regime from refinancing debt denominated in dollars. the kremlin is bailing out banks and engineered to what amounts to a bail out of rosneft. russia has a health y reserve, but when you break it down, it appears. >> reporter: 388.5 billion in foreign reserves, a curbon that is hand to see russia through its harshest economic climate since the debt default. how long can it hold out. >> you can run the maths, with all of them, it doesn't last forever. >> russia has taken a $120 billion bite out of the reference, blowing the lion's share on defending the rouble. not all of the $388 billion is easily tapped. 45 are held in goal. another 12 billion is tied up with the i.m.f., mostly in noncash instruments. russia counts 170 billion as reserves including a fund meant to cover short falls. >> it's not sure how liquid the funds are. >> dedoubt the liquid its and russia's position doesn't look nearly as plump. >> oil

is the kremlin really prepared to tackle him?e's unlike a lot of the opposition leaders they've seen before. he's a blogger so not relying on state media. he refuses to be exiled, saying i miss russia's black bread when i'm away and doesn't have money for putin to use at leverage, so can the kremlin take him down? >> no, i don't think they can take him down. i think he's an independent arc at her comes to us very well on t.v., seen as having a lot of integrity and the people are responding to this. the regime has to figure out a way to deal with it, in a way that doesn't make him a martyr. they went after his brother. >> he he's currently in jail, his brother. >> he was hit with a sentence, alexander got a suspended sentence, so consequently, they seem to treat him with kid gloves, because throwing him in the slammer he will become a martyr. >> he already has kind of become a matter. >> feats for sure. he he he's very durable. despite the pressure of the regime he's always appeared at the protest always the center of attention. i

how important keeping the economy stable is for the kremlin, for president putin.is the whole basis of his popular support. if the economy or to go into deterioration long-term that support would weaken and would undermine his position. i think people in the west underestimate how important the economy is, getting back to long-term growth in the economy is. therefore, last year, the measures the kremlin took to try to mitigate the effect of sanctions -- these things are important. it means that you are not going to get any unusual actions from the government. they will try to mitigate the effects. >> got it. thank you so much for your time. >> coming up, there is a new normal in the business of pork picks. we will explain what it means for china. this is bloomberg apple surveillance. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. the most anticipated interview of the week. ellen zentner. we really looking forward to that. i think we need a chart that is single and porcine. >> did not use that word. [laughter] we talk about conquering production, shadow bank liquidity. today, we offe

where their access to western capital is limited they're more dependent on the kremlin. >> putin holds control over oil and gas, largely spared at least in the short term from western sanctions. the big reason is russia supplies about a quarter of europe's gas, roughly half of that travels through ukraine. during the 1980s moscow built a web of pliens pludges pipelines. that means europe is vulnerable if russia turns off the spigot like it did earlier this summer. >>> temporarily loud russian gas to keep flowing. >> eastern ukraine there's fighting there, there could be sabotage against the pipeline, there could be other problems like that happening. and there are basic guarantees against that. >> back in the front lines in poland, restaurant owner lucio bacci says another blockade. good. >> a big problem a very big problem in this moment economy will go down. >> in a bold attempt to fix that problem poland is taking this most aggressive action of any european country to free itself of russia's energy dominance. poland expects a liquified natural gas terminal to be built by 2015. half

russian agents have been accused of being behind a series of attacks on other critics of the kremlin,nd russia's border. he's been in exile since he was beaten up by russian intelligence agents. here's his story. >> saeed is one of the kremlin's most vocal opponents, accusing president putin of committing war crimes and genocide in his home region of chechnya. he fled here to scarsburg many years ago, where he thought he would be safe. but last summer he says he started receiving threats and his worst fears were soon realized. today, back at the scene, he told me he was knocked unconscious by several men at the start of a terrifying ordeal. of. >> translator: when i regained consciousness, we were on a boat, on the river. they were polite saying let's come to an agreement. i told them i don't agree anything. they hit me again and when we were in the forest, they started torturing me. burning me with an iron and crunching my fingers until they crunched. the pain was terrible. and they stabbed me in my leg with some sort of spike. >> reporter: as we go back to his home he told me the me

it was an opportunity for the president to remind the kremlin that he enjoys widespread support not just in chechnya, but neighboring rubles where tens of thousands of people people. they said they would never allow the prophet to be insulted, and to a roar of approval, said we're ready to die for this. european journalists are insulting in the guise of free speech and are only interested in provocation. the russian government only too well aware of the depth of feeling against the charlie hebdo publication quickly moved away and reinforceed the ban of religious caricatures. it shows how widespread is the support for that move. >> still ahead on al jazeera after six weeks of no new infections mali declares itself free from the ebola virus and a prosecute center argentina is found dead under suspicious circumstances. details coming up. right here on al jazeera there's more to finical news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, could striking workers in greece delay your retirement? i'm here to make the connections to your money real. >> hello again, the top stories on al jazeera

kiev accused the kremlin of sending 700 troops across the border to bolster the separatists. in the wake of dip matic efforts -- in the wake of diplomatic everts, fighting has again increased. the ukrainian leader said he was prepared to put the fighting on pau. >> we are ready any time at any minute to immediately sign a cease-fire agreement if the minsk agreements are fulfilled. >> there have will be been several cease-fires announced in a bid to break the conflict, but all of them have been broken. >> the anti-infill gration group can -- an infiltrate group canceled a meeting in dresses deny. >> it would have been their 13th protest in as many weeks against the islamization of the west. announced by faithful to the german far rights groups have been canceled over a terrorism threat. stalled but not stopped, it has vowed to march again. >> the police informed us of a concrete threat on saturday. we need to take responsibility over those participating in the demonstrations, so we canceled the event. that doesn't mean we will be silent. >> intelligence sources uncovered a plo

all that pain gives the kremlin very little room to maneuver as western sanctions start to bite especiallyse blocking key firms tied to russian president vladimir putin's regime from refinancing debt redominated in dollars. it's engineered what amounts to a pail jot of state energy giant. russia does have a healthy foreign reserve fund to help weather the hard times, but whether you break it down that rainy day fund may not be as robust as it appears. $388.5 billion in foreign reserves, the cushion that's meant to see russia through its harshest economic climate since its 1998 debt default, but how long can that rainy day fund hold out? >> you can run the math and it doesn't last forever. >> russia has taken a $120 billion bite out of the reserves in the last year blowing the lion's share some $80 billion on defending the rouble. not all of the 388 billion left is easily tapped. $45 billion of russia's reserves are held in gold while another 12 billion is timed up with the imf mostly in noncash instruments. russia also counts roughly $170 billion in its kovrn wealth funds as reserves inclu

from the kremlin, nikita khrushchev said the soviet union is extending a helping hand to the people of in the case of necessity, he threatened, soviet artillery men can support the cuban people with rocket fire. meeting in san jose, costa rica, the foreign ministers of the american republics declared such extra continental intervention endangered the security of this hemisphere. in response, castro's foreign minister walked out. in havana, and a rambling monologues which is now famous fidel castro attacked the organization of american states and denied the soviet union or communist china had interventionist intentions. moreover, said castro, cuba would establish relations with the chinese people's republic. as castro speaks, no amount of bluster can disguise the people's unrest. people's brigades are rapidly formed. children are encouraged to inform against their parents. anyone protesting work criticizing is a counterrevolutionary and as such can be sentenced to the wall. a brazilian journalist revisited cuba during this time. >> i return to cuba in march of 1960 and things had still

it was an opportunity for the president to remind the kremlin that he enjoys widespread support in notchechnya but in nearby republics. there was no congregation here, take your hands off our prophet. he said he would never allow the prophet to be insulted and we are ready to die for this. he said european politician he are insulting the guise of free speech and he says western countries are only interested in provocation. the russian government only too aware of the department of feeling against the "charlie hebdo" publication was too quick to distance itself from the je suis charlie movement. just how widespread is the support for that move. peter sharp, al jazeera in moscow. >>> in germany protests are taking place supporting the antiislam group pegida, after a rally was cancelled in the eastern city of dresden. the decision was taken after threats made to one of the main organizers. dozens of people have gathered in berlin meanwhile to show solidarity. to show more rallies of support in other cities. cameroon's army say they have freed around half of 60 taken by boko haram. many of

the meeting in the kremlin had sealed his fate.as arrested, his oil company dismantled and divided among putin loyalists. russia's richest man would serve ten years in a siberian prison camp. today, he lives in exile in switzerland and has no doubts about the system putin put in place. >> ( translated ): at first he thought he could build a sort of democratic model that he could control. a model like this does not exist, so he started to slide towards, at first, mild totalitarianism and then an increasingly harsh totalitarianism. if the situation develops further, he will reach a full totalitarian model. in reality, every authoritarian system is a kleptocracy. >> woodruff: watch frontline's "putin's way" tonight on most pbs stations. >> ifill: finally tonight, our "newshour shares" moment of the day. something that caught our eye that might be of interest to you too. tonight's "share" comes from our own hari sreenivasan. while on a reporting trip for the newshour, hari got a presidential surprise. at 90 years old, jimmy carter is a

the kremlin will use savings to pump out $35 billion into the economy, which has been battered by falling oil prices and western sanctions. the crash in russia's currency the up ruble has led to credit agencies to cut russia's credit ratings to just six. >>> days after being sworn into power alexis tsipras holds plans that include negotiation on bail out deals. that has fears for many but there was positive news for hundreds of government cleaners. >> on wednesday, they were in shock. greece's new finance minister made it his first task to rehire some 600 cleaning ladies, his department dismissed 18 months ago and replaced with cheap workers. >> it doesn't perhaps do anything for greece that some cleaning ladies are going back to work, but it's very important to change the climate. we hope that people will win back their properties, theirs lives and the life lie hoods that they lost. >> the government is keen to show that it is delivering day one even as the new cabinet met for the first time, greece mounted a departure from austerity policies. it will put a stop to privatization to pay d

taking in a live show at the art de triomphe, and in russia the president's palace and the historic kremlin complex. >>> back here at home, new from overnight, the red cross is helping this house fire from delaware county. a firefighter actually showed video from where a fire started at 11:00 in glennoldenglenolden. the good news is four people inside did make it out safely but their house is destroyed. >>> this morning, a man is in custody after barricading himself in a home when officers tried to search an arrest warrants. st. alvines and 25th street. the suspect got away and ran into another house. a s.w.a.t. team surrounded that home. the man surrendered a short time later. no one was hurt. >>> well woman and her two children are thankful for the camden police officers who rescued them from a fire. two officers ran into a burning home at 8th and atlantic avenue. they got the mom and kids out the window and on to the roof of the house. and then lowered the family to rescuers below. >>> and a group put their lives on the line to rescue a family on butler street. a neighbor tells us he hea

interfax news agency quotes kremlin spokesperson dimitri peskov saying his government has confirmed kimattend an event on may 9th. the occasion will be the 70th anniversary of the soviet union's victory over nazi germany in world war ii. north korea has been seeking to strengthen relations with russia. its political ties with its closest ally china have recently soured. in november the secretary of the workers party visited russia as kim's special envoy. he held talks with president vladimir putin. russian media report 20 years including chinese president xi jinping will attend the event. they say invitations have also been sent to japan's prime minister shinzo abe, south korean president park geun-hye, and leaders from europe. >>> senior government officials from japan, the u.s. and south korea have agreed they need more help dealing with pyongyang's nuclear program. the counterparts from russia and china will be asked to assist in concrete actions toward denuclearization. their decision came on wednesday after a meeting in tokyo. it's the first time the three nations have discussed th

journalism because lately, we witness there he serious attempts of propaganda coming from moscow, from kremlin , from mr. putin, and this is very effective. so for us to challenge and in some ways confront that not with counter propaganda but with journalism to give people a chance for truth. >> the team of experienced radio free europe employees and tv professionals from ukraine and russia produces 30 minutes of television programming a day. a program does not have its own channel. it is broadcast largely by public stations in countries that border russia -- torture, ukraine, moldova, the baltic states. a bit like during the days of the iron curtain. -- georgia, ukraine, moldova, the baltic states. >> it is a bit like going back to the cold war times. it is very strange because we all experience that. >> the program has recently started broadcasting in lithuania, mainly at the russian minority there. after a few weeks, it became the most popular program on the news channel that shows it. the management here has no problem saying openly that this show, produced in prague, is a bulwark against

many communists eschew militaryism and it's this group of people who happened to seize the kremlin. that's the problem we are facing. we are not confronting the islamists at which the level that they're challenging us. >> we are not confronting the american people with the true posture which is we have an enemy, we know who the enemy is. what we are doing is showing that this is a nation in josh earnest's description who when presented with okay, what is this program that you're going to have about radical -- not radicalism -- >> extremism. >> what kind of extremism, he couldn't think of another kind of extremism. so burning is the desire of these people to avoid any connection. >> all right. >> to the threat. >> sorry dan, this is the last answer you'll get in. when we come back, mitt 3.0. he's eyeing another white house run so would a romney candidacy be this different this time around and would it keep other potential contenders on the sidelines? ♪ ♪ ♪ abe! get in! punch it! let quicken loans help you save your money. with a mortgage that's engineered to amaze! thanks, g. >>> wel

putin says sanctions araren't having a significant effect on the kremlin. >> things are not working in political terms. they may have been effect on the economic area but not political. >> google sales fall short as competition on mobile intensifies, but a happy holidays helps amazon beat estimates. >> assad a shakeup. the arab states nuking fires his economic officials one week after taking the throne. ♪ >> hello, welcome to countdown. >> also coming up, super bowl sunday. can kim kardashian help advertisers score a touchdown during america's biggest sporting event of the year? the newly elected greek prime minister is promising no surprises as he goes face-to-face with european officials for the first time. >> he assured martin schultz that greece will not make any unexpected moves regarding its finances. >> that sent the stock market in athens for a rebound after lunging to lows not seen since the peak of the debt crisis. >> hans nichols is in berlin with more on the story. ring us up to speed. >> yesterday were niceties. today the negotiations affectively began. mr. schultz said he

. >>> a public inquiry into the death of the ex kvg spy is due to open in london, a critic of the kremlin radiation poisoning in 2006 no one has been charged with his death and strained relations between the british and russia governments and we report. >> reporter: a full 8 years since the image of dying alexander ya in ko emerged and the case has a huge shadow do of relations between uk and russia ever since, hotel in london he drank tea with a rare isotope and was dead within three weeks. russian agents including this man were blamed. it was described as an execution ordered by the russian states after it transpired he had been working for the british security agency mi-6 investigating alleged links between the russian government and organized crime syndicates. . >> reporter: did not have inquery to establish a cause of death had to suspends even that after the british government refused to reveal sensitive information. but last summer just four days after the malaysia airlines jet was shot down over ukraine british ministers changed their minds, leaving many to conclude they have deci

it's just this people who have happened to seize the kremlin. that's the problem we are facing. we are not confronting the islamists at the level at which we are challenging us. >> we are not confronting the american people with the true posture which is we have an enemy and who they are. what we are doing is showing that this is a nation in josh earnest's description who when presented with okay what is this program you're going to have about radicalism -- not radicalism -- >> extremism. extremism. >> what kind of extremism he couldn't think of another kind of extremism. so burning is the desire of these people to avoid any connection. >> all right. sorry, dan this is the last answer. you'll get your licks in later. >>> when we come back, mitt 3.0. he's eyeing another white house run. so would a romney candidacy be different this time around and would it keep other potential contenders on the sidelines? [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ susan ] my promotion allowed me to start investing for my retirement. transa

eastern ukraine and warned that the united states would, in his words, ratchet up the pressure” on the kremlinpresident said he would explore additional options, short of military confrontation. pro-russian rebels announced a new offensive this week and are said to be responsible for shelling that killed 30 civilians yesterday. secretary of state john kerry has arrived in nigeria, and today he held talks with that country's president and his chief rival in next month's presidential elections there. as those talks were occurring, boko haram islamic militants launched new attacks on maiduguri, one of nigeria's major cities in the north of the country. according to the council on foreign relations here in new york the militants have killed 8,000 nigerians since 2011. in israel today, prime minister benjamin netanyahu defended his decision to address the u.s. congress in march, even though his invitation to speak was extended by house speaker john boehner without white house knowledge, an act some have criticized as a breach of protocol. >> ( translated ): in coming weeks, world powers are liable

the kremlin has never released photos of either of them as adults.nd the national passed ball association is hoping to score more popularity in china in a post yell ming era -- post yell ming era -- post yao-ming e it is the first sports like to open an office in china. we are going to talk about super bowl xlix and high-tech sensors. that is next on bloomberg west. >> this week the super bowl will look different than any other thanks to wearable technology. now to discuss the partnership is general manager jill so fox. it has been almost exactly a year. you guys have your sensors on whom during this game yet go >> we have to sensors and a shoulder had of every player on the field for the super bowl. >> that is amazing. >> we have been doing these projects with the nfl all season. in 17 stadiums we had our sensors running. it shows all kinds of great things. how the game is sort of unfolding with new statistics. >> we talk about this program a year ago. what have we learned over the course of the year? >> we have actually learned a lot. what is inter

the kremlin tole them they are under threat by n.a.t.o. the siege mentality reflected in the upbeat year ahead. >> i expect the best from the new year. everything is going to be all right. we'll be happy and healthy. >> translation: we hope that everything is happy. >> i think that everything is going to be great. >> the words of confidence and reassurance, there's a growing realisation, perhaps unspoken that things will get far worse, before they get better. >> in brazil a new year means the start of a second. they face the lingering reserve last year a country where economic growth slowed to a halt. they have this report on challenges. a new year a new term from the leftist president. if 2014 just barely saw her reflected. 2014 proved just as changing. the emerging economy has been falling. poor infrastructure. and crippling taxes and bureaucracy are going to blame. order brazilians say the pillar of south america's populist nation wants results this time around. >> they need to be improved not just public health care. it's a better coun

she has never done a media interview in the kremlin has ever released photos of either of his daughtersts. the national basketball association is hoping to score more popularity in china in a post jan meeting air out. -- post yeah lome andyow ming era. "bottom line" with mark crumpton is coming up at the bottom of the hour. what is your real basketball team? >> don't start. you want me to talk about the nexen i am not going there. let's talk about -- the knicks and i'm not going there. let's talk about the economy. gains in household consumption were the biggest since 2006. what does that tell us about this year's growth expectations and will the u.s. economy gain enough momentum to offset possible headwinds from europe? the chief economist from kp and he will join me. who do you have on sunday? >> i have the warriors over utah. >> super bowl cory. >> oh, that one. the seahawks are a challenge. we hate them as 49ers fans. but i am going with the seahawks. >> i have to go with seattle because they are the defending champ's and until somebody beats you, you are still the champs. >> we are

the kremlin said that was bad. we should have acted more quickly.e stability and think the ruble will be between 60 and 65. yesterday it touched 70. today it is 68. there are people out there who are going to say this is new normal. how long does the new normal last? >> another thing we have to think about, the first full day in office for greece's new leaders. the other members of the euro-zone are looking at their response. guy, any other news? we have seen the euro-zone finance minister suggest they are willing to make a compromise. any suggestion about a haircut on the debt? >> yeah. what is interesting is we know who they will ultimately being negotiating with? it hasn't come out officially from the new administration who the new finance minister is. it came out on his blog. he will carry on that blog, which is interesting as well. he promises that while the blogs will be more infrequent, they will be compensated for that by being juicier and providing more comments and insight. the renegotiation of greek debt may end up forming part of that bl

it was an opportunity for the president to remind the kremlin that he enjoys widespread support not just in chechnya but neighboring rubles where tens of thousands of people responded. there was no aggression here. posters read "keep your hands off our prophet." they said they would never allow the prophet to be insulted, and said they're ready to die for this. he said european journalists are insulting the feelings and believers in the guise of free speech western countries are only interested in provocation. the russian government only too aware of the depth of feeling against the charlie hebdo public was quick to distance itself from the je suis charlie movement following the paris killings and reiterated his full support on the publication of religious caricatures. the turnout in grozny appears how widespread is the support for that move. peter sharp al jazeera, moscow. >> pope francis is flying home to the vatican after his trip to the philippines. thousands arrived at the airport in manila to say goodbye. he spoke against corruption saying it is robbing people of a dignified life.

european foreign ministers gave the go-ahead for work on "any appropriate actions" to force the kremlinobserve a cease-fire in ukraine. the decision could pave the work for further economic sanctions. there was concern that greece would block the proposal but that did not happen. that's the latest world news. we will have another update at 45 minutes past the hour. at investors in the federal reserve do not have the same investment in the u.s. economy. investors say that bond purchases are saying a different thing. we are joined by lisa rommel was. now, lisa, why is the bond market flashing these bearish signals? >> 30 year treasuries. best game gain ever for january. more than 8% return. yields, record lows, but the stock market it has been a really rough month. and that kind of speaks more to recessionary conditions and a sour outlook, but yet you have janet yellen coming out and saying they see a strong growth pattern in the u.s. and they do seem to be on track for a rate hike. >> lisa you're just in florida at an atf conference. what are people talking about? what is the worst-case

it was an opportunity for the president to remind the kremlin that he enjoyed widespread support in chechnyan neighborhooding countries. there was no aggression here. posters read take your hands off of our profit. addressing the crowds the president said he will never allow the president to be insulted and said we are ready to die for this. he said european journalists and politicians are insulting the feelings of believes in the guise of free speech. and western countries are only interested in provocation. the russian government only too well aware of the depth of feeling, was quick to distance itself from the movement and reiterated its full support of media ban on religious caricatures. peter sharpe al jazeera, in moscow. >>> there were similar protests today in gaza. hundreds gathered outside of the french cultural center. demonstrators burned a french flag. security forces were called in to control the crowd. >>> mideast tensions have made their way too the miss universe pageant. it started with this photo by miss israel. she is on the far left. next to her was miss lebanon who was co

they were protesting about a kremlin critic. how do you ganl theuge the popularity?ere that comes from. remember it's at 80% where he controls all means of different voices. barack obama could be closer to 80% if msnbc worked for him and the congress all worked for him. that said, what i get the sense of is nervousness about the future. then the regime is yefrs. there were verdicts against the leader and his brother who went to jail. it was a handful of people and they felt compel and that suggests not a confident regime that believes it is at 80% approval r5e9ing. >> president obama let's talk about what his strategy and he said let's give cameron a chance. are sanctions enough and putin doesn't seem to be giving an inch. by the administration and they can strengthen nato and shore up the economy and you have to do all three. as to when it will work the piece was right. as he ended, time will tell and nobody really knows. the fact is over years, there will be economic recession in russia, that will have an impact. it's hard to bhsh that impact becomes a moment that

was noticing because havel was walking the dog and the prague where gorbachev just emerged from the kremlin if he was applauded by the onlookers on the street. and then he seemed to look in the direction where havel was standing and havel the dissident leader of the opposition but then we go back home to see how confused he was acquitted is the motivation. and as a very polite person is somebody waves i will waved back. and there is nothing wrong with waiting to a liberal russians are who was coming in with some reforms a etc., etc.. then he says what's wrong? the cheering of the people come was the people expecting somebody from the outside will come to solve their problems. and he would say the same thing about the debate today. havel is dead. he cannot solve the problems for us i'm sorry. is using him mr. mentally with his other issues. >> it will be interesting to see the effects to see the statute, the bus than their real recognition of havel importance in the united states a pass to have any effect over there. everything was live streamed to into prague and we celebrated something tha