with crisis elsewhere diverting attention, it has been largely left to this man, kurt volker, to try the united states government, he invited us united states government, he invited us to travel with him and eastern ukraine. so we have come to a town in ukrainian government controlled territory. it is likely the frontline and indeed the observer mission who are based here, well, they had to pull back. they no longer stay here because it is just too dangerous. some six, seven kilometres this way, the contact line. today is unusually quiet but scores of ceasefire violations take place most nights. most of it is documented by the international monitors. do you feel like the world has forgotten this conflict and does that worry you? well, i think it would be unfair to say that it has been forgotten, there is still attention to it but the fact that there are regularly civilian casualties on a daily basis and ceasefire violations on a daily basis for four years ceasefire violations on a daily basis forfour years in ceasefire violations on a daily basis for four years in a report those dail

this is the us envoy for ukraine negotiations, kurt volker. russia appears to have no plans to stop separatists rebels fighting on the front lines. our correspondentjonah fisher travelled to the conflict zone with mr volker. here's his report. ukraine's war has moved into a fifth year in the world has hardly notice. has hardly noticed. with crises elsewhere diverting attention it has been largely left to this man, kurt volker to try to break the deadlock. an unpaid envoy for the us government, he invited us to travel with him in eastern ukraine. we have come to the town in the ukrainian government controlled territory and it is right near the front line and indeed the observer mission, who are based here, well, they had to pull back. they no longer stay here because it is just too dangerous. some six or seven km this way, the conflict line. today is unusually quiet but scores of cease—fire violations take place most nights. much of it is documented by the international monitors. do you feel like the world has forgotten this conflict and does t

. >> kurt volker, as everyone is watching, the world is watching. what is the impression on the world stage as international law allies and foes watch all of this unfold? >> a lot of people are holding their breath. as you know, there's a lot of skepticism about president trump around the world. yet, he is managed to flip this from being tweets about "rocket man" to be natural negotiation about denuclearization and a possible meeting. people are quite surprised by that. obviously everyone wants to see this be successful. now you see people holding their breath and waiting and seeing how this will play out. >> it does look like most want to see this succeed in some shape or form. is there anyone on the international stage sort of hiding behind the negotiations between the us and north korea to hope that they ultimately will fail? >> i think there's a great distraction. maybe iran is hoping it will be prolonged. apart from that, he of countries in the region, china, europeans, united states, everyone would like to see north korea free of the nuclear w

and kurt volker, thank you so much for joining us. before i let you applaud our wonderful panelists, i have an instruction. i need everyone to remain seated. don't move. senator ben cardin is about to appear, and i know you want to be here and warmly welcome him. but first please join me in thanking curt and enola for a lovely discussion. [ applause ] i'm going to do a quick set change up here. but again, don't move. >>> and we're live with the consumer federation of america's annual forum today. we'll hear from the head of the consumer products safety commission. there will also be a discussion on the reliability of the electric grid and a panel on data breaches and the security of personal data. again, this is live coverage getting under way here shortly on c-span3. >>> good morning. never sure about these microphones. good morning, everyone. i'm bob adler, i'm one of the commissioners at the consumer products safety commission. it's my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce this morning's keynote speaker, acting cpsc

and kurt volker, and dr. oliker, thank you both so much for joining us. before i let you applaud our wonderful panelists, i have an instruction. i need everyone to remain seated, don't move. senator ben cardin is about to appear. and i know you want to be here and warmly welcome him. but first please join me in thanking curt and olga for a wonderful discussion. [ applause ] >> we're going to do a quick set change up here. but again, don't move. >>> sunday on "q & a," university of virginia history professor, william hitchcock, on his book, "the age of eisenhower: america and the world in the 1950s". >> eisenhower, the way he carried himself and the man he was was a disciplined man, a great athlete when he was young. an organized man in every respect. very methodical. but that's how he ran the white house, too. he was extremely organized. and a lot of people, especially the young senator, future president, john kennedy, kind of criticized eisenhower's stodginess for being so disciplined and organized and predictable. but for eisenhower, it meant that when