went to latvia because regulators were breathing down their neck. does it dry up the swamp for other operators if the leagues choose the people they want to do business with? >> i don't think particularly. the nba is a small slice of this pie. if you're opening up, you're not doing it for the nba, you're doing it for the nfl, hockey, baseball. they'll want other exclusives. online operators. there will be better legal climate and more people will jump in the game. i don't think it's really something that just the nba will benefit from or exclusively get. it will be widespread. >> benjamin, you've been, like every member of the panel, pretty expansive about the future of this industry. is this something that can be controlled, managed to the advantage of the sports networks, or are freelancers going to get in on this action just as the more legit legalized does? >> it will become legalized, which it will because it's pretty much legalized all over the world except here. all of western europe in engla england, wales, ireland, there are people who have

the man is said to be an ethnic russian and a citizen of latvia. russia is locked in a deepening confrontation with europe over the situation in ukraine. both sides have hit the other with economic sanctions. >>> investigators in japan are take the markets higher. ai uchida has more. >> investors are buying back the shares they sold yesterday. you mentioned gdp earlier, investors were shocked to see a contraction. so today, investors are going barga bargai bargain hunting. for details let's go to ramin mellegard. he has a full wrapup for us. what can you tell us? >> thank you, ai. after the declines we saw on monday and with that rebound that we've seen now with the dollar against the yen, investors bought up a lot of shares, especially in the sectors that were sold off on monday. let's have a look at the morning session for the nikkei and the topix. 17,258 up 1.7%. and the topix triediading highe well. the nikkei raising for the morning session. and big names especially blue chip names trading higher this morning along with toray industries which

they include estonia latvia and bulgaria. soviet styled monuments are everywhere. in russay, bulgaria's fifth largest cemetery, a glimpse into shared legacy with moscow. in fact ties to eastern europe, a diaspora of russian speakers who have spread out over the region for centuries. liking ukraine, some feel an emboldened vladimir putin could use pro-russian groups in eastern europe to further destabilize the region. it's in enclaves like these where putin wields an outsized influence. >> translator: my personal opinion is that russia has started to get involved in ukraine only to help, without intentionally trying to pretty what happened in crimea. >> andrea is like many in ukraine that don't blame russia. >> translator: in my opinion the west won the cold war. and has since been trying to put russia in the corner. >> russia in the 1990s was a very weap weak and in many rments humiliated country and was not able to project force, was not able to defend its interests as as it saw them at the time. so when large numbers of former soviet satellites joined nato or the

slight. >> and yet, despite those memberships, russia's roots run deep across eastern europe, in latviaspeakers make up over a third of the population. they account for other a quarter of the people in estonia, where the government relocated a statute of a famous soldier. >> russia is already there. it's self power, people, secret services, businesses, media. so if you try to deal with russia sort of half, half, buffer zone, russia wins because russia is there. these people used to be pardon of ussr. >> but in fewer places are russia's split loyalties more so than in bulgaria. bulgaria's eu membership actually gives russia a voice in brussels. bulgaria is often considered moscow's most pliable ally. >> bulgaria has been called the trojan horse of russia. >> even today a symbol of that division is an unfinished russian build natural gas pipeline called south stream. when finished it would bypass ukraine and provide europe with another transit route for russian gas. the european union commission wants to wean itself off riens reliance of that gas. but bulgaria has virtually all of its gas

thanks to the ambassadors of finland and denmark and estonia and latvia. thanks very much for being here. [applause] >> weekend to volunteer when we know we need to. we tend to do that kind of thing. we tend to step forward and take responsibility when times are hard. i would say right now i'd think this is that moment in america. we just look around and we instinctively know we have to change the concept of citizenship. if we go to many people in america they think if they vote and they pay their taxes they did their job as a citizen but that's not what citizenship is. a country is no more than a covenant between people who decide to be a nation and its relationship between people that has the responsibility to end for each other. that's what citizens are. they are jointly bound to take care of each other. so the concept of citizenship instead of being small and being a set of entitlements and limited responsibresponsib ility really exist then said what you are a much or about and why you do or don't do what you do. i think citizenship in america has erod

but, uma, i was also in latvia, estonia, lithuania, so it's not just in ukraine. they're trying also, putin's trying to bring them in. i coin a term, they're trying to rereaganize the soviet union. so it's a lot of other countries too. ukraine is under the gun. they're killing people today. and we need to do all we can. what this administration has done there is said, well, we've been supportive. what have they done? they sent over blankets. that's not what they need. they need heavy artillery. we have a list of things. >> putin seems to be getting away with anything he wants to do at this point and the world can't seem to assert enough pressure on him to hold back. >> we have the same thing there as we have in iraq, in serbia. if we would just give them the ability to defend themselves with something heavy. but this administration thinks, well, that just makes them angry, you know, so we have the same situation in ukraine as we have in many other places, including -- we should be giving the kurds the heavy equipment to be used. people are dying by the hundreds an

at hoen felt, latvia or lithuania. one thing that really helped us is we're very transparent in what we're doing. as you saw this week in the unveiling of army operational concept during ausa, this is not just a military -- it's not a problem that the military is the only solution on. this is a whole of nation, all of the alliance, all elements of national power to be presented against the problem set. to win in a complex world, we have to put multiple dilemma. on the adversaries we face. we face many adversaries. and that's not just a lethal force on an adversary. it's got to be more. i think any leader that's coming into a new national role should go and look at their militaries and understand the goodness of this collective defense, the goodness that we get from putting this alliance together. and i think that will help them see the problem through our lens and then we can see the problem from their perspective as well. we can make sure we're not working against political objectives by using military means. and so w

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because they are not from latvia. but this is not -- this is not their problem. they -- all their life they are living there because they're russians only. and i said we don't want to impose them, please, impose them only. the rules of council of europe, the rules of oec an nothing else and then there is no problem. that's why this is what we have to discuss. there will be no threat and no -- but it's easier to say this is the threat from russia. threat what? we need countries, we have a lot of territory, i can assure you. why we need more? we don't know what to do with siberia where there are only six or seven million people and we don't know how to develop that we need dialogue, we need to sit together and then you will see that everything is possible. >> there's a woman back here. yes. >> >> thank you, i'm a retired american diplomat. mr. minister, you said that if i understood you correctly that without a strategic framework there's not much point in talking about smaller issues because these don't really lead to dialogue. but apropos of that and also your la

david is originally from latvia. he's a young writer and this is about an israeli politician who was once a soviet dissident and he unexpectedly find himself back in ukraine where he's face- to-face with the man who had betrayed him to the kgb. and -- the hitch is that he sort of lacks the moral high ground that you would expect when he's confronting the man. because we the readers know that this man is having an affair and betraying his own wife and family. and so it's really about the murkiness of morality. and makes a lot of references to the bible. to the story of king david who also was a -- you know sort of a hero at one level and also had a very sort of problematic moral career. >> and interesting. so the issue of betrayal on both the personal and interpersonal and on the more communal. >> exactly. yes. set against the backdrop of history and at the same time it is intensely personal. >> it's an historic nonfiction? >> it's not historic. i mean it takes place in history but it's a work of fiction. and it's one

in latvia, in poland, but in addition to that, we also have to see european countries. a really transatlantic effort, really coming together and reassuring those allies that are feeling vulnerable. >> all of these will be coming together, many of them, very soon, do you think that in terms of the time line of when we will see actual action, over there, that it is going to be soon i am hopeful thatly continue to do so, if they do see more of that, especially given the deteriorating security situation not just in ukraine, but throughout europe at large, increasing incidents of russian airplanes flying into nato territory, and other countries, i think there is a need to have a tougher and a stronger response to some of these actions, not only to assure allies but to deter russia. thank you so much. >> back in this country, republicans have moved quickly to challenge democrats, today the house of representatives approved a bill, approving the keystone x.l. oil pipeline. now for six years president obama has held up approval, in part because of opposition from environmentali

there was russian surveillance plays flying close to latvia. >> yes, it is a popularity game.ecall when he sent the tanks in. his popular rating in russia went from 80 to 86 percent. russian people like the german people in the '30s are looking for revenge and vindication and putin is their guy. he is found and conquered eastern ukraine and his next target will be estoppia and has a 40 percent ethic russian population. this will continue until he is confronted on the west. >> he is counting on the west and european nation not doing anything. because no one will confront russia. who will stop this? >> for the near are term, no one. which is so sad. the russian military is lousy. other than the infapt row units, the russian army is 800000 disgrunteled conscripts. and the material they have is the same they used against us in the desert storm and you remember how they turned out. and this is a thin veneer of military power. just a little bit of help from mefrn and nato aide could stop this. i see no enthusiasm in europe or the united states to do anything about it. and as long as

we have ambassador finland, ambassador of estonia, ambassador of latvia and the ambassador of denmark they also have three former members of congress jim moody, jim slattery and jim walsh and it's always perilous in a room like this to recognize special friends but we have two special friends given the topic which is the crisis with russia over ukraine. ambassador jim collins who is extraordinarily effective american ambassador to russia, longtime russia specialist and a great friend to all of us on this panel and ambassador steve pifer who is ambassador to ukraine longtime russia ukraine specialist. think all of us have worked with steve as well so congratulations to both of them and thank you for being here. what we are going to do today is talk about one of the major strategic challenges to the united states in 2014. president putin's invasion of crimea the annexation of crimea by the russian duma, the consistent efforts by president putin and the russian government to destabilize eastern ukraine over the last nine months and the reaction by the west by the united states, canada an

the fact that we had an alliance, kurt and i had the honor to be part of the alliance, in estonia, latvia, poland, the military garrison is there. make surn certain to president , it is that kind of deterrence that is kind of push back that you need to do with president putin. >> let's go on to what's going on militarily. let's listen more to what general breedlove had to say. >> we have the situation where the former international border, the current international border of ukraine and russia is completely porous, it is completely wide open. forces money support, supplies, weapons are flowing back and forth across this border, completely at will. and that is not a good situation. >> so kurt, is there any doubt that there's been at least a partial invasion of ukraine by russia? >> no doubt whatsoever. russia invaded crimea first and annexed crimea. president putin visited on may ninth. that is part of ukraine that's been invaded and occupied. we've seen personnel, both special forces and regular forces and voluntary mercenaries. there's no question that's what's going on. the only thing w

the question is where does russia stop now, will it look into nations, lathe wania, latvia, and this is extremely significant. as joe biden said in kiev yesterday, it's unacceptable that in 21st century europe, an aggressor can innovate an independent state with sovereignty and territorial integrity, russia must be stopped. the west understand that. the risk for europe is massive. >> ukraine's government says joining n.a.t.o. is a massive priority, that will let them be more. >> had ukraine been a member of n.a.t.o., it would have been unthinkable for russia to invade an n.a.t.o. member. that is a real guarantee. at the moment it's neither a member of n.a.t.o. and wants to move away from its past, from a past controlled by moscow. so i think the country wants to move forward. focussing on values of human dignity, freedom of speech. so the question is now how you can come out of this situation when it's been attacked and invaded by russia, the whole world must look at the situation and revisit as two decades ago they gave up the third largest nuclear arsenal for assurances from the un

with lithuania and latvia pledge to go meet the 2% target by the end of the decade and poland by 2016t further air way, some of the other lineses biggest european members have yet to step up their defense spending. including germany. which recently suffered several embarrassing episodes involving poorly-maintained military aircraft trying to deliver support to iraq and ebola aid to afteafrica. >> in germany spends more on its defense it will signal to russia that they are serious about the problems rus russia created. >> reporter: while reports of rising russian provocations in the air and on the seas have yet to convince some of 80 owe's biggest european members to jack up defense spending, the alliance still boasts vastly superior military capabilities, thank in large part to the united states. patricia sob gga. >> stepping up military exercises and troop rotation on his their eastern frank, all next week "real money" will bring all special report called the new cold wore, ali velshi traveled to europe to see first hand hour tensions between russia and nato over ukraine or rippling

you have these russian enclaves in estonia, latvia, poland.sians do much better being europeans, but they seem to like this whole mother russia extending its arm of protection around them. >> it's unclear how much they like it over the long-term. the problem is they out last the ukrainians, that's the real issue here. there was a survey recently take then russia about the level of support of the boycott on european food stuffs it was about the same level of support as you see for foot inning itself in the mid 80s -- putin itself. in the mid 80s, it's also hitting russians in the pocketbook but that's also the same russians that benefited from oil prices going from $14 up to 100 before they sank back to around high 70s. these russians overwhelmingly feel that they have done better over putin than they did before. and now he's giving some of it back. you definitely meet elites that say he's gone too far, they don't like the fact he's broken the relationship with miss merkel in germany. but on balance they are with him. and unfortunately for all

summit this fall, members close to russia have upped their spending commitments with lithuania and latviadging to meet the 2% target by the end of the decade and policy land by 2016. further away, some of the alliances' biggest european members have yet to step up their defense spending, including germany, which recently suffered several embarrassing episodes involving poorly maintained military aircraft trying to deliver support to iraq and ebola aid to africa. >> if germany spends more on its defense, it will signal to russia that it's serious about the problems that russia has created and about incurring costs and to tolerate a higher level of tension overall with russia. >> while reports of rising russian provocations in the air and on the seas have yet to convince some of nato's biggest european members to jack up defense spending, the alliance still wid vastly superior military capabilities thanks in large part to the united states. patricia sabga, al jazeera. >>> chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey is in iraq, the first visit since the u.s. coalition began launchin

cancel russian majorities, there's latvia, there's potential conflict in region.could strike in every direction and i don't think he will have much choice. he will have to look strong and he'll have to justify staying in power when the economy is doomed. >> and nato looks weaker every day. the stories today in the paper about the war games against nato country, denmark or what have you, i think it basically has him sitting there shaking. >> but further complication, it goes back to the earlier discussion we were having. russia is now playing a central role in the iran talks in terms of taking away some of this uranium and storing it there. so we need them for that and that has us back pedalling in our rhetoric. >> so will we get tougher? the president just landed in alaska, by the way. he's on his way to beijing to go to the apec conference. what does the president do about russia? >> well, when he meets putin there -- >> and just signed a gas deal. >> you remember the phrase to whisper it in mr. medvedev's ear, tell i will be more flexible. he is flexible. and pu

next weekend i will be in latvia talking about the african diaspora programs in the mid-1970's. >> is ther anyone else who works in a museume? i think one of the things that michelle is getting at, which is how you sort of figure out when you're dealing with the subject of structuralypes bearings you can give or telling a story that gives the structural context for what is socially and culturally happening. what is the great thing about being at a museum is that you can do, you have the exhibition where you have to, where it's hard. you have to be a little bit clearer. you have to often generalize more about how you represent stories or fax or events. you also have public programs. what is great about working institutionally is that you have the units that work on exhibitions and you have staff who work more on public programs and education projects. what our assurance always is is that we are not just telling the light story of the american dream or a happy, multiethnic america but we pursue public programs. we can bring to bear more voices. we can talk about more difficult things. a

if there are two front line states in this conflict, they are latvia and estonia. two nato allies who deserve and have the protection of article v. and we have the two ambassadors here, and they both want to speak. so maybe i'll start, mr. ambassador, with you, the estonian perspective and then, mr. ambassador, the latvian perspective. >> thank you. thank you, nick, and i want to thank all panelists. i think you have contributed a lot personally, all of you, to the achievements of these hundreds million people in the region. we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall, and i want to say a word of appreciation to all of you. and i know what you have done. so, and i appreciate your thoughts today as well. i think that -- i have two comments and one question. i think where we are today, it's not just bad weather, it's climate change. so it's really difficult to reverse the climate change. as we all know. we have bad news but also good news, i would say. the bad news everybody knows. i'm not going to repeat those. and the question is really, you know, wha

organized crime groups including coordinated work with italy that lead to 25 arrests in new york and latvia earlier this year. importantly we also discussed a number of steps that the united states and the e.u. and its member states can take together to address the issue of foreign terrorist fighters including for information-sharing, investigation and prosecutions and countering violent extremists. one important area that we have agreed on was developing the capabilities of our partner governments to deal with foreign terrorist fighters increasing their capacity to deal with this issue. the department of justice is part of united states government wide effort in this regard. i can announce today that with the support of the state department's bureau of counterterrorism the department of justice has detailed federal prosecutors and senior law enforcement advisers to reside in key regions including the balkans, the middle east and north africa to work with countries seeking to increase their capacity to investigate and prosecute foreign terrorist fighters. the department of justice has a bee

arms going to give to the ukrainians, we should be paying attention to what russia's doing today in latvia, serbia to prep the next set of crises. and hopefully this committee will be able to grapple with the need to have a much more robust conversation about how we meet those new russian tactics. and hopefully, i think you understand that, but it'd be great to see real proposals coming out of the state department, some new innovative proposals about how we revamp programs so it has any semblance of a chance to match up against what the russians are providing in the periphery of their area of influence. >> senator, let me say briefly that is something that if confirmed i would welcome working with you and other members of this committee on. you're exactly right, russia has a panoplea of tools. we see it in the ukraine, the balkans and places farther flung. and, for us to be effective, we have to be focused on that, as well, and indeed, we are. it's something we welcome working on with you. we have just a small point on this, and in the context of ukraine, we immediately stood up an effort

arms going to give to the ukrainians, we should be paying attention to what russia's doing today in latvia, serbia to prep the next set of crises. and hopefully this committee will be able to grapple with the need to have a much more robust conversation about how we meet those new russian tactics. and hopefully, i think you understand that, but it'd be great to see real proposals coming out of the state department, some new innovative proposals about how we revamp programs so it has any semblance of a chance to match up against what the russians are providing in the periphery of their area of influence. >> senator, let me say briefly that is something that if confirmed i would welcome working with you and other members of this committee on. you're exactly right, russia has a panoplea of tools. we see it in the ukraine, the balkans and places farther flung. and, for us to be effective, we have to be focused on that, as well, and indeed, we are. it's something we welcome working on with you. we have just a small point on this, and in the context of ukraine, we immediately stood up an effort

that steve deagan has talked about in reinforcing nato and nato's position particularly in estonia latvia lithuania and poland. steve hatley talked about that. does president obama need to go into new phase of this conflict and do a lot more to build up american policy? maybe if i would ask you all of that is including question and then open it up to everyone else. strobe. >> let me pick up on something very important that angela said. ukraine is an existential issue for russians and that's largely at the very human level. the two cultures, the two populations are interwoven in a way that leads many russians to feel that the independence of ukraine, at the end of 1991, was like having a limb severed and that they still feel the pain of the severed limb. we in the west do not have that feeling about ukraine unless we are ukrainian americans or ukrainian canadians but alongside that the independence of ukraine is an existential issue for ukrainians and that includes many, many russian speaking ukrainians. steve pfeifer of course will be speaking i hope in the remainder of the conversation.