the first is raising yest and latvia -- estonia and latvia.s is not about ukraine, it's about russia. in some ways it began with georgia in 2008. we we in the west have to take on board the upprevent reality that we are dealing with a different russia bend on rewriting security rules, we have to find a way of containing it. my fear about the potential nightmare scenarios that i think we can't rule out is that we could see if wusha in whatever way is not stop d in ukraine have could move on the baltic states. >> thank you >>> the internet of things promises to connect everything in our lives, that opens the door to cyber criminals. president obama is creating a new agency. will that do anything? stick around. another day, and more harks. more news of -- hacks. more news of companies being hack said. today forbes.com was hacked last thanksgiving. delta airlines said it was compromised, obscene material was put on it they took control of it. president obama made cyber security a top priority following a against sony. he is doing what past adminis

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the first is raising yest and latvia -- estonia and latvia.s is not about ukraine, it's about russia. in some ways it began with georgia in 2008. we, we in the west, have to take on board the upprevent reality that we are dealing with a different russia, bend on rewriting security rules, we have to find a way of containing it. my fear about the potential nightmare scenarios that i think we can't rule out is that we could see if wusha in whatever way is not stop d in ukraine, have could move on the baltic states. >> thank you >>> the internet of things promises to connect everything in our lives, that opens the door to cyber criminals. president obama is creating a new agency. will that do anything? stick around. >> america's first climate refugees >> this is probably a hurricane away from it being gone. >> who's to blame? >> 36% of land lost was caused by oil and gas industry... >> ...and a fight to save america's coastline. >> we have kinda made a deal with the devil >> fault lines al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be ar

he says that russia poses a clear danger to baltic states latvia lithuania estonia, all once part of the soviet union. he says the nato must prepare for aggression from russia in whatever form it takes. "the independent" sent reporters to the capital of latvia to see how locals their feel about the situation. -- see how locals there feel about the situation. many feel they could be next in the kremlin's firing line. annette: u.s. presidential hopeful jeb bush gave his first major foreign-policy speech in chicago. how did it go down? florence: it depends on who you ask, as you can imagine. he tried to differentiate himself from his father and his brother, both former u.s. presidents. he said he would be his own man when it comes to foreign policy. he has drawn criticism from left-wing publications. "the daily beast" made fun of him for this beach. -- this speech. they said he bungled facts and pronunciation when he was speaking about boko haram. you can see some u.s. publications poking fun at him. "the daily beast" said he tried to sound presidential, but he sounded like a not well-v

-- his presence in latvia? he is in ukraine now. you heard what strobe talbott said. have to do everything now to defend ukraine. either way, he doesn't mention there are two ukraine's. what about the people in the east? has a nephew entity? you referred to me as emeritus. that means i remember things. i remember when we hit these kind of cold war extremes back during the last cold war, people spoke out in opposition in this country. not just ordinary folks, but senators, members of congress, even the administration was divide. "the new york times" and "the washington post." the american war party is on the march. you can see how close we are to literally a military confrontation with russia and there is not one word of establishment, mainstream opposition. is this good or bad? do we go to war? did we have a debate before we went into iraq? we did. we lost the debate but we had a debate. there is no debate whatsoever now. the danger is great. there's no opposition. all of these people are your showing -- you are showing there on the march. >> what is driving this poli

now, conceivably, we could let him do it, let him take latvia or estone ya and we would mobilize nato>> dr. scowcroft, i will end with -- do you also see that as that's the the end end of nato? >> oh, most certainly. it would be the end of nato if the soviet union moved into a nato member and we did nothing. absolutely, it would. but i don't see that happening. i don't see -- putin's a nasty piece of work. probably shouldn't have said that. >> that's fine. >> but i don't think he is evil in incarnate and i think if we tell him quite clearly what we won't stand for in terms of nato members especially there won't be such an action. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> the best way to tell him is to do something to make him think about it. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, gentlemen, for being here today. i appreciate your service very much. today, we have talked a lot about isis in the middle east and the fact that we do need partners in that region we do need those arab allies to come forward and you have mentioned it. both of you as more of an aside comment but i would really like to u

looking out at establishing what occurred in the ukraine and looking to other countries, estonia latvia, lithuania. we need to have a buffer on the ground of strength. >> thank you for joining us. in other news, tens of thousands in argentina have been marching through the capital. a body was found with a gunshot wound to the head before he was due to testify in congress against kitchener. an airstrike in southern niger. an unidentified plane came by. it is not clear who was responsible for the air raid. it comes -- the funeral of one of the two men killed in denmark. a security guard was shot outside of copenhagen. a televised address was given to the nation. greece says it will ask the eurozone for a six-month extension of the bailout loan. it will not be the renewal of the current deal. greece is likely to run out of money by the end of the month unless a compromise is reached. obama says the united states is not at war with islam. that was part of his remarks to a white house summit. he also said that those who fight for islamic state and al qaeda are not just l -- are terrorists. >

, the british prime minister, david cameron, and his canadian and spanish counterparts, and also latvia's minister for foreign affairs have taken to the microblogging site to denounce the barbarity of the shooting and voice their support for the danish authority. but while it is a time for contemplation and condolences online, some are reaching out to terrorists and their supporters directly warning them in messages like these ones that they will never succeed in bringing european democracy to their knees. up until recently, when web users type the words " -- typed the words "how can i join" into google, they were being given "isis" as one of the top results. it is based on the number of factors, including the popularity of search terms. webster -- they announced they would be removing this autosuggestion which references the terrorist organization. they censored out the search. they predicted that web users could find it offensive. they will not be offering it in english or in other languages including french. google's main competitor, bing, has followed similar measures. youtube has als

likewise in latvia and also lithuania. i met with the president of lithuania a woman that a lot of people refer to in very admiring terms as a tough cookie and that is apparent when you meet her. but the concerns about the russian aggression are clearly there, and they are very concerned that if eastern ukraine falls they're next. and thus that's another reason, i think that these courageous people who had had so many years after the breakup of the soviet union so many years of corruption and bad government now having thrown off the shackles of corruption having a new government after all of those are protests in the center of the capital city of ukraine, and i think it's incumbent upon us to help that little country defend itself against the russian aggression. when a russian tank is bearing down on you you need something that can penetrate the steel armor of that tank in order to stop that tank and all the other tanks' advance. let me stop right there and shift gears. department of homeland security. the clock is ticking

latvia estonia, and lithuania, all of them have russian-speaking minorities. and mr. fallon said that it would be likely that russia could use covert tactics, such as undercover forces deployed in crimea against one of those three countries. well, international monitors from the osc have been barred from debaltseve but they witnessed the shelling from the addition. alexander hook described the overall state of the cease-fire. >> reporter: i have just returned from a town to the north of debaltseve late last night where me and my team have tried to access the city of debaltseve. despite the fact we have not been able to access the town we have monitored from a distance the shelling of the town by unidentified forces. we have not been able to access the town but we can attest that the city has been under fire. >> does the situation in bedalt bebattle sieve, the fact of the ukrainian withdrawal does that not make a mockery of the cease-fire that your organization is meant to be monitoring? >> the osc special monitoring has been prevented by accessing the town by the rebe

if it's latvia or lithuania or estonia, do you believe, that would, nonetheless happen?ink if they were under attack i have no doubt that the u.s. would say, that is an article v situation and we have to go to their defense. otherwise, i think nato would lose all credibility. and i think the russians must be aware of that. what's perhaps more likely and more difficult to deal with is the notion that it wouldn't really be a straight forward attack. it would be stirring up a bit of trouble, encouraging the russians in latvia to sort of be a bit rebellious or ballsy. they did this kidnapping already once. they could call a little bit of trouble there, rather like what they're doing sending aircraft down the channel. it's the kind of thing where there'll be little provocations. >> bielwe'll watch this. john, thank you very much. >>> let's catch up with the business news. that means aaron. of course, greek. >> this is hot off the press. we're starting to see who's siding with bho who at the moment. the netherlands has sided with germany. the finance minister from the netherla

latvia, estonia, many other countries, moldo vimpb a are countries with large ethnic russian populationsking populations. and the possibility for putin for his secret services to create so-called people's militias to stir ethnic grievances where none previously existed to use tools like russia today, other/u propagandaakñwhdo create this kind of these kind of, this ethnic unrest is a very real possibility, and we are imagining that somehow ukraine is separate from the rest of puttin's territorial and the strategic ambitions in europe. that's a big mistake. ukraine is a test case for putin. >> so what about the western leadership here, mary? you have angela merkel of germany, francois hollande of france basically saying even though the cease-fire is being repudiated by putin saying we hold dear to its tenets -- >> paul let's face it. the u.s. has been the leader in nato without u.s. leadership these european leaders are not going to do anything because they are either afraid or they are pressured by economic interests particularly in germany. they need u.s. backing. you know president oba

the leaders of other former russian republics, georgia, moldova, latvia lithuania, all launching alongsideresident poroshenko. ukraine is trying to move forward into the future. but it still remains chained to its past. craig dale, nhk world. >>> rescue crews in bangladesh are looking for survivors of a ferry accident. at least 66 people have been confirmed dead. the ferry was crossing the padma river west of the capital dhaka. it collided with a cargo vessel and sank. local media quoted an official saying about 90 people were rescued or managed to swim ashore. survivors reportedly said that the vote was carrying more than 200 people well over its capacity. ferries remain a key means of transportation in bangladesh where there are many rivers but not enough bridges. >>> communities around japan have been celebrating something traditionally chinese. they've held street parties to mark the lunar new year. a woman from china helped build friendship using her skills as a dancer. more from nhk world. >> reporter: every year celebrated with a festival. about 100,000 people attend in the local ch

latvia estonia, many other countries, moldova, are countries that have large ethnic russian populationsrussian-speaking population and the possibility for putin for his secret services to create so-called peoples militias to stir ethnic grievances where none previously existed, to use tools like russia today, other propaganda tools to create this kind of ethnic unrest is a very real possibility and we are imagining that somehow, ukraine is separate from the rest of putin's territorial and strategic ambitions in europe. i think that's a really big mistake. i think ukraine is a test case for putin. >> so, what about the western leadership here, mary? i mean you have angela merkel of germany you have francois hollande of france basically saying, even though the cease-fire is being repudiated by putin, saying we hold dear to its tenants? i mean -- >> well you know, paul let's face it, the u.s. has been the leader in nato. without u.s. leadership, these european leaders are not going to do anything, because they're either afraid or they're pressured by economic interests, particularly in ger

. >> would you agree that if nato doesn't live up to its obligations in latvia that would be the end of nato? >> absolutely. >> i don't disagree with anything that ambassador said but my sense is that putin may not have a strategic clear end game. he's a very tactical thinker and he's sitting on top of a former great power that is unquestionably in decline demographicically, economically plagued by corruption poor governance. and but that doesn't make it any less dangerous because i think he will lash out along the way trying to reestablish his sphere of influence. >> do you think he takes a chance wherever he sees a weakness? >> i do. and i think that's why it's so important that we follow through on the reassurance initiatives for nato, on our posture, bowl sturring our posture. underwriting article 5. my own belief is we should be doing more to help the ukrainians defend themselves. >> thank you. >> again i want to thank the panelists. i appreciate your great service to our country and the joint statement. very helpful when we get those kind of joint statements. we've been discuss

. >> would you agree that if nato doesn't live up to its obligations in latvia that would be the end of nato? >> absolutely. >> miss fluornoy? >> i don't disagree with anything ambassador adelman said. but my sense is that putin may not have a clear strategic end game. he's a very tactical thinker. and he's sitting on top of a former great power that is unquestionably in decline. demographically, economically, plagued by corruption, poor governance. but that doesn't make it any less dangerous. because i think he will lash out along the way trying to re-establish his sphere of influence -- >> do you think he will take advantage wherever he sees a weakness? >> i do. and i think that's why it's so important that we follow through on the reassurance initiatives for nato on our posture, bolstering our posture, underwriting article 5. and my own belief is we should be doing more to help the ukrainians defend themselves. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator sullivan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and again, i want to thank the panelists. i appreciate your great service to our cou

that is the case in estonia and latvia. i think those have better defenses. the red line doesn't have to be in ukraine. the russians are weak. it doesn't matter if the russians want to take over all of eastern europe. they won't be able to. we need to worry about russian weakness and when they will lash out at us because they feel threatened. that is a dangerous proposition. >> could i give you 30 seconds to respond to the notion that russia is weak? >> there is no question that russia has an economy based on hydrocodone's with oil prices low. why do we want to make it easier for us to move beyond ukraine? even if they escalate for them to achieve their objectives in ukraine, they lose more men and material. >> i want to open this to all of you. it looks like no one is interested. if you don't mind, keep it relatively brief. make it a question and introduce yourself when you get up. >> thanks very much. i am garrett mitchell. i want to pose the question this way. it was napoleon who said once you start to take the ammo, take the ammo. -- once you start to tak

particularly the baltic allies would you agree that if nato will not live up to the obligations in latvia that would be the end of nato? absolutely all right yeah i don't disagree with anything that ambassador eledman said. my sense is that putin may not have a clear strategic endgame. is he a tactical thinker and he is sitting on top of a former great power that is unquestionably in decline demographically economically and plagued with corruption and governance and that doesn't make it less dangerous. i think that he will lash out along the way. and trying to reestablish a influence. do you think that he takes that where he sees a weakness i do. and i think that is why it is so important that we follow through on the reassurance initiatives for nato and our posture bolstering the posture and unwriting article 5. and you know. my own believe is that we should be doing more to help the ukrainians defend themselves. into thank you thank you mr. chairman. thank you mr. chairman. again. i want to thank panelists appreciate your great service to our country. and the joint statement very helpfu

i particularly mention the government of latvia given peter's family background the latvian government was of great assistance. it is about great relief i can confirm peter greste is on the way home. >>> a white house security council released a statement urging egypt to continue with positive progress saying. >>> well joining us in the studio is aiden white, director of the ethical journalism network, promoting ethics and good governance. interesting, strong statement from the u.s. and president obama mentioned the fate of our three journalists. we are not completely happy, one release, two in prison. how important do you think the pressure from the international community was on the release. >> i think it was vital. in the end it was an irresistible force. we are delighted that peter greste is released. all around the world there was a great deal of solidarity and his family and colleagues are happy. but we need to see the release of mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed as soon as possible. this is a start. the job has to be finished. the pressure from the international security tha

a group of former soviet countries this is lithuania estonia, latvia.ichael fallon says putin poses real and present danger to the baltics. nato has to be ready for any aggression from russia what form it takes. those are his words. my question, is he looking for a war with nato forces overall? >> no, but i think, the british defense secretary is exactly right. putin will keep on doing this. he is trying to reconstitute the old soviet union, make no mistake about it. cheryl: he wants mother russia mother russia back from 1985. >> you know what? he will keep doing this as long as we keep sending all wrong signals. when we cut the united states army to pre-world war ii levels that is the wrong signal. president obama goes to nato brussels last march, as far as georgia is concerned, a country's application for nato membership the united states supported since 2005, when president obama says last year georgia is not currently on a path to nato membership that is the wrong message to send to a thug like vladmir putin. cheryl: well you know, he doesn't have t

present danger to european security the warning echos several western leaders who say russia may attack latvia, and astoria to test their resolve. the man behind the independence from the soviet union says that's just provocation. on russian border, lawrence lee reports. >> if there is a new cold war then this could be the place where the spy movie is set orb this side of the weather, it is astoria and the other side is russia, and that would be stop evading the army for very long. astoria is nearly 400 times smaller than russia. educational has a navy of two ships and an air force of two transporter planes. it is entirely russian speaking only a nato believer of their rights could justify russian military action here. >> is so astone yo has become a fast response base, the soldiers being trained and fighter jets at the air base. the government says there was no alternative. he rushes to feel it his strength and unity he will be deterred. >> but nato's justification has produced some very high profile critics among them, reign, the astonian who as aid to mikkel gosh cover given that place in m

they will be based in bulgaria astoria latvia, poland and romania. and basically their task is that if a crisis occurs, that occurs they will have to coordinate and plan how to follow the secretary general said that the national and nato international forces work as well. >> and katrina what about the diplomatic efforts to secure a cease fire, how is that likely to play out? >> well there have been certain questions raised during the day whether this will just sparkle the tensions while nato officials believe that it at least should not rise an further tensions. everybody here is really -- everybody here is emphasizing that the solution can be only reached in a peaceful, diplomatic way. so in this respect there will be certain meetings. they will try to talk to moscow and rush are sha, to cry to ensure the cease fire. however, as the secretary general all this is kind of a response because of the intensive way to the threats coming from russia, and nato, they need to be kind ready for whatever is coming. >> thank you for talking to us. >> coming up h

leadership would be a russian attempt to destabilize nato allies that border russia like estonia and latvia. you see nato try to reinforce with troops in the position of there not because we want to fight but because we know that putin understands one thing, power. he understands if he faces a brick wall, he has to negotiate. he can go right through someone and keep going. a tough-minded response to putin, it is important here. >> thank you. great to see you. >> thank you. >> back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ >> american sniper has been a critical and commercial success. it has generated controversy. it tells the story of chris kyle, an iraq war veteran sniper who killed 160 people, consider the most kills of a sniper in history. supporters praise kyle as an american hero. critics argue it misrepresents the man and paints his simplistic picture of a complicated war. lost in the arguments is a conversation about the sacrifices of veterans and the challenges they face when they come home. joining me is jason hall. jake wood, a former marine sniper, and jacob schick a retired marine who has a

i think if you talk to latvia, lithuania and estonia leaders you will ahear that very strong strongly. >> implementing article 5 is a political decision rather than a military one. what would it take to say the line in the sand's been drawn, if militia starting operating just over the border in the baltic states. would that be considered a breach of article 5, and in which case what would our reaction be? >> i think that's a very good question. i don't want to give some unthought-through answer. with you but we are xlitedcommitted to their collective defense. where they're being cyber attacked, we'd help them with their cyber defenses. i think we need to do more, frankly, in the area of information. one of the complaints you get from the baltic states that there's nothing to counter the deluge of sort of russian paid and bad media spreading this information. we have to recognize one of the strengs strengths we've got as a country, we have a very strong and impartial media. we have a wonderful brand in the bbc that's known for its impartial news and we should be supporting the bbc to p

. >> reporter: now i've also been talking about to the prime minister of latvia, and she told me thest thing she wanted to say was to pay tribute to angela merkel the german chancellor, because she really has been the key peacemaker not least in managing to get the russian presidents putin and ukrainian president poroshenko sitting down together, just think about what angela merkel has done over the last few days, in the last seven days, she's been in kiev, moscow munich, washington, back to minsk for those 17 hours of negotiations, and back to brussels here to brief her fellow european leaders. i would say that this week angela merkel is the answer to that famous political question from washington from henry kissinger, who said, if i want to call europe who do i call? >> philippa thomas there. and indeed many have been speculating on exactly how many hours' sleep has angela merkel got this week. >>> let's turn our attention to boko haram. it has carried out its first deadly attack in chad. officials say fighters came across chad by motorboat during the night and attacked a village.

in bulgaria, estonia, latvia lithuania, holland -- poland and armenia. if the crisis arises, they will assure national and nato forces from across the alliance are able to act as one from the start. they will make rapid deployment easier, support planning for collective defense, and help coordinate training and a are sizes. >> jordan has intensified its airstrikes on the islamic state following the immolation of a captured jordanian fighter pilot in syria. jordan says dozens of fighter jets struck isis sites on thursday in syria, and for the first time, in iraq. jordan has vowed to expand its role in the u.s.-led anti-isis coalition following the pilot's death. jordan's announcement followed reports that the united arab emirates, a key coalition member, suspended its airstrikes in december over concerns for its pilots' safety. meanwhile, scores of people were killed in and around the syrian capital of damascus on thursday when rebels fired a barrage of rockets into several neighborhoods and government warplanes bombed opposition-held areas. greece's new

course, include, not surprisingly, the vulnerable feeling ones like the baltic states in particular latvia lithuania, and the only one the report says at the moment is at the 2% level is estonia. the problem is estonia is a very small player in this fight, in this context, and certainly in terms of defense spending. so the concern will be what the messages are from the big players. this isn't something that's going to change overnight, but it's what's the long-term intended, which i think is the concern. >> as you say, among those big players. france freezing its defense spending. and meanwhile, russia increasing its spending to 4.2%. i mentioned earlier that america has already expressed concern about the amount that its european partners are spending on defense. is anything going to change do you think, in light of this report? and also in light of the current economic situation of many of the eurozone economies? >> well quite. there are huge pressures on all the countries, really. nobody is expecting that this -- nobody is really spoiling for a fight between russia and nato particularly

. >> but what would that kind of defensive action look like if they used, say in latvia, the kind of mo the used in crimea? >> i'm not going to speck late -- speculate on what might happen in the future or hypothetical situations. i can say that they're looking very hard on acting on how they can better position themselves should something like that happen. but it is hard to really speculate about something like that. >> professor? >> thank you and thank you for this very conference of statement today. i would like to ask a semi-academic question back on ukraine, the perennial gap -- my question has to do with the perennial gap between words and deeds in our foreign policies. specifically, on ukraine. it appears to me that when we talk about independence and sovereignty, when we talk about -- i think you mentioned, maybe not that were the sanctity of its borders some are we not promising more than what our allies in the atlantic alliance are prepared to deliver? >> charles, to date, at least, one of the great strengths, if not the greatest strength, the approach that we've taken in t

. >> what would that kind of defensive action looked like if they used in latvia the kind of ammo they used in crimea. >> i'm not going to speculate what might happen in the future. i can tell you that countries are seized with concerns of those kinds of actions in the future and i think they are looking very hard in acting on how they can better position themselves should something like that happen. it's hard to really speculate about something like that. >> professor. >> thank you. thanks for this very comprehensive statement today. i'd like to ask a semiacademic question back on ukraine, as you would expect me to do. the perennial gap, my question has to do with perennial gap between words and deeds in our foreign policies. specifically on ukraine. it happens to me when we talk about its independence and sovereignty, when we talk about i think you mentioned maybe not that word sanctity of its borders, are we not promising more than what our allies in the atlantic alliance are prepared to deliver? >> charles i think to date at least one of the great strengths, if not the greatest str

for our leader hip is russia attempt to disrupt nato allies that border russian like estonia and latvia and you have seen nato try to reinforce with troops and with aircraft in nato position up there not because we want to fight but because we know that putin understands one thing power. and he understands if he faces a brick wall, ten he understands he has got to negotiate, if he can go right through someone he will keep going. >> so i think a tough minded respond 0 response to putin, not mitt tarries stick but tough minded is important .. >> rose: great to see you nick. nick burns from the kennedy school. back in a moment. stay with us. >> >> "american sniper" has been both a critical and a commercial success and also generated some controversy, it tells the story of chris kyle, who was an iraq war veteran and sniper who killed 160 people, considered the most kills of a u.s. sniper in history. supporters of the film praise kyle as an american hero, critics art it misrepresents the man and paint a simplistic picture of a complicated war, lost in t rgts is a conversation about the sacri

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estonia, latvia lith waneuanialithuania. and poland.vide military assistance to the ukrainian military. that's not boots on the ground. but it is systems that can take on these advanced russian weapons. >> you mentioned the baltic states just a moment ago. we heard from the foreign minister of britain, who is talking about this pressure on the baltics. he says that nato really needs to prepare for russia to be looking beyond the crimea. beyond ukraine. you mentioned latvia lith waneuania, estonia. how real is the ukrainian threat to those nations? >> unfortunately it is quite real because each of those states has a significant russian-speaking population. so you'll recall that was the pretext under which russia invaded ukraine and annexed crimea. was to protect the russian-speaking minority. this is particularly true in estonia. i was in estonia last summer. spoke with the president. there is real concern there. and i believe that the british foreign minister is exactly right. nato needs to reassure. nato has created a new so-called spe

i've heard that something like latvia might be next.nd i believe the best thing we could do is to beef up poland militarily and put that kind of pressure on this them. what say you? >> guest: i think that's a very good idea. i believe our policy should have several different instruments. one of the sanctions which we're already doing very nicely. providing deevesive arms to ukraine to put serious cost on aggression. three making nato much stronger. at the nato summit wails in september decided to send some nato forces to the battlic states. we need to send a lot more. >> it was just a year ago that russia hosted the winter games in soachie and then this transpired a short time thereafter. how much did that cost the russian government the olympics? guest: i've seen figures as high as 50 60, 70 billion. host: what was his goal to host the olympics? guest: it's true the country gets good public relations by holding the olympics. i think he wanted to bring up his own credentials. it was good domestically for him, his image among the russian

president obama has moved a small number of american troops to estonia and latvia and poland. putin is the kind of guy if you don't put up some resistance if you don't build a brick wall he's going to keep going. we got to raise the price to him, to indicate to him that our commitment to es toneia latvia and poland nato allies is real. so the threat that we respond to any attack on them. that's an important one for united states and europe to uphold. >> nick yesterday, the secretary of state in testimony before the senate alluded to something you mentioned are giving the ukrainians more arms than they have now? can we really rick in do we really want to see a mild form of warfare that's going on now becoming a really hot war? >> you know i think it already is a hot war. we got to respect the principle and support the principle a government like ukraine had the right to defend its own territory. you remember last summer. the ukrainian government is win tack battle. president putin put that 11 missile system into eastern ukraine that shot down the malaysian airliner. i don't see

-- i have traveled to the region several times, not too long ago, and whether you are in estonia, latvial very concerned. i want to support ukraine in terms of them getting the weapons they have been asking for for over a year. peter: there is bipartisan support on the hill. lethal aid, wouldn't that risk escalating the confrontation with russia? >> i was there the day that russian helicopters landed at the gas plant north of crimea. we have been asking from that day -- there has been huge escalation in spite of the fact that we have done very little to help our friends in ukraine. the president did not want to give night vision goggles because they thought that would be too provocative. peter co -- peter: there is bipartisan support on capitol hill right now? >> there is turmoil all around the world and our friends no longer trust us, our friends do not fear of -- our enemies do not fear us. we are seeing it in north korea, the middle east, and in russia and ukraine. peter: you have been in control for the senate for about a month. have you had someone of a reality check the fact that t

sudden we are setting up command centers across the eastern front against russia, poland, lithuania, latviandan: we are going to take a hard right turn here. joss you take your tie off. meanwhile, if you happen to have a lot of urban sitting in a cask somewhere, it has been -- a lot bourbon sitting in a cask somewhere, it has been a good year for you. this is "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance" from new york city. we need to digress here right now. it feels good with all that is going on internationally. let's get to our single best chart -- here is brendan greeley. brendan: tom and i are not wearing ties in solidarity with greece. josh wright is here a bloomberg intelligence will stop americans are fine with whiskey, but whiskey is not with the comment that is the subject of today's single best chart. bourbon beats scotch. we know people are buying more whiskey, but if you look at the different segments within whiskey, you are looking at a huge boost. the red bar is the fancy stuff. single malt of scott used to be the fancy stuff. the cheapest

that one day -- i literally mean one day he just seizes rega and talin, latvia and estonia. it would literally take him one day. there is no way they could resist. then we'll say how horrible, how shouk shocking how outrageous. but of course we can't do anything about it. it's happened. we're not going to assemble a fleet in the baltic then engage in amphibious landings, and then storm ashore like in normandy to take it back. we'll have to respond in some larger fashion perhaps but then there will be voices, well, but there will plunge us into nuclear war. i think deterrence has to have meaning. it has to have teeth in it. it has to create a situation in which someone planning an action like that has no choice but to anticipate what kind of resistance will i encounter. and this is -- i recommend what i do recommend, prepositioning of some forces limited so it's not provocative. an american company in estonia is not going to invade russia and putin will know that. but he will know that if he invades estonia he will encounter some american forces on the ground and better still

nato allies in europe if the we do not do that the risk that we will miscalculate in the place like latvia or estonia will go up. and that is something that is in terms of regret that we will feel seriously later on all right. my father would say. there lies job than gray. defending a right of way would i say that one of the things that we have learned since the collapse of the cease-fire. is that they will continue to escalate and causing the regime to change so. is he on the escalation path anyway. and providing ukrainians with the weapons they need to pose a level of costs on the separatists and the russian backer that's may make him think twice and counter battery radar that's would locate where the rocket fire is coming from. that is casualties in the ukraine. and anti- tank systems to stop harm orred or vehicles from taking further territory. so demonstrating and on the escalating path the question is whether there is anything that we can do to help ukraine imposed costs to make him stop and to actually come to the negotiation seriously. i think that it is worth seeing what happens o

. >> but what would that kind of defensive action look like if they used say in latvia the kind of m.o. they used in crimea? >> i'm not going to speck late on what miegts happen in the future and hypothetical situations. i can tell you that they're looking very hard on acting on how they can better position themselves. but it's hard to really speculate about something like that. >>> when we talked about -- i think you mention ds -- maybe not that word, the sanctity of its bhord board i recalls. are we not 3r078sing more than what our allies in the at lantic alliance are prepared to deliver? >> charles, i think, to date at least, one of the great strengths, if not the greatest strength, the approach that we've taken in the ukraine is that we've sustained a solidarity among our parter ins allies. and we've managed to do virtually everything jointly and in lock step. and there's been criticism along the way that we should have gone further and tagser, for example on variation points on sanctions. and the presidents believe very strongly that we're actually much more effective if we can su

since you said you would support putting forces in estonia lithuania and latvia. thank you. >> thank you. >> senator heinrich. >> thank you chairman. dr. carter you've spoken quite effectively about the need to address runaway costs needless overhead, waste at the dod. i want to touch on the fiscal impact of operating the guantanamo detention facility. maintaining the prison at guantanamo has cost the american taxpayers almost $5 billion since it opened in 2002. an average of $493 million for the last five years. in fact, in 2014 we spent more than $3 million per guantanamo detainee. that compares to about $78,000 per prisoner per year we use to house hardened criminals in the florence colorado super max prison. do you intend to review the cost effectiveness of continuing to operate the facility at guantanamo versus placing high-risk detainees that need to continue to be detained in a more fiscally responsible setting? >> senator, i understand the cost numbers you're citing. they broadly correspond to what i understand. i think the issue that guantanamo will ultim

since you said you would support putting forces in estonia lithuania and latvia. thank you. >> thank you. >> senator heinrich. >> thank you chairman. dr. carter you've spoken quite effectively about the need to address runaway costs needless overhead, waste at the dod. i want to touch on the fiscal impact of operating the guantanamo detention facility. maintaining the prison at guantanamo has cost the american taxpayers almost $5 billion since it opened in 2002. an average of $493 million for the last five years. in fact, in 2014 we spent more than $3 million per guantanamo detainee. that compares to about $78,000 per prisoner per year we use to house hardened criminals in the florence colorado super max prison. do you intend to review the cost effectiveness of continuing to operate the facility at guantanamo versus placing high-risk detainees that need to continue to be detained in a more fiscally responsible setting? >> senator, i understand the cost numbers you're citing. they broadly correspond to what i understand. i think the issue that guantanamo will ultim

you mentioned poland or latvia lithuania, these are nato allies.ren't they getting more involved? >> nato should do it. >> what should nato do? >> the eu should do it but the u.s. really has to lead. >> the united states leads but what do you want britain, france germany, these are powerful countries, italy, spain. what do you want these nato allies to do? >> i want them to provide ukraine the ability to defend itself. >> with weapons. >> with weapons. >> what about military personnel? >> no one is talking right now about military personnel. we are hoping that if russia sees that the west has a resolve to not let them continue their aggression russia will back down. we have got to make it painful for russia. >> but the russians don't seem -- it's making an impact on the russian economy but putin is not backing down. his popularity still goes up. >> well he's propping up russia, but the russian economy is very very poor. that's why we need to give them lethal weapons because we need to make putin understand that -- >> you want to tighten the sanctio

shattering that nato alliance because it may well be that his next targets could be the baltic republics, latviaania. the russians had in years gone by already engaged in cyberwarfare, they have large ethnic russian population this and i think if vladimir putin believes that lower costs he can take aggressive action against those countries and nato fails to respond for the first time ever when at nato county was imperiled, could collapse. there's no american leadership. this deal was notable for the absence of the united states. we are the leaders of the nato alliance. the president doesn't want to be the nail alliance he might do us the courtesy of telling us that. of course he is not going to. that would be in politics and if there's one thing that is consistent in the president's foreign policy is his concern for the domestic political implications of what he does that make no mistake i think the europeans and i mean specifically angela merkel of germany have looked at the situation and said we are not going to see american leadership for the next two years. in germany they have their own pro

this goes to muldova, latvia, the baltics.g these economies as a way to undermine the west. at the same time, the west needs to understand it needs a new equal librium with the conflict. otherwise this keeps going as long as is in power. >> you're right, other places would be in play but the old soviet fear of influence went all the way to czechoslovakia and germany. >> that's right. it is not something we should appease or acquiesce, but means at some level we have to begin looking at what is the strategic conclusion or begin to prepare for a very interesting and different kind of escalation than we have been doing. what we have been doing now is small ball. we need to prepare big ball, hard ball if we going to play this game with the russians across the global sphere. >> steve thank you so much. good to see you, my friend. thanks for being with me. don't miss andrea mitch em's interview with former secretary of state madeleine albright, talking military force, isis ukraine and more. today at noon eastern. >>> developing now