well meantime united states is referring to the protest is in the south east of ukraine as pro russian relations is mass demonstrations and defines the current government and to be going to continue to occupy administration office across the region them i learned of the key and content may say their rights the gold to vent their own country has been hijacked by far right neo eas uaine as welluthgng a ongon that's why it well we've been speaking to people last minute to us. ben folds them why they are taking part in a campaign to greater self rule is taken this. intimidate her right side on which undermines the managers were extremely hard to lose. still it is in complete disarray of us would have to go to reject the authorities in kiev. for about a month went into a demanding an act of random want to join russia never did listen to us the heat of the medical authorities the old days in kiev the irony of the seizure of administrative buildings to place anything good came out with its keys to the rakyat to defend the administration building of regional administrator of the reit sector wi

happen but anyway it was a kind of warmongering just before the visit of mr brennan well meantime the united states is calling protesters in southeast ukraine pro russian militias and quote as must have been stray sions in defiance of the current government continue people continuing to occupy the meantime administration offices across the region the people are on high alert. crackdown continues but despite the continuing demonization of the protesters in southeast ukraine we've been out to speak to the people there was this thought why they're taking part in a campaign for self rule. i have a ukrainian past. that will be replaced with a passport of an independent republic of donetsk we've got intimidator rights on which we're undermining our miners are working extremely hard to look at our times they're left in complete disarray with cause to go to reject the authorities in kiev. for about a month we went to lenin square demanding a referendum all to join russia nobody listened to us neither the local authorities nor those in kiev only after the seizure of administrative buildings took place any t

in the meantime, poland's defense minister said the united states is considering a plan to send a small number of ground troops to poland. president obama has said the united states will not engage with russia military. lester? >> and kristen, what about the likelihood of more sanctions? >> reporter: the obama administration says if russia does not compile with the geneva pact, it lb ready to enforce stiffer sanctions. so far sanctions are targeted as a new round that could target the various sectors of russia's economy. those sectors would include banking, mining and energy. the u.s. says they are only giving russia a few days to follow through, lester. >> thank you. >>> tomorrow on "meet the press" david gregory will have much more as this crisis unfolds. >> people with accounts on healthcare.gov are being told to change their passwords. there is no indication the website has been compromised and that action is being taken out of an abundance of caution. when "nbc nightly news" continues on this saturday. americans studying abroad, how the fbi is trying to prevent them from being recr

. >>> meantime, breaking news, president obama revealing what the united states plans to do if the country keeps building its nuclear program, talking about north korea there. we'll bring you comments from the president overnight. >>> then, really interesting news. new this morning, a major blow for electronic cigarettes. the fda issuing a ban for some smokers. that's coming up next. he thought it was the endn for his dof the conversation.d... she didn't tell him that her college expenses were going up. or that she maxed out her card during spring break. when the satellite provider checked his credit, he found out his daughter didn't pay her bills. but he's not worried. now he checks his credit report and score at experian.com, allowing him to keep track of his credit and take a break of his own. experian. live credit confident. >>> happening right now in japan, president obama preparing for an event really like no other, a formal state dinner with the emperor. this comes after meetings focused on the issues facing that region in asia, including the newest provocation from north korea, pos

. >> meantime, immigration continues to be contentious issue in the united states.n al jazeera america, we continue our original series called "borderland." we will follow a small group of my grant did fleeing central america by train including a mother traveling with her 9-year-old daughter. here is a preview. >> it's dawn in orega. six will soon join 500 other migrants boarding the death tram. the statistics surrounding this train are har owing. 80% of my grants riding these trains will be assaulted. 60% of women will be raped. only 40% will reach their final destination. over the course after year, it is estimated that 500,000 people will risk their lives on this journey. >> i am for sure nervous to ride the train. pretty hectic but i am excited. it's cool, you know, and we've got to do it >> we pray for safety for everyone on this journey. >> i have ridden a lot of tractors, motorcycles. i have never ridden a train >> it's going to be exciting. >> i never felt such anxiety, you know, nervous, afraid, scared. my heart is racing. i am looking around. nobody looks

united states that have set precedents for the whole world. we're going to get that passed sooner or later. but in the meantime we're having medical device companies leaving the united states because of that stupid gross tax on gross sales, if you can believe it. there is eel onthere's only ones put into lels. that is, they needed about $30 billion -- with a "b" -- for obamacare. it was. iit was basically a phonyapproa0 billion that would deliberately hurt one of the greatest budding industries in america, many of which are moving overseas because of this stupidity. i think we've got to change it. if you need to find other moneys for obamacare and you would probably need to -- in fact it is not the only thing that's happening -- then let's find them. but let's not continue to delay what's happening here on the medical device tax. you know, i can't think of a more stupid tax than a tax that taxes the gross sales of these companies. that is a dangerous, debilitating, disgusting, wrongful tax, and yet we can't even get a vehicle over here to put it on -- the other body would pass it quickly -- so that we can get

united states four years ago. some of his classmates say, he just transferred to the school a few weeks ago. meantime, when the plane landed in hawaii, airport officials there say, the 15-year-old had no clue he was in maui. when the f-b-i asked the boy whether his parents knew he had run away, the boy said he had not seen his biologicial mom since he was two. she is reportedly in somalia. that's where the teen told investigators he was trying to go. tonight the search is on for a gunman who opened fire inside a daly city medical center earlier today. this is video of the scene from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. police say, a doctor reported a man having a gun. and later, authorities received reports of a single shot fired. it happened on the second floor, however no one was hit. people. escorted from the area by police. described the scene. bell was a scary thing had never venture of. the building houses about 40- medical practitioners. police have cleared the crime scene, and the medical center is expected to be open for business tomorrow morning. coming up: a man who says. he is the

in the meantime you have a body politic here in the united states that is saying we don't want war, so break your word if you have to but don't get us into another war. what is the problem for him? is he over promising and under delivering? >> yeah, you know, it's funny. i don't know that he was polled but i think vladimir putin is one of the 60% that thinks that obama lies a lot and promises consequences and they never come through. yes, he's stomach ling in. the syria red line was not planned and in the answer to a question to a journalist. he never intended to draw a red line and he was struck and turning to vladimir putin to get out of it. this administration is just bum ling around, setting red lines, saying consequences when they have no intention of enforcing them. the problem is weakness is provocative. none of us want war but war is more likely when you project weakness because there were no consequences in syria. no consequences in crimea and none in eastern ukraine. china is watching this. al qaeda is watching this. iran is watching this and all emboldened by our weakness. s

thompson hall whose today she's the one order of the meantime the syrians an old lady olsen in russian which tries to reclaim alaskan from the united states. don't go to people to ask obama would rescue him from drowning failed but that the crisis in eastern ukraine phallic it that authentic russian viewers and the world wants to know out. the cdm with the mission the other intrusions annual question and answer show has become a trademark of his terms in office. and with the broadcast coinciding with talks in geneva last week it was clear that ukraine would be a major topic only. putin denied that russia was stoking the conflict and said kiev should've done more to seek dialogue with the russian speakers in eastern ukraine. two certificate and then fielded a question from former nsa employee edwards snowden who asked about russian surveillance program. if putin told snowden who was granted asylum in russia that they had something in common use it. we will shake me and you are a foaming agents and in the past i have something to do was to have a chance the leisurely will tilt between the stones as professionals. it would be great but still

united states in 2006, which was the last time she saw them. now in the process of getting a sponsor so she can move to the united states and reunite with her children. meantimens in the hospital in hawaii. >>> still ahead, tonight, the south korea ferry disaster, grus some discoveries as divers find more bodies. plus, a pair of armed robbers running loose in the south bay. details next. [ man ] it's big. responds in a moment's notice. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. aladdin became the biggest in bail by treating people right. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional than aladdin. that's why more people turn to aladdin than anyone. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. aladdin bail bonds. hey. hey. [doorbell rings] what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of the game. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. 0001>>> two brazen armed robberies in the south bay tonight, police are searching for a pair of armed robbers who held up two conveni

it's an issue the united states and the eu have in common. david shuster, al jazeera. >> meantime, immigration controversy continues along the u.s./mexico border. on al jazeera america, we continue our original series called boa"borderland," followi migrants including a 14-year-old boy trying to reunite with his mother. here is a look. tran [ music ] >> the last few years have seen a dramatic surge in the number of children attempting to cross the border. in 2012, there were 25,000 unaccompanied children apprehended by u.s. border patrol. the majority came from central america. 13-year-old omar lopez, william also hopes to cross the border and reunite with his mother. >> how old are you, william? how would? are you headed to the u.s.? >> si. >> and where are you from? >> el salva dor. >> what's it like in e el salvador? what's it like to live there. >> do the gangs stop you from going to school? does speaking spanish.) does he ha >> who all is in the u.s.? your mother and father? >> mi mama. >> and when was the last time you have seen your mother? >> six years. >> did your mother

. >> they were surprised that the united states was wilting to put people 1200 miles out at sea to pick them up. >> meantimeair national guard members describe the rescue mission that started with a training jump. >> we go through all the same procedures as the training jump, the only thing all of us realize is once you get into the water you are not a mile off shore you are 1,000 miles off the coast of mexico waiting on the navy to come pick you up. >> many question their decision to bring two young children on such a risky venture. >> when they start talking i hope we as a community can listen thoughtfully and maybe make it safer for people who will do these things. >> the kaufman's will not be asked to pay for the cost of their rescue. >>> a police chase ended late this afternoon with police opening fire and kiltiling the suspect. the man crashed into police cars, when they fired and hit him. witness saw the windows blown out. it started in as a routine traffic stop and ended in gunfire. >>> witnesses say they saw this chopper wobble after taking off from the university of mexico hospital. a hospital spo

united states i mean the economy is more fragile additionally the dependence particularly on natural resource exports from russia is much higher in europe than it is in the united states and in the meantime i russia's deputy foreign minister says moscow will have to react to america's sanctions you can get more details and opinions and analysis on the escalating diplomatic tensions just by going to watch dot com. now in the program a series of blasts in iraq on monday killed at least fifty the carnage comes as the country prepares to vote in his first general election since the twenty eleven pullout of u.s. troops now most of the explosions targeted the polling stations but the biggest was at a political rally in the northeast and that left thirty people dead iraq is going through one of its deadliest waves of sectarian violence more than nine hundred civilians have been killed in the country this month alone and that makes it the deadliest april in six years and almost four thousand people have died since the year began in fact last year became the deadliest since two thousand and eight with more than nine thousand people killed all the knoll since the beginning of the invasion and occu

united states. we will have the latest on that from the ground live for you in just a moment. meantime the search for missing pilots continues today in california after two planes collided in mid air. one plane was able to land safely but the other spiralled out of control and crashed into the san pablo bay. they only located debris in the bay. >> radical muslims teaching people to take over schools by teaching curriculums to reflect extremist views. the chairman of the governor's school in birmingham, england had a 72 page document published by britain in 20007. they are not quote receptive in reasonable requests in their faith based aspirations and concerns. he called for girls to be covered except their hands and faces and advocated gender segregation saying girls should be sitting back in the room. they are under investigation by local authorities as well as the british government. >> forget graduation selfies. they are mixing the trend this year. they told students to refrain from inappropriate behavior which includes taking selfies and if the take selfies anyway they can face dis

but the bold challenge is seen as the most direct confrontation between the united states and russia in years. in the meantimessia militants are refusing to give us ground in ukraine as violent clashes sweep across that part of the country. bringing in cnn's phil black on the ground in ukraine and ambassador nicholas burns, the former undersecretary of state for political affairs. welcome. >> thank you. >> ambassador, start with you. seriously? the russians buzzed a u.s. ship 12 times? what kind of message was russia trying to send? >> well, carol, it's a clear message that the russian government wants to intimidate the united states. the u.s. warship, of course, was in international waters. the united states actually has allies in the black sea. bulgaria and romania. we have a perfect right to be there but the russians are trying to put pressure on the u.s. to back off of any overt military support to ukraine. a decision president obama has not made. do we give it support to give it a chance to maintain its own territory? in the eastern part of ukraine, these gangs are armed men, ethnic russians and the admi

united states, cross would be on it. >> reporter: cross has not been charged but remains in custody. meantimeolice to finalize a list of charges. john and diana. >> michelle, thank you. >>> moving on to today's first anniversary on the attack of the boston marathon, three people killed and more than 260 injured in the bomb blast. survivors will gather today for a memorial service, followed by a precession to the finish line, a moment of silence will be held exactly a year after the bombs went off. >> i think for me, the marathon will be more of an event that provides someç closure and put the events of last year in the past and i'm looking forward to creating a new memory of the marathon and continuing on with that. >> after today's service, the countdown begins in earnest, towards next week's race. twice the usual number of spectators are expected to cheer them on. >> obviously security will be high during this race. but what they are saying is you're not necessarily going to see the security. so it is not just uniformed police officers, but a lot of people, a lot of officials that are goin

in the meantime, the new deal will offer a technocratic solution to the material poverty of black people in the united states. thinking of that parallel helps us think about this debate. in the end fdr went along because they saw the parallel between colonialism and their own treatment of blacks, material solutions, but not rights, not the right to end segregation, not the right to vote. what happened after the end of colonialism, one thing now was in a story, the end of colonialism was not anticipated by anyone during world war ii. it was really a surprise collapse. there were statements that i could show you. the british expected their empire in africa to endure for generations, if not centuries. this was indefinite justification. but what happened after colonialism did collapse, a new set of parties found technocratic justification's for authoritarian rule to be very helpful. first authoritarian rule called colonialism that technocratic idea is justified. in a new set of autocrats came on the scene, the indigenous autocrats and africa. they found it -- they did not want to give rights to their own citizen

meantime this is all playing out as leaders in russia and the united states exchange words.r white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler as the latest. wendell? >> reporter: jenna presidents obama and putin spoke for the first time in a couple of weeks yesterday but the conversation, the phone conversation really only served to highlight their differences over the situation in ukraine. that country's interim president says he has begun the operation to clear pro-russian separatists out of police stations and government buildings they have seized in the eastern part of the country but the progress, if there has been any, is difficult to see. it would appear that the pro-russian forces are digging in. the white house says president obama's phone conversation with vladmir putin yesterday, in it the president expressed grave concern about the russian government support for the actions of armed pro-russian separatists who threaten to undermine and to detablize the government of ukraine. the kremlin says, quote, the russian side stressed that protests in southeastern u

united states. the iranian diplomat has been linked to the 1979 takeover of the u.s. embassy in tehran. he denies any direct involvement. >>> meantimetery over an american plane parked at an airport if eastern. the aircraft is registered to a small community bank in utah. so how and why did it travel to iran? we report on what is known so far. >> reporter: an american bombardier cl 600 aircraft captured in a photo by the fork times sits at an airport in iran, an american flag on its tail. is someone breaking the law? >> the iranian transactions regulation prohibit goods, expert services or tech following, wage or indirectly by the united states or a u.s. person to iran, it would generally prohibit u.s. aircraft from flying to eastern. >> reporter: the state department is investigating. but it's the treasury department that is taking the lead and will enforce if appropriate, u.s. sanctions. >> you can travel to ivan, but y -- iran, but you have to get clarity as to the things you can and can't do one of the first questions will be who never made this trip, did they apply to treasury department for permission with a clear understandin

hours ahead of international talks between leaders from ukraine, russia, the united states, and also europe. in the meantimet vladimir putin is admits troops were in crimea during the refer referendum. >>> and royals down under. the duke and duchess of cambridge are touring across australia after a visit to new zealand as usual, william and kate drew huge crowds wherever they went when they seem to mix well with the locals. the couple met with prime minister tony abbott in sydney. this is kate's first trip to australia. i for one am glad we got to share this milestone with her. kate? >> thanks, john. >>> as we mentioned, the bluefin-21 completed the first full mission overnight to try and find flight 370. but crews are facing some very tough challenges both above and below the indian ocean. even as new analysis has further refined the search area. let's dig deeper on both, above and below. indra petersons is here and david gallo. director of special projects atwoods hole oeceanographic. ind indra, they talked about how weather has been a factor. for many they don't understand because they would think that i

united states, and here's what i want to say. county sheriff, disarm u.s. bureaucracy. >> this week they started to release bundy's cattle citing their concerns. in the meantime, bundy has been leveled to hero status. >> out in nevada today, federal agents are pointing rifles at american citizens in an escalation of a standoff over a man who for 20 years has grazed his cattle on some land that the state owns. >> for two decades, cliven bundy has gotten something for nothing. he's been in open violation of the law and owes the federal government over a million dollars. if all of that were true of someone else, conservatives would be calling them a freeloader. joining me now, eric boellert, senior fellow at media matters. this story seemed to come out of nowhere and just blew up in the conservative media. it was everywhere. how did this guy become this kind of almost overnight celebrity? >> right. if this had been a republican in the white house, this would have gotten five minutes for the right-wing media. democrat is in the white house, suddenly the government takes on tyrannical powers and so look, they're always in search of the outrage. it's the outrage in

meantime defense secretary chuck hagel offered what sounded more like camping supplies to boost the ukraine army. >> medical supplying, helmets, sleeping mats and water purification units, shelters, hand generators and pumps for the state guard service. >> what kind of message does that send to vladimir putin? >> it's a pretty weak response by the west. it's not just the united states, it's europe as well. the ukrainians need anti-aircraft weapons, not western, but are planning on the international market, a former soviet market. they need those weapons. if the u.s. is not providing lethal arms, something that can help the troops, like night vasion goggles. >> one of the weapons was a militant group ordering jews in donetsk to register. the irony is the government has been accused of being neo-nazis. >> as you know, there's some issue now about the providence of that anti-semitic activity, whether it was actually carried out by russian illegal formations or others. but it certainly is part of, in some respects, increasing zenno phobic tenancies, and that, in the last couple of years has grown, so it makes it suspicious that maybe the russian authorities were behind this. >> and president vladimir putin, in this long tv

out to the russians for any readout from their aunt margaret in the meantime or the latest polls are suggesting few in the united states have or even want to a clear picture of exactly what's going on in ukraine in fact an investigation by the washington post has shown that sixteen percent of americans don't even know where the country actually is and they were asked to point out ukraine on a world map of the dots show where people thought it was. the most accurate responses in red and the least accurate in blue as you can see many were very far off target there also appeared to be an interesting correlation the less accurate people were in the test the more they wanted the u.s. to intervene and the greater the threat they saw from russia nevertheless a c.b.s. poll shows the vast majority of americans don't want their country to intervene in ukraine sixty five percent of those questioned disapproved of any plans for the u.s. and nato to provide assistance to kiev an independent researcher and writer. and she thinks western interference in ukraine has already caused more than enough damage. the western governments. have

meantime, they're getting ready to return to the search area right now. we have a full team of correspondents and analysts covering both stories. they're here in the "situation room." they're across the united states and around the world. first, let's go to ft. hood, texas, for the very latest. cnn's miguel marquez is standing by. >> that service record was just released. there's lots of commendations and medals in there for mr. lopez, but it is very clear that hindsight is 20/20. there were darker things going on in mr. lopez's life. the hours leading up to specialist ivan lopez's deadly rampage gave no hint of what was to come. >> so you see him come down the stairs, he says good-bye and that's the last you saw of him hours before the attack? >> yeah. >> reporter: ayesha bradley says lopez moved into his apartment building about a month ago. he, his wife and young daughter were friendly approachable in every way, she says, normal. you said hello to him, you talked to him? >> yesterday. >> reporter: what did he seem like? >> he seemed pretty fine, happy. he didn't seem like, you know, the type that would do what he did. >> reporter: at 12:30, just minutes later lopez paid the rent, added his wife

united states. they should be wrapping up shortly when we expect to get an update on whether they came up with anything to try to end this violence. meantimein russia, a new revelation from russian president vladimir putin. he admitted on national tv that he did actually send russian soldiers into crimea when it was said that initially those were local militants. they were local soldiers and, interestingly, in that televised call in he got a question from edward snowden. snowden wanted to know if the russians spy on their people, like he says americans, the u.s. government spies on americans. >> that was quite the interesting development this morning. absolutely. but the bigger question what has men maybe many americans concerned jumping in to help out ukraine. >> no one is really calling for that right now, although john mccain has said we should get involved in military exercises. he talked about that. nato is beefing up some of its missions around the area in case russia decides to invade, but no real call here in washington for a large-scale military action. frankly, what we're seeing in poll after poll in afghanistan and iraq, they do

disagreements in the united states, but ultimately we should give the afghans a little bit of time to figure out what they want, and we should not put too much pressure on them in the meantime to race to a decision this month or this week because they are still involved in a political transition. we need to continue this quietly, and have conversations quietly with the candidates so they can move fast when they are ready to make a decision. we have to have some base to stay beyond december or we will have to leave and if we leave, there is a higher risk of the country collapsing. it would be nice to see a more ultimatelyion, but we have to make the -- let the afghans make the request. this country is important to both peoples, both the afghans and americans and they still need some modest amount of ongoing american help. michael o'hanlon, you have written about the crimean peninsula. i want to talk about another topic. this is from the "new york times ," chuck hagel is in japan. this ties in the crimean situation with new concerns in long promised's to support japan from hostile nations has suddenly come under the microscope, the american response to the russian takeover of

disagreements in the united states, but ultimately we should give the afghans a little bit of time to figure out what they want, and we should not put too much pressure on them in the meantime to race to a decision this month or this week because they are still involved in a political transition. we need to continue this quietly, and have conversations quietly with the candidates so they can move fast when they are ready to make a decision. we have to have some base to stay beyond december or we will have to leave and if we leave, there is a higher risk of the country collapsing. it would be nice to see a more ultimatelyion, but we have to make the -- let the afghans make the request. this country is important to both peoples, both the afghans and americans and they still need some modest amount of ongoing american help. michael o'hanlon, you have written about the crimean peninsula. i want to talk about another topic. this is from the "new york times ," chuck hagel is in japan. this ties in the crimean situation with new concerns in long promised's to support japan from hostile nations has suddenly come under the microscope, the american response to the russian takeover of

meantime, let's bring in our panel. to discuss what's going on. spider, you're familiar with the u.s. military. it's a heartbreaking situation when you see, as we did back in 2009, a united statesjor nidal husan randomly murdering fellow soldiers. something similar happened today. we know there are multiple fatalities and injuries. we do know that a united states soldier opened fire on fellow soldiers. >> it's a horrible situation to be a part of, it really is. again, we don't know enough about what just took place. we know everything about what major nidal hasan did and how he, in his own twisted way, attributed post traumatic stress and affiliation with soldiers who had just come back. he had not deployed but had assimilated on himself and took it out on additional soldiers before they deployed. that was a horrible incident. but we move forward. we need to be very cautious about what we know right now and what we can speculate about. there are not enough facts. we've all tried to dance around the fact. we don't know enough. hopefully the general will lay out information in great detail so that we can all, especially the community, can get their arms around that. i lived at ft

united states. and that puts them in a position of a little bit more fiduciary responsibility. >> in the meantime, theits 12th mission, scanning the ocean floor and still nothing. cnn's aron mclaughlin is in perth, australia, with more. good morning, aron. >> reporter: good morning, carol. we're learning more about that object of interest that we chatted so much about yesterday. it was a piece of metal found about 190 miles to the south of perth. officials now, of course, ruling it out as having no connection to missing malaysian flight 370. but cnn has managed to obtain photographs of that object. and in looking at those photos, it is perhaps easy to see why authorities were so initially interested in it. it's essentially a long piece of metal with rivets. but, of course, in the end, it turned out to be just another lead turned disappointment. but officials at the moment not exactly saying what it is. but it does appear to be just another piece of garbage like all the rest of the garbage that has sort of muddled the waters of that aerial search for debris that is ongoing today. another 11 planes and

united states behind it. >> barbara starr, thanks so much. >>> meantime, malaysian authorities admit things could have beene trying to do to learn from mistakes. >>> later, we take you in a simulator and show you what it probably looked like as korean ferry began to sink. i'm nathan and i quit smoking with chantix. when my son was born, i remember, you know, picking him up and holding him against me. it wasn't just about me anymore. i had to quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. chantix didn't have nicotine in it, and that was important to me. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these, stop chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. if you develop these, stop chantix

state before he started getting everything in line? what has happened in the meantime, siemens has put together a rival bid. this is an asset swap. siemens would take the energy unit from alstom and give them the train unit. they are prepared to make guarantees for no job cuts for at least three years. it would make france the leader of rail and transport. the deutsche bond trains would be built in france. they would match or exceed the financial terms offered by ge. here is the ge case. they have approval from their board. they have done their due diligence and are much further along. they say acquiring the energy business would lead to growth throughout france read transport business would be spun off. some of those assets would stay in france. and fewer job losses because there are less costs over this, lest sharing. it would be a binding offer. a decision has to be made by wednesday and it is a remarkable choice read so much at stake, not just with french industry, but what france is going to do to revive their economy. will they accept bids from outside companies, from u.s. companies that have all of this cash? they do not want to bring it home because if the

all the way across the united states and the terminus would be in southeast texas, where that oil would be refined into gasoline and jet fuel and create a loss of jobs in the meantime. and then we need to -- we need to consider proposals that would incentivize american businesses small and large to hire veterans. now, i've been discussing these amendments all week, and i've been calling on the majority leader to allow these amendments to come to the floor and provide an opportunity for a vote. as i said, there are now currently more than 70 ditch --0 different amendments and ideas that have been filed that are just waiting for the majority leader, who is the one who has complete discretion as to whether or not the votes will actually occur, imploring him to allow a vote on these amendments. but it appears -- and i don't know if there's really any other conclusion you can draw -- that the majority leader has a different priority. his top priority, it appears, is for show votes on bills that either aren't going to go anywhere because they're not going to be taken up by the house of representatives, or they really treat the symptom rather than solve the underlying pro

meantime, president obama has continued the trend set by another bush, president george w. bush, with his administration's aggressive detention and deportation of unauthorized immigrants from the united states09. according to vox.com last year removal occurred at a pace of 1,010 persons per day. that means that the two millionth deportation likely happened sometime in the middle of last month. in the last seven days new pressure has been applied to the president to bypass congress and use his executive power to stop or at least slow deportations and detensions. there was last saturday's day of action during which protesters krae rallied across the country. the president spoke in austin on thursday. some activists chained themselves to a statue of the dr. martin luther king jr. on the university of texas campus. at least three people were arrested. and the cry for the president to take executive action is being issued right in front of his own house. three people have staged a hunger strike since tuesday in front of the white house demanding their loved ones be released from immigration detention. one of the activists, 18-year-old cynthia diaz, is taking time away from her studies at the uni

united states is sending some troops to poland. and you're hearing a lot of these. so. difficult situation the world. well meantime john kerry also denounced russia's failure to disarm eastern ukrainian self-defense groups that he passed over kiev's own military attacks in the east galusha can reports now on what else the secretary state failed to mention. john kerry has blamed russia for the crisis that's unfolding in ukraine entirely dismissing the whole protest movement in east ukraine as sponsored and controlled by moscow the world knows that peaceful protesters don't come armed with grenade launchers and automatic weapons while two months ago washington cheered for protestors even as they used weapons and bottled bombs to achieve their goal of both throwing the government washington called key of protest peaceful secretary kerry now accuses russia of direct involvement in the protesting the east of ukraine to back up the accusations secretary kerry has referred to photos which earlier emerged on social media some of the individual special operations personnel who are active on russia's behalf in chechnya geor

disagreements in the united states, but ultimately we should give the afghans a little bit of time to figure out what they want and we should not put too much pressure on them in the meantime to race to a decision this month or this week because they are still involved in a political transition. we need to continue this quietly, and have conversations quietly with the candidates so they can move fast when they are ready to make a decision. we have to have some base to stay beyond december or we will have to leave and if we leave there is a higher risk of the country collapsing. it would be nice to see a more rapid decision, but ultimately we have to make the -- let the afghans make the request. this country is important to both peoples, both the afghans and americans and they still need some modest amount of ongoing american help. host: michael o'hanlon, you have written about the crimean peninsula. i want to talk about another topic. this is from the "new york times ," chuck hagel is in japan. this ties in the crimean situation with new concerns in japan, america's long promised to support japan from hostile nations has suddenly come under the microscope, the american res