two deadly blasts rocked moscow's subway system during the jam packed rush hour. officials say two female homicide bombers blew themselves up killing at least 36 people and wounding dozens of others. russian authorities suspect terrorism but no groups have come forward yet to take responsibility. the last time moscow's subway system was attacked was in 2004 kek kekian rebels to chechen rebels took credit for the bombing that killed 10 people. president obama is on his way home right now after making the surprise visit to the troops in afghanistan. it's his first trip there as commander in chief. how did it go? joining us from there, lieutenant colonel oliver north. good morning to you. >> gretchen, amazingly enough, most of these troops don't even know he was here. we're down in the southern part of the country. the message is good. that we're going to wait and make sure that we win. let me just show you some of those who are going to help make it win. right behind me, afghan national army troops going through mine clearing and i.e.d. clearing training and one of

live on the phone from moscow. thank you for that reporting. from moscow once again if you're just joining us two explosions rocking two subway stations during rush hour. dual blasts killing 37 people. stay with fox news channel for more on this developing story. back to fox news sunday already in progress. agenda and doesn't that mean if you are elected, it is more partisan gridlock. >> well, first of all, partisan gridlock is not something i'm in favor of but the problem is, it depends on what you are a standing for and fighting for and i'd be happy to work across the aisle to lower the capital gains tax and corporate tax flatten the tax rate and all the taxes that make america increasingly an unfriendly place to do business and if the obama administration announces that is their agenda and i'll be more than happy, thrilled to work with them. but, what they are attempting to do is redefine the role of government in america and we cannot cooperate with that, we have to stop it from happening, because once we cross a certain point, we cannot tu

in december of that year a woman blew herself up in central moscow killing six people. in 2004 two different subway bombings killed nearly 50 people. chechen rebels are blamed for the seeing of a school that left 300 dead. >>> new york police will be increasing patrols as a result of the attacks. however right now metro here in the district says it is not increasing security on the rails. that said local police and firefighters will be practicing foa terror attack on the metrobus this morning. the emergency drill will take place at 10:00 a.m. in a parking lot at rfk stadium. they will simulate an explosion on a metrobus to tes their response. a similar drill was held at the rosslyn metro station sunday morning. >>> president obama returns home this morning after making a surprise visit to afghanistan. the white house just posted some new pictures. this included this one the president having incident engineer with president karzai. while in afghanistan the president also gave a pep talk to u.s. troops. he reminded the service members of the importance of their mission. >

today russia still retains a system around moscow. there are a couple that are actively marketed as having capabilities for use against tactical missiles. but sometimes i think the u.s. needs to worry about how low we go given the russian defense effort. secondly, returning to the point of keefe on the first question, on no new nuclear capabilities, i think the white house is clear it does not want to at this time adopt a new nuclear weapons capability. what i found interesting was that it is between $500 million and $600 million increase in the budget that goes to support the nuclear weapons complex. i see that as an investment. it seems the administration is making an investment and the nuclear weapons infrastructure at the complex so that at some time down the road if we discover there is a serious need for that capability we will have a complex ready to deliver that. >> with regard to the new start in missile defense, i am quite concerned about the language and in the fact sheet. the new agreement does not capture current or plann

. >> how is this being seen in moscow? we have this report. >> russia still has the most fearsome nuclear arsenal on the planets. nearly 3000 warheads mounted on intercontinental missiles like this that can strike anywhere in the world. today, it agreed to get rid of it least one-third of them. at such an historic moment, you expect russia's foreign minister to sound more excited. >> during today's telephone conversation between the presidents of russia and the u.s.a., we are satisfactorily expressed an and the outcome of the negotiations. >> russia's motivation for signing the treaty is rather different than america's. these monsters rolling across red square on victory day look impressive, but most of russia's nuclear arsenal is ancient and replacing it would be very expensive. >> russia does not have enough money to sustain the current stockpile or even to expand it. that is why russia cannot keep up in any way, and now it got the figures that serve the impression cause. -- that serve the russian cause. >> so is this re

the russian presidents saying we'll find and destroy them all after two female bombers attacked moscow's subway killing dozens. details on the aftermath and the hunt for those who organized the bombing. >> president obama turns his attention to afghanistan with an unannounced trip to the country. >>> in box 3a mother in pennsylvania says her son's school used his laptop to spy on him at home. now a u.s. senator is holding a hearing on this case. why he says it exposed a gap in privacy law. all that ahead unless breaking news changes everything. >>> first, cops in the crosshairs. the f.b.i. bust ago michigan in the midwest which planned to kill police officers in an effort to spark a uprising against the united states government. the feds arrested three members over the weekend. seven arraigned in detroit today. the other suspect is on the loose. the raid took place in three states, michigan, indiana and ohio. the group calls itself hutaree and members were preparing for the anti-christ. according to federal documents the plans included ugly stuff, including killing police officers and at

late last week moscow and beijing said they were stripping out some of the toughest aspects of proposed new sanctions so the question is as we get reports that moscow and beijing are on board for new sanctions precisely what is in them? do they have any teeth in them? that's something we'll be working in the hours ahead as we try to determine exactly what the russians and ci chinese are on board for megyn. megyn: adding to that mike as you're speak of it a reuters report hits the wire saying six world powers including russia and china did agree on wednesday to start drawing up new sanctions on iran over its nuclear program. that would be very significant, would it not mike? those two russia and china have been the holdouts all along. >> reporter: absolutely and i asked secretary gates here at the pentagon last week about the idea of whether russia and china were stripping out the toughest part and he said important thing is get unanimous support in the security council because this allows other nations and other groups of nations like the european union to take action against iran so we

. >> i think president obama has said that he would send rahm emanuel to moscow and we all immediatelyndorsed that offer, so you know, if president medvedev wants to take us up on it, we're ready. >>> on a more serious subject, john mccain facing a very different kind of threat. sarah palin comes to the rescue today, campaigning for mccain, but can she help survive -- him survive a strong challenge from opponent, former congressman j.d. hayworth? he will be joining us this hour. and now what? that's what the economist is asking today. so is the white house. the president's campaign to build public support on health care and we will have rachel maddow, orrin hatch and karen tim lty on that. >>> the president and russian president medvedev signed off on this agreement in a phone call this morning. each side must reduce deployed warhea warheads. it is the most comprehensive arms treaty in two decades. >> the treaty also shows the world particularly states like iran and north korea that one of our top priorities is to strengthen the global nonproliferation regime and keep nuclear materials

martha: now to this from moscow. new video just coming in, of yesterday's deadly attack on the metro system, in moscow, an amateur cell phone video. that just after the blast. we're told, we are getting our first look at this as well and police say two women, detonated explosive belts in separate subway stations, 45 minutes apart, which we reported to you and the blast killed a total of 39 people. and you can see, some of the scene there, it is a frightening situation, from the underground and more than 70 people, were sent to the hospital and investigators believe the bombers had ties to chechen rebels and they are figuring out what group these might have come from and police were armed with machine guns and are patrolling the moscow underground and cities around the world including here in new york, beefing up security, in the wake of these attacks, everybody is always concerned, of course, the people in moscow and wondering if and when, something like that could ever happen right here at home. bill: we talked yest

moscow subway station this morning. also on the terror front.resident obama traveled to afghanistan to rally nato troops fighting against the brutal taliban there. and joining us now from washington with the inside story lt. colonel ralph peters. fox news strategic analyst and author of the book "endless war" which deals with the war on terror. all right. so let's take the president's afghanistan trip first. you know, i said it was a good thing. you want to show the troops that you are engaged with them and this terrible conflict and he did that. what say you? >> well, i'm glad the commander and chief finally found a couple minutes for our war. but, bill, nobody in the white house was thinking. now, whatever motus the president may have had by arriving after dusk and leaving just after midnight, spending six hours in afghanistan during the night, the message he sent to our enemies, to our allies and to everybody in the region was afghanistan is so unstable the u.s. president is afraid to be there during daylight hours. point one. point two, come

he is also one of the country's most avid sportsmen, a former owner of a moscow basketball team thatonship. you will also notice that he is quite tall-- 6'8", to be exact-- as he trains here with his personal kick-boxing partner, who is also the coach of the russian national team. >> prokhorov: i am addicted to sport. without sport, i feel bad. in this case, it's... it's some kind of drug. >> kroft: how much time do you spend working out every day? >> prokhorov: two hours. whatever happen, two hours i have my workout. >> kroft: reduces stress? >> prokhorov: i like to be in stress. >> kroft: you like it? >> prokhorov: it's my competitive advantage. >> kroft: for someone who loves sports, stress and challenges, there is probably no better buy than the new jersey nets. for a few hundred million dollars, prokhorov is just a few formalities away from acquiring 80% of the worst team in the national basketball association. 20 years ago, a russian would never have been allowed to buy an american sports franchise, but nba commissioner david stern says its just one more sign that the world is

latest bombings came south of moscow.ay the first suspect blew up his car as the police chased him and as investigators responded to the scene to help out, a second bomber dressed in a police uniform apparently detonated more explosives. all together the blasts killed, we're told, at least 12 people. came just two days after two women suicide bombers killed 39 people in the moscow subway system. today, a militant leader from the break away public from chechnya claimed responsibility from those subway attacks. in an internet message, that leader warned more attacks are on the way. attacks like those have security experts here in the united states asking some questions about just how safe our transportation systems may be. especially in light of the kind of news we got today from new york. this city has one of the largest subway systems in the world. far and away the biggest in the united states. and more than 4300 surveillance cameras are up there on the walls and ceilings supposed to help protect millions of people who us

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we reiterate our acceptance and welcome to the statement from the meeting in moscow on march 119 as we welcome the statement from the european union on dec. 2009. both are very important things. more important even is for all of the parties of the international community's to act swiftly and practically to take concrete steps to find mechanisms to force israel to implement what was in those statements and put an end to the frivolity of the israeli government towards the feature -- future of peace and security in the region. it is not only to enforce and implement the agreement for the peace process and two-state solution, but also to take concrete steps to impose on israel to stop and freeze the settlement activities. dear brothers, at a time when we're facing these challenges on jerusalem and the political front, we continue to work very hard and honestly to fulfil the national reconciliation, to stop the ride that has been forced on us by hamas in the gaza strip since june of 2007. we need to regain the unity of the land of our people come institutions, and political regime. we need

. >>> it wasn't a drill, though, this morning on the transit system in moscow. russian authorities say two female suicide bombers blew themselves up at two subway stations. at least 35 people are dead. dozens more wounded. one of the explosions happened underneath the building that houses the security agency formerly known as the kgb. suspicion will most likely focus on sprattist groups most likely responsibility for the attacks. >>> a man is accused of making a bomb threat on a cruiseship. they say the 31-year-old made the threat on board a carnival cruiseship. coast guard boats escorted the ship back to florida. there fbi agents an the coast guard searched the ship but did not find a bomb. >>> this morning, president obama returns to washington after a surprise visit to afghanistan. the president visited troops there for the first time as commander in chief. the surge of 100,000 additional troops will be in place by the summer. so far the number of u.s. casualties doubled what it was during the same time last year. >> your services are absolutely necessary. ab

. >>> and a close call for dozens of moscow residents forced to evacuate their homes after they stumbled upon world war ii artillery shells. the road was closed off while the shells were trucked off. at least 28 of them were still armed. >>> here's a look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 10,733 after gaining 47 points yesterday. the s&p nudged up 6 points, and the nasdaq added 11 points. taking a look at overseas trading tokyo tumbled 102 points, while in hong kong the hang seng shed 53 points. the dow lead it yet with the longest streak this year. the main catalyst was a drop in the february producer price index. prices at the wholesale level plunged by the largest amount in seven months. investors felt that further supports the feds' recent decision to hold interest rates for the foreseeable future. coal miner massey energy announced its acquisition of privately held cumberland resources. hartford financial services gain gained almost 5% after announcing a plan to repay the u.s. treasury. discover financial services also announced a repayment plan for governme

this latest attack comes two days after twin suicide bombings in moscow. authorities blame islamist separatists. >>> president obama is vowing to make the workplace more flexible for employees and families. he and first lady michelle obama are expected to speak this afternoon at a white house forum focusing on that issue. the president's middle class task force laid out several ideas earlier this year on how to help americans balance their feeds at home with their needs at work. on the foreign front, the president is hard at work trying to get other countries to back u.n. sanctions against iran. >>>. >> so i'm not interested in waiting months for a sanctions regime to be in place. i'm interested in seeing that regime in place in weeks. >> president obama will also meet today with the family of the late civil rights activist the cesar chavez as well as leaders of his united farmers workers. he will declare today cesar chavez today. some world leaders have state dinners when they come to washington. others have ben's chili bowl. you can count french presiden

they are telling us two explosions rocked two of moscow's train stations. at least 37 people are dead. a spokesman at the scene confirms the two female suicide bombers killed 14 people on the train and another 11 died there on the platform. state news agencies report a second explosion hit another station 45 minutes later. stay with us, on-line and on air for further junts on this breaking -- updates on this breaking news from russia. >>> the latest on baltimore's pocketbook. >> looks like early projections on the city police cutbacks may not be as deep as we thought after all. linda so joins us to explain. >> reporter: the mayor says she has a better plan, one that would keep more police officers on the streets. at an event this weekend mayor rawlings-blake said some of the outlines in the initial plan went too far. she plans to submit a different plan in the coming weeks that would spare deep cuts to police and fire. initially there was talk up to 300 positions in the police department would be eliminated and seven fire companies would be cut. >> april 12

some had spent much of their lives training and still the moscow games went on and soviet occupationast another decade and the u.s. bowed out of the olympics the first a

. >>> moscow's fire chief died last night while trying to save people from a massive building.russian media say the chief died when the business center's roof collapsed. none of the people he was trying to safe was injured. the alarm didn't work or never existed. by the time crews got there the building was engulfed. >>> police in aruba want to know if this, look closely, is a picture of natalee holloway's remains. it was taken by an american couple last fall while on vacation. aruban police are preparing to send divers into the water to search for the alabama teenager. she was last seen leaving a bar with a man on the final night. graduation trip back in 2005. >>> a sigh of relief in fargo, north dakota, tonight, because it appears the major flooding threat there has passed. city leaders say the red river crested and is now falling without causing any major damage. river topped out at 19 feet above flood stage. happened this afternoon. so rapid snow melt caused by warm weather is blamed for the rapidly rising water levels there. the threat is gone. we turn to cnn's jackqui jer

president obama says today's deal changes that ghan lewis streaming live from our moscow newsroom tonight. dana. >> hi, shepard. indeed. this is a major step in reducing the nuclear stockpiles of the two nuclear super powers, russian and america. already arms critics are saying the two presidents could have been more ambitious. they could have made deeper cuts and they are calling for more discussions and another round after this agreement is signed on april the 8th. as you say it took about a year to come up with this agreement. here is what they have. long range nuclear weapons will be cut by a third for more than 2200 war heads to 1550 each. those are deployed war heads. there are about thousand more war heads held by both countries in stores not governorred by this treaty. tactical weapons are not udged this treaty. new deal launch will be cut in half under 700 deployed. u.s. gets to maintain triad of bombers, missiles and submarines. there is a paragraph linking the reduction of offensive weapons system to america's missile defense shield. hugs shah's foreign minister sergei says it'

an update on the bombing in moscow today. russian prime minister vladimir putin is promising that the attackers responsible for setting off explosions at two moscow subway stations "will be destroyed." two female suicide bombers blew them up on trains, killing at least 37 people and injuring dozens. the attacks are being blamed on rebels in the region that included the chechnya. and in iraq, nouri al maliki, says he is not happy that the united nations is not backing his calls to recount alex -- recount boss. the u.n. insists the elections were fair -- to recount balance. the u.n. insists the elections were fair. a group of independent experts will assess the global body response to the swine flu outbreak. specifically, how agencies and government -- how government agencies reacted to to the opera glass year. -- to the virus last year. >> tonight, a discussion on the just released national brockman plant. -- national broadband plan. >> a hearing this morning looking at the drawdown of nearly 100,000 contractor employees in ir

and a chechen rebel leader claimed his group carried out monday's subway bombings in moscow. the "newshour" is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari? >> sreenivasan: there's more on the debate over offshore oil drilling. we've rounded up reactions from environmental groups, lawmakers and others-- find that on "the rundown." our peru series continues online where you'll find two web only stories-- a video report on how microcredit loan programs are helping those with long term, drug resistant tuberlucosis find jobs, and a story about the toll cervical cancer has taken on women in peru and efforts to help combat the disease. plus on "art beat," photographer all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening with an interview with national security advisor jim jones, among things. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: every business day, ba

and it goes beyond the 2002 "moscow treaty" signed by then- presidents george w. bush and vladimir putin. within seven years of ratification, both countries would have to lower their deployed strategic warheads to 1,550. ballistic missile launchers and bombers would be capped at 800. and of those, only 700 could be deployed. the two countries would be responsible for verifying each other's cuts. in moscow, foreign minister sergei lavrov said the agreement was an important security step for both countries. >> ( translated ): this is an absolutely honest position, which does not prohibit either side from making unilateral decisions. but it unequivocally means that strategic offensive armaments will be reduced to a degree which will ensure the security of each party. >> woodruff: for mr. obama, the agreement was essential in order to "reset" relations with russia. >> the united states and russia, the two largest nuclear powers in the world, also send a clear signal that we intend to lead. >> woodruff: defense secretary robert gates said the deal does not jeopardize t

russia's main security agency says that rebels are believed to have carried out two suicide bombings on moscow'ssubway system that killed 36 people. officials say two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on trains as the subway was packed with rush hour passengers this morning. the first station hit is under the building that houses the main offices of the federal security service, the kgb's main successor agencies. the second one happened at another station, about 45 minutes later. >>> how's it going - >> u.s. soldiers in afghanistan got a surprise visit from the commander in chief. it marked president obama's first time visiting the country since taking office. while speaking to the troops he thanked them for the progress being made on the battlefront while warning about the difficult days ahead. earlier, in a meeting with the afghan president, president obama stressed the ultimate goal of passing the security responsibly held by the karzai-led government. >> i urge the transition -- that more and more security efforts are made by the afghans. >> despite a positive public acknowledgment p

the president of russia's as moscow is ready to consider fresh sanctions against iran. he was speaking after talks in paris with the french president. three rounds of sanctions have failed to persuade iran to open up its nuclear program to international inspection. the americans are at the forefront of the drive for new sanctions. u.s. ambassador to the iaea has been speaking to us in vienna. >> we have worked very hard to reach out to pteron and find ways in which we could -- to reach out to tehran and find ways to reach out to them. that had asked for, could we help them modernize their control room at the reactor and we said we would be happy to talk about it, as an example. lots of efforts have been made, both in the nuclear context, but more broadly, in terms of the e- 3 +3 that resulted in the geneva meeting, to get some positive iranian -- have refused to engage in combat into the process. we're left to having -- we're left to draw the inevitable conclusion, that this is a country bound and determined not to live up to its requirements as a signatory of the non-

and all of us, there is a quartet meeting in moscow today, which is tony blair is present at and kathy ashton, the european high commissioner on foreign policy. and we want these talks to move forward. i think what has happened in the last few weeks is of great concern. i would want to emphasize the importance of stopping a settlement program, if it is a barrier to further talks that should be taking place between the palestinians and israelis. everybody knows my support for the israeli community and for the state of israel. but i think all of us have got to think carefully about how we can help over the next few weeks in making sure that the proximity talks and then perhaps further talks are possible and do not on the basis of one or two instances break down. so we will do everything that we can to make sure that we work with other countries towards it the peaceful settlement that everybody can see the contours of, but nobody has yet been able to deliver. >> thank you very much, prime minister. second round of questions. >> jerry from radio. prime minister, some weeks ago when israeli

you noticed secretary clinton was in moscow last week.he basically chewed out the russians for going ahead with their construction of an iranian nuclear reactor. peaceful nuclear reactor, which she said was contrary to the spirit of all these efforts of world powers are making to try to isolate iran and keep them from going ahead with their nuclear program. so it's a very panchy situation. we've seen a positive step, it's not all sweetness and light with the russians. >> is this agreement or theory substantive? or is it more symbolic? is this a real, you know, -- gwen: quick answer. >> it's heading us in the right direction. on the other hand, the russian nuclear arsenal was already coming down. it's an aging arsenal. the russians don't want to spend their limited resources on these bombs that they probably won't use. so at the beginning of the administration, the russians and the u.s. were looking at this treaty as low hanging fruit. something that they would be able to do. gwen: it still took a year. >> they fought over it for eight mon

a claim of responsibility for this week's deadly attack on the moscow subway. chechen military leader took credit in a web address. at least 39 people were killed in the twin bombings on monday during rush hour. police say female suicide bombers were behind the attacks. russian investigators had suspected chechen rebels, but until now, no one had claimed responsibility. >>> police in prince georges county, maryland, are searching for a woman who threw an acid-like chemical in the face of a woman and a child. it burned the face, neck and legs of the woman and the daughter was burned underneath the left eye. the woman's mother said she got a frantaic call from her daughter and went to the hospital. >> she didn't know what was going on and she didn't know how much stuff had got on her. >> prince georges county police say they were targeted, but the family doesn't know why. the mother and daughter are in the hospital in stable condition. >>> one of the hottest videos on the internet right now is scarface, the school play. yes, the schoolplay. kids are acting out th

all right, jill, thanks very much, jill's a former moscow bureau chief for cnn. >>> both leaders need by lawmakers, and after all the wrangling here in washington over health care reform, the secretary of state, hillary clinton, suggested there might be a role for the president's chief of staff and chief arm twister, all emmanuel, listen to this. >> just as we have to go to our congress, president medvedev has to go to the duma, and i think president obama said that he would send, you know, rahm emmanuel to moscow, and we all immediately endorsed that offer, so, you know, if president medvedev wants to take us up on it, we're ready. >> my interview, by the way, with rahm emmanuel, will air tomorrow night, 6:00 p.m. eastern on "the situation room," our saturday edition, 6:00 p.m. eastern, saturday night, the interview, the entire interview with rahm emmanuel. >>> in a huh over housing construction, first israel embarrassed vice president joe biden and israel's prime minister got a white house cold shoulder. but is there more behind the sudden unraveling between u.s. and israel? >>> and

. >> the president has said he would send rahm emanuel to moscow, and we all immediately endorsed that offer. >> reporter: and david, u.s. officials also say that one of the reasons negotiations took so long is that russian leaders thought that 1991 treaty, signed just months before the ussr dissome ved, nay thought it was negotiated from a point of weakness. they pushed for fewer inspections. still, the secretary of state said the treaty lives up to the russian proverb, "trust, but verify." >> we heard what else she said there, any response tonight from mr. emanuel on the proposal to send him to russia? >> reporter: no response. i think after all the press this month, that's the least people have been saying about him. >> thank you, jake. >>> there is news tonight from three international flash points. israeli tanks took positions today, following the deadliest day since israel pulled out of gaza. four palestinian gunmen were killed in the fighting which began after an army unit crossed the border to dismantle a mine. >>> a mystery off the coast of south korea tonight. one of their na

. >>> new this morning, hillary clinton in moscow meeting with senior russian officials in the stalled mid east project. hillary clinton arrived in the capital on thursday morning. shy will talk about a range of issues, including negotiations on a new nuclear treaty. tomorrow, she will involve in the corit of peacemakers. >>> an al-qaeda who played a key role at a bombs at a cia post in december may have been killed last week. officials believe that he was killed in a air strike last week. he was considered an important al-qaeda planner and explosive expert. >>> five washington, d.c. men are facing terrorism charges in pakistan. they were arrested in december. one of the men sent a letter to a relative saying that pakistan police are torturing them with beating, elic rocushion and no food or water for 36 hours. >>> a houston city bus slammed into a light rail train. the most dramatic images comes from the train focused on a rider. records show that the driver has been in five accidents since 2007, but only one of the accidents was her fault. >>> a tv game show sparking controversy. 

as we know, secretary clinton is in moscow now and we all hope that we will be able to make progress on the start treaty during her visit. and we want to thank and commend her for the work that she's doing not only as secretary of state every day but at this time, especially in moscow. the start treaty would reduce deployed nuclear weapons in the united states and russia and would provide crucial verification measures that would allow a window into the russian nuclear program. while this treaty has taken a little longer than expected to complete, i applaud the leadership of assistant secretary for verification, compliance, and implementation, rose gottmauler, and her efforts to pursue a strong agreement as opposed to an immediate agreement. a new start agreement is in our national security interest, especially in terms of maintaining verification and transparency measures. once complete, this agreement could help to strengthen the u.s.-russia relationship and potentially increases the possibility of russian cooperation on an array of thorny and grave international issues, including n

and train and a lot of people may have said why would i go spend six months in the cold winter of moscow and go there for no apparent reason and to me it was an opportunity to go spend time with the astronauts and walk in the same hallways of pass astronauts and go to the same places the first person who went to space resided. that whole history of the russian space program compelled me to go there. been there gave that opportunities for the right place at the right time but unfortunately for their primary crewmember he developed kidney stones which disqualify him from the plate. but fortunately for me i was there to say i will take his seat and that is what i did. that is another point* usually when i talk to students which i do quite often, i tried to tell them that if you have a passion and there is something that you want to do even if you are far from it coming 1/2 to have that in the forefront of your mind and make sure that you look for those opportunities as they come along because you don't know when they will come along and if you are not ready may not notice them and you will

their spirit of individualism threatened the grand design of moscow.ded to take steps and correct the problem. >> the objective was to keep ukrainians on their knees. >> stalin forced forced peasan give up their farms under the banner of "collectivization." >> the pez sthe pe peasants are of nationalism. what do you do? you have to crush them. >> [ foreign language ] >> stalin took everything. their independence, their livelihood, and even their food. plunging the ukraine into famine. and while the people were starving, it wasn't because the food wasn't growing. grain production was skyrocketing. instead of giving the grain to starving people, the soviets exported it to fund their centrally planned industrialization. how the soviets dealt with the hung hunger was inhumane. [ foreign language ] >> the forced famine that resulted was so horrific, the situation so desperate that there were even widespread reports of cannibalism. >> it was once with a group of people going to one part of ukraine, and i said is there some older lady that could tell me somet

that word came today from secretary of state hillary clinton, as she began a two-day trip to moscow. she met with her russian counterpart, sergey lavrov. >> we are making substantial progress on the new start treaty; that's the word from our negotiators in geneva. and the results from the latest negotiating rounds lead us to believe we will be reaching a final agreement soon. >> sreenivasan: on another issue, russian prime minister vladimir putin said iran's new russian-built nuclear plant will start operating this summer. secretary clinton had pressed for a delay until iran proves it is not pursuing nuclear weapons. a u.n. wildlife organization refused to bar exports of atlantic bluefin tuna today. the u.s. and a handful of other countries backed the idea. they said the bluefin population has dropped sharply due to over- fishing. but japan and scores of other nations opposed a ban. japan imports 80% of the atlantic bluefin harvest. and developing countries said imposing a ban would damage their fishing economies. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of t

two days after the moscow subway bombings. this time, it was in the southern province of dagestan. first came a suicide car bombing, when police gathered, a suicide bomber dressed as an officer then blew himself up. nine of the 12 people killed were police. 23 more were injured, and president putin says one group may be behind this attack, and the moscow bombings. >>> president obama wants sanctions against iran for its nuclear program to take effect in weeks, not months. meeting with french president nicolas sarkozy, mr. obama said they don't want to see a nuclear arms race in the middle east. >> a conflict in the middle east and the consequence of iran's actions could have a huge destabilizing effect in terms of the world economy at a time when it's just coming out of a very deep recession. >> the president said a nuclear armed iran is just unacceptable. >>> also this morning, president obama will announce a proposal to dramatically expand oil drilling off the u.s. coastline. new offshore regions opened to exploration and drilling would include the east coast from delaware to flo

trip or else he would be in moscow tomorrow. i'm sorry about that. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >>> president obama toward the steel company in savannah georgia today just after he outlined a plan to get homeowner's tax rebates for energy efficiency improvements. he spoke at the savannah technical college for about 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ [applause] [applause] [cheering] >> hello, everybody. thank you. everybody, please have a seat. thank you. thank you. is good to be back in her georgia. it's good to be back in georgia although where is passan? [laughter] i was looking forward -- i'm still fired up but we've been getting a lot of snow in washington, d.c. so i was looking forward to maybe 60, 70 degrees. [laughter] i guess i will take 50. first of all, i want to just make some acknowledgements of some wonderful leaders who are here. first of all i want to thank president kathy and the entire seven and at tech community for their hospitality. [ap

i think president obama has said he would send rahm emanuel to moscow.nd we all immediately endorsed that offer. >> i think a lot of democrats if they couldn't send rahm emanuel to baghdad, they'd be happy to send him to -- no, there is a schism in the democratic party now. barack obama united the democratic party, but on the left. he united them for a trillion dollars in spending, $500 billion in taxes and medicare. >> i'm trying to make a joke about rahm, and you come in with all these talks. >> but rahm emanuel is a pragmatic guy. he's the guy who last election was very successful for democrats moving him towards the middle there is a big division there. >> hats off to the obama team for doing something that no president has ever done. hats off to nancy pelosi who was a real big winner out of this thing. >> let's go back to the team. you mentioned the other night you were for howard dean. the white house, washington, secretary clinton. >> she is just scrubbing the date on that. but there is an opportunity for her. obama has united the democratic party

you this morning after a two-day trip to moscow. held talks with vladimir putin on issues from arms control to trade and iran. >>> british airways cabin crews hit the picket lines for a three-day strike. that is forcing the airline to cancel more than half of its flights through monday. >>> in monterey, mexico, soldiers battle suspected drug cartel gunmen yesterday, killing two. authorities say they seized guns, ammunition and hand grenades after the shoot-out. >>> a.c.o.r.n. said it's on the verge of bankruptcy. they lost federal funding amid controversy. those are your fast five headlines. >>> a critical meeting getting under way on capitol hill just half an hour from now. it's the rules committee led by congresswoman louise slaughter, which will decide this morning whether democrats will go ahead with the controversial deem and pass tactic. let's get to luke russert, right in the middle of things for us on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning, alex. how we doing? >> i'm doing okay. let's get to how louise slaughter is doing. w

that province borders chechnya, a region believed tied to the subway bombings in moscow. they were the first in the russian capital in six years. >>> we have an update on the plane diverted from national airport to dulles. the transportation security administration says american eagle flight took the action because of a passenger acting strangely. initial reports said there was a bomb threat. all the passenger were interviewed and allowed to go on the way. the plane checked out find. >>> in st. louis, a delta flight was heading to san francisco on tuesday from new york. passengers on board were able to get off the flight safely. officials say it is unclear where the smoke came from. >>> this american morning a flood alert. historic water levels across a large part of the northeast. ground zero, rhode island. this is what it looked like on tuesday providence. the governor calls it unprecedented with water approaching 100 year levels. thousands were evacuated from their homes with little warning. >> they bailed us out. can be -- didn't have time to grab anything to eat. >>

. >>> two days after the subway bombings in moscow, there's been another terrorist attack in russia todaythis time what appears to be a coordinated suicide bombing in southern province targeting police officers. at least 12 people were killed. >>> well, the vatican is launching a legal defense for pope benedict to fight a sex abuse in kye coo. it accuses them of negligence and vatican lawyers will argue that the pope has immunity because he is the head of state but claim u.s. bishops who oversaw abusive priests are not vatican employees. >>> there was a tense scene at a carnival in miami. a ride malfunctioned leaving two women dangling sideways 100 feet up in the air. fire department ladders couldn't even reach them. fortunately about an hour later the ride started up again and no one was injured. that is scary. >>> from hollywood this morning there's word that jesse james, husband of actress sandra bullock has entered rehab. a spokesman said he is dealing with "personal issues and is trying to save his marriage." >>> finally, you can't end a newscast without hoops. watch this shot. durin

cnn's senior international correspondent matthew chance is following them from moscow.eting in vienna for the next four days, how concerned are they regarding tehran's nuclear program? >> well, it seems that the iaea, the u.n.'s nuke war watchdog is very concerned about the possibility that iran is in their words, currently working on plans for a nuclear war head. they haven't presented any evidence for this specifically, any new evidence that is, but they have cited repeated refuses by iran to answer questions regarding the nature of its nuclear program and the new director general of the iaea, the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog amano spoke very clearly of the need. for the islamic republic to open up its nuclear sites to greater inspection and cooperate more fully. listen to what he had to say. >> the agency continues and there is comprehensive safeguards agreement with iran to verify that nondiversion of declared nuclear materials in iran but we cannot confirm that all nuclear material in iran is in peaceful activities because iran has not provide the agency with the necess

hillary clinton joined envoys from russia, the united nations and the european union at a meeting in moscow. clinton repeated her criticism of israeli moves to add more jewish housing in east jerusalem. >> the goal of the quartet, like the goal of the united states government, is to get the proximity talks relaunched. we do not think unilateral actions by either party are helpful, and we have made that very clear. >> sreenivasan: the quartet of powers called for a final deal within two years, leading to an independent palestinian state. the northern plains states braced today for major flooding on the red river this weekend. it's expected to crest sunday in fargo, north dakota, at nearly 20 feet above flood stage. residents worked around the clock this week to shore up protective barriers. hundreds of volunteers and city workers stacked sandbags and built levees on both sides of the river. a major snowstorm spread across the rockies and headed east on this day before spring officially begins. denver, colorado, drivers faced snow throughout the day. and possible blizzard conditions were also

there you have it, moscow's marlboro man. thank you for being a part of my show this week. i'll see you next week. >>> sunday showdown. as journalists beer up for today's much-debated, much-delayed health care vote, will they credit president obama with a victory if democrats pass the bill. >> thank you, everybody! >> or play up the polarizing process? comeback kid. tiger woods will head from rehab to the masters. how will cbs and the rest of the media handle his return? >>> penetrating politico. we go inside one of washington's hottest web applications to see how they slice and dice the news and try to win the morning. >>> and the magazine and the myse mistress. did those picturers over shadow what she had to say? today is the day -- we think today is the day. after 14 months of front-page headlines, television reports, cable chatter, blog warfare, after 14 months of legislative sausage making, the democrats are trying to pass a hotly disputed health care bill. the debate begins two hours from now with nancy pelosi's team claiming they have the votes. a house plan to appro

president medvedev has to go to the duma i think president obama said he would send rahm emanuel to moscowfer so if president medvedev wants to take us up on it, we are ready. >> greta: we'll let you know any news breaks in the showers of the russian duma. winston is my favorite he lives in tennessee he has a problem. he hates police cars, big time. earlier this month wynton got into a fight with a police car. we think he won. winston ripped the bumper off the cop car. destroying a police cruiser gets you in trouble. winston has been sentenced to good citizen classes. hopefully someone will get winston a chew toy. he wish him the best of the luck. 40 police officers in dubuque, iowa are spending the month of march growing mustaches. at the end of march, female officers will judge who has the best mustache. the officers paid $5 to enter the contest all the money is going to theuzr special olympic. crashing a party at the white house is a good career move. those infamous white house party crashers the salahis are going to be the bravo reality show the real housewives of d.c.. they crashed a