let's go live to moscow. you've got president hollande saying he wants not only a ceasefire, but a comprehensive peace agreement as soon as possible and angela merkel saying she doesn't even know if it is possible to get a ceasefire. what kind of reception will they get in moscow? >> when they get here, they were supposed to be arriving about this time, but running slightly late. when they get here, they'll drive straight into moscow and into a meeting with vladimir putin. ellis to what they've got to say and offer a plan of his own. he has submitted that plan to

so, when trigon was sent to moscow, his recognition signal to start the case and make it active in moscow, was jack downing's face. he knew jack downing, and there would be one brief encounter. he would see jack, and then the whole plan would kick in. jack downing was in moscow. he was just getting ready to leave. ogorodnik is reassigned to moscow, and jack has to go out on the street to meet him because he is the key. the problem was, jack, who is the deputy chief of station, could not get free. he could not get out on the street. there was no way to step out there without having teams of surveillance all over him. my husband, tony mendez, chief of disguise back then, was in moscow back then that week. he was visiting. between tony and jack, they came up with this plan. there was another person from the united states, a unique looking man. he wore a cowboy hat. he wore a big belt and he had a huge mustache. he was just so distinct, you could spot him a block away. jack downing and tony mendez decided that they were going to turn jack downing into that guy. they borrowed the hat, they got

is that likely to abred line for moscow? could that have the opposite effect and escalate the crisis? >> almost likely not immediately, since these plans will be drawn out in time and maybe even some russian military people will be glad for that happening, because they were seen arguing for a long time that they need more defense spending because nato is moving forces and now there will be at least some forces there. i don't think this is going to escalate the conflict in ukraine per se, but the tension will not disappear, even if there is a ceasefire, it's going to be most likely there is going to be very serious wrangling on the terms and what comes next. the conflict does not end with one kind of magic decision by a president or chancellor. it's a very drawn out conflict and is going to involve russia, ukraine and the west. >> as you say on friday, some of those key european players angela merkel, president hollande will meet in moscow. what does president putin want? >> the russian basic position strategic objective is t

alex barade ink a moscow consult, and fsb colonel. this was a rebellion manufactured in moscow. a ceasefire was established in theory in september. since that ceasefire in september the separatists armed led financed quipped by moscow have gained 500 square kilometers. over 225 ukrainian soldiers have died in this period. we suggest giving ukraine defensive arms because mr. putin has a very serious vulnerability. his people do not want russian soldiers fighting in ukraine so mr. putin is lying to his people. >> let me jump in there. the idea that it's a serious vulnerability presumes he responds to pressure the way leaders in democracies do that when negative news comes in the midst of a conflict like they can be persuaded he can be pushed by popular opinion to do things. is there any sign of that? >> that's not what i've said. i said he has a vulnerability. if he didn't have a vulnerability he wouldn't be lying to his people about soldiers dying in ukraine or burying soldiers in secret. he wouldn't be claiming the very popular organization in russian the committee of russian so

i first approached the agency in 2009 after i returned to dc from moscow. i pulled pulled together what it together what had been written about the agencies involvement and the names of those that were suspected of working on the printing and prepared a memo about the potential book that i wanted to write. none of you probably will be surprised that the first response i got back from the office of public affairs was that the agency was not interested. i understood under the freedom of information act i would like to get nothing if i went that route and instead i spoke to a number of retired officers such as yourself and i would like to pause to remember one of the former members, the former cia officer and former journalist for "newsweek" and time who was helpful to me and who died before he could see this book through the good offices of bruce and some other retired officers the subject was path to the attention of the historical records division and are one of the meetings it was suggested that i potentially could either look at the documents in the unred

guy: ryan chilcote is in moscow.ing some comments in advance of the meeting. not concerned -- not convinced she can get a deal. ryan: she flies in, so does the president of france. they sit down with vladimir putin at the kremlin. the meeting is scheduled for after 6:30. the time has moved a lot. it will be a late-night discussion like they had yesterday with the ukrainian president, who then met with for five hours. not surprising that the german chancellor is not optimistic. i was in milan where she met with putin and sat with him until 2:00 in the morning. i was in normandy where hollande was there as well. none of the talks have had meaningful results but they are going to give it a go. francine: we are watching the u.s. january jobs report. it is very volatile. and a lot of temporary workers because of delivery services. jonathan: it will be about the top line and then 230,000 is the estimate. unemployment 5.6 percent. we want to see wage growth continue. flattened by a falling inflation rate, maybe that is the

the french president francois hollande spent hours with vladimir putin in moscow. no press conference was held at that meeting. an hour-and-a-half in that, i had a photo call. tomorrow there is expected to be a telephone conference call between the leaders of ukraine, germany and france where they are expected to discuss this possible joint document that incorporates the proposals from the various countries. today diplomacy continuing. the justice foreign minister met with the chancellor at the munich conference. natalie. >> they are talking about implementing prior peace aagreements. we have the mince minsk agreement. why there would be a belief it would stick? >> reporter: well it's difficult to say what exactly is on the table right now a. few details about this process are being made public. it is difficult to say how far the sides are from preaching some sort of compromise. what we do know is they are discussing what is known as a negotiations document with russian and ukrainian input aimed at implementing that minsk agreement you mentioned, the agreement reac

and germany if there is no positive news from moscow? >> i don't think we have anything quite as fiery as 2003 wendy foreign minister said to donald rumsfeld, the secretary of defense for the u.s., i'm sorry, but instantly not convinced in terms of going to war in iraq. there could be a great deal of discussion. although john kerry, the secretary of state still needs a diplomatic solution. he is inclined to supply arms. we will be hearing from u.s. vice president joe biden and secretary of state cary who will also be here. i think there will also be a lot of backstage discussions. providing a place for diplomats to meet a hind the scenes and certainly, we could see a last-ditch effort. what to do on that very thorny issue. >> what about the other big crisis in the room that we have not talked about? >> it is on the agenda as well. we have discussions with such drastic titles as, is this the end of the middle east as we know it? and are we losing the war on terror? lively discussions on those very critical issues as well. >> thank you ver

ryan chilcote reporting from moscow. history made later this morning there as hollande, merkel an d putin meet. brendan, there has never been a moment like this. brendan: two european heads of state traveling to do diplomacy together. this is something europe has been terrible at. this is henry kissinger's complaint, if i want to call europe i do not have a single phone number. you know where real power lies, the most significant economies. tom: joe weisenthal with us. you look at credit default swaps and the currency markets ugliness here. how deep are those and how much of a thermometer do you use the ukrainian currency and five-year cdfs? are they accurate? >> the currency move reflects the major stress on the economy. people can get carried away with cdf's and extrapolate. it is not not interesting. the currency markets tend to be deeper and liquid and affect real people every day. declines in the currency cause import prices to go up and things like that. tom: olivia, you mentioned this about blankets to eastern ukr

talks in moscow are being seen as a last-ditch attempt to avoid the u.s.ukraine in its battle against pro-russian rebels. simon mcgregor wood reports. >> reporter: the sudden tense at this of diplomacy shows just how serious the situation is becoming. first it was secretary of state john kerry meeting president poroshenko and then the prime minister. pledging u.s. backing and pointing a finger of blame at moscow. >> russia and the separatists are seizing more territory terrorizing more citizens, and refusing to participate in serious negotiations. let there be no doubt about who is blocking the prospect of peace here. >> reporter: significantly he said president obama would decide soon whether or not to supply ukraine with lethal weapons. later francois or ho lande and angela merkel came in. the talking comes as the fighting he escalates in eastern ukraine which everyone here blames on russia and its separatist allies. in brussels, nato defense ministers put the finishing touch on his their new response force and its spearhead of 5,000 troops deployable in

and dozens of air strikes against the islamic state of iraq and the lavonte, angela merkel head to moscow peace in ukraine but can they convince vladimir putin. investigators say one of the engines of a trans asia plane and crashed in the river lost power after take off. >> i'm with the sport and fan violence marked the africa cup of nations semi final between guinea and equitorial guinea. ♪ we begin this news hour in jordan where the resolve to destroy the islamic state of iraq and lavonte is growing stronger and jordan military has widen its campaign against i.s.i.l. carrying out dozens of strikes targeting the group's position all of this is in response to the killing of jordanian pilot muath al-kaseasbeh and we report. >> reporter: this is where jordanian pilot muath al-kaseasbeh wanted to celebrate his return instead it is a place where they receive condolence after the islamic state of iraq and the lavonte burned alive and they paid respects to the tribe in kirkook and told the father that the royal airforce just shelled i.s.i.l. forces in the syrian providence and the king had alre

he had organized various war marchs in moscow fairly recently. they were not necessarily big marchs because a lot of momentum has gone out of the opposition movement the last couple of years or so. he had also been preparing a report recently in the run up to his death, which he said was going to be sort of an exposÉ of sorts of russia's involvement in that conflict. there are many reasons why someone would have wanted him dead. i was at a protest rally last week which was actually in favor of the kremlin in favor of the government's policies. it had been organized excellently, by the kremlin and what it was saying was that the revolution in kiev should absolutely not be allowed to happen here ins could in moscow. and there were pictures there who had pictures of him there as a traitor to russia. there are many who did not like boris nemtsov. >> thank you for bringing that from moscow. boris nemtsov was considered vladimir putin's biggest critic. but what happened. we look back at his life. >> boris nemtsov knew the risks of speaking out. his tel

>>> one of the russian president's vocal critics gunned down in moscow. what happened and plus, jihadi john once a prep school british boy, now he's known around the world as the face of isis. how someone with such prospect had a dark side. >> the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> with the sound of the gavel the u.s. congress finally compromised on a measure to fund the department of homeland security. at least for now. >>> welcome to to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. this is cnn newsroom. >>> we start the show in russia. police are investigating the shooting death of a well-known opposition leader and vocal critic of putin. this outspoken boris nemtsov was in the shadow of the kremlin walking across a bridge when a car pulled up to him and someone opened fire. the suspect or suspects remain at large. boris nemtsov seen in a rally last year was a top official with the liberal opposition group. he had most recently been very critical of the kremlin's handling of the ukraine crisis. now we are learning

it has been one year since moscow are next -- moscow annexed the black sea peninsula. the separation was widely condemned by the international community. >> of course i'm happy. it is not just me, but lots of people. we are happy that crimea has regained the home port of its native country, russia. now there is no war. reporter: the music plays on. changes both big and small are easy to spot. the russian wrote -- russian ruble is the new currency. tensions have increased -- wages have increased, but so has the cost of living. >> today, this situation scares people. people are afraid to say there are problems. today, there are still many public institutions where people have not received their wages, especially in the more isolated parts of crimea, but no one would dare testify in front of a camera. reporter: moscow promised to pour billions into development, but so far there has been little money. companies like this accounting firm -- >> it is like a move to another country, like i was a refugee and i started a new life. reporter: she plans to emigrate to poland to st

moscow's defense budget in 2014 e in eastern ukraine. moscow's defense budget in 2014 a in eastern ukraine. moscow's defense budget in 2014 s in eastern ukraine. moscow's defense budget in 2014 was roughly 20 times that of es in eastern ukraine. moscow's defense budget in 2014 was roughly 20 times that of kiev's, according to figures published this week by the international institute for strategic studies. the argument against sanctions is that while they may raise the cost for russia putin has shown he does not respond to higher costs in a rational, calculating manner. but if that's the case, then military aid for ukraine won't work either. no one believes that kiev can actually prevail in a military contest with moscow. a recent think tank report urging military aid itself acknowledges that the ate package would merely raise the cost for the kremlin in order to force it to then negotiate. in other words, the consensus is that the only possible strategy is to raise costs for russia. the disagreement is really about what kinds of costs v

matthew chance joins me live now from moscow. so matthew, the city's fall is a huge victory for the russian separatists, but also a clear violation of the cease-fire. at this point, what options do the international community have to keep russia and putin in check? >> well the options that the international community have are pretty limited and none are good. much will depend on the next step of the pro-russian separatists and their russian backers. the hope i suppose at the moment, is that the territory that includes this city that's already been capture willed be sufficient for the rebels and their sponsors in moscow. and the fear is it won't be enough this will be used as a springboard to take more territory. this is the concern. if that happens, well the options are, as they've already

you are watching them from moscow. are you hopeful? >> absolutely not.e have absolutely no information what are new western proposals here because the rumors contradict each other absolutely. one story is that hollande and merkel will bring something to mr. putin, something that is rebel territory will be formally in ukraine and ukrainens will agree with the new dividing line. if so it will be for two western leaders, something like a way if you like because all mr. putin wants. the other theory is that they will be bringing something like to mr. putin. >> it's interesting that you say that, because a couple things we've been hearing from chancellor merkel before she got on the plane from moscow speaking in berlin on friday morning, one that she says it is still time for a diplomatic solution and two, that she's not going to decide territorial issues by going over the head of another country. which might indicate mr. poroshenko would not be on board for more autonomy for the breakaway regions? >> again, we have only theories not facts. >> that's true. it

in the center of moscow and be used as a memorial rally. the moscow authorities said no the process for getting this thing takes a long time. we can't approve this straight away. there's a question mark about how the rally will take place and what it will be. >> thank you for that. rory challands in moscow there. >> as you have been hearing. boris nemtsov was reportedly researching a report on russian involvement in ukraine. both sides have been withdrawing from the front line. pro-russian rebel forces have been moving the grad rocket launches the the whole process is overseen by a group of monitors from the organization for security cooperation in europe. >> the fighting in eastern ukraine forced more than a million people to leave their homes. many thousands of others have been unwilling or unable to leave. local hospitals have been turned into trauma units, struggling to cope with staff or medical supplies. >> reporter: for this 2-year-old and her younger sister home is this simple room in the children's hospital at horlivka. they are to

the scene is much different in moscow.eport from moscow is next. >>> plus, why thousands of egyptians are risking their lives to leave the country of libya. >>> in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. >> a massive fire that lit up a dubai skyscraper is now out. witnesses say flaming debris spilled from the building ironically nobody as the torch. no one was injured in that fire. >>> three british teenagers are believed to be on their way to syria to fight and join alongside with isis. british authorities are searching for the girls. at this point, their ages 15 and 16 years old. police say they were last seen on tuesday taking a flight to instan bull turkey. >>> protestors in venezuela are calling for the. >> reporter: after the leader of cara kus. he is accused of helping in a coup plot. they say he is a political prisoner being held unjustly. >>> the cold weather in the united states has turned deadly. at least 23 people have died from the weather across the country. this week including 18 people in

matthew chance cnn, moscow. >> moscow's repeated denials of military involvement triggered a sarcastic response from ukraine's prime minister. >> the kremlin spokesman took issue with you saying there are russian forces inside ukraine escalating the situation. he said there are no russian tanks or army in ukraine. these accusations are not true. i wondered if you could react to that. >> mr. prime minister is it true that as the kremlin just said there are no russians on the ground? >> it seems to me that the only country who strongly denies clear military russian boots on the ground is the russian federation and personally president putin. if they need i can give them my glasses. >> the prime minister went on to say ukraine is fighting the russian regular army. >>> big changes are coming to the streets of baghdad. a decade old curfew will end saturday despite the ongoing violence. it's in effect from midnight to 5:00 a.m. restricting the lives of ordinary citizens but doing little to stop the bombings. the iraqi prime minister ordered the curfew to be lifted and abolished some checkpoi

meanwhile in moscow, a high-powered did to get a more lasting settlement. it's angela merkel's first visit since the ukraine crisis began. she and the french president want to stop the bloodshed in europe's backyard. inside the kremlin, stiff formality when they met president putin. details of the offer are sketchy, except it will start with a cease-fire and then the trick year political deal. this is by no means the first attempt to try to end the bloodshed in ukraine, but the timing is interesting. there's a lot that's a get the moment, not just the escalation of fighting on the ground but the economic pressure that russia finds itself under, from sanctions and low oil prices. now, this talk in the united states that if russia is arming the rebels, maybe they should arm ukraine. the u.s. vice president today did not directly address if they should give ukraine weapons but said something must be done. >> ukraine is fighting for their very survival right now. russia cannot be allowed to redraw the map of europe. >> this is what so alarms the u.s. and its pa

it is coming to us from basically moscow's government television station.ning me now to talk about it former cia counterterrorism analyst buck sexton. buck no one can really tell what is going on here. but as someone that was formerly with the cia, when you're looking at this what do you make of what we're seeing? >> there's one difference here based upon what we heard from the earlier reports is that it seems that there may have been a getaway car that came and picked up the assassin as opposed to what would have been really a drive-by shooting. so you're talking about a difference in perhaps tactics based upon this new video and what the russian government or russian government-owned tv station is saying here. but it doesn't change any of the other factors, the fact that there was supposed to be an opposition rally mere days after this that nemtsov was going to play a very prominent role in that was going to criticize openly russia's policies in ukraine. everything else more or less stays the same. in terms of the difference in tactics here it all still p

ins moscow. where the french president francois hollande and german chancellor, angela merkel will hold talks to try to end the escalating fighting in eastern ukraine. they're meeting with president vladimir putin follows their talks in kiev where a new peace plan was presented. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry was also in kiev on thursday. he said the u.s. wants a diplomatic solution, but will not close its eyes to russian aggression. now today, he's in munich with nato's secretary general and the russian foreign minister. but as both sets of talks get under way the violence is worsening in eastern ukraine where the town of debaltseve has been under attack from pro-russian rebels. see here the territory controlled by the rebels shaded in orange. debaltseve is a key transport hub. it connects the rebel-held areas of donestk and luhansk and see the main railway line here. a temporary cease-fire is now said to be in force around debaltseve. our correspondent james reynolds has been inside the

thank you for joining us live from the russian capital, moscow moscow.egyptian court has declared hamas a terrorist organization a decision that the group has branded shocking and dangerous. it's a label western nations have used against gaza's rulers. never an arab nation. it's an off chute of the egyptian brotherhood until it was outlawed in 2013. in march, last year egypt banned hamas from carrying out any activities on its territory and froze assets. in january, on the brigade designating it the terrorist organization. a judge who issued this new ruling says hamas has targeted civilians and security forces inside egypt's volatile sinai peninsula and aimed to harm the country. it comes four days after egypt's government announced a new terrorism law that allows a closure and freezing of assets. a spokesman for hamas has said it was against the palestinian people and in favor of israel. the palestinian resistance it also relates to the israeli enemy and a friend and to hamas, the palestinian people and the resistance as the enemy. this decision will ne

let's go live to moscow. you've got president hollande saying he wants not only a ceasefire, but a comprehensive peace agreement as soon as possible and angela merkel saying she doesn't even know if it is possible to get a ceasefire. what kind of reception will they get in moscow? >> when they get here, they were supposed to be arriving about this time, but running slightly late. when they get here, they'll drive straight into moscow and into a meeting with vladimir putin. ellis to what they've got to say and offer a plan of his own. he has submitted that plan to them in writing in the last few days so they've been looking at it. they've come up with an idea of their own an idea that respects ukraine's territorial integrity but beyond that, we know very little about what angela merkel and president hollande or even president putin are going to be talking about. there are various rumors and conjecture speculation what we think is going to be on the table at least from the european leaders is basically a kind o

they rushed ukraine today and go on to moscow tomorrow. but a break through in this complex conflict seems a long way off. >> among the american senators urging more military assistance to ukraine is republican rob portman who joined me a short time ago from capitol hill. thanks very much for joining me. why now? why the push for more arms to the ukrainian government now? >> we've been pushing for it for a long time. i saw the fact that ukraine is looking to the west. they view the united dates as an ally and frankly, we are letting them down. they need the ability to defend themselves. what has happened over the last few months is that the situation has escalated, become more violent. there have been more soldiers and civilians killed. russian troops are in ukraine and they are continuing their strong support for separatists and we at a minimum -- i do not just me the united states of america but nato countries and other allies around the world are to be providing ukrainian he ability to defend themselves. >> but the idea of giving more w

the german french and russian leaders have had talks in moscow. continuing on sunday with the aim to produce a joint document to bring an end to the fighting. and the white house cannot confirm the a female hostage has been killed. 26-year-old aid worker was buried under rubble after a raid on raqqa. >> u.s. president barack obama has unveiled his security strategy meant to cover the next two years. patty culhane has more. >> reporter: when it comes to foreign policy, president barack obama's campaigners have said he is slow to respond. slow to respond with this national security policy, five years in the making. it should try to avoid acting on its own. national security advisor susan rice argued it's working. >> think for a minute where the world would be today without decisive american leadership. ebola would be spreading throughout west africa and likely to far corners of the world. without us russia would be suffering no cost for its action he in ukraine. without us there would be no military campaign or 60 countries countering i.s.i.l.'s adv

your thoughts, thank you for joining us live in moscow. thank you. >>> the u.n. envoy is heading to syria for a discussion. trying to get the parties to dom a temporary ceasefire. the u.n. sending a separate team to assess conditions in aleppo. >>> coalition air strikes have fought their way into a northeastern town in being rm iraq. >>> condemnation of destruction of art in iraq. it needs help from the international community. >> what happened was a gross violation not only to the iraqi civilization but to the heritage. the ministry will adopt the necessary measures however the community should come together and support iraq. on our part we will be opening the iraqi national museum and we promise the iraqi peej that our option is to open more rks museums and protect our future. >>> a budget of high growth, aaron jenkley has revealed the first budget by the indian national community. 100,000 kilometers of roads in the coming years will be paved. fez jami already what are the highlights. >> well, as you mentioned be housing was the large on

and moscow in principle accepted that formula.n't like the speed and the form at which nato enlarged. >> is there an argument to say that nato and the west could have done more to reassure president putin, that it didn't have any sort of territory ambitions or wasn't seeking to curb his influence directly. >> i worked at nato in the 1990s, when the first phase of enlargement occurred and there was a genuine attempt to bring moscow into consultations, into a form of security and it would have gave russia a measure of influence as part of a collaborative effort. but russia didn't want to follow that route, because it saw if it did so it would be legitimateizing the existence of nato, which it didn't want. >> one last question. we've got this diplomacy going on at the moment a summit in minsk on wednesday. yet russia is still saying it's not really a party to the conflict in eastern ukraine. rather, it's acting as a peace program. >> russia has kept this line that this is an internal conflict. we had nothing to do with it so we're no

murder in moscow.an outspoken critic of vladimir putin gunned down near the kremlin, leonard nimoy loses his be battle with lung disease.

state kerry will go to moscow.t is the quotation from the kremlin today -- "very concerned." peter, help us understand about the diplomat effort right now. how important is it to the what has that this becomes a nato action if it becomes anything at all? peter: it is obviously important to the united states that nato remains unified over this and the united states and europeans are on the same page, both in terms of economic sanctions on russia but also the overall message. the united states encouraged by the prospect of president Åland and chancellor merkel -- president hollande and chancellor merkel going to russia and perhaps making some progress in turning down the tensions. things are deteriorating. that picture is pretty clear from the united states and european view. things are not good. setting needs to change to help the ukrainian economy as well as stabilize the situation was the violence in eastern ukraine. this is an indication, the fact that john kerry is there in person and will meet with his russian

banking and pointing a finger at moscow. terrorizing. refusing to participate. >> spread the peace deal. >> significantly. >> the site whether or not to supply ukraine with he that will weapons. >> thursday and with the russians on friday. the talking comes as the fighting escalates in eastern ukraine, which even have here blames on russia, and it's separatist allies. in brussells nato defense ministers put the finishing touches on their new response force, and it's spearhead of 5,000 troops deplorable in days. it will have since command centers in the eastern europe. russia is meant to notice that. the response to our changed environment. >> they are defensive and in line with our international commitments. >> they also talked about russia as decision to upgrade the nuclear missiles and apparently lower it's threshold to use nuclear weapons. there is a day when leaders are trying to get peace talks started. while they do so, nato is working on how to respond to the crisis with the talking fails. al jazeera. >> u.s. president said to be

that would not go down well on moscow, moscow has always accused the west of fomenting this situation. that the ukrainian crisis as a whole wouldn't have happened if the west hadn't encouraged what they call a coup, an armed coup in kiev that kicked out the former president and inspired the separatists in the east of the country to stay up arms. -- to take up arms. so russia would clearly not view this well at all. on a wider wider nato front, this is not something nato would do on a whole. what nato is saying is if any countries within the alliance wanted to give military assistance to ukraine they would have to do it individually, not as part of a greater alliance-wide move. >> okay that is useful analysis and context for us, for the rest of our conversation. rory challenge will be there for us, rory thank you very much. >>> here to shed light on russian president vladimir putin's intentions at the minsk summit, institute of democracy and cooperation, a pro-moscow think tank. he denounces petro poroshenko as a butcher and calls ukraine a failed state that can never become member of

that's what they've brought here to moscow. all we know about that counter proposal was what was said by merkel really, is that it respects the territorial integrity of ukraine and it is broadly based on the minsk accord signed back in september of 2014. a peace agreement that has been torn apart. we know that they'll look at the agree of autonomy. they're going to be about the line of demarcation the front line as it is now is very different from the front line as it was when the minsk peace accords was signed last september. also they're going to look at the border, the porous membrane by which armaments and men have been coming across from russia. now merkel going into these talks sounded slightly down beat about it, thinking that maybe there wasn't going to be any particular break through here and maybe it would take another round or two. >> rory in moscow, and rory, just as you were talking we did hear through the agency that those talks in moscow have ended. a kremlin spokesman said possible joint adoption in implementing

the aim of the talks expected in moscow later today and that is clear. that is to deescalate this ongoing crisis in eastern ukraine. yesterday, french president francois hollande making the announcement and working on a negotiations document alongside the ukrainians. we have heard from a putin spokesperson calling the visit a positive step. yesterday, hollande and merkel met with the ukrainian president in kiev. the ukraine foreign minister tweeting the meeting went well. they were satisfied with the meeting. as for the russians, we heard from the creme kremlin this morning saying they are hoping for a constructive yes gosh negotiation today. secretary of state john kerry will not be part of the talks in moscow. u.s. vice president biden is expected to meet with leaders in brussels. this as they are expected to rubber staple the a new round of sanctions. some eu states expressing the sanctions do not go far enough. that latest round on the heels of the violence we have been seeing in eastern ukraine. john. >> sanctions have an economic impact in russia b

no one believes that kiev can actually prevail in a military contest with moscow. acknowledging the aid package will merely raise the cost for the kremlin in order to force it to then negotiate. in other words, the consensus is that the only possible strategy is to raise costs for russia. the disagreement is really about what kinds of costs vladimir putin finds most onerous. i think military aid to ukraine would stoke fires of russian nationalism, let putin wrap himself in military colors and defend his quote, unquote, fellow russians in an arena in which he will be able to ensure moscow prevails. for a regime that raged two birther and costly wars in chechnya far less central to the imagination than ukraine, loss of men and money in a military operation is not likely to be much of a deterrent. why would the west want to move from its area of enormous strength economic pressure to an area where it will be outgunned in every sense. if russia breaks this fragile piece, then more sanctions should be considered. senator lindsey graham recently offered the most honest r

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. >> if allowed this aggression continues unimpeded, moscow may feel emboldened to challenge the nato alliance. >> u.s. officials say they are considering a range of new economic penalties. they are also reconsidering the option of sending lethal military aid to ukraine. >> so heading to moscow later today. let's go live there now. aaron, do we know any details of this peace plan that the german and french leaders will be putting in later today? >> the aim of the plan is certainly clear. what we do know is that french president said yesterday that they are working to develop a german and french negotiations document alongside the russians and the ukrainians based on the territorial integrity of ukraine. those were his words. yesterday they met with the ukrainian president. the ukrainians seem to be pleased with the process so far. as for the russians russian state media reporting that the kremlin has yet to go through the details of this plan but they are hopeful that things are constructed. those proposals having been met with deep skepticism. it was said to be a those agreements all

this is another area of disagree with moscow and kiev. russia this morning rejecting calls from ukrainian president for a u.n. peacekeeping mission to be deployed in eastern ukraine. russia's ambassador to the united nations saying the idea would hinder the agreement already in place. meanwhile, western officials are accusing russia and separatists of violates the cease-fire in debaltseve. debaltseve is the city that has seen inntense fighting. russia saying debaltseve was never the center of the cease-fire in the first place because the city was surrounded prior to the agreement signed. they are using the city as a pre-text for further sanctions. now that the city is firmly in control of the separatists, the hope is the cease-fire will finally take effect and the bloodshed will finally stop. >> erin thank you for that. erin mclaughlin in moscow. >>> officials at ucla are skram be bl scrambling to contain a superbug where two people have died and up to 7 infected. it was believed it was transmitted through endoscope procedures. doctors di

you see ukraine there and it also includes georgia which accuses moscow of trying to annex the region crotia and albania. >>> a former prime minister of den mark who stepped down of secretary of nato and joined us for an exclusive interview and talked about the danger of a cold war at a time when russia is adding missiles to arsenal and nato is reducing military spending and asked him if russia is taking advantage of nato weakness. >> nato stands ready to talk all measures necessary to defend our allies against all kinds of threats. so nato allies can feel safe but over the last five years we have seen nato allies cutting defense budgets by 20% on average while the russians over the same period of time have increased their defense spending by 50% and obviously that situation is not sustainable, that trend must be reversed. >> britain defense minister said russia poses a real and present danger tore the baltic countries which are nato members and you yourself have warned there is a high probability that putin will intervene in the baltics so what will nato do if that happens? >> we wil

we know that these talks come after the talks there in ukraine in kiev and moscow.a lot of people paying attention to see what comes out of this. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. p what we have here is a unique opportunity really where you have world leader john kerry, angela merkel has just given a speech, she spoke for about a half an hour. she didn't give away any information about the details of what kind of plan that was discussed into the early hours of this morning in moscow with president vladimir putin. but she did say again very clearly that she does not believe that military means is the way to end the crisis in ukraine. that of course direct contradiction to what you may be hearing out of shall people on the u.s. congress or even hints from the u.s. government that maybe just maybe the u.s. needs to start sending some defensive military weapons to the ukranian military. we also heard her say that those talks are still very uncertain whether that may lead to ground work to making some progress toward a cease-fire. she did say that -- she didn't use t

not present in moscow today, the u.s. secretary of state, john kerry.understand he will be meeting with the russian foreign minister in munich over the weekend. >> erin for us in moscow. a flurry of developments while people are dying in ukraine. >>> jordan is striking back at isis hitting training centers and armed depots. claiming the targets were destroyed completely. jordan's foreign minister says the military is just getting started. >> it is actually the beginning of our retaliation of the horrible murder of our young pilot. it is not the beginning of the fight. we have been in the current effort for a few weeks and we have been fighting terrorism for a number of years. so yes, we are upping the ante and going after them with everything we have. it is not the beginning and certainly not the end. >> jordan named the operation moath after the pilot. jordanian state television reflecting the depth of the public rage there. released video of the bombing run and air force personnel, including a unformed woman writing taunts aimed at isis on the bombs.

moscow time 5:00 p.m. the leaders sit down.angela merkel and franÇoise hollande met with the ukrainian president yesterday for five hours. they say they have a plan that maintains the territorial integrity of ukraine and brings peace. they are coming to moscow to pitch a cease-fire to the russian president as a starting point, but there is deep skepticism. you are well aware i have been chasing these peace talks since they began. we have seen the in minksk, in milan and normandy and even geneva, and none of them have yet to produce lasting peace. there is a sense that this is the last opportunity before we see a real escalation in the violence on the ground. of course, the stakes already massive. not just a human toll -- 5000 people killed -- several hundred thousand the united nations saying displaced. ukraine's currency within the last week has lost half of its value. and that is on top of it losing half of its value in 2014. i will tell you some traders telling me the fact the ruvell has strengthened today and little bit of