so mr. putindone himself any favors in ukraine. 87% say putin does not have the right to protect russian citizens or russian speakers. and even in the separatist-held area 41% would agree with that. i find this to be a dramatic rejection of the russian point of view. in particular mr. putin's point of view. last point and very short and i will defer to catherine on this. 82% of all ukrainians surveyed want to keep crimea. even they want to get it back right away or they want to get it back over time. i was just north of crimea in may to observe the presidential elections there. and the presidential elections, by the way, were as free and fair as you could have hoped for and as a consequence the people sitting around the polling booths observing had nothing much to observe. there was no funny business as there always has been in previous elections. they were happy to talk to foreigners and one of the conversations i had with many of the people was about crimea. you will be happy steve to know that

mr. putin predicted a rapid recovery. as for sanchez, he painted them as an opportunity for economic reform -- as for sanctions, he painted them as an opportunity for economic reform. it is about using them for our dentist. -- for our advantage. this opposition figure asked about mounting evidence about russia's military aggression and ukraine. mr. putin was categorical. there are no russian troops there, he said. the whole event in the studio was clearly choreographed. but the questions were real. there was far less patriotic puff this year. and a much closer focus on russia's real economic and social problems. and that's what people we spoke to wanted to hear about. we found this man a few hours' drive west of moscow building a traditional bath house. his pension is not enough to live on. but there is little demand for his constructions. people here have less money to spare now. >> we want to live better, with better pensions. prices are going up. you still have to live. sarah: financial problems have left the train sta

i don't even think mr. putin interested to create another sort of trouble for the sake of breeze. we shouldn't read too much out of it. the prime minister is trying to sharon the greek -- trying to show the greek population that he is using every possible venue. guy: you said maybe this is internal policy partakes -- party politics as well. what is your take on how stable syriza is? if he's going to moscow to appeals the left wing of the syriza party, what does that say about how stable that party is? petros: it is actually very unstable. about 25% of the members of parliament see it as completely out of tune with global realities. the prime minister is finding a very delicate balance between his more conservative majority and his more radical left-wingers. i think he will sooner rather than later have to face this sort of dichotomy, this dilemma and try to form a more wide-ranging government, trying to get the party into his fold just to counterbalance his left-wing tendencies, which are completely devoid of any

somebody calls you and says what you think about mr. putin? i'm really proud for mike country that 20% would say they do not like mr. putin. [inaudible] [applause]. we want to live in the 21st century. i hear america, russia russia, america. sometimes germany. what about countries in between? [inaudible] [applause]. i believed they have a right to decide what will happen with that country. it was nearly 16 or 17%. it quadrupled, guess why and it's not just russia, i spoke to people who fought in the east. they are fighting putin's army because they don't believe in this russia. this is the rush i want to see. >> but it's putin again. are we going to have a discussion of what's in the best interest of the west because that really is embedded in the question, isn't it? should we engage or isolate? or should we have a debate about how are going to get rid of putin? if you want to have that debate, you can bring in the two points of view. miss applebaum wrote a wonderful history and i strongly, if you have an interest in it, you should read it bec

>> i think when the g-7 nations kicked mr. putin down of the g-8 and came down to the g-7 it was a demonstration that the international community is euntedunited against a neighbor. that the russians are isolating themselves. it is not the world that is taking these actions, it is the russian government, mr. putin has taken his government to cause the rest of the world to deter and contain this threat. >> ambassador william taylor former ambassador to ukraine sir thank you for sharing your views with us. >> the u.s. steps up its commitment against i.s.i.l. in iraq. >>> and xenophobia. >> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm barbara serra. >> and i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news, violence in south africa, what's causing it. >> and why integration in hockey has lacked than other sports and how it could be changing. >>> stories across the u.s., tens of thousands of hourly workers walked off their jobs and took to the streets across the country today. part of a protest called fight for 15, seeking a

there is always the risk, geopolitically, if things escalate with mr. putin. he uses access to space as a weapon. were he to cut off access, that would impose hardships on the u.s. so how would you propose we deal with that potential threat? >> we have in inventory of engine's and

mr. putin, this year you had to face a lot of challenges. this was a time for you to make executive decisions. you are the only person capable of doing that. you had to take counter sanctions, you had the situation with crimea, difficult economic situations, outside pressure and you had to personally get involved in these matters. what is the outcome of this year? can you give us a list of successes and failures? president putin: that is a traditional question. i knew it would be coming, and i have to give you the results of the year. i jotted down some of the figures for myself. just to give you some fresh data, happy to share them with you and the whole country. you mentioned some of the results, we now have the reunification with crimea. we also worked on the difficult conditions. it was last year when we had the sochi olympic games. it was a very successful sports event. that was what happened last year. also, we faced restrictive measures by our foreign partners and it had an impact on our pace of growth. but as you see, the ruble has b

as i mentioned i do believe that part of the response to mr. putin, particularly where europe is concerned, is to help the europeans become less dependent and give them choices and there's exciting projects being discussed right now. the atlantic council has been at the forefront of this north-south corridor from the baltics to the adriatic involving at least 13 different countries, which if it comes to pass will have the u.s.-european transatlantic partnership on using energy for a much much -- to greater influence on a geostrategic problem, that mr. putin deserves to pay a price for strategically. we'll see what happens, but it's very exciting. >> and for anyone who wants to look at that report, it's on our website, atlanticcouncil.org. he's the co-chair of this north-south energy corridor idea. so it's really getting traction at the moment, both in brussels and here. question of the energy charter, caroline? >> i would pick up on what he said, which is that we need to and we are working on -- with energy and climate seeing that as part of our gene

somebody calls you and asks what do you think about mr. putin? that's an opinion poll. >> no. >> i'm really proud for my country that 20% of people who say they don't like putin to potential kgb agent who's calling them. and also we're being accused of being, you know, a cold war warriors, you know, warmongering crazies, but we want to live in the 21st century. what we hear is the 19th or 20th century. i hear america russia, russia, america, sometimes maybe germany. what about countries in between? there are some countries -- and i believe these people have the same rights. >> i agree. >> i was in kiev not two years ago but two weeks ago. >> so? >> and i proudly met this young ukrainian who stood against the corrupt rule of victor yanukovich who was in power two years ago. and i believe it's their right to decide what will happen to their country. the support for membership of nato 18 months ago was merely 16% or 17%. it's quadrupled. guess why? and it's not just, you know, russian and ukrainian war there. i spoke to people who fought in the easte

mr. hildebrand. following the russian president vladimir putin.en taking questions from a farm to the northeast of moscow. if you want to make sure you do not miss a beat from the press conference, you can watch it online. bloomberg.com is where we are live streaming it with a very nice translation over the top. we are going to talk more about this and get key comments. ryan chilcote has been watching and will be bringing us more details when we come back in a moment. ♪ guy: welcome back. what are we watching? bloomberg sits down with the imf's christine lagarde at 10:20 eastern time, 3:20 london time. big bank earnings, goldman sachs and citi out with the numbers. we are continuing to follow vladimir putin's q&a with the russian people. we understand right now we had a question coming in from a gentleman named john. we have not ascertained whether he is an american or a birtbrit. ryan: we are in the part of the conversation where he takes questions from farmers. he took a question from a russian farmer. there are also foreign farmers agriculture

somebody pulls you about mr. putin. at is an opinion poll. 20% of people say they don't like putin to a potential kgb agent calling them? [applause] also, we are being accused of being warmongering crazies, but we want to live in a 21st-century -- i hear america russia, russia, america, sometimes germany. what about countries in between? these people have the same rights. vladimir: i agree. garry: i was in kiev not two years ago, but two weeks ago. i believe it is their right to decide what will happen with their country. the support for nato membership in ukraine 18 months ago was merely 16 or 17%. it has quadrupled. it is not just russian-ukrainian war. i spoke to people who fought in the eastern front. most of them are ethnic russians. they are fighting putin's invading armies because they don't want to live in putin's russia. this is the russia i want to see. [applause] >> stephen and then anne. stephen: putin again. are we going to have a discussion of what is in the best interest of the west, because that really is

>> mr. putin would try to exploit divisions between the eu countries.ece and russia have historical and economic ties. it is also an orthodox country. with all of that, he will try to have someone on his side when the time comes for the sanctions to be renewed. also, it helps his profile that it is not just you who is deciding. caroline: a long-time relationship that we have to keep in mind. anything concrete? we heard hands -- weird hans talking about train being increased or sanctions being reduced, what do we think will be tangible? anna: yesterday, the kremlin spokesman said he doesn't rule out some loans and discounts. but honestly speaking, the russian budget is also stretched out. we have a deficit this year. international reserves are at the level that they were in the previous crisis during 2008-2009. there is not much russia can do in terms of loans, deftly not as much as greece needs right now. also some officials are saying that russia considers lifting the food ban that were counter sanctions after russia was sanctioned by the eu. now, they

in 2000 and32, when it started in d.c., laura bush invited mrs. putin to attend. where the russian first lady got the idea, she got the idea, no one was telling her what to do, she got the idea of hosting a festival of her own. the following year, after stopping in paris for the u.s. national delegation's reentry into unesco, which she led. i was part of led. mrs. bush continued on to russia. she visited mrs. putin's book festival, inviting american authors who delighted at the russian children. in addition to shining the light on others, another thing i have learned that when a laura bush shares what she loves things multiply. her love of books has not only given birth to these book festivals in the u.s. and parts of the world, but thee laura bush foundation for replacing libraries continues providing grants or hundreds of school libraries every year. after asking me to chair the president's committee on the arts and humanities in 2001, she attended our first meeting. her words were few. she is not professorial, really. she is just very brief and to the point. as

mr. putin did observe that trade between the two countries was down 40% last year.ound to be made up. anna: thank you so much for joining us. prime minister tsipras having met with putin yesterday and today sits down with the prime minister of russia. that conversation is coming up a little bit later on today. we will continue to watch those developments and how that feeds into the conversation around the grexit and how it can do a deal to meet the requirements of its creditors. april 24 is the date in the diary that looms large. that is it really for "the pulse." keep it right here on bloomberg television. for our u.s. viewers "surveillance" is up next. for those on this side of the atlantic, we will be debating one of the central issues of this election, the u.k. election europe. the debate takes place at the top of this hour. we will take a short break before that. these people on this screen here, they are taking part in that debate. guy johnson will be hosting the conversation. the labour party has said that they do not want to see a referendum on europe. the c

european transatlantic partnership on using energy -- to greater influence on a geo sheep problem that mr. putinneeds to pay a price for strategically. mr. kempe: the report is on our website atlanticcouncil.org. general jones is on the chair. a question, caroline? ms. atkinson: i would pick up on what the general said, which is that we need to do and we are working on with energy and climate, seeing that as part of our general and national security and international work. and so this is part of the global economy and we are already seeing it in that integrated fashion, and we are working intensively with china on climate and clean energy and the link there, sharing technology and we are working with india and other countries especially on how to work towards this stage, as the general is pointing out. so the department of energy licenses, they have a very large quantities, and it depends on the private sector. and we also have a link with countries that have a pre-trade agreement, if these agreements get done, so that will expand the most automatic licenses for projects in those regions. we hav

. >> mr. putin hello to all of russia. i have the first question, so -- is effective and we launch our firm two years ago and this year we are now the best young business project this year. but we have our problems with human capital. when young people graduate from university they do not know what kind of talent they have, so they don't know how they can help russia. so maybe the government can help us. can help young people to understand what type of session they want to work. we are ready to share our expertise. president putin: what do you manufacture? >> we teach and help children. president putin: this is the best way we can do things. personal training especially and productive segments, that is one of our priorities for the near future. production is getting complex and we need skilled workforce for that. we work a lot in this area with industries representing the bigger companies, and we have agreed to take a number of measures, competencies and different areas, working together to organize internships and so on a

developing world and the growth of africa and what is going on, even dealing with the problems of mr. putin is causing, a large part of the solutions are economic. when you think about it. energy security is something i've been convinced is not only going to be one of the united states' strongest hold cards inside the future but a way of showing leader palestine a more globalized world that recognizes the important changes between the two centuries. this century's problems are going to be solved not just by aircraft carriers and troops i think the formula is obviously you have to have security before you can have domestic development, but security and economic development and rule of law applied to each individual problem can bring about and prevent future conflicts, future afghanistans, future iraqs. it's a lot cheaper. it's also a way in which you can answer the radical threats it face us by showing families around the worlds, through the use of the internet and social media, that there are better ways and there are brighter opportunities for their families and their children, and the eco

we would give pause to mr. putin , we would become a co-supplier to europe.would also, because we could export oil, lower the price of oil undermine our enemies in the mideast, and become a friend to china because they don't have our natural resources. we would be lightning their load -- lightening their load. between canada, mexico, and the united states we could have a north american petroleum export group that is bigger than opec. charlie: that is all true. at the same time you know that there are a lot of people in the country who are worried about climate change, and they believed that fossil fuels have contributed the assault on the environment. that is another debate. that is the argument. steve: the ice bridge melted. climate change has been going on a long time. we are talking about how to make a geopolitical change to reinforce or establish -- charlie: a relationship with china. steve: and everybody else. charlie: leverage that in order to -- steve: it changes the world. charlie: thank you for coming. it is a pleasure to have you. your sense of purs

in 2002, when it started in d.c., laura bush invited mrs. putin to attend. where the russian first lady got the idea, she got the idea no one was telling her what to do, she got the idea of hosting a festival of her own. the following year, after stopping in paris for the u.s. national delegation's reentry into unesco, which she led. i was part of led. mrs. bush continued on to russia. she visited mrs. putin's book festival, inviting american authors who delighted at the russian children. in addition to shining the light on others, another thing i have learned that when laura bush shares what she loves things multiply. her love of books has not only given birth to these book festivals in the u.s. and parts of the world, but the laura bush foundation for replacing libraries continues providing grants or hundreds of school libraries every year. after asking me to chair the president's committee on the arts and humanities in 2001, she attended our first meeting. her words were few. she is not professorial, really. she is just very brief and to the point. as we

there had been speculation the countries might make a deal when greece's prime minister met with mr. putindnesday. apparently not. >>> police in london busy searching for clues after thieves swipe hundreds of millions of dollars in gems and cash from a vault. coming up, a look at how they might have done it and what's at stake. >>> welcome back, everyone. the u.k. may be closing a centuries' old tax loophole that benefits the wealthy. if the labor party wins the may 7th election. >> the rule essentially lets wealthy people living in britain avoid paying taxes on overseas income if they declare their home or domicile outside the u.k. the head of the labor party says scrapping it could save the country hundreds of millions of dollars. >> why should people be able to enjoy all of the benefits of our great country and not pay tax like everyone else? why should there be one rule for some people and another rule for everybody else? it isn't fair, it isn't just, it holds britain back, and we will stop it. >> the conservative finance minister disputed ed miliband's claim saying the labor party's f

in a television interview on russian tv on saturday, mr. putinaid russia needs to work with the united states on their common international agenda. >> translator: we have di agreements on some issues but at the same time there's something that unites us and forces us to work together. first of all, i mean this is well known, nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the fight against international crime and terrorism with poverty on the planet. >> iran's military came out in full force on saturday for the sunt's annual army day parade. president rouhani used the speech to hammer saudi arabia for leading a bombing campaign against yemen. iran has been accused of arming houthi rebels in the kunl. it showed off iran's latest weapons technology. >> reporter: one of the things on display today was a rolling robot with two launchers on the back. it's unclear how well this piece of equipment works. it was towed by a truck when it was brought across the stage where the v.i.p.s were sitting. however, there were new piece s of equipment we haven't s

last year, mr. putin spoke for nour hours. the kremlin will sift through more than 1.7 million e-mails. video messages and. to decide who gets to ask what? now, while anger grows across the u.s., police shootings involving victims. the city of chicago is trying to make amend. >> agreed to pay $5 million to the family of a black teenager shot and killed last year. he was shot 16 times. police say he threatened a man with a knife and tried off to break into cars. the sitty is refusing to release dash-cam video of the shooting. >> now, american news media outlets including cnn seem to be putting a spotlight on police users. >> it's not clear whether that is dead leap forced. or dethe media are becoming mor interested with the help of bystanders who capture often shocking scenes on their cell phones. jonathan mann reports. we do warn you some images are disturbing. >> reporter: ape police officer in south carolina shot a fleeing unarmed man in the back earlier this month. in arizona another officer used his car in february, to run

laura bush invited mrs. putino attend, where the russian first lady got the idea she got the idea come no one was telling you what to do, she got the idea of hosting a book festival of her own. the following year after stopping in paris for the u.s. national delegations reentry into unesco, which she led i was part of that, mrs. bush continued on to russia with librarian of congress james billington to visit mrs. putin's book festival in moscow, inviting american authors of young people's books are delighted the russian children. so in addition to shining the light on others another thing i've learned is that when laura bush shares what she loves things multiply. and her love of books has not only given birth to these book festivals in the united states and in other parts of the world but the laura bush foundation for america's libraries replenish library shelves following hurricane katrina and continues providing grants for hundreds of school libraries every year. after asking me to to the president's committee o

. >> the people who work for mr. putin, they're soft in their intelligence, so they want these sort of packages, these two or three hour question-and-answer sessions to be smooth. no problems, no stumbling blocks, just smooth. and that's what they try to do every time. and it went well in the first ten times but now the novelty has gone stale. people are expecting something important to come out of it. and unfortunately, there were no serious answers given to serious questions. he failed to address some very important issues, which i would have suggested to him if i were advising him. for example how is he going to cope with the problem of corruption? now, corruption is something that drags russia backwards. no word about corruption. he mentioned nothing about diversifying the economy so there's not too much relying on oil and gas. he mentioned nothing of defending small businesses. if you look at this presentation from a serious point of view, there was nothing much in it. and mainly, russians were dismiss appointed, with

it's mr. putin that's testing the waters to see how far he can go.at we will soon see within the next month or two, some increasing russian incursions into the crimea and again we have said sanctions against russia are our only means of threatening them back. i think we have seen some military actions in the last few weeks, where both the u.s. army in europe and u.s. air force in europe has spread their wings a little bit more by conducting operations especially in countries along a russian border the baltic countries in poland and all these easter european countries have seen this happen before with russia and they're not all that fired up about having this kind of action by their neighbors to the east continue. >> general, thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> all right, well it may be rather unconventional you're not going to actually see white house candidate hillary clinton live and in person today, but you will see her in her rollout for her campaign, her run to 2016. 2 diabetes, you're certainly not alone. fortunately, many have found a different

a big exporter of gas and oil we would immediately undercut our enemies, we would give pause to mr. putin a cosupplier to europe, we would also because we could export oil, lower the price of oil, undermine our enemies in the mideast, and become a friend to china because they don't have our natural resources, and we would be we would be lightening their load either if they bought it from us directly or from the saudi arabians at a lower price because canada, mexico and the united states, we could have a north american petroleum export group that is bigger than opec. >> rose: that is all true, but at the same time you know that there are a lot of people in the country who are very worried about climate change and that they believe that fossil fuels have contributed to the assault on the environment and that's another debate which we don't have time for this evening but senate the argument. >> actually the ice bridge melted 15,000 years ago that let all of the cold water go into the atlantic through the st. lawrence seaway climate change has been going on a honk time, but we are talking abo

with that in the west with alaska and canada and greenland, et cetera, and final question is, has mr. putin made -- he's trying to become a czar again, as we all know. has he had some effect on the arctic yet? is that discernible? and is that good or bad? >> thank you so much. there was a hand -- thank you. >> linda fernandez. >> perhaps as a result of what would be a success of the alaska water and sewer challenge that's going to be magnified to the pan arctic. i guess i have a suggestion as well as a question. are you teaming up efforts with all the international collaborators during world water week that's convened in sweden every year? has great buy-in across a lot of international countries. as well as private sector organizations like w.h.o. it's clear to me that while you have made great strides in having the partners involved, some of what you're suggesting as technology developments on sanitation and water have been addressed in other settings with with the arctic partners perhaps engaged differently, so i'd make a suggestion and question whether you can in fact synchronize efforts

it makes sense for mr. putinfind this kind of equilibrium allowing his country's investment to rebound to gain momentum, while keeping ukraine on the hook. that implies a frozen conflict scenario. nato's equilibrium in this moment. olivia: he is saying that putin is stuck. kiev is stuck and he likes it that way. still with us on set, admiral stavridis:. you think that the right strategy is to send deadly weapons to the ukrainians. that is a strategy that the eu opposes. admiral stavridis: it is the right move because when a bully comes at you, you need to stand up to the bully. the best thing we are going to end up with is a frozen conflict. you have a higher propensity to freeze the conflict if we send deadly weapons. olivia: what about the response that putin is going to just send more weapons if we do? admiral stavridis: i think it is highly unlikely because he cannot buy that level of conflicts. he will get more sanctions from the eu if he rolls tanks across that border. olivia: how do you deter putin? joe: y

the sanchez amendment would send the wrong message to our allies and mr. putin. >> further discussion? >> there is no doubt there is trouble in europe. this issue goes hopefully way beyond whatever we will come of the ukraine situation. the question is how we provide this extended nuclear umbrella and the most effective way. we can do it correctly in a way that would be both strategically important or we can stumble on. our allies are not in unison we want to be in the dark your? i don't think so. we want information. how we move forward with nuclear deterrence. what is wrong with getting knowledge and information? we ought to vote yes on this one. yield back. >> further discussion. >> questions on the amendment. >> i will take a week courted vote on that. >> it will be postponed. the chair recognizes the gentle lady from california for another amendment. >> this has to do with nuclear nonproliferation. >> the clerk can distribute. >> i have an amendment at the desk. >> when you clump them all together. >> without objection considered as read. >> thank you, mr.

the only ones that would like to leave them see the euro is mr. putin in russia. everyone wants them in. stephanie: politicians saying one thing to get elected and doing something else? i'm not familiar with that practice. bruce: "house of cards." stephanie: i want to talk about " house of cards" during the commercial break. erik: we will talk about puerto rico when we come back. stick around. ♪ stephanie: welcome back to "market makers." shares of under armour are up in early trading a day after that record-tying victory in the masters by a golfer it sponsors. jordan spieth that little cutie, was a walking billboard for under armour at the masters supporting navy and white. he recently signed a 10 year deal supporting the company, while tiger is still a nike man. spotify is raising new financing and around that would value the streaming music site at about $8 billion. that valuation is double what the company was valued at in november 2013. coke is going all in for american soccer. the world's largest beverage company has signed a four-year sponsorship deal with

give us an update on the relationship of the baltic states to mr. putin and his russia.g. baltic states relations with russia have been quite obligated. since russia's aggression against ukraine, fueling worries about security inside the region. we are working closely with our nato partners and seeing increased nato troops presence in baltic states to partially boost our security. tom: i need to go back to new york city. here's olivia sterns with goldman sachs earnings announcements. olivia: a big beat for lloyd blank five. first quarter earnings coming in at $5.24. well ahead of estimates. we have an expert on set. scarlet: fixed revenue, $3.13 billion in revenue. the consensus was for an increase of $2.9 billion. equities revenue also increasing as well. $2.33 billion while analysts were looking for $1.74 billion. goldman sachs giving us a report that supports jpmorgan's increase in first quarter trading as well. investment management, revenue of $1.58 billion come also topping the consensus. this gives you an idea of how big a deal trading is. it's a investment lendin

mr. putin, this year united face a lot of challenges. this was a time for you to make executive decisions and you were the only person who is capable of doing that. you have to take counter sanctions to get this situation with crimea, fiscal economic situations, outside pressure come and join personally get involved in these matters to which the outcome of this new? what would you say could you give us a list of successes and failures? >> that the traditional question. well i knew that it would be coming anyway i would have to give the results of the year. so i jotted down some of the figures for myself, so just to give you some fresh data i will be happy to share them with you and the whole country. so you mentioned some of the results. we now have a reunification with crimea. we also worked on the difficult conditions. it was last year when we had the sochi olympic games that was a very successful sports event. that was what would happen last year. also we faced for four partners and had an impact on our pace of growth. the ruble has b

they are trying to do this delicate dance with mr. putinscow and make sure that relations in the area gets moved out on an even keel. francine: jones, thank you so much for all of that. guy: another eurogroup meeting ended in acrimony on friday. things aren't getting any easier for greece. joining us now for the latest is bloomberg's athens bureau chief. nikos what now for greece? what is the next deadline? friday went really badly. nikos: negotiations between greek finance ministry officials and creditor institutions resume today. differences remain. the chances for an imminent deal would pave the way for the dispatch meant of bailout cuts. for the moment, the greek government relies on the cash reserves of pension funds, original governments, and cities, to stay afloat. it is clear that the dangers for an accident are elevated. greece's prime minister said in an interview yesterday that it is absolutely necessary to reach an agreement by the beginning of may, or else the government may consider measures that it is currently trying to avoi

if you put yourself into the chair of mr. putin it would not have been acceptable to have eastern ukraine. not acceptable. the way for the u.s. it wouldn't be acceptable to have russian troops chinese troops on the border with mexico or canada. >> indeed mark we're going to have to say thank you there. we have run out of time. a real pleasure to have you on. mark faber, editor and publisher of the boom, doom and gloom report. >> we hear from one company that says there's still money to be made from the sms market. find out more after this short break. ss? some say buy gold. others say buy soybeans. i say, buy comcast business internet. unlike internet providers that slow down when traffic picks up, you get speed you can rely on. it's a safe bet. like a gold-plated soybean. reliably fast internet starts at $69.95 a month. comcast business. built for business. ♪ ♪ ♪ (under loud music) this is the place. ♪ ♪ ♪ eir beard salve is made from ♪ ♪ ♪ sustainable tea tree oil and kale... you, my friend, recognize when a trend has reached cri

this is not about putin but a much more basic relationship. [applause] >> i didn't know that mr. arov was stalking me. and i am hope that can it will end up in the coffee house for a talk. this becomes in this debate a discussion of putin. henry kissinger, who is 91, not thought to be soft on anybody, wrote in ms. applebaum's own newspaper, the demonization of putin is not a policy. it is an alibi for not having a policy. i would say that dr. kissinger could have gone further and said the demonization of putin is an excuse to abandon analysis. to obscure facts with faces and to make statements about an evil in moscow, a mafia state, a hitler, it is not true. and alongside of it comes inevitably this romance with the yeltsin 1990's. maybe it was great for mr. kasparov. maybe it was great for poland. i don't know. but when mr. yeltsin was forced from office, as he was and as garry well knows, 70% of russians lived in poverty. and billions and billions of american and western dollars that he romantically thinks were sent to moscow would be collected by yeltsin's friends and sent back

somebody calls you and us what you think about mr. putin. that is a pole. 20% of 20 percent of people say they don't like put. [applause] and also, what i hear is you get used to being a cold war warrior, warmongering warrior, warmongering places, but we want to live in a 21st century. i hear america, russia russia america sometimes germany. what about countries in between? i believe these people have the same rights. >> i agree. >> not two years ago two weeks ago. the corrupt regime. and. [laughter] and -- [applause] and i believe it is their right to decide what we will happen with the country. the support for nato membership in ukraine, nearly 60 or 70 percent. it has quadrupled. and it is not just russia and ukraine. people who fought on the eastern front. the eastern front most of them are ethnic russians. russians fighting putin's invading armies. this is the rush i want to say. [applause] >> pruden again. i mean,, are we going to have a discussion of what is in the best interest of the west? because that really is embedded in the ques

and recognized is when you think of the duke of pre-world and what is going on, even dealing with mr. putincausing a large part of the solutions to be economic energy security is something i am convinced not only to be the strongest in the future better way to show leadership in a more globalized world's end there will be changes between the two centuries. these problems would be solved not just by aircraft carriers and troops alone but the formula is obviously security before you can have economic development but the rule of law applies proportionately to prevent future conflicts. it is a lot cheaper and a way that you can answer the radical threats by showing families around the world that there are better ways than brighter opportunities for families and children in the economic trade issues are indicative of the potential the united states can unleash. like the national security council to encompass a much broader response to traditional threats. . . really the way of the future. i'm very excited by the potential. >> drill down on that

with that in the west with alaska and canada and greenland, et cetera and final question is has mr. putin made -- he's trying to become a czar again as we all know. has he had some effect on the arctic yet? is that discernible? and is that good or bad? >> thank you so much. >> linda fernandez. i have a question combined with a suggestion. you did mention a circumpolar water sanitation conference scheduled for next years perhaps as what would be a result of the alaska and sewer challenge that's going to be magnified. i guess i have a suggestion as well as a question. are you teaming up efforts with all the international collaborators during world water week that's convened in sweden every year? has great buy in across a lot of international countries. it's clear to me that while you made great strides in having the partners involved, some of what you're suggesting has been addressed in other settings with the far ners engaged differently. i'd make a suggestion and question whether you can synchronize that and join in with that group? >> thank you very much. are there any other comments and

withdraw brigades from europe and not restore them, even as mr. putin flexes his muscle. only arm the kurds with baghdad approval. hit it to asia without more forces. -- pivot to asia without more forces. you see a pattern. how does iran fit into this pattern? what i see going on is an attempt to -- on the one hand, work with iranians in the region . the nixon doctrine said to handed off. in some ways, i think president obama thinks that the best way to deal with their region is to let the iranians handle it. and outcome of that is to downgrade the relationship with israelis. treat them as a secondary power revert back to the relationship israel had with the united states prior to the mid-1960's. i think that is where he is headed. if you look at all the things that have been going on, a kind of all hangs together. for example, in the case of afghanistan, everybody notices that ali khamenei visited here, we will keep troops there until next year. the last thing they need in kabul is more troops in afghanistan. that one favors the iranians. not providing too much support f

you were asked which is war, and you said, and mr. putin knows that very well.an i put it to you that article five of the nato treaty is not necessarily clear in the sense that it refers to an armed attack against one or more of the allies. if you are damaging the electricity grid, if you are undermining the infrastructure of a country, if you are using special forces in covert activities but not openly attacking, is it not hard to determine at which point there is an armed attack on a nato partner? >> yes, it is. and that's a subject, as you well know, of a lot of discussion on both sides of the atlantic about how hybrid attacks are to be treated and indeed attributed because it isn't always that straightforward to be clear about the attribution of such attacks. and i think our position is that we are not clear that being completely unambiguous about this is necessarily helpful. a degree of ambiguity can be strategically advantageous. we're also clear that, as committee will know, that the response in any case to any attack to be lawful in international law has