obama went so far as to make russia a key player in his policies toward iran and syria now the new russia is acting like the old russia. we're left to hope that somehow american policies of down-sizing and disengagement will turn out better than they have in the past. >> maybe white house officials look through things through a political prism, if the president was to step up and do more, how do you think the american people would receive that and how do you think it would sit. >> i think it would be up to him to make the sale. america is said to be war weary and at all times it's war wary. it falls to president and really only to presidents to make the case for u.s. involvement in overseas conflicts. unless we've been immediately attacked, such as pearl harbor

new russia.e world has been watching trying to figure out if vladimir putin has plans for taking over more of ukraine than he's already taken over it seems like a pretty ominous sign that today is the day he stopped calling eastern ukraine ukraine and started instead calling it new russia. new russia. that's part of what it was called in the 19th century when it was part of the russian empire instead of its own country. and if vladimir putin has now gone back to calling it that now it seems fairly ominous about his intentions toward that part of ukraine. it's like if mexico started calling texas one of its provinces again. president putin also made clear today that his parliament has given him the right to intervene militarily, to use military force in the ukraine if he so chooses. he said all of this in a super long, four-hour sort of press conference today which included all this goofy stuff in it, including him taking sort of a stunt question from edward snowden on video, him making a crack ab

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here in oxford, mississippi, and the news starts now. russia cuts a deal to help stop the violence in ukraine but the united states warns of new consequences if moscow doesn't make good on the grandma. now -- on the agreement. now the united states is get mortgage involved in the crisis. ahead, what our government is sending over to help out and what vladimir putin has just admitted. also, reports of people handing out fliers that order the jews to take part in ukraine to register with the government or be deported. >> one year since the fire and explosion killed 15 people at a plant in west, texas. ed to, we'll return to that community to see how people are recovering. >> the story of the bank robber who was thrill to get caught. let's get to it. >>> good thursday afternoon to you and yours. first from fox at 3:00 in new york city. 2:00 here in oxford. russia's agreement to stop the violence in ukraine is just words on paper for now. that is a warning from the secretary of state john kerry, who says russia had better follow through or it will

international news on one. russia's government has gifted north korea fifty five trucks is a sign of goodwill to the reclusive state to get footage from pyongyang's state tv shows. the kremlin delegation led by turkey prime minister your retreat him posing for photos at the ceremony as costs of the new economic cooperation deal. russia's parliament recently agreed to write soft almost ten billion dollars of north korea's soviet era debt in return. it's expected to a new gas pipeline will be built across the country to south korea. the kremlin has become increasingly isolated in the international community over the crisis in ukraine last month the un general assembly overwhelmingly to clip to russia's annexation of ukraine's crimean peninsula the ballot by one hundred to eleven size eleven countries which voted against included to topweight saddam syria cuba and north korea twenty four countries didn't cost of audit reports in the of the threats of russian retaliation the un is conclusive decision to march has been compa

extended talks as in moscow, vladimir putin calls eastern ukraine new russia. >>> thorn in the side. putin also showcases edward snowden in today's teleconference, letting snowden make a surprise appearance during a nationally televised q & a. >> so i'd like to ask you, does russia intercept, store or analyze in any way the communications of millions of individuals? >> we will bring you the answer. >>> meanwhile, trapped, driving rain and wind hampered the desperate search today for 278 passengers, many of them deanag deanagers, still missing from that capsized south korean ferry. 18 people are confirmed dead. survivors describe the horror as they were blocked from escaping. this 18-year-old says i almost got trapped. if i was told that i should go outside coil, have jumped into water through the exit but i couldn't. >>> and resilient writers. today, the president and vice president welcome wounded warriors to the white house for a race where every push of the pedal makes an important statement of courage. >> inspire us. you inspire the country. some of whom will be out cheering along

most of the right to invade in the state the russian speaking community protests as he seeks a new russia which many believe employees or avoid them of the soviet union international news on new and more. russia has expelled a canadian diplomats and their embassy in moscow to the korean institute at noon fully counted as we're expulsion of the russian system to treat such date russia's ambassador to canada recently hit back to go to a land claim to the story would be kicked out a native of the pics. oh well. you gave him a stuffed with nutrient rich in so called liberals to pick up some milk to start. she was announced following russia's annexation of ukraine's crimean peninsula. canadian prime minister stephen harper said most distant that ukraine was a threat to world peace. the chron and diplomats in knowing that russia had bad intentions that form aside its allies then we are very into the boat in ukraine. there is hope. she rolls on the board will hear it or as we're concerned because your brain is on the brink of civil war well we used them. i continue my personal assurance to sew o

the center was in new russia. they are citizens of ukraine, but they should have equal rights with other citizens. it is not the point what comes first. the referendum or the elections. the election and then the change of the state structure. the problem is the guarantees for those people. we have to make them understand that ukraine needs to find the solution to this question of where are the guarantees. those who live in ukraine in the southeast will ask the current government in kiev, tomorrow you will forget about that. other times we will send another oligarch to rule us. where are our guarantees? this is what we need to resolve. i hope the answer to this question will be found. [applause] >> i would like now to give the floor to another lady. she has a distinct stance. irina is the editor in chief of a leading literature journal in russia. >> mr. putin, i will probably talk a little bit about the culture aspects of the crimean events. you probably remember that when gerard depardieu was looking for russian c

crisis in ukraine, new economic pun lishment for russia, and new violence. >> translator: right now theovernment in kiev are the pub -- puppets of the americans. >>> russia follow the money. the billions at stake in the kremlin's standoff with ukraine. >>> storm track, dangerous and deadly storms ripping through the country, and recovery, the philippines battling back six months after a devastating typhoon. >>> tonight in eastern ukraine, violence exploded in the streets. pro russia activists crashed a pro-government rally. they beat protesters with baseball bats. and in another major city the mayor was shot in the back. now the u.s. is imposing more sanctions against moscow. this is the fourth time the ups has gone this route. this time the focus is on seven russian officials and 17 companies with close ties to vladimir putin. they will face travel bans and asset freezes. the u.s. is curving exports of high-tech products to russia. the european union says it will impose similar sanctions tomorrow. mike viqueira joining us now from manila. mike, what is the obama administration trying t

utah no option for us to live with it and recently stated the kremlin is seeking to establish a new russia which many observers believe constitutes an effective reply but at the side of the union. on a new one freud ukrainian plane to visit begun patrolling ukraine's northern and western borders with this they portico of the citizens wanted the planes and services often in the state controlled a cross with a perfect east ukraine. or to condemn the money. tissue is it that the ticket to kidnap a mom and all our forces. how shall i say all in fact the border forces are flying in the eastern region. so our western and northern borders are not being very strongly controlled from the air. we decided to help the border troops in the non dangerous areas. chesterton which notion of a nation with the pride the patrols will supply their impact row and are able to notice any movement. nobody is forcing prostitution which revealed we use binoculars for observation. but in good weather. some of our vision for the plane is excellent you know we can observe very small objects on the ground this is the st

putin called eastern ukraine the new russia and claimed russia has a right to use force if needed.ing in elliott abrams, a president bush's deputy national security adviser. good day to you, sir, and thank you for your time. >> good to be here. >> you say at the moment, advantage putin. how so? >> absolutely. look, the is going to guess the sanctions removed. he gets to keep crimea. he is going to get a federal ukraine, part of the deal where the people in the east, who are really supporting him, have a lot of influence on what goes on in the whole country so he keeps kiev away from the european union, shows everyone in eastern europe and the former soviet countries he is in the cat bird's seat. >> why will sanction dozen away? that our strongest hand. >> i think that's right but europeans are not all that strong on the sanks, particularly the germans. part of the deal i bound to be that he does not invade with his army in return for which the sanctions start to disappear. and he keeps crimea. and what price does he pay for having invaded and seizing crimea? nothing. >> that's the

threats against jews in ukraine as vladimir putin refers to the eastern part of the country as the new russia. >> will health care drag down democrats in the midterm elections. why corporations could be buying your ability to soothe them with as little as a $0.50 coupon. what are the worst jobs in the country. i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this". here is more on what is ahead. >> we fully expect the russians seriousness. >> russia is a gas station mass car aiding as a country - i apologise. it's a mafia-run gas station. >> few people would say the immigration system is working. >> it's frustrating to watch sis. >> if you can get over the border and stay long enough, someone will give you a pass. >> the number of americans who has signed up has grown to 8 million. it will not solve all the problems, there's work to do. >> high stakes diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in ukraine began. the conflict seems to be escalating. three pro-rush sequence were killed when they tried to storm a military base in ukraine. representatives of russia, ukraine, the u.s. and european union met. t

prime minister your retreat and posing for photos at the ceremony as costs of the new economic cooperation deal. russia's parliament recently agreed to write off almost ten billion dollars of north korea's soviet era debt in return. it's expected to a new gas pipeline will be built across the country to south korea. the kremlin has become increasingly isolated in the international community over the crisis in ukraine last month the un general assembly overwhelmingly declared to russia's annexation of ukraine's crimean peninsula the ballot by one hundred to eleven size eleven countries which voted against including zimbabwe saddam's syria cuba and north korea twenty four countries didn't cost of its proposed levy of the threats of russian retaliation the un is conclusive decision in march has been compared to the one night when russia starts a war with georgia in two thousand a night over the breakaway region of selfless a tia even then only fourteen countries voted in favor eleven against and one hundred and five abstained the fan. you just bought one i rushed to cease to be demonstrating outside the ukr

spill with us from new york, former special assistant, for russia is. president of the center of global interests and from kiev. thomas graham, today, john kerry reserves the right to put further sanctions if things don't move forward smoothly. a lot of commentators say they didn't have much leverage, but all the metrics we use to measure a healthy economy, russia has had a rough couple of weeks, was that something that actually is telling in a moment like this? where they come the the table and start to talk? >> i actually don't think so, the economy has a whole host of patrols that have long standing that obviously the government needs to deal with, i don't believe that the sanctions themselves have played an instrumental role in the way putin thinks about ukraine at this point. clearly people will say otherwise because they want to suggest that they are working and they want to hold out the possibility of further sanctions. in the last several days there have been further threats can was already pretty weak. this is not a country that has billion wel

. >>> now to eastern ukraine where russia is denying having a hand in that separatist movement. they also say they don't have any troops there. but new evidence obtained by cnn points to the contrary. the ukrainian government provided these pictures as evidence, they say, of russia's direct involvement. they show troops in familiar green uniforms in parts of eastern ukraine. the green uniforms are identical to those worn by the russian army, though they don't have insignias. cnn has not been able to authenticate these photos that were provided. the vice president arrived in ukraine earlier today. he's meeting with u.s. embarrassed staff. tomorrow, he'll meet formerly with ukrainian government leaders in the capital of kiev. the vice president delivering a strong message of support to ukraine from washington. a very tricky time for ukraine's new government. pro-russian militants continue to occupy around a dozen militant buildings in eastern ukraine and the deal they made last week in geneva has gone, at least so far, nowhere. last week's deal should have ended the occupation but militant leaders are ignoring the leaders and now ukrai

play most of the right to invade any state the russian speaking community protests that he seeks a new russia which many believe employees or avoid them of the soviet union the on the un. for russian separatists and slimy and skinny eastern ukraine have released a boy's news journalists on in all strokes d they had kidnapped earlier in the week all stripes. he had been covering the crisis in ukraine for weeks so the cats effort to snare of the beyond the edges of the navarro told a news conference tuesday that we will kidnap people and hang them by the testicles to face i did with kiev said his men were holding the american journalist because his reporting was too one sided very had my photograph at a checkpoint. that's just down the road from here. and so the guy at the checkpoints only picture someone facing the cold havoc on all broke loose there was four other journalists are witnessing the current. and um i think they were released pretty early on. tom and me they took to the svu headquarters with the pro russian forces of the headquarters right now it's the former office of the ukrainia

russia. during vladimir putin's annual call-in show 0 with the nation, a very special caller just happened to make it through. fox newsia analyst and host of fox's media buzz howard kurtz shows us what happened. >> reporter: ed snowden hiding out in russia seemed to be openly collaborating today with vladimir putin. it can hardly be a coincidence that the nsa leaker, a fugitive from american justice, got through on a moscow call-in show and was able to ask effect, whether his government does what the united states does by engaging in massive electronic surveillance. snowden end added his own spin that talk about president obama's program in a negative light. >> they also found they unreasonably intrude into the private lives of ordinary citizens. does russia intercept, store or analyze in any way the communications of millions of individuals? >> reporter: that bit of political theater gave the former kgb officer a chance to score propaganda points. putin boast thad while moscow of course engages in surveillance it is limited and quote strictly regulated by law. >> translator: so our special forces can use special equi

assurances off to russia ukraine's crimean into the conference and the tunes but does the line for new russia a thinly veiled reference to the sleeping union. the western front sporty sent in a three warships the biloxi with an american vessel currently stationed in iranian ports well the french warship is based in georgia but people make presents a state that the lights parade of homes is to russia regarding expansion into eastern europe the russian image has been conducting a series of betrayals and recently with a convoy of vehicles containing cannons with the torches and so it is knit the border with ukraine for criminal circles are taken in the sixties and if i'd gotten some rest across east ukraine i'm going to have won. gemini has urged russia to step up efforts to help secure the release of seven abducted your peanut reams of his from the eastern ukrainian city of damask german defense minister us to live on the eye and said that our country would not be believed that the ends of his detention will not jeopardize their involvement in missions uk for the second she really hates echoed

>> ukraine, as you mentioned earlier in your show, you talked about the new russia. everything east of the niger river which divides the ukraine has long been claimed by russia as an intrinsic part of its country, its culture. and it's very different from places like latvia, lithuania, astonia, where our government leaders are today. and the may 25th elections, what president putin wants is not that russian forces have gone in and taken this land, what he wants is for the eastern provinces to in effect vote in russian sovereignty. >> and what does putin get out of that? is this for domestic political consumption? what do you think he gets out of if that happened? >> i think there are two things. one, he's getting a lot of domestic political support. but he's got that anyway. what he really is doing is pushing back against what he sees as a tide. a tide which started with countries like poland and the czech republic and romania joining nato. for them, the idea of nato coming into the ukraine was an absolute -- what he's doing is taking a stand as what an old kgb offici

russia. follow the money. >> i am john seigenthaler in new york. it was two months ago that the crisis in ukraine already simmering erupted in, in flames in kiev. the white house says russia has been raising tensions there all along last month. vladimir putin admitted russian troops were in fact on the ground in crimea that region voted to split off from ukraine and was annexed by russia back in march. since then, pro-russia activists seized buildings in eastern ukraine and russian troops staged along the border. washington has responded to the crisis in ukraine with sanctions four times now. our peter sharp is in moscow with more on the measures announced today. >> all of the latest names and companies have strong links to vladimir putin as the u.s. tries to up the pressure on the russian leader by hitting those close to him. deputy prime minister kndimitri the oil giant and certainithe r technology corporation. they join others close to putin already on the sanctions list like certain aavanov, the president's chief of staff and billionaire gas tra

things like he doesn't understand why the old soviet union handed over parts of what we called new russia over to ukraine, doesn't that tell you he's got ambition? and so why delay? why doesn't those words trigger the decision to go forth now? >> well, chuck, we're focused on of course his words but also his actions. his words have been problematic for some time, for years actually. in fact, we have already imposed sanctions and we put before the russians the package they're going to be faced with if they're going to continue down this path. it also important for us to bring along the europeans. we're doing this together. the sanctions will be much more effective if it's us and the europeans together. >> let me stop you there. if the europeans were ready to do sectoral sanctions, they'd be in place already? >> no, we have a range of options. we start with individuals and sectoral sanctions would have a significant impact on the economy and the global economy. you want to hold those into reserve. if they move those troops into ukraine. even where we see those pro-russian forces destabilizi

out dozens of leaflets outside the synagogue that said all jews over 16 had to register with the new russia authorities or risked being stripped of citizenship, property confiscated. this man was visiting his family from new york. >> people were very, very scared. >> reporter: u.s. officials quickly condemned the leaflets. >> utterly sickening and they have no place in the 21st century. >> reporter: just a check that the threat was real, several jews came here yesterday to the headquarters of the prorussia militants as if registering themselves as requested. well, they were told to leave immediately, that no one here knows anything about such a leaflet. and today, pro russian authorities in donetsk blamed the other side. this is just a provocation he said from the government in kiev. jews believe the leaflets were a hoax, but they're still angry and worried. the days of scapegoating jews were supposed to be over. ukrainian police are looking for the source of the leaflets with help from the u.s. state department. >> the source is less important than how horrific the content was and the mess

leland, thanks for that. >>> russia's ambassador joins us. welcome to fox news sunday. sfla thank you very much for inviting me. >> what do you know about this gun battle that leland just reported about at that checkpoint, and does it threaten the truce between russia and ukraine? >> well, first of all, this is very recent event. i do not believe that i have more information to share with you except for to suggest that we are outraged by the attack. it was by men who didn't have arms. the attack by people who are representative of the outright moment in the ukrainian political spectrum -- >> the far right ultra nationalist movement. >> it is far right. it's a problem. that kind of event, among other things, suggests that the geneva document that calls for disarm of all illegal entities that have arms in ukraine need to be comprehensive and that should include the right sector, among others. >> so does this put an end to the deal between russia and ukraine? >> oh, first of all, it's not a deal wean russia and ukraine. the deal was -- >> russia ukraine, the united states,

denying the uniformed militia is russian even as he said about controlling ukraine and called it new russia. leaving obama skeptical. >> my hope is that we actually do see follow-through over the next several day, but i don't think given past performance that we can count on that. >> reporter: if russia did invade ukraine, it's no match. russia outnumbered ukraine eight to one in active forces, 20 to 1 in resefshs and has 40,000 tanks to ukraine's 3,000 and far more rocket launchers ships and combat aircraft. another ominous note today, pamphlets telling jews to register. >> in the year of 2014 after all of the miles traveled and journey of history, this is not just intolerable, it's grotesque. it's beyond unacceptable. >> reporter: and putin seemed to enjoysticking his thumb in president obama's eye today, giving edward snowden a chance to ask a question. >> does russia analyze or store in any way the communications of millions? >> i used to be part of secret services so let us speak professionally. we do not allow ourselves to do that and i hope we never do. we do not as much money and as

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he has talked about the new russia.in his mind, there will be over time some federalization of ukraine which would mean the hollowing out of that government and reducing the ability of the government to really have a coherent state that they can control. i think that is his ultimate goal. he will continue to have his forces on the border and continue to agitate. the united states and the west really is at a disadvantage. >> not much we can do other than sending forces over. will sanctions have an impact? >> they are having a major impact already. i would covertly or quietly propose to the russians that we have a whole series of additional sanctions we are prepared to put into effect that would require the europeans to support us on that but even absent that support, i would indicate very strongly what we are prepared to do even on a unilateral basis. to send a signal that your behavior trying to go back to the future and taking us back of the future will be unacceptable and you will pay the price for it. >> do you think

new demand from pro russian separatists, new sanction against russia. in our signature segment, wide area surveillance, every person, every car, monitored from the sky. >> it allows us to rewind time and go back and see events that we didn't know occurred at the time they occurred. >> and some of the biggest companies in silicon valley settle a big lawsuit. next on "pbs news hour weekend." corporate funding is provided by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. edded additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by -- and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tish w.e. studios in lincoln center in new york, this is pbs "news hour weekend." >> good evening, thanks for joining us. secretary of state john kerry and russian feign minister sergie lavrov conferred by telephone today in the latest effort to defuse the crisis in ukraine. russian separatists who occupy government buildings aross ea

. >>> we have some breaking news to bring to you that we're getting from the reuters news agency. russia has warned ukraine against nato integration. this is of course as the defense and foreign ministers are meeting in brussels right now. we're getting it on the reuters news agency warning ukraine against any kind of nato incident aggression. na nato. russian troops masked near the border are well placed to take trance nesta that declared independence from the rest of mull dough va. let's take you to paris now. we can speak to nick from the european union institute for security studies. thank you so much for joining us. do you think russia has other areas in its sights now? >> well, it's quite the obvious that if the crimea venture does not cost russia much, then in a few months or a few years, russia might have incentives and try to repeat its venture in crimea. it can be mull dough va, georgia, tphorblgt kazakhstan. which is why it is important to make sure the crimea situation has prohibitive costs in order to avoid repeat of the situation in the future. >> you talk about prohibitive

this term he has been using, new russia, implies a russian claim of the entire belt across southern ukraine which would .each to the moldovan border really carving up and taking up half the state. we don't know whether this is what putin has in mind. whether he just wants to weaken the government that it cannot rule. it cannot restore its authority anywhere. range of possible scenarios that people can imagine as his endgame is very wide now. just nibbling away at the ukrainian ending up in war. >> the president on this multination tour, the chinese that hein some course is pursuing a policy of containment. with is not that he's worried that the united states or its european allies are trying to contain him, he is convinced -- any rational tell you this -- that the united states want to unseat him. it's always about the cia. >> george soros, the pope. he sees lots of enemies out there. since the orange revolution in ukraine in 2004 when the pro-russian candidate was defeated by a pro-western candidate, putin has argued that western policy is designed to dictate who rules in one country . he

news. >> umt chris wallace. the u.s. helps broker a deal between russia and ukraine, but now word of new violence. >> i think there is the possibility of prospect to escalate the situation. >> it is absolutely clear now that what is important is that these words are translated immediately into actions. >> we'll have a live report from ukraine, and we'll discuss the potential for new sanctions if separatist forces refuse to stand down with russia's ambassador to the u.s. sergei kislov. it's a fox news sunday exclusive. then the president says obama care is working and the law's critics should move on. our sunday panel weighs in. >>> plus, the frances affect. a look this easter sunday at the impact that the catholic church's leader in his first year. >> he touches people, and he shows them a face of the church that's always been there, that hasn't always been quite as evident. >> the archbishop of washington cardinal donald wuerl joins us. >>> and our power player of the week. offering a taste of george washington's other profession. >> he was running this

russia's ambassador to the u.s. joins us now. mr. çóambomîi1ñ welcome to "fox newsyou very much. >> what do you know about this gun bat that will he just reported about at that checkpoint and does it threaten the troops between russia and ukraine? >> first of all this is very recent. i don't believe i have more information to share with you. except to suggest that we are outraged by the attack on the checkpoint. and i suppose i understand the checkpoint was manned by people who didn't have arms. so they were tagged by people whoÑi represented the outright movement in the ukrainian political spectrum. >> the far right, ultraÑi nationalist movement. >> yes, far right. and it's a problem. and that suggests that the geneva calls for disarmament of all illegal entities that have arms in ukraine need to be comprehensive and that should include the right sector among r others. >> so does this put an end to the deal between russia and ukraine? >> first of all, it's not a deal between russia and ukraine. the deal was -- >> russia,Ñi ukraine, united states and the eu?@ it's a

part of the world where there is so much that.ence with gwen: vladimir putin was talking about new russia which is to be those parts of ukraine which are on the russian part that he n thinks should never have been independent. vested interest has he in we evertion and why did believe had an investment in the deal in geneva? >> good question. some compared it to 2001 when toppled the h taliban and had to decide whether to go further in terms the argument is putin had the same thing. you pocket the win in crimea and or do you keep pushing and pushing and see how far it goes. does feel like he is winning. his popularity is 80%. feeling an economic pinch but that doesn't seem to be bothering them as a matter of he has thed he feels west at an advantage. gwen: thank you, peter. now to domestic politics the came into the white house briefing room yesterday knowing that he would get he tions about ukraine but had a little crowing to do first. eight million have signed up on act health are exchanges and 35% of them are have i -- the e insurance industry is beginning to agree with him that in his

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