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>> charlie: we talk to three men with experience in russia, michael mcfaul, former ambassador nicholas burns, and stephen hadley, former national security advisor for president bush. >> let's have no illusions about how president obama thinks about president putin and these actions. >> charlie: how does he think about him in these actions? >> illegal, irresponsible, threatening the security of europe, and a sovereign country of ukraine. we have been very clear about that for a long time in the discussions about this leading up to this -- you know, this tragic moment we're in now. >> charlie: what next for russia and the united states and ukraine? next. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: we begin this evening with the escalating crisis in ukraine. russia's tightening its grip on crimea in the face of warnings by president obama and european leaders. the president spoke today in washington before a meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> if they continue on the current trajectory they're on, that w
>> charlie: we talk to three men with experience in russia, michael mcfaul, former ambassador nicholas burns, and stephen hadley, former national security advisor for president bush. >> let's have no illusions about how president obama thinks about president putin and these actions. >> charlie: how does he think about him in these actions? >> illegal, irresponsible, threatening the security of europe, and a sovereign country of ukraine. we have been very clear about that...
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on the harvard kennedy center, nicholas burns.e was undersecretary of state of political affairs from 2005-2008 two. and from washington, stephen hadley. he was part of the former national security advisers. each ofegin by asking use where are we at this moment? >> i think we're at a fundamental turning point in this crisis. president putin has successfully divac don't a basis of crimea. he has military control. will he stop there or will he respond to the inevitable calls by some of the ethnic russian governors and the population of eastern ukraine to extend russian influence? i think president obama is acting rightly. you have seen to date combination of the russian -- you have seen the reaction to the russian actions. take some economic sanctions to make this costs more to putin to condemn and he has done, but also to give aid to that new ukrainian government. that is why secretary of state john kerry will be the tomorrow -- will be there tomorrow. in terms of statistics and perhaps some equipment -- finally come it nato will m
on the harvard kennedy center, nicholas burns.e was undersecretary of state of political affairs from 2005-2008 two. and from washington, stephen hadley. he was part of the former national security advisers. each ofegin by asking use where are we at this moment? >> i think we're at a fundamental turning point in this crisis. president putin has successfully divac don't a basis of crimea. he has military control. will he stop there or will he respond to the inevitable calls by some of the...
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it was not legitimate and certainly not legal. >> nicholas burns, thank you so much.arvard. and richard falkenrath, thank you so much. this will be in its entirety, bloomberg radio plus on bloomberg tv plus and a little bit. stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities rebound monday. gets mylar, 1.3898, attention. toward the euro strength. >> coming up, u.s. companies post strong fourth-quarter earnings overall but my next guest says those numbers don't necessarily tell the full story. why? you have something to do with buybacks. >> a big heal. >> big, big heal. buying back stock to inflate earnings per share. we will talk about that on "bloomberg surveillance" on bloomberg television, bloomberg radio, and your tablet and phone. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." i'm tom keene. he has a green tie, i have a green tie. i think he is more irish than i am. paul sweeney, head of bloomberg industries research. he has covered the media industry since time began. what we are looking at is john malone. he has been a dominant and destruct the voice. he m
it was not legitimate and certainly not legal. >> nicholas burns, thank you so much.arvard. and richard falkenrath, thank you so much. this will be in its entirety, bloomberg radio plus on bloomberg tv plus and a little bit. stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities rebound monday. gets mylar, 1.3898, attention. toward the euro strength. >> coming up, u.s. companies post strong fourth-quarter earnings overall but my next guest says those numbers don't necessarily tell the full story....
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ambassador nicholas burns, harvard kennedy school of government. >>> another dramatic day in the trial of oscar pistorius known as blade runner, murdering his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. the first witness, the neighbor continued her testimony crying as she described the screams she heard. pistorius broke down when hearing that the gunshots left her brain so damaged she would have been unable to scream out. >> this morning steenkamp's mother spoke to the "today" show about coming face to face with her daughter's accused murderer for first time. >> i wanted to see oscar face to face and that he would know that i was there. and i can't explain to you why but that is a reason. it doesn't matter to me what happens to oscar because my daughter is never coming back. my hygienist told me that less tartar means less scraping. so i'm going pro. [ male announcer ] new crest tartar protection rinse. the only rinse that helps prevent tartar build-up and cavities. a little swishing. less scraping. yes! [ male announcer ] new crest pro-health tartar protection rinse. it helps you escape the scrape. y
ambassador nicholas burns, harvard kennedy school of government. >>> another dramatic day in the trial of oscar pistorius known as blade runner, murdering his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. the first witness, the neighbor continued her testimony crying as she described the screams she heard. pistorius broke down when hearing that the gunshots left her brain so damaged she would have been unable to scream out. >> this morning steenkamp's mother spoke to the "today" show...
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nicholas burns, thank you so much. much more on the escalating crisis.lips is in atlanta following other top stories, including this massive winter storm. >> it rose across the eastern u.s. pretty much a nightmare. if you are flying, you probably should get comfortable. more than 5,000 flights have already been canceled or delayed. all the details right after this. ♪ [ male announcer ] you're watching one of the biggest financial services companies in the country at work. hey. thanks for coming over. hey. [ male announcer ] how did it come to be? yours? ah. not anymore. it's a very short story. come on in. [ male announcer ] by meeting you more than halfway. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. afghanistan, in 2009. orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection. and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insu
nicholas burns, thank you so much. much more on the escalating crisis.lips is in atlanta following other top stories, including this massive winter storm. >> it rose across the eastern u.s. pretty much a nightmare. if you are flying, you probably should get comfortable. more than 5,000 flights have already been canceled or delayed. all the details right after this. ♪ [ male announcer ] you're watching one of the biggest financial services companies in the country at work. hey. thanks...
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i was on a conference call yesterday with the atlantic council, and nicholas burns who is a harvard professor, he's a nato. ambassador to there are three things that the international community could do. one is a concerted voice condemning russia. secondly, international aid. third, hit russia in the pocketbook. we saw the statement that came out of the g8 last night. they condemned what russia is doing, and they said that they would support any aid efforts. that is the second thing, is the imf's team going off to the ukraine this week. i should inc. that we probably will get some sort of announcement about what we will get there -- i should think that we would get some sort of announcement. one wonders how effective they are going to be. >> i guess it depends how they are targeted and who the are targeted at. maybe they are targeted at the oligarchs. that is something president putin has to think about. europe has significant exposure to russian gas. we rely on one third of our gas imports from russia. to what extent is it seeing that that may strengthen the hands of the european foreign min
i was on a conference call yesterday with the atlantic council, and nicholas burns who is a harvard professor, he's a nato. ambassador to there are three things that the international community could do. one is a concerted voice condemning russia. secondly, international aid. third, hit russia in the pocketbook. we saw the statement that came out of the g8 last night. they condemned what russia is doing, and they said that they would support any aid efforts. that is the second thing, is the...
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former ambassador to the u.n., bill richardson, and former secretary of state, nicholas burns, and concernser the protest in venezuela, and the cdc warns you that your next pill could make you sick, and gravity won at the oscars, a problem and what nasa is doing about it. when we see you at the top of the hour. >> welcome back. before the break, we met amalia star, who is working to help her 40-year-old son with autism live independently. in the coming years, a wave of autism is expected to really grow. since the 1970s, experts estimate a 600% increase in people living with autism. and of a mill children will reach adulthood in the next decades. ann gibbons, and also, j james s conn el. we were talking about the magnitude. and if people really understand how bigging a group we're talking about. >> the numbers were almost unfathomable. when my son, phillip, was diagnosed in 1990, it was one in every 800, and now it's one in every 88 person, and one in 50 boys. >> dr., i have the understanding that we're starting to understand more about the challenges and the numbers, but why hasn't there be
former ambassador to the u.n., bill richardson, and former secretary of state, nicholas burns, and concernser the protest in venezuela, and the cdc warns you that your next pill could make you sick, and gravity won at the oscars, a problem and what nasa is doing about it. when we see you at the top of the hour. >> welcome back. before the break, we met amalia star, who is working to help her 40-year-old son with autism live independently. in the coming years, a wave of autism is expected...
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ambassador to nato, nicholas burns, says, it is over in crimea. russia has taken the crimea. vladimir putin is not about to give it back. >> that's a very dangerous statement for a former official to make. the united states is the leader of nato. the united states has leverage with russia. the united states cannot allow this aggression to stand. it is a foreign country invading another country. the u.s., britain, and russia signed on to an agreement, called the buddha pest agreement that protects ukraine's territorial territory. this is where it is going to get tricky. they are obligated to protect it. i know they don't want to go in militarily. to say it is over is to give up the plot. that is the whole problem with putin. people have been bending over and not resisting putin for all the years he has been in power. >> let's talk about the problem with vladimir putin. in the "new york times" there was a statement that jumped off the page from german chancellor, angela merkel. she told mr. obama after speaking with mr. putin, she was not sure he was in touch with reality. peop
ambassador to nato, nicholas burns, says, it is over in crimea. russia has taken the crimea. vladimir putin is not about to give it back. >> that's a very dangerous statement for a former official to make. the united states is the leader of nato. the united states has leverage with russia. the united states cannot allow this aggression to stand. it is a foreign country invading another country. the u.s., britain, and russia signed on to an agreement, called the buddha pest agreement that...
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. >> we are joined by ambassador nicholas burns, serving for under state of permanent affairs and nato under george w bush and served president clinton. he is now professor of the practice of international releases at the harvard kennedy school of government. from santa fay, we are joined by governor bill richardson and former governor of new mexico. it is good to have you on the show. ambassador, one of the more extraordinary claims from vladimir putin's news conference is that russian troops have not entered crimea, saying the men were local defense forces, and he also said that that so called exercise that involved more than 100,000 russian troops and ukraine's border is over, that there's no reason for force now. is this vladimir putin making an attempt at deescalating? >> i just think he's trying to cloud the picture here. there's no question that russian military from the base were involved in the de facto take over of crimea, and no question that russian special forces were flown in. president putin may want the world to believe one thing but the world sees another. it's very cl
. >> we are joined by ambassador nicholas burns, serving for under state of permanent affairs and nato under george w bush and served president clinton. he is now professor of the practice of international releases at the harvard kennedy school of government. from santa fay, we are joined by governor bill richardson and former governor of new mexico. it is good to have you on the show. ambassador, one of the more extraordinary claims from vladimir putin's news conference is that russian...
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i'm joined by ambassador nicholas burns who served as undersecretary of state for political affairs and now professor at the harvard kennedy school of government. your experience in europe and with russia runs very, very deep, all the way back several administrations ago. so tell me what you think is in putin's calculus, the meetings in paris went nowhere. >> i think president putin's ambitions are quite clear. he's trying to convince the rest of the world to agree to a federation where there would be very strong autonomy for eastern ukraine. this is a thinly veiled plan to weaken the ukrainian government in kiev and effectively have russia krom the politics of eastern ukraine and prevent ukraine in the future from making big national decisions without the disagreement of the eastern ukrainians. it's a very difficult proposal. we can't accept it. the problem for the united states and this is going to be a perilous road for the administration, we shouldn't be trying to negotiate the future of ukraine without the ukrainians at the table. now you have russian troops massed on the borders,
i'm joined by ambassador nicholas burns who served as undersecretary of state for political affairs and now professor at the harvard kennedy school of government. your experience in europe and with russia runs very, very deep, all the way back several administrations ago. so tell me what you think is in putin's calculus, the meetings in paris went nowhere. >> i think president putin's ambitions are quite clear. he's trying to convince the rest of the world to agree to a federation where...
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who wanted to succeed another former us ambassador to nato nicholas burns st is the most difficult international prices of obama his presidency out of all time dangers is it for east west relations at this point could there be. how much of a flare up. could it be though i think that is certainly a flare up as possible certainly a conflict inside ukraine as possible what makes this difficult is that it may be the first time that obama again shines away from any kind of military option. and instead pursue the negotiating a nap when it's clear that gluten is already moving on military road. a tremendous setback for the people of ukraine and sent back for the direction of europe that has been moving in a peaceful democratic market economics secure direction ever since nineteen eighty nine. so it is tremendously important to another crisis and unimportant as well i think syria was tremendously important in enabling it was as well. what happens in afghanistan is still important but now this is one that is immediately on fire and requires a strong response. june came in on this monday the uk foreign se
who wanted to succeed another former us ambassador to nato nicholas burns st is the most difficult international prices of obama his presidency out of all time dangers is it for east west relations at this point could there be. how much of a flare up. could it be though i think that is certainly a flare up as possible certainly a conflict inside ukraine as possible what makes this difficult is that it may be the first time that obama again shines away from any kind of military option. and...
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let's bring in nicholas burns, former u.s. diplomat, who's been watching from harvard university. nick, this looks like a stand up for all practical purposes, i think this referendum they've scheduled in the coming days in crimea to become part -- formally part of russia, it seems that train is leaving the station although the president says flatly that would be a violation of international law. >> well, the president's correct about that. and, wolf, i think you're hearing from the president of the united states deep frustration over the unwillingness of the russian government to meet anybody halfway here. a referendum in crimea on march 16th would be farcical because no people can have -- while meeting with force. and recent polls in the last couple of months in crimea seem to indicate a lot of people in crimea want to stay with ukraine. you saw, wolf, the president put forward and announced again these sanctions. if the u.s. and eu can work in tandem, if they can both push sanctions, there's a chance they could raise the cost to president putin for what's happened. >> are these
let's bring in nicholas burns, former u.s. diplomat, who's been watching from harvard university. nick, this looks like a stand up for all practical purposes, i think this referendum they've scheduled in the coming days in crimea to become part -- formally part of russia, it seems that train is leaving the station although the president says flatly that would be a violation of international law. >> well, the president's correct about that. and, wolf, i think you're hearing from the...
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nicholas burns is a former security advisor under george w. bush and an expert on russia and eastern europe. he is now at harvard's kennedy school of government. delivering the goods when in comes to alternative energy. we have that story covered. >> the big day at the supreme court. they determine the fate of shareholder class action worth $80 billion in 20 years. we are streaming on your smart phone and your tablet. all of our interviews are live and on-demand on apple tv. ♪ biggest package shipping company is making another investment in alternative fuel. we are talking ups. compositionange the of the ups fleet in the united states. we recently went inside ups. you say the vehicles run on a variety of fuels. >> they do a lot. they have hybrids, pure electrics, cng compressed natural gas -- they have propane. they have had propane up in canada. the news today, they will make a $70 million investment to buy 1000 propane trucks. they're going to install about 50 fueling stations at various ups stations. they are introducing this propane fleet
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. >> let's get some perspective on what's going on, joining us now, nicholas burns, he's on the phone a professor of the harvard law school. give us some perspective right now, you have seen a lot of these tense moments internationally over the years, how big of a deal is this? >> this is a major international event, wolf, it's a major challenge to european security and to think of it, one of the great positive developments in the last three years was the end of communism in europe and the creation of a free democratic europe. what putin has done by going into crimea and expangding his presence into the eastern part of the ukraine. >> we know that the ukrainian defense minister, we just reported a little while ago, he says that the ukrainian military now is on the, quote, highest state of military readiness. is it really realistic that there could be military confrontation between ukrainian forces and invading russian forces? >> reporter: i don't think either side wants that and i think what the president and his advisors are trying to think about is two things, how do you drive up th
. >> let's get some perspective on what's going on, joining us now, nicholas burns, he's on the phone a professor of the harvard law school. give us some perspective right now, you have seen a lot of these tense moments internationally over the years, how big of a deal is this? >> this is a major international event, wolf, it's a major challenge to european security and to think of it, one of the great positive developments in the last three years was the end of communism in europe...
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in the briefing room, specifically with former american diplomat nicholas burns, when it comes to the referendum, the president followed up and said if they violate international law, the response will remain firm. that sounded nebulous to me. >> they are holding back on the specifics and as jim acosta noted, they haven't released names of individual russians who will be targeted and have assets frozen if they have assets in western banks. a lot of russian businesses have operations in europe and in the united states. they are not naming those. that would be the next step. they a pose sanctions on entities from iran or syria. they name names and name companies and they go after them. they try to make life as difficult as possible. that would be the next step hovering over the russians. having said that, if you do that to the russians, you have to expect putin will retaliate in kind. the whole escalation that is making the germans especially and others very nervous because as you know and all of our viewers know, they get so much energy from russia and the pipe lines that go across ukr
in the briefing room, specifically with former american diplomat nicholas burns, when it comes to the referendum, the president followed up and said if they violate international law, the response will remain firm. that sounded nebulous to me. >> they are holding back on the specifics and as jim acosta noted, they haven't released names of individual russians who will be targeted and have assets frozen if they have assets in western banks. a lot of russian businesses have operations in...
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nicholas burns. thank you both for joining us this morning. congresswoman, let me start with you.situation. your family emigrated from ukraine, you had an uncle who was in the gulag for 20 years, yet you say with the benefit of perspective you understand russia's military posture in crimea. why? >> well, first of all, i join with all of my colleagues and president obama in condemning the incursion of russia into crimea in violation of all treaties of all alliances that she has. as a permanent member of the united nations, this is absolutely the most serious test of our alliances since the cold war ended. this is a very dangerous situation. ukraine is a weak state and russia is taking advantage of that. having said that, crimea is home to her black sea fleet, and the treaty that she has with ukraine expires in 2017. this is not the way for russia to plod her way forward in that region of the world. so it's a very unfortunate set of circumstances, very dangerous and one in which the world community is rightly taking a deep interest. so i commend the president for his work with -- i'
nicholas burns. thank you both for joining us this morning. congresswoman, let me start with you.situation. your family emigrated from ukraine, you had an uncle who was in the gulag for 20 years, yet you say with the benefit of perspective you understand russia's military posture in crimea. why? >> well, first of all, i join with all of my colleagues and president obama in condemning the incursion of russia into crimea in violation of all treaties of all alliances that she has. as a...
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nicholas burns, former senior u.s.ite house, but these are people who advise the white house and have been involved in the situations before. we're not even at the point where they've said they won't attend the g8 conference in sochi. these costs to this point, still very much undefined. >> jim's going to stick around. he's got a lot of work to do. all of us are watching the situation unfold. stand by. we're going to take a quick break. we're going to get more reaction, standing by, a statement coming from the united nations, ban ki-moon expected to release a statement. we're also waiting to see if president obama or other top officials go out and speak following this emergency principles meeting. president's top national security adviser just wrapped up a meeting in the west wing of the white house. our coverage continues right after this. ameriprise asked people a simple question: in retirement, will you outlive your money? uhhh. no, that can't happen. that's the thing, you don't know how long it has to last. everyon
nicholas burns, former senior u.s.ite house, but these are people who advise the white house and have been involved in the situations before. we're not even at the point where they've said they won't attend the g8 conference in sochi. these costs to this point, still very much undefined. >> jim's going to stick around. he's got a lot of work to do. all of us are watching the situation unfold. stand by. we're going to take a quick break. we're going to get more reaction, standing by, a...