secretary nuland, here is what we see evidence of. first of all, we see an all-out effort -- i want to focus on this referendum which is a far as on the 11th. what we see is russian efforts to try to unite eastern ukraine and establish this unified political structure there that they can control. we see them working to bring all the institutions that would be responsible for carrying out those elections under pro-russian control. we see them working, by the way, to prevent any sort -- to protect their deniability by recruiting external groups to be a part of some of this, including by the way we have had in reports of mercenaries and even some argued crime figures to be part of the efforts that are going on in eastern ukraine. last but not least, we now see this term becoming increasingly used in russian political circles. the term is new russia which i think is a 19th century term for eastern ukraine. so this is in my mind, and i think senator corker was getting there, actually got there in his comments, i don't think there's any dou

in addition to the exchange we just heard victoria nuland was also grilled about the u.s. administration's how inconsistent policy of supporting self-determination another congressman specifically asked miss nuland why the u.s. has supported the independence of south sudan and kosovo for example but dismisses efforts in other parts of the world similar efforts well she explained that the obama administration opposes the changing of borders by force now during her two our testimony before the u.s. house committee on foreign affairs miss nuland reiterated america's commitment and support for the coup pointed government in ukraine and not support has been quite lucrative she says that the us has provided eighteen million dollars in non-lethal assistance to kiev and nine million dollars in funding to be used for the upcoming may twenty fifth election and the interim government is also supposed to be using those funds for their overall public relations campaign the u.s. assistant secretary of state did acknowledge that president vladimir putin on monday publicly called for dees

nuland says sending the line to the intel correspondent.and says the utter bs is being spread around on fox including the guardian, he meant the independent. it's unbelievable, said this reporter. you should know i'm not a fan of any particular administration and policy but this is shocking he writes. nuland responds mike alan on judge now rebutting. so what have we learned? the president of the media research center. a former federal prosecutor and edit tore and begin with brett. brett, what do we learn from this? >> well, what we learn is that a reporter during the obama administration and obama administration official are indistinguishable. they both sound like political operatives, which is what they were. the media's role is supposed to be a watchdog on power, and what you've got in the obama years is a press that is blatantly supporting this administration and blatantly taking the side and becoming the mouthpiece for this administration. it doesn't matter whether that story was true or not, but it matters in this case is that this rep

foreign affairs chief many prominent ministers from you member states indeed victoria nuland from the united states and john mccain openly standing in doing photo ops with all of the town bach and others of these ultranationalist on the stage of them i'd done as they called for revolution which has been called a brownshirt revolution to overthrow the democratically elected however flawed government of the ukraine do you think they are sincere the ignorant of the connections and meanings of these parties just not at all i mean the resolution passed by the the e.u. parliament just a year ago the world jewish congress asked the european union to ban this for both a party along with the golden dawn just a year ago they are obviously well aware of who these people are but they are also well aware of the utility that they have served to help bring this puts regime into power and help keep it in place there what we've seen is kind of an uneasy alliance between these protesters and neo liberals such as the prime minister yatsenyuk and the far right ultra nationalists here fascists they both c

victoria nuland as you've had a discussion to evoke or unpleasant image is somebody who has a lengthy history including being a u.s. ambassador to nato under the george w. bush administration and she's you know avidly bent on bringing about the absorption of most of the former soviet union into the western sahara to the so-called euro led landtag world and we have to recall that the genesis of the current crisis in ukraine began at least nominally with the rejection by then president victory on a go bitch of an association agreement with the european union under the auspices of the so-called eastern partnership and it's the eastern partnership program or initiative of the european union backed fully by the united states that was meant to basically fragment the commonwealth of independent states and isolate russia not only for the rest of the or from the rest of europe but in fact from the rest of former soviet space the geopolitical objectives of these people who. also yesterday to follow up on ray mcgovern that you know referred to as sterile of nature and i think that you know the f

victoria nuland, thank you very much. >> thank you, david. we continue our conversation about ukraine with a distinguished panel, joining from washington is fiona hill, senior fellow and direct of the of the center on the united states and europe at the brookings institution. here in new york, steve kotkin, he is director of russian studies at princeton university, and tomogram, tom, graham, a manager editor of kiss kissinger and associate where he focuses on europe and eurasian affairs. >> you were just listening to victoria nuland give her analysis of the ukrainian election, what did you think? >> i think the washington is having trouble figuring out the extent to which ukraine is our issue or somebody else's issue. certainly the vision of, the division of labor on europe with this was must haved and the cord, muffed and the relationship with europe was one of the difficulties which she commented on in the infamous phone conversation that was tapped by the russians. so you could include from her statement this is really a ukrainian issue mo

joining me now from washington theictoria nuland, assistant secretary of state for european and eurasian affairs. welcome. tell me. there was the selection in ukraine. -- there was the election in ukraine. >> it was a spectacular day for the country to go out in force and to say to their government and to the world that they that ishe future democratic, unified, rooted in europe. in terms of the u.s.-russia i think timep, will tell. the president of russia said that you will risk that the whoevernd work with elected. it will be good for russian relations with the rest of the world. tell.ill >> he snatched away crimea. that seems not even in question anymore and there seems to some extent to be a retreat. his popularity has shot up through the roof. he has one on has terms, has he not? >> i don't think it's wise for anyone to get in the head of president putin the given what has happened just in the last four months. let me take issue with one thing you said there with regards to crimea. states nor most of the civilized world has recognized what russia did in crimea. we still respected. t

secretary of state victoria nuland has made it very clear as to nato as war games are aimed at such to russia it's clear nato territory is inviolable and we're mounting a visible determent to any russian efforts to test that we've both heard the us poland aviation detachment care for space and we've maintained a steady u.s. naval presence in the black sea and we've also deployed a total of seven hundred fifty u.s. ground troops to a stonier latvia lithuania poland and romania let's now have a quick look at exactly nuland was talking about just that if we bring up a picture of the whole nato buildup in eastern europe since ukraine got plunged into turmoil you'll see dozens of fighter jets and several spy planes are ready to take off well just about any moment to nato ships are stationed in the waters of the black sea when with another guided missile cruiser reportedly heading that way . nature can now taking a look at how the alliance has been pushing its borders to the east. nato is pivoting to russia again the alliance is looking to deploy more forces close to russia's borders and to

nuland said these states are now front line states. she said she never thought she would be using that phrase again in her career. >> mike, is it your sense that the hawkish rhetoric coming out of washington is being toned down? >> reporter: it's interesting because president obama, himself, you recall in his asia trip, he was asked time and time again whether the so-called obama doctorine of talk as opposed to launching airstrikes against syria, for example, in his foreign policy, was a sign of weakness. and so the ironic thing is that president obama is trying to emphasize glom attic pressure -- dmrot diplomatic pressure, as many critics here on capitol hill, john mccain, perhaps foremost among them calling for more strenuous sanctions and arming the skraifrnians. there is a divide here it's largely along partisan lines. there is no consensus here in washington on how to deal with this issue. >> mike viqueira for us on capitol hill. >>> syrian state t.v. is reporting a hotel is blown up in aleppo, the carlton hotel used by several tr

secretary of state victoria nuland has made it very clear just who nato's war games are aimed at our message to russia is clear nato territory is inviolable and we're mounting a visible deterrent to any russian efforts to test that we've both steered the us poland aviation detachment at air force base and we've maintained a steady u.s. naval presence in the black sea and we've also deployed a total of seven hundred fifty u.s. ground troops to a stone latvia lithuania poland and romania or let's now have a look at exactly what nuland was talking about just then we'll bring you a picture of the nato buildup in eastern europe since ukraine plunged into turmoil also muttley dozens of fighter jets several spy planes they're all ready to take off at any moment in fact two nato ships are stationed in the waters of the black sea another guided missile cruiser reportedly heading that way here's a guy in a chicken. nato is pivoting to russia again the alliance is looking to deploy more forces close to russia's borders and to get members to spend more on the military it's key member of the us w

the upcoming may twenty fifth ukrainian election those funds should also be used according to ms nulandfor keeps over all public relations campaign during her testimony the u.s. ambassador to eastern europe did acknowledge that russian president vladimir putin on monday publicly called for a deescalation of violence when he asked for the upcoming referendums in eastern ukraine to be delayed now those statements from the russian leader mr nuland has disregarded instead she continues to accuse russia of destabilizing ukraine. russia has food filled none of its commitments the separatists in donetsk and lugansk told c.e.o. observers that they hadn't even received any messages at all from russia urging them to stand. miss nolan said that the u.s. will be judging russia by its actions not its words she also said during her testimony that russia should stop it immediately stop giving any support or sympathizing with the separatists with the opposition in ukraine but the irony is a few months ago when there was an opposition an uprising in key against the former leader of ukraine the u.s. supp

well that's true i don't think there victoria nuland planned to break up the country if she thought that the east of ukraine would just submit to the new government the new government would be a pro western and then. the western media said we should all take their deep breath and then wait until your grain becomes completely anti russian and of course victoria nuland just like john kerry they don't know if in about ukraine the real picture was much more complicated so when the whole thing degenerated into a civil war they had no clue how to react so they used all the methods you know just blame everything on russia and the media is trying to forewarn this line you know they're looking for russian agents inside ukraine their interview in their mind on activist but sometimes you get very funny situations for example i'm going to read to you know an associated press report. on activist who named our listeners of course kyra they asked her about the events in the east of ukraine and she says. these people i mean the russian speaking population of eastern ukraine if they want to leave and rus

are being handed out to these non-state actors it's a very very dangerous situation and victoria nuland the united states state department they've got himself into a huge mess right now huge mess right now charles keep it because it seems to me that new and plan is all beastly failed she wanted all of ukraine including crimea now it's an ad hoc and now the plan is to bait russia into action some kind of military action and they're and they're really really angry with mr putin because not only is he not doing that he's not saying much either well of course it's always questionable what the real plan is what are we talking about washington in particular because of course there are always competing agendas for example look at the syria situation just to touch it very briefly because there is an allergy here you've got on the one hand perhaps the pentagon perhaps even. to some degree wanting to help out realizing to some degree what the military and strategic consequences for the u.s. for example in arming al-qaeda type groups all related groups might have for the u.s. but on the other hand

and three however according to studies military this year the scale is unprecedented and victoria nuland from the u.s. state department says there is a reason for this. our message to russia is clear nato territory is inviolable and we're mounting a visible deterrent to any russian efforts to test that we've bolstered the u.s. poland aviation detachment air force base and we have maintained a steady u.s. naval presence in the black sea and we've also deployed a total of seven hundred fifty u.s. ground troops to us stonier latvia lithuania poland and romania. well this is a complete list of the nato troops in the region here's a closer look for you now apparently a lot has been building up in eastern europe ever since ukraine was plunged into turmoil and some of his biggest members have sent dozens of fighter jets and spy planes reports a guided missile cruiser is ready to join a party of two nato warships already stationed in the black sea got a chart examines the expansion. nato is pivoting to russia again the alliance is looking to deploy more forces close to russia's borders and to ge

is the path for them to follow and then of course there are the infamous victoria nuland tapes and thoseof the american ambassador to ukraine geoffrey pyatt also talking about the overthrow of yannick ovitz and replacing him with quote yaps and of course that's yeah it's in europe now so it's very clear how this began and tracking trends by the ways and understanding of where we are how we got here and where we're going and as we can see the where we're going the united states and europe which with the two major players in this because there was also the element within this of ukraine going with russia for their deal of seventeen billion dollars in loans rather than going to the european union which the deal was supposedly set for forth before that and i say they overplay their hand because they never anticipated on losing crimea so fast and i don't believe they anticipated the unrest going on now in the eastern sectors of ukraine that are of the russian origin and russian language so where it's going is this is a totally volatile situation that the united states nato has absolutely no c

use those of you who watched congressional hearings victoria nuland was kind of a dove because there were three rear screaming and saying why the russian economy is not doing you're right russia is not the problem what's going on here. defending or are you. in the apparently. the too soft so are. more with the same he will be happy only when russian economy is completely ruined joe you know people that know something about ukraine its history and its economy and considering the crisis that the country is facing right now russia has to be part of the solution because of its trade relations and history and culture and go on and on russia is key to saving this country but you have people like mccain demonize the russian leader have hillary clinton call him another hitler how does we get past this because if russia is part of the solution how do you sit down with someone of such historical it's a prominence ok as i meant just mentioned well before i answer that i just want to say that the more important than the f. word in new in this conversation was the m. word used by geoffrey p. up t

it is the victoria nuland. carries the so-called neoconservatives that have stirred up the troubles here in ukraine. and. i think they looked at it as a loon as a win win situation for them because either they would win the ukraine for nato or they would at least when they shore worsening relations between moscow and washington now the latter they have achieved so far. the first they've got a bloody nose but i'm not sure that the president realizes that these people are willing to take very risky courses arming the opposition or meeting the the fold over the ukraine. and that the president needs to hear this from professionals who have been around for a while coming up employees in russia a challenge to find more work for disabled people. they think for example will be a lot of legal problems they also believe that a person with a disability will get sick more often. we meet someone who set to break those stereotypes. now she was barred from the local supermarkets drug stores on the animal shelter where she ado

how it stayed together the way it has since one thousand nine hundred one is quite remarkable but nuland has broken this country but this is only the first phase speakers if you just cannot cow these people into submission they're not all of the same in ukraine very complicated place go ahead david. i agree i think bent but not broken or severely disfigured but not broken is the way of putting it and this goes back to the whole issue of the attitude and the predisposition of the people of eastern ukraine the notion that they're just moscow's puppets they do whatever putin. putin is betting is manifestly absurd polls that took place long before the current crisis in eastern ukraine as well as by the way crimea indicated that there were significant and profound dissatisfaction with kiev with corruption with misrepresent of representation and so on so forth and what was most revealing was that the same percentage of people who voted for who expressed a desire for independence for more autonomy something and access to fifty five percent they also said they didn't want to be part of russia i

diplomatic tori nuland and the american ambassador to ukraine where she didn't hold back in dismissing the merkel said to discuss the food free trade agreement between europe and the wires despite brussels concerns about the standard of some american products then they say spying is expected to be addressed as there's still been no clear resolution on the scoundrel all that has angela merkel is coming under pressure from major german companies who don't want more sanctions against russia over the ukrainian crisis as peter all of our reports. well an article in the wall street journal suggests very strongly that angle america has gone to the sea with a very clear message from german industry and that message is no more economic sanctions against russia the real big hit is in the german corporate world the likes of b.s.f. the chemicals giant siemens the engineering group forks walk in deutsche bank they've all voiced concerns over potential sanctions further sanctions against russia we've seen public statements from some of the the real big hit is in the german corporate world all of the

to get it and i actually stood up to complain about a jolly here and punish it here but victoria nuland taking a victory lap right now she's quote unquote one disgusting apparently she has i mean i heard her narrative there in that intercepted that famous intercepted telephone conversation with ambassador pierre everything played out exactly how they planned it i mean the only thing they have no. they have no reasonable understanding of the people in the countries that they continue to destabilize and install regimes just like they didn't with the ukrainian people they didn't know who they were bringing into power when they empowered and trained and funded and backed the right sector. their main goal was putting this group into the into the government to install the who for the military goal of installing our nato missile elements in ukraine that is their goal they don't care one iota about the people i think that was more than. anything underlined today but by by turchin of today. they downed a helicopter and he asked for a moment of silence about for the crew of the helicopter there w

is bombing them and you know victoria nuland is claiming that they're you know terrorist gee i wonder if there's a connection mark i wonder anyway that's all the time we have mark thanks again for being on the kaiser report surprise remarks lots of you know and that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacy herbert i'd like to thank our guest mark o'byrne of goldcorp dot com if you'd like to get in touch tweet us a kaiser report the next time by a. crucial data card trusted cloud service. that ensures protecting your privacy. be a race to randomly get stolen. or become a target of the end oh say. what if unclouded sky is right above the cloud. on our team. lead. placed series of explicit places tried to clear the squares of a poem in the to give the title are cut short the changing every minute. cut made the last laugh oh well. my alarm clock ahead. was full swing this setting all time places is the most elite clubs. sometimes from nothing which lead to sleep it is simple steps such as look just keep up the story and still be just if you see t

with victoria nuland there she is right next to chevron attend billion dollar general done a month forcrazy stuff and i agree with you on the no more trillions and foreign nations let's keep it at home but that was gerald celente publisher of the trends journal time now for today's big deal. big deal so i'm with my buddy and producer and bernard harris the now today we're taking a look at a very very nice. i mile high club or. book there you go. see how there is now. which puts most hotel rooms to shame and i mean shame check out some of these pictures coming up and they were designed as a way to challenge you a rival airline emirates yes it's a war of luxury between these two companies more specifically a war to attract a premium customers by offering a premium product so instead of simply reclining into a plush seat at the front of the airplane elite customers will now be able to snuggle up in a bed surrounded by riches how premium is premium you might ask well of those pictures and these coming up pretty much say it all there from the cabinet residences on their three eighty and boe

going to disappoint john mccain and his fellow hawks plus he's already really really mad at victoria nuland i think i made clear that we are watching this mail i mean what are you watching for what is the destabilizing moment that says ok we will impose these sanctions again we are developing the sanctions now with the europeans i think we will have them at the ready very soon and we will be able to impose them as we want of that. total money non-answer to my question. john is not happy. and mash express my deep disappointment on your failure to answer the questions i had hoped better for better as a witness when i strongly supported your nomination for your present position you did a bad job destabilises a destabilizing ukraine the us chief negotiator on ukraine has found herself in quite a hot seat neo-cons pressed her on why the u.s. is not sending arms to kiev and why sanctions against russia are not working wait a minute neo-con versus neo con against the wife of the biggest neo con outside u.s. congress alleged mastermind of this ukraine mess robert take him nice try guys but i don't

the narrative the victoria nuland narrative would have succeeded. to tell a tarion one has to be frank and that's what we're talking about diversity we had diversity in the western media that we are having is increasingly less and there is a narrative that has been and it is becoming more militaristic what is actually to some extent a media rating that is that as the western mainstream media narrative becomes more monolithic you have a more diverse international media landscape outside the west and you also have social media but we can't unfortunately be too happy about that because the moment the media in the west is still overwhelmingly dormant and they still to a great degree control the news that control the slipping mr kerry's comments of a few weeks ago showed how angry he is becoming about that i've never heard an american secretary of state before making an attack like that against a media organization donald rumsfeld when he. should be bob you can say about on air in this work why do you have a word to buy right. now we're going to go to a

it is the victoria nuland. carries the so-called neo conservatives have stirred up the troubles here in ukraine. and i think they looked at it as a. win win situation for them because either they would win the ukraine for nato or they would at least when a shore worsening relations between moscow and washington now the letter they have achieved so far. the first they've got a bloody nose but i'm not sure that the president realizes that these people are willing to take very risky courses arming the opposition or meeting the the fold over the ukraine. and that the president needs to hear this from professionals who have been around for a while. in the east of ukraine following developments she met with a family that's been hit hard by the fighting and how twitter feeds you can find that personal accounts over. we've got every she tweets that the city is on edge with rumors of a looming crackdown on anti-government protestors following puffy to stay up to date with events. to be in the. now she was barred from lo

department they pushed this very aggressively particularly assistant secretary of state victoria nuland and it led to the shattering of ukraine's fragile constitutional system it is the ouster of an a code which by violence and through extra legal means he was not impeached as the constitution required once that happened that did set in motion what happens in a country like this where you have strong ethnic differences where you have a historical narratives that conflict between the west in the east and once the constitutional system is shattered you get violence and you get people you get the kind of problems we've seen and it is true that the. many of these right wing militias have been going out of the national guard right now and anything that they don't they don't compute as one is saying that hitler was a great liberator and saying things in praise of hitler and the other is anti falcon's aren't going away to narrate when one is praising waiter and other retirement for a way to blame the world fighting please let me jump in here i think that's robert just said that just not those