one. >> remnick: just hang on.ys trying to figure out what makes the little time bomb work, meaning the joke, meaning the cartoon. >> mankoff: you don't get it? >> remnick: no. he's very smart. the shell, the outward schtick is... >> safer: weird? >> remnick: comic. ( laughter ) but there's a real mind at work there. >> safer: one of his chapter titles in his book is, "i'm not arguing, i'm jewish." ( laughter ) >> remnick: bob's jewish? i had no idea. that's sweet. ooh. that's a great drawing. >> safer: this time, the cartoons that make the cut include joe dator's beardless tarzan... >> mankoff: i like the tarzan one, it's crazier. >> remnick: crazier is better. >> safer: ...carolita johnson's t.s.a. problem... >> remnick: i think this one is better. >> safer: ...emily flake's king kong and godzilla-- "i'm telling you, manhattan is over"... >> mankoff: brooklyn is very big. >> remnick: in it goes. >> safer: ...and a cat and mouse joke by sam gross. "have you no shame?" don't get it? you're not alone. >> remnick: at

last word. >> it should, but i have trouble believing and i don't know david remnick.eving that david remnikk it's laughable is no better than putin's russia. >> you read what he is has written and you get a definite anti-american theme from it. there is no doubt. bernie, thank you. here are results to the bill o'reilly.com poll question. we asked you off everything that happened last week about the kids, are they better off today or 50 years ago? 88% say auto years ago. just 12% say the opposite. about 16,000 of you voted and we thank you all. juan and mary katharine on deck. what would they personally do to putin. factor tip of the day. pithy comments about the academy awards last [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in ve, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never ght about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married, they'll find some financial folks who will talk to them about preparing early for r

tonight -- jason sudeikis, kathryn hahn, david remnick.ring the 8g band. [ cheers and applause ♪ and now, here he is, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: good evening, everyone. i'm seth meyers, this is "late night." how's everyone doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] did everyone have a good st. patrick's day? [ cheers and applause ] well, if the sound of that cheering made you want to kill yourself, then answer is yes. [ laughter ] well, the situation in the ukraine -- i don't know if you have been following the situation in the ukraine, but the situation in ukraine continues to develop. vladimir putin signed a treaty this morning that formally absorbs crimea into the russian federation. so if you felt bad because you didn't know where crimea was, don't worry, it's gone. [ laughter ] it's not there anymore. it's gone. [ cheers and applause ] things are heating up, though. vice president biden said today that the u.s. is considering sending troops to the baltic states bordering russia. according to biden, the baltic states a

by experts on russian history and present day politics, including the pulitzer prize winner, david remnick, that a, identities he's an auto accurate, b, ee doesn't care what we in the west thing, c, he has his own agenda, that includes where necessary surprising his own people and possibly suppressing his own muscles. we foreshadowed what happened in ukraine and -- >> but you know we live in a sound bite culture and you provided the sound bite. interestingly, the other piece of information was you were just pounding if nbc corporate line. >> yeah. >> eric boling on fox said you were reading something by the political arm in nbc and it wasn't your words and -- >> this is most important to me. to make it clear about my colleagues at nbc. nbc sports is not an extension of msnbc, no water what anyone may think about msnbc. through the years, i think the administration and many of the broadcasters at nbc would be more conservative or moderate than liberal. there is no corporate and was no corporate marching orders. and if, in fact, they were beholden to putin, afraid, as they put it, putin's pr

>> and pulitzer prize winning journalist david remnick is an expert on russia. has written extensively about the country. >> david, what do you make of what's going on? >> it's very very dangerous. if in fact -- and this is what people in the white house are saying -- that these are russian troops, this is extremely scary not only from the point of view of ukraine but from a geopolitical point of view. and at the very best we're looking at the possibility of a cold war-style conflict. and that is extremely worrying. >> a conflict that leads where, to a divided ukraine? would more russian troops come in? there are so many unknowns at this point. >> well, let's be clear. i'm not sitting in the meetings in the kremlin to say the least. but the difficulty here is that russia is asserting what it sees as its interest, its sphere of influence and it could not be more interested than its ties to ukraine. russia has been tied to ukraine historically for half of forever. the seat of russian power originally was in kiev. and there's a long history there. crimea itself was

that was the case with remnick.emnick was an interesting kind of paternal force and a very controlling force whether that relationship has not ruptured, i don't know. we will see soon enough when the book comes out. >> were there any other questions? >> thank you all for being here. if you want to have a book up front, i would love to sign for you. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> the tv is on facebook. like us to interact with booktv guests and viewers. watch videos and get up-to-date information on events. facebook.com/booktv. spent we have a dual mission which is to protect american consumers and to promote competition and we do that in a couple of different ways main ways. the first is that we are a civil law enforcement agency so we bring lawsuits against companies that engage in unfair or deceptive acts or practices, or engage in unfair competition to also engage in policy and research work to study industry and promote best practices and also advocate for laws that we think are needed. spent

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because it could become as david remnick talks about in a new yorker piece earlier that an open war, the situation could get much worse and that this is a country that is trying to have presidential elections in just a few months. your thoughts on where our emphasis and focus should be. >> well, i think we have to look at history. the president's favorite expression is to be on the right side of history. you know, there is a triangular history here. obviously, russia, 60 years, gave crimea. you know, to ukraine as a gift. it has an interest in the peninsula and, obviously, is occupying the peninsula. ukraine is trying to -- and russia seized ukraine as the last buffer between itself and its rivals in the west. ukraine has potentially to make a choice. you know, what precipitated this crisis was, you know, yanukovych's choice to move east and his population, a significant subset of this population looking to improve relations with the west. ukraine either has to decide, to move in one direction or the other or try to manage in the middle this delicate relationship. it may not see a re

because as "the new yorker's" david remnick writes, "the new ukrainian leadership is worse than weak, it's unstable." then there are european allies. the fact that the head of the eu central bank today called their economy a glass half full is a reminder that the economy is exceptionally weak in ukraine. and what's more, the eu imports most of its energy from russia, which is a top oil producer. should putin take the risk and turn off the taps, as he did with ukraine in 2009 and in 2006, it could spell disaster for europe and, perhaps, the u.s. as the "new republic" notes, "any supply shocks in europe that send prices higher will have ripple effects that raise gas prices in the united states." fiona hill is an expert on russia and eurasian affairs at the brookings institution. fiona, thanks for being here. let's start with that question. you do have a lot of criticism of the president saying that he needs to take stronger action. what conceivable stronger action could be taken? >> well, the problem is, as you've just laid out, that the strong action that the president can take really

. >> david remnick said it's crazy to think putin is crazy. >> crazy like a fox. >> okay. >> also --e if vladimir putin is a totally irrational actor is totally more dangerous on a level saddam, beyond anything. >> looks like he is trying to renationalize what it was under the soviet union. >> go ahead. >> let's go with the charles krauthammer piece in "the washington post" how to stop or slow putin. obama is not the first president to conduct a weak foreign policy. regim jimmy carter was similar inclined. he responded boldly rhythm posing the grain embargo. symbolizing the massive military aid we began sending mujahadin. they not only lost afghanistan but were fatally weakened as a global imperial power. invasion will -- >> did you go on that trip? >> no. but a picture of my dad with a machine grandpun. any comments? i'll stay out of this one. go ahead. >> as we compare apples to apples the most recent invasion is georgia of the black sea which the bush administration let happen and still an occupation that takes place today in georgia of russian troops. that was in access to the bl

let's turn to dave remnick, a moscow-based reporter in the waning years of the soviet union. he is a noted authority on russian relations. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> a battle of wills between putin and obama. it's much more than that, but what do you think is really at stake here? >> well, russia wants to assert itself on the world stage. we saw that in pop cultural terms during the olympics, but this is really serious. now they want to assert their strength in the country where they have legitimate interests, but doing it through invasion. doing it through invasion. no question about it. so far limited it to crimea, but the great economic bread basket of that country is in eastern ukraine. this could spread to the east and it's already dangerous and it could get horrendous. >> what is the white house supposed to do? on friday we see the president coming out saying to putin, there will be high costs if you invade. the very next day, he invades. what leverage do we have? >> economic leverage, diplomatic leverage, but i don't think in any way the united sta