what happens with iran or russia or ukraine.f these are big shifts in will have an cyber security. and then at least what is happening with isis and others we will tell you what is happening on the terrorism rent. -- front. from my experience in working with the agencies, these are good people trying to protect our country's. they are not active personal information. they are trying to protect you and others. the question is how do we help them do it and do it better? that is what we have to do. emily: former head of the nsa, retired general keith alexander. thank you so much for being here and being patient and explaining everything. it is great and you back. -- to have you back. from the nsa to be department of justice the agency wants to form cyber security relationships with silicon valley. but are those companies on board? ♪ emily: welcome back to "bloomberg west," i'm emily chang. the cyber security conference allows security companies to showcase their latest anti-hacker technology. it is also becoming a place for governm

ukraine, nearly 60 or 70 percent. it has quadrupled. and it is not just russia and ukraine. people who fought on the eastern front. the eastern front most of them are ethnic russians. russians fighting putin's invading armies. this is the rush i want to say. [applause] >> pruden again. i mean,, are we going to have a discussion of what is in the best interest of the west? because that really is embedded in the question isn't it? should we engage russia or should we have a debate about how we're going to get rid of? if you want to have that debate you can bring in different points of view. ms. applebaum who wrote a wonderful work of history called the gulags and i strongly recommended if you have an interest. master historians or work there. as she knows, now comes the however. [laughter] i understand that for one reason or another she views this whole saga through the perspective of central and eastern europe. europe. i understand that. but the story she told nato expansion is nowhere written in the histories we now have that have resorted to the archives looked at the club and administration, look at other things

russia. it is not ok. that is not the way you debate. maybe you do. i don't know. anne: that's how you become man of the year in ukraine? vladimir: rightly orrongly the way russia looks at nato, it sees it as a threat. why was nato created? to protect the west from a possible soviet invasion. there is no more soviet union. there has not been one for over 25 years. the warsaw pact, which was kind of the soviet answer to nato, is no longer there. mikael gorbachev, who i tend to trust, told me three times that james baker, who was secretary of state, told him, if you agree to the unification of germany and taking down the berlin wall, i tell you that nato will not move one inch to the east. you may say he's lying, but i don't think he is. i think he's telling the truth. the thing is, during the soviet period, which didn't last long after that, nato did not move to the east. it moved under clinton. when the russians started saying, what is going on here -- i mean yeltsin -- he was told, we have no agreement with you. we had an agreement with the soviet union. but it is no longer there. you are russia. in 1991, poland, czechoslovakia, became mem

now, if they have imposed sanctions on us on russia it's not because russia invaded ukraine, or the programme is not peaceful they don't have the money to chase the oil. they are more than happy to by all barrels of oil at $30. that is what tuckey is doing, that's what the greeks are doing, that's what many european countries are doing. it makes sense. why do they bother to buy from us when it's $100 per barrel. it's not about you, the united arab emirates in qatar or saudi arabia it's nothing to do with iran's threats and everything to do with the fact that the west is bankrupt they don't have the money. >> you made your point on that. i want to ask you about president hassan rouhani's comments as well. he says that a final accord with the western powers will not happen unless it's accompanied by the lifting of sanctions from day one. clearly go back to my previous point that the economic hardship that iran is facing is obviously an issue for iranian negotiators. if they want the sanctions lifted from day one. >> the government will lose big time if the deal doesn't go through. they'll lose

and many of the reasons that we have this conflict with russia right now is not because ukraine violated orders or not because russia has somehow felt threatened by the west. it is because russian, the leadership in russia after the beginning of this century has covered its own misdeeds its own poor performance. and they're finding that the countries on their pa riffry but also much of their population wanted to join the west and not to maintain an eastern orientation. this is a basic point and it leads to strategy. it suggests for example that entering into negotiations with the russians over how to conclude this crisis are not very relevant at the moment. there isn't any new security system which we can offer the russians which wouldn't include giving them a sphere of influence in the countries that we're trying to protect. there isn't any military arrangement which we can enter with the russians which wouldn't somehow limit our ability to defend the country to the east who we've helped become democratic. there isn't any new political forum which would change the fact that the real reason that p

that the majority of people in this audience, if we're honest really don't know much about russia or the ukraine. and so you can say anything. billions and billions? you've got to be kidding. it's not true. billions and billions were not invested, and what was invested was invested to make money. all of these things -- putin's cronies, why are they cronies? why are they not his comrades? i mean, this is all about the wording. it's not about the facts. the facts that we hear. if, indeed, ukraine had nuclear missiles can you imagine what kind of a chess game we'd have? there would be nobody left to play it. is that what we're looking for? thank heavens they don't have missiles in that country, and the fewer missiles there are in the world the better it's going to be. so i'm not going to get into this you said this wrong and -- nitpicking kind of stuff. to me the really basic thing is do we want a russia that is pushed out of everything doing whatever it's doing in no way answering for what it does, not under any pressure from outside because it's not engaged? so do we want engagement? and who is i

russia invaded ukraine. >> is it suspected russian government or russian nationals? maybe private interest? >> i should noted that russia says it hasn't invaded ukraine. it is suspected, according to this official that they're tied, in fact, to the russian government. >> rich, thank you. >> today some tense moments here in washington. widespread power outsages sweeping across the city affecting the white house capital and the state department. spokesperson marie harp in the middle of a news conference when the power went out o. she had to finish answering questions using the flashlight on her phone. museums losing power in washington. forcing hundreds to evacuate. university of maryland also impacted. blaming an explosion at southern maryland power plant for ought the outages. the white house says there is no known link to terrorism. right now, now there are two. a second republican jumping into the 2016 race for the oval office. senator rand paul declaring we've come to take our country back. paul formally kicking off his 20216 presidential campaign. >> i have a message. [cheers and applaus

russia jets have come too close? >> that's right. over the last year or so since the invasion of ukraine and occupation of crimea russia armed forces andarmed forces and u.s. and united kingdom have had approximately 100 of these close encounters over the baltic sea or north sea or english channel and 11 have been near misses where the transponder was turned off and sneaked up on the other. and it is dangerous not only for the pilots and aircraft but the region as a whole. it may have come as close as 20 feet. that could be too close for a person. why is russia doing this and we are filing a complaint. should we do something else? >> we should file a complaint. but there is a lot going on in the baltic sea. russians are putting military kit along the sea. and that is part of russia and surrounded on both sides by nato allies allies. and polland is right there. and there are concerns over the russian occupation and bolster our recognizance and forces in the regions to let the russian government know that we take our nato obligations seriously. filing a protest is minimal response. you will probably see recognizance with fighter escort.

. >> do you want to see ukraine to be a part of nato, or do you worry if ukraine is wedded into that alliance it will be constantly be upon between russia and the west. >> the chance to be part is big because all ukrainians see our future in european union. to be part of nato or not my personal opinion yes. but it is very sensitive decision and this is a decision, we have to do it with understanding with the population. >> you had a very successful professional boxing career. but when you were in that boxing ring there were rules. now you're in a different arena a political arena where a lot of people that you're up against play by no rules. >> it's true. the first incident no one knows what the distance. second point the young democracy as ukraine to baltics that is like a mixed fight no rules. and we want to bring european style of life, not only in life but also in politics with clear rules. if you destroy the rules, you have to be disqualified. >> now klitschko believes that kiev must lead the way when it comes to reforming the country. tonight we'll learn what he's doing to weed out corruption, and re restore security. >> not to be

the international community must keep faith with ukraine and help ensure that russia's aggression and meddling can't crash ukraine's spirit, its will, or its economy before reforms take hold. that brings me to my second point. even as ukraine is building a more peaceful democratic independent nation across 93% of its territory, crimea and parts of ukraine, of eastern ukraine, have suffered a reign of terror. in eastern ukraine, russia and its separatist puppets have unleashed unspeakable violence and pillage. this is a manufactured conflict, controlled by the kremlin, fueled by russian tanks and heavy weapons, and financed at russian taxpayers' expense. it's cost the lives of more than 6,000 ukrainians, and hundreds of young russians have also lost their lives in eastern ukraine, sent there to fight and die by the kremlin. and when they come home, in zinc coffins, cargo 200, which is the russian euphemism for war dead, their mothers and their wives and their children are told not to ask too many questions or raise a fuss if they ever want to see death benefits. throughout this conflict, the united states and the eu have worked in locks

that the administration policy of gradually raising the economic coast on russia is having any effect in ukraine. >> you're right, oru suggest, the principle point of pressure that the united states has been applying to russia for some time now in account of the fact that russia is, and we know is participating in fomenting trouble in eastern ukraine if the economic pressure -- of course that's not just ours jim, and in particular, i guess it's important to note it's not especially ours. it's especially european sanctions because they have the most economic leverage over russia. i'm not an economist but i understand those sanctions are having an effect on russia along with plummeting oil prices. those are the two factors bringing pressure to bear upon the russian economy. and so the first$bríç line of pressure for us is economic and political, and we're doing that. with respect to the question of russia's role in there, i think we have abundant evidence of that. the international community has i bun can't evidence of that. the europeans have evidence that convinces them to take a strong economic steps they have. and

and so in europe as you mentioned, you have a resurgent or re-- russia conducting aggression in ukraine but its ultimate aim is to refashion the european order in some ways pore favorable to its interests. and gain control more of the area's around its periphery. >> rose: and is it your judgement that they had a plan to do this, or after what happened in ukraine and seeing that the leader of ukraine, because of protests was forced to flee to moscow, putin said wait a minute let's going on here? >> it's both. it's exactly that. some of it is opportunity reacting toian cove i've -- yanakovich sudden ouster from their point of view. but also part of a broader strategic-- . >> rose: was it unexpected from your point of view. >> yes, honestly. he was clearly on the ropes but that he would give up that day, that is always a hard problem in intelligence and that was honestly a surprise. a very pleasant surprise. >> rose: the russian leader thinks that it was not a surprise, that in fact america's hand was in it. >> well, that's what he thinks but it's not accurate. >> rose: not accurate. >> it

or income. fighting broke out in donetsk overnight. that came hours after russia and ukrainegreed to pull back more weapons. >>> china released five female activists on dale today. the women were arrested for, quote, provoking trouble. they had apparently planned to demonstrate against sexual harassment. their lawyer says they were released because of international pressure and lack of evidence. >>> we're getting a look now of president obama's white house meaning with the iraqi prime minister. this discussion took place just a short time ago, let's listen in. >> obviously, the fact that iraq is a shia majority country means that it will be influenced and have relations with -- with iran as well. and at the point in which daesh or isil was surging, and the iraqi government was still getting organized at that point, i think the mobilization of shia militias was something that was understood to protect baghdad or other critical areas. once prime minister abadi took power, and the coalition came in -- at the inviteation of and in agreement with a sovereign iraqi government our e

russia will be lifted soon. >> negotiators say they have no interest in containing or isolating russia but says if it wants to rejoin the club then tensions in ukraine must come to an end. >> meanwhile, russia is criticizing canada's decision to send hundreds of troops to ukraine. picked up after a relative month of calm. more than a thousand explosions in donetsk on sunday alone. osce observers say heavy shelling should have been withdrawn under the minsk accord. >>> loins must do more >> being used in eastern ukraine and other mars of the world can naturally be used in countries like the baltics and it has to worry you is so we have to be ready and we have to be united so we know how to react. >> william taylor is a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. he joins us from washington d.c. sir thank you very much for joining us on al jazeera. first of all do you agree of what we just heard from general petr powell that u.s. should be more active in confronting the situation in ukraine? >> yes, the russians haven't faced real sanctions, other than damaging their economy. they moved into crimea and then eastern ukraine. harsher essential or other military

one thing a president can do in a crisis was the fire one shot somewhere in the middle of the ukraine or russiato show the soviets we meant business. you get the impression this document was circulated around. it got to the president and he said what is this? what person in their right mind would ever think this way? the logic of nuclear weapons were such that the level of responsibility of thinking about using them -- we are going to give a demonstration shot -- so what struck me was there is this gap between the way strategists and intellectuals thought about this question and the way many day-to-day diplomacy and crises and management of international relations intersected. they were much different. in fact, a few things became clear -- there was not one president, with the possible exception of nixon, everyone made it clear that to push the button to make them disappear, they would. they found the burden of responsability terrible. they understood the arguments on behalf of deterrence. there was this palpable sense of not just responsibility but that it was beyond the thinking. it is intere

front lines have battled with no possible of work or income, overnight fighting broke out in the rebel strong hold. and that came hours after russia and ukraine agrees to pull back more weapons. it has been exactly one year since bomb caha ram abducted more than 200 school girls and today the country's president admitted they may never come home. more than 200 girls have gathering here today in the capitol to stop protesting the fact that more than 200 girls were kidnapped a year ago today. each of these girls is carrying a small placard which has been named and a number but each of the girls who disappeared a year ago and it's a way of identifying each girl reminding nigerians that each girl is special in the individual that their families are at a great los. >> they say the girls have not been forgotten. >> to do more to bring you home. >> unicef also tweeted this message, adding that scores more children have gone missing since the girls were abducted. judgement day in atlanta for some educators convicted in a test cleating scandal, nine of them will spend time in jail. three former educators have been sentenced to 20 years but will serve

administration policy of gradually raising the economic costs on russia is having any effect whatsoever on the ground in ukraine. >> okay. well you're right, or principal point of pressure the united states has been applying to russia for some time now in account of the fact that russia is and we know is participating in fomenting trouble in eastern ukraine is the economic pressure. of course that's not just ours jim. in particular, i guess it's important to note it's not especially ours. it's especially european sanctions because they have the most economic leverage over russia. i'm not an economist, but i understand that those sanctions are having an effect on russia along with plumtsmeting oil prices. those are the two factors. so the first line of pressure for us is economic and political. and we're doing that. with respect to the question of russia's role in there, i think we have abundant evidence of that. the international community has abundant evidence of that. the europeans have evidence that convinces them to take the strong economic steps that they have. and my understanding is and my observation is that this is having a real effe

or where the prices were lower. >> russia accounts for 40% of europe's imports, half of that via pipelines in ukraine. gazprom has 12 weeks to respond to the allegations. if the company is found to be in breach of eu law, it could face a fine of around $10 billion, a 10th of its annual turnover. >> greek officials are downplaying fears of a new minute default. they reportedly said they could scrape together enough cash to make the country's payment obligations into june. >> the ceiling has been raised on emergency lending by the greek central bank to other greek banks, giving them a bigger buffer to cope with withdrawals. still, athens has nt managed to put forward reforms that satisfy its international lenders, and there's little hope of a breakthrough at the meeting of eurozone finance ministers this friday in latvia. >> how is this continued uncertainty over greece hitting european markets? >> investors have decided to keep the earnings of the last few weeks. great numbers were nowhere to be seen for the most part of the day. the greek crisis is hitting stocks as uncertainty rises. how much money d

future, do you want to see ukraine be a part of nato or do you worry that if ukraine is wedded into that alliance that it will set it up to be constantly a pawn between russia and the u.s? >> just ukraine population decide that, at this point. and there's a chance to be part of naights is big because all ukrainians see our future in european union to be part of nato or not my personal opinion, yes. but it's very sensitive decision. and the decision we have to do it with understanding with population. >> now you had a very successful professional boxing career. but when you were in that boxing ring there were rules. now you're in a different arena a political arena where a lot of people that you're up against play by no rules. how have you adapted to this new is arena? >> it is true. in professional boxing you have just 12 rounds. in politics it is marathon and nobody know how long is distance, first point. second point in politics especially in young democracy as ukraine compared to boxing, ukraine politics is like mix fight, all fight no rules. and we want to bring european standards of life not just in life in country also in politics, it is mean rules, i

there are questions about whether russia well or the breakaway republics in the east of ukraine. look at all the polls, what russians want to know about is the economy. teetering on the verge of recession. inflation was shy of 17% last month. real incomes, for the first time ever, are declining. this is a difficult economic situation than the one the russian president was an in his first eight years of power. guy: we will be picking this up in a moment. lithuania recently joined the eurozone. we have a lot to talk about with the lithuanian finance minister, who joins us on the phone. rimantas sadzius is in vilnius. we're just watching the russian president prepare for this phone in in which people can ask questions. this might sound like a cheeky question but if you were to ask the russian president a question what would it be? mr. sadzius: [laughter] hello from vilnius. good question. the only one i could ask would be rhetorical when can we expect easing of the situation that is because of russia's action so tense in europe and is already making influence on lives in the economy

or israel on iran's nuclear installations, advantage russia. the u.s. confirmed by saying it was sending 300 paratroopers to help train ukrainian military. and to destabilize ukraine and advantage america maybe. but almost on cue the ceasefire talks began to flare up again. and fresh moves on a rebel area in crimea which russia annexed last year, perhaps advantage russia after all. and anyone hoping russia will end this new cold war last a long time to wait. russian sanction he are taking a big bite out of russian prosperity but despite all the hardships poll after poll shows solid putin backing. rory challands reports. >> it's seven weeks since boris nemtsov died. clearly he's deeply missed. many attending an opposition conference on saturday new him personally. but they didn't come to mourn they came to plan for the future. >> translator: we don't aim at choosing a leader and uniting around him. if you have one leader you can be easily defeated. we must become a wide scale movement for democratic reforms. we must learn to do something that the opposition never could do. go to people. talk to them. get a huge number of activists to help. only will this bring the

defense as a result of russia's illegal actions in ukraine, russia continued to demand that the united states provided legally behinding guarantees that our missile defenses will not harm ortegic nuclear deterrent. these guarantees would have been based on a criteria that would have limited our missile defenses and undermined our abilities to stay ahead of the ballistic missile threat. the ballistic missile defense review is quite clear on our policy. u.s. missile defense is not designed nor directed against russia and china's strategic nuclear forces. however, at the same time, we have also made it clear that we cannot and will not accept legally binding or other constraints that limit our ability to defend ourselves, our allies and our partners. the security of the united states, its allies and partners is our first and foremost solemn responsibility. as such, the united states will continue to insist on having the flexibility to respond to evolving ballistic missile threats. free from obligations or constraints that limit our bmd capabilities. let me conclude by saying that we have made a great deal of progress on missile defense cooperation with our allies and partner

russia does this isn't an option. lou: is this an excuse to take no option? whether the rhetoric over crimea or eastern ukraine or the middle east? >> battle think it anticipated a military action but by letting them be pushed around one more time we will see a lot of them the next 19 months the iranians clearly and the cubans pushing us around i am waiting for north korea. lou: responding to the passivity for the iranian deal. >> instead of lifting the restrictions at a fixed date , of better deal is lifting to the end of the aggression of terrorism with a threat to annihilate his real. and into drive effectively a client state. >> absolutely. >> if the iranians would say we believe bin israel's right to exist would not have a conversation that the deal was supposed to do two things to rollback the program not only does it not do either of these but probably according to former secretary of state shultz and kissinger it celebrates the nuclear arms race. lou: to say to him to praise for hid his leadership -- leadership with the palestinian authority. what goes your? >> bleeding from behind the president has de

or force. in their joint communique, the ministers called on all sides involved in the ukraine crisis to implement their commitments under the minsk agreements. the document again called on russiao work toward a solution to the situation. the communique strongly condemned the islamic state group. it pointed to the need for comprehensive measures including economic and educational policies to prevent violent extremism from spreading. the foreign ministers also welcomed the framework agreement reached earlier this month by iran and six world powers on tehran's nuclear program. the document said they support the continuation of efforts to achieve a comprehensive solution by the end of june. >>> american authorities are trying to determine how a small open-air helicopter was able to land on the grounds of the u.s. congress building in washington. police say the one-man helicopter landed on wednesday afternoon on the west lawn. haider al abadi and many lawmakers were inside at the time. streets nearby were temporarily closed. a hazardous materials team were deployed to search for possible explosives but found none. the pilot did not have a special certificate to fly near the buildin

ukraine to sustain and keep that. >> i was going to say, another big head wind or on going risk for investors when looking at russia is the ceasefire deal was reached in february between ukraine forces and pro-russian separatists but that deal remains fragile and the relationships remain fragile. >> absolutely. it is fragile. it's a shame there's no international peace keeping force in place. some form of force in order to keep both sides apart. without that peace keeping force in place you're bound to have fighting continue in different areas. so let's see what happens on that front but definitely all sides see this is a lose lose situation if this were to escalate again and definitely if we'd see an escalation in eastern ukraine i wouldn't be surprised to see u.s. u.k. sanctions against russia rachet up in that case. >> always a pleasure to have you. thank you so much. simon, head of em research at commerce bank. now brent crude has lost almost a quarter of its value over the past six months. this has oil dependent russia has seen a depreciation of close to 20% in it's currency but both assets have both managed to

or tomorrow and implemented in a pretty fast manager. >> the arrival of nearly 300 u.s. troops in western ukraine has russia saying it could destabilize the situation. they will train 900 ukraine guard as fighting continues in eastern ukraine. we are joined live from moscow. tell us more about these troops, who they are and what it is they're going to be doing. >> they are part of the united states army's airborne brigade usually stationed in italy. as part of an agreement reached between washington d.c. and kiev at the beginning of march are now beginning a six month deployment in ukraine. they will be training parts of ukraine's national guard outfits. they are not the only foreign troops in ukraine at the moment. there are already 75 rotating british military advisors who have been educating the ukrainian military on things like logistics and battlefield medicine and intelligence. we also understand that some 200 canadians are going to be arriving to join this complement of international forces in ukraine. they'll be there by the beginning of summer. of course, none of this is going down particularly wel

ukraine says that russia is an enemy. they are asking for discounts or natural gas. if you look realistically, how and under what conditions can we normalize the relationship? president putin: this is not a simple question. even though we could talk about russians and ukrainians being one nation. i often do that. actually, it is quite simple. today, russia does not accept -- expect anything from the kiev authorities except one thing -- treat us as equal partners in every way. of course, it is important for us that they respect the legitimate rights of ethnic russians living in ukraine and people who consider themselves russians regardless of what it says in their passport. people who consider the russian language their mother tongue and who think they belong to the russian culture. any country is interested in people like that. including russia. there is nothing extraordinary about that. i repeat, we are interested in normalizing our relations with ukraine entirely and we will do all we can from our side. of course, the situation is a big problem with the donbass. we

ukraine. he retains high levels of popularity, doesn't he? >> yes, because he is seen as a patriot, or stalin. he's made russia a proud country, and russians are proud of him. you get ratings of something like 80%, which is astonishing. those could change if the economy nose dives. something like 40% of the budget of britain goes defense, 30% welfare, which doesn't leave much left. there's plenty of foreign reserve, talking about $380 billion used for companies - russian companies that have to pay their debts, to do that. apart from that the situation at present is going along more or less slowly. but wait six months, ninths, or a year the situation will be difficult. 2016 if the situation doesn't improve, some sanctions not lifted and if the oil price doesn't rise a bit. 2016 will be a difficult year. vladimir putin at present is okay. he's ranking his - his ratings are high because he's seen as defending russia standing up to the rest of the world. that could change if the situation becomes difficult in 2016. his support base, if you like workers, pensioners people like that. intelligence educated people are

or hashtags will bring them back. she set a reset button with russia. they invaded ukraine and taking crimea.d syria president allsop was a reformer -- assad was a reformer. it represents a continuation of the obama years. however, this time it will be on steroids. she supported president obama each and every step of the way in his domestic policies. she was the mother of obamacare 20 years ago when she tried to push hillary clinton -- hillary care. she is a force of energy policies. -- she encourages the energy policies. her prescriptions for [indiscernible] all over the live free or die attitude we hold so dear. in closing, let me say this. to the activists which are engine everyone of you who care deeply about our state and country, you would not be here on a friday night if you did not take a role as a voter in our state seriously. i ask you to take your time over the many months, go to the town halls. i know i will. ask them it in every question you care about and then cast your ballot and make a difference. to the potential candidates here, do things the new hampshire way. campaign with

prosperous ukraine or any other country in the world is core american values that's what people determine that they want. and they have the right to do that. charlie: we have direct nice russia has a historic interest in you -- we have to recognize russia has a historic interest in ukraine. there has to be an understanding that has to come that ukrainians need democracy and ukrainians need to make their own future and not be dictated by somebody else. michael: if you combined the traditional realist thinking with spheres of influence -- certainly 21st century will argue. liberal democratic values about self-determination of peoples then you have to reconcile those ideas. that is why those questions about security policy versus its political structure and economic integration may differ. they are largely in the west but they had a foreign policy that essentially didn't know her -- and your tape the neighbor. -- didn't irritate the neighbor. charlie: isn't a in entirely rational person in terms of how he feels about mother russia. michael: i will offer my own views. yes i think he is a calculating strategist. in that sense, quite rational. he also has rather ambitious goals in

are expected to discuss ties between the eu and russia which have been strained due to the ukraine crisis. they are considering offering athens loans orts on natural gas supplies. the visit comes one day before greece is due to make a key payment to the imf of 450 million euros. >> and they said they were going to pay that run. rahm he emanuel won a second term as chicago's major. he was president obama's former chief of staff and was forced into the run off after failing to capture a majority against four other candidates in february. he has been criticized for his ties with chicago's business elite and focussing on the wealthier parts of town. >> a washington machine gobbles up our freedoms and must be stopped. that is the rallying call from rand paul who has confirmed what everyone has known for months that he is running for president. the first term senator from kentucky announced his bid saying he would rescue america. >> we have come to take our country back. we have come to take our country back from the special interest that use washington as their personal piggy bank. the special interests that are more concerned with their p

committee, a deadly epidemic threatened tens or hundreds of lives broadcasting this on youtube and russia trained and armed some to fight alongside eastern ukraine among too many crises to count. these are the kind of things that they have created. if they have exposed vulnerabilities in the international system and we have seen a global health system led by the w.h.o., there despite multiple warnings, it was slow to respond to the the vola virus epidemic growing. we have seen russia and china through the cynical vico of a referral resolution at the u.n. security council a step towards holding accountable that has tortured, starved, gas its own people. representing our nation, i have two can run these more abilities everyday. but the central point that i want to make to this committee is that even taking into account this america needs the united nations to address the global challenges. the united states has the most powerful set of tools and we will always lead on the world stage and we are more effective when we ensure that others shoulder their fair share and when we marshal support to meet the objectives. the outline for ways that we are do

or two to hear those bold statements coming from all over the place. i think that the only way out of this crisis is for the west to promise russia that ukraine will never be a member of nato. done. the deal will be done then at once. >> alexander a former kremlin adviser. >>> protection from lawsuits. general motors may be able to avoid ties to faulty ignition switches. >>> and we talked to one of the most powerful women in the world. she leads the imf. >> an evolving story in los angeles to tell you about this evening. the lapd has issued a city-wide tactical alert after multiple shootings were reported. police say there were two shootings in the palms area of the city. and there were four victims. one is dead. an elementary school was briefly placed on lockdown, and that has since been lifted. we will bring you new developments on the story as we get them. let's take you to greece now protesters are clashing with the police in athens this evening. the demonstrators threw molotov cocktails at the police in the clash. the demonstrators want the government to scrap plans to build more high security prisons and free members of the gorilla group. the parl

russia over its alleged military involvement in the ukraine. and then there was an agreement between greece and germany with the greeks saying that germany owes it money in return or for reparations in return for the nazi operation dating back to the 1940s all making it difficult for the greek government and the european union to finalise an agreement >>> to south africa where cape town university bowed to student pressure and removed a controversial statue of a british colonialist. protesting students say it was a symbol of white privilege. the historians argued that the past mustn't be forgotten. sue turton has more. >> reporter: an unser mope call end to cecil rhodes as his statue was removed from the university for safe keeping after weeks of protest led to a vote for its removal. most of the students were born after the fall of apartheid. to them this british colonialist represents a university system failing to decolonize or embrace african knowledge. >> is the university trying to protection itself or funding or is it not interested in integrating into the greater ke colonizing it's a conversation about decolonization. >> reporter: similar protests targeted

russia-ukraine crisis. it's sort of gone away from the main focus of the global eye. is it less of a threat than it was? >> you reached an equilibrium. it's certainly not good for ukraine orelping europe and it's a drag on europe but in terms of generating market volatility you'd have to see something new. even potentially the default in ukraine and structuring, even that might be digested very well. >> would you put money to work here in russia? >> you've seen a relief recovery in terms of what's in there. i don't see very many fundamental reasons to be invested there right now. >> and it's surprising given what's happened over the last 12 months that it hasn't derailed equity markets more. we have a deal forming with iran. might that unsettle the major nations a little more than in the past? that might be a bigger issue if it's iran israel saudi arabia than iraq and syria. >> it's probably one of the less appreciated political changes going on in the world and i wouldn't say it's destabilizing but it's dramatically changing the rules we've had in place for how global politics is played when we're running with such low oil prices. bringing iran back into the fold. changi

lot of talk about criticizing russia's actions but, is, do you know, in what way, western ukrainians are already sacrificed themselves or their loved ones in eastern ukraine? thank you. >> i'm not sure how to speak to that. certainly there is a strong desire to move western but, many questions, particularly in the north, we find a readiness to have, neutrality, only, if, 48% in the west were, so that wasn't acceptable. so, would that translate into readiness? well there is, there is not a lot of enthusiasm for using military force to regain territory. more so, in the west and north but still, trepidation, not overwhelming and the support for minsk agreement which implies, has built into it some accommodation to provide greater autonomy in the donbass realms. and so, i think, putting that all together there is, i see stronger signs of a desire to find some agreement then, than a readiness to use force to get a max mall outcome. >> okay. so this lady here with the glasses. then after here we'll go to the gentleman there. >> hi. i'm teresa hitchens, senior research scholar at the university of maryland center for the studies at maryland. quick question. give

or a two-day summit to discuss ukraine, iran the middle east and terrorism. hans nichols is in berlin. it seems as i ron is -- iran is dominating the conversation. hans: interesting was russia'sn to lift that ban on the missiles. they said they would start selling to iran at some date in the future. the german foreign minister criticized that deal harshly. he is lining up with the u.s. on this position. that is important because he is a member of the p5+1. here is what he had to say -- as you mentioned, it is not just iran, it is not just russia. a whole host of issues. the situation in ukraine, some attention there and not a lot of optimism. >> we need to work together clinically. -- politically. we need to join hands as governments and use the entire toolbox of diplomatic cooperation to solve these conflicts and work for a more peaceful world. hans: that today, these ministers will be joined by u.s. secretary of state john kerry will stop he was in the u.s. until late yesterday briefing senators on the iran deal. we have found that the obama administration has agreed to have aggression -- to have congressional approval of any deal on iran. senate republicans are claiming a

or more freedom of snaf nation. quite the contrary. what about china building a blue toation navy? what do you think about russia expand their navy and their incursions into the ukraine's not a more peaceful world. >> there is a last line, we are partnering with elements in those community to be more peaceful. >> we are trying diplomacy rather than war. we have had too much wars under the watch this president and too much wars in general. at least this president is attempting diplomacy which republicans seem to be against which an attempt to tamp down. diplomacy is a way forward to tamp down the possibility of war. >> i think it's a ridiculous argument. bill: the commander in chief made the argument it's more peaceful than it was 30 to 40 years ago. would you take those times over today? >> i would not. i just outlined the civil wars going on. the barracks in lebanon. 400 marines were killed and hit. it was not at all peaceful 30 to 40 years ago. bill: vigilant, stronger partners. what does that mean to you? >> i don't know what it means because the president hasn't put his words to deeds. we don't have partners. what do our partners do? they walk out. they say we ar

russia over the conflict in ukraine. those sanctions required unanimous approval by a member state. even one state deciding it is not worth renewing the sanctions when they come up for renewal in june oreat asset for mr. putin. i think he views greece as the pressure point within the e.u., the weakest link that he can begin to exercise pressure on so that he can achieve his goal. guy: basically from a greek point of view, this is about shoring up support within the party that he is basically coming for a little bit of a kind of post communist halo effect that maybe vladimir putin can generate from moscow. is that true as well do you any? tony: well, there are a great deal of cultural affinities between greece and russia. they share the orthodox fate. they also both celebrate easter this weekend. i think if they are looking for some sympathy based on past communist -- of mr. putin then they will be disappointed. russia is ruthlessly pragmatic. it views greece as a potential card to play against this particular germany's angela merkel to try and increase the pressure for the sanctions to be lifted. anything else has to be viewed through that lens. guy: tony, thanks very much indeed. let

russia ever put on iran. the others are on the margins whether it's the english channel or in cuba. they're tinkering with our perimeter and what we'll do. unfortunately, we've done nothing. and ukrainele have died we've drawn no definitive stance behind the west. unwilling to send them weapons. as a result, vladmir putin reads all the signals and continues to be aggressive. >> so we have more ships, more weapons we have this thing called a coalition called nato. why don't we start pushing on all avenues? call them out, stretching them out, costing them a lot of money at the very least? >> vladmir putin's got swagger. of course we've got the weight of military might. but we don't have a commander in chief willing to stand up for the clarity of american leadership and american purpose. as we shrink back and doing everything we can to find an iranian deal, all vladmir putin does is expand into that space. of course we're larger and have a bigger military. now he's the one imposing his will. >> arm the ukrainians. that would send a message. talk about what's happening tomorrow in the defend freedom concert tour. >> we'll be with you all three hours tomorrow. any veteran military family