but it follows her to berlin and russia us then back to washington as the wife of a president. so one of the things i want to ask right off the bat is whether the fact the character's name drew you to the book? >> i do think it is true and probably noticed her a little quicker than if her name was jean. [laughter] but beyond that it was coincidence. when you are writing about historical figures you cannot assume you can step inside their head but you do need of crack of the window and for me publicly sharing a name publicly i don't know very many movies sell. [laughter] -- "louisa" so was a little bit of the window opener. >> my name had to do with who i became so defeat her indeed affected her personality? >> at the time it was more common than it is now. in berlin and everybody was named louisa. the duchesses and whenever and royalty so it wasn't quite the uncommon name and made a joke a few which were answering a question bin this character's name because of the background of how we knew each other. so before i met her. >> people still think i am her. they compliment me. [la

we see russia using that role not to further the u.n. resolution, but rather, to drive what looks like a total victory by the assad forces. jane: you were the former ambassador to iraq. joe biden made a surprise visit to baghdad today. what impact is the turmoil there having on efforts to fight islamic state and bring to an end the conflict in syria? james: it is all of a piece. as even larger than the struggle against the isis terrorist movement, there is this undercurrent of sunni-shia conflict in the region. we want to take more action in iraq against isis. who's blocking that, tehran and its allies. in baghdad putting pressure on the iraqi government. that is what biden is trying to fix. all of this is part of a larger conflict that others are playing in in a way we're not. jane: thank you very much for joining me. in another development, it has been reported in the u.s. media that 16 u.s. military personnel have been disciplined for mistakes leading to the bombing of a civilian hospital and afghanistan last year that killed 42 peopl

we've seen on the continent of europe itself, russia use military force to change international boundaries, something we all said in 1945 we'll never allow to happen again. those boundaries have been changed, countries in eastern and central europe are still under threat and nato alliance is effectively absent from the field. it's a tragedy that's being repeated in the middle east as we've discussed in refugee terms but the expansion of russian power including a new air base. these are simply the concrete reflection of the erosion of the structures of positions of strength and deterrence that the united states and its allies created over decades, when we see the turmoil in europe, well, certainly they have a heavy responsibility for their own affairs, it's decline of american's press and influence in leadership that i think is really -- we can attribute all of that to barack obama. >> we just were looking at live pictures of the opening of the trade show in the wake of this attempted trade agreement, with the president sitting next to what he says is his most trusted international partner

i would point out that russia has used cluster munitions in the ukraine themselves. with great effect. >> i thought so. vladmir putin and many other analysts in russia often cite historical grievances in their activities in places like the ukraine and to bolster themselves domestically. they cite three in particular. the collapse of the warsaw collapse, the collapse of the soviet union and nato expansion into those historically russian dominated territories. do you think that's a fair account for what's happened in the post cold war era? >> sir, if i'm following you i would say it's clear that putin, i believe, i can't say it's clear, i believe that putin's view is is that russia is being constrained by the international norms. international norms established by the west and predominately the u.s. it's from that view that he has, i think, set out deliberately to challenge those norms. to disrupt our international order, globally. wherever he has that opportunity. >> given that countries like poland and latvia and lithuania and estonia have chosen freely to join nato.

thanks to energy economics and a die as bra pra of russia prasdi, vladimir putin could use pro-russia groups to destabilize the region. it is in enclaves like these where putin wields an unbe even influence. >> translator: without any intention of what happened in crimea. >> adrian vasalev is like many in bul gai bulgaria who oppose s on russia. >> translator: in my opinion the west won the cold war. and has since been trying to put russia in the corner. >> russia in the 1990s was a very weak and in many respects humiliated country that was not able to project force. was not able to defend its interests as it saw them at the time. so when large numbers of former soviet satellites joined nato or joined the eu, the russians viewed this as a slight. >> today, sentiment here over russia is deeply divided even at the top echelons of government. here in poland, that kind of ambiguity towards moscow is alarming particularly in the wake of the ukraine crisis. many poles who are under the cloak of soviet control sees the kremlin's new policy towards the old eastern block as particularly danger

this explosive -- and there are other similar kinds that we use, russia and china use s critical to having a usable war head that can be put on top of those peaceful ballistic missiles that iran is developing. this is the kind of contempt that the ayatollahs have shown for the united states, for this deal, for the whole process right along. and they are not letting up. they are thumbing their noses at us. they are getting a way with it. >> the president and the administration have said that this deal would prevent them from building a nuclear bomb. yet they are doing the hmx. and they say they just want nuclear power for electricity. can you use hmx to generate four for your toaster in tehran? >> no. but it has all turn turntive uses as an insensitive high explosive. this is what iran has done for almost three decades now, finding dual uses for most of the components of a nuclear weapons practice. it's purely coincidental that they need dual uses for everything that sort of makes up a shopping list or the ingredients for a nuclear war head. this is so patently obvious to observers who unde

it is not a result of changes that are made by russia or china. >> can you give us any sense of timing or when you expect the talks to conclude. >> i do not have the time and at this point. obviously, these these conversations have been occurring for several weeks now. i do not have an announcement to make it about a particular decision. >> what i'm one with china -- you do expect that to be completed. >> i won't predict the outcome. obviously we would defer to the preferences of our allies in south korea about whether or not they would like to have this additional equipment located on their territory. the assessment of our military and national security expert is that it could be a good idea for them to do that. ultimately this is a sovereign country. because they are an ally of the united states were looking for ways to help them this is one way we could offer assistance to them and enhance their security. ultimately they would make the final call. >> i would not prejudge what the outcome would be. i note that our officials thought it would be prudent will have a conversation about t

i would point out that russia has used cluster munitions in the ukraine themselves. with great effect. mr. cotton: i thought so. vladimir putin and others cite historical grievances for their activity in places like that you toplaces like the ukraine bolster themselves domestically. three grievances in particular, the collapse of the warsaw pact, collapse of the soviet union, and nato expansion into those historically russian-dominated territories. do you think that's a fair account of what's happened in the post-cold war era? mr. scaparrotti: if i'm following you, i would say that -- i can't say it's clear, but i believe that putin's view is that, that russia is being constrained by the international norms, international norms established by the west, predominantly the u.s. it's from that view that he has, i think, set out deliberately to challenge those norms, to disrupt our international order, globally, wherever he has that opportunity. mr. cotton: given that countries lithuania,, latvia, and estonia have chosen freely to join nato, do you think there's any truth

. >> sreenivasan: and in a statement, secretary of state john kerry insisted russia use its influence on president bashar al-assad to stop the attacks. the main syrian opposition group joined in, from turkey, blaming moscow and damascus for the resumption of fighting. >> the regime, along with the russians, are burying the cessation of hostilities by committing crimes and massacres across syria. >> sreenivasan: and the u.n.'s special envoy for syria, staffan de mistura, emerged in geneva, to say the cease-fire is "still alive, but barely." he urged the united states and russia to salvage the truce and bring the warring parties back to the table. >> the russian federation and the u.s., as you remember, had a very strong initiative which produced basically a miracle, and that produced a great feeling among everyone that in hope, unexpected hope, which then produced in turn >> sreenivasan: there was also a dire warning from the head of the u.n.'s humanitarian task force. he spoke of "catastrophic deterioration" in aleppo. >> lifeline to hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people th

there will talk about the middle east, ukraine as well, remember russia used to be part of the g-8 andere excluded last year because of their involvement in ukraine. it is understood the russian foreign minister will be in tokyo later this make for a separate meeting. abe could go to moscow next month. let's talk about the south china sea. how high is is going to be on the agenda given that the six claimants on those disputed islands are not even in the g7? no, they are not. china, taiwan, philippines, malaysia, they are not in the g7 , but the united states argues that this is a regional flashpoint an issue that needs to be talked about on a multilateral front. it is a potential flashpoint. sent an aircraft carrier to the region last month. , ana built an airstrip lighthouse, radar installations. they claim 80% of the south china sea, so it is a potential flashpoint. angie: thank you for that. you can get more on that story and all the days's top stories at our digital destination, bloomberg business bringing together the best of bloomberg business news and television and new digital

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roslyn jordan joins us from washington d.c. russia is not present. tell us more about what they have been discussing about dirty bombs, which seems to be the key. >> people should understand that the risk of being injured or killed by a so-called dirty bomb is a low risk. from the prospect of striking fear into people's hearts, dirty bombs are effective in doing so. one of the ways that they work and they include some radioactive material. the idea that something could be exploded near you, and injure you or make you develop cancer is something that he'd try to commit. to bring fear. that is the focus of the summit. the president talked about a little earlier during the opening plenary. >> we know that al-qaeda sought nuclear missiles. individuals in france and brussels video taped a man that worked at nuclear facilities. floes doubt that if the bad -- there's no doubt if the mad men got their hands on a nuclear bomb, they'd use it to kill as many as possible. >> reporter: the president focussing on al-qaeda and isil, but it comes as north korea shot

and the forces will fight for us. >>> russia says it will support u.n.d talks between all sides in the syrian conflict. the russian foreign minister made the pledge to the special envoy. the peace talks have stalled because the syrian negotiators have been unwilling to discuss the possibility of president assad leaving office. he offered praise for russia's involvement in the liberation of palmyra. >> i also want to make a point that [ inaudible ] we are extremely pleased on how -- the indication came from the liberation of palmyra, which has been a symbol of -- for the whole international community appears to be the beginning of freeing areas which are of international value, which we have been waiting for. on that case, that is something that we need to acknowledge. >>> activists in aleppo have confirmed that the only road linking the city to turkey has been cut off by kurdish forces. >> reporter: achmed and his family rely heavily on food handouts, but it's barely enough. he is scared that kurdish fighters could cut off the only road out of aleppo. >>

russia? it's really very such. they have lots of nuclear weapons pointed at us. so long as they are nuclear weapons pointed at the united states, whoever is controlling the button, what's going on in russia is going to be concern to people here. it's really that simple. mr. kissleyev said it, right? obviously we're going to take an interest. the complete opposite is true as well. but i wanted to gab to our conversation earlier about what happened in the '90s, and people-to-people exchanges, because stas, i remember that time very, very well. there were lots and lots of exchanges, lots of attempts to help russians on a people-to-people level. some with private funding, some with small funds, you know, american funding. but as was said, you know, now everything is foreign agents. it's gotten harder and harder and harder for americans to help russians on a people-to-people level. it didn't start just recently. lest we forget the peace corps had a very sizable program in russia, i believe it was 2000 it was closed down about 15 years ago on the grounds it was a spying

so clearly, russia is using this kind of aggressive tactics to mark its territory, russia considers itare going to be approached in this aggressive fashion. we've seen it time and again, fred. >> is that another indicator that it could continue to escalate or at least this is not the last of these kinds of close calls? >> it's going to continue. is it going to escalate? the intention is not to attack a u.s. vessel but both sides waiting for the others to blink. it could result in some accident and that's the big danger. >> matthew chance, thank you so much. >>> all right. still ahead -- >> do you think this system is rigged? >> no. i think it's the way it works. >> john kasich went one on one with our own dana bash. why he says donald trump needs to, quote, act like a professional. t-mobile does data differently. so it can do more for your business. when work takes you across the globe, your unlimited data travels with you to 140 plus countries and destinations at no extra charge. and that's not all. because with t-mobile there's no overages. ever. switch your business to t-mobile at w

they have worked with us newinually to implement the treaty to reduce and eliminate nuclear weapons systems. infind that russia in day /day out terms continues to work with us quite well. it's a bit of a puzzle why they decided not to come to this summit, but it's a good question to ask of them. jane: next time perhaps. thank you for joining me. still to come on tonight's program, 40 years after apple was founded, we hear from the first partner, whom you probably never heard of, who sold his shares for a pittance. shifted when it comes to the global -- the delicate balance of global nutrition. a new expert says there are now more obese adults around the world than there are those who are underweight. >> this could be one part of winning the battle of the bulge, the struggle to control weight and improve health. is a personal trainer working with those who might feel inhibited going to a gym. she has her own weight challenges and knows all about the obstacles to shedding the pounds. >> i'm big now, probably much bigger, and i went to a variety of classes and just could not keep up. i injured myself. i had a poo

mark: a new report rocking global leaders from russia to argentina over allegations they used shell companieso hide billions of dollars. what is the chief executive of russia's dtd group telling bloomberg concerning the reports about vladimir putin's involvement. landing the arabia biggest economic shakeup since the founding of the kingdom. the deputy crown prince gives us his exclusive details of his $100to raise an additional billion a year to balance the budget and offset those declining oil prices. let's head straight to the market desk where julie hyman has some of the breaking economic numbers to start the day off. a little bit worse than expected. julie: i want to start with labor market conditions because they are we see a drop or a game with anticipated labor market conditions. that index is down 2.1%. the estimate was a gain of 1.5%. thes are walkin watching labor market. overallnumbers are down in line with the median estimate. if you exclude transportation, you get a drop of a tenths of 1%. that is larger than estimated and that is the seventh decline in the past eight months. loo

china and russia use veto power to block potential sanctions on syria. this creates a global risk that will continue for months. not only will it continue for months, it will continue for years, five years to be exact. november 12, syria is suspended from the arab league. the suspension is a harsh diplomatic punishment, isolating assad's regime from arab neighbors. syria called it a betrayal of arab solidarity. next we see january 6, the free syrian army gains strength with one of assad's generals defecting along with soldiers from the syrian army. this is a turning point in the civil war. you think about your memory in january 2012, and what people were talking about. and how they were talking about the conflict they were saying is , only a matter of time before assad goes. the opposition is winning. february 4, russia and china veto a you and security -- veto a u.n. security resolution backing an arab league peace plan. on february 6, the u.s. embassy suspends operations and closes consular services. this is a major sign. the u.s. polls its remaining d

finally, general scaparrotti, do you think russia's use of hybrid tactics is making our life more challenging, especially through nato? mr. scaparrotti: yes. they purposely keep it below the threshold we would consider conflict. ms. ernst: absolutely. thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to both of you for your service and congratulations on your nomination and, general robinson, i want to congratulate you this morning too for being named to "time" most 100 influential people in the world. ms. shaheen: and we are very proud of you in new hampshire for your nomination for being named to the list. but mostly because you're a graduate of the university of new hampshire. so congratulations. and general scaparrotti, having had a chance to meet you in afghanistan, i am not at all surprised to see that you have achieved what you have and very much appreciate that you are aking over at ucom at a very challenging time. for europe. general robinson, i want to begin with you. what do you think are the greatest threats that are facing the homeland right now? ms. robinson: as we talk -- as gen

russia used syria as fire exercise for modernizing military. despite predictions of russian -- putin has instead used limited military means to achieve distinct political goals. despite the pledge to withdraw from syria, assad's forces backed by russia now appear poise to retake, meanwhile, advanced russian military capabilities remain in syria enhancing putin's ability to project power beyond the region. once again, once again, the u.s. response has appeared confused, reactive and inadequate. none of this is happening because the adversary ris are ten feet tall are somehow more capable than us. instead as sophisticated and ruthless as isil is, it has major strategic vulnerabilities, not least resentment in engenders among the muslim communities it seeks to oppress. vladimir putin is playing a weak hand, economically and demographically, he is consistently playing it better than we are playing ours. so, too, with the aryanian regime -- ie rainian regime, remains weak, but it is aggressively expanding the influence and overting the long-term par

that just -- you're at the mall, you're looking for a parking spot like this video coming to us from russiathat little silver car sees that spot, thinks he's going to be able to tip around the corner and pull in but no. there was a guy there, saw the spot and backed in. that forces the guy in the silver car to go all the way around the other side. and park in that spot. that's maybe a foot away from the spot that he really wants. >> pretty much attached to it. >> you tell me this is going to devolve into something ridiculous. >> hit the devolve button. the guy's face, the bald guy shoves the guy in the black coat and it quickly turns into fist-a-cuffs. the guy in the car gets thrown to the ground by the bald guy. but inside the circle there, that's a handgun. >> holy cow. >> you have to be careful who you pick a fight with over a parking spot. the guy in the black jacket regains control of his gun. some reports say as many as five shots were fired. the bald guy gets up and calmly walks away. he reportedly has been shot in the stomach over this incident. shortly after the guy walks away, you

russia. possibly use nuclear weapons in europe and end our defense partnerships in asia and tell our middle eastwe have been offered hollow promises to impose a value-added tax, balance budgets through simple, whimsical cuts in waste, fraud and abuse. there's no office that has the title of waste, fraud and abuse. i've stood on the stage and watched with amazement as candidates wallowed in the mud viciously attacked one another, called each other liars, and disparaged each other's character. those who continue 0ously push that type of behavior are not worthy of the office they are seeking. >> joined by ron christie. a special atist tant to george w. bush. thank you for being with us. the kasich campaign they were applauding this speech as an important moment in this campaign, not just in new york but from here on out. they are laying down a mark aer. what is it? >> why is kasich in the race and still running for president of the united states? i think he gave a clear concise message of why he is. there are two paths, you can take the low road and he consistently saidly not take the low road to t

. >> are we going to be using international cooperation to do that? will russiand other countries help us in that mission or is this an american goal? >> no, it is not. this is truly an international venture. it will be absolutely essential to have international partners with us. >> i know nasa's budget request for 2017 is $19 billion, a 3% increase from last year. what sort of direct benefits do you think we can get out of spending now? >> when you look at nasa's budget you get four giant areas, one people talk about a lot is human exploration. the most bang for the buck comes from the smallest amount of the money, in aeronautics where we contribute to the largest balance of trade item for this country. i'm excited about that part of the budget for this year because we will start building x planes again. >> we watched scott kelly who just came back from a year on the international space station and it's been amazing to hear some of the things and the impact on his body. what are you learning from that experience to see how long we can spend in space and how we c

additionally, russia has been using increasingly harsh rhetoric with regards to nuclear policy. and that is very, very concerning. and third, this is where i've been spending a lot of my time, russia has violated the intermediate nuclear forces treaty. which was ratified by the u.s. senate and russia and soviet union, excuse me, in 1988. that limits the production and testing of intermediate nuclear weapons, missiles, excuse me. and what we determine two years ago is that russia over the past several years has conducted several tests of a ground launch cruise missile that are prohibited by the treaty. now, we have been spending a lot of time over the past several years to try to bring russia back into compliance with the inf treaty through diplomacy. but to date, our efforts have not been successful. however, we continue these efforts. however, we have made it clear to the russians and to others that we will not allow russia to gain advantage from its violation of the treaty. so overall, i think we have made good progress. but i think we have significant challenges, especially wi

kerry went so far as to call this a deliberate strike on a known medical facility and calling on russia to usestop the regime from attacking facilities and civilians. the syrian regime is flat out denying it bombed the hospital. this is what john occur by had to say just a little while ago. >> the facts and circumstances are still coming in. the indications that we have now, and again this just happened, are that these strikes were conducted by the regime. solely by the regime. >> doctors without borders says that was a main referral hospital for children, primarily serving children in aleppo. we've seen these heartbreaking videos, the search for victims now over. two doctors were also among the dead including apparently one of the city's last pediatricians. this is part of a larger escalation in aleppo. six straight days of fighting. more than 100 civilians killed in air strikes and shelling. the white house speaking out about this as well, saying at least 60 have died in shelling and air strikes over the past 24 hours alone. the red cross saying this city is being pushed to the brink of a hu

that's land they were using, that russia has been using to make their -- to give them the stlang they have. oh, including japan, the host country for the signing of the kyoto, significantly missed its greenhouse gas reduction targets and instead they increased -- here is the host country and they increased their emissions. there were warning signs countries would fail to meet the kyoto targets. for example, in 2005, the year kyoto went into force, as then-chairman of the e.p.w. committee -- that was me; i held hearings on kyoto where i questioned then the united states senior climate change negotiator -- his name was harlan watson -- about the e.er u. countries meeting their -- about the e.u. countries meeting their targets. watson testified at the time, only two of the e.u. countries were on track to meet their targets. they all had targets but only two countries had them. another witness, dr. margo this morning of the american council for capital formation, told the committee that was having the hearing, our committee, that the european union "the policy-makers are beginning to worr

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guy: earlier this morning we spoke exclusively to the ceo of russians set -- russia's second-biggest lender and the updated us -- on the russia government passed plan to privatize the bank. >> third two main reasons. first, over the last couple of years, particularly due to the wesis and sanctions considered more than 50% of the russian economy belongs to the state. it is important for the government to show that there still attempting to decrease the role of the government and the price will play a more important role in the russian economy. secondly, the russian budget seats in cash and the government is trying to raise some money for the budget, which is losing because of the low oil prices. i agree with you the situation is quite difficult. midsize royal question ,ome -- russian oil company definitely the domestic demand for this kind of us. i think the government would not have a big difficult in selling this asset. as far as companies are concerned, i think that is a more difficult question because minority states shall the government is planning to sell and both on the sanctions. guy: who would be an o

but in fact there have been a history of flybys or near misses between russia and the us and allied military hardware but as you know this stuff is remarkable. russian jet fighters basically doing mock attack runs on a us destroyer in the baltic sea. the nearest russian territory, 80 miles away. it happened earlier this week. the russian planes were apparently unharmed but it didn't matter much. the jets actually buzzing the us donald cook lower than the level of the ship's bridge, close enough to the water to leave awake. us commander of the ship today saying his concerns were not about being afraid of the russians but about safe and professional behavior in international waters. there was a drill going on involving the us ship and a polish helicopter.the thinking is perhaps all this activity was aimed at sending a message to russia's baltic neighbor. there has been high tension between moscow and the rest of the countries in that region. it seems ukraine activities by russia show today russian president vladimir putin declared the west should not dictate terms to russia from a position of

us. russia, china, north korea, iran. the list goes on and on. because if we're going to lead from behind, who is going to lead out front and be willing to take freedom, push it around the world so that people can understand what a valuable commodity its? this president is up comfortable with that man tell so will continue to be challenged and eventually, and hopefully not, though, we may pay a price for it. >> commander, thank you very much good seeing you again. >> you as well. >> there is this dust' in both parties and attention focuses on the republicans has they get ready to rewrite some convention rules. now, this is a thankless task no matter who comes out on top. right? but who could benefit with any kind of convention rule changes? we look at it. you decide. ...so you say men are superior drivers? yeah? then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. silence. are you in good hands? >>> we have a rigged system. the republican system is rigged. it's a r

a law next month that would punish those who use electronic currencies. russiaries like bolivia, iceland, vietnam, taking steps to criminalize the company and its use. that does it for this edition of "bloomberg west." do not miss my interviews tomorrow, including with pandora ceo tim westergren. ♪ paidis program is a presentation for omega xl, and is brought to you by great health works. ♪ larry: welcome. i am larry king. and i'm here to report on a significant health-related investigation that has been taking place for the past couple of years. the information i will provide

north korea and iran and game changing technologies such as cyber threats which nations like russia are using for hybrid warfare right now in eastern europe. there's an emerging arms race in space that we just don't talk about publicly. this is why our women and men in uniform need to have the tools and resources to complete their missions around the world. this fiscal crisis is jeopardizing our ability to actually fund the missions being asked of our military today. let me give you two examples, mr. president. j stars is a fleet of planes 16 in number. these planes in total are over a million hours of service. they were used when the air force bought them to start with some 30 years ago. they were flown in commercial airlines around the world like air india and pakistan air. today they find missions of oversight. the problem is they are -- they've outlived their useful life and they're being replaced or the theory was they were going to be replaced but because of our intransigents in washington, the funding is not there to replace them, so we're now facing annual eight-year potential where w

russia. they want us to know that they alternatives and have organized an islamic coalition.rying to have some cooperation and protection in a world where they feel -- it is not just the nuclear deal. they feel that we are equating, or maybe even elevating iran above saudi arabia. that we certainly, as the president said in that atlantic interview, he told them, you have got to learn to share the middle east with iran. it's true that the geography forces them to share the middle east, but to have the president say that to a journalist and the whole world, as opposed to privately to the saudis, to say, you have to share. it's like a man who tells his wife, you have to learn to share me with the mistress. it is not exactly what the loyal partner wants to herar. charlie: do you believe that in america there is a change in perception of saudi arabia and maybe, assuming the nuclear deal works, and that somehow there is some modification of iranian behavior, which is a big if, that there could be a warming of the relationship with iran. just this week there were discussions about c

used the economic weapon. we have a lot of economic leverage in europe, with russia, china. we don't use it.do it economically than to pull out the guns. >> are we too late? >> yeah. we can turn it around in a year. >> we could come really close to a very, very -- the catastrophic incursion. do you see that happening? >> i talked to an experienced fighter pilot who had been in what part of the world in his career. he said, look, that wasn't 75 feet away. that was 30 feet away. that's like ten yards. that's the first down in a football game. he said all they needed was a gust of wind, another couple of waves and the airplane and the pilot could have collided with the russian destroyer. we would have been in an accidental confrontation that we -- that none of us want. >> we saw how world war i started. things can happen, escalate out of control. thank you. always wonderful to have you here. jon? >>> well, california's $15 minimum wage is being celebrated by some works. but could the wage hike end up hurting them in the long run? we'll look at the possibilities in a live report coming up. here'

russia. that would allow us to concentrate our efforts more on what's happening in syria. what is happening around the world. charlie: do you consider ukraine part of the russian spirit of influence? -- sphere of influence? president obama: i do not believe that any sovereign country should be subject in 18th century or 19th-century terms to being a vassal state of somebody else's.. do i think there is a deep historical link between russia and ukraine? absolutely. do i think that russia is going to have some influence on what happens in ukraine? wecourse for the same anway have influence over canada or mexico but there is a difference between that and then financing heavy weaponry that off bigand carves chunks of another country. what i said to him is if we can get that resolved, then there is the opportunity for the united states and russia to concentrate on those areas where we have common interests. there are going to be some fundamental differences between the united states and russia between me and putin. we have different values and different interests. we do have th

russia. john: that alone would protect us? >> i'm sorry? john: intelligence alone would protect us?> let me give an example. we have the capacity using pattern recognition without having to listen to anybody's conversation or invade anybody's privacy to determine what a terror cell is. they have anonymous medications. leaders will take a different phone and throw it away every day. they use only outgoing phonecalls. when a terrorist attack is about to happen there is a flow through the chain of command. these things are easily identifiable in today's cyber science world rated so if we could protect them and prevent every terrorist attack would that not help us? >> the first of a would do is obey the constitution respect the fourth amendment right to american citizens. we can fight isis. they haven't attacked our own -- habitat for homeland such as garland texas so they are sincere threat that if we obey the constitution and we follow the advice of the founders and we listen to congressman ron paul there are thousands of grizzled veterans that are just aching for an opportunity to do

. >> russia has the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons and the material used to make nuclearpons and is in the world's largest number of buildings and bunkers. to be fair, security in russia is dramatically improved compared to a quarter century ago, but there is still work to be done and, unfortunately, russia has cut off most of the very useful cooperation that the united states and russia had on nuclear security and refused to participate in the fourth of the nuclear security summits. there are channels where the united states and russia are cooperating on these issues but we need to focus on building a different, more equal kind of cooperation between the united states and russia. we have a special responsibility of the countries with the biggest .stocks >> finally, i want to ask about india and pakistan. twhats level of -- what's the level of concern about nuclear security in those scunts countries? >> both countries take nuclear security seriously as russia, but they have a fast growing stockpile and terrorist in the same country in pakistan and that's serious concern.

video but is important, the iranians just received the s-300 anti-character missile system from russia. give usts on how this changes the balance of power in the middle east now that iran has its very sophisticated air defense system? are they now immune to any air strikes? >> they're not immune. the united states and its allies are capable of taking out any russian system. it steps up the level of danger. it obviously makes very difficult our response and our ability to put the iranians in their place. iran wants a gemini in the middle east. they're doing it in syria and doing it by supporting hezbollah. this is a big situation. again, we need more pushback. this president is not doing it. iran is growing with russia's help to that point. appreciate you being on, sir. have a good sunday. >> you bet. you, too. >> all the best. shannon? >>> two the hottest topics this election season, immigration and larger role of the presidency itself. tomorrow the u.s. supreme court will hold oral arguments as to whether president obama overstepped his constitutional authority. at issue a pair of executive or