. >> you're from siberia.to us about how you got from there to where you are today. >> making it out of siberia successfully means i am a tough cookie. >> do you think that background gave you the staying power to be able to do this? to take rejection from 40 investors? >> absolutely, and i have already had a failed startup. this is my first company. >> what is it about being from siberia? >> you have been in a harsh environment at that point. my dad was a political journalist, so i grew up knowing i had to question everything. i took that through with me to the u.s. and continued questioning everything, about shopping in this case, and redefining the experience. >> from what i understand, your company has been valued at 100 million dollars. does that blow your mind? >> in start, everything happened so fast. everything blows my mind. >> where do you want to take this? >> i want to create an app that puts all of your shopping at what lace and organizes it for people -- in one place and organizes it for people.

, he needs western technology to develop eastern siberia. if united states had a policy of energy independence then they would be on their knees the price of oil would go down the already is. nobody buys russian computers or cars just russian energy if we have it and they don't. then why? >> the russian militarily is far from that and they are marching in their boots. >> in the long run they will lose. lou: in the long run. >> is a long time. [laughter] >> russia has enormous natural resources beyond oil and gas and would be happy to sell to the highest bidder. i am very worried about his modernization of the nuclear ballistic missiles and i think he is demonstrating russia is a world power but the winter olympics were all about and for a great success. lou: thank you. after addressing the crisis in the ukraine obama move to talk midterm election strategy with the dnc. democrats widely considered underdogs going into the mid term is because of obamacare but that did not stop him from downplaying the disastrous rolled out of the affordable ca

i guess it means my spring break in siberia is of oh.ecret bank account in moscow is frozen. >> a search is underway for a child that virginia police say is in extreme danger. they have issued he was last seen at leb blon -- lebanon and middle school. police say he was likely taken by his father in a turm truck with a company name snow bird trucking painted on the side of the truck. it has virginia license plate 784-71 py. police say they could also be in a burgundy powered diesel truck headed toward virginia or ohio. if you see this little boy you are asked to call police. >> three teenagers accused in a slil kill pleading not guilty to murder. they shot dead 23-year-old christopher lane last summer because they had nothing to do. lane was here from australia. he was studying in oklahoma on a baseball scholarship. a trial is set for august 18th. the 13 charged james edwards has a hearing in may. >> to oscar pistorius. he is so pressed for cash he is selling his mansion where police say he murdered reeva steenkamp. the cost more than $9,

is >> biggest virus ever discovered is awake and infectious after 30,000 year nap, deep inin siberia.he virus only infects >> in china authorities trying to contain graffiti giving tourists a section to make their marks first areas built 2,000 years ago. it's the longest structure ever built. >> and a recent study finds of americans think html is a sexually transmitted disease. according to voucher cloud 27% say giga byte is an insect in south america. 42% say a mother board is the deck of a cruise ship instead of a kickit board. 23% think mp three was a star wars robot. 15% say software is comfortable. >> don't want to be bitten. >> well, the man supposed to be cheering them on is now a veteran cheering on the country, next. [son] she has no idea. [man] no one told her,right? [son]hi! [mom screams] or how to find big savings on the things you need.eek. safl just make a straight line to safeway. your club card gets you deals you can't find anywhere else. right now, breakfast is on. oscar mayer bacon is only $3.99. rise and shine with simply orange oj, just $2.98. and oikos greek yogur

result of an asset swap [indiscernible] in exchange, they get part ownership of the gas fields in siberia. some experts are not sure it is a good move. >> and might of the crisis in ukraine and given that russia is currently easing its gas as a political weapon again, it is worrying that there is a russian state-owned gas firm in germany that could conceivably used for geostrategic purposes. sudden stop to russian gas deliveries would not be a problem for germany for now. after a mild winter, storage facilities have fallen. only a third of tourneys applies come from russia. in and the netherlands each supply some. germany itself produces a 10th of its own needs. the others come from to mark in the u.k.. is continuing to deliver gas. a shut off would be disastrous for its own economy. exporttwo thirds of the revenues and have to the state budget come from sales of gas and oil. in-depth look at the crisis in crimea geek can find more info on our website. take a short one minute break. coming up, is the referendum illegal? a former member of the international law the gives us his perspective

lawmakers, including house speaker john boehner, who says he is ok giving up his family travels to siberia the summer. janet yellen says when she said to reporters she only estimates six months before the fed eases efforts on holding down interest rates, plus the market ququickly bounces back thanks to better-than-excted manufacturing numbers on thurursdayay. big leadership changes i washingt. crcreated in 1940 four by the owners of the washinon post, the foundation gives big to numerous washington causes. the endowment grew to $210 million. it was a good week to ask reddit go for good food. nominees were announced for thee bestla in washington to eat, drink, and enjoy that exnse accoununt if y have one. lateter in the show we will talk about the annual foodie fight about whosthe best in the washgton area. .e will talk new finances and a look at some of the other top headlines. joining us today is jonathann ackermanf amplifieventures and pepeter mae c -- jonathan aa beberman and p peter morici. >> as a matter of law and internatnal conntion, there isismmediate reqequirements pay the famili

as for me, if things do not work out here i will go to siberia.n earn money there as as a civil servant. why not? i can go anywhere i feel happy. shouts, "welcome to the russian federation." they want to drink to the future and they have no doubts about the legality of russia's takeover of crimea. s4ç!g

they need our technology to get it out of western siberia. we have a chance to clamp down and make sure they don't have technology to export in the future natural gas and oil. >> what do you think it will take for the touds act? >> i think it has to do sure what vice president biden is there to do today. he's making sure, first and foremost, a message is sent that the united states is in the forefront of leading nato in its response to the ukraine. and, second, reassuring all of our allies that we are here to stay. look, we have moved f-15 and f-18s into latvia, into poland the last couple of days reconfirm article have of the na nato treaty, an attack on one of them is an attack on one of them. over the last few years, we've done exercises in ukraine. we have one with the army and 14 other nations scheduled in ukraine this summer. we're going to be there. we're going it remain out there with our military. but, ed, militaries can stop a problem. we can't fix it. we're going to fix this, it's the economic diplomatic financial sessions. >> what

mccain responded by joking on twitter, that's why his spring break is off in siberia.inistration is warning more could be on the way, wolf. >> jim acosta watching that story for us, thanks very much. that's it for me, thanks very much for watching. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> next, breaking news. a search plane just taking off from the coast of australia in the hopes of finding malaysia airlines flight 370. is there a major weather delay today? plus satellite images show possible debris from the flight. why these pictures have some investigators thinking this time they actually have the plane. we'll show you sort of frame by frame. if the debris is from the missing plane, what does it tell us about all those conspiracy theories? let's go "outfront."

quote, i guess this means my spring break in siberia is off.ragedy that took place in china. there was a mass poisoning at a school leaving two kindergarteners dead and 30 more sickened at the hospital. the toxic substance that poisoned these children, a powerful rat poison. it's unclear how the children ingested it. there were some tests already conducted of their school lunches. those tests have come back clean. at this point, authorities are simply trying to figure out if this was an accident or if this is something that was done on purpose. we'll keep following that story for you. so many tragedies recently between that and the airliner. >>> a frightening update on the story about the teen-ager who climbed to the top of the world trade center. there is a new report out that says that the building does not have a single working surveillance camera inside it. and the video system won't be up and running until later this year. 16-year-old justin crawled through a hole in a fence and then he took the elevator to the 88th floor. you can see him

i guess this means my spring break in siberia is off.ost and my secret bank account in moscow is frozen. juan, does this get to a boiling point that we are beyond, you know, where the administration seems willing to go now? >> if the russians continue on their path and would, for example, engage in provocative behavior, attacking anybody close to the border and the eastern ukraine, any incursions towards the west, that takes us to a new level in this dispute. right now i think that the administration is still invested in creating this offramp. they still want to downplay the idea of military intervention, both for domestic political reasons and the american people don't support any such thing and secondly because they don't want to give putin an excuse for attacking the ukraine, that if it's seen as more of an interventionist united states imposing their ideology and you heard the language today, using their puppets at their will, then all of a sudden the united states becomes the bad guy, so these sanctions, as nina just said, they are

as for me if things don't work out here i'm going to siberia. i could earn money there. why not? i could go wherever i feel happy. >> then she shouts, welcome to the russian federation. they want to drink to the future. and they have no doubts about the legalty of russia's take flute music]imea.s4ç!gd<é?xpñ ♪ captioning and audio description provided by the u.s. department of education. well, what's happening today is that i've invited ram dass and huston smith for lunch. and ram dass is a really good friend of mine. we got to know each other a few years ago. and huston smith i really don't know at all, so that's extra fun. and these two guys have known each other since the '60s. and i want to ask them about when they met, so no

and i hand to spend a lot of time with him because everything in siberia is very far away.amazing journalist, but he's also the most cantankerous that you can imagine. that's why he's great for vice. he goes up to the wall and the russians say you can't go ove e the wall. so he just jumped over while guns are pointsed at him. and think that is the perfect sort of vice correspondent who is just like i'm here, nobody else is here, i'm going to get your story, i'm going to get their story, i'm going to do it you can all go to hell. >> there is also like that attitude which is basically like we're going to do what we're going to do, we'll fly in the face of convention. i want to talk about north korea. vice headline said north coreko has a friend in rod dwman. there are a litany of human rights abuses. if you had to play that chapter over again, would you write it differently in. >> if anyone knows our history, i've done three documentaries on north korea, all which are been harsh. i'm banned from the country. we came up with a way to get a team in in a fashion that nobody else

the population of western siberia in the far east declined by 20% over the last two decades. the reason why is very simple. when my parents lived in the soviet union, they were told where they could or could not live. they were given permits to work in a city, but not in others, and as a result, populations were static, stuck in place, and if you wanted to move, there was a process, a political process that you had to go through, and as a result, throughout the soviet union, there were people working in industries in far flown locales where they would not necessarily stay if they were given a choice. with the collapse of the visa restraints and migration restraints, people are leaving, leaving for warmer climates, leaving were greener economic pastures, but they are leaving, and as a result, the territory of western siberia in the far east now, accumulatively, has a little over 25 million people. that translates out to six russians per square mile. so what this tells you is that tom clancy was wrong. you guys remember back in the 1990s, tom clancy wrote a book called "the bea

some said it is supposed to be poland and some said chita in siberia. yes, i heard that too. well, the town will seem quite deserted. we'll go away too. oh god. oh, smashed to smithereens. fancy breaking such a valuable thing. ivan romanovich, ivan romanovich, you'll get a bad mark for that. that was my mother's clock. i suppose it was. -- if it was your mother's, then it was your mother's. perhaps i didn't break it. perhaps it only appears that i did. perhaps it only appears that we exist when, in fact, we don't exist at all, i don't know. i don't know anything. no one knows anything. why are you all staring at me? natasha is having a nice little affair with protopopov but you don't see it at all. you don't see anything. you sit here seeing nothing. natasha is having a nice little affair with protopopov. would you like to date. so, how odd it all is really? when the fire started, i ran back home as fast as i could. and when i got near i could see that our house was all right and out of danger. okay. the two little girls were standing in the doorway in their night clothes. th

and john mccain who tweeted, i guess this means my spring break in siberia is off. a secret bank account in moscow is frozen. could the tense standoff damage critical elements in russia, negotiations on iran's nuclear program, syria, the partnership in space, only last week, the astro not hitchhiked a ride back from the russian space station. the u.s. no longer has its own shuttles. but should we now worry about a new cold war? >> i think it is way early to start to talk about the cold war, let's remember what the cold war was, this is something that lasted for generations. it had to do with nuclear weapons on a hair trigger. >> reporter: putin could still up the ante. >> the greatest fear that people are sensing is that putin will go farther and use the pretext of going into the baltic states or eastern ukraine, and that this could get really nasty really quickly. >> reporter: for now it is an economic tit for tat with nobody knowing if russia will carry out threats to do more. brian? >> andrea mitchell in our d.c. news room. thank you. >>> back in this country, so

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we have northwesterly winds coming in out of siberia, winds gusting up to 126 kilometers per hour. saw some images i'll show you later on of what is going on in western parts of hokkaido, white-out conditions people are dealing with. not completely uncommon for this part of japan but definitely not something you want to see every day. seoul at 5, some sunny weather for you, over towards beijing looking at the clear skies at the least. as we take a look towards europe, one storm after another in the north. northern parts of the british isles, looking at gusty winds also towards the scandinavian peninsula. towards the south high pressure is working its way in. that is good news, spain, while just a few days ago we were talking about the entire country under high wind advisories. one storm system after another that came through caused rather harsh damage near the immediate coastal areas. at least now sunnier weather, much calmer weather, still across the balkan peninsula, a few thunderstorms continue to erupt here, that's going to work its way east while weakening towards turkey bring

senator mccain seemed a little bit faced by this in a tweet, i guess this means my spring break in siberia is off, gazbgazprom k is lost and secret bank account in moscow is frozen. russia's assault on crimea continued yesterday. they stormed three ukrainian warships there. witnesses reported shots were fired but no one was hurt. and at this hour ukrainian forces in eastern ukraine are bulking up near the border to prevent additional advances by russia. this is not going well as the crisis continued to unfold in ukraine. president obama is pushing back against critics who say he isn't paying enough attention. he has faced some backlash for appearing on the comedy web series "between two ferns." i think that was a week ago. and late night talk shows to try to push obamacare. they say it isn't presidential. one critic said abraham lincoln would never have done so. yesterday president obama said that's kind of not the case. >> if you read back on lincoln, he loved telling the occasional bawdy joke and, you know, being out among regular folks. and, you know, one of the hardest things about bei

he actually tweeted, i guess my spring break in siberia is off and my secret bank account in moscow is frozen. >>> let's talk bracket busting games. >> a lot out there, betty. thanks for being with us this morning. everyone, it was an exciting first full day for the men's ncaa tournament. north dakota state was headed for an early exit before hitting this three-pointer. the 12th seed upset 5th seed oklahoma. >>> san diego state, oregon and wisconsin secured spots in the third round out west. down south, dayton followed its 60-59 upset over sixth seed ohio state. the one-point win gave the flyers bragging rights in ohio. florida, pittsburgh and syracuse also took care of business to advance. >>> last year was no fluke. harvard secured back-to-back trips to the round of 32 by defeating cincinnati, 61-57. next, harvard plays president obama's pick to win it all, michigan state. ville nova and connecticut advance in the east. >>> three seconds. jumper. austin for three. at the horn! >> and it's good. yes. hook 'em horns. >> hook 'em horns for you, betty. what is march madness without a buz

number one, our summer vacation in siberia is a no go."ext up, it's rare even in today's politics that a candidate identifies himself as "a right wing christian nut." but we've found one. a guy named mike mcfadden running for the republican senate nomination in minnesota just claimed in a fund-raising letter that i was talking about him in a recent "morning joe" appearance when i referenced the dangers of such candidates to moderate republican voters. well, mr. mcfadden's self-described right wing christian nut, is that really how you want voters to think of you? finally, president obama defended his decision to appear on "between two ferns" with zach galifianakis last week, pushing back against the charge that lincoln would haven't done it. here's what he told espn on the radio program just yesterday. >> first of all, if you read back on lincoln, he loved telling the occasional bawdy joke. and being out among regular folks and one of the hardest things about being president is being in this bubble that is artificial and unless you make a

the arizona senator not exactly broken up about it, saying "i guess this means my spring break in siberiabut this is a very, very serious situation. i want to go to fred pleitgen, who is in moscow for us this morning. fred, tell us the latest. i think it's new sanctions on 16 government officials as well as 4 putin insiders coming from the white house? >> reporter: yeah, yeah, you're absolutely right. good morning, poppy. it's new sanctions against a lot of vladimir putin's inner circle. they certainly hit much closer to home to vladimir putin than that first round of sanctions, and you can see that the reaction from the russian government has been one that's been far more sensitive than we saw before. first of all, you obviously had counter sanctions by the russian federation against nine u.s. officials, including, as you just noted, john mccain, who seems absolutely devastated by being on that list, as did john boehner, who is also on the list as well. but the russians are also saying, at least some of them who are on this list, that they are bewildered by this. the russian bank, rasea

they will not let me go to siberia. russia hits back and sanctions to capital. for tat. >> that get you more from the files of "bloomberg west." the netflix ceo is saying that broadband providers should not be allowed to charge providers like netflix a fee. hastings is concerned about them raising the price over time. ntec, they have fired their ceo after two years on the job. he struggled with a shift to mobile devices. they are often bundled with new pcs. the sales growth has slowed as well. says it has found 200,000 bitcoins in an old wallet. that is the same amount that went missing last month. the file where they were found was used before june of 2011. that is company news. >> what is the significance? >> maybe there are others that will be discovered. probably not enough to resuscitate the exchange. >> i think i should cover that. i would do a great job. >> maybe they'll find the guy with the wallet. >> retailers are embracing a renaissance. men are spending more than ever on clothes. what have you been doing? >> spending too much on clothes. >> our guest

he tweeted, i guess my spring break in siberia is off. my secret bank account in russia is frozen. >>> a three alarm brushfire is under control after ravaging parts of california. the smoke could be seen high in the sky. helicopters released water to douse the flames. luckily no homes in that area are threatened. veronica johnson is here your friday forecast. good morning. happy friday to you. >> happy friday. >> that's right. >> ready to shovel a little snow? >> no. we're done with that, remember? we're in spring. >> i don't know if we're all done with it. parts of the u.s. on tuesday could see snow. watch the cold air, want to show it to you, pacific southwest, seattle down three degrees at this time. billings down nine compared to yesterday. that is cold air making its way to the south and east and eventually allowing the storm system to come up the coast, have air cold enough to produce some snow. it is possible. 32 degrees in chicago. 48, kansas city. 57 in dallas. 29 degrees currently in denver. doppler radar, see the snow through t

opportunities like every other country in the well is the mean things to look out his intention to siberia. i can and money that has a civil servant result why not i can get wherever i feel happy. though candidates whose last names on the shelves welcome to the russian federation. they want a drink to the future they have no doubts about the legality of russians take care of that in crimea. he has one and all. good evening is now six pm the time you're watching it to you the jewel in the late seventies as the city. with this aerial search. bob. you go the eye annie. i mean the week. you are. wind blew in . i know the road to mind. i mean that. i hope that this is by then had to get a bit silly and dynamic economy. hyundai destination. i was on the big end of

exxon mobile formed an alliance with russia's state-owned oil company in 2011 exploring for oil in siberia, the arctic and citi group holds more than $10 billion in assets in russia. tenth largest emerging markets. jp morgan chase exposure nearly $5 billion. >>> radio shack has no stores in russia. the struggling retailer is having a hard enough time attracting shoppers right here in the u.s. after a terrible fourth quarter which included the holiday season, shares of radio shack tumbled 17% today, forcing the company to announce some major changes. courtney reagan has more on the massive number of store closings to come and whether radio shack can even survive. >> reporter: for decades, radio shack has been the answer for folks in an electronics pinch, needing that cable or connector. but some believe radio shack may be entering the beginning of the end of its lifetime as the neighborhood electronics solution. today the retailer announced a big drop in holiday sales, a larger loss than a year ago, and said it will be closing 1100 underperforming locations. that's 20% of its existing store

he's saying "i guess this means my spring break in siberia is off." john mccain canceling his vacation plans. but this is a very serious matter. our fred pleitgen is in moscow this morning with all the latest developments. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, john. it seems like john mccain is absolutely devastated by those sanctions against him, judging by his entry into twitter there. but you said it, the russians at this point are cementing their grip on the crimean peninsula. as we speak right now, the russian upper house of parliament is in session, and it's continuing that vote that will ratify that treaty between itself and the crimean peninsula. after that, it needs to get signed by vladimir putin, but that really is nothing more than a formality. so, even with these new sanctions happening, certainly, the russians are showing no signs of being deterred. however, we do have to say that this new round of sanctions, very tough sanctions against vladimir putin's inner circle is having more of an effect than the first round has. certainly, there's mor

. >>> now, word of a jurassic virus locked inside a block of ice in siberia for 30,000 years.ht, it has roared back to life after researchers let it thaw. it is lethal if you're an amoeba. but scientists do not believe it is a danger to humans. though, they warn today that global warming could revive other dangerous ancient diseases lurking out there in the siberian ice. >>> and as someone once said, if the only prayer you said your entire life was thank you, that would be enough. and it starts with joe bell. 95. a world war ii veteran who came out to cheer the runners in a charity race in san jose. one of them noticed his uniform. came to shake his hand. as you're seeing, another and another and another, until he's engulfed in a wave of gratitude by the children and grandchildren and great grandchildren, who get to live the freedom he helped secure. >>> and up next, right here, a face you cannot resist. and a couple that finds instant happiness. proof that old dogs can deliver new love. it's "america strong." ique set . [ male announcer ] that's why there's ocuvite to help pr

in just the gift part ownership of a gas field in siberia some experts on shore it's a good move. fundamental point though in light of the crisis in ukraine. given that russia is currently using it to dance as a political weapon again. it's boring but there's a russian state owned gas firm in germany. that could conceivably be used for geo strategic purposes and in that. the sudden stop to russian gas deliveries would be a problem for gemini for now. after a mild winter storage facilities the fold only instead of jimmy's gas supplies come from russia norway in the netherlands each supply about a quarter gemini itself produces the tenth of its own needs an additional supplies come from denmark and the uk. but now russia is continuing to deliver gas. i shot off would be disastrous for its own economy. almost two thirds of russia's export revenues and at least cost the state budget come from sales of gas coal and oil. for an indepth look at the crisis in crimea or you can find more info on a website the address to a deed of you don t slash ukraine but it'd take a short one minute bre

the resettled in siberia and central asia many still top of his hatred for russia. following premise that on sunday day in crimea stomachs are essential but also addressed his people our oven. it is. he made an urgent calls for unity and calm. asking for a boycott of a planned referendum on independence of the region no too little to ease a member of the regional parliaments. he considers the awb's actions to be illegal rather than risk if the situation escalates in his hockey sense. more wood which was listed in the issue could lead to bloodshed. all ethnic groups in the crimean region we call on the un to take action and send peacekeepers to the region as quickly as possible you could approach the ports. it's exceptional and it shows the tension in the fear that the political leader of the tartare minority here in the region is talking to its people to ride inside the mosque after the prayers his main message is that the international community has to go into much more involved in the region to prevent the situation from getting even worse on to turkey now and pri

went a step further and laughed at being included tweeting "i guess this means my spring break in siberia is off. my gazprom stock is lost and my secret bank account in moscow is frozen." >> well, first lady michelle obama is well under her first day of a week-long visit to china and arrived yesterday in beijing, the first of three cities she'll visit. already today mrs. obama has tried some chinese calligraphy at a high school. on sunday she'll visit the great wall of china. >>> mounting legal bills are forcing oscar pistorius to sell the house where he killed girlfriend reeva steenkamp. pistorius' legal team said his murder trial extending beyond the expected three weeks is forcing him to, quote, urgently dispose of what they call his biggest asset. meanwhile, pistorius may take the stand next week to testify about what he claims was an dental shooting. >>> now some weather on this first full day of spring, for all of us, we hope the folks in vermont believe us because parts of that state got plenty of snow yesterday and some areas in new hampshire got up to a foot. for those who haven'

passed that would accommodate to the demands of the opposition that will be boys and in non league to siberia. thank you very much indeed to carry on its reporting from moscow but the un security council has talent and the agent meeting on the crisis in ukraine after russia announced a potential plans to send alms for seizing to crimea us and russia have both called for a papal resignation to solve the crisis. here is a clear way forward. it would preserve ukraine sovereignty territorial integrity and address russia's concerns first russia should directly engage the government of ukraine second international monitors and observers including from the un and osce should be sent to ukraine. that's the best way to get the facts monitor content and to prevent any abuses the power to get out of the situation i repeat. as mr vincent said quite the correctly we need that cooler heads to prevail and we have to get back to the political and constitutional path we need to go back to the agreement of the twenty fifth if everett and to establish a national unity government. we might note that the cross fo

so, he tweeted, i guess this means, my spring break in siberia is off. and my secret bank account in moscow is frozen. this first round from russia is not serious, david. this could go a lot further. they could cut off gas supplies, energy supplies, to our allies in europe. that would be a big deal. >> jon, great to have you with us in person, and not just from the white house. thank you. >>> we move on to this evening and the day so many of you have been waiting for, us, too. the first day of spring, after what seemed to be the longest winter ever. this picture saying it all. ice skaters still on the ice in new york. but not far away, these tiny flowers determined to bloom right there in central park. abc meteorologist, ginger zee, live outside, tonight, with the bigger picture, as always. what do we hear from the nation's top scientists, today, about this spring, ginger? >> reporter: hallelujah, it's spring. or so says the calendar. parts of new england, enduring up to a foot of fresh snow, today. chicago, asking, through all of that snow, is it really

means to capture its for export, it floats into the atmosphere so at much of 60bcm of glass across siberia. the energy tool is not so simple to effect, and i agree over the longer term -- across the medium term, not an option that will turn vladimir putin around anytime soon because actual expert volumes have gone up in europe in spite of the mild weather, norway has not hads the capacity to basically substitute, and in fact what has been coming is cole from wyoming and -- is being ships to germany and elsewhere. so we are playing in this game already but it's a long game we're in for. we can make the moves but in the short to medium term it's still a question of russian dominance and we have to start working on this. we're not going change the tide that way. that gets into the questions as well about the sort of strategic -- another larger issues. putin is basically moving while he can. he may kind of look weak over the longer term, may have difficulties, not being completely in charge, over longer term we might be able to fact the calculation on energy but right now he is in a position o

mccain says his spring break to siberia is officially over, laughing himself at being targeted by the russians. the russians -- the spokesman for vladimir putin says russia will retaliate further based on the latest round of sanctions. the tit-for-tat has begun. >> john boehner saying he is proud to be on that list. peter cook in washington, thank you so much. in brussels, european officials are meeting to decide if they will -- to decide if they will impose more sanctions against russia. what theested to see response has been to president obama's earlier sanctions. >> there is no question that the eu leaders want to punish president putin for fast tracking the annexation of crimea. david cameron, the british prime minister, angela merkel, the german prime minister, said they would like to see the sanctions -- the german chancellor, said they would like to see the sanctions strengthened. the first option is to expand their blacklist that they have that subjects russian officials to asset freezes in those -- and those travel bans. there is a perception that they went after smaller-fry

mccain said, i guess my spring break in siberia is off. my secret bank account in moscow is frozen.an coats tweeted, i will continue to lead efforts. our nation's leaders almost gleefully using the hashtag sanctioned by putin. >> reporter: they say diplomacy is still possible. the russian foreign minister called u.s. sanctions inappropriate, counterproductive. for every hostile attack, they will respond appropriately, even hinting they might not cooperate any longer and talks aimed to end iran's nuclear program. although, u.s. officials have discounted it saying russia also has a stake in that end. this is continuing and it seems to get more unpleasant by the day, carol. >> that's one way to put it, michelle kosinski. many thanks to you. >>> new in the thnext hour of "newsroom," the answers of what happened to flight 370, could be somewhere in the flight data recorder, the so-called black box. what if we had those answers all ang lo. new technology that sends real time information about everything from the plane's location to how the engines are running. how does it work and how cou

. >> moscow responding by banning nine officials, john mccain saying my spring break in siberia is off. >> standing up for ukraine is something to be sanctioned then so be it. >> a security breach at the new world trade center has new york officials scratching their heads. how did a teenage boy get past cameras to climb to the top of the skyscraper? >> shocking and troubling, and i don't know how it possibly could have happened. >> police release pictures never seen before from the scene of nirvana lead singer kurt cobain's suicide. >> right now twitter users in turkey don't have access. the prime minister says it damages the government's image. >> oh, that? >> and it goes! texas is moving on! >> all the way up! no! >> dayton, 60, ohio state 59. >> north dakota advances as they pull the upset with their second-ever ncaa tournament victory! >> and all that matters. >> first lady michelle obama is well into her week-long visit to china. on sunday, she'll visit the great wall. [ cheers ] >> on "cbs this morning." >> international day of happiness. it was started by the u.n. back in 2012 a

russians, 24% are ukrainians. 12% are crimian tar tars, the people that stalin deported in 1944 to siberia, and the descendants came back, but they don't like the russians very much either. there is a major russian majority, 58% population is russian. there's a possibility. i don't think that the world community and politicians in general these days like breaking up countries. terrible things happen when india and pakistan were separated in 1947. we know the consequences of when ireland was partitioned in 1921. i think giving crimea back to russia, whilst it's an option, i don't think it's likely, and, of course, ukraine is going to object strongly because crimea is an important area not just for growing wheat, strategically, but it had a strong tourist potential because people want to go and see the battlefields of the crimean war. it's a possibility. i don't think it's likely. >> that battlefield rather closer than what it seemed a while ago. >> chris bellamy updating us from london. >> well the former prime minister yulia tymoschenko sat down with al jazeera to talk about the deepening

officials sanctions senator john mccain joked that his planned trip to siberia for spring break was now off. joining us now from washington, d.c. is ambassador taylor. he served as u.s. ambassador from ukraine and is currently the vice president for the middle east and africa for the united states institute for peace. it is good to have you back on consider this. at this point, the russian parliament passing a first vote on thursday to admit crimea into the russian federation does that mean that crimea is lost as part of ukraine? >> i would say no. we don't recognize the illegitimate referendum. we don't recognize the acts of the russian parliament. i hope the rest of the world doesn't recognize it. these clearly sham actions that have no legal effect, so i don't think it is lost. it is de facto, of course and the russians have offrun crimea and their soldiers have surrounded and have taken possession of a lot of the bases. most of the bases on crimea. so in fact they are controlling crimea but i think -- i would note say that crimea is lost. >> pro russian forces seized three ukranian

the napoleon of siberia has invaded ukraine and seized crimea. putin is bent on establishing a soviet-style empire and allegedly uniting russian-speaking people throughout the world. who knows who his next target will be? it could be our friends in maldovea, the rest of ukraine, or estonia. russia has been able to maintain dominance over the region because of its vast energy sources, especially natural gas. six countries in europe rely 100% on russia for their natural gas. russia uses gas as a political and economic weapon to manipulate these countries. i was in ukraine in winter when russia turned off the gas for political reasons. it was cold. it was dark. this bill helps disarm that hostage tactic. it includes my amendment that commits the u.s. to helping ukraine use american natural gas. there must be consequences for the bully putin, for invading other nations like ukraine. justice requires there be consequences. and, mr. speaker, justice is what we do. and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired.

had a long correspondence was she was then president of herself education program she was born in siberia in the the farthest north city with a population of over 100,000 and if that does not conjure in image, imagine black. a city dark most of the year because of the polar night to lead with polar day chiusi how hideous it is. [laughter] it has a very minimal rich soil so because of that and the industry there are metal particles in the air. the air is black. the soil is black. a city of darkness. her father who left the effort -- the family early that means he was an artist which means he does not do anything. [laughter] , he told me that when she came to moscow and said she sought a dusk in the channel. that is not the most nature rich city but there is a little bit of water with a few ducks. she said is it real? he was struck by that because she did not say that is zadok. her first assumption is that it could not be real with also was struck me with that conversation and is he would notice something like that and register in his mind. he was the was the person who stuck with her and t

sanctions but we are also looking at our business closely and the hotel we have open currently is in siberiaot by the oil business and we think initially that will have very little effect on the business in that hotel, opening two more hotels in moscow and two others in russia. liz: dozens change your plans? are not holding a? you have people on the ground saying wait a minute, better stop with the drills and the ground until this is figured out? >> the hotels are going to be open in the third and fourth quarter of this year. like any hotel we open in a new market weekly of the monitor everything going on with the ownership of the hotel, generating business for it as we near the opening date. we have seen nothing to affect the openings of the hotels we have in our plans. liz: suppose when you do business global you have to deal with all kinds of issues, the tension between venezuela, the situation in russia. >> we are in 32 countries around the world so every market we are in, every new city, opening in six new countries this year. you will find a dynamic in those markets that is new and dif

for those officials and senator mccain tweeted his response saying i ghes means my spring break in siberiaf and secret bank account in moscow frozen. while the sanctions not taken seriously there is concern russia could go further and cut off energy supply to u.s. ally in europe. that would be a major problem. abc news new york. >> turkey has bought twitter after prime minister threatened to closet down ahead of key election. comes after audio recordings that supposedly democrat stated corruption among the associates posted on the site. islamic leaning leader told supporters that we will wipe out twitter. >> many people have just given up when it comes to calling to get health insurance coverage in california. half of the callers hung up because they could not get through during february and march. did you try? and hangup could increase as more people try to beat the deadline to getto bama care coverage under the affordable care act. they hired more call center work investigators deal with the on slot of calls here in the final hours. >> nearly 10,000 university of california at san franci