klitschko yanukovych,. >>> and we are back for more with chrystia freeland, stephen cohen and stephen kotkin. chrystia, you were shaking your head before the break when stephen cohen was speaking about ukraine. the crucial issue is, is ukraine divided and the reason this is important is because, you know, are we dealing with some part of the population that would rather be part of russia's sphere or, as you seem to feel, most of the is country really wanting to be part of the west? >> so, of course ukraine is divided. to democratic country is unanimous. but what is important to state is that there is no division in ukraine about the legitimacy of yanukovych. it is striking that what happened -- >> the old president who was deposed, even though -- deposed in an extra constitutional manner. >> and actually what happened in the end was his regime melted away. he fled. and his armed supporters melted away. in parliament now, his former mps are strongly against him. so ukraine is united in reviling yanukovych. in terms of the west and russia, the other thing that is crucial to point out is

again the conflict between russia and the united states over ukraine, we talked to ian bremmer, stephen cohen and stephen sestonovich. >> putin does trust the chancellor of germany. she has a very difficult position. but i will say this, that any negotiation that moves forward that russia accepts will have to be cosigned by merkel. in other words, he isn't going to -- putin is not going to take kerry o obama's word for this. he's going t going to say have l call me and tell me she's down with it. >> charlie: we conclude with a fascinating event that takes place this year, we talk with the man who created it. >> it became whimsy amounts to iron will. it seemed plausible. we took it to the beach, set it on fire and instantly our numbers tripled because a burning human form, if you put one up at the republican national convention, the people would say, down in front, it would so compel, and it was so accessible. there wasn't a need to explain it and we haven't explained it to this day. when we ask what that means, you have to achieve that through your engagement. >> what's next with ukraine and

stephen cohen study of politics at new york university and princeton university and stephen kotkin a specializes in the history of russia and the soviet union. you're just back from kiev. one of the things you said in your piece that struck me was that people make this division in ukraine between those who speak ukrainians and those who speak russian and russian ethnics. you say that doesn't mean the people in the east, the russian ethnics, all want to be under the domination of russia. >> well that's absolutely right. i think that people make a lot of confusion about the linguistic situation in ukraine. ukraine is ethnically 7 % eth c ethnically ukrainian. only crimea has a majority ethnic population. all of ukraine is biling gal. almost no one in ukraine who doesn't speak and understand russian and almost no one in ukraine who doesn't understand ukrainian. the ukrainian leadership today people like clich kov, these are people who are much more comfortable speaking russian than ukrainian. this notion there is this deep hostility towards the russian language, towards russian culture,

. >> woodruff: now we get the perspective of stephen cohen a professor of russian studies and history emeritus at new york university and princeton university. why are we in this position tonight, professor cohen? what is putin's end game here? >> i don't know where to begin because i've just listened to two statements to have the -- oe official american position. the position of where we are and how we got here. i think they're fundamentally wrong. what we're watching today is the worst kind of history being made, the dissent of a new cold war divide between west and east in europe, this time not in far-away berlin, but rights on russia's borders through ukraine. that would mean instability and the prospect of war for decades to come for our kids and grandchildren. the official version is that putin is to blame. he did this. this simply isn't true. this began 20 years ago when clinton began the movement of nato against russia, a movement that's continued. even if we go back to november, a few months ago when the protesters came into the streets into ukraine. putin said to europe and

and thank you, stephen cohen who is nyu professor, and princeton emeritus and christopher hill. now just a few days ago president obama announced the my keeper's initiative, and he wants to em ppower boys to beat the psyche isle of crime and broken homes. in a speech of thursday, he told the story of maurice owens, one of the young staffers who beat the odds. our don lemon talked to him about the obstacles that he had to overcome. >> many of my friends were drug dealers and growing up in the bronx, i lost 16 friends to gun violence and drugs and jail. it is just, it was a norm for everything that was not to be conducive to somebody achieving higher goals which is not just an urban nightmare you would call it. >> reporter: but this president did what he said, him acknowledging you and your mom, and making an initiative for young men of color across the n to you? >> well, it sang praises to my mother, and what she wanted to make of my life, and i can only thank the blessings of god for that, and it means to me that the president cares, and he is invested in people like me, and peo

>> stephen cohen, appreciate you being on the program. >>> coming up, what people in kiev's independence square think of the referendum. you just heard professor cohen saying there is no ukraine, at best there are two. we'll talk to jill about that later. that's certainly a controversial idea and one that people here find deeply offensive if you say that to people here. all throughout the day i've been talking to people who are brought to tears by the idea of ukraine breaking up. we'll talk to some of them ahead. iwe don't back down. we only know one direction: up so we're up early. up late. thinking up game-changing ideas, like this: dozens of tax free zones across new york state. move here. expand here. or start a new business here... and pay no taxes for 10 years. with new jobs, new opportunities and a new tax free plan. there's only one way for your business to go. up. find out if your business can qualify at start-upny.com legs, for crossing. feet...splashing. better things than the joint pain and swelling of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. if you're trying to manage your r

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. >> stephen cohen gets tonight's last depressing word. thank you very much for joining us. "hardball" starts right now. >>> what side are you on? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in new york. whose side are you on? this is a nasty business politicly. no joke at all people are angry looking for places to show they are angry eand looking for places to blast away at the way things are. this election in florida yesterday was about one word, no. no work. that is the republican message. why is it hard for democrats to fight that? democrats can see the complexity of our times. they don't think they have all the answers. they like to see deal making between the parties. the democrats know that the health care program could be improved. they are thinking about it, watching it. the republicans, you don't have to think much if you are ticked off. you go to your basics and go back to cutting government spending, attacking health care, hating the president and guarding your values. the democrats, what do they do to win this november? they can focus now to the

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. >> stephen cohen gets tonight's last depressing word. thank you very much for joining us.now. >>> what side are you on? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in new york. whose side are you on? this is a nasty business politicly. no joke at all people are angry looking for places to show they are angry eand looking for places to blast away at the way things are. this election in florida yesterday was about onrd

an acceleration in the consulting industry. , offmber three is zynga 1.5% despite the news that stephen cohents bid to five percent. shares have been following -- falling all week. two, pg&e corporation. they are expecting criminal charges in connection with the natural gas pipeline accident. according to an sec filing, the criminal charges are not merited and employees did not "intentionally violate the pipeline safety act." cuted hat down after they their forecast for the year. the maker of linux operating systems. >> i think a lot of nerds really love it. >> market ending higher and the nasdaq managed to the gout again. -- eke out a gain. up almost 60 but not quite the 150 we saw earlier in the day. encouraged by personal spending numbers. a little bit off today, off about 10% from the daily average. if it felt like things were slow they were.'s because >> they been slow for the last six months and the last three years. termthere's been a longer downtrend in volume but then you have days that are particularly low even by our reduced standards. you did have some mixed economic data but over

stephen cohen now owns 5.2% of zynga. 173n's stake is worth about lane dollars. gained this year. >> tom, you are shaking your head. >> the middle child was deeply remorseful last night, asking for money. [laughter] what is that, deeply remorseful? >> $1.9 million. bikes a lesson for all of us. in a similar vein but on a serious note -- malaysia airlines. we know it for the missing plane. it is the third worst performing airline in the world. operating margins of -4%. 239 people joins us, dead with a plain missing, how can the airline survive? >> probably on a government cash infusion. this is a majority-owned government airline. over the years, we have seen airlines in a situation like this that were teetering anyway, on the brink. >> twa 800 and swissair 111. >> those all happened a couple years before those airlines either want away or essentially did. twa was acquired by american. fine.ance survived that is different, air france was a stronger airline. one of the air, fastest growing in the world and growing at 70% average seats per mile. 17% average seats pe

. >> today's mover and shaker -- stephen cohen, billionaire head increased his stake in zynga to justares of zynga have fallen about two thirds in the past two years. the company, which was once a dominant force on facebook with its game farmville and cityville has not made the shift to mobile games and smart as well as competitors. these days, for "house of cards" powerbroker kevin spacey. he is taking information for -- from his real-life persona to lobby maryland state lawmakers for tax breaks for the show. our reporter joins us with the details on this one. annapolis.y was in what is he looking for from state lawmakers? interesting story about life imitating art imitating life. annapolis, about 30 miles from where the show was at the beset, looking for millions of dollars in tax breaks to keep the show filmed in maryland. .> specifically $18.5 million >> right now the show is the beneficiary of a program trying to lower tv and film production in the state lawmakers are figuring whether they will increase it did the lion share would most certainly go to "house of cards." spend a lo

madeleine albright, former secretary james baker, william cohen, stephen hadley, henry kissinger, condoleezza rice, lee hamilton, brent scowcroft, paul o'neill, frank carlucci, larry summers, john snowe, henry paulson. this is a bipartisan list of who's who in foreign policy, all saying that this is critical to do. let me be very clear -- opponents have argued that i.m.f. reforms provide no added relief to the ukraine so it's superfluous to this bill. that argument is patently false. the 2010 i.m.f. reform strengthened the i.m.s. that's why they were done. as it relates to the ukraine by increasing ukraine's quota, the reform's -- reforms increase available short-term lending from $1 billion to $1.6 billion and longer term resources the i.m.f. can leverage for the ukraine by up to $6 billion. it also strengthens our ability to shape an i.m.f. support package for ukraine. now, critics say i.m.f. reforms undermine u.s. influence and increase russia's influence in the i.m.f., and they're dead wrong again. we remain the largest i.m.f. shareholder, even after reform. we are guaranteed our executiv