a draft law on trade unions as soon as possible this allows the result of labor disputes quicker and go to an effective system of social partnership with the unions but the most important role the center believes that the law which was adopted twenty years ago does not work. the union members made about two other proposals to be considered in the new ball thirty five of them were adopted session that will go as far away the first function is for protection of migrant workers' rights. trade unions also have to address such issues as eight hour workday wages vacation in eccentric the union to protect employees' right to double up on what's good for everyone involved. according to preliminary data a knife attack by and refinement least six dead in chen chao the capital hunan province in china according to cnn all the killers were armed with knives. initially the death of three people in one film were reported the chinese police suspect that one of the attackers were killed recall that the event took place two weeks after the massacres that happened at the railway station in the city of

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. >> there were protests in argentina, where the largest trade union shut down traffic.members marched on the plaza. they are demanding higher salaries, the currency has been losing value. the government has been forces stores to freeze prices. now, pope francis marks his first year as head of the roman catholic church on thursday. he's the first non-european pontiff to hold the position in more than 1,000 years, and has been credited with breathing new life into the catholic church. we have this report. >> good evening and history was made. it was the first time the catholic church had a leader from south america. it's clear his nationality stood out. strong statements against equality were matched by a choice to live in a modest guest house rather than the grand papal apartment. he witnessed poverty and crime, and one of his first acts as pope was the kiss the feet of inmates from a young offenders institution. from the rich and powerful to the less blessed. pope francis's appeal seems global. then you have a pope that you can identify yourself with. >> he's in a posit

. >> well, the general secretary of the new trade union initiative and says plantation staff in indiaork in miserable conditions. >> workers work eight or nine hours a day, which is not long. but they work under enormous pressure, because they are required to pick a minimum amount of tea leaves every day to earn a wage. they work in exposure continues. one cover. and they walk long distances to get their wage. they are paid on the basis of picking 25 kilos of tea a day. >> we'll have part 2 of the series op plantation workers starting saturday. this time we'll be asking why are the workers some of the poorest people. >> a verdict is due in paris in the form of a captain accused of taking part in a 1994 genocide. prosecutors are seeking a life sentence. they want an accused did charged with genocide. it's the first of its kind on french soil. >> it's almost 20 years sips the rwandan genocide. clashes between two troops left 800,000 dead in the space of 100 days. ethnic tension existed for years. when the hutu president plane was shot down, what followed is hard to comprehend, i campaig

international building trades union.i cannot find a single conservative or republican donor that gives to steve's pac. here we are. we have this family squabble. there's an honest debate going on about what is good policy and what is good politics and how do we take the majority that retake the majority. -- retake the majority. we are tired of one night stands and waking up the next day and , theying we got had again may this promises during the election cycle and went in the opposite way. goingis a paradigm shift on in this country that the gop is very slow to figure out. a huge opportunity here. imagine what we could do if the tea party and constitutional the service and liberty groups and millennial's and the gop faithful could come together on a set of visible's -- princip les. will be unstoppable. everywhere i go, i am told the local gop does not want to them. they do not want young people to believe in a liberty and tea party activists who will spend every weekend knocking on doors for candidates. i do not get that

he and trade unions went on strike for over a week and came back stage massive protests please feel free to crack down at least three people were killed and dozens of others. this is unsafe to the sweetest responding to violence and protests as well armed and dangerous. we went and told to some textile workers and they towed a very different story . the king we told them. assuming the storyteller when we decided to give in because it seemed to think. most of the scan went well. then i was gone including a look. i wish all this i was tending to lead. so to the ground did any of the contestants have weapons. then we on the headstones. they have guns and excited to sign him the eels who went to was his rooms in the top. what do you think needs to change to help textile workers. mama might go with the cdos is barely enough to cover the rent. i knew we were only asking for one hundred and sixty dollars per month. people were killed and injured during january's protests attributes the workers and union organizers were rested and taken to prison charged with inciting violence to have since been

she should trade union leaders of wants the trust in the eyes education system will be put at risk. and reforms to the junior side the go ahead this time the september second level school teachers have lunch time demonstrations today against the proposed reforms. today at lunch time teaching us swamps the staffroom for the school gates to highlight their concerns about forthcoming changes to the junior soccer program in second level schools. they say if parents knew the extent of the changes they'd be concerned to be the training data sources with xstrata moderation before we can do this the assessment that would be telling us to lose. balancing is everything she said it's not that that is if we reduce the need to change clothes we need to slow down that this change because we need to get it right. their main concern is the replacement of the current centralized state examination and certification systemwards instead which teacs assess their own students and teachers are really concerned the nurse may not be maintained between screws so are we going to know that an a in wexford the

trade unions of will to stage protests across germany the funding will help the sector one ks. don't use the stool next to its multiple books on a bike the air. i mean. room. in unofficial milk unofficial referendum eighty nine percent of residents of venice and its surrounding area. vote for independence from other italy but baffling with the majority of force what the legendary city to meet part of both the eu and nato. i wanna be insulting these people because even understand what the word independence means seeing what role telling you what to do would take your tax money brussels the second masters jim dandy. also according to the bbc there around one hundred us military bases of one sort or another all over italy including around venice so you want independence but headed for military bases all over new country is just fine although it is written on a lot of bumper stickers expression freedom ain't free is very true for best to become truly independent would come in very high price dumping the euro saying goodbye to kneel and dealing with being surrounded on all sides by

if you trade unions that says they are just waiting. due to my eyes by all who will stop paying taxes to be out of state dedicated to local authorities in bed. we were going to follow where we're not kidding. stockton and negotiation we are where they were going to fix that but unilateral steps the first that it is. taking control of our kids to the store. life remains a national audience he can be hard to separate facts from fiction when it comes to climb me especially with western media reports of massive ministry depends on the peninsula. russian military helicopters and planes are in pain ukraine in russian forces had seized crimea as airports the u s intelligence community and nato are urgently trying to figure out what the russians may do next. from ominous sen collins invading the province to russian troops storming in training bases at conference i have such reports have been appearing in the media allison's crimea needy kid that its loyalties did not align with the idea that the government in kiev. i've seen so many telcos abou

a walkout by trade unions at airports -- juste largest airline has made the biggest aircraft search andits history. overall, this is a list price. they did not pay this. a turkish court has overturned the government banned . they have restored access to twitter. the government imposed a ban after there were reports on twitter that implicated the prime minister in a corruption scandal. up, not bad for a day of work. china's president continues a tour of france. we will discuss that next. >> good morning and welcome back. the most powerful politicians in europe. president obama is meeting pope francis. in paris.esident is you are looking at live pictures as the president arrives to meet the pope. haveways exciting when you live photos of the president in europe. >> the pope is taking the vatican in a different direction than the previous one. you kind of wonder if they see eye.eyes to to we will go back to the trip to rome. it will be interesting to see what they have to say. >> we help. a good segue. the french -- the chinese president is in paris. let's get a sense of the relationship a

russia is dependent upon european union trade.aine's situation is very fragile with an imf mission coming this week. there's a lot at stake. >> but we've seen in the past that putin is not swayed by the threat of sanctions. so actually what can the international community do here to influence premier putin? >> well, putin isn't swayed by the threat of sanctions. i think we saw a pretty strong russian reaction to the registration which targeted certain russian officials and the ability to travel. and that was a fairley modest application of diplomatic sanctions, right, in that instance. i think in this case we'll be talking about much broader kind of use of diplomacy. some of on it is being talked about over the weekend, for example, with russia out of the g-8. remember, this is a u.s. elections year with midterms coming up. that's the kind of thing that could have bipartisan support. >> i want to pick up on that point. as far as the u.s. is concerned and obama, this is very different from what we saw as far as iran was concerned.

putin also was offering a trade union that would put ukraine on the other side. >> well he said first that we don't mind that eu is signing this agreement but we want to be part of this as well. and the agreement itself not only would separate europe and russia economically but would move ukraine to nato and russia would not allow that. >> a tie of ukraine also to the port area. it's a very important port. >> it is the only warm port. >> warm water deep water. >> only one that is warm. russia pays over 100 million, every time a new government wants to be part of nato and not only crimea, even ukraine itself two different countries, eastern ukraine leaning towards russia. western ukraine leaning towards europe. >> the next area of importance would be in eastern ukraine? >> it all lies in u.s. u.s. is a major player. for instance, if they decide to break ties between russ around ukraine, but form a different kind of union, u.s., russia, ukraine play a different role, everyone not trying to step on foot, make everyone satisfied then it will work. but if we will -- the west will try to ke

that the north american electric regulatory commission is both a regulator, as well as almost a trade unionrce them to do it? we can't get a shield law, we can't get any of this stuff passed. the report is great, but is anything really going to happen? >> absolutely. i think things are going to happen, and this is the first part of it. you have to open up a conversation and say -- >> how many -- with all due respect, and you know i respect you, a conversation? right now, everyone knows that there was a problem with that san jose plant in california. that there have been other attempts. that north korea has something like a nuclear device that is in the area where we don't have a missile defense system with a consistency that would create an electro magnetic pulse. what's to talk about? >> well, the incident that you're talking about was a physical attack, it was not a cyber attack. >> it doesn't matter. the result is the same. >> well, the result is the same, but we do have infrastructure that is not as protected as we would like for it to be. but the one thing we know with cyber security i

it will close midyear and after they got the ok from the trade unions and relevant work councils they went forward. they're working on saving $1 billion in costs by sitting out the operations. >> listen, activist investors get companies nervous. sometimes that's good. it makes them streamline. thanks, nicole. >> closing bell ringing in 49 minutes. patents and who owns them? it can be the difference between monumental profit and catastrophic failure, particularly technology companies butfuls and financial. this involves two names, many people have never even heard of but you can bet the googles and samsungs of the word are watching closely. who has what at stake and what it means for you and the stock you own. the case could affect apple, the new patent for and phone that lets you type and walk without bumping into anyone, really? how about tripping over a curb? it's a device man could use. we'll give you the details. >> google, ibm, do you own those names? apple, any leading technology company, hewlett-packard, these have been hit with a rash of soft patent lawsuits in recent years an

cristina fernandez de kirchner's next move will be to convince trade unions to ask for modest wage increases whon others are sharpening their lives for the elections. >> now to the top story in ukraine and the crisis in crimea. we are able to talk to srca markov, a -- srca mark of, a split scientist and member of the russian parliament. some in the west are accusing russia of overreacting. how do you respond? >> i said the west underreacted in what happened in ukraine. in ukraine you can see the military - they are democratically elected ukrainian president yank are a are -- viktor yanukovych, and they are not able to do it. mostly in the government is someone hated bit the majority of ukrainian people. now you see a revolution in the eastern and regions of ukraine. those regions want to be part of ukraine. they don't recognise who took power in kiev. if russian troops intr the territory. they do it to save the life of ukrainian citizens, who afraid that they will be killed by neo-nazi government. >> why do you think ukrainian lives are threatened. >> ukrainian lives are threatened bus neo-n

it's not just one trade union or another. there are thousands of people here, but it's hard to get an accurate number. there could b be a million area because they're spread about in different areas. the unemployment is the top of the list, they say there is corruption in the government. evethey're also angry about how public debt. it is very high. to curve that the government made sweeping changes, which has kept unemployment rising, in their opinion. >> thousands have gathered, and how long is this expected to last, what is the plan? >> they wanted to stay overnig overnight, but there are 1500 or so police keeping an eye on anything. so hopefully protesters will leave around 9:00 local time. but there are more of these planplanned over the next few d. >> thank you. >>> that's all from europe for now. back to martine. >> crimea is part of russia but it still needs much of its water and electricity from ukraine. the pakistani women setting up their own system of justice. and in sport sri lanka hold their nerve against south a

the oil giant and local trade unions signed this creating 1,autopsy jobs and two-thirds in construction. chevron will turn to richmond businesses if goods and services for the project and the city council will vote on the plan this summer. if approved construction could begin by the end of the year. >> more rain is expected forking wild weather that rolled through northern california last night. the tornado touchdown in roseville with this video posted with 12 homes have root damage and two houses battered by debris and six residents have fence damage. no ones with displaced. another home in the area had several windows blow out but no one was home at the time. this were two confirmed tornadoes spotted in glenn county and this picture was shot at 7:00 so we have to ask mike nicco what he things of that. >> >> i am jealous. love to see that. one of the tornadoes caused damages to houses which is unfortunate. hopefully everyone got shelter. at home the same system left small amount of rain in san jose and half an inch to three-quarters an inch around most of the bay area and at santa rosa

confronted by trade union campaigns, we demonstrate once again his complete weakness at unfitness for office. -- and unfitness for office. a recent report into female feticide has been reduced in the u.k. by four best buy 4500. as a father to two daughters, can ask my right honorable friend to call for an end to this most appalling practice? and once taboo subject must clearly. not just in the u.k., but in the world as a whole. >> my right friend is absolutely right here it is a simply appalling practice. i think there are areas like this, like female genital mutilation, like forced marriage, we need to be absolutely clear about our values and the messages that we sent and that these practices are unacceptable. the government has made sure abortion -- under certain circumstances is illegal. the meeting with the chief medical officer this afternoon and i will raises issue with her hair dye think it is absolutely right for my honorable friend to run this campaign. >> order. order. >> you been watching prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. c-span2 at live at 8:00

the main airports including that of berlin a munich has been partly affected by strikes as well trade unions have also staged protests across germany to put the bonding more pay for public sector workers. who are not international out next it's worlds apart with. in an unofficial no unofficial referendum eighty nine percent of residents of venice and its surrounding area voted for independence from mother italy but bafflingly the majority of voters want the legendary city to remain part of both the e.u. and nato i don't want to be insulting these people but do they even understand what the word independence means so you don't want rome telling you what to do and take your tax money but if brussels does it then that's just jim dandy also according to the b.b.c. there are one hundred u.s. military bases of one sort or another all over italy including around venice so you want independence but having four military bases all over new country is just fine although it is written on a lot of bumper stickers the expression freedom ain't free is very true for fairness to become truly independent woul

pay so that's good for shareholders right and it's a funny part that that piece of how trade unions played a role in corporate governance got lost in the stories we tell because we see a lot of silly c.e.o. is not. going to be out there well you know if a very few a c.e.o. wants twenty percent then the union going to say i want to go to answer your voice but that will soon put a stop on. the other piece of it of course you see it in the international agenda very much where the sort of the trade agenda very much about shipping jobs offshore that's good for the bottom line that means finance lines up behind that but it's not good for american families and american workers not so so you can run across the full range of policies you have to realize just how deep this financial problem runs in terms of impacting washington and impacting economic policy and i would say it even runs into the federal reserve which i hope maybe we'll talk a little but yes we will get there and it scares me because i mean it's a social experiment that we trying for the first time now speaking of ideas last week univ

confronted by a trade union campaign, he demonstrates once again his complete weakness and unfitnessfor office. >> paul uppal. >> thank you, mr. speaker. a recent report into female foeticide suggests that the female population has been reduced in the uk by 4,500 and worldwide by 200 million. as a proud british-asian father of two daughters, may i ask my right hon. friend to call for an end to this most appalling practice? this once taboo subject clearly must end, not just in the uk, but in the world as a whole. in quite clearly not just in the uk but in the world as a whole. whole. >> my friend is right about this. it is a simply appalling practice. i think there are areas like this, like female genital mutilation, like forced marriage where we need to be clear about our values and the messages we send and that these practices are unacceptable to the government has made clear abortion on the grounds of gender alone is illegal. the chief medical officer wrote to all doctors last year reminding them of their responsibility, i'm beating with the chief medical officer and i will raise t

them, the leader of the cobas trade union. >> obama is not changed the us government policy be it forthe wars engage in nor the division the u.s. creates and countries to then be able to intervene, or be it for the economic accords like the transatlantic trade partnership which will be destructive for the environment and the social conditions in this country. therefore, we are here to say that he is not a welcome guest. >> the death toll from a mudslide northeast of seattle, washington stands at 25 with 90 still missing. officials have warned the toll could rise substantially to their tomorrow pending reports from the medical examiner's office. bp has more than doubled its estimate for the size of its oil spill in lake michigan, which supplies drinking water to millions of people. the company now says up to 39 barrels or about 1600 gallons of oil spilled from an indiana refinery that processes tar sands crude from alberta, canada . the u.s. air force has fired nine commanders entrusted with the oversight of nuclear weapons amid a cheating scandal at a base in montana. a 10th official,

trade unions want a raise for airport workers, the german government says it's open to a raise but unions demands are too high. >> several people arrested in southern california as part after month long investigation into luggage thefts at l.a.x., we have new video taken showing police serving more than two dozen search warrants. the people arrested are employees of contracting companies, not the airport itself. the investigation involved officers going under cover working among the baggage handlers. >> 6:15. san jose state university police investigating a deadly crash between an 89-year-old woman and bicyclist. it happened on the pathway for both pedestrians and bicyclists. bob redell live at the university where the collision happened. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. i spoke with someone who works here at san jose state. they tell me they were very familiar with this woman, that she was a regular walker, morning walker on this part of campus. last thursday morning around this time was supposed to be no different. it was seven days ago and chung soon ne, 89-year-o

. >> they went after the trade unions, hitler didn't want unions. >> well, the point there is, the absurdity evil. let me ask you this, kurt. did you see the reference that ted cruz was making there? he was comparing republicans who recognized they didn't have 60 votes to accomplish certain things on the senate floor. comparing them to neville chamberlain who, like all of us, i'm a student of chamberlain to try to figure him out, idealistic thought that hitler only wanted the german people back together. he changed, unlike halifax was always an appeaser. i think to compare him to some republican who looks at the numbers rather than crazy talk, he's basically calling mitch mcconnell a bad guy. it seems so out of whack morally, a guy you disagree with in your caucus. >> well, it's also this thing of where -- someone like ted cruise, who is he in that analogy. he's the nazi fighter, you're talking about the rise of hitler, and leer the funding of obama care, he's making that equivalency. and who is he? he's the guy who's standing up against the nazis, no. he's a coward. he's a coward who is tak

where a trade union group is warning that wages in key industries won't recover for another decade. it shows in manufacturing, retail and construction may have to wait until 2025 before their salaries return to precrisis levels. >>> next up, weeding out the worst. all week we're letting our money experts offer up the worst companies in america. we are starting with scotty markets. tweet me. tell me your worst picks. >>> arizona making a big move toward tesla. some might even say, sucking up to the company with the hopes of winning some major business. this is the key to this story. listen to what's going on. we have got the whole thing. do you ever have too much money? it's a growing trend in business: do more with less with ss energy.hp is help. soon, the world's most intelligent servers, designed by hp, will give ups over twice the performance, using forty percent less energy. multiply that across over a thousand locations, and they'll provide the same benefit to the environment as over 60,000 trees. that's a trend we can all get behind. melissa: want to show you what is going on

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behind me, if you can see, there are bombed out buildings that the tu, trade union building behind me is bombed out. it was protesters' headquarters. there are barricades behind me and a tent city but behind me, there is calm in this town and other towns across mainland ukraine. the problem of course, it is a very diverse country demographic demographically. you are very high populations that consider themselves native russians to the east. there have been events in the east with shows of support for the russians as well. there is calm in kiev, calm throughout the mainland as well, but a huge amount of tension and concern about what happens next. >> michelle, put in context how significant an economy ukraine is. it used to be said that ukraine was the bread basket of russia. it was significant as a grain growing region. how as steve said, how significant is it? >> it has the potential to be significant. steve highlighted one of the key resources, its vast size, 46 million people. additionally, they used to export quite a lot of grain, the bread basket, as you mention. here's the thing

confronted by trade union campaign, he demonstrates once again his complete weakness and i'm fitness for office. >> -- unfitness. thank you, mr. speaker. arenas report and the female -- suggested in the population has been reduced in the uk by 4500. as a proud british asian father to two daughters, can ask my right honorable friend to call for into this most appalling practice? this was a taboo subject must in quite clearly not just in the uk but in the world as a whole. whole. >> my friend is right about this. it is a simply appalling practice. i think there are areas like this, like female genital mutilation, like forced marriage where we need to be clear about our values and the messages we send and that these practices are unacceptable to the government has made clear abortion on the grounds of gender alone is illegal. the chief medical officer wrote to all doctors last year reminding them of their responsibility, i'm beating with the chief medical officer and i will raise this issue with her and i think it's right my friend to run c-span, 430 five years bringing public affairs e

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trade discussions. they're talking about going through this european union trade association with ukraine as a way of bolstering ukraine. so these are the kind of things i think that europe and the germans can do. >> steve savo from the transatlantic academy, thanks so much. >> thank you. my pleasure. >>> finally, our signature segment. tonight we take a look at the possible link between music and learning. according to the national endowment for the arts, there's been a sharp decline in the number of school music programs during the last several decades. what effect that's had on learning is difficult to quantify, but there is no evidence that practicing and playing music regularly does help children learn and helps low income children make up lost ground. news hour special correspondent josh aranson reports from los angeles. his story first aired in january. >> reporter: he lives in one of the poorest neighborhoods in los angeles. like many of her friends, she was struggling in school. her interest in learning music prompted her parents to enroll her in a music program in their neighborhood called the harmony

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trade union instead of just they are just waiting to be legitimized by a popular volt to stop paying taxes through the garden state into a period to local authorities and then it will be the way we're going about where we're not interested in leaving it and starting no legal she will where we're to we're going to fix that but it's a unilateral steps in the first step is taking control of our fiscal resources. for an international audience they can be hard to separate fact from fiction when it comes to crimea especially with western media reports of massive military movements on the peninsula. russian military helicopters and planes are entry in ukraine and russian forces have seized crimea's airports the u.s. intelligence community and nato are urgently trying to figure out what the russians may do next from ominous ten columns invading the province to russian troops storming ukrainian base the constant flow of such reports have been appearing in the media ever since crimea made it clear that its loyalties did not lie with the unelected government in kiev i choose when to quote maria

. >> the philadelphia trade unions have been dominating philadelphia's construction industry for fourand intimidation. i think if you look at the statistics and the news reports it backs it up. so there has been an investigation. the union is investigated as a criminal and the investigation is ongoing, expected to focus on union political tide. i got curious about what was going on with political ties, dug into the political action committee money for the electrical workers union. one of the construction worker unions and philadelphia and i found the directly from the political action committee or from candidates supported by the political action committee lot of money was ending up at this bar called docks union owned by the union top brass. stuart: money that was supposed to go to politics was rerouted to a bar. and somebody got their hands in and taking money out that way. >> i don't want to say there is anything illegal happening. don't think we can prove that but it looks like a pace team with union members forced to contribute to the political activities yet this is diverted to

when -- yanukovych did not sign that trade agreement with the european union, which i don't see how he didn't do that. that was within his legal authority. there was no right of the people on the street to drive him out of office because of that, which is what they ended up doing. even if he was corrupt. we know the allegations against him, in a civil society there are ways to deal that. once you break the state, it is very hard to put it back together again. >> so you support vladimir putin and his putting troops on the ground? >> no, i don't support it. it seems to me it may very well turn out to be a bad idea for russia and not just ukraine. i can understand the reasons why they have done that. it seems to me that the more fundamental question is what happened between november 21st, and most particularly on february 21st, when there was supposed to have been a power-sharing deal put into effect that was signed by the opposition leaders, the president, and signatured and witnessed by three european foreign ministers that immediately collapsed, and it's becoming clear the reason it co

how pivotal it is to his trade union versus eu trade union.re not done with the story by any means. >> there's no way we're done with this story. this will continue. >> it interesting the role that natural gas plays in geopolitics and the export from this country eventually could also play a role and/or lessen putin's power. >> but here it's liquefied natural gas and western europe is hardwired into it, they just turn the taps off. >> they can't get it from the mideast it's not coming here anymore? >> and you have the new potential find off israel, so that -- so he's got to make the most of his oil and natural gas reserves now before prices change. >> in the meantime, a higher open. art, thank you very much. have a great day. >>> all right. the opening bell's just a few minutes away. "squawk on the street's" coming right back after this. ♪ [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ she can print amazing things, right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] she makes trains that are friends with t

trade pact with your rep then with russia. remains to be seen what the results of the vote will be. on ukraine,t russia, in crimea, thank you. coming up, the european union and united trade talk -- united states trade talks under way at. we will talk about what is likely to be accomplished in the fourth round of negotiations. he joins us when we continue in just a moment. ♪ >> welcome back. this is "btoottom line." and theweather situation in ukraine mean higher global food crisis. alan bjerga joins us from washington with the latest. record: -- expecting koran and solely been prices. prices have been rising. what is going on? >> what you see is a lot of concern about what is happening overseas. while the u.s. is supposed to have record crops this year, you have seen prices go up. gave a monthlyg forecast. they say brazil soybean crop will be smaller than they were expecting a month ago. nine.nstead of there has been a drought situation and wet situation with rains in the recent weeks. you see markets going down today. to hover over the markets. problems with major markets may be driving up commodity. significance to global great markets and what are tra

i won't forget when senator murphy and i were here months ago, we stood in the trade union building and watched as hundreds of thousands of ukrainian patriots stood in the freezing cold and demanded freedom, rule of law, and a european future. we are honored to be here to congratulate you on all that you have accomplished, and all of us joined the ukrainian people in mourning more than 100 brave souls who gave their lives for the ukraine's future. we met with the prime minister, government leaders, including the governor of dennis with leaders from across the political spectrum including the party's regions, and with representatives from ukraine's business communities, civil society, and the model movement. we are here to express a strong bipartisan support for ukraine that exists in the u.s. congress and among the american people. we are united in our full support for ukraine sovereignty, national unity, and territorial integrity. then against russia's baseless violation of these principles and its efforts to divide this country. we are also deeply concerned about reports today of russ

won't forget when senator murphy and i were here months ago, we stood in the trade union building and watched as hundreds of thousands of ukrainian patriots stood in the freezing cold and demanded freedom, rule of law, and a european future. we are honored to be here to congratulate you on all that you have accomplished, and all of us joined the ukrainian people in wanting more than 100 -- in morning more than 100 brave souls who gave their lives for the ukraine's future. we met with the prime minister, government leaders, including the governor of dennis with leaders from across the political spectrum including the party's regions, and with representatives from ukraine's business communities, civil society, and the model movement. we are also deeply concerned about reports today of russian military movement into areas around eastern ukraine. these movements are deeply disturbing. ukrainian government is legitimate, constitutional, and have them portend popular mandate for change, but change will not be easy. it is essential now for the government here to reach out to all ukrainians a

>> from coast to coast, bank and credit union trade groups vase vaezing their member banks to steer clearf the marijuana business. under federal law, marijuana's no different than hard-core illegal drugs like heroin and ecstasy. >> stephen: yes, if bankers accept drug money, they might go to jail. ( laughter ) ( applause ) what am i saying! what am i saying! that's got to be a typo. whoever wrote that line was high. ( laughter ) well, thankfully information, some budness owners have found a workaround. >> we deal with companies with a don't ask, don't tell relationship. i think thraif a strong suspicion. >> stephen: i have a strong suspicion, too, since i can't even see you through all that dope smoke. but, folks-- ( cheers and applause ) he is careful not to make the bank too suspicious. >> we take great pains to help them ignore it by, you know, paying our vendors with cash. we also febreze the money so it doesn't smell like marijuana. ( laughter ) ( applause ). >> stephen: yes, they febreze the money. they might be able to get the smell off a $100 bill, but everyone can see ben is bake

i would argue that a ukraine that has a free trade requewith european union, that should not be a problem for moscow. but somehow mr. putin and moscow see that in the ukraine has a threat. >> they still believe the president that was ousted as the president of the ukraine, do they still recognize him as the president of ukraine? >> there have been statements out of moscow to that effect vl it -- as for as we know there's been no effort by president putin to meet with them. the conference did not take place near moscow. it was many miles away down in southern russia. so on one hand the russians are still saying he's the president of ukraine, but they're also keeping him very much at arm's length. >> is there some sort of mediator that can calm this down? you heard from the spokesman of ban ki-moon saying that the secretary general will be speaking with putin shortly at the situation in ukraine. would he have any impact realistically on putin, ban ki-moon? >> that depends on putin. i mean there could well be a role for a mediation provided by the united nations or someone else if the russia