the united states and the european union are to cry. the united states and the european union are to impose fresh sanctions growth has slowed significantly. as the crisis of ukraine intensify as russia has cut its growth full house. it appears to be a result of the economic sanctions imposed by the us and eu. just as president barack obama threatens to impart is even more sanctions cctv from boston tied to hope that the economic implications of the confrontation between russia and ukraine. the new commanders needs to come to government buildings occupied by pro russian government in eastern ukraine. economists in moscow toward a possible capital flight from russia the russian government admits that of a sixty billion dollars has left the country so far this year. the ruble has lost around nine percent of its value since january get some economists say the russian economy can still expand into what they said oh yes the station. maybe it was then waited for costs but still with the save as much space for a second half of the cia. some call

the united states, european union and ukraine gathered at the table for the first time. statements are expected soon. >>> a look at what they're likely to discuss at those talks. russia is pushing for federalization to give eastern regions more power, and the west said that will lead to rule from moscow. they have threatened more sanctions against russia, and it will hurt all sides if russia retaliates. holding gas as europe's main supplier. >> . >> nato is increasing it's presence around eastern europe. nick joins us live, and it looks like the talks are running longer than expected, looking at your crystal ball, is that a good sign. >> we could interpret that others a possible good sign, they might have adjourned earlier, with no statement of any kind being presented, but what kind of negotiations have been making place, is up to now something that has been kept behind closed doors. perhaps they're aware of the risk of derailing them by any untoward comment when the two sides have such radically different versions of what's going on in the ukraine, who is to blame for

. >> the united states, the european union, russia and ukraine will hold a crisis meeting to discuss the situation in ukraine. the u.s. is accusing russia of deliberately orchestrating violence in the east. moscow rejects the allegations, but pro-russian activists continue to occupy buildings. we have this report. >> u.s. secretary of state secretary of state john kerry branded the process a traps parent and ham-handed provocation by russia, partly carried out by special forces, telling a hearing unless the vladimir putin government pulled troops back from the border, his country would pay a heavily price. >> we now have announced the possibility of using sector sanctions. that's serious business. it's banking, energy. it's mining, it's arms, other things. >> across the atlantic n.a.t.o.'s chief echoed the warping. it would have grave consequences for our relationship with russia, and it would further isolate russia internationally. >> john kerry cautioned against triggering the sanctions before all diplomatic alternatives had been exhausted, pointing to his meeting next week with ru

will the prime minister congratulate, unit the union -- ss a cross-party group who have struggleled to get a fair deal for former ford workers and agree to what other pensioners who have the same polite -- >> i didn't camp the end of his question, but i wholeheartedly agree with him. this is a good development for pensioners and all those who played a role. there are colleagues on all side of the house who have been involved in this. they are all to be credited for the work they have done to get this justice. >> while i welcome the government's intervention on fuel bills, many rural people have to depend on more expensive fuels. will the government investigate way in which they can benefit these things that lead to poverty. >> there are many people who are off main gas. i think there are things we can do, not east in encouraging the power of group purchases by encouraging communities to come together and buy oil and gas together so that actually you can drive down prices. i am sure that he will be looking at the options that are available in his constituency. >> thank you, mr. speaker.

in a blow to organized labor, the autoworker and chattanooga reject unionization declined to make their plant the first unionized foreign-owned car factor in the unitedstates. the union faced intense opposition from republican lawmakers who suggested the plant might miss out on future subsidies or on a new suv line if the union was approved. boardtional labor was to hear it on monday. the uaw says it made the decision to drop it after top republicans and antiunion activist's vow to testify. the director of national intelligence james clapper has issued a sweeping order barring agencies under his watch from almost all unauthorized contact with the media. the ban applies to discussion of all intelligence related matters, whether they are classified or not. violators face a minimum security violation and potential prosecution. clapper's directive comes just months after he told the senate he would seek to "lean in the direction of transparency, wherever and whenever we can." the oklahoma supreme court has stayed the executions of two death row prisoners who are challenging the secrecy around the drugs to be used in their deaths. a state judge last month

. >> so we've got the united states, the european union, russia and ukraine to hold a crisis meeting next week to discuss the situation in ukraine. the u.s. is accusing russia of deliberately orchestrating violence in eastern ukraine before it invades. moscow rejects the allegations, saying washington is trying to feel tension. troops are not posing any threat. inside ukraine, pro-russian activists continue to occupy government buildings in a number of cities in the east, in the hunt, more than 50 people have been held in a building, and pro-russian activists have been released. protesters have barricaded themselves inside the offices of security services. hundreds of protests have declared a people's republic. they are refusing to leave, and want a referendum on independence on ukraine. now to talk about this. we talked about the momentum hoda abdel-hamid, that the government have. what are they doing and what can they do? >> that's what they are discusses at a cabinet meeting. we heard from the interior minister who said within 48 hours, this situation in the east will be solved ei

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meanwhile the united states and the european union accuse russia of using a macabre ministry forces to back separatists in eastern ukraine. one of the buildings are still occupied in the number of cds in town to enjoy here of the european parliament in brussels by the korean ambassador to the european union caused him to me. he says welcome to talking about. thank you very much. the situation is is very unpredictable in your country. as you know at ten days ago that was some hope that's the deal was within reach. the geneva accords agreed on the seventeenth of april between russia ukraine the eu and us bemoaned is an immediate end to violence in eastern ukraine and called all the legal groups to surrender their weapons and the official buildings in all this has happened. who's responsible for the friday after the collapse of the geneva agreements the festival your weight to that of a local folks. for that before to somebody the smoldering total ctc in ukraine at the result will continue up at the clarice and i went to the loo what to have for you to know basis the two teams in january

union to alstom. you have the interest of the german units. rman unions are welker presented on the siemens board. style weertainly are have siemens. we have ge. is it possible to see which of the suitors have the best chance of winning? >> according to the people would've been speaking with on board, they are savoring the bid from ge. if you ge comes in and buys the energy equipment from alstom, that lisa with the t -- and that leaves them with the trains unit and a wad of cash. that could also be one of the reason they are favoring a potential bid from ge. plus the fact, there are fewer areas of industrial. david, thank you so much. david tweed with the latest on this battle for alstom. these talks, at the same deal -- time with megadeals in pharma. we spoke to stephen schwarzman and los angeles. his take of the flurry of m&a action. >> there are so many very high-priced businesses that make no money. and we have lived it is a movie before. and it ended badly. usually what happens in markets around the world, you get superhigh valuation are y

there were only two actors in space at that point: the united states and the soviet union.and the key provision in there is "no property rights in space." absent property rights how can we engage in moon mining, extraction? that's going to be an interesting question that has to be worked out. and there's lots of lawyers who deal with space law who've been debating this for years. but until there's actually a test case it probably won't be resolved. >> all of the international laws that's and all the regulations we have about space exploration are designed for states. so we don't really have any laws or regulations in place for corporations. >> if we put too many rules in place right now that lead to us not being able to open space, i think it would be an obscenity. i think it is anti-life. >> the most vocal supporters of a space free-for-all are the corporations and their billionaire backers. they insist it is not only their right to stake a claim in space, they're scratching a fundamental human 'itch'. it may appear rather abstract -- but 7 billion people back on earth, se

but that sounds as though you think there is very little the united states and the european union, natothe western powers can do, to support and to alter the outcome? >> there's much that they can do, but they have no well. the fact of the matter is that the president came in to washington dc and he needed someone to help him defend his country and we are giving him milarar ideas to assist with that. and robust sanctions on the table, not just sanctions against a russian bank but a russian ways. if it appears that appears that america has a centaur. we have no tools that we are going to play. >> i think that our state department, national security apparatus, they had no contingency plan whatsoever with which to respond to vladimir putin and the annexation of crimea. and it seems weeks later they are no better prepared for vladimir putin to march into eastern ukraine. >> when the president was in europe, to persuade his allies to really step up, he said in his speech that if he continues this behavior, there will be consequences and continued isolation. they are doing exactly what they d

labor, volkswagen workers in chattanooga rejected unionization, declining to make their plant the first unionized foreign-owned car factory in the united states. the union faced intense opposition from republican lawmakers including corker, who suggested the plant might miss out on future subsidies or on a new suv line if the union were approved. according to national tv station news channel five and the tosite in these times, aides senator corker and governor haslam had extensive communications with a prominent antiunion group and several other antiunion consultants. abortion providers in texas have filed a federal lawsuit to block an anti-choice role they say could shut down all but six ruining abortion clinics in the state. provision, which takes effect in september, records abortion providers to meet hospital-style building requirements. it was passed as part of it sweeping anti-choice bill challenged by texas state senator wendy both -- wendy davis. the new lawsuit also seeks to immediately block the law's requirement that abortion providers obtain it meeting privileges at a nearby hospital as it applies to to clinics in mcallen a

states, in the case of our own union, the united service worker unionrs, germans are y saying now to their own government, no trade deals with the u.s. unless there's workers rights in the u.s. so a lot of these stories are getting connected. >> all right. i love to see the democrats get aggressive on this because this isn't the last stop on this kind of show. i mean, they're going to be doing more of this stuff, and if it's not vehemently opposed or challenged right away, this will spiral out of control. we got a number in front of us tonight, mr. cohen. the president came out in within the last hour and said 8 million people have signed up for the affordable care act. what's your read on that? >> i think it's super. obviously there's some problems in terms of how that affects workers and others who have had good insurance, but this shows that one of the commitments that was made that we would take a good whack at the 40 million americans without insurance, we're well on our way. and again, the cynics in the congress who said this will be nothing but a

the latest court order has drawn widespread criticism from the nine nations united states and the european union. he cited as a major violation of human rights in a grave injustice to those accused international human rights groups are also criticizing the mass trial which only lasted a few minutes. or you know that the government approved and he knows we sang he then states in criminal cases. guilt can be on a reasonable doubt. so you have to show evidence and some sydney might be peaking killed one person i mean five hundred people are more out of injuring or killing one policeman it's the gate. un secretary general on the moon said he was alarmed by the news and the bricks clearly did not meet the basic standards for fair trial. when human rights advocate called it the largest possible death sentence increase in history and finally reports have been coming in at two separate attacks in the conflict torn country of syria. inge is alas our government officials say a series of explosions including a car bomb ripped through the western city of homes at least thirty seven people have reportedly be

country meanwhile international efforts to being stepped up to try and defuse the crisis the united states the european union russia and ukraine have agreed to meet next week offering in principle support to promote the progress. woo hoo the sensis government of venezuelan president lincoln us not to know has begun expert are actually two weeks with the opposition to soak weeks of street on rest everything was because by foreign ministers of the country south american aid as a representative of the vatican is tilted to attend. when younger. several officials will act as witnesses of good faith along with the foreign ministers also comedy accompanying us is the papal nancy and from the vatican and the ability to grow. mckenna nation of venice when in opposition parties agree to the preliminary talks which is headquartered me to the start of the peace prize cents. it's up to another we don't discuss making a ton of pace as did take place in front of all venezuelans and the welsh says that it's transparent and to make everyone's positions and that is happy he can. she's too little. the rest of it all what began

he's yet to say whether still trying to revive the peace process meters in the united states and the european union on trying to increase the pressure on russian president vladimir putin they wanted to halt what they call his intervention in ukraine. they've added a string of names to the sanctions list including members of putin's inner circle white house spokesperson j carty said russia has failed to do anything concrete to ease tensions in eastern ukraine he said the obama administration will apply sanctions to seven more russian officials as well as seventeen financial institutions and energy firms connie said the us will clamp down on exports of high tech materials used by the russian defense industry leaders in europe added fifty names to their sanctions list those targeted will face travel bans and asset freezes now thistles from the us and eu say they're ready to get even tougher. but russia supplies about thirty percent of the is natural gas and members are divided over how much pressure to apply meanwhile pro russian separatist in eastern ukraine has stormed the local tv station and seize

united states' largest customer. we buy more goods from the united states than the whole european union put together.so i think sometimes we talk about trade agreements in abstract terms, and we have to be more effective in talking as customers to each other. >> so is someone standing in an edmonton supermarket or driving a truck in quÉbec, if we stopped and asked them, did nafta work out for you? what would they say? >> i'm sure you would differing opinions i'. i'm sure you would have people who are skeptical of nafta and people who are positive about nafta. trade fo with the united statesd mexico is good for our economy and good for our neighborhood. >> is nafta popular in mexico? >> i think it is very popular. i think after 20 years what we have achime achieveed in trade e united states and canada and once more the deep level of value-added trade. we're the second largest customer of the u.s. as the ambassador was saying, and this is something which is normally taken for granted. we sell a lot to the u.s. the u.s. is our largest market. many u.s. jobs depend on how much mexico buy from the u.s. an

the united states and the european union and the russians as well as the ukrainians are involved in thecess on some level. the geneva talks that came out of it, that they were able to get any agreement means that diplomacy has a chance. there has been violence, the separatists have not abated the ,uildings that they occupied the russian side has asked that program ukrainian forces stand down, nobody has moved in that direction. we have relative quiet. it seems like the agreement gives us the opportunity to let or heads prevail. aggrieved --dy agreed to this except the separatists on the ground. guest: the challenge is the relationship between the and theical actors forces on the ground. just as the united states and europe can't dictate to key of let's not disconnect the story from that story. they are related. just as we cannot control what those authorities do, the russians cannot necessarily directly control what pro-russian separatist do in eastern ukraine. that is where it gets tricky. the russians have sent -- set a big precedent in crimea. the russians will come in and ,reate a d

are showing no sign of ending the use of violence despite renewed pressure from the united states and the european union the new the largest eastern city of donetsk pro russian militants wielding metal clubs and ten people rallied in support of the green unity. some demonstrators were injured he also stormed a bank of the city that sentences the mayor of the eastern city of khartoum. it is in critical condition after he was shot on monday on the way to his office his staff to support the pro western interim government. the us department of defence says it has received assurances that russia will not invade and ukraine the statement says russian defense minister sergei showing the baby promise to his us counterpart truck a golden phone call russian troops have recently carried out major exercises to ukraine's border. choi to explain to go with your presence is due to concerns about possible violence in eastern ukraine. he said ukrainian authorities could use force to harm civilians readers of the us and the european union are urging present but the report him to hold what they called russian intervention

renegotiate relationship between the united kingdom and europe after 2015 and will ask the british people to decide and referendum if britain should stay in the european union or leave. wait and we have to see what the british ideas, the british proposals are. something is very clear for me, we would like the united kingdom to stay in the european union. britain are an important partner and friend for us germans. >> david mcallister, thank you very much. moving on to sports news, a .ajor shock in the bundesliga after a run of 53 games unbeaten in the league, bayern munich has finally lost. they went down 1-0. the striker got the crucial goal in the first half. rested some of their key players ahead of their championships league match against manchester united, but the move backfired and the team's record straight has come to an end. portman had to respond to their heavy loss to real madrid, and they did just that in saturday's late kickoff. look at the other scores from the weekend's games. stuttgart won a crucial clash. frankfurt won their local derby. nuremberg also lost. the friday night kickoffs all hamburg beat their opponent to-one. disaster for one c

the four parties, the united states, the european union, legallynd ukraine -- he armed -- illegally armed individuals in ukraine must disarm. they agreed that all government buildings that have been occupied in the southeast of the country must be freed. some interesting agreements today. all of them very easy to verify. said, if he did not see action by the russian side by this weekend, he will introduce more sanctions against russia. thery special guest, foreign minister of ukraine joining us now to talk about this breakthrough, if we can talk about it today. thank you for joining us. how big of aith deal is this. does this mean that everybody can stop worrying about the situation in ukraine? the initial steps in the process of de-escalation of the situation in ukraine. concernedtinue to be about the activities of these paramilitary troops in ukraine. we are very much concerned of the deployment of russian troops on the ukrainian border. and we think that during the will be crucial in implementing this agreement that we reached today in the process of the situation. >> what is your hunc

the 20-plus walk-on players who aren't able to bargain and be part of the bargaining unit or the unions it's formed? so i think this is about the ncaa and if you listen to the northwestern quarterback, he has come out recently and said he will not be voting in favor of the union and the only reason he signed the union card was because he thought he could affect change with the ncaa. >> ian, would that be a more appropriate route? would that have a better effect if they were directly connected with the ncaa in trying to resolve these issues? >> look, i think it's interesting. you have a direct employer at northwestern and then you have the ncaa which in this case i think believes its some supreme entity that isn't subject to federal or state laws. and i think we'll see that play out here. there's pressure mounting on the ncaa from various fronts to address these real, very real issues that these players have. and this particular situation might create some of that change. but, look, unfortunately our labor relations system in this country is very adversarial. it goes back a long way. wh

what we see is more likely at this point is the ramping up of sanctions in the united states and the european union. we are already seeing the impact of this conflict and -- on ukraine's economy as well as the russian economy, with of the verbal falling and the ukrainian currency at the worst of all lossncies, seeing a 30% .his year in its value the european union and the united states are threatening action against russia, more trade measures against ukraine. let's turn to the historic afghan election over the weekend. 58% of the country's 12 million voters turned out, despite what was termed a very real threat of violence and intimidation by the taliban. what are the key takeaways from the vote? >> a couple important things here. the reports and fears about violence turned out to be at least on election day itself not as bad as many people had feared. you also saw incredible bravery of the afghan people, as you said, a majority of afghans coming out, defying intimidation and threats in their communities, even those dominated by the telegram, to vote pretty pretty good participation among women as

a sense, diplomatically they are a party to this conflict, in the same way this the united states and the european union are. come to a resolution, but without the support from the outside, that is not going to happen. >> we are going to take a short break, and when we come back, we'll talk about what brought the parties to the table, just as things are starting to look like they were unraveling. this is inside story. >> every saturday, join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> everywhere i go there they are wanting to tell dr. jane what their doing... >> the inspirational dr. jane goodall talks to john seganthaller >> i started with a notebook, and a pair of secondhand binoculars. which was all i could afford... >> and reveals the remarkable human nature of chimpanzees. >> they have a dark side, and that made them more like us than i had thought before. talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america welcome back to inside story. diplomates in geneva emerged from a six hour meeting thursday with word of a deal to ease tensions in ukraine. in e

and i don't think he's going to push the european union and the united states more than he has. i think there's going to be an end game there. otherwise i think there's going to be a lot of economic pain for putin. now, again, we don't know. he's -- he seems to be on a roll. he seems to be heading straight towards an abyss that he may have very strong difficulty in getting out of. >> ambassador it's good to have you on the program. thanks again. >> thank you. >> now, to the deep sea search for missing flight 370. it's back underway. crews have sent the u.s. navy's blue fin 21 submarine, into the indian ocean for the third time wednesday but the depth and technical problems slow that search. nothing from the jet has been found. they warn it could take weeks or even months to scan that entire area. coming up on this broadcast, on edge. people in kansas are nervous about getting on the highway around kansas city after nearly two dozen seemingly random shootings. plus urban decay. detroit's plans to get rid of thousands of abandoned and decrepit homes. and no more clowning around. w

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within the last two weeks as the united states and european union have levied these sanctions against russia as president obama has signed an executive order giving himself the authority to at least theoretically lay sanctions against the russian energy sector, not only did we have this action from shell today at vladimir putin's house, we also had exxon mobil announce that they were starting new joint work with the russian state owned oil company rosneft. they're starting surveys of the sea floor where they want to drill with rosneft in the eastern arctic. the oil company bp has more than a third of all of its oil and gas reserves in russia. more than a third. bp's chief executive told shareholders this month that bp's investment in russia is so large and so important that the company thinks that maybe it, as a company, can be important bridge between russia and the west in trying to iron out these little difficulties with the ukraine situation. hi, we're bp. we're here to help. as of yesterday, the president of the united states has called the tens of thousands of russian troops ama

did the union kill the herald tribune? for 40 years, unitedo worker presidents walter reuther, leonard woodcock, and douglas fraser won higher pay for their members. why in 1979 would fraser agree to take less? employers and labor unions, like buyers and sellers, try to make the best deal for themselves. labor and management: how do they come to terms? with economic analyst richard gill, we'll examine that question on this edition of economics usa. i'm david schoumacher. fewer than 1/3 of american workers are covered by union contract. but organized labor's strength at the economy's pressure points-- the big smokestack industries, the arteries of transportation and communication-- make them a force to be reckoned with. for more than 75 years, labor unions have been a fact of american economic l how did they get power? we are childn of immignts. the largest number came here around the turn of the century. millions, most of them jewish or italian, unskilled and uneducated, settled in new york city's crowded tenements. what kind of work did ameri

i don't think he'll push the european union and the united states more than he has. i think there'll be an end game owes there'll be a lot of economic pain. again, i don't know, he seems to be on a role, heading to an abyss that he may have strong difficulty in getting out of. >> ambassador, good to have you on the program. >> coming up next - rebuilding detroit. the city is tearing council hundreds of houses. tonight we'll get what a brand new detroit might look like. >> guns and money, michael bloomberg puts is chunk of his wealth on the line to fight gun violence - will it have an impact? >> in detroit blight hit the city hard. the urban decay has been insightly and become dangerous. 20% of the city's housing is vacant. 80,000 homes, 60% of the 12,000 fires involve blighted and abandoned buildings. bisi onile-ere is in detroit with more on what the city is doing to get rid of the blight. >> here in detroit dollar thousands aned of abandoned -- thousands of abandoned structures. they are eye scores. the city is looking at getting rid of all of these blighted struct

some diplomats from the united states and russia or ukraine and the european union have agreed on steps to lower tensions in ukraine. he issued a joint statement following seven hour talks in geneva a dream that one is on illegally armed groups in ukraine to the designs can also cause for production activists today he illegally occupied buildings. it has also agreed to send a

russia, the ukraine, the united states and the european union will discuss the crisis in the former sovietepublic. >> the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, will meet with the chinese president, ping, ahead of putin's visit to china in may. with more from beijing, we bring in shannon. as the russian foreign minister made any further comments on the situation in the ukraine today? >> the russian foreign minister did make some comments on the ukraine today. he said he was hopeful that the ukraine government would resolve the negotiations and all the problems relating to the legal demands and the protesters in the eastern ukraine. he called this a step in the right direction. so, comments from sergei lavrov here in beijing. >> bucket -- take us to the birth -- the importance of the economic and political ties between china and moscow. >> lavrov says it paves the way for putin to visit your later. they want closer ties financially and economically. they are working on a gas bill pipeline that will be finished in 2018, that is something they are looking to finalize the spring and that cou

we have the african union doing the fighting. we have the united nations giving the report and the mandate from the security council. it is quite an innovative model. but it's working. it's delivering the results that were hoped for and expected. that's unique on that side. there is a second unique bit which has come into play last september in brussels, which is they are embracing fully comprehensive new deals based on principles of partnerships between a fragile state and the donor community. again, progress is being made. the architecture is there. the funding mechanisms are being established. the multi-partner trust funds. they have at least 200 million identified. this will start sending flagship projects the government has identified, and at last i hope people will start to see where the beef is, but there has been frustration setting up the architecture and work lands for the new deal. that i hope is about to change over the next few months. more progress, economic and financial governments. with weak institutions, prevalent corruption over

the foreign ministers of the united states, russia, the european union and ukraine are meeting in geneva to discuss the crisis. some are concerned that the latest clash may adversely affect the talks. >>> a move by separatists in neighboring moldova may also overshadow the meeting. lawmakers in the eastern region of transdniestria have passed a resolution. they are calling on russian leaders to recognize their independence. analysts say the resolution may be aimed at pressuring ukraine's interim leaders ahead of the talks in geneva. residents of transdniestria unilaterally declared independence from moldova in 1990. the move sparked an armed conflict that lasted until 1992, when opposing sides reached a cease-fire agreement. russia's government then sent in peace keepers and still has a strong influence on the region. authorities in transdniestria held a referendum in 2006. they say more than 90% of residents voted to make the region independent and then joined russia. >>> all right. to the latest in business now. data out of china shows that overseas businesses continue to see a lot of

without the support of the united states government and the government of the european union, it would not be possible to obtain appropriate funds. as long as russian government, mr. putin feels this, there will be immediate change. right now, he is bluffing, thinking that you are not consistent enough and will not issue this policy. solidarity shows that not everything is tradable, as mr. putin thinks and believes. i think we have a very good opportunity to resolve the problem with ukraine and crimea. secondly, just to tackle the problems in russia. my recommendations on ukraine -- first, the western community should ensure that may 25, announced elections take place and run successfully and the results are credible, the elections are free and fair nder supervision of -- and all necessary organizations and visible for everyone that everything is all right. that is actually necessary for stabilization. secondly, ukraine needs immediate imf will provide the first tranche. but there are many other creditors. usually all assistance could be provided under special promises of the governmen

we point out that canada is quite's largest customer, we buy more goods from the united states than the whole european union put together, so i think sometimes we talk about trade agreements in abstract terms. we have to be i think more effective in talks as customers of each other as well as sellers to each other. if we stop and ask someone in edmonton, does nafta work out for you. >> they may have different opinions. you will have divided. s i'm sure you can get people in an interview that would be skeptical of nafta, and people that would be very positive. most of the canadian public believe that trade with the united states and mexico is good for our economy, and food for our neighborhood. same questions is nafta popular in mexico? >> i think it is very popular. i think that after 20 greers what we have achieved in terms of trade with canada and the u.s., what with we have achieved in terms of integrated at the very deep level, the value added chain. because we actually trade a lot with each other, we are the second largest customer of the u.s. as the ambassador was with saying. and we -- this is someth

and there is some type of an agreement among the united states and russia and the european union. and i also think that if you look at the other things that have been proposed, the russian collet federalization and decentralization and i realize that the devil is in the detail in something like this. and this includes the certain rights that can be provided that don't undermined in this and what it is that a society, how it rebuild the economy and how it is important and it's something that we ought to look at. and i think at the end of the day all crises like this are resolved politically for diplomatic means. it's something along those lines which is where we are going to end up. and i would hope sooner as opposed to later but that would depend on attitudes and a number of situations as well. >> what ukrainians determine their own future and then we will talk about an agreement that would make the ukrainian situation neutral. and nato needs to make his decisions in the context of which it operates. the russians have said this is a rough line. yes, they do not have to accept the

are showing no sign of ending their use of violence, despite renewed pressure from the united states and the european union. in the largest eastern city of done ez k pro-russian militants wielding metal clubs attacked people rallying in support of ukrainian unity. some demonstrators were injured. they also stormed a bank in the city and blocked its entrances. the mayor of the eastern city of karkiv is in critical condition after he was shot on monday on the way to his office. he is thought to support the pro-western interim government. the u.s. department of defense says it has received assurances that russia will not invade ukraine. a statement says russian defense minister sergei shoigu made the promises to his u.s. counterpart chuck hagel in a phone call. russian troops have recently carried out major exercises near ukraine's border. shoigu explained that the military presence is due to concerns about possible violence in eastern ukraine. he said ukrainian authorities could use force against unarmed civilians. leaders in the u.s. and the european union are urging president vladimir putin to halt what th

operatives expected to see yet tougher sanctions imposed on russian individuals by the united states and the european unionn monday. but no sanctions yet whole sect orders of the russian economy >> the notion that forrus to go forward with sectoral sanctions on our own without the europeans would be the most effective deterrent, mr. putin i think is factually wrong. we are going to be in a stronger position to deter mr. putin when he sees that the world is unified and the united states and europe is unified. >> however, president obama tries to make light of it, the fact the g7 nations do not have a unanimous position on sanctions is a problem. the russian president may spot an opportunity. paul brennan, arsz, kievl jazee >> joining us live from donetsk in eastern ukraine, hoda, some of the pictures show quite a wide range of people being held >> reporter: indeed. actually, it's believed they are being held in the basement of the security building that was seized by the pro-russian arm groups in the city of slovyansk. now, you have a wide range as you said. you had journalists, ukrainian journalists were t

foreign ministers from ukraine russia and the united states and the european union agreed last week. the protesters would be dishonest and would leave the building was not the people in science are refusing to leave. this in the border cities of the house and contents are calling for better put nation among different groups of demonstrators in the city and from the ask and ask people to stay home at nights after a gunfight that left three people dads. odessa is the authority's main use of force to remove them from the buildings. syrian leaders have called a presidential election in the middle of the civil war voters will go to the polls in june president johnson is expected to run for a third term. i meant to be kettle combine al ofcom announced a candidate will be able to bag is to study later on tuesday theory law states that anyone running for president must have lived in the country for that ten years before the election that does qualify as many of us that the koreans who is living in a sound. the site is a widely expected to win opposition leaders say the boat is a fox. they sa

the united auto workers union has given up the fight to force a second vote to unionize volkswagen's plant in chattanooga tennessee. the announcement came 1 hour before the uaw was to have gone before the national labor relations board to plead for a new election. assembly workers rejected the union in a vote in february.instead, the union says it will work to create more jobs at the plant which currently employs more than 2- thousand.in china, the world's largest & fastest growing car market vw is in expansion competition with gm which just announced a 12- billion dollar investment. in today's cover story, the growing class of employees who are neither temporary nor permanent.they are the perma- temp---on the job for months at a time.but few of them---ever put on staff.it saves employers the expense of benfits.but at what cost to the workforce? temping used to be a foot in the door. work for awhile without health benefits or paid sick leave and soon, it would be followed by an offer to work full-time. but that's not happening. "employers don't have the budgets anymore, so they're go

resolved within the next forty eight hours to divide negotiations or buy for the european union on april nine said russia ukraine the united states and european union will hold a ministerial meeting next week to discuss the ukraine crisis but a top us diplomat told congress men and expectations are not high for a breakthrough we don't have high expectations for these talks but we do believe it is very important to keep that diplomatic door open. a spokesman for the protesters holding the building in logan's said talks on resolving the crisis were continuing. the pro kremlin activists many wearing one km and masks continue to build a barricade eating tigers wooden crates and came back several were holding automatic rifle. these two new minister of culture has put forty proposal on the creation of the new baltic region russian language tv channel as other suggested banning the existing ones due to the controversial coverage of events continuing to unfold in ukraine. the suggestion is based on the idea that being the station will not bring about a solution to the misinformation which don't realize with reliable facts would be