the united states the eu russia committed to support this mission including by providing monitors directly i wanna emphasize that ukraine's leaders. it indicated that they are prepared to go to extraordinary lengths to address regional demands for more autonomy for local self government. for the protection of minority rights. i've talked to this afternoon with prime minister got to do it. and and. he indicated in rio for. is the government's strong commitment to a genuine comprehensive and inclusive process by which they will engage in the constitutional reform process in ukraine foreign minister to shoot in a brief dust on the extensive and inclusive constitutional reform process already underway. which is geared to address all of the legitimate grievances. but importantly he and prime minister got to do it today committed themselves to going. as far as they can to reach out to opponents to people with different ideas from people from different constituencies there for geography and bring them together over the course of these next days. in order to have a comprehensive inclusive process.

. >> so there are four parties to meet on thursday, the united states, the eu, also russia and the ukrainehas invoked -- he is on the phone with angela merkel today from germany saying they're on the brink of civil war. do you see this becoming a proxy war? >> well, as yulia pointed out very correctly, ukrainians on ukrainians, these are the russians creating the conditions so that the russians may intend to come in and occupy this land. the word ukraine means "border," just like in croat, the crimea was the border area. this was his buffer zone, putin's buffer zone between the east and west. he wants to restore that border, he doesn't want russia on the gates. the fact that the europeans and the americans are afraid to stand up to putin, i think, in fact is going to cause things to be far worse than better. >> so what would be a smart move on your -- estimation? would you give them weapons? they don't have the bodies, first of all? >> well, look, let's be candid, and this is not fun to say. but we stood for 45 years on the inter-german border defending europe against the communist bloc. t

and as we mentioned at the top of the show the united states and eu have impose further sanctions on russia by targeting seven government officials and seventeen companies linked to president vladimir putin's inner circle united states says russia has breached a diplomatic agreement e d fuse the crisis in ukraine is actually taking steps to overtly escalate the conflict. a reporter alex on the phenomena spoke to ukraine's prime minister said he gets a new store while ago and began by asking what else the international community can do to hold russia the cnc due to the us and the european union want to put more pressure pressure on russia by extending the sanctions if that really enough or do you feel that it was for two more to support ukraine. the idea of sticking up sanctions is to purge of russia. tuesday kicking its international obligation and executed international the us administration just announced a new sanctions our collection of individuals and legal entities. so we do believe that in case you have the international community the us and eu and ukraine will act in concert. we can

the kremlin they regard it as stanchly prowestern and they see nato's threat everywhere. so he is laying out his diplomatic stall before these talks start on wednesday in geneva that be united states, russia, the eund ukraine and russia sitting down to try to work out something. interesting in that -- the sound bite we heard from sergei lavrov we is mentioning again the word non-aligned, this is one of the key demands the russians will be making. is saying, look, we want ukraine non-aligned. and with that, that means it is out of moscow's grasp too. >> western forces are saying they are doing illegal military buildups. >> that's right. that's all taking place in the black sea and the offending vessel is the uss donald cook. it's presence in the -- in the black sea is a sign according to the defense ministry in moscow of nato's desire and determination to build up a battle fleet in the back sea, and moscow is saying, look, basically this convene tra -- contravenes the convention. non-black sea states are not allowed to remain on patrol in the black sea for more than 11 -- 21 consecutive days. well, the donald cook has been there now for 32 days, and it's drawing the eye and the fire of moscow. the

that a political resolution to this situation cannot be accompanied by pressure from the eu the united states or russia well it all comes down to these regional in government and self confidence and passion as a centerpiece for my reaction will be sent to a seasonal stuff about life and in acting. god is the time in our region is the resolution of social and economic change in healthcare and education financing and each region seven season according to his own means. the officials didn't say whether the ukrainian government will retake this building by force but they did say they believe the activists inside are stockpiling weapons. yet this year are digging their heels their numbers and building more barriers. the three ccd donetsk ukraine. also on the sleds across much of this blog and all but the beads in it yet. the whole let's talk about this forty eight hour deadline given out by the ukrainian government's osteen pro russian activists in the last to stand down or face full of smoke on the fourth we took a bath well is still not clear what will happen when the forty eight hours is over on they hav

the united states, the eu and russia committed to support this mission, including by providing monitors indicated that they are prepared to go to extraordinary lengths to address regional demands for more autonomy, for local self-government, for the protection of minority rights. and i talked this afternoon with prime minister yatsenyuk and he indicated and reaffirmed his and the government's strong commitment to a genuine, comprehensive and inclusive process by which they will engage in the constitutional reform process of ukraine. foreign minister dishitsia briefed us on the extensive and inclusive constitutional reform process already under way, which is geared to address all of the legitimate grievances, but importantly, he and prime minister yatsenyuk today committed themselves to going as far as they can to reach out to opponents, to people with different ideas, to people from different constituencies, from different geeing ofgraphy, and bring them together over the course of these next days in order to have a comprehensive, inclusive process. today, the ukraine yap foreign minist

russia were to continue it's prove case. meanwhile, talks are scheduled two days hence between four parties. the eu, the united states, russia and ukraine, to sit down and try to find a way out of the impasse. mike viqueira, aljazeera, white house. >> the u.n. says that torture for those who did not support secession. and a reporter for the kiev post, the first person to report from kiev. he said that free speech is underfire in crimea and eastern ukraine. >> right now in eastern ukraine, even foreign journalists are harassed and sometimes attacked, but the situation for locally independent journalists from the ukraine, who tried to cover the situation independently and unbiased, and they are facing with the harassment and life threats on a daily basis unfortunately. just today, you know, i heard two stories. one from my colleagues, one from my colleague from german media, and he -- you know, he heard from the local sector, that there is kind of an arrest order for him and another story from my ukrainian colleague. he was threatened with violence from protesters, and they said to him, if you are ukrainian journalist,

for negotiations to have at least a chance of success in geneva on thursday when the eu and the united states meet with russia for talks. >> we understand the secretary general of nato was also on scene there. there is no appetite other than the sanctions you're talk about we understand. >> well, the nato secretary general joins defense ministers, the defense ministers traditional reply gather after the foreign ministers at these meetings. there is no april tight for a direct military intervention at all. but the eu seems to be work very much in concert with the north thank treat -- north atlantic ty organization. to have the hand it thinks it has in the ukraine. >> jonah, thank you. we join felicity barr in london. felicity. >> darren, another 852 migrants have been rescued by the italian navy over the weekend. found in packed vessels. 50 children, some of them babies. thousands of migrants mainly come from syria, eritrea, mali and senegal. process the migrants request for asylum. >>> the spanish enclave as of of mallia is a large, end malia, hoping they can gen then gain access to europe. >> a gateway to th

the deal between russia and ukraine? >> first of all, it's not a deal between russia and ukraine. the deal was -- >> russia,Ñi ukraine, united states and the euns talking to their own people. that is the most important thing. and the whole message of the geneva agreement is they need to resolve these issues themselves. we, theÑi u.s. and the european need to support that process. unless the ukrainian government or temporary government, whatever they call themselves, and the regionsÑi of ukraine ta to each other, agree on things, agree on what country they want to leave them, that certainly would include expanded authorities of the regional government. unless they do so in a fateful way that will be noÑi solution the crisis. >> let me pick up on that. you talked about the fact that this nationalist group, the far right Ñigroup, needs to put dow its arms as part of the agreement, the pro russian separatists also agree orÑi at least this is an agreement they were not party to it but the agreement was that they would put down their arms and leave the building. they are refusing to do so. so let me ask you a question. will president putputinin' --

the presence of russian troops haveyone else. occupied buildings in ten towns and buildings, including here in donetske. aan agreement signed by ukraine, russia, eu and the united states, agrees for people to leave withou with amnesty. >> we feel these people should be given amnesty. >> the ukrainian government says its military-backed operation to flush out rebels will continue and confidence in russia holding up its end of the bargain is shaky. >> our strong preference would be for mr. putin to follow through on what is a glimmer of hope coming out of these geneva talks. but we're not going to count on it until we see it. >> reporter: the crisis in ukraine has exposed the nation split between a future under european influence versus one dominated by russia. this new agreement tries to calm supporters of both camps. but there's still no guarantee of what's to be done in the long term. jarrod tan, al jazeera. >> police have arrested a suspect in connections with a series of shootings on kansas city highways. the still unidentified plan was arrested in his home in grandview, kansas. ash-har quraishi is live, ash-har. >> good afternoon. del. police are being very car ca

sanctions confirm, in case there was any doubt, that that agreement to de-escalate between the united states, russia, the eus because russia wasn't interested in de-escalating at all. so what's now happened is seven additional individuals close to vladimir putin, though not putin himself, 17 entities close to some of those people and people who had been sanctioned earlier, are also subject to sanctions. the united states is barring the export of some high-tech defense equipment to russia, which might contribute to their military capabilities, and jack lew, the treasury secretary, told our andrea mitchell this afternoon that this is an attempt, even though they haven't deterred russia so far, to gradually increase the pressure. >> these are very important sanctions. they are sanctioned that will get their attention. i think that our goal is to move in a systematic way in, a careful way, in a way that also gives them a chance to change their policy and take a different course. our goal here is obviously not to hurt the russian people. it's to get them to change their policy. >> now the end game, if russia doe

russia activates are refusing to vacate government buildings. that is one of the terms of the agreement between diplomats of the united states, russia, ukraine and eu jackie roland has more in donetske. >> pro-russian protesters in donetske are rejecting what went on in geneva. they were not part of the negotiation. they don't trust the authorities in kyiv and they are afraid if they left the buildings they could find themselves arreststraight away. meanwhile in kyiv authorities seem to be holding out an olive branch, suggesting there could be a reworking of the constitution, giving a special status for the russian language and increased autonomy for the regions, are allowing local to elect their own council, rather than being government imposed on them by kyiv. they have misunderstood what was being said in geneva. the subtext of what moscow is saying that kyiv also needs to make concessions. while there are credit directions to leave public buildings there is clearly a message that moscow and indeed prorussian supporters would expect to see an end of demonstrations, the occupation of independence square in kyiv by pro-european supporters who have

. >> reporter: on thursday, diplomacy negotiations began with russia, crimea, the eu and the united statesanalysts aren't hopeful of a break through. >> russia has a list of demands that are interfering with ukrainian domestic fairs and ukrainian international status. it also makes it clear that it wants control, at least over part of ukrainian territory, even if this is not made explicitly, this is certainly implied. >> reporter: there was one caller who addressed mr. putin on his program in moscow that stood out from the rest, edward snowden. >> does russia intercept, store and analyze the communication of millions of people? >> reporter: the president said, not exactly. >> translator: you have to get a court permission to bug a particular person. we don't have a mass surveillance system. it's illegal under our laws. >> reporter: shortly afterward, a question from a 6-year-old. he wanted to know if he was drowning if the u.s. president would save him. he said he felt he thought he would. diana magnay, cnn, moscow. >> the oscar pistorius murder trial is on break until after the easter hol

the punishments if you will look on russia. there is disagreement between the unites states and the eu over exactly what form the sanctions should take place today and will form the sanctions should be clean and the european union wants to see more than the school's sanctions against it that the claims are in the unit circle all the russian leadership where is the ninth straight up swansea more wider ranging economic sanctions against russia. now the reason for this difference is well fenced and put it all comes down to money. the eye to the european union has close at times as we mature in terms of trade as well as intensive as indeed she boxed amongst all the energy used in europe comes from and rushes gas supplies as citizen wanted to upset the apple cart too much. note the reason that they're wanting to impose these is that they say that russia is holding up to its sides of the bargain when it comes to the geneva accords. the ad the talks took place that but russia has maintained called instantly that it wants to see all sides in the act comfort in ukraine lay down their arms and and that is opposes the fact that the ukraini

monday will mark the first anniversary of the boston marathon bombing, ukraine, russia, eu and the united statesll all be at the table. >>> no president in guinea basao has, plagued the small west african country but today voters are casting ballots and hoping for a new start. credit in basao. >> people in guinea basao stand in line to vote for their preferred presidential and parliamentary candidates. 30 men want to be president. this man holds his identity card ready to vote. he has been in this process many times since his country gained independence from portugal in 1974. he is under no illusions about what his future may hold. >> translator: i voted because i must. i can't possibly know. >> in the same polling station, manuel, the country's interim president also casts his vote. >> a chance to complete his mission. let's forget about the past because guinea basao is inned in of unity. >> closely monitoring the election are credit officials from many. >> security reforms in the generic sense require of course how you may prepare for restructure, military, how the relationship, civil, militar

the united states today. and how unified our eu member countries on their approach towards russia the variations in most of the inbox but sorry it took longer than planned. the true test of that is. the variety of food for buka ensued and among the twenty eight you'll from innocent to dundee and today he stood united in college and eight in support of the ashton did that in a press conference and the name of. opinion mistake the british foreign minister had been in this and are not so tough with australia dr t is so everybody gets behind the sick room and the european seems to be united to him. it's a determined fight with russia and then briefly what can we expect from those talks in geneva on thursday the radiation does the foreign minister of europe and said she would go to geneva. and and say the russians tried to bring the russians and the ukraine's affront to boot so that they engage in meaningful talks and every o'donnell excuse that the recount going in this map of russia is talking about ukraine and the ukraine and that should be used to reside in geneva rules meant to promote talks to open up diploma

think the russians are angling as everyone is for the thursday talks in geneva when the united states, the eu and russia ukraine will sit down and hammer out some sort of hopefully some sort of settlement for all this. >> this phone call between the two leaders described as frank and that is a very diplomatic way of saying it was extremely unpleasant on both sides, what are the russians saying that it's absurd to suggest certain things and have nothing to do with the supposed soldiers? >> reporter: that telephone call was two leaders talking across purposes. obama laid down the u.s. position that the russians are pretty much completely to blame for this and they should back off and putin explained to obama that they have nothing whatsoever to do with it. obama warned again that russia faces further consequences, further isolation, probably much deeper sanctions if they continue in this course. >> fred we thank you very much in moscow and earlier we heard from kim in eastern ukraine. the head of south korea's spy agency apologized for its failings and he has promised an overhaul of his organization 24 ho

that would involve sitting down the ukraine, russia and the united states and the eu to find a way forward. now, this was originally floated, this idea of four-party talks originally floated in paris on march 30th when sergei met the secretary of state. they want it to happen sooner rather than later, but the russians are saying they must know what the agenda is of these talks before they finally will sign on the dotted line and agree to take part of in them. this comes just hours after some very, very tough talking from the kremlin, from the ministry of defense here warning kiev that a civil war could be the result if they move their forces, reinforcements further south and east into the ukraine. >> the rest of the day's of news from europe later on. >>> lauren, there's much more to come on the al jazeera news hour, including recovering from floods and out of clean water. we report from the solomon islands where there are fears disease may spread. >>> no more killer whales at seaworld. why some politicians in california are pushing for a ban. >>> can the mastermind chelsea go against pari

want to break away, and that's possible if russia has a strong presence, and we are going to see some of that in the coming days, the united states, and the eudown in geneva to hold talks. there are indications russia wants representatives from the eastern part of the country to attend those talks, an indication that it's increasingly divided. >>> a group of high profile republicans gathering in new hampshire today looking to grow their appeal as potential 2016 candidates. rand paul kicking things off in the city of dover saying the republican party needs to court young people. >> to win elections you have to have more people in your party and you have to have a bigger party. let's take this message and not dilute the messages. if you would be democrat-like, you can win is what some republicans say, and i say that is hogwash. >> the freedom summit, what is it all about and who is on the agenda today? >> good morning, alex. this freedom summit is hosted by americans for prosperity, and that's the coke-funded group airing so many ads and are expected to play a big role in the upcoming 2016 presidential contest. you have the conservative wing o

russia company eu member states. i don't have to tell you but the energy dependency. add your hands on russia. ok so it's easy for the united states to say which one percent of their trade balance with fresh eyes the eu however it is very much dependent hundred percent in the baltic states twenty five percent over all it's easy for the us to say let's do the sanctions that skipped of sanctions. where's who's gonna bite the bullet here. if the europeans sanctions will only isolate russia further i believe we should open dialogue. we should open diplomatic channels in fact the ambassador on the force in the basketball office here in paris that the cross and russia the seminar on thursday last thursday. he said that there has been a mix up of goals in the economic and commercial sites in the diplomatic channels like you break the state are not open. i feel that sanctions will only isolate the regime that will even push russia more are up against the wall and will create a more defensive action. where is it. there are opportunities for dialogue and discussion like we saw in geneva. in other words that russia is you don't see ho

it is bad for russia, the eu, and the united states.re were escalations around the enron sanctions. it is hard to know what putin may or may not do, in terms of moving toward more of a eurasian approach toward his influence. i would say it is worse for russia than it is for the e u, if things escalate. russia is already in a recession, less than one percent growth this year. we would not 11% off the economy if the eu stopped buying energy from russia. that would be terrible for russia. >> the stock market fell off three weeks ago, what investors are pretty happy with the way things are being handled. >> short-term, a lot of uncertainty. longer-term, the valuations are pretty compelling. you can get a pretty good dividend yell -- dividend yield. even if you think rational forces will prevail, it is not necessarily a rational thing. >> there is a sense this problem can be managed, if we all focus on making sure the ukraine does not become a failed state. the more we do to help the ukraine stabilize, politically and economically, the more

thehis regard, we welcome upcoming meeting between you crane, russia, the united states and the eu. parties to seek a peaceful political solution. ukraine's future must be steered by the aspirations of ukrainians without intervention or influence from outside forces. thank you. think you, the representative for the republic of korea. from theike to hear representative of argentina. >> thank you very much, madam president. let me begin by extending my the human rights report on the ukraine. but repeatan we say what has already been said question mark argentina the growing see situation of tension in the ukraine, its potential spillover effect throughout the region with great concern. repeatse can we say but that we are particularly and deeply concerned that there have been violent clashes and this may bring us further away from possibly finding a solution to this crisis. destabilize the situation. for that reason, my country once again reaffirms the fact that we believe it is essential for us to hold to the purposes and principles of the u.n. charter, particularly nonintervention in

meetings, russia has used the for him to basically -- forum to basically make its case that the pro-russian groups are not backed by the -- backed by russia, but by the united states and you - euat we will probably see tonight. checking sony at the tokyo open -- shares are down almost 1%. the company may recall thousands of its laptops due to overheating of some battery supplies. the potential recall comes as the ceo looks to revive the company through research and job cuts. china is strengthening its grip on the copper market. a group led by a chinese company is buying a copper mine in peru. the seller is a glencore-xstrata. the deal will help glencore win a final regulatory approval for its takeover of extranet. china is the biggest buyer of copper, accounting for about half of global demand. it has been six months since short seller carson block set his sights on a new chinese target. we are talking about nq mobile. since then, the shares kept rising, seeming to prove a block wrong. things have just turned in the short seller's favor. i'm sure carson block is saying, i told you so. --well, last week, nq mobile it has been working hard to get its share price up after carson

it was just last week that russia did sit down with ukraine and the united states and eu and signed itst to take concrete steps to de-escalate the situation. and then the administration was saying they saw that as a sign of progress. that at least russia agreed to do these things. well, today president obama was describing how he felt about things saying he was not overly optimistic. not hopeful. and acknowledging that more sanctions, although they've been teed up and ready to go for at least a week, might not change russian president vladimir putin's calculus in the region. he said all russia would really need do is to stand up and say that it was going to do what it said it would do in geneva last week. basically call on militants to disarm, to give up those government buildings that they've seized. but so far russia has not done that. here's the president today. >> so far at least we've seen them not abide by the spirit or the letter of the agreement in geneva. instead, we continue to see militias and armed men taking over buildings, harassing folks who are disagreeing with them. and

united states for the eu. you will be very important for us to know that russia or any other country supports us in achieving our goals with physical and financial support. thus i guessed wrong on that night and the death toll mounts time is running out to solve this crisis if the caucus and cctv done yet. east in ukraine. afghanistan's election commission has delayed releasing the results from the presidential election that was held on a ripple effect to allow for recounts an order it's the results were expected on those nineteen counts of about top of the seven million but so far put the former foreign minister abdullah abdullah in the league and the ex finance minister was robbed on a common sight to second place the full result is now expected on saturday and must be looked into by a separate commission before the final result is announced and that will be on the fourteenth all mighty. and still we didn't on afghanistan we can tell you that to others about christ on the his stride care of there with two militants including a come on that having been killed as a crop own pot of their hideouts in the maori dis

let's say the united states and germany and all the eu nations were either because of something very bad that russia did, or because of some magic wand has been waved and europe isn't all that dependent on russian oil and gas anymore, we were able to come to some agreement among all these different western groups that russia's oil and gas sector should be sanctioned. that gazprom and rosneft should be cut off. how would exxon, shell, bp, the other giant multinational oil and gas companies try to wield influence with the u.s. government about a policy matter like that? >> i mean, even in the, two or three rounds of sanctions that have gone on so far, you've sanctioned individuals that are from rosneft, and it makes it a complicated arrangement in terms of doing business with exxon mobile, doing business with bp. it doesn't mean you can't do it but obviously that's something that can become more difficult, and, you know, i think for shell it has to think about its reputational risk of, you know, being seen, you know, in russia in the middle of the crisis. and shell has to be careful, because obviously

the united states also agreed to step up sanctions against russia the u s sanctions target before sixteen twenty eight was the president of russia's state run petroleum company and energy related crimes. eu sanctions target separate its eu is reluctant to launch full scale economic sanctions because of its close economic ties with russia. people across iraq are voting in their first nationwide elections since us troops pulled out of the country by mr newby al maliki says he's restore the economy and he's asking iraqis to give them a third term. voters will choose three hundred twenty eight members of parliament based on the system of proportional representation. they've seen a boom in oil production over the last several years fueled economic wealth. but they've also seen security deteriorates as american troops pulled out in december twenty eleven. rival muslim groups have launched repeated attacks on each other and the civil war in neighboring syria is adding to the sense of insecurity. that's undermined melodies message and to improve the economy and make people's lives that in july the old shiite and sunni muslims accuse melody of being self righteous beat the gaps between rich and p

as the crisis continues, president obama says the united states and the eu are prepared to act if russiaoes not stop its aggression. take a look. >> each time russia takes these kinds of steps that are designed to destabilize ukraine and violate their sovereignty, there are going to be consequences. what you've already seen is the russian economy weaker, capital fleeing out of russia. mr. putin's decisions are not just bad for ukraine. over the long-term, they're going to be bad for russia. >> steve, let's talk about that. you've got some charts about oil. let's talk specifically about what john mccain said, that russia is little more than a glorified gas station. we've had other people coming on saying it is not going to be that difficult to make russia feel pain. >> so i think there's a little bit of an element of mutually destruction here. russia's economy is already weak as "the new york times" is reporting today. their stock market is down. their currency is down. they're at risk of slipping into recession on the one hand. so that is to some degree the effect of our sanctions, to so

united states. in the united states. we got the eu list and he is not on there. he is theoretically free to come to london and have tea. >> have tea. >> why not? in irony is that he was png russia for a wild. >> not officially. >> what is the relationship with bp? >> he masterminded the deal bp.nd us the tie up with it was not originally what they wanted to do. he really pushed this because people will tell you that the into an to build international and major oil company. this was seen as the best way to do it. this complicates the relationship. from the dublin perspective, it is about the long term. russia,ake exxon in they will build the most important oil well of the year in the arctic. it is a bit of a one-off. if the oil well pans out, that is good for exxon. bp is different because they are in equity stakeholder. they get a fifth of the cut. >> ryan chilcote with the latest. bank this morning. the shares are climbing and are beating estimates. we are joined from berlin to break down the numbers. a difficult trading environment could have been worse. >> it could have been must -- much worse. we will start with the unknown this time around. for deutsche bank, it is unknown

the united states or acted first. the first 20 years of the eu and nato, we are accusing russia of intervening into the former soviet union what was the european union doing for 20 years? i mean -- we have to somehow overcome hypocrisy. >> i happen to like and respect men very much for all you can do and cannot do. there are some things that women can do a little better. i found in my long history that men think in terms of locking horns. it is always very important to win . somebody has to win over the other. anybody who has been a mother knows very well if you are going to have peace in a is necessary.mise compromise takes humility. compromise is not easy. , i find the word compromise seems to connote weakness. it is not weakness. it is a strength and it takes a compromise.o find a the compromise means that somehow, not going to the person , whoever, putin or maybe obama, whoever and somehow having a real sense of where that person is coming from. maybe it's coming from bad things. maybe. maybe that are huge and misunderstandings from the basic level. is to tryant thing forfind some common ground speaking of the rest of

say that they don't want the eu, they don't want the united states, they want them to stay out of ukrainian affairs. i think one of the good aspects of that meeting is that russiaattending it, so certainly they will want to wait and see, but this is people who say that they have been completely forgotten for the past 23 years by the government in kiev, so now they don't want to hear anything about it, and they are very much afraid that if that government gets too close to the eu for them things will just take a turn for the worse. >> all right. thank you. >>> meanwhile in the black sea port of odessa, at least seven people have been injured in protests. one man was escorted outside of a hotel by security forces. >>> the russian foreign minister is warning that europe's stability will be threatened by rising anti-russian sentiment, but sergei lavrov says it is still possible to calm the situation. >> translator: to achieve this, it's necessary to stop attempting by every possible means to legitimate the government without any exceptions, and the key question is the implementation of a real constitutional reform which would secure legitimate rights and interests

we do not accept -- i'm talking about the eu, i'm talking about the west, i'm talking the united states. we do not accept russia'sate where and how and which alliances and which organizations post soviet republics and independent countries should seek. putin feels that it's otherwise. therefore we're into this conflict. >> also the u.s. and the west don't accept the ability to violate international borders. that's been a consistent statement from the u.s. and others. thank you very much. also overseas the sun is up over the southern indian ocean. and the day dawned full of hope for the teams searching for flight 370. we'll go live to perth, australia, for the latest on that hunt. throwing in the $1,000 fuel reward card is really what makes it like two deals in one. salesperson #2: actually, getting a great car with 42 highway miles per gallon makes it like two deals in one. salesperson #1: point is there's never been a better time to buy a jetta tdi clean diesel. avo: during the first ever volkswagen tdi clean diesel event, get a great deal on a jetta tdi. it gets 42 highway miles per gallon. and get a $1,000 fue

the eu for example has a gdp of $12 trillion. russia's is $2 trillion. a factor of six. you back the united statesnother $15 trillion economy and the eu $12 trillion economy and it's hard to see why we're not being more economically assertive against a country that's smaller. >> if europe closed in on russia as much as we were, wouldn't that make more of a difference? and why aren't they? >> well, they're afraid of economic blowback from sanctions. they're afraid of russia's leverage on their energy sector. but the fact remains that if there was a real economic showdown between russia and the eu, russia would feel some plain. they get 30% of their gas from russia. but the russians rely on the eu as its number one trading partner, primary source of direct investment. 75%. if there was a showdown, europeans would hurt, but the russian economy would come to a grinding halt. >> sam stein, real quick. >> the case against moving too fast on sanctions as i understand this and i love your response which is if you don't have a united european/u.s. front, if we sanction a sector of the russian economy, then

the area capable of these coordinated professional military actions is russia. >> the russians came back. they said the government in kiev is backed by the united states and the euim they are neo-nazis and said specifically -- this is why they called this meeting -- that they wanted the u.s. and the european union to get kiev to back down on its threats to go in there and take action against these pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine. >> the eu, the foreign ministers had a meeting today. the biggest question is this, a great deal of rhetoric, but how real is the appetite to take a bold step and upscale the sanctions against europe? >> there are two things going on here. one is the fact that the european union is finding -- will find it very difficult to absolutely establish that it is indeed russia supporting these pro-russian separatist. they are, butough where is the actual evidence? they don't really have any. any move to actually upscale the sanctions onto some of these like iran-style sanctions where they go against the banks, against shipping, against the ports, that will be very difficult for them to do. there is a lot of disagreement within the eur

united states. >>> the aircraft plainly cannot disappear. it must be somewhere. >> we focus the search for mh370 enters a new phase after the first turns up no sign of the missing airplane. >>> message to russia. the eupoint. the

the eu, the united states. we have been very clear what measures we would take. did theresident obama, obama administration misjudged vladimir putin and the challenge posed by russia moving forward? >> i don't think anybody missed judged vladimir putin. let's go back to 2008 when president putin invaded georgia. this isn't a particularly new approach that he has taken. what you always have to do is you have to always be prepared for any contingencies, any possibilities. i don't think it was a matter of misjudging putin, what his intentions were, why he did what he did. we still don't understand fully. but the point of responsible governments is to have strong options and capabilities and be prepared for any contingency. it is a dangerous world out there and it is a very unpredictable world. consequent from the ukraine crisis, it could actually bolster chuck hagel's argument on capitol hill for more defense dollars and an end to sequester altogether. he'll to milley could have let a beer putin to thank -- he ultimately could have vladimir putin to thank. >> does he have any better explanation as to why these shooting rampages are happening so often? whether anythin

the united states acted first. because you have to even the past 20 years of the eu and nato, we are accusing russia of intervening into the former soviet union. what was the european union doing for 20 years? i mean, we have to somehow overcome the hypocrisy, but -- >> i happen to like and respect men very much for all that you can do and all that we can't do. but there's some things that women can do a little better. i found in my long history that men often think in terms like locking horse. it's always very important to win. somebody has got to win over the other one, or settle scores with the other one. whereas women, anyone who has been a mother knows very well that if you're going to have peace in the family, compromise is necessary. compromise takes humility. compromise is not easy. men, i find often in the united states, that the word compromise seems to connote weakness. it is not weakness, it's a strength and it takes a lot harder to find a compromise. now, the compromise means somehow, going to the person, whoever, putin, maybe obama, i don't know, whoever, and somehow having a real sense of where the

united states. >>> the aircraft plainly cannot disappear. it must be somewhere. >> we focus the search for mh370 enters a new phase after the first turns up no sign of the missing airplane. >>> message to russia. the eu and u.s. move to impose new sanctions on moscow for its actions in ukraine. >>> and making their point. the l.a. clippers protest in silence after racist remarks attributed to the team's owner. >>> hello, everyone. you are watching "cnn newsroom," and i'm rosemary church. >> i'm john vause. we'd like to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. >> well, tornadoes are ripping across states in the central and southern u.s. >> parts of arkansas are seeing some of the worst damage. a section of this town was completely destroyed after a storm system moved through on sunday night. officials say at least 12 people have died across the state. the mayor of one hard-hit town explained how extensive the damage is and what emergency crews are doing right now to respond. >> the downtown area seems like it's completely leveled. there's a few buildings partially standing, but the amount of damage is tremendous. utilities, there's gas lines spewing. of course power lines down. h

but at the same time we want to try to de-escalate it without going that route. russia has agreeed to sit down with the ukraine, eu, and the united states to discuss constitutional reform and the elections. we will see how that gose. we are concerned about the pressure is putting on moldova and other areas. moldova has been the victim of intense propaganda and renewed accept seperitist efforts. we are very glad you going to travel to moldova. they will appreciate the support. we have intensifyed support to moldova and this effort will be sustained. the ukraine crises highlights another deep growing challenge. one of the most galvanizing across crane ukraine was the corruption that has infused the society. as secretary kerry highlighted we are seeing a disturbing trend in too many parts of eastern and central europe and in the b balkins where people's dreams are being stifled by people who are buying media outlets and weakening the rights of people. we are seeing a growing league of these corrupt politicians who are working together including across national lines to help and promote and keep the cash flowing. corruption like this doesn'

united states has a nose for sanctions against russia for allegedly funding in court many pro russian separatists in ukraine the kremlin denies the accusations and says the uprising is a spontaneous response. investors in twenty eu member nations are also meeting in brussels at this hour to decide on a cold a separate set of sanctions against russia. obama said the sanctions would represent the next stage in trying to hurt moscow's efforts to destabilize the region. we don't yet know whether to work. and that's why in the next day is if in fact we saw further russian aggression towards ukraine it would be such moral sanctions less narrowly targeted. addressing. sectors like banking for the defense industry. meanwhile the mayor of car keys has been shot and critically wounded. in any kern as was her pearly shot in the back by our unknown gunmen and is said to be undergoing emergency surgery this comes as pro russian rebels continue to seize more buildings and other major cities in eastern ukraine and taking a look at southeast asia us pres obama has arrived in the philippines as per his ongoing diplomatic tour of asia pacific. accord to the white house prison obama is aiming to boost bilateral trade and reaffirme

taken economic sanctions. .he eu, united states we have been very clear about what measures we would take. administrationa misjudged vladimir putin and the challenge posed by russiang forward? >> i do not think anyone misjudged vladimir putin. let's go back to 2008, when putindent clinton -- invaded georgia. this is not a particularly new approach that he has taken. what you always have to do is you always have to be prepared contingency, any possibility. i do not think it was a matter utin, what hisp intentions were, why he did what he did. we still do not understand fully , but the point of responsible government is to have strong beions and capabilities and prepared for any contingency. it is a dangerous world out there and a very unpredictable world. one consequence to the ukraine crisis at least for secretary hagel, it could help him make the case on capitol hill for more defense dollars going forward and then into the sequester. he had been making that argument even before the russians took over crimea, and in particular, the army could be the biggest beneficiary of this crisis, an unusual side effect from this. right now, the focus globally is on this rela

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