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use the three day meeting to set a course for a final comprehensive agreement by late july. it's expected wednesday stocks will focus on a heavy water reactor now under construction in a western region of the country the us and european nations fear the facility could be used to extract weapons grade plutonium in iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. more than ten days have passed since the malaysia airlines plane disappeared from air controllers radar but few clues have turned up as to its whereabouts but did excellent in bangkok has the story. the beijing government now says the session in the sink and i needs to calm an area of about seven point seven unions quaking in me says that's as big as all lost me at and frustration is mounting among families and friends on for them they seem in asia and einstein two three seven am. asia has called on more than two dozen other nations to help track down the name of the two hundred and fifty nine passengers and crew on board one hundred fifty three by chinese medicine as chinese passengers express the impact of preaching in teaching the new gt r's family members have one last time i mean the targeted in malaysia airlin

even when they both felt we didn't want anyone to touch us the governor to connect to the appeal to western palates of financial assistance to the region and is named recent violence in the fifty eight agents of the crime this tragedy in the nation has received for second day in efforts to dedicate this and i now only three seventy two australia reported that two objects won up to twenty four week is the only thing if i don't like to make it expats belief that the objects could be debt free for elimination and i know which dissipated on the eighth of march with two hundred and thirty nine people voted for it. it was fun for climate impact of ageing when it lost contact with that traffic control and raid on the fact is now focused on an area more than four thousand km from where the flight began. bennett's it's a bizarre imported desperate khan said the major parties' haven't ruled out any possible explanation for what happens they said that the evidence and boss suggests that the flight was deliberately turned around with these communications systems disabled. south africa's main opposition policy is accusing president jacob say mother

russia india and the western world in general and also being discussed at the forum where olson of the topics of how it would impact old east regional middle east i wouldn't want him to to use the work of cold war situation is very worst of the cast. we cannot manage the world very well. was it was the western world and the russian federation after a post a picture. coming from the world of logical mathematics community elected president. most establishment professor daniel harris co bates believes that today academia has become a regional countries that ought to be able to come and talk to each other. you make the country that the dog in the net the legal nothing in common. the baby milk on a witch but kia kia dollars into it the same science that than which assigns some of the contest on the road that connection is the good folk movement. as such i do think that the baby the natural use of force of discovery for him but settles for many countries. heath is due to the city. and because of that section to decide where we develop and we tried to really enhance of the data between the condition. hall it's odd to say if the winning formula for the crisis in ukraine is going to

regions to reach going to russia. western countries have dismissed a referendum as illegal. us present brock obama has invited ukrainian prime minister r c yet singapore cos at the white house. the two leaders are expected to discuss the support package of more than one billion dollars in economic assistance. there etc look and national stories making headlines around the world. i'll see you back here tomorrow night. i think all. fan. the two prime time sports on tv instead. figure skater kenyan has been of the headlines as of late for a number of reasons the main one of course being her controversial olympics finished the colonel of the committee said it's continuing to pursue action both the matter. in a statement posted on its website the aoc said that it has requested a meeting with the president of the international skating union tribune the results and the judging system and catalina some nickel to swindle for canned in sochi meanwhile the international olympic committee has deleted fabricated quotes attributed to him from an article on its website. africans management ag

region, and crude interventions. many towns in western ukraine have been taken over by armed national radicals under extremist anti-russian and other slogans being used. on the 21st of february, almost three months after the unrest and the excesses, there was an agreement between the president of ukraine and the opposition whereby they signed by the ministers of foreign affairs of germany, poland, and other countries where they refused to bring in an emergency situation. they took to the streets. the opposition did not do anything. the use of legitimate weapons was not surrendered. civic buildings were not freed. radicals are continuing to control the towns. instead of a promise of the national unity government based in the formation of the -- the parliament of ukraine made a decision limiting the rights of minorities, sent away the judges of the constitutional court, and insists on pursuing them criminally. their arguments to limit or make it punishable to ban political parties that do not suit them and to use them as examples, so the victors want to use assurances of their victory to trample the rights and basic freedoms of people. all of this has

arrival of western forces in afghanistan al qaeda troops and taliban leaders have been seeking refuge in the northwest of pakistan. in this region the tribal areas. those own is inaccessible to western us. even the pakistani army cannot control the area. these mountains of become their sanctuary. within the population they regroup train and recruits new soldiers. the american drones stationed in neighboring afghanistan operate an assassination program in the region. this is where most of the victims have been. in islamabad the capital. this journalist originally from the tribal region is one of few able to access the sites of the attacks for years he has been investigating the deaths of women and children in american drone strikes. they gather evidence such as these images filmed in taliban territory. they're extremely rare they were taken just after an attack in february two thousand and eleven the dust displaced by the explosion is still in the air. and suddenly. there was this attack and i. exclusive images you can see the cloud left by the drone. when i arrived on the scene this is what i saw. had already left for the hospital. that was left was the. man. as is often the case the d

regions of the country. the russian position was and remains consistent and open. while for some western politicians ukraine is only a geo political playground, for us it is a fraternalbound tonight witness common history. russia is interested in a stable and strong ukraine. where we see legitimate rights some interest 0 ukrainian0s of our compatriots and all citizens in this extraordinary situation, not of our making, when the life and security of the residents of crimea and southeast regions are being subjected to a real threat due to the irresponsible and provocative actions of gangs and other ultra nationalist elements we would like to emphasize that actions of russia are fully appropriate and legitimate. thank you very much, madam president. >> translator: i thank the russian federal racing for its statement and now give the floor to the representative of the united states of america. >> thank you, madam president. listening to the representative of russia, one might think that moscow just became the rapid response arm of the office over the high commissioner for human rights. so many of the assertions made this afternoon by the russian federation are without ba

region. certainly the disturbance out to the west will bring snow into portions of western illinois. for us, later in to tonight we have the potential for light snow showers to come our way. not a heavy hit but we will see anything between -1 in. up to 1 in.. pick your ago. increasing cause today. flurries are possible. 33 degrees. tonight we're down to 19. tomorrow we will make the mid-20s. 26 for the high there. once the women 36. >> still ahead, the blade runner trial back in court facing murder charges. >> a look at what's being called the n.c.a.a. tournament drunk. at a big announcement is trending this morning. details trending this morning. details comiyou're comfortable here, it's where you email, shop, even bank. but are you too comfortable? these days crime can happen in a few keystrokes. american express can help protect you with intelligent security that learns your spending patterns, and can alert you to an unusual charge instantly. so you can be a member of a more secure world. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. the oscar pistorius murder trial is back i

. >> mike, look at the map, and tell us as much as you can about this province in the far western regionres a boarder with india and pakistan and others. the weegars are from here. and here is kum ming and two weeks ago there was a vicious and brutal stabbing incideninci. this has to be on the list of possibilities and i think the question for a guy like you is hew high on the list to do you rate this as a possibility? >> we immediatelyly default to al qaeda when we think terr terrorism. malaysia has a massive branch of al qaeda operating, but you have do keep your mind opens. the chinese terrorist have been in the brutal campaign against the chinese authorities because they want a separate state. this massacre at the train station is pointing to how difficult this is being as an issue for the chines ease authorities. watching how the authorities react to this and they are pulled on to the world stage with everybody else in the war on terrorism is going to be an interesting problem. >> thanks, mike. appreciate your input. >> a new policy is granting status to immediate relatives of the m

actually most western governments don't think that they've disclose all of the region's that they will keep some as a deterrent against the rebels areas and reports of chemical weapons being used recently in which wouldn't surprise me but i think he was very slowly remove those chemicals weapons which he is starting slowly doing because he knows that there will be no attack on him as long as the chemical weapons were being moved so. it's it's one of the great tragedies the unwelcome consequences is that by the cooperated with the charlotte side to remove the weapons in effect the national community the united states and france are now in effect to call in bed with the eye with a side dish or lawson is very well to his usefulness to the united states europe and russia. and everyone else rapidly drops off after he delivers his chemical weapons after that he is just to the most powerful warlord in syria. and therefore he plays for time as usual. i think it's a shame use the fact that they are removing chemical weapons as a reason not to try to help the people who are fighting and dying as we speak. a new front has now opened in syria. rebels are still fighting government forces.

regions of the country. remains consistent and open. while for some western politicians ukraine is only a geopolitical playground, for us it is a fraternal country and we are bounded by many centuries of common history. russia is interested in a strong ukraine. we see the legitimate rights of ukraine, our compatriots, and of all citizens. in this extraordinary situation, not of our making, when the security of the residents of crimea and southeast region are subjected to a threat due to the provocative actions of gangs and other ultranationalist elements, we would like to emphasize that the actions of russia are fully appropriate and legitimate. thank you, madam president. >> i thank the representative of the russian federation for his statement. i will give the floor to the representative to the united states of america. >> thank you, madam president. listening to the representative of russia, one might think that moscow had just become the rapid response arm of the office of the high commissioner for human rights. so many of the assertions made this afternoon by the russian federation are without basis in reality. let's begin with a cl

all four consecutive region for that matter and also moscow's military drills making headlines around the world are nothing more than western media might the report notes for the use of milk three fourths there's no need for that at the moment and the military drills that took place recently have nothing to do with the situation in ukraine we have this option but it is an extreme measure house for the legitimacy of the president get a call that request and russia to use military force to protect the lives and wellbeing of ukrainians. the nationalists and ukraine or empowered after victory on the call that gave into the demands all the off position and signed up for pretty much everything that they were looking to achieve the ends to win so he gave them a free upgrade to all of the country and under the circumstances by wilkinson said that it's understandable why the ousted leader and capsicum back in russia support in the fridge but kiki fifteen which is practically given up his power. it was real until the mandatory opposition snap presidential and parliamentary elections but he agreed to return in two thousand for constitutional suitable to kick cold towel and w

using some in the west of escalating the crisis in the first place. some of ukraine's which had the control of economic powerhouse regions with. the sentiment sweeping across the southeast. good intentions bad consequences western humanitarian convoys to syria are reportedly being used by one of the european jihadists to join the fighting in the water and country. center here in moscow this is international with twenty four hours a day and in ukraine force division has pledged allegiance to the crimean people eight hundred personnel and almost fifty warplanes are now under the command of local authorities and that brings the total number of troops have reportedly switch sides in the peninsula to almost six thousand in just two days what is going to. well this is an air force base here in the crimea. in that they have forty five make fighter jets and about eight hundred personnel members and all of them have now swore their allegiance to the crimean authorities becoming an addition to other crimean police military border guards needy emergency services who are have all said that they will not fulfill what they call are illegal orders coming from the self-appointed government of point i thought he's in kiev it's

western proposals god was telling us about. speaking on french radio the french foreign minister said that the chretien referendum on joining rods which is set for sunday was in existence and the annexation of the region by russia would be illegal or not we shall see philip did the bush agenda the proposition is to stand firm and at the same costume for dialogue. we spent the rest of the proposal came to see de escalate and the prices you have yet to answer is that if they are positively than john kerry look at the mosque and the sanctions when the light on and on to state data center front and the negative forces to win sanctions to be implemented by the end of the week that well. so they're getting snow as it freezes for russians and iranians piano pieces of the deepest moment of it nations has accused north korea developing sophisticated techniques to circumvent u n sanctions the report published today show nine is accused of using its tendencies to facilitate illegal trade in weapons and he's in court accused of financial measures to express his gratitude kurds were difficult to track. but it isn't gone yet has been making increased use of the second events and techniques. in four days now since m

regions kiev keen to stamp out the work that has been sweeping across the southeast. that is not good intention was that bad consequences. western military convoys to syria are reportedly being used by one of the european jihadists to join the fight scene in the war torn country the human spirit this is all you can do with the twenty four hours a day. didn't our ukraine and force division has pledged allegiance to the crimean people eight hundred personnel in almost fifty warplanes and now under the c'mon political authorities. that brings the total number of troops have reportedly switch sides of the peninsula to list six thousand in just two days what is your fiscal small well this is an air force and be stuck here in the crimea. the more mediation that they have far forty five mig fighter jet center on eight hundred personnel numbers and all of them have now sworn allegiance to one of the cranium of sorties becoming an addition to other crimean police on the ot moreover on its own needy emergency services affordable said that they will not fulfill what the court the legal orders coming from the self appointed government support of the forties in kiev is only the poles who were

regional capital? >> relatively quiet. it is a sunday morning. we were walking past the parliament earlier and they are still playing rousing mutes i go, in fact some quite amusing anti-western music usinglorful russian language to describe the interference of the west, very much down here this is considered almost as if russia has come to liberate crimea and save it from the threat of some kind of nazi or fascist attack from the pro european forces that have taken control of the rest of ukraine. this is all the sort of noises and the mood coming out of here to rachet up this tension to create this sense of fear and a threat. that as we can see is really as yet not manifested itself at all. but that is certainly the feeling down here, that the russian forces or the pro russian forces are here to protect crimea, protect the russian people in crimea from this perceived threat. , adrian. >> robin, thanks. let's go live now for the capital and al jazerra's tim friend. tim, all of this piling on the pressure on that new relatively inexperienced administration there in kiev. >> reporter: they are very flesh us, parliament is meeting as we talk. a national security meeting late last night on s

regions with key of keen to stamp out the rebellious sentiment sweeping across the southeast. under good intentions bad consequences western humanitarian convoys to syria are reportedly being used by want to be european jihad is to join the fighting in the water on country. you're watching are seeing to national live from the russian so i'm. under welcome to the program and we'll start in crimea where the movement against ukraine self appointed government is growing interest three days more than five thousand ukrainian troops are reported to have switched sides over the local authorities pushing them into complete control of the peninsula. isn't crimea for us right now . police the navy border guards emergency services and other troops peace in the crimea now all say they won't follow what they call are illegal orders coming from the self-appointed government here it's not only those who were stationed here before the uprising the former commander in chief of ukraine's navy fleet now also says that he will follow strictly the orders of crimean authorities. i didn't experience of swear allegiance to the autonomy's republic of crimea in the hero city of sevastopol i swear to stri

stay the course, he will use force if necessary put a last resort and hi primary purpose is protecting russian nationals in the region. he is saying if the u.s. or other westernto impose sanction there is would be consequences to face on the back end so. there's no sign that he's backing down and it's looking like this crisis is going to continue. john kerry hoping to defuse some of that speaking with leaders trying to get a diplomatic compromise and solution. danielle leave. wegy, back to you. >> thanks for the latest. federal investigators looking into claims that gang members from los angeles are fighting on the front lines of the syrian civil war t investigation after a youtube video showing two men shooting rifles and wearing military fatigues, those men claim to belong to two l.a. street games and kim to be in syria. facebook posts by one of the men shows a possible affiliation with fighters that man claims to have been desort ported. >> checking in on the forecast, as we take a live look at san jose and san francisco. a tail of two cities. heavy fog. >> good morning. top of the morning to you. 6:32 now. the sun starting to make an appearance. that's wh

to supply western and eastern europe, but really what the russians -- the way i understand it, they're interested in that deep water port in the crimean region. they want access to be able to use the shipping lanes. am i wrong? >> of course they do. they have a long-term lease which the previous government, yanukovych, extended. that's not going to be continued if they get a new government in here. but they don't have any other warm-water ports. that's their way out. their fleet has been down there for a long time. out of an agreement with the ukrainian government. he needs it, and for now, he has it. >> strategically, that's a very important port to them. we'll have to leave it there. doing a great job. we appreciate your time. >> you bet. >> we'll leave it there. >>> up next, guess who made her way back to capitol hill today? lois lerner, the former irs official who pled the fifth last year. she talked? did you think she would talk? and why elijah cummings exploded after darrell issa adjourned the hearing. you'll see this when "the five" returns. >>> so, a nomination vote failed in the senate today. the loser, a staunch defender of a cop killer. debo adegbile was going to he

region are casting ballots on whether to become independent or rejoin russia. western nations have said they consider the referendum illegal. nick paton walsh joins usrom the capital, crimea. nick, what have you seen today? >> reporter: well, results here have never been in doubt. we've heard from the prime minister about two-thirds have voted and they think about an 8% vote will go towards joining russia so it seems to be pretty much in the bag here. celebrations are getting under way. you can see behind me the writings crimean spring. really on the ground we've seen strange scenes. one colleague has seen two ballots stuffed into a box by one voter. we've seen ourselves electoral officials expecting only a fifth of the people turning up to be on the electoral role. the rest are asked to show a passport and they decide on the spot whether or not to vote. but these small irregularities in a part of the world where often elections are about endorsing decisions politicians have made weeks earlier, those irregularities aren't the big deal. the key thing is the fact there are 21,500 russian troops on this peninsula according to ukraine defenseman, whose

western russia. still, he insisted his government reserves the right to use force to protect ethnic russians in ukraine. >> reporter: if we see that lawlessness starting in eastern regions too, if people ask us for help we reserve the right to use all options at our disposal to protect those citizens. >> woodruff: on politics, the russian leader said viktor yanukovich is the legitimate president of ukraine but acknowledged he has no political future. and putin suggested moscow might reject the results of any new elections. >> reporter: it depends on how they will be held. if they are held in the same terror that we see now in kiev, then we won't recognize. >> woodruff: in washington, president obama flatly rejected putin's justifications for russia's actions. >> president putin seems to have different set of lawyers making different set of interpretations. but i don't think that's fooling anybody. i think everybody recognizes that although russia has legitimate interests in what happens in neighboring state, that does not give it the right to use force as a means of exerting influence in that state >> woodruff: ukraine's new prime minister, speaking in kiev, also demand

western ukrainian city where they hope to be part of an independent ukraine. ethnic tatars across the region are watching events unfold, and hoping that history does not repeat itself. credit us a crimeaen analyst with the jamestown foundation. thank you for your time. i first want you in your crimeaen analyst hat here. some analysts are starting--some analysts are starting to say out loud that the crimeaen peninsula is lost to ukraine. that the russians have it, the majority of the population is happy about that, therefore russia isn't going to give it up. what is your view? >> well, i don't even want to think about it. but i think chairperson of crimea, they said they were going to do this on may 25th, and then march 30th, and then march 16th. it does not matter. they have already transforming everything into russian. they are talking about th the--today i spoke with the tatar leadership, and their only internet channel is closed. there are only four television channels, now they are russian television channels. the-- >> well, and you seem to be making the point or agreeing with the point made by other analysts that for all intents and purposes the crimeaen peninsula belong

baltic region close to russia's western border it forms part of washington's response to the situation in ukraine as john kerry pointed out after meeting with russia's foreign minister. brings us all of that. well first of all the u.s. secretary of state john kerry had to get reiterated that for him to russia had violated the sovereignty of ukraine and that russia had made the wrong choice but russia had maintained from the very start that all its movements in crimea in the region had been within the legalities of the agreement that it had signed and now john kerry also reiterated that the dialogue is paramount you know trying to find a solution to the ukrainian the crimean crisis however at the same time the u.s. has announced that it will bolster its military presence in the baltic region as part of washington's a response to the ukrainian crisis and that the united states currently a provides for f. fifteen still nato is a baltic air policing rotation but they will be sending six more additional a fifty one k c one three five in order to augment this mission and while on a different note that meeting between the two ministers started off with a rather informal and the somew

thinking that you would go into regional politics which a lot of western students said they were going to go into, this kind of mudslinging styles they thought would be quite useful to them whereas at eastern i found out most of these students were actually going into financing consulting, like so many other eastern students, liberal moderate or otherwise, and this kind of civilized style would be quite useful, various sorts -- working with people who have different perspectives. although i don't have the data on what these guys are like once they get into the larger society i can kind of think about what they might be like based on what they were talking about in terms of their future. >> thank you for the presentation. i was wondering what are the long-term implications of different styles of the conservative movement but i also wondered if you were able, hard to interview everybody but if you were able to see what the impact of the context were on liberal groups on the same campus? did you see similar forms on both campuseses? >> that is really important question. it could be all well and good about talking how conservatives respond to their campus but is this

region, a crude intervention. ukrainens in western have been taken over by armed national radicals under extremist anti-russian and other slogans being used february, almost three months after the unrest and the excesses, there was an agreement tween the president of ukraine and the opposition whereby they signed by the ministers of foreign affairs of germany, poland, and other countries where they refused to bring in an emergency situation. they took to the streets. the opposition did not do anything. the use of legitimate weapons was not surrendered. civic buildings were not free. radicals are continuing - instead of a promise of the national unity government based in the formation of the jurors-- made aliament of ukraine decision limiting the rights of minorities, sent away the judges of the constitutional court, and insists on pursuing them criminally. their arguments to limit or make it punishable to ban political parties that do not suit them and to use them as examples, so the victors want to use assurances of their victory to trample the rights and basic freedoms of people. all of this has bothered eastern and southern authorities

actually most western governments don't think that these disclose all of the region's that they will keep some as a deterrent against the rebels theory is that reports of chemical weapons being used recently which wouldn't surprise me but i think he was very slowly. remove those chemicals weapons which he is starting to slowly doing because he knows that there will be no attack on him as long as the chemical weapons were being moved so. it's it's one of the great tragedies. the unwelcome consequences this is that by the cool operating with the charlotte side to move the weapons in effect the national community the united states and france are now in fact to call in bed with it with a side dish or lawson is very well to his usefulness to the united states europe and russia. and everyone else rapidly drops off after he delivers his chemical weapons. after that he is just to the most powerful warlord in syria and therefore he plays for time as usual. i think it's a shame use the fact that they are removing chemical weapons as a reason not to try to help the people who are fighting and dying as we speak. a new front has now opened in syria. rebels are still fighting government forces

western region, we're finding that prices are beginning to trend, so affordability is still at the high level, and we anticipate there'll be less pressure going forward. >> budge, thanks for being with us. appreciate you coming by. diana, great to see you too. sue? >> all right, ty. what i have here is what the network of nbc call a hot note. it's from nbc news pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski, saying senior u.s. military officials are saying that thousands of russian troops have staged on the ukrainian border, as president obama sanctions more russians. that's all coming up next. plus, phil and the mystery of malaysia airlines flight 370. phil, maybe we're getting a little break? >> i think that we're getting close, sue. but it's still unconfirmed reports out of australia, as they look at fields of debris, perhaps two pieces of debris from that malaysian flight. we'll show you what they're looking at when "power lunch" returns. " returns. in a world that's changing faster than ever, we believe outshining the competition tomorrow quires challenging your business inside and out today. at cognizant, we help forward-looking companies run better and run different - to give your cust

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us? i mean, if he decides he wants that region in moldova -- >> look, i think the bottom line comes down -- the line in the sand, nobody's used that phrase, of course, this time around. >> western i think it's anything involving nato. the minute you get to a nato country who's not going to go to poland, then we are contractually obligated to defend these 28 countries that are a member of the north atlantic treaty organization. >> i mean, that's the nato. we were talking earlier this morning about the idea that there was the budapest agreement where we promised ukraine if they got rid of some of their nukes -- >> that we would defend their territory, and we didn't. >> and we already haven't done that. >> right. >> that was the whole -- yeah. i mean, that was -- when he did it, that was the -- anyway, let's bring in andrew, director of the russia and eurasia program at the center for strategic and international studies. in your heart of heart, andrew, what do you really see happening? i think he's pretty slick, and i think he just does this and nothing happens to him, and he gets back in the g-8 and then maybe down the road he starts doing something. do you think it's imminent th

crane or taken over a particular region for that matter and also moscow's military drills making headlines around the world are nothing more than western media hype. for the use of military force there's no need for that at the moment and the military drills that took place recently have nothing to do with the situation in ukraine we have this option but it is an extreme measure and it's for the legitimacy of a president yet of which requested russia to use military force to protect the lives and well being of ukrainians they are nationalists and ukraine or empowered after victory on a call that gave vent to the demands of the opposition and signed up for pretty much everything that they were looking to achieve and in sewin so he gave them a free reign as all of the countries and under the circumstances vitamin a putin said that it's understandable why the ousted leader and that upset correct would ever russia but he. has practically given up his power. to demand it well you know it isn't snap presidential and parliamentary elections but he agreed to return to the two thousand and four constitution so he has full hours and western requests not to use force wh

officials in the region of crude intervention into churches, the center of kiev and western ukraine have been taken over by armed national radicals and extremists and anti-semitic slogans being used. >> russian anti-sem mitic sloga being used. moments later, the united states ambassador to the united nations, samantha power, fired right back. >> it is a fact that russian military forces have taken over ukrainian border posts. it is a fact that russia has taken over the ferry terminal in kurch. it's a fact that russian telephone services in some areas. it is a fact that russia has surrounded or taken over practically all ukrainian military facilities in crimea. it is a fact that independent journalists continue to report that there is no evidence of violence against russian or pro-russian communities. >> strong words from the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. our own anderson cooper is joining us from the capital of kiev. anderson, what are you seeing, hearing there about the next steps? because this exchange between the u.s. and russian ambassadors at the u.n. -- we haven't heard these kinds of angry words going against each other making opposite points in a long time. >> reporter: and

western china? >> i do. ,ne of the main ethnic groups it is a possibility. >> help us parachute into ornghai and moved two blocks hong kong. if we were to parachute to this regionfind? >> a very rural, undeveloped region. it is much less developed. has not benefited from the incredible growth of china. many have left and gone to work in the cities. the demographics are totally dissimilar to what we have seen in coastal china. >> thank you. andant to switch gears visit headlines that broke earlier in the hour. men's wearhouse announcing a nondisclosure agreement with joseph a bank. bringing in our deals reporter. what does that mean nondisclosure agreement? >> they are going to do a deal. we knew this was going to happen. thanks was the, bad guy because it did not want a deal with men's wearhouse. put up protections that shareholders saw as a poison pill. they announced a crazy deal for eddie bauer to make himself bigger and harder to deal with. viewedf shareholders that as a very hostile act toward shareholders because they said you have a logical target of a combination makes a lot sense and you are going off to do this deal with eddie bauer. now it looks like

regions of the country. the russian position was and remains consistent and open. while for some western politicians, ukraine is only a geopolitical playground, for us it is a fraternal it. russia is interested in a stable and strong ukraine. where we see in short, legitimate interests of . in this extraordinary situation not of our making when the live and security of the residents of crimea and southeast regions are being subjected to a real threat due to the irresponsible and provocative actions of gangs and other ultra national elements, we would like to once again emphasize that the actions of russia are fully appropriate and legitimate. thank you very much, madam president. >> translator: i thank the russian federation for a statement. i'll give the floor to -- >> that was a statement made by russian's ambassador to the united nations. i want to bring in middle east editor for "the daily beast." chris, what do you make of that statement? some extraordinary allegations about the situation on -- i'm told the united states is about to speak. let's listen in. >> let's begin with a clear and candid assessment of the facts. it's a fact that russian military forces ha

western region and today we're heading to the south. how did you vote? fox news legal analyst peter johnson, jr. joins us united states supreme court says the supremacy clause overruled the southbound 1070 in the state of arizona. justices scalia and thomas said they were wrong, the supreme court were wrong and that's a constitutional violation. it wasn't the supremacy clause. >> between fast and and federal drug laws, america selected? >> fast and furious. this is where attorney holder said i'm not giving any documents in 2012. congress said you're in contempt, holder. there is a lawsuit that continues to go on. violation of the necessary proper clause with regard to congressional oversight of the executive. >> all right. given the choice between internet regulation and church rights, america voted and they said they're more concerned about the violation of church rights. >> church rights. the eeoc said a lutheran minister, a commissioned minister ho who is a teacher couldn't be disciplined by the lutheran church. the supreme court for once said they were wrong and the first amendment prevailed. the fir

us here on r.t. to discuss the situation and specifically how the media western media in particular reacted to what's happening in their region well first off i'd like to go to your article where you said the first casualty of the war is truth could you tell us a bit more about that i mean could you elaborate on that and why did you say that. i think we're getting a very patient here in the west about what is happening. because what people are doing is trying to squeeze all cultural america where you have to gather them. by. the kind of narrative is a. good reason because i would offer that situation and you try to get back to the man by the way by. the massive brought out by. deception. on the side of. really frightened. into being. out of the school also the. guy who was. was a democratically elected leader whatever you might think then he had more than twelve million votes in two thousand and ten elections i thought he was a majority of the two thousand and twelve election. the situation was back to. ousting all. position being and it really. is democratic. i just want to apologize to our ears for the poor quality of sound

they call themselves want to use the fruits of their victory to suppress human rights and a basic freedoms this has incited. and diggnation in the western and southern regions of ukraine in the tournament's republic of crimea with the where millions of russians reside they don't want to see a repeat of this scenario in on their territory and. threats of violence from ultranationalists. so several self-defense units were set up that had to prevent any attempts to seize a minister of buildings in crimea and flow of weapons. of weapons into the peninsula the russian president has underlined there due to these threats to live for russians and are compared to the. soldiers. of the russian fleet here's our stance see a federal assembly the ride's use military force to stabilize the situation in crimea and we believe that certain radicals were trying to the census we want to defend the rights. which sit. compared to defend the basic rights or the right to life for those who want to interpret this situation as an aggression those who would war and we sanctions are the very partners seem partners who have. those ultimatums that's those who've polarized the craning i

black sea peninsula western media seems determined to convince the of us russian soldiers are on the streets of crimea so we decided to take a look for ourselves who is patrolling the region these are the people we met a minute we are on our own land we protect our own land you need is furious he blames mind on protesters for creating instability in the region that must now be addressed. guys clean your own mess and your own cities clean the mess in your own townships where you live you have no business in crimea this is the headquarters of the volunteers of the self-defense squads around the clock leonid dispatches patrols to protect the peninsula there's no way in or out of crimea without him or his men knowing about it if you want peace you get ready for war. it's a pro russian rallies like this that the volunteers are welcome and there are rumors of some three hundred made on profiteers in the city concern is that they might try to cause trouble the self defense units are made up of former combat soldiers ordinary civilians wanting to protect their families all of volunteers all come from crimea to try to protect my guns and me or from mine in danger from my neck seri