when the field is still cost of the ussr. eat eat enough to sixty five years in the country. he's not been granted next ninety. and without question paid lackeys technique e statements so this is my pa sport. then you can see here either i think the aliens plus work which means i am an alien in my own conscience use the reading or sleeping. can you say it is my honest and strong mitigating its independence in nineteen nine two on the head of marvel's is exactly the same position so everyone will seek is to refuse a star and windy the recently that he uses for some people up on peoples and to others. when he gained independence that it's wrong to citizenship today's living in the country before it was annexed by the save the union and their descendants. as for the immigrants who arrived off to nineteen fourteen contest on in specification of them yet. they became non citizens. a special status within the legislation the condition known as almost three hundred thousand people in very few of them apply in a tri sanctioned beans. aunt susan you are and who is no present cromwell

ukraine is critical to putting the ussr back toort again. if they don't have the ukraine, they don't have the rest of them. what has he got for influence? 40% of the gas in the world going to europe. he proves he's willing to play it, but he's nothing more than a mafia thug. >> doesn't it prove, eric, in that area, all of europe and also the former caucasus, they should be developing their own energy so they're not reliant in having to deal with president putin? >> yeah, bob is right about that. that putin definitely uses the gas delivery to the other parts of europe as a stick, as a lot of the gas travels through some of the countries, and they're like, lay, it's traveling through us, but they're not paying them to do it, and also, he's using it. i think president obama was smart in saying exactly what he said, in the strongest terms possible. we condemn the violence. you have to stop. consequences, i'm curious on what that will be. sanctions, fine. meaning we won't do business with you. i guess we're backing the rebels. >> yes, the rebels,

o douglas a movie turns fifty the movie was directed by the people's artist of the ussr shake and i'm on of his one hundred anniversary was recently celebrated in context and his birth has been widely celebrated this year of the cozy is his nickname no one knows of this present ever lived. although there are many different stories about them all the story showed all the locals say is a kind person who opted for taking time on a dream about making the movie was such a hero as the cause it but they do the russian film director young couples does not have shot the movie has ridden in kolkata in nineteen forty three. twenty years later a second kind of makes the movie about the cause and the officials last week and i'm honored to make the stage comedy with lots of jokes and humor. i wish i can talk differently or what the back with a bow. all of the people yet. she can do multiple chicken cooked in the sky pollution reduction because its stake in one shot of the cuisine is a smart person he embodied all the cozy with powers of the celtic people was that it was a major weapon. you mean the

attract its to near-abroad neighbors, the former republics of the ussr. it has not even an aspiration of exerting soft power, if i can put it that way, very far from home. in fact, they are having trouble maintaining it in you crane, to take us back to that. >> time for maybe one last question. i'll take the lady sitting down right here. >> the wilson center. i have a question concerning syria. he painted a very gloomy picture of the relationship and you an't expect much in terms of bilateral relationship through the end of the obama term. considering everything that we heard, what kind of leverage does the united states have on russia to convince them to work with them on a solution for syria? regardless of the chemical it does not really focused on the core issue, which domestic problem here. >> thank you. the young lady here. >> thank you. i am a scholar at george washington university. i am from georgia. stent.tion is to dr. how do the u.s.-russia relations pro-soviete issue of countries and where do you see for options or solutions these issues in ca

they beat the ussr 4-3. winunited states went on to the gold tomorrow. led by john carlson. led by alex. let me say this. both teams are inspected to make it to the middle row. a win by the united days could be a huge momentum builder for the rest of the games. >> we're going to play a russian team at home. they are going to need motivation for sure. the skill level is probably the highest in the tournament. we going to have to work our butts off. >> for baseball fans, another nice day at spring training. cut grass, 65 degrees. they are all working out with a new manager. a lot of the veteran position players have already arrived. it is the same as the baltimore orioles. how would you like to see them in the world series? it sure would be fun. spring training is now in full swing. earlier this week, the mascot and new orleans was clearing the kids who come to games. even the adult said he looks means of he underwent a facelift. today we got our first look at the changes. that is a bird. now the fans will not keep him so far down the pecking order. a brand-new look here it if

ussr collapsed in 1991, crimea became part of an independent ukraine. >> this is the tension that exists within ukraine itself. this is an east-west tension right within ukraine. >> a crimea is home to one of the major naval bases as well as pipelines that pump natural gas from russia. ousted president viktor yanukovych surfaced for the first time in public since fleeing the capitol last week. he spoke in russia. >> i intend to keep fighting for the future of you vain against those who are using fear and terror to seize the country. i decided to state this publicly. no one deposed me. i was forced to leave ukraine under direct threat were mine and my family's lives. >> he claims he is still the new president and the government is illegitimate. he said russia must act, but he didn't elaborate, saying it would be inappropriate to say what russia would do. for his heart president putin has been silent in public. did he speak by phone by bristol city prime minister david cameron. a spokeswoman said vladimir putin said a free and fair election for the ukraine. >> reporter: we demand actions s

there were more cars per paved road in the ussr. but the u.s. had 15 times more miles of paved roads. auto deaths in the usrr grew much faster than anywhere else. the numbers were pretty bad with a high percentage. cars became a staple joke in the soviet union and managers talked about copying the americans and their production capacity. their cars came up short. as one russian joke said in russia owning a car brings joy twice: once in purchased and once when sold. another proverb was there are no roads, just cars. there were green spaces, parks and apartments with bath tubs and showers which was unusual, but no cars. but until five years did the soviet union produce the number of cars this one plant was projected to produce at the time it opened. as it everything, cars and car ownerships came with penalties for doing anything not permitted by the government. there were many things that would land you in trouble. this was true through much of the east block. the east german car was labelled the worst car in the world. powered by a two-cylinder e

attract its to near-abroad neighbors, the former republics of the ussr. it has not even an aspiration of exerting soft power, if i can put it that way, very far from home. in fact, they are having trouble maintaining it in you crane, to take us back to that. >> time for maybe one last question. i'll take the lady sitting down right here. >> the wilson center. i have a question concerning syria. he painted a very gloomy picture of the relationship and you an't expect much in terms of bilateral relationship through the end of the obama term. considering everything that we heard, what kind of leverage does the united states have on russia to convince them to work with them on a solution for syria? regardless of the chemical it does not really focused on the core issue, which domestic problem here. >> thank you. the young lady here. >> thank you. i am a scholar at george washington university. i am from georgia. stent.tion is to dr. how do the u.s.-russia relations pro-soviete issue of countries and where do you see for options or solutions these issues in ca

. >> if putin will defeat us, europe will get a lot of problems, because like the ussr, we will rise again. >> reporter: but opposition forces who have now set up a fortress say they want to follow the paths of europe and america, craving the democracy and rites of the we rights of the west, telling us they will die for this. how do you think this will finish? >> we must do win and we must do our new country, which will be a part of basic rules and what you're fighting for 200 years ago. we fighting for this today. >> this is your revolution today. >> yes. >> reporter: just 24 hours ago, there had been a glimmer of hope as a truce was announced. but by dawn, that hope was dash ed as battles broke out once again between government security forces and protesters. >> you see their truce? they announced a truce but now they throw grenades at us. this is what we mean by truce. we don't trust them. >> reporter: this morning, abc news cameras captured brutal scenes. protesters gunned down by security forces. fellow activists running to their aid, coming you should fire themselves. snipers l

when the ussr, the soviet union spun apart into its pieces. the largest physical portion of what had been the soviet union, of course, survived more or less in tact as russia, but former soviet socialist republics like this one here, this big one, ukraine, they became their own nations in 1991 and in ukraine they did it without a war. yes, there were a lot of protests including some protests that ended in violence at the time but they did it without a war. well, today in the streets of ukraine, in the streets of ukraine's capital city, it very much looked like war. have you seen this today? we have had footage like this pouring in all day today for more than 12 hours it has looked like this, and it is still going on now tonight. molotov cocktails, random explosions, large fires raging in close proximity to people. live ammunition. percussion grenades. hand to hand combat. images in the press of protesters on fire. including this one run by "the new york times" today. photos of grievously injured protesters and troops and police including some

they were seen as a major stick of communism success and there were more cars per paved road in the ussr that the u.s. had 15 times more miles of paved roads. it grew proportionately much faster than it did anywhere else in the province and it reached a shocking 41 per hundred thousand people. and that's pretty bad, almost as many inebriated students that you would have on a given night. and so cars became a staple joke in the soviet union and managers talked to how we want to copy the americans and their production capacity and yet their cards came up a little bit short. as one russian joke said, it brings joy twice. once when purchased and once when sold. and another proverb said that there are no roads. only directions. and there is an auto plant that was supposed to be the highlight of the soviet production facility that featured green spaces parks and apartments with bathtubs and showers for workers, which is highly unusual at the time. but no cars in this production facility. not until five years after it opened to the entire soviet auto industry produced the number of cars that th

i also remember as a 12-year-old watching the ice hockey game, the ussr against czechoslovakia and it was, of course, the same year russian tanks invaded prague. hockeys was not an ice game but this was an athletic contest for liberty. with the previous caller that politics should be separate from sports but it isn't as it is a reflection of life and that is what you will get from the lyrics. host: seagull tweets in -- was it a mistake for jimmy carter to not f which compete in the 1980 x? mistake.was a huge you look at it now in the historical perspective, and i think most people and scholars would agree it was a mistake. eyed hundreds of american athletes who tried to hundredste -- denied of american athletes to try to participate at highest level -- daily training, sacrificing family and social life, employment, and you denied those american athletes in the pursuit of happiness which is in our constitution through a political gesture and in return, of course, the russians were not part of the 1984 olympics in los angeles so this was drawn out over a period of time. so i believe it

he may even consider ukraine a part of russia, just as it once was a part of the ussr. but the protesters there decidedly do not. tonight americans there have been warned to stay indoors. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is here to start us off. richard, the death toll around 18. and given the pictures, it's likely to change? >> it certainly could change. this is an extremely volatile situation. it's extremely dangerous and extremely important. the government wants to contain this. it doesn't want it to get any worse. so the government is now trying to seal off all the roads leading to downtown kiev as it's struggling to regain control of the capital. it has all the signs of a revolution. and it's taking place in kiev's independence square. anti-government demonstrators barricaded themselves in, setting bonfires. throwing stones and lobbing molotov cocktails, even fireworks to keep riot police from driving them out. they dared the riot police to kill them. to kill their own countrymen. today's violence began hours earlier when radical protesters tried to ma

second i'm on of the classic film studio was named after the people's artist of the ussr taken a mind of his films via the slider our dear dr angel in a hat when the feathers and then i come on are included in the gold fun because its cinema. i'm on those films are very popular still to this day take in amman was born in el monte today's relatives and colleagues came to pay tribute to his memory. for many years and mother worked as an art director of the concert film studio. also he had to cut expenses union summit on the first show on called the buy of our active in several movies directed by a mother of pearl and angel in a hat is the most remarkable one. who could resist those only two judicial and he told me when we were at georgia filled week show pumpkin ready you have to play one of the main roles in the new movie by. i was so happy when i came home i learnt that he died in moscow who was here for good the president of causing him to make a much i ever told that the events in honor of the hundredth birth anniversary the second time my love will be held in el monte austin are an

it's also filled with communist institutes of the old ussr. chief among them is enough. named to the twenty eight summit in seven out of the infantry units. the doubling of striking tanks during world war two. and it extends pastry to fit into. eighteen nineteen and seven. i made entirely out of it. stunned and fifty six need to tie it to sink which the orthodox christians. the present twenty six percent of its own population. a stint in eighteen sixteen. you don't have to start all adults christians this tax has been a problem with these and really did have a problem with communism a game of one of the seventy six loss to the police said. peggy was hoping it is a decent it's a huge force. the bus commuter will upload in this global posted by genius they just go with it. janet dean wasn't counting on sunscreen which team i am not all the guests and not a scientist with more than a hundred of them in and winning the state and around the well in the same time the offense is the conquest of the days of wealth the traditionally the teens in this town. the most intense enough

the then soviet leadership decided to transfer to the administration also beat ukraine and when the ussr collapsed in nineteen eighty one the granny was left in support of independent ukraine. the last few centuries mainly ethnic russians have been living on these lists alongside minorities including the muslim twenty and top sellers the granny always used to be rationed was passed over to ukraine and all. it's time for justice to prevail the story of one of the local district building here in st. it's a good fit for approval rating. it builds corporal works of the works and what are we going to wax your head that sentence but we'll see what league points. when you submit to sleep. i mean it on to something starting with the ukrainian nationalists but they were never able to agree on the long room crime unit offered from behind the ears too far fetched me to this point however nationalism is far more pokemon tickets but the majority of you expecting the local cranium forties the exercise of political will and not allow him to cope with the new open to break down. you go to school for tea

i was just transferred the administration of crimea from russia to ukraine that's men's when the ussr broke apart in nineteen ninety one. and it became part of independent ukraine some sixty percent of india's population are ethnic russians. just twenty five percent on ukrainian. in nineteen ninety two to diffuse into ethnic tensions tanya was given wide ranging autonomy the government is based in central poland. said constable special status and is home to russia's black sea fleet the lease for the base runs until twenty forty two from russia. it is akin to having a foot in the tool of ukraine. and now tensions are again on the rise with the change of government in kiev. russia's fear of losing influence. the complex in crimea is like a microcosm of the one to stand off. and we have more on ukraine's economy coming up a little bit later in the show but first there was a lot of pomp and ceremony when german chancellor angela merkel visited london on thursday to address both houses of the british parliament and even had tea with a homer to lead out her vision for the european union and

recently found out just how sensitive the kremlin is about one or two after asking viewers whether the ussr should have surrendered leningrad save lives through nine hundred and ninety seats of the city today said the tenant had crossed a red line and cable providers lined up to drop the channel reducing its viewership from seventeen to two million households them was mine. mine was quicker hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the streets of tehran and cities across the country to mark the thirty fifth anniversary of the islamic revolution which toppled the pro us regime that sheltered lobby and brought business to town. huge crowds in the kelt to listen to a speech by president sunroof only to listen to some traditional anti us rhetoric many in the crowds carried anti israel flags and chanted anti us and anti israeli slogans private despite promising to loosen up social restrictions mean earring is a first rate in the new colonies government is now producing the corner of social change that they voted for. he came to her enlistment at the scene citizens who are true harmony to the s

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recently found out just how sensitive the kremlin is about one or two after asking viewers whether the ussr should have surrendered leningrad save lives through nine hundred and ninety seats at the city today said that emma had crossed the red line and cable providers lined up to drop the channel reducing its viewership from seventeen to two million households them was mine. human the europe team by the washington post shows american special operations forces wrapping and accused al qaeda operative in tripoli libya back in oct twenty thirteen pushing him into a white man an escapee. operation was a joint effort of the c i a at the un and us army's elite delta force. the suspected al qa'ida all that intimacy of a deal on it. elmer carly wilson and as an ox ldp is most wanted in connection with the nineteen ninety eight bombings of us embassies in east africa that resulted in more than two hundred guests. why is currently in federal prison in the war on terrorism charges. the beer itself is in danger of splintering along tribal lines that the country's secular governments unable to stabilize

them erase memories of that is to defeat in particular the ideas of snakes yet he was to go to the ussr on the plates and die. this is for use again. it was a good lesson for a team. if you want to become an olympic champion us not underestimate any right. unfortunately we did just passively once it is just a week before the game we had beaten the americans told reagan. so we called the gold medal was already in the back. and that was established to put it in the first place the usa should i speak of since lake placid in a hokey has moved level with indecent acts. you know what i think it still has seen three decades on each issue raised the rivalry between these two teams on the basis of the game for russia in seoul today from slovenia and then i met an american from slovakia site today same as the first real test of life that needs to stop study science. in all the games can be against russia. there is a um home turf and their own soil. so um it's good to be if it all again to be fun but the games that are denying will be a pretty interesting it was from when their options and then wi

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. >>> back in the former ussr, in the biggest political disruption of the

. >> i terminate my activities as president of the ussr.t union ceased to exist. >> that system came crashing down because it depended on two things, the big lie and the iron fist. the iron fist turned out to be not enough to keep it troeg. >> leningrad became st. petersburg again and russia returned under this man, boris yeltsin. all putin could do was keep his head down and work hard. one day they called him to moscow. >> he had a rapid rise to power through the beaurocracy. what explains that? >> i think it's a combination of genuine talent. he is not stupid by a long shot. he has clearly got a considerable intelligence, a lot of self-discipline, and he knows how to play the system and play personalities. >> putin's meteoric rise through the ranks gave him increasing power and influence. >> he has his goal to keep russia in one piece and elevate russia to the proper position in the world, which to him is bring russia back into the top league of global players. >> in december 1999, putin had his chance to take charge. >> translator: i res

i also remember as a 12-year-old watching the ice hockey game, the ussr against czechoslovakia and itas, of course, the same year russian tanks invaded prague. hockeys was not an ice game but this was an athletic contest for liberty. with the previous caller that politics should be separate from sports but it isn't as it is a reflection of life and that is what you will get from the lyrics. host: seagull tweets in -- was it a mistake for jimmy carter to not f which compete in the 1980 x? mistake.was a huge you look at it now in the historical perspective, and i think most people and scholars would agree it was a mistake. eyed hundreds of american athletes who tried to hundredste -- denied of american athletes to try to participate at highest level -- daily training, sacrificing family and social life, employment, and you denied those american athletes in the pursuit of happiness which is in our constitution through a political gesture and in return, of course, the russians were not part of the 1984 olympics in los angeles so this was drawn out over a period of time. so i believe it wa

ussr in its late 70s were going, why did i get into this relationship? this is awful. then they get out and they say, don't go there. she's nuts. she's going to burn all your ties. it's going to be attract frb at first, but it's going to be a mess. what do we do? we go ahead and hook up with the craziest ex-girlfriend of them all. >> not to mention the brits in the 18th century. >> then he throws it back in our face. >> she may have been the least crazy one. i think our troops have done a tremendous job with the resources and the afghans they have had to deal with, and i think they should be proud of what they attempted to achieve there, and i hope all those gains haven't been lost. what do you think? >> it was naive from day one to turn a place like afghanistan into philadelphia on the eve of a constitutional convention with hamid karzai as george washington. i have said this before. they are a bunch of goat herders. why would we create a country that is somehow going to mirror our values when just this week their culture, the afghan parliament, moved legislation that

the ussr broke up in 1991, clearing the way for ukraine to gain its independence while still seeking elusive national unity. while ukraine is certainly in a state of flux, one expert does not believe crimea will join with russia. 91% of ukrainians including ethnic russians in ukraine voted for independence. >> that is so true. what they may want is more autonomy, but never wanted to secede. >>> they may rebuild their organization there, military officials say the group's leader has been bringing in experienced militants t to fight. and that a pullout could jeopardize those efforts. thousands of documents were declassified today giving an inside look at the clinton white house. the william jay clinton library covering everything from hillary clinton's healthcare task force to administration response. all documents have been made available to the public online. >>> many expecting to see ten inches of rain. mandatory evacuation orders were issued for some towns in fear of landslide. let's take you back a bit. in 1969 91 people were killed in landslides in that area. >> meteorologist: to

the 14 points, message of good luck to the republic of labor unions, the ussr, and warning to the allies their treatment of russia would be the acid test of their good will, intention, and unselfish sympathy, and mentally impressive to us explains matt eastman. speaking for many leftists and progressives. this was the extraordinary moment, extraordinary moment when russia's war connoisseur, referring to the now famous con cement of the fellow travel. it's wilson who is the model for coining the term "fellow traveler," and using that term later, it's not true, but for a time, this appears to be the case. the metaphor based on the belief that the american president shared a critique of imperialism and hope for reform in less capitalist u.s.. this could sound like the 1980s who still thought russia was going to catch up and we'd converge, but there's no reason to did over old garbage. liberals with those progressives would renamed themselves so to repudiate wilson. i'll repeat it. liberals, progressives who renamed themselves so as to repudiate wilson. the word "liberalism" who wrote whitma

ussr was a corrupt prison throughout the 20th century. the prison is open, there's still corruption. i feel bad for the citizens. >> i have to move on. university of missouri defensive end michael sam, a top prospect to be drafted into the nfl, came out over the weekend, declaring he was gay. listen. >> came to tell the world that i am an openly proud gay man. >> how does it feel to say those words to the world? >> it's a load off my chest. i told my teammates this past august that i came out to my teammates, and they took it great. they rallied around me, they supported me, and i couldn't have asked for better teammates. >> bobby, you take this one first. the first openly gay player in the nfl. >> i think that's fine. i think there are others, and i think it gives an opportunity for those people, if they want to, to come forward. look, we're into the year 2014. it's time for us to put this behind us. he can play basketball like nobody else -- >> you mean football. >> football. i think the idea is a good idea. >> some uproar going back an

. >>> back in the former ussr, in the biggest political disruption of the olympic games so far two members of the band pussy riot were detained for hours today but russian police in -- to underscore just how controversial this band has become, this was their third arrest since arriving in sochi on sunday night. this time russian law officials alleged that the band members had stolen from their hotel. they accused of us a criminal offense, one band member told reporters. she explained they were out walking when police rounded them up into a paddy wagon. the duo say they were subjected to abuses during the interrogation including having their arms twisted and dragged into the investigators office along the stairway. it is safe to say pussy riot is not alone in facing the wrath of the russian state. david was arrested for his one-man protest. another man is on hunger strike after being sentenced to three years for defacing offense. then there is transgender activist, who was removed from the games in sochi for trying to enter with a rainbow themed outfit. all of this is america's fault. that

where are the lefties who so romanticized the ussr, the well-oiled machine. so glad pete seeger isn't here to see that. >> eric, what about that? do you feel sorry for russia, or in a way is there a silver lining here? nbc's richard engel got off the plane and the minute he got off the plane he's complaining his computer was hacked. greg said these reporters, they are whining about everything, almost not doing their job covering the games because they are so busy talking about yellow water and how bad the conditions are, but isn't this exposing russia a bit for what it really is for their hacking and how unfair they are and how underdeveloped? >> i think it's exposing for what they are in the corruption world. it's the most corrupt -- don't forget, they are new at the democracy game. if you find out who these russian billionaires are who are buying the nets and big yachts, they are the ones in political power when they went from communism to -- to democracy. all those people took care of each other. you got that. you have gazprom, yukos oil. they split up all

ukrainian independence came in 1991 when the ussr collapsed. do mocksy and pros tperity remained illusive. >>> back here at home brand-new fallout a day after the feds warn airlines to be on the lookout for shoe bombers. will the new crackdown actually make us safer? judge andrew napolitano is here with his thoughts. a little bit of a chuckle. you know i love the laugh. the bottom line is there's no way in h-e-l-l hockey sticks this is going to make us safer, right? >> i think the tsa is basically an illusion designed to give us the appearance of safety. look, the same mentality that runs the tsa runs the rest of the government. they can't deliver the mail. they can't collect taxes. they can't tell the truth. they don't keep us safe. they haven't stopped a single terrorist from boarding a single plane in the united states of america that we know about. you know if they had they'd be boasting about it. they, they, the tsa let onboard the underwear bomber and the shoe bomber. >> here's the thing. we would now assume, as it was just starting to ma

wilson's 14 points, his message of good good luck to the republf labor unions, the ussr and his warning to the allies that their treatment of bolshevik russia would be the acid test of their goodwill and unselfish sympathy were immensely impressive to us, explained max eastman. speaking for many leftists and progressives. this was the extraordinary moment, extraordinary moment when russia's war commissar, leon trotzky, referring to wilson coined the now-famous concept of the fellow traveler. it's wilson who's the model for trotzky when he coins the term "fellow traveler." now, as we use the term later, it's not true. but for a time this appears to be the case. the metaphor was based on trotzky's belief that the american president and the bolsheviks shared a critique of european imperialism and a hopeful for a capitalist u.s. this could sound like kenneth galbraith in the 1980s, but there's no reason to go over old garbage. liberals were those progressives who'd remain -- excuse me, liberals were those progressives who renamed themselves so as to repudiate wilson. liberals were those pro

he is ukrainian brought up in the ussr. privacy.m is with as everybody smartphone to have it. in an attempt at monetization. still no gimmick. they are sticking to their roots. was like towhat it debate and discuss and, again, and he said, it was fun. best friends, they hiked together all the time. on valentine's day, they were hammering out the deal. leave very much whatsapp would remain. >> i believe strawberries were intended for mark zuckerberg's wife. i want to push back on what will change. will anything be different under facebook? there has to be a point where they talk about integrating the .wo businesses somehow >> i asked whether privacy would be an issue. --whatsapp is much more personal. facebook is a most the -- antithesis, putting your statements out to the world tubes or 400 friends to look at. they are at opposite ends but it seems as though they really want to remain totally independent. it is more about facebook and what facebook wants from whatsapp when it wants to understand mayor going to ca migration. they want wondering people to be on it, tapping in to

in the was brought up former ussr, he is ukrainian. privacy is important to him, and the ability to affordably talk outside of your country. he moved to the united states when he was young and could not continue those conversations. he wants to make it affordable and that is why he is taking to the roots of the company. that is why he is passionate from that point. he got a message from australia from a woman who was said that she could not contact her family and was sad. he personally made the whatsapp app for her before they launched. how is it was negotiating with mark and he said, it was fun. these guys go hiking together, on valentine's day, were hanging out together. they obviously have a good relationship, and he says he will remain independent. it is for $19pe billion. thank you, caroline. >> if someone were willing to offer me $19 billion, i would call that fun, too. a new theory that the automobile business is on the verge of stalling. you heard about peak oil. now we will be talking about peak car and how it could change det

the 14 points, message of good luck to the republic of labor unions, the ussr, and warning to the alliestheir treatment of russia would be the acid test of their good will, intention, and unselfish sympathy, and mentally impressive to us explains matt eastman. speaking for many leftists and progressives. this was the extraordinary moment, extraordinary moment when russia's war connoisseur, referring to the now famous con cement of the fellow travel. it's wilson who is the model for coining the term "fellow traveler," and using that term later, it's not true, but for a time, this appears to be the case. the metaphor based on the belief that the american president shared a critique of imperialism and hope for reform in less capitalist u.s.. this could sound like the 1980s who still thought russia was going to catch up and we'd converge, but there's no reason to did over old garbage. liberals with those progressives would renamed themselves so to repudiate wilson. i'll repeat it. liberals, progressives who renamed themselves so as to repudiate wilson. the word "liberalism" who wrote whitman

caller: back when the ussr capitulated, i was concerned about the budget for the cia and the defense. argument was that we had to spend it because of private industry. the american people, with everything being classified, they do not know the truth. terrorist is aa freedom fighter. what is going on in the middle east, these people overthrowing the governments that we have supported. they came at us because -- they business and military who have made their lives miserable and oppressed for generations. one of the things you are complaining about, i voted against the budget deal, which, the obama and republican leadership deal capped -- kept in certain benefits for illegal immigrants while cutting colas for certain veterans benefits. i voted against that. that is number one. number two, you are complaining that the cia and the defense department after the fall of communism in russia maintained their same level of spending. it came down a bit. you are right. the reduction in spending in defense and intelligence did not had been reduced by the fall of communism in russia. --t i think is

so forth, rather than the old u2 -- the old gary powers and u2 and spy planes in cuba, back in the ussrs. with newerant we go technologies. we have to make some of those cost-saving choices, but in terms of personnel benefits and how we're handling the military, i think there are real concerns here that congress will weigh in with pretty strong feelings. the senator serves on the appropriations military construction veteran affairs subcommittee and studies these issues for that subcommittee. he is here to take your questions and comments. with eric from freeport, texas, on our line for democrats. good morning. have a few questions. how many gallons of gasoline and do executive sell to foreign countries everyday? guest: right now, we produce a little over half the crude oil we consume in the country domestically. that has been going up here to get -- together with what we get from canada and mexico, so north american oil production, we 75% of what wend consume. the rest comes from venezuela and the middle east, and that of the whole point. we want to produce more hear directly so we do n

there was the usual but also people like nakokov, a man who fled the ussr received credit too and hugee in the stadium. >> now there is a tradition, they usually say this is the best olympics ever. next up south korea. talk about the handover. >> the handover was quite wonderful. usually when you see these handovers they are even more over the top than the ceremony th*pls. -- themselves. in 2008 the handover from beijing to london. south korea was elegant and simple. a flag, simple examples of their culture. it was quite beautiful. very well done for south korea for 2018. >> what's your take on the argument that the mascots were the biggest story there? the big mascots. >> elisabeth, personally, i think if we had more of the mascots in this olympics, the ratings would have been better. they were wonderful. the bear, the hear and -- the hare and the leopard. this is one of those things only disney can imagine you can create. these three characters, there is a cartoon series waiting to happen there. >> all right. dominique patton joining us from los angeles. thank you very much. >> thank

♪ back in the ussr, you are don't know how lucky you are ♪ >> hi, mom. >> hi to my family back in the "today" on a thursday morning. we're live in sochi, olympic park. i want you to know while you do athletic feats natalie and i learned how to march. we almost got hurt too. >> when al and i do the stories we get into the costumes and the outfits. what happened there? >> not going there. >> no? >> they were the russian rockettes. >> yeah. >> you're in and out. >> we didn't quite make the team. >> we'll find out how that turned out in a little while. we want to talk about the big story back home. first of all, take a look at our plaza in rockefeller center, where we understand it's snowing sideways there. they're trying to clear the snow away. about four inches already, maybe five inches already. going up to six or eight inches. that is nasty there. >> yeah. >> it is crippling ice and snow slamming the east after knocking out power to more than 600,000 people in the south. and of course, it's taking aim at new york city and other places. nbc's peter alexander is with us from charlotte,