not the ussr but the russian empire. and many of you have probably forgotten the russian empire -- what year did it actually have the greatest land mass? anybody here remember? 1867. then they sold alaska to us. and then it shrunk after that. it dominated eastern europe and

russia's desire to take over portions of ukraine, reclaiming parts of what made up the ussr. a nato spokesperson is calling this the tip of the iceberg. the ground and satellite confirm what some call an incursion, and others, and invasion. rows of russian tanks and artillery entering ukraine. >> president putin and russia have repeatedly passed by potential off ramps. a president obama in situation room meeting with his national security team debated what the u.s. can do to prevent a full on war. mostly ait has been series of economic sanctions against russian banks and leaders. >> this is not in the cards for us to see a military confrontation between russia and the united states in this region. >> with the confrontation already underway between dueling , today, more shelling allegedly from russian artillery into border towns, buildings destroyed, cars burning, gunshots ringing out. demonstrators gathered outside the defense ministry in kiev pleading for reinforcements on the front lines. with the army outmatched and putin scoffing at sanctions, the big question, what can b

moscow and i remember the day, 25 years ago, when russia's first mcdonald's opened its door in the ussr. i was studying here at the time came here to join the queue. the crowds were incredible. wayqueue went all the around pushkin square. it took me three hours to get and be served, such was the level of excitement that burst throughrs the iron curtain and were served in music. moscow. today it was shot. foot inspectors ordered three of mcdonald's restaurants to be temporarily closed citing violations. similar story. centerstage are russian products banned imports of meats, dairy, fruits and vegetables from america and the to., the kremlin's response western sanctions. ovites?kow i prefer soup and russian dumplings to fast food. >> this is 99% politics. we did find someone at mcdonald's today, this cow for a russian fast-food chain. at least someone's happy. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. >> that brings the program to a close. you can find out all of the day's news, all of the latest on james foley and what's happening state on ourmic website. thanks very much for watching. >> fundi

not the ussr assisted by the russian empire, and many of you probably have forgotten the russian empire, what you did it actually create, have the greatest landmass? does anybody here remember? 1867. then they sold alaska to us -- [laughter] >> and then it shrunk after that and alaska was a pretty big piece. but basically dominated eastern europe and but we look at as everything today. and andrei's view is that putin will continue to nibble around the edges like he has in georgia, crimea, now the main part of ukraine. and i would like to get the views of my fellow panelists on andrei's view. we will just work your way down. david? >> i think that is essentially correct. you can't fault the leader of a country for acting in his countries of interest. you can be upset because it may clash with your interests, but you can't really fault him for doing that. if these outmaneuvering you, that means he may be better than others at it but it doesn't mean he's necessarily evil. i think, frankly, and this is without excusing anything that putin has done, that part of what happened in ukraine is a

. >> my father was a member of the organization like the friends of the ussr. so whenever they make the new general secretary of the communist party. he was touched by this. then he started talking with my mother. and it's where the rationale should be. [inaudible] hanging out at the seller smoking. of course my father affected me like a father does in many ways, and so when i became a teenager and i discovered punk music, especially what fascinated me was the anarchists and and that seemed to be like the positive alternative. i can't say i like the music. [laughter] it was more of the movement and philosophy of the movement and the idea behind the punk movement and the class with great emphasis on the feminism peace and anarchy. >> you say that they are two sides of the same coin. surrealism means believing unconditionally in your dream. how does that get into the picture for you? that is something that i got very fascinated with and it's something that just grabbed my attention when i saw it and the others and there was something very fascinating about this.

not the ussr but the russian empire. and many of you have probably forgotten the russian empire -- what year did it actually have the greatest land mass? anybody here remember? 1867. then they sold alaska to us. and then it shrunk after that. it dominated eastern europe and what we look at as the sans and everything today. andre's view is putin is going to nibble around the edges like in georgia, crimea and the main part of ukraine now. i would like to get the views from the fellow panelist on this view. david? >> i think that is correct. you cannot fault a leader of a country for acting in his country's self-interest. you can be upset because it may clash with your interest but you cannot fault them for doing that really. if he is out-maneuvering you he maybe better at it than you but isn't necessarily evil. i think, and this is without excusing anything he did, but what happened is two things. both sides look at from the eyes of the old cold war ignoring the fact countries don't have permanent friends but permanent int

so we got a movement within the ussr of soviet jewish for the right to immigrate in the first time in the history of communism. there was some kind of semi-mass movement for rights and against the regime. until then there had only been an individual dissident here or there so that was momentous and it also had an effect on empire in the so-called satellite countries where people are not jews but were under the soviet boot felt hopeless about it. if israel could defeat the soviet in the middle east this model if we are up against is not invulnerable and not invincible. so it didn't have, it sent a shudder to the soviet soviet leaders in the result of that was they have mobilized and didn't stop until they were go gone. a campaign of denigration of israel and zionism, they played a big role in the u.n. imp are pounding the zionism is racism resolution. so there was certainly a very powerful connection and there was also a connection and you may think of it as more and bolts and that is in these early years after fata moved into the plo and took over and the palestinian cause was consecr

they were built in huge numbers in the ussr. cheaply made, they have no elevators and the flats were cramped. defects quickly became apparent. but the wall and rapid urban indication had created a huge housing crisis. >> now people complain about this, but at the time it was a social revolution. my friends who stayed in a house with five other families suddenly got their own two-bedroom flat with a bathroom. can you imagine that? and most importantly it was free. >> reporter: housing zoo primarily a practical problem requiring practical solutions. the needs are different to those of today. but for hundreds of thousands of people these buildings have been home. it's obvious from the things left from these abandoned apartments that whole lives have been lived in these blocks. they may have been cheaply constructed and not much love, but with every one that is demolished, a piece of history goes with it. >> we have more news coming up on al jazeera, but from me and the rest of the news hour team bye for now. >> al jazeera america p

territory and russia's desire to take over portions of ukraine, reclaiming parts of what made up the ussr nato spokesperson is calling this the tip of the iceberg. the ground and satellite confirm what some call an incursion, and others, and invasion. rows of russian tanks and artillery entering ukraine. >> president putin and russia have repeatedly passed by potential off ramps. a president obama in situation room meeting with his national security team debated what the u.s. can do to prevent a full on war. mostly ait has been series of economic sanctions against russian banks and leaders. >> this is not in the cards for us to see a military confrontation between russia and the united states in this region. >> with the confrontation already underway between dueling ,actions

so we got the movement within the ussr of soviet jews for the right to emigrate for the first time in his should of communism that there was some kind of semi-mass movement for rights and against the regime. until the dead only been an individual dissident here or there. so that was momentous. it also had an effect in the empire that is in the so-called satellite countries, where people who are not jews but who are under the soviet boot felt hopeless about it, suddenly had hope. if israel to defeat the soviet clients in the middle east, well, this monolith that we're up against is not invulnerable, not invincible. so it did have -- it sent a shudder through soviet leaders, as a result of that was that they mobilized and didn't stop until they were gone. a campaign of denigration of israel and zionism. they played a big role in the u.n., in the profound thing the zionism is racism resolution. and there was certainly a powerful connection, and it was all so a connection -- you may think of as more nuts and bolts. that is, in these early years after they moved into the plo, took over and

the way we defeated the ussr. a long military, political, and social competition. if you get it right, you win. it doesn't take place all of the the war against japan or germany. >> there will not be a signing ceremony on a battleship or formal surrender. in addition, you can't kill all of them. and what they do every day needs to be replaced by something new. really up to the u.s. to replace their livelihoods and give them a new system. we are putting the pressure on baghdad where we can for a better government. maybe we should for syria as well. i will return the focus. keeping our people safe is the job. keep isis at a distance. as soon as it is detected they have -- we have to counter that. i don't think the opposition will be too high. >> go ahead. one second. can you get him the mic? >> leonard, consulting international liaison. we have heard a lot about the responsibilities of various facets of the u.s. government and our policies. there was something that comes to mind that i think may be a minor point, but maybe a significant point. i would like the opinio

some say he wants to bring back the ussr. diane, good to see. >> you this is an interesting one.one knows where this is going to go. definitely when that malaysian plane was shot done, a number of openers say this was not part of his game plan. what is he to go to do? >> putt someone very logical. this is a long-term, immediat medium-term, and short-term vision, and he will not give up on it. he wants all gas monopoly and pipeline month. line. the pipeline through ukraine is something that he can no longer rely on so he's going to build another one. he's already saber rattling around the caspian sea area where they're start to go build a pipeline through georgia, turkey and then maybe into europe. they are doing military maneuvers. we'll see the next ukraine hot spot very shortly. >> whatever one thinks about ronald reagan, this was ronald reagan years ago specifically if you rely on russia for energy needs, particularly for natural gas you're going to end up with this day and even though this day is upon us, the europeans for all the added sanctions, they did not deal with natur

i started this presentation by talking about teaching course on the ussr in crisis in canada, and when the course came to an end and the soviet union was falling apart, we played game with students, and they said, okay, now you are a soviet citizen, and you can move to any part of the union that you want, but soon there will be 15 different countries, and where do you think you'd want to toly with the chances for economic prosperity would be the best and things like that. at that time everyone was talking about pacific rim. that was a big thing, and quite a few students decided that -- [inaudible] would be the best place to go, to move to, to have business and things like that. so that was not my prediction -- [laughter] that was prediction of one of my students. so it didn't work out that way. the for a number of reasons, militarization of the area is one of them, certainly, moscow control is another one. so it's a big issue. what we see now, there are other -- [inaudible] that are going up and down trying to resettle people to the far east. so inviting russian emigres from brazil. or

as the beatles put it, back in the ussr, you don't know how lucky you are. >>> ramping up efforts tothe ebola virus. the cdc goes into a level one activation reserved for the most serious global health emergencies. dr. nancy snyderman joins us on how agencies are trying to get ahead of this deadly outbreak. >>> one-two punch. bracing for hawaii's first hurricane in 22 years. iselle is set to hit tonight. hurricane julio is nipping right at its heels. >> from this point on, to the latter part of the weekend through late sunday to deal with both of these tropical systems and whatever they're going to throw at us. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. it is a food fight. vladimir putin's ban on chicken imports from america and fruit and vegetables from europe in response to western sanctions. but is putin taking food off the table of his own people? former ambassador to russia michael mcfaul is an nbc contributor now at stanford and joins me. thank you very much. let's talk about putin and whom he is hurting because he's banning food from the u.s., about $1.3 billion a year.

>> not -- absolutely not to the degree it ever was in the ussr, but putin as you know, there was westernns but putin imposed his own sanctions on the western products because in this sanctions are going to hurt his own people. his own people are not going to get vegetables and bread and whatever else, would you wouldn't you think about your population? as long as you stay great and as long as you show to the united states that they are not the ruler of us anymore, putin is fine with that. >> what happens next? what's the next move in this chess match? >> i think we really need to -- russians really need to figure out how to get rid of this kind of this kinds of leadership. >> you mean vladimir putin? >> yes. so far they have been supporting him. 80% of the russians support him. >> how can you get rid of vladimir putin? >> you out of the him. you go to the streets, you start protesting. >> it seems like the opposite is happening in russia today, his popularity is as big as it's been. is that true? >> that is a problem. and you know, i just published a book which called the goo log of the

. >> of course, we united with the ussr to fight the nazis so it seems historically possible. let me go to you, jack jacobs. once evidence, certainly united states in recent history, contemporary history we've all shared is that once you leave a country those who remain behind call the shots. we're out of iraq now, we haven't gone into syria at all really. so how does isis get threatened by us if they know we're containing them now, attempting to contain them now and have no long-term plan to take them down before we pull out again in the air strikes? how do you chase the future if you're not part of it? >> well, you can't, actually. and, as a matter of fact, i hate to go back to what joe biden said before the war started, that maybe the best thing to do is to encourage iraq to go to pieces, to devolve into its component pieces and that appears to be what it's doing by itself now. i don't think you can use the cliche "put the genie back in the bottle." i don't think you can affect it strategically, only tactically. >> can we live with a caliphate in portions of syria and iraq

not the ussr but the russian empire. and many of you have probably forgotten the russian empire -- what year did it actually have the greatest land mass? anybody here remember? 1867. then they sold alaska to us. and then it shrunk after that. it dominated eastern europe and what we look at as the sans and everything today. andre's view is putin is going to nibble around the edges like in georgia, crimea and the main part of ukraine now. i would like to get the views from the fellow panelist on this view. david? >> i think that is correct. you cannot fault a leader of a country for acting in his country's self-interest. you can be upset because it may clash with your interest but you cannot fault them for doing that really. if he is out-maneuvering you he maybe better at it than you but isn't necessarily evil. i think, and this is without excusing anything he did, but what happened is two things. both sides look at from the eyes of the old cold war ignoring the fact countries don't have permanent friends but permanent int

so we got a movement within the ussr of soviet jewish for the right to immigrate in the first time in the history of communism. there was some kind of semi-mass movement for rights and against the regime. until then there had only been an individual dissident here or there so that was momentous and it also had an effect on empire in the so-called satellite countries where people are not jews but were under the soviet boot felt hopeless about it. if israel could defeat the soviet in the middle east this model if we are up against is not invulnerable and not invincible. so it didn't have, it sent a shudder to the soviet soviet leaders in the result of that was they have mobilized and didn't stop until they were go gone. a campaign of denigration of israel and zionism, they played a big role in the u.n. imp are pounding the zionism is racism resolution. so there was certainly a very powerful connection and there was also a connection and you may think of it as more and bolts and that is in these early years after fata moved into the plo and took over and the palestinian cause was consecr

indeed, the dismantling of the wall and the ensuing collapse of communism in eastern europe and the ussriscredited government and further inspired the belief in the utility and superiority of free markets. not only among republicans. here in the united states the clinton administration actually went much further than its predecessors in dismantling government regulation over capital flows and financial markets. the depression fire wall between commercial and investment banking was repealed. robert rubin, larry summers and alan greenspan were determined not to regulate, not to regulate the expanding sectors of the financial economy like derivative trading and securitization of mortgages. they forced other governments to deregulate financial controls as a condition for free trade pacts and as a condition for securing financial assistance during the asian financial crisis of the late 1990s. after 9/11, memories of the berlin wall coming down whetted the appetites and encouraged officials to use strength. displace of u.s. power would be met with enthusiasm. memories of the jubilation of berl

the way we defeated the ussr. a long military, political, and social competition.f you get it right, you win. it doesn't take place like the war against japan or germany. >> there will not be a signing ceremony on a battleship or formal surrender. in addition, you can't kill all of them. the environment and what they do every day needs to be replaced by something new. it is not really up to the u.s. to replace their livelihoods and give them a new system. we are putting the pressure on baghdad where we can for a better government. maybe we should for syria as well. i will return the focus. keeping our people safe is the job. keep isis at a distance. as soon as it is detected we have to counter that. i don't think the opposition will be too high. >> go ahead. one second. can you get him the mic? >> leonard, consulting international liaison. we have heard a lot about the responsibilities of various facets of the u.s. government and our policies. there was something that comes to mind that i think may be a minor point, but maybe a significant point. i would like the o

dismantling of the collapse of ensuing europe and ussr inspired the utility and supety and not only among republicans. here in the united states, the clinton administration went predecessors. the depression firewall between commercial and investment repealed.s alan greenspan were determined regulate the not expanding sectors of the financial economy like derivative trading and security of mortgages. governments toer deregulate financial controls as conditionn and as a the crisis of the late 1990's. after 9/11 memories of the wettedwall coming down the at tide of officials to show strength. them to thinkred that displays of u.s. power enthusiasm. with memories of the jubilation in medicine them think that the bepling of saddam would greeted with the same enthusiasm of the wall.tling november 9, 2001, bush 43 day.red world freedom he said "like the fall of the defeat ofl and the areaism in eastern europe freedom will triumph in terrorism." nst a little over a year later observing the videos of the toppling saddam statue secretary of defense rumsfeld declared iraqis one cannot help the fall

growing up in the ussr i didn't have to read george orwell to know all about doublespeak. so that was the beginning of my journey was many, many years ago, any decades ago, and that's how i was introduced to my birth grandfather, nikita khrushchev's son, and it was mentioned that it was an investigation the it was indeed because i grew up knowing that khrushchev's son was always hero. my birth grandfather was always a hero, but, in fact, as it turned out in recent years more and more accounts have come out to convince the public that he was a traitor to the nazis. he was a benedict arnold of the russian state, of the soviet state. and the reason is such an important story to me is that today we witness woman look at ukraine and we look at the russian propaganda, the propaganda against kiev authorities, we hear a lot of this nazi rhetoric come well, that tf is just like the nazis about as we were told recently i vladimir putin, the siege of those cities in east ukraine just like the siege of leningrad during world war ii. .. >> and more dearly paid his father, my birth grea

got brazilian leather boots on the pedestrial of her n car listen to the beatles singing back in the ussrrking on a description of the third vehicle. we'll have more on the investigation on "action news" at noon. >>> 8:57, friday morning, karen is off, matt pellman is here with a look at traffic, matt. >> reporter: we're keeping our eyes on 42 which looks good, matt. we're thinking it's a different situation this afternoon when everybody is shore bound, but for now, nice, light volume. if you're riding patco trains will run every 26 minutes during the midday until 3:00 p.m. and then you'll have more train also running. septa buses are looking at detours because of the made in america closures. on the big picture, traffic lights on flash on boulevard at adams avenue. and accident at osage and 52nd. >> let's get the weather with david murphy. >> reporter: cool and comfortable, matt, 67 degrees, in philadelphia. 61 in reading, 63 in allentown. mid # 0s down the shore. this afternoon won't be as breezy, but nice with a fair amount of sunshine. 81 is the high, low humidity. more humidity on sa

got brazilian leather boots on the pedestrial of her n car listen to the beatles singing back in the ussre nicco has a look at the bay area weekend forecast. >> thank you very much. good morning, everybody. still dealing with some drizzle possibly till about 11:00, especially the closer tour the coast. high clouds roll in. we may never get rid of the low clouds at the coast in part of the bay, 60s around there to san francisco, 70s, even 80s inland. your accuweather seven-day forecast, a repeat tomorrow, but we'll see more sunshine sunday and monday. sue? >>> all right. friday light at the bay bridge toll plaza. once you get through the metering lights into the span, we had an earlier problem before the tunnel so you will find heavy traffic into san francisco. speaking of heavy into the city, both 101 and 280 are jammed at the 280 closure. >> time for "live with kelly and michael." announcer: it's "live! with kelly & michael." today, the amazingly talented and beautiful jennifer lopez. and from "the leftovers," actor justin theroux. entertaining t youtube sensation, bethany mota. and tune

indeed, the dismantling of the wall and the ensuing collapse of communism in eastern europe and the ussrited government and further inspired the belief in the utility and superiority of free markets.nigkd not only among republicans.ç here in the united states the clinton administration actually went much further than its predecessors in dismantling government regulation over capital flows and financial markets. the depression fire wall between commercial and investment banking was repealed. robert rubin, larry summers and alan greenspan were determined not to regulate, not to regulate the expanding sectors of the financial economy like derivative trading and securitization of mortgages. they forced other governments to deregulate financial controls as a condition for free trade pacts and as a condition for securing financial assistance during the asian financial crisis of the late 1990s. after 9/11, memories of the berlin wall coming down whetted the appetites and encouraged officials to use strength. and to use force. displays of u.s. power would be met with enthusiasm. memories of the

indeed, the dismantling of the wall and the ensuing collapse of communism in eastern europe and the ussriscredited government and further inspired the belief in the utility and superiority of free markets. not only among republicans. here in the united states the clinton administration actually went much further than its predecessors in dismantling government regulation over capital flows and financial markets. the depression fire wall between commercial and investment banking was repealed. robert rubin, larry summers and alan greenspan were determined not to regulate, not to regulate the expanding sectors of the financial economy like derivative trading and securitization of mortgages. they forced other governments to deregulate financial controls as a condition for free trade pacts and as a condition for securing financial assistance during the asian financial crisis of the late 1990s. after 9/11, memories of the berlin wall coming down whetted the appetites and encouraged officials to use strength. displace of u.s. power would be met with enthusiasm. memories of the jubilation of berl

in the pages i read, bush relies an hisson feelings about the ussr and gorbachev and china in pursuing his international policies. this vision of bush might be true. i don't know. but i would think that other critical agents in the executive branches would be channeling information to the white house and i wondier this info does not reach bush or if bush simply dismisses it or what. i don't really know. i would think it would fit you more prominently in the white house. jeff is dedicated to arguing that leadership matters and different leaders do things for their own reasons. but i have little sense in these pages i read of president bush as head of the executive branch of the government who sits atop a mountain of information formulated by broad range of experts representing different bureaucracies and administrative and political views and agend paps presidential decision making under bush seems extraordinarily titlely circumscribed and based on little empirical information. in contrast, the book of essays produced by the mill strer on the bush presidency that was just published by c