ok and i'd like to ariel in washington how do you frank reflect upon that leaked tape with victoria nuland because it really you know you connect the dots right here she's made a huge investment for a regime change of one form or another or have a regime friendly to brussels in washington no matter how you want to look at it it's regime change here how do you look at that went to playing out on the streets right now i mean if this is what her investment was all about is a bring the city and i love here it's a beautiful beautiful city and you know what it looks it looks really awful right now and even dangerous i mean this is what american money is bringing bringing democracy to ukraine destroying its capital for us to all first of all victoria nuland did not make a five billion dollar investment in ukraine that's rubbish second of all let's talk about russia's russia's investment russia cut gas prices to support the end of coverage russia is buying ukrainian junk bonds of the ukrainian government with that now is very very heroic on your one scenario no you don't get your facts straight ok

we'll call victoria nuland. >> exactly.t if she really swears like that all the time or saves it for the ambassador. i have to ask you with this thing about cell phones and computers and everything. have you ever encountered anything like that anywhere else in the world? >> reporter: i don't really know, frankly. we set up this experiment to see what would happen if we were to be hacked. it's possible we could be hacked in china or russia or china or new york or other places that we travel, but hackers here are very aggressive. a lot of cyber attacks come from russia, and we had been told by numerous experts that with all of the world leaders and athletes and journalists coming to russia right now for the games, that it would be a very opportune time. so we know this time because we brought a security expert with us what happened. as soon as we plugged our machines in and started surfing on the internet and turned on the phone and did a little browsing, we were quickly compromised. >> in terms of how people can defend thems

unassistant secretary of state victoria nuland arrived. she is holding talks with president viktor yanukovych and the opposition leaders. the official u.s. line is washington is helping the ukrainian people decide on their political future. but a recording posted on youtube suggests that the u.s. is attempting to play an active role in the outcome. >> i don't think vitaly klitschko should go into the government. yats has the economic and governing experience. he needs vitaly klitschko and tony on the outside and talk to them four times a week. >> the voice is that of victoria nuland, in conversation with the u.s. ambassador to ukraine last week. >> views expressed was that vitaly klitschko needs to do more political homework. the favoured leader. and suspicions that the ukrainian president is counting on the third opposition leader to tear the opposition coalition apart. while woeming a u.n. role in mediating the crisis, there's this: >> the obama administration did not confirm the authenticity of the tape. >> let me convey that she has be

could russia's actions could result in the breakup of ukraine is absolute utter nonsense victoria nuland scum it's demonstrate america's lip service to the concept of freedom and democracy and we've got other examples of that we saw late last year american politicians senator john mccain flying into ukraine an independent sovereign country and joining in the protest movement meeting opposition leaders in calling for early elections in ukraine and calling for the over for of the ukrainian government which is democratically elected i'd like to see it and i realize that the lectures which is your blushes are contributing to it and you cry out with a challenge oh no no no diarrheal no area we know you made your comments are you are you made your comment that russia is acting dangerously well i don't see russian politicians flying into cave and calling for the overthrow of a democratically elected government how would you how would you feel during the wall street protests if the if you creditors call sure we agree and started call and started calling for the overthrow of the american governme

leave the markets let's go back to you here i mean this is what it gets down to we know that victoria nuland has spent about five billion dollars on this investment here is she is this a good return. well the whole idea which is being spun at the moment by the west that what's happened in ukraine is a matter of freedom versus tyranny that's absolute nonsense and of course victoria nuland comments last week actually demonstrate that america and the european union are playing a game of chess and it says geostrategic game of chess their plane in ukraine and this is be going on since the since the nine hundred ninety s. they are true the west is trying to encircle russia on its western borders by bringing in states off the state into the e.u. and into nato let me just say this to anyone who argues that this is a matter of freedom versus tyranny in a tyranny people don't take to the streets let alone political police offices this wouldn't happen in saudi arabia which america is a staunch supporter of ok area would you like to reply to that go ahead for air time. of course i was born in ukraine i'

assistant secretary of state victoria nuland and the u.s. ambassador in the kieve are heard orchestrating ukraine's political future playing a game of verbal chess with ukraine's opposition leaders i think you know the guy who's got the economic experience the governing experience he's the he's the guy you know what he needs is clear on a book on the outside he needs to be talking to them four times a week the embarrassingly conversation goes from bad to worse when washington senior diplomat drops the f. bomb dismissing the european union's role in ukraine so that would be great i think to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. the state department has shifted into damage control refusing to confirm the authenticity of the audio while admitting that victoria nuland has apologized to her european allies for the profanity she's apologized for a comment to she's not admitting she made which is itself a confirmation that the comment wasn't indeed made but will she hasn't apologized for the plans to midwifery ne

state department official victoria nuland and the american ambassador to ukraine said on tape with many have claimed all along washington's plans to overthrow the elected government in kiev on this edition of crossfire we call this embarrassing week changes the political battlefield in ukraine. the interview. is obviously more for the latest because it's pink. women wanted to avoid rate they really needed to buy guns and burn out against them. this is the one that i wanted away from once again it's the feel of. when the definitely a target of the gun lobby you don't kill them when the killing not even if somebody would he would just pick her. i'm noticing more and more that's really scary marketing tactics which implies that women have some sort of moral obligation to honor guns to protect their family and young girls shoot out here too so we do have a pink wife. or kids young kids choke on food than are killed by firearms if being armed made us safer in america we should be the safest nation on earth. were clearly not the safest. welcome back you're watching our national our europe is

officials had not spin their way out of it is the profanity and dismissive tone victoria nuland used when referring to the european union and its involvement in ukraine for that an apology was issued she's been in close contact with a representative ashton also let me convey that she has been in contact with the e.u. counterparts and and of course has apologized but. for these reported comments of course she is not confirming. she's under snow going to speak . to a private diplomatic conversation but i'm obviously speaking to the content of the reports. misaki also tried to make somewhat of a joke when she was in damage control mode when she was referring to the use of profanity when it came to victoria nuland the assistant secretary of state let's take a listen you may know the story of how she lived on the russian boat for about eight months when she was twenty three in she learned how to perfect perhaps certain words in a couple of languages so perhaps it speaks to that more than a pervasive viewpoint you know suggesting that she has a predisposition against russian no i was sugge

has told diplomatic victoria nuland outlined a failsafe scheme to forge a new government and he is a new york correspondent with. well what you hear during this four minute conversation is basically two top u.s. officials strategizing about how to form ukraine's new government it sounds like they're playing a game of chess with the opposition leaders as the pieces on that chess board they're trying to determine which opposition leader has the best economic and governing experience to work inside ukraine's new government and which opposition leaders should remain on the outside it's a bit shocking to actually hear i had to listen to it a few times to really grasp the fact that there are strategizing on how to put together the government of another country instead of paraphrasing everything let's let our viewers actually take a listen for themselves. the piece was obviously that complicated electronic year especially announcement of him as deputy prime minister and you've seen some of our notes on the troubles in the marriage right now so we're trying to get a read really fast on where

state department official victoria nuland and the american ambassador to ukraine said on tape what many had claimed all along washington's plans to overthrow the elected government in kiev on this edition of crossfire we now see how this embarrassing week changes the political battlefield in ukraine the for. hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter all of a leave conversation of two american officials the f. bomb and the gender revealed a senior u.s. state department official victoria nuland and the american ambassador to ukraine said on tape what many have claimed all along washington's plans to overthrow the elected government in kiev on this edition of crossfire we ask how this embarrassing leak changes the political battlefield in ukraine. to cross-talk developments in ukraine i'm joined by my guests no voice in washington he is director of the rice institute for serbian studies in new york we have car school zero he is a research associate at the canadian institute for ukrainian studies at the university of alberta and in london we crossed to alexander me curi

assistant secretary of state and victoria nuland is making her second visit to ukraine where anti-government protesters have received the full support and backing of washington now u.s. officials say this trip is aimed toward words aiding the country in forming a new government and helping ukrainians fulfilled their democratic aspirations now back in december it was the stomachs of protesters that this movement helped fill as she walked around teves independence square handing out now now for many this seemed to put an entirely new twist on international metally you see in recent years the u.s. has cemented its reputation in siding with anti-government opposition movements taking place in sovereign countries such as tunisia egypt libya and syria. put in the case of ukraine u.s. officials are actually flying over the atlantic to visit and possibly strategize with pro european union protesters a power play that critics say washington would condemn if the roles were reversed china or russia or any other great power or even a regional power like iran came to the u.s. and was encouraging the prot

assistant secretary of state victoria nuland said. this. >> that would be great to have the u.n.nd the u.n. [bleep] ceu. -- eu. >> her phone call and released on youtube. the state department will not confirm that russia was behind the bugging but calls it a new low in russian trade crap. >> washington examiner susan fer richio and jason reilly. susan, first to you, what do you think? >> it's a finger in the eye from putin to the united states. head of the sochi olympics. i think this is about russia wanting to maintain control over the ukraine. there is a possibility that america can work with the eu to create a deal second recording of eu diplomats talking about how tired they are of the united states criticizing the way they have handled the ukraine. they have got both sides out there arguing with each oh putin is hoping to upend this entire deal i don't think is he going to be successful though. >> jason, we are hard-pressed to be complaining about people bugging our diplomats right now. it's like the timing doesn't seem to be right. >> i think it was the state department's f

, regarding the eve of the olympics -- >> in which victoria nuland is quoted as saying f, the eu. >> yeah, probably the only time i ever agreed with victoria nuland, but that is another issue. >> where is this going? because even in america, they say he is tough, stands by what he believes, then he is an enormous racist and homophobia-type person, where is this going? >> well, internally, despite the fact we listen to intelligence, that says he is a bad guy russians still love putin. he understands his people in the way that obama doesn't understand his people. where is it going strategically? mark my words, after the closing ceremony of the olympics, putin will come down very hard on the western constraints. obama keeps saying well, we have a good relationship. and putin just laughs because megyn, the key to understanding putin is he has the mentality of a school yard bully. he likes to beat up the smart kid with big glasses. and obama is a smart kid with thick glasses. putin loves pounding on him. >> the women apparently in russia like him. >> yeah, he is sober. >> that is a

occurred where victoria nuland met with protesters. a russian official has accused the united states of "crudely interfering" in ukraine. the spat comes as the winter olympics open today in the russian city of sochi. senate republicans have blocked progress on a bill that would have restored jobless aid to 1.7 million unemployed people who saw their benefits expire in december. the bid to restore the benefits fell just one vote shy of passing. meanwhile in the republican-controlled house, speaker john boehner has dampened hopes for a long-awaited bill to overhaul the immigration system. boehner spoke at a news conference on thursday. to changesident seems the health care law on a whim whenever he likes, and now he is telling everybody he will keep acting on his own. he keeps talking about his phone and his pen and he is feeding more distress about whether he is committed to the war -- rule of law. aboutis widespread doubt whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws, and he will be difficult to move any immigration un

state department official victoria nuland and the american ambassador to ukraine said on tape what many have claimed all along. plans to overthrow the elected government in here on this edition of crossfire our scow this embarrassing leak changes the political battlefield in ukraine. to cross-talk developments in ukraine i'm joined by my guests no voice in washington he is director of the rice institute for serbian studies in new york we have cars cousy o. he is a research associate at the canadian institute for ukrainian studies at the university of alberta and in london we crossed to alexander me curious he is an analyst and writer on legal affairs for a journal in cross talk rules in effect means you can jump in anytime you want and i encourage it alexander i go to you first in london this week with victoria nuland were you surprised by it all because for a lot of circles around particularly in this part of the world it confirmed a lot of what people thought all along that this is a not so covert overthrow of a legitimately elected government in kiev saluki that's exactly what it is