>> this week on "political ," former secretary of defense william cohen on ukraine. wicz miller and julie byko on janet yellen. julianna goldman on joe biden's trip. margaret her olson and run mesh -- margaret carlson and ramesh nnuru on gay marriage. we begin with former secretary of defense william cohen. there were some signs of easing. ?re you optimistic cap >> i would like to be but we need to look at what president putin has done and is declared intentions. he has been speaking as if the eastern part of ukraine is already part of russia. the newalked about russia. in his mind, there will be over time some federalization of ukraine which would mean the hollowing out of that government and reducing the ability of the government to really have a coherent state that they can control. i think that is his ultimate goal. he will continue to have his forces on the border and continue to agitate. the united states and the west really is at a disadvantage. >> not much we can do other than sending forces over. will search or real sanctions have any impact --will sanctions

we begin with former secretary of defense william cohen. thank you for being with us.here were some signs of easing.

william cohen joins me now. i read the reviews of your book. several make this observation.times" says you largely left out of the most important inn cregredie ingredient, your own analysis. what is your analysis? >> the conclusion is this is an incredible story. i first of all thought of my role as objective and dispassionate investigative reporter. had i filled this story with my analysis ad nauseam, i would have been criticized for that, too. the real problem here is that the justice system was diverted in the case. this is a situation where nobody covered themselves with glory. no heroes. we like our stories to have heroes. this is not one of them. we have a justice system for a reason. prosecutors bring cases that they believe in whether they win them or not is part of what happens here. to not allow this case to go to trial, to me, was a traf esvest justice. >> the justice system, after reading your book, worked. it worked believed from the get-go because of shifting narrative, a case where there wasn't dna matched, an alleged alibi, and a prosecutor who was very aggre

-- william cohen, we don't have time for this.is , people are making less money than they did in the 1980's and the 1990's, that was the true gilded age before the rise of private equity firms, where real, serious money was being made, as well is out in san francisco and silicon valley, where a lot of these new tech companies are making a lot of money when they come to wall street. >> we are here with will cohen and richard haass. earnings were supposed be out at 7:30 and they are late. we will be right back. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance." what adam johnson and olivia sterns. scarlet fu is on a grand tour of europe. as a crackdown on insider trading, six firms are subpoenaed. our guest this hour, a conversation with william cohen, director and the author of a new book on the duke lacrosse scandal,, "th "the prie of silence." i am pleased to speak to you after the roar of all of this. we have the important paper that i read cover to cover, and bill trading,high-frequency is he right, don't throw out

al hunt interview with the former defense secretary william cohen on "political capital" at 9:00 p.m. washington time friday night. coming up, detroit's road to recovery. emergesalk with the from bankruptcy. appears closer to reaching more grimace with creditors as it works to shrink its $18 billion debt. jane gridley is the primary analyst for the city of detroit at standard & poor's rating service and she joins me now from chicago with more on the story. welcome back to "bottom line." and expense notwithstanding, where is the city of detroit right now in the bankruptcy process? >> we are somewhere along maybe about the middle, hopefully heading toward the end. the original schedule had said they would emerge very quickly, within about 14 months. we are winding down their. but the pace has really picked up the last couple of weeks with a lot of settlements coming in with some of the major creditors. ,> is there a possibility that despite all of the best intentions, the process of reemerging from bankruptcy that could negate any short-term benefits -- is this basically surgery by scal

. ♪ >> this week on "political ," former secretary of defense william cohen on ukraine.icz miller and julie byko on janet yellen. julianna goldman on joe biden's trip. margaret her olson and run mesh -- margaret carlson and ramesh nnuru on gay marriage. we

controversial incident that's covered in depth in the price of silence by the noted author and duke alum william cohenthis situation get so out of control? >> it seemed to have it all. it was really kind of a dog bites man situation where, you know, usually you hear about a white woman getting raped by a black man. okay. that's the usual way we hear about these things. in this case you have three privileged elite athletes at duke university who, you know, thought it was a great idea to invite two african-american strippers to their party where they had been drinking all day, and then one of them later accused three of these guys of raping her in a bathroom and sexually assaulting her. when the media got ahold of that and the police got ahold of that and the prosecutors got ahold of that, it became this incredible conflagration that we haven't seen the likes of it in a very long time. it was sort of the flight 370 or the bridge gate of its time. >> yeah. it was a toxic brew of race and class and power and all of those things mixed into one, and one of the people that came out looking like a villain her

. >> last weekend's q&a program was with author william cohen. back to research this and studied this and write about it, because as a duke alum, i wanted to know what happened. i wanted this book to be the trial that never happened. i was surprised at how few people wanted to talk about this. later,these years

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. >> last weekend's q&a program was with author william cohen. back to research this and studied this and write about it, because as a duke alum, i wanted to know what happened. i wanted this book to be the trial that never happened. i was surprised at how few people wanted to talk about this. later, ise years have revelations and things that will make you ache again about this, and maybe they're not so innocent. he has no revelations. extra, go to our website to see author and journalist offer his thoughts on the book. >> next, a discussion hosted for the washington post. then a forum on immigration policy and border enforcement. suggestions on possible changes to the law. >> on the next "washington journal," reporters roundtable on the week ahead in congress. national journal correspondent macher. ld take your we will calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span. >> prime minister's questions will not be seen tonight. members return to the house of commons tomorrow. martin g

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. >> author and duke alum william d cohen looks at the duke lacrosse scandal of 2006. tonight at 8:00 on "q&a." next, a discussion about improving relations between the white house and congress, with former white house chiefs of staff, cabinet secretaries, and former senate majority leader trent lott, art of the bipartisan commission on political reform. it is 50 minutes. panel with us today up here on stage. in have detailed biographies your programs, so i am not going to spend a lot of time going over those biographies. i am going to give a one line introduction for each of them. to my immediate left is secretary dan glickman, who cochairs the commission on political reform, the reason we are here. he served as secretary of department of agriculture in the content administration and 18 years in congress. glad to have you. josh bolten served as white house chief of staff in president george w. bush's administration, and served as the director of the office of management and budget in his administration. also was chief of staff in the george w. bush administration, inc

. >> in the price of silence, william d.duke alum cohen likes at the duke lacrosse 2006, sunday night at 8:00 on kra span's q and a. thursday, defense secretary polishaking expel the defense minister hold a join news conference to discuss russian intervention in ukraine, u.s.-poland relations and other topics. live coverage from the pentagon 10:45a.m. eastern on c-span. also today, former british david millietary band, and robert ford discuss syria.arians efforts in we'll join their conversation at the washington institute, live on c-span.tern >> our colleagues have spent reiterating fact actually inaccurate information and i want to make sure we clear it up. independent guardianed alitem appointed to represent terry shy -- despite that terry felt was and laughed and cried inaccurate, that her cerebral core tens had been liquified and is the area of the brain that ponds to emotion and reason, so that is impossible what they have detailed here tonight much aadditionally they talked about neurologists and physicians that see she is not in a vegetative state. also inaccurate. they have o