for more on that, we're joined by william taylor, a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. he's now a vice president at the u.s. institute of peace. and matthew rojansky, director of the kennan institute, which focuses on russia and ukraine at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. mr. ambassador, united states, germany, sweden, france, poland, all of these countries are now engaged in conversations about what to do in ukraine. why is ukraine central to their interests? >> ukraine is at the heart of europe, so the europeans that you mentioned are very interested to see stability. they are interested to see a market. that is why the discussions between the european union and the ukrainian on a free-trade agreement have been so important. and that's fairly close. so the economic issues are key but the social issues are also important. ukrainians would like people to recognize that a, they're sovereign. that b, they're european. they are at the heart of europe. they know that they're on the borders between european union and the russians, as your map shows. so t

joining me is william taylor, a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. ambassador, good to talk to you. thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. >> what is your reaction to the deal that was struck today, and how concerned are you that the deal will hold? >> this is a very good deal, i think. i think its important that ukrainians came to this, certainly the europeans played a major and important role in consolidating the understanding, and the three foreign ministers from poland and germany, france, had a major role. the russians were apparently part of the witnessing. so this is--this is an important concession on the part of the government. they have taken responsibility for the problems and have moved out. your question about the implementation is key. the implementation is has begun. parliament has passed a couple of pieces of legislation called for in the agreement. they've also eliminated the charge against the former prime minister ti. i think this will be most important over the next weeks. >> ambassador, let me ask you a question that i heard you speak on in recent

. >> and joining me now william taylor, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. welcome ambassador. >> thank you very much. >> where do you think ukraine stands towards a solid government in the future? >> they are trying to put together a solid government. from my standpoint the people they have chosen for this new government look good, look solid. they for the most part have some experience but there's also a good amount, good number of new faces which as your report indicates, people in the maidan are very interested in new faces and less interested in old faces. nonetheless there does have to be some competence. after consulting with people in the maidan, the parliament, the rada is going to have to ratify this new government. agree that this cabinet is one they want to move forward. an important part of that i think will be a recognition that this government needs to work for all ukrainians. in the west, where the many of the people from the maidan come from, but also, from the east, this government needs to represent those parts of ukraine that used to vote

attorney william taylor wrote, we therefore request the committee not require miss lerner to testifye the city solely for the purpose of invoking her rights. key figures on capitol hill including treasury inspector general who reminded everybody how all this came to light. >> my audit was not formally complete before lois lerner spoke before a group in which she planted a question to ask about this. it was someone in the irs who acknowledged they engaged inappropriate behavior and treatment. >> folks at the house oversight committee said they expect lois lerner to be up here next week, march 5th to answer questions. last time her attorney said she wouldn't stop, she made a statement and clammed up. >> more on capitol hill trying to get to the bottom of this entire irs month. what happened? >> the new irs commissioner was here and he's trying to rebuild confidence both here on capitol hill and with the public about the irs. he was also asked about accountability. >> how many in the department have been reprimanded or determine natured as a result of latest scandal and scrutiny of vari

>> reporter: i've been in touch with william taylor iii who is her attorney.cts to respond to the letter sometime today. we remember her coming up to capitol hill last may, pleading the fifth after giving an opening statement defending her actions. the committee says she remains under subpoena. they expect her to return. we await the response from learner's attorney, bill. bill: that would be must-see t have as well. mike thank you, mike emanuel on the hill watching all of that for us. martha: it is very busy day on capitol hill. we move to the house judiciary committee because they are looking into whether president obama went over the line of the constitution to advance his agenda. huge could not verdicts last several weeks for executive orders. methods to restrain the president from using the white house to impose new regulations. jonathan turley is one of those testifying this morning. meantime more live pictures from the protests in ukraine. this as moscow reportedly flexes its military muscles as the struggle between east and west continues to intensify

attorney william taylor wrote, quote, we therefore request that the committee not require ms.rner to attend the hearing solely for the purpose once again invoking her rights. also today, the current irs commissioner, is up here on capitol hill answering questions from lawmakers and is reminded some lawmakers are not happy with the tax collection agency. >> some would say you inherit ad pretty big mess. we've had a situation that i would say it is one of the dark periods in the irs history. you had, at a time when the irs was awash with money, their horseplay, harrassment started. >> reporter: the man sent in to fix the mess at the irs tried to reassure lawmakers. >> my goal is that whatever comes out of this, is there is any regulation, it is not guaranteed there will be, one that is clear, fair to everyone and easy to administer. the irs is not a political organization and we ought to do whatever we can to get out out f the politics of all this. >> reporter: koskinen is trying to regain the public trust as the irs is heading into the tax season. jenna. jenna: mike emanuel, a

. >>> returning back now to the latest on the situation in ukraine, joining us is william taylor former for joining us, mr. ambassador. how seriously do you judge the situation on the ground there this morning? >> very serious. when you have another 19 people killed, after 25 people killed yesterday that's clearly serious. in particular serious in a country like ukraine that is not a violent country. it is not a violent society and when this kind of chaos and this kind of conflict you see in a beautiful capital of kiev, it's a sad story. >> you know, we were watching the pictures this morning and becky also remarking, it looks like the protesters are out of control this morning and certainly i don't know about -- >> richard engel said there was a point where it looked like they were going to be a truce, they were loading up the police and putting them on buses and when they pulled back, he said, because he was watching right there, the protesters came forward and start attacking and shooting and he saw three people get killed in front of him. does that take the moral high ground away fr

we'll have more on this with where william taylor in a few moments. >> is he at an undisclosed location? do we know who he is? i would go to russia. >> he's in russia. i don't know where. >> that is going to be a struggle. >> he woulve public zoo probably at this point. so he's either going to come back as a legitimate leader or be on trial for mass murder. >> and we need to be cooperating with the europeans and american and ukrainian leaders or he's harboring the guy who they're calling a mass murderer. >> hopefully it's not 1960 or whenever that was where they decided we're going to take this into our own hands. that would be the black swan. the s&p 500, finally -- and we've been saying, you know, just as long as it's by february. january and february so goes the market. >> get a gain of four points for the year. >> one thing we can do, though, forever, we will know the 2014 can be based off of 1850 on the s&p. so we're either above for the year or below. i don't think -- i'm not that disheartened by this because we had a huge gain in 2013. that 5.8% pullback that we saw, people were

appears our bobsled silver medalists elana meyers and lauryn williams had a little help in the stands. take a look at meyers' fiance nick taylor up in the stands, he's leaning into the twists and turns right along with her. you got to love that. it gives you a real sense of what it's like to have a loved one in the olympics and speaking of having loved ones down there, you're rooting for, i was able to sit down with the u.s. hockey moms to find out how they handled the pressure of watching their daughters compete. it's very entertaining. we'll have that for you and so many surprises on the ice last night in figure skating including a russian secret weapon. adelina sotnikova who brought the home crowd to their feet when she skated a flawless program. she shocked the skating world with her second place finish, also gorgeous on the ice, italy's carolina kostner. it would be history if she found herself on the podium. italy has never won a medal in women's figure skating. she has a chance. she's third behind yuna kim and sotnikova. i don't know what watch tonight. the hockey, it's the figure skating. i mean i'm going to need multi