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william taylor former minister to ukraine, thank you for having you on the program. >> thank you tony. >> everyone is gathering in belarus on wednesday. do you believe a deal is going to be struck? >> we have to hope it will. we can't -- we have to keep trying at these things. >> right. >> and what we're hoping is that the pressure on mr. putin boat the economic pressure which is mounting every day, as well as the threat of additional weapons, for the ukrainian forces that are opposing mr. putin's forces in southeastern ukraine will change his calculus. he knows in the medium term his economic situation is in terrible shape. he also knows that as russian soldiers are killed in ukraine their returns the return of their remains back to russia is causing him a political problem. which he's going to have to deal with over some period of time. so we're hoping that the combination of weapons for ukraine, and continued even increased economic sanctions will change mr. putin's mind about an agreement at minsk. so it is not impossible. >> boy i've got a couple of things i want to follow with b

is ambassador william taylor he served as u.s. ambassador for ukraine. always good to see you. the separatists argue that debaltseve does not count because they had it surrounded. >> it's a clear violation antonio, exactly what you say there was no mention of debaltseve, there was no special deal for debaltseve. there was a ceasefire that actually was delayed president poroshenko wanted a ceasefire at the time of the agreement but the russians wanted to wait 60 hours in order for russian units who are in eastern ukraine supporting the separatists but let's be clear they're russian units in eastern ukraine could actually try to take debaltseve. well, they didn't. the ukrainian forces held out. it's a clear violation. >> is it clear the ceasefire holds out? we heard in paul brennan's piece, the separatists don't want to stop until they are in control. >> was there an agreement in minsk? the the answer was yes. president putin agreed, president poroshenko agreed and frau merkel agreed. and president hollande agreed. this means the russians continue the aggression and what that mea

is william taylor, a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine and currently the acting vice president of the united states institute of peace. welcome to the program sir. so president obama calling-- >> thank you. >> --president putin on the phone, asking him to agree to the peace deal. how will this have gone down with president putin. will he agree with it, do you think? >> president putin finds himself in a tight spot. his economy is under great pressure and that's starting to affect the people of russia, who are paying the price for mr. putin's adventure invading ukraine. mr. putin is starting to pay a political price. he's also, as your reporter said there are russian soldiers dieing in ukraine, and that's causing a problem for him as well. it might be that mr. putin is looking for a way out, and this phone call could have indicated from him, from mr. obama to mr. putin, that the pressure can only get worse if mr. putin does not take this last chance to move back. >> a white house statement warns that if russia does no

. >> william taylor former ambassador for ukraine, thank you for your time. in egypt death sentences have been handed down. 183 men were charged with killing police officers during a government crack down two years ago. egypt designated the muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization back in 2013. it has been arresting members ever since. the country's first democratically elected president mohamed morsi belonged to that party.al jazeera journalist peter greste spent 400 days in an egyptian prison. this evening he is a free man in cypress a day after being released from jail. but two of our colleagues, he baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy are still being held. paul beban is here. paul. >> after anxiety and anguish peter said this came as a total surprise. he was in the middle of his daily run around the prison courtyard when a guard said, it's time to pack your stuff. it was a moment more than 400 days in the making. >> i can't tell you how relieved i am to being free. i didn't expect anything other than settling in for a period of months for the retrial. to be

i'm joined by the former ambassador to the ukraine, william taylor, ambassador wlarkts, what a pleasuresee you. >> good to see you. >> what are the chances that putin accepts any peace plan and sticks to it? >> the sticking to it is a good question. he's clearly feeling the pressure. he reached out to the germans and the french. he's feeling the pressure of the sanctions. the europeans extended those sanctions earlier in this year. and the americans, as you've indicated, we're considering sending weapons. so mr. putin understands that the europeans are serious, that beer serious and that he may be blinking. he may be that he is feeling the pressure to the degree that he would like to find another way out. >> but there hasn't been a red line in the sand drawn on this case. >> there has actually been a red line drawn. he agreed to a red line that is a line of the truce back in september, the minsk treaty. so that they've gone across the red line and now that the pressure has nvged on him he's looking for a way out. >> how will it change if he decides to send arms? >> things would change b

william taylor is a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine and joins us live. any hope here?e's hope. we can hope that mr. putin will see that he has a big problem down the line and under the auspices of the german and french to agree with poroshenko. i think you have to discount it a bit because he's not adhered to you but he wouldn't be there, they wouldn't be there if there wasn't any hope. >> paratroopers on the ground. is that the wise thing? >> i think it's a very wise thing. it's not a new thing. when i was in ukraine, there were military formations, u.s. military formations training with ukrainians. this is not new. as you said, general hodges indicates they are hoping to -- one of the things that they are hoping to train the ukrainians on is how to defend themselves against artillery. now, the best defenses is to fire back at the artillery shooting at you and the best way to fire back at artillery is to have very precise weapons to fire back at the russian military. >> did a bunch of reading on this region and it looks to me like there are small villages of 3, 400 pe

let's bring in william taylor good to see you.t this split between president obama and chancellor merkel. how significant is it? >> not very significant. they both agree that this is not going to end on the battlefield. this is not the point of lethal weapons that the president is considering. they agree that in order to bring putin to the table, they need to put pressure on him. so the pressure has been pretty intense from the economic sanctions. there the europeans and americans and germans in the lead there have been united. so there's not a major disagreement on how to proceed. that's to get putin to negotiating table and to pull back. >> it seems as though putin acts on his own terms in his own time. it's difficult to forsee anything that the west could do to force what he's not willing to do after these painful sanctions. he's still doing what he wants to do. >> he is, so therefore, the price must go up. the price can be paid in economic sanctions that could be harsher and deeper and broader, but also in terms of being able

ambassador to the ukraine, william taylor. thanks for all the expertise this morning. let's go over to mikaela. >> all right. alisyn the u.s.-led coalition pounds positions in iraq and syria. in iraq air attacks are largely focused on the city of mosul, which is currently under isis control. cnn's phil black spoke with peshmurga fighters about the plan to retake that q3 city. he is live outside mosul. what did they tell you, phil? >> reporter: mick what, wela,ee owe mikaela, on a clear day you can see right into it. it's a wide expanse of territory, town village, all of it still very much isis-controlled territory. just behind me the town was a major christian town. much after it fled the isis advance. they refuse to advance to islam. this position this position held by kurdish fighters is one in a long defensive line that they had been drawing around this territory. i believe they are accomplishing the first stage, the first military objective. that is to push isis back to draw this line behind the territory that isis still holds. then to hold that line to take away t

taylor swift. don't count out "fancy." >> ferrell williams is up against himself for album of the year.uestion. ferrell did well last year. his big hit "happy" was up last year and it's been around since then. it's nominated for a live version in the pop categories. he's up for album of the year and i think that he might be edged out by beyonce there. >> beyonce is up for six awards. are you expecting a big night for her? >> i'm expecting a big night for her but one of the funny things is that she's up for six awards. she, ferrell, sam smith, most nominated awards but they say beyonce was snubbed because her song "drunken love" didn't get brought up for major awards. we'll see her on stage. >> cool how she did that surprise release. people forget about what buzz there was for that. u2 have one nomination. >> it's a little bit of a surprise. you know that album was released for free with apple and then u2 rushed out a final copy so that it would be eligible on sale somewhere. you could pay for it and it would be eligible for grammy nominations. i'm sure they were hoping for more attentio

williams under fire again as nbc investigates more of his reporting. >> i was at the gate the night the wall came down. >> it's obviously been difficult. >> plus. >> have you seen taylor swift's new music video. itis all about her ex-harry stiles? >> and before snl's 40th, "e.t." remembers the legends we lost. >> his death left an enormous hole in my life. >> i was just watching a sketch thinking, wow, three of those people are gone now. >> and the laughter that lives on. >> here's you. here's matt. there's you. there's -- >> now, "entertainment tonight," we love entertaining people. >> joe mang nello is speaking out to us and tabloids cross the line with rumors like he and sophiafia vergara are having a baby by a surrogate. that's ahead. we start with the perfect storm in new york city. >> fashion week has collided with the nba all star game. runway shows and dunking pros. at the center of the universe, the one and only kanye west. last night, kanye took center stage with his runway show but was he upstaged by his daughter? >> i do think she was a little bit agitated. you know, it was very dark in the room. she was crying. but kim swooped her up and took her backstag

williams won three. beck shocked some of fellow performers when he won "album of the your," including kanye west who pretended to reenact the moment when he interrupted taylor swift's acceptance speech at the video music awards a few years back. we have a complete list of winners at abc7news.com. >>> a prostitute steals a weapon and the badge of a bay area police officer after a one-night stand. the reaction from his department that surprised people in the community. >> the "person of interest" in a bizarre san francisco death suddenly dies. it could complicate the police investigation. stay tuned. you tell us what you want to pay and we help find options to fit your budget. nah, nah, insurance, nah, nah, nah, discount. my name's flo, you want to go out with me? no. uh-huh-huh! hey! i found my true love livin' in a sweet dream. singin' my favorite song and it all starts with you. whoa-oh-oh-oh, all this goodness... what matters most should always come first. which is why whole grain is the first ingredient in every general mills big g cereal. and why we never use high fructose corn syrup. general mills. look for the big g. it means goodness first. >>> live

williams under fire again as nbc investigates more of his reporting. >> i was at the gate the night the wall came down. >> it's obviously been difficult. >> plus. >> have you seen taylor's new music video. is it all about her ex-harry stiles? >> and before snl's 40th,

williams" girl." >> and last "shake it off" with taylor swift. go to today.com and cast your votes.ay. who are some 089 of the performers we will be seeing? >> everybody is looking forward to rihanna, kanye and paul mccartney. kanye will be performing solo. there will be sam smith the darling the year and a bunch of top categories he's nominated. ed scler scherren,less rumored beyonce may pop up possibly with john legend and common. >> she has a lot of nominations. >> she does. >> onto the movies jupiter sending, "the matrix" that comes out. >> we have milakunis plays a house keeperer. she found fines out she is the matriarch of the universe reddy red main is an assassin she tries to be saved by a character played by channing tatum. >> that's cool. you have two great books, "funny girl. >> my nick hornby. >> he wrote about "high fidelity" and david dukovney's "holy cow." >> they are a pig and a turkey on the run. >> is there a kid's book? >> no, they're an adult. he described himself as a lazy vegetarian. they are on the run, they don't want to wind up on the dinner table. >> it's n

beyonce and pharrell williams won three and beck shot the fellow performers when he won album of the year including kanye west who pretended to reenact when he interrupted taylorwift's acceptance speech a few years back. we have a complete of winners on our website at abc7news.com. >>> the worst of the weekend storm is gone but the cleanup remains with a home where neighbors got quite a scare. >> new connection energy drinks may have to a common childhood disorder. >> we are watching weather and traffic through the entire commercial break looking at the bay bridge toll >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> at 6:00, live doppler hd tracking scattered showers and meteorologist mike nicco will tell us where drivers may need their wipers for the morning commute. >> the person person in the bizarre san francisco death investigation dies himself. coming up what a friend is revealing about his final moments. >> buster posey on the green. the surprising admission that the giants star catcher is making as he tees it up at pebble beach. >> and world series champion testing his skill on the link? >> you just said it. >> thank you for joining us

williams went into his studio for his latest album "multiply." >> i didn't know what he was going to do. he said, you see like james taylor and joni mitchell.r: the pharrell produced record "sing" would be the first hit off the grammy nominated album. it's the third straight year sheeran ha witness nominated and he's hoping to add another tattoo to his well decorated arm. >> i saved a space here for the last three years to get something related to the grammys, but every single year there's just a massive gap there. so hopefully. >> so grammy means something to you. >> yes. >> i've interviewed actors and actresses and they say, oh we're just honored to be there. >> you're not just honored to be there otherwise you wouldn't be there. you're going to win and if you don't win, you're going to be pissed off. ♪ >> yeah ed sheeran admits he's very competitive. he says when he takes his seat on the floor down there this sunday, he may be surrounded by his idols, but he's just looking at them as competition. >> love his candor. >> a lot of great interview. love you in this leather jacket, anthony. >>> up next, the most unforgettable moments of the w

the judges in this competition is william henry orchard, a popular local musician, a longtime teacher at columbia female college, no columbia college. his house on taylortreet was burned in 1860. orchard was well known in the community, got a lot of community credit for saving the building of the college. there were two other judges. one was a union veteran. one was aiken atterbury veteran. these judges give the price to librant's band. but the columbia phoenix recognized a highly complementary notice of thompson's band. this interracial competition in this environment suggests the kind of promise of reconstruction, the wedge of reconstruction. one more story of this kind. as we have heard, the heart of the fire district was main street, which was very heavily burned. and had to be very heavily rebuilt. of the many buildings that go up on main street in the decade after the fire, the most important what's what is now our city hall, the federal post office and courthouse, organized by congress in 1869. no building symbolist reconstruction were dramatically than the rural courthouse and post office. the federal courthouse serves the judiciary that had be

williams went into the studio with sheeran for his latest album "multiply." >> i kind of walked in and i didn't really know what i was going to do. and his opening thing was, you see james taylor grammy-nominated album. it's the third straight year sheeran's been nominated. he's hoping to ad another tattoo to his well decorated arm. >> i've saved a space here for the last three years to get something related to the grammys. every single year, there's just a massive gap there. hopefully. >> reporter: a grammy means something to you? >> yes. >> reporter: i mean i've interviewed actors and actresses who said they're honored to be there. >> you're not just honored to be there. you're going to win. if you don't win, you're going to be pissed off. ♪ >> reporter: yes, ed sheeran. ed sheeran admits he's very competitive. he says when he takes his seat on the floor down there this sunday he may be surround by his idols but he's looking at them as competition. >> love his candor. >> what a great interview. love you in that leather jacket anthony. >>> up next the most unforgettable moment of the week. you're watching "cbs this morning." we live in a pick and choose world. choose, choose,