. >> 24 was big in africa, eastern europe and big in the middle east, but i found surprising. the show really did transcend the culture, language, politics, religion, all kinds of things. i've never experienced any single project like it. >> charlie: ukraine, the politics of 2014, and the return of 24. when we continue. su2z >> there's a saying around here: you stand behind what you say. around here, we don't make excuses, we make commitments. and when you can't live up to them, you own up and make it right. some people think the kind of accountability that thrives on so many streets in this country has gone missing in the places where it's needed most. but i know you'll still find it, when you know where to look. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: we begin this evening with the ongoing coverage of the crisis in ukraine. violence and chaos gripped the region friday. more than 40 killed in odessa, meanwhile ukrainian special forces intensified operations against russian backed militias in the east. mi

the caucus and eastern europe. what should nato due to an sure and -- insurer and reinforce the territorial integrity? moldova.rgia and >> we will take a second question. >> marie suck with northrop grumman -- marissa with northrop grumman. nato has called for a meeting to discuss ukraine. my question is simple. what can they hope to gain? apparently the u.s. does not support it. >> who would like to tackle these questions? jamie? >> the first question. we have to be clear. when it comes to nato, the security guarantee applies to nato members. which is why countries have to join nato in order to have that. ukraine is not a nato ally. it is a partner and a close partner. they have participated in all operations,-- including afghanistan. we are treating a partnership seriously. we are helping them with defense restructuring and reform. reform of the intelligence services. to help make ukraine a more resulting in state. we have a strong partnership with georgia. we are helping- motorola. -- moldova. we are upgrading a

when we talk about companies like ideas, siemens, you get worried about eastern europe. in some ways what we are seeing here is the barometer that maybe there is a resolution for eastern europe and it won't go entirely south. is the outlook for its consumer electronics division? theicjols -- based itthe nichols household would be sky high because i keep fighting microwave ovens. these are big consumer electric brands. they have lost their ceo. he left tuesday. revenues are flat. they have got increased competition. it is a very difficult market but i am doing my best. however i am returning them. i may be part of the problem. >> i wouldn't expect anything less. don't put anything aluminum or anything that could explode. that is my advice. stay safe, that is all i am asking of you. hans nichols on metro. here are some companies on the move. has confirmed tony hayward as chairman. hayward had been interim chairman since last may. parentirman of our company is also a nonexecutive director of glencore. that is a disclaimer. the new chief executive of italy's biggest energy c

hiding in eastern europe, he is estranged from his daughter, he cannot see his grandchildren. the country he has worked so hard to protect his hunting him down. he cannot go home. isolation is going to make you cross. and so instead of him kind of working within a structure to youand save the day, if will, he is working from outside. even the people he is trying to protect in the season, they are the people who are hunting him as well. a complexity in that. >> he is being hunted and he is hunting. >> yeah. >> chloe is essential because? she has changed. >> she has changed radically. the dynamic of our relationship has changed as you see. we are not on the same side. i think she is essential because i think she is the female of what i think jack represents as well. a normal person put into extraordinary circumstances who is doing their best. i think that is what i have found relatable about the character. for me, i know that is how she feels about her character and that is what is relatable to the audience. all of us feel that way. life is its own extraordinary circumstance and

they have been hurt by the currency depreciation, sales. 26% of their sales are in eastern europe. you want a good sense for how the economic situation, the political situation is affecting it and we will have some hard numbers for you. must see how we today's ecb and the boe decisions play into the strategy of annexed guest coming up on "countdown." it is 6:12 a.m. in london. stay with us. ♪ >> time for today's company news. hayward haso tony been named as the chairman and the appointment may be announced as early as today. he has been interim chairman since may of last year. the chairman of bloomberg lp is the nonexecutive director of glencore. first-quarter operating profit fell by a high single-digit number. they were impacted by weakness in difficult market conditions that began will continue into may. shares of tesla falling in after-hours trading as sales of the model last came in short of the highest analyst estimates. for batterieslies and china shipments would hold deliveries to about 6400. welcome back to "countdown." i'm anna edwards. >> the ecb and the boe making dec

a similar thing will be faced by many other countries especially eastern europe as well as east south east and west asia in two thousand fifty to one of which will be more than nine point five billion people today you and your attention to the ports of national governments to take urgent action for the sustainable development a book on the inside. roscoe said a national forum on maintenance services and engineering in the oil and gas sector authorities mining companies and foreign investors discuss the creation of powerful processing industry sectors in kazakhstan. paul major enterprises operate in the field of mechanical engineering in the west kazakhstan region the production of autumn companies increased by forty three percent compared to previous year. at the same time companies actively cooperate in russian and german enterprises with us to come by to see an ocean that is the appointment of the scientific and technical workers are engaged in the middle of traffic lights examination in some companies however we don't have such a direction in context and there's no such parents who

you've been across eastern europe in the last few months. what is the perception of american power and influence? >> i think it's disenchantment with the u.s. in that part of the world. really, among our friends. what president obama has managed to do in the last five years is to alienate or make very anxious a lot of american allies, while obviously encouraging american enemies. i think people still obviously turn to the u.s. for leadership. europe is not there yet. but it's true across the board. it's true in europe, it's true in the middle east, true in east asia, also true in pakistan and afghanistan, where this week he announced he's put basically zero troops in afghanistan by 2016. >> direct quote from the speech. from europe to asia, we are the hub of alliances, unrivalled in the history of nations. it's not true. our allies -- at the moment, do not trust. saudi arabia has separated itself from the united states. so there is a kind of -- literally, other worldliness about barack obama's view of the world. and that's the thing that is

when i went to go shoot in south africa, it was huge and africa and eastern europe and big in the middle east which i found surprising. it was something that we were proud of that the show did transcend culture and language and politics, religion, all kinds of things. i have never experienced any single project like it. >> it was sad when it came to end? >> yeah. there were 38 births on that show, 42 marriages -- and it sounds trite, we spent more time with each other than we did with our own families. we came very close knit group. i am not much of a crier, but i rub the last scene, the last take. i knew it was over. i went to shake the camerman's hand and i lost it. they were shooting b roll and he had to look away and i had took away and it barely came out of my mouth. i know i was not going to be able to spend the kind of time with them that i had. >> so the magical thing that has happened, is some of those friends are back. >> yes. >> including? >> mary lynn and kim raver. she is married to the white house chief of staff. and the lead director of the show and who is a dear friend of

they are so heavily weighted towards eastern europe. 20% of their business is in eastern europe. look at what's happening between the ruble and the dollar. 43 was the expectations. revenue is down 7.6%. they came in at about 14.3 billion. the high end of that was 14.4. overall these are remarkably good numbers given the condition metro is operating in here in germany. eastern europe, as we have been discussing, not nearly as bad as it could have been. in morning, more people being assured that things won't go totally south in ukraine or what it says in the earnings report. they will grill the c.e.o. in a few minutes. >> let's talk about the consumer electronics division. >> so it is flat. it has been flat for a while. the two brands in germany are saturn and media mark. they are basically like best buy in the united states. you can get everything from curling irons to microwaves. products i have bought there. they let go of the c.e.o. there. he walked away. clashing with a major shareholder. the question is are these structural problems or are they just cyclical ones? do they hav

my great-grandparents immigrated here from eastern europe. they came here and my grandfather grew up in an apartment, one bedroom with his eight brothers and sisters. they shared a bathroom down the hall with eight other families of the same size. my great-grandparents did that for the promise of a better life and that promise was fulfilled when my grandfather and his siblings became the first members of their family to graduate from college. my grandfather graduated from city college of new york. it put my father and me on a different path. many of you are setting your families on that path today and i know everyone here joins me in applauding you for that amazing achievement. congratulations. [applause] as i thought about what i wanted to do here today, i thought about the many graduation speeches i have heard. the best ones had two qualities. they were relevant and they were brief. i will be both. [applause] i encourage all of you to post to facebook as much as possible, but i would appreciate if you would refrain from sheryl sandberg is b

kgb officer.mer she grew up in eastern europe your she speaks russian. he's big german. howard -- he speaks german. how was doing cancel -- how would you encapsulate their relationship? >> the language capabilities and so on, that certainly helps, no doubt about that. in the end, again, it is a structural question, leaving merkel and putin aside. russia is around the corner. you have to relate to it if you want to ensure peaceful relations in central and eastern europe. if you want to ensure that economic and trade flows continue in central and eastern europe and between germany and russia. so i think, these personal relations they can somehow relate on a personal level, that might help. in the end, it is crucial for germany to play a central role here and to work towards mediation approach in this crisis, leaving aside the personal dimension between merkel and putin. >> you say it helps. my point would maybe be that it does not help. it almost ended the relationship, the fact that she has history with him and the way he operates before he went into politics. does that m

we are inviting into our own homes for as little as five dollars some criminal in eastern europe or across the street. they would be able to have that access. enough about this. could you explain to me what is remote access tool? how is it available? prevent itsdoing to use? fox you are right to read -- you are right. you could have an actor viewing you from the computer at home through your camera. the remote access tool provides access to your box or computer. take it over. they own your pc or laptop or device you are using. theives them access to webcam or camera. they can turn on and off at will. i mentioned to rent somewhere. ware. they cantake photos. they can collect all the information. financial information. passwords. it is completely owned. the information is taken and either used by the actor or sold. in different environments online in criminal form three at a you are being exposed and exploited once. multiply byally other actors who purchased the information online. to add salt to the wound, they chatthe ability to send messages from your context. ehanooks like chairman mea i

baltics orly the south central eastern europe. in ukraine it's about making if there's a shutoff of gas in the near term that we flow capability in hungry and poland and slow vanning what and to expand that possible that it takes care of the portion of gas that they import. help them, that we become a more efficient and more ownble producer of their gas. they are quite an impressive producer of natural gas, but a that technology is 1970's soviet technology that can be and they could be producing more natural gas on their own. we're also working with them on their unconventional gas areas, we're working with them to make sure that the suchm of the sector is that the they'll be able to not end up in the same situation today.ey are in and to make sure that efficiency rates are there so they can do less, that includes subsidy reform, et cetera. in europe, we have to make sure the infrastructure is there, that the regulatory started continue. we are working very closely with them on that, and to look and energyre that there's no island

last year, more than one third of their operating profit from eastern europe. the issue is with the currency depreciation, with the wiki economic backdrop, with all of the turmoil and uncertainty because of the geopolitical situation in ukraine itself, that is what is weighing on them. this is a bet was made a long time ago. it's going poorly for carlsberg. >> they have struggled in the past with russia. it is not like this is something new and they are hitting russia. this was tax increases, already concerned pre-geopolitics about what the environment in russia would look like. how bad will it get? >> if we look at what happened before, there has been a decline for the last five years. carlsberg has stuck to russia. with the current situation, they are insisting on sticking with russia, which is something that carlsberg may have to consider at some point. they may have to shift towards the asia-pacific region. in terms of impact, it has a big impact on volume sales and revenues as a ring over 30% of global volume sales are direct russia and a small percentage

we are not emerged from the cold wacoldwar that began when they w eastern europe in the state and when they undertook enough pressure over enough time to bankrupt the system and forced to withdraw from the occupation. the successor swallowed one of its treasures in eastern europe and the response of our commander in chief has been to lecture that the times have actually passed and we are all people now living in the 21st century and we just don't do things that way. not surprisingly it made no impression on putin or his appetite. russia is a second rate power that could be dissuaded but because of barack obama is a weak leader and untrustworthy ally he was able to laugh in his face on the ukrainian border. of the leader of the free world today is a man that does not believe in the free world or in america's world. [applause] in the five years since the nobel prize policy of weakness has made the world a far more dangerous place since the end of the cold war then probably it's beginning at the first day in office he made it clear the adversaries were having grievances that had a view cl

putin they kiev has been a better job of reaching out to eastern europe or eastern ukraine. you've seen attempts by kiev to propose decentralization of power. and to provide for local elections. and for them to offer amnesty to those who have already taken over these buildings. none of that has been acknowledged by mr. putin or various russian outreaches. you've also seen suggestions or implications americans responsible for meddling in ukraine. i have to say that our only interest is for ukraine to be able to make its own decisions and the last thing we want is disorder and chaos in the center of europe. so for the german audience who perhaps is tuning into russian tv, i would just advise stay focused on the facts and what is happening on the ground. a few weeks ago mr. putin was denying the russian military was even involved in crimea. a few weeks later he acknowledged it was our guys. there is not the credibility and honesty with the situation there and the willingness to engage seriously resolving these diplomatic issues. our hope is mr. putin recognizes there is a way f

russia also has to play arole in reassuring the countrieses of central and eastern europe and just coming back to what was said a moment ago, if i may very briefly because this is my last intervention. used to threaten these countries with -- regarding to the consequences of nato membership and there sovereign si in terms of what they were able to do that russia had a say in security affairs, drove them into the arms of nato and the more they became worried, became more determined to seek nato membership. so if russia wants to stay the in the neighborhood it has to see it in terms of either you are a vessel or enemy, it had to have a modern approach to security, and that's not what president putin is doing. >> ambassador. >> just very briefly. as a footnote to jamie's reply, in my view, what russia has been doing in recent days and weeks is not really a demonstration of russian strength. it is more to me a demonstration of russian weakness. think for a moment what russia has already lost. colassal lost. loss of trust by all its neighbors. if president putin believes that this is the way f

europe. thousands driven from their homes. kiev perhaps to elect a new government. part of the nation has no interest in participating. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. let's get you caught up on the top stories this hour. china is evacuating nationals from vietnam after deadly protests in hanoi. tensions flared over an ongoing territorial dispute in the south china sea, which is rich in natural gas reserves. christians in nigeria prayed for the safe return of girls kidnapped by boko haram. yesterday a group of western and african countries agreed to unite in their fight against the group. >>> yemen calls on the west as it launches its largest offensive against al qaeda. the military is struggling to pay for the operation - it is asking for support. yemen has one of al qaeda's strongest affiliates outside of pakistan. >>> at least 44 died following the worst flooding in the balkans. thousands have been forced to evacuate from homes in serbia, bosnia and croatia. rising floodwaters is t

it is an hope it will be a turning point for the divided eastern europe are in -- eastern european nation. >> is the key to winning back political and economic stability in ukraine. >> the cities are still under the control of pro-russian militias, who do not necessarily support the government. rinat akhmetov has encouraged his countrymen to turn out. few have heeded his call. the government is trying to project authority. >> we hope as many people as possible turnout to vote. we will definitely be guaranteeing security at some polling stations in congested cities. >> but more and more ukrainians are fleeing the east of the country, fearing criminality and renewed violence. >> one of the groups that might well play a major role in the politics of ukraine -- coal miners. our correspondent was at their anti-separatist rally today in donetsk. he joins us on the line. how much influence might miners have in these elections, and are they being directed by the man they work for, the billionaire oligarch rinat akhmetov? >> first, we have to understand this is a heavily industrial region. so, a l

g-7 joined us in imposing the sanctions, and europe reinforced the allies, and eastern europe is stabilize ing the economy, and the imf brought stabilization to the ukrainian government, and this multiple multiinternational institutions served to fight the propaganda among the troops on the border, and the militias in ski masks. this weekend, ukrainians e voted by the millions. yesterday, i spoke to their next president. we don't know how the situation is going to play out, and there are grave challenges ahead, but standing with the allies in international order and working with international institutions has given a chance for the ukrainian people to the choose their future. without us firing a shot. similarly, despite frequent warnings from the united states and israel and others the iranian nuclear program steadily advanced for years. but at the beginning of my presidency, we built a coalition to impose sanctions on the iranian economy while extending the hand of diplomacy to the iranian government. and now we have an opportunity to resolve the differences peacefully. the odds of succes

now that we're looking at the prospect of an evil larger presence of nato forces in eastern europe the u.k. foreign secretary says it is moving forward in a way that should worry russia in the long term well russia has been worried for a while now twenty four years ago the u.s. promised question not to expand nato eastward but since the collapse of the soviet union nato added twelve is senior peon countries to the military alliance and may still be eyeing a few more even despite broken promises washing nato found ways to cooperate on issues like afghanistan drug trafficking now and proliferation but now even that has been put on ice in washington i'm going to shake on. germany was among the first states to join nato and is currently a key ally of the us as r.t. found out some german m.p.'s don't agree with the majority that supports the blocs study build up of power have a listen to this listen to you and his organisers there is no reason why native foods should be stationed close to russia neither the baltic states new poland are threatened in any way the conflict is in ukraine and uk

of central and eastern europe are anchored in the security nato can offer. today the transatlantic alliance anchors global security. offers the possible antidote to the aggression and fear of aggression president truman warned against in 1949. freedom stability and prosperity and well in door well into this century. in the next century but only if nations on both sides of the atlantic see this clarifying moment. two gears of 19 days after general eisenhower arrived in paris as a supreme allied commander in europe he was inaugurated as the 34th president of the united states. president eisenhower was as war weary as the american public and people all over the world. he had written to his wife mimi in his words that he constantly wondered how civilization can stand war at all. he would lie awake at night smoking cigarettes and the knowledge privately that there was not one part of his body that did not panic but in his first formal address as president ike insisted that america had to remain engaged in the world. he said no nation's security and well-being can

putin has to do a better job of reaching out to eastern europe -- or eastern ukraine. you have seen attempts by kiev and a very serious way to propose decentralization of power. to provide for local elections. for them to offer amnesty to those who have already taken over these buildings, none of them have been acknowledged by mr. putin or various russian mouthpieces out there. you have also seen suggestions or implications that americans are responsible for meddling inside ukraine. that our only to best is for ukraine able to make its own decisions. the last thing we want is disorder and chaos in the center of europe. audience whoerman perhaps is tuning into russian advise to stayt focused on the facts and what has happened on the ground. wasw weeks ago, mr. putin still denying the russian military was involved in crimea. a few weeks later, he acknowledged that they were his guys. they're just has not been the kind of honesty and credibility about the situation there and the willingness to engage seriously in resolving these diplomatic issues. our hope is that in fact

eastern europe. and ukraine it is about making sure if there is a shutoff of gas in the near term that we have reverse capability in hungary, poland and slovakia and to expand that to the degree possible that it takes care of the portion of gas. number two, we help them become a more efficient and more capable producer of their gas. they are quite an impressive producer of gas, but a lot of that technology is can be using and producing more natural gas on their own. we are also working on their interest in exploring their unconventional gas areas. we are working with them to reform that they will not end up in the same situation they are in today and efficiency rates are they are to do more with less. in europe, we have to make sure the regulatory form i started to continue. we are working very closely on that to look and make sure there is no energy islands in europe, which is a stated goal of the e.u. so the baltics are a good example of that. lng and lithuania has gone a long way. the chairman men

we saw the russian stock market recovered and at the end of this week, the biggest bank in eastern europe is actually up is up 13% at the end of the week. in some ways, he has succeeded. at the same time, the ruble has been falling and he's had to spend as much as $20 billion supporting the ruble. >> when is the next inflection point? >> monday when foreign ministers are meeting to discuss more sanctions. maybe those that expropriated assets in crimea, that could include russian companies. >> let me turn to you, julianna. the kidnapped little girls in horrified the world. are we powerless to do anything about it? >> the president sounded pretty powerless talking about the limits of what he can do in this situation. for weeks, they've been offering support to the nigerian government. it was rebuffed and it was only this week they finally realize the big problem that this is and accepted the report. teams from the f e.r.a., the pentagon, the state department. it's three weeks pretty lady on the challenge will be tracking. >> they keep doing awful things over there. house republicans are goi

putin say keo has to do a better job of reaching out to eastern europe -- or eastern ukraine. you have seen attempts by kiev and a very serious way to propose decentralization of power. to provide for local elections. for them to offer amnesty to those who have already taken over these buildings, none of them have been acknowledged by mr. putin or various russian mouthpieces out there. you have also seen suggestions or implications that americans are responsible for meddling inside ukraine. i have to say that our only interest is for ukraine to be able to make its own decisions. the last thing we want is disorder and chaos in the center of europe. so, for the german audience who perhaps is tuning into russian tv, i would just advise to stay focused on the facts and what has happened on the ground. a few weeks ago, mr. putin was still denying the russian military was involved in crimea. a few weeks later, he acknowledged that they were his guys. they're just has not been the kind of honesty and credibility about the situation there and the willingness to engage seriously in res

you can go look in eastern europe. every warsaw pact member. they all jump, all move from being really bad hypocrisy still looking, much more democratic some writer in 1990. every single one including russia. they experienced this nice jump. of the eight warsaw pact members, today only two members have not kept at. when we finally update the store to take account of the arab spring we will not see any jump like that. baby we'll see it in tunisia. we will not see anywhere else. we are going to see much more continuity and change. then the question is, why is that. i think it comes to really two things that we've always known about how to get and keep democracy. that requires a level of economic developer, and of a state capacity, neither of which were present in the majority of the arab countries but i want to be clear. the argument i'm making, to which it is in structural preconditions and economic development was aware needs to be, people think i'm making a judgment about how these people are not ready for democracy. i think the argument that

>> they're groups that are operating primarily out of eastern europe, the former soviet union, although we are seeing many of them evolved in asia as well as south america. they are meeting virtually online. in many cases they have never met physically. they have different members of the group that have specific skills. somebody who can distribute mall where. malware. somebody who takes the personal information and turns it into money. physicalsimilar to the organized crime groups that happening in the virtual world. >> for an attack like this, comedy people would normally be involved in a group like that? how many people are you trying to track down? couple ofe from a dozen that are involved technically but we have seen as involved.ndreds they are taking money out of atm machines, with compromised cars. i've talked about this for a long time. hanging oneen a lot the companies. these are aggressively involved in security. we have to start looking at those organized crime groups. how can we organize them from a law enforcement perspective? this will go on unfettered. >> thank you for com

europe and in thailand. and it seems that the government, the u.s. government, just can't escape its past. >> karen, by not escaping its past, does it continue it's former actions? >> well, i don't know if it continues its former actions, but it leaves open the possibility of continuing those actions, largely because the people who designed and implemented these policies -- and abu ghraib was only a very small part of the larger issue of a concerted torture policy. but the people who implemented and designed this have not been brought to justice, have not been held accountable in any way, have not been exposed for the most part to the public. therefore, it seems like a viable, non-punishable, however illegal, policy that went forward. and so, that's what we lived with in terms of the future of abu ghraib. >> we are talking about some current amnesia here kenneth says, unfortunately, none of my students have the slightest clue ghraib. he calls it igen amnesia. you just heard karen. in the 10 years since abu g

of central and eastern europe are anchored in the security nato can offer. the transatlantic alliance officers security and offers an antadote to the fear of aggression truman warned about. it will endure well in the century and the next century but only if nations on both sides of the atlantic see this clearing moment. after the general arrived in paris and assigned as the 34th president of the united states, he was war weary as the american public and people all over the world as well. he had written to his wife and in his words he constantly wondered how civilization can stand war at all. he would lie awake at night, smoking cigarettes, and he acknowledged privately there wasn't one part of his body that didn't pain him. in his first formal address as president, ike consisted that america had to maintain engaged in the world. he said no community can be achieved in isolation but only with cooperation with other nations. and he connected america's transatlantic commitment to the vitality of the shipping and trade centers and farms and little businesses and

putin say, well, kiev has to do a better job of reaching out to eastern europe or eastern ukraine. you've seen a tempts by kiev in a very serious way to propose decentralization of power. and to provide for local elections. and for them to offer amnesty to those who have already taken over the buildings. none of that has been acknowledged by mr. putin or various russian malfeasance out there. you've seen somehow americans are responsible for meddling inside ukraine. i have to say, that our only interest is to for ukraine to be able to make its own decisions. and the last thing we want is disorder and chaos in the center of europe. so you know, for the german audience who perhaps is tuning in to russian tv, i would just advise to stay focused on the facts and what's happened on the ground. a few weeks ago mr. putin was still denying that the russian military was even involved in crimea. then a few weeks later acknowledged, yeah, i guess that was our guys. and so there just has not been the kind of honesty and credibility about the situation there and a willingness to engage seriousl

today armenian food infuses he flavor from the mediterranean, middle east, and eastern europe. >> this is our 55th year and in san francisco we're the largest armenian food festival and widely recognized as one of the best food festivals in the area. we have vendors that come up from fresno, from los angeles showing off their craft. we really feel like we have something for everyone in the neighborhood and that's really what it is, is drawing people to see a little bit of our culture and experience what we experience weekend in and weekend out. >> we are behind the scenes now watching the chef at work preparing some delicious armenian kabob. this is a staple in armenian cooking, is that right? >> absolutely, since the beginning of time. our soldiers used to skewer it on the swords. we have a combination of beef and lam and parsley. and every september over 2000 pounds of meat being cooked in three days. >> after all that savory protein, i was ready to check out the fresh veggie options. >> this is armenian cheat sheet. it's tomatos and mint and olive oil. that makes summer food. and wh

europe, harking back to the 1930's and adolf hitler. t betweennow a spa moscow and london with a frosty meeting between russian diplomats and u.k. diplomats, with the russians being outraged with what prince charles has said. i love the cartoon that's shows them going to the evening cocktail party saying to keep a lid on the smalltalk because we do not want to start a third world war. really funny. >> it often gets people in hot water. that is unfortunate coming from him. thank you for a look at the international press. stay tuned. our coverage continues with the sports update. here is a round up. >> the german club have won the women's champions league final for the second year running after edging out sweden. she gave them the lead after 28 minutes. the swedes doubled that lead a few minutes later. after a second goal from marta, she made it 3-3 to put the germans back in the game. a great way to celebrate her birthday. martina popped up for the second year running to poke in the winter. they are the champions again. press tothe world

and nato military exercises in eastern europe. again, designed to reassure the allies in eastern europe. but any direct action to change the situation on the ground in ukraine not expected. intelligence sharing, some humanitarian aid supplies, but no u.s. military action, wolf. this leaves the obama administration with very little it can do, other than more sanctions, to try to influence the situation. wolf. >> we know elections are scheduled in ukraine towards the end of this month. hundreds of international monitors will be going in to watch those elections, including some very high-profile americans who are scheduled to participate in that as well. is there a sense you're getting over there barbara how concerned pentagon officials might be about the security of these americans, some very well-known americans, who want to monitor those elections, how worried they should be about the security situation, in fact, they could even have free and fair elections in this kind of environment? >> i think the security is a huge concern, wo

we are so adamant about southern and eastern europe sticking to it, and we are sending out a deadly signal by moving in the opposite direction. >> despite objections, germany's parliament passed the reform by a large majority. >> deutsche welle has sealed a deal to work more closely with the television station in poland, tvp. >> they signed the agreement in warsaw. the networks will cooperate on joint productions and program exchanges, as well as combining efforts to cover major events, such as the current crisis in ukraine. pope francis begins a pilgrimage to the holy land this weekend. his three-day trip will take into jordan, israel, and the west bank. >> security is high. israel has issued restraining orders against jewish extremists. the pontiff's only public mass is in bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of jesus. >> we caught up with the city's christian mayor. >> this is one of the better parts of her job. she is meeting pilgrims from all over the world in front of the nativity church. two years ago, the palestinian woman became the mayor of bethlehem. >> when i became mayor, the

it will not cede ukraine and other parts of eastern europe -- central eastern europe from a very cold winter in 2014. it makes the medium-term solution very clear. it would have an immediate impact on pricing and availability. her request was interesting. her request as if we will begin to act and set that marker out there that shows that russia -- shows russia that we are serious. two years ago, when we started these conversations, i had different individuals who came to visit my office immediately. the japanese and members of parliament. two years ago. their question was the same. how quickly could beget american natural gas reservoir -- natural gas? how quickly can we get american natural gas to mark -- gas? we have a responsibility to take care of america and americans. that is in our national interest. that is our first responsibility. when there is economic benefit and diplomatic benefit -- strength that comes from x port of energy, this is one of those issues that i continue to ask tom a why has it taken so long? that is a long statement. let me start this conversation. dependi

putin say, well, kiev has to do a better job of reaching out to eastern europe, or eastern ukraine. you've seen attempts by kiev in a very serious way to propose decentralization of power. and to provide for local elections. and for them to offer amnesty to those who have already taken over these buildings. none of that has been acknowledged by mr. putin or various russian mouth pieces that are out there. you've also seen suggestions or implications that somehow americans are responsible for meddling inside ukraine. i have to say that our only interest is for ukraine to be able to make its own decisions. and the last thing we want is disorder and chaos in the center of europe. so, you know, for the german audience who perhaps is tuning in to russian tv, i would just advise to stay focused on the facts and what's happened on the ground. a few weeks ago, mr. putin was still denying that the russian military was even involved in crimea. then a few weeks later, he acknowledged, yeah, i guess that was our guys. so there just has not been the kind of honesty and credibility about the situ

they have more than a third of their profit from eastern europe. while it is not intuitive why just because there is turmoil in a region and they're embroiled in a conflict, people would link dress -- people would drink less beer. it is also what it means when you turn that into profit. currency depreciation is a big issue. the ruble is the second worst performing currency. out of 24 that we track. behind the argentine peso. is downinian currency more than 25%. plus you have the economic actor economic backdrop. >> a lot of uncertainty over what happens now in the ukraine and russia. the picture be that is painted in these numbers. if you think in economic terms, says that russia is in a technical recession. real larger recession deepens, what will people do with their habits? what will be russian government do to increase revenue? in ukraine, the situation is even moredeepens bizarre. the eastern part of the country is blockaded by the central government. what does that mean for their ability to do logistics? how was diplomacy working? >> it is wo

europe, and i will point out that some of this language that we haven't seen in this country since my uncle was opposing anita bryant and her crusade to change people, part of the responsibility lies with people like scott lively, who go over and spread this type of diminishment and hatred using really dogmatic tyranny on individuals, and the one important issue for us to message to ugandans is this doesn't stop with just lgbt people. if you have a message of diminishment, of judgment, of ridicule on minorities, that list of minorities will grow. that's one of the things that we have to do. but i do think it's important to point out that this time last year, one-sixth of the world's population from last year to this year became recriminalized because of who they love and who they are, has become criminal. that's over a billion people on the planet that have gone backwards, so it's important that we keep these type of journalistic reports out there and that we also put the blame on some of the folks that are exporting this type of hate. and it's being exported from this country because