plunged america and russia into this new cold car. one year since he seized crimea, the fighting rages on in ukraine, and vladimir putin shows no sign of backing down, as if dearing the west to stop him. america tried to squeeze him with sanctions, and vladimir putin's top opponent inside russia was mysteriously murdered. all of this puts russia and the west on a dangerous collision course. where does it end, who, if anyone wins in the end. i'm ali velshi - a special report on the new cold war starts now. >>> it's a new cold war. a year ago this week the crisis in ukraine escalated from an internal dispute between ukrainians into a wider international clash that pits russia against the west. last march russia annexed crimea. since then russia has thrown its support behind separatist rebels fighting in eastern ukraine, and that triggered a sanctions war between the west and russia, polarizing trade and threatening security in europe. new front lines between east and west have hardened into a new iron curtain of sorts of the this one runs through russian controlled territories in u

of the kremlin's biggest critics was shot and killed his assassins remain at large and russia remain loyal to those who are becoming too powerful. who is left to take on vladimir putin. our special coverage begins right now. tonight, special coverage of the new cold war has taken yet another ominous turn. up till now cost michael okwu its standing in the form of credit down grades and demonization of the west. killing of boris nemtsov just steps from the kremlin nemtsov said to be close to releasing a report revealing startling details of russia's involvement in the ukraine. placards read, i am not afraid. rory challands is there and has the report from moscow. >> nemtsov's face was everywhere. the bullets that killed him said this banner were meant for all of us but also present were thousands of russian flags in an era where russian leaders are vilified as traitors and fifth columnist, such a huge rally is allowed to take place right in the center of moscow. usually these things are kept on the outskirts of town so maybe the kremlin is thinking grief is a more manageable emo

the ukraine/russia conflict. that will start shortly and we will take you there. >> here at the senate foreign relations committee will be a hearing about the ukraine conflict. federal officials will be testifying. there has been progress toward a cease-fire with russian backed rebels and creating a buffer zone in ukraine. the president of ukraine says they have pulled act from the frontline -- back from the front lines. we are waiting for the ranking member bob menendez. this should begin momentarily. >> the committee will come to order. we will begin this by expressing the condolences to the family of forest them solve. -- boris nemsov. he sought a better future for his people and we must remain committed to a democratic russia at peace with itself and its neighbors. he was critical of vladimir putin's aggression in ukraine. russia has continued its occupation of crimea and the destabilization of the region. we made a commitment in 1994 to ukraine -- defend ukraine. that has been under assault for more than a year. more recently, we lord ukraine -- lord ukraine -- leured we tr

ever. since russia's invaded ukraine, nato has tried to present a united fro to reassure member nations. russia has been hiwith sanctitions, and natoo increased troops, training, and a task force. that unity appears to be showing signs of cracking. ov the past several weeks, european newsto stories have criticized top nato leaders including the top commander, for being too touough on russia, accusing him of exaggerating russia's role in ukraine and provoking moscow. last week, leaders met in washington for their annual stratetegic off-si. we caught up with nato's deputy secretary-general, alexander hirschfeld -- hirshbaugh. i asked how to deter russia. guest: i would agree tt unity is the most precious asset, but i think the alliance is more unified than it has ever been. at the beginning of the crisis last year, there were some allies in a bit of denial about whatat was going on in crimea. today, i think we are united in standing fm, making clear to the russians this is unacceptable behavior. they violated every rule in the book and are going to pay a price. i think general bre

expression of greater russia's hopes and dreams. he lets no opportunity to take his shirt off pass him by. pose with a large gun? he's there. and no matter how transparently autocratic, vengeful, oblivious to even a thin veneer of democracy, russians love him. they seem to feel about him like new yorkers used to feel about giuliani. he may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch. it's february 2014, and the sochi olympics are just coming up when i arrive in moscow. it's a different moscow every time i come here. the '80s-style go-go capitalist conspicuous consumption see who can spend the most money disco-techno thing i encountered when i first came here in 2001, it's still going strong. in fact, these days moscow has one of the highest concentrations of billionaires in the world. but as never before, it's imperial russia now, a one-man rule. all power emanates, every decision must consider this guy. ♪ russia is full of characters with murky pasts and shadowy connections. one of them i've called a friend for more than a decade. >> tony! wow. >> i guess i'm switching to vodka

abducted across the border and is paying illegally held. if russia wants to give a humanitarian gesture, there's nothing they could do more quickly than to reduce -- release her today. we have concerns about her health. she was seen by a european doctor last week. when you are taking in no calories every day matters. we are notably including secretary kerry's meeting over the weekend. we asked that she be released immediately. tags we go now to mr. gregory, ranking member of the subcommittee on europe. >> this is very complicated. i do not think there is one solution, whether it is giving weapons that will resolve this problem or not. i am not even sure it where i am on that. let me ask this question. i think by now everyone is clear i am a multilateralist. there is leadership when you are bringing countries together. that is leadership. it is easy to do things yourself. it is hard to do things in conjunction with others. that israel leadership in my estimation. i am not sure where i am out. have we had dialogue? where is eu partners in giving defense of weapons to ukraine. in m

ukraine under siege. ukraine is under siege by russia at this moment. unfortunately the response to russian aggression by the administration has been quite a bit. a a year ago russia invaded and seized crimea. some thought that vladimir putin would stop there. not so. last april there was a delegation led to ukraine. we travel to the russian speaking east with eight members of the delegation. we went in. i have to share with the members here that the many ukrainians -- and these are russian speaking ukrainians of the far east they wanted to be ukrainian. they did not want to be separatists. we spoke to the women's groups, to the lawyers groups civil society the jewish groups various ethnic minorities, the governor, the mayor. mr. angle spoke of the largest jewish community center in eastern europe. i can share with the members here what -- how we can attest to the attitude. one of the shots shared with -- one of the thoughts shared with us is it seems russia has recruited every skinhead and now content and malcontent and is trying to bring them into the east. we are holding them in

a symphony performed by all relevant countries. [speaking foreign language] >> russia today, and ria, against the background of western sanctions on russia and the sharp depreciation of the ruble, how will china carry out cooperation with russia, especially in the energy and financial sectors, and what will china and russia do to further strengthen their coordination and cooperation in international affairs? [speaking foreign language] >> the china-russia relationship is not dictated by international advice sis teuds and does not target any third parties. the strong strategy trust the two sides have established, our relationship is becoming more mature and stable. as comprehensive strategic partners, china and russia have a good tradition of supporting each other. and the friendship between our two peoples provides a strong foundation for strengthening strategic cooperation between the two sides. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] >> the practical cooperation between china and russia is based on mutual need. it speaks win-win results and has enormous internal

russia. and we show you the news conference you just saw coming hillary clinton speaking about her private e-mail accounts. later on, the supreme court hears all argument on whether police can conduct war and bliss searches of hotel guest registry. we take into the senate relations -- next, arming the ukraine. republicans sent a letter to the administration in their frustration. a hearing today is about 2.5 hours. >> the committee has now come to order. this appears to be an attempt to silence those and roger who want to see their company -- country move away from the lawlessness of today's russia. we must remain committed to this vision for a democratic russia at peace with itself and its neighbors. he was especially critical of pu tin's aggression in ukraine. our country made a commitment in 1994 to defend ukraine's sovereignty, which has been under a near constant assault by russia for more than a year. more recently, we learned -- lured the crane west. now, with ukraine's eater -- future and balance, the refusal of the administration to step up with more support and whether pre

, russia, and the west. a former u.s. ambassador to the ukraine will host the event. this is 90 minutes. >> thank you for that introduction and thank you all for coming very at it seems worthwhile to hear what the issues that they are currently embroiled in. that is what we have set out to do. and we have a new survey that -- we have a survey that was conducted with the international institute of sociology which is a group that we worked with numerous times over the years that's very highly regarded and at the method the method used was face to face for the most part telephone primarily in the region. for the national sample we had 1,005 and then we had an over sample of 403 specifically in the region where the conflict is occurring. and then for the ukrainian held area we have 330. and in the rebel held areas we have a sample of 240. this shows you how we have divided the country. i'm going to be giving you the results not just for the nation as a whole but for the various regions because the differences are quite great and there is tension between the different parts of the country so

topics. mainly russia. the threat of terrorism and actions of the so-called islamic state in the context of libya. lastly, our negotiations are trade and that and -- and investment partnership. we have the three re: different challenges -- very different challenges. we are witnessing today calling into question our fundamental values like freedom and democracy and prosperity and political order. i want to make sure who uses propaganda against us and commit acts of violence and to violate the sovereignty of our neighbors. they want to weaken the policies of the weston word -- western world. today we can see with clarity they are trying to divide us in europe and america. when we are united, we will be able to put a stop to be aggressive policies of a -- russia and against neighbors. the past has shown when we were united, we were able to succeed against the fight against terrorism. we have acted together in the field of the economy and free trade. we achieved success. when it comes to getting agreement, it is my hope we can have agreement. we have a strong argument. i believe in 2

against russia's military. ukraine needs better communication technology to deal with russian efforts to jam their signals not to advance on moscow. i was laughing at that conference in europe to hear the russian foreign minister denying the russian troops were in ukraine, saying it was just ukrainian rebels. lies, lies, and more lies. i have spoken on the house floor, calling on the government to supply defensive weapons to ukraine. mr. chairman, i know you agree with me, ukraine is not going to win a war against russia. but it can impose on vladimir putin's aggression and slow russia's advances. it has a chance to remain on its feet when all is said and done, if it cannot impose a greater cost on puritans in aggression and slow russia's advances. the administration along with the vast majority of our european allies has resisted providing such assistance. to be sure there are risks involved, but there are also risks and allowing cute and to continue aggression in -- putin to continue aggression and ukraine. if russia's aggression on the west reaches the frontiers of our nato

treasury department officials on ordering ukraine in its conflict with russia. the ranking terminus at a letter to the president asking for an update on arming ukraine. the administration is nearly a month late with their reports to congress. from capitol hill, this is about two and a half hours. >> we will come to order. we will begin this hearing by expressing my condolences to the family and friends of boris nemtsov. the murder outside the kremlin fears -- seems to be an attempt to silence the critics of russia. nemtsov salt a better vision for his people, and we must remain committed to a democratic russia and peace with itself and its neighbors. he was especially critical of putin's progression in ukraine, where for over a year now russia has continued its occupation of crimea and the destabilization of the country's we made a commitment in 1994 to defend ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. which has been under a near constant assault from russia for more than a year. more recently, we lured ukraine west by supporting their desire for more interaction with europe. now

. ukrainian forces cannot match these advances that russia is pouring into eastern europe -- into eastern europe grain. when you see tanks coming to eastern ukraine, those are not ukrainians in those tanks. those are russians. there is no shortage of the will to fight, only a shortage of defensive weapons. at the committee's hearing last week, secretary kerry said that president obama still has not made a decision on whether to send defensive lethal military aid to ukraine. six months after the president told congress that one cannot win the war with blankets, it was not surprising but still discouraging to see him have to shop for defense of weapons and, unfortunately, it has been difficult. i was just as discouraged to read in the wall street journal that u.s. intelligence sharing with ukraine keeps ukraine in the dark. satellite images are delayed and obscured, making them less useful. frustrated, ukraine is approaching other countries like canada to share such information. this is not u.s. leadership. moscow is also undermining ukraine's economy. today, russia is using his natural gas

russia now. we're getting lines coming in to us from russians foreign minister as part of the crisis between the west and russia over ukraine. fred is in moscow for us. russia is saying it has a right to deploy nuclear weapons in crimea. talk us through that, fred. >> on one level, of course, they're simply reiterating their message that crimea is now an integral part of russia and therefore, russia can do anything it likes on that territory, including stationing nuclear weapons. it should be noted that there is a major russian naval base there, sevastopol which has been through the years of ukrainian sovereignty, the headquarters of the black sea fleet and they probably did have nuclear weapons aboard the ships on that flight. on one level it's not that momentous, but on the other level, they are saying this annexation is permanent unchallengeable, and we will use crimea as the front line of russia's defense. if it was just out of context it might not be such a big deal, but russia today pulled out of the conventional arms treaty in europe which means they didn't pull out of the tre

for the wider world, let's talk to the former british ambassador to russia mr. tony brenton. good morning. thank you very much indeed for taking the time to talk to us. how should the west respond to this? guest: the west needs to be quite careful. quite a lot of the -- i knew boris very well. his death is a tragedy. but quite a lot of the background to his death is a patriotism and nationalism going on inside russia in connection with ukraine. i suspect that those who killed him were inspired by that nationalism to do a very nasty thing. if the west comes out too forcefully again criticizing russia, that was simply compound the feeling in russia that the country is beleaguered, under attack and they need to stand firm against us. francine: will we actually ever get to the bottom of who really killed mr. nance of? guest: there have been lots of murders over the last few years, and few of them have been solved. i know a lot of theories going around. the worrying one, which is coming out of the regime, is that it was a provocation organized by the western enemies of russia, which to

on twitter or email. as the rift between europe and russia grows, one e.u. government leader is defiantly staying close to vladimir putin. the prime minister of hungary, viktor orban, a provocative figure in europe often speaking out against the e.u. and earlier this year, he made himself even more controversial when he welcomed mr. putin to budapest. he's also recently signed a range of business deals with russia despite western sanctions against russia over ukraine. but now, protests are growing among hungarians themselves. many say they want their country to integrate closer with the west, not with the kremlin. >> back in 1989, nine-year-old bori takacs and her father went out to hang up posters calling for a republic of hungary. now, at 34, she's organizing protests herself. she's working with the group 'most mi' -- which means "now us" in hungarian. the aim is establishing genuine democracy and freedom of speech and to wipe out corruption. bori: why couldn't we get back to this point where we realize and decide what kind of system, what kind of country we want to live in? w

." live from london. european leaders meeting for a second round of talks in brussels. russia and greece remain very much top of the agenda. on russia, the group has pledged to extend sanctions until the end of the year. for greece the eu has asked the government to submit a more solid reform plan. let's bring in our reporters. caroline connan joins us from brussels. marcus joins us from athens. caroline, let's start with you. caroline: on russia, which was on the agenda like greece in brussels, they decided to put off the decision to aging summit. -- a june summit. the eu sanctions expire in july. they might extend these until the end of the year. which would match the timeline of the minsk agreement. [no audio] guy: we seem to be having technical difficulties from brussels. you are looking at live pictures from brussels as leaders gather in enter the building. we will monitor what they have to say. we will get a sense of where we stand on two issues of russia and greece. let's go to athens. marcus is standing by. how would you characterize last night's minisummit? what progress was mad

around the world. i'm george howell thrks is cnn news room. >>> we start the show in russia where it is sunday afternoon in moscow. a memorial is set soon. several leads in the shooting death of an activist. the former deputy prime minister was gunned down steps away from the kremlin. they have surveillance video that shows the killing as it happened. you see it here in the time lapse video. look between the third and fourth street line. a moscow tv station called tv center says it was captured near a bridge. the video shows two people walking together. notice the snowplow moving slowly along the street. then moments later, the pair is blocked by the snowplow. a person is seen walking on the road and getting into a car behind the snowplow. the car speeds off and the video shows one person left there at the scene, his companion. vladimir putin sent his con condolences through a telegram. he always openly and honestly stated his position defending his point of view. the russian president vowed his killers will be properly punished. let's go live to senior international correspondent ma

to transcend any kind of feelings between leaders of countries at any time. >> now with russia life is easier. you feel free. >> and marking one year anniversary of crimea's annexation by russia plus. >> coming up i'll be taking a look why india's premier has become a global success. >> and built to last, the motor bike that has been winning hearts and minds for more than a century. good evening and thank you for joining us on al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. now a major man hunt is on in tunisia for the accomplices on a major museum. >> police also killed two gunmen. so far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. >> meanwhile tunisia's president has called for unity. thousands hit the streets to denounce the attack. many held up banners no to terrorism. >> there has been concerns over security in tunisia because neighboring libya has become affected. >> nazanine moshiri has the story. >> they surround the bardo museum. one ever tunisia's most famous tourist destinations. there were hundreds of visitors inside when gunmen opened fire. some p

finger at vladimir putin. the cold war with russia i'll show you the spy ship moscow might be using to spy around havana harbor. i'm ali velshi and this is "real money." >> why you guys stopping him what did he do? >> these two officers took a very hard hit. >> that officer has just as much of a right to go home to his family as anyone else. >> ferguson is coming undone, the st. louis suburb with just 21,000 residents has seen its city manager local judge and police chief resign in just the last week. the court clerk has been fired. so far the mayor says he intends to stay in office, while elections for a new city council will take place on april 7th. but the question is being asked: should the city of ferguson simply dissolve? that's because racial bias outlined in the department of justice report focused in part on the financial motives on ferguson's black population, hit them with petty fines and fees, threaten them with incarceration if they don't comply, and a budget that pays for a local administration that preys on its own population, plaguing cities across america these little

, for holding what is an extraordinarily important and timely hearing on countering russia and ukraine and i appreciate our witnesses being here. let me join you in very heart felt condolences to someone who was a courageous opposition leader. and sometimes true patriots pay a price. boris nemtsov led efforts in which he passionately believed in in a different russia. and i find it pretty outrageous to see the latest narrative that is being portrayed that an islamist plot is the reason why he was assassinated. but to his family, his friends and his followers we have our heart felt thoughts and condolences. now, as it relates to today's hearings, there are many experts who would contend the complexity of the geopolitics that led to the u.s. retreat from europe created an opening for putin and the ukraine. clearly we must closely coordinate with our european friends for the sanctions against russia to work but i think without any doubt we can all agree on one point and that is that the united states must take the lead. i believe the administration -- the legislation passed with u

. and canada. after that, the committee hearing on the ukraine and russia conflict. then, u.n. ambassador samantha power talking about relations between the israel and u.s. relations. on newsmakers, roy robinson -- lori robinson, she will discuss the report on policing across the u.s. since the deaths of michael brown in ferguson, misery and erika garner in new york, at the hands of police. she will have recommendations on how to improve policing. newsmakers sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. >> keep track of the republican led congress, and follow its new members in its session. new congress, best access, on c-span c-span2, c-span radio and c-span.org. next candidates public affairs channel hosted a discussion this week on u.s. and canadian relations. the debate focused on the keystone pipeline debate, kind -- climate change, and domestic security. on wednesday, the senate failed to override president obama's veto. this discussion is an hour and a half. bill. this discussion is an hour and a half. ♪ >> hello and welcome to washington dc. it is a chilly evening. f

. meanwhile proal. >>> stay with us here on al jazerra, still to come. not changing their tune, russia reinforces its control of crimea. as people celebrate the anniversary of it's annexation. it's the stuff of science fix but robots not home and the workplace could soon leave people out of a job. >> the stream, >> your digital community >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts the stream it's your chance to join the conversation only on al jazeera america ♪ ♪ >>> you are watching al jazerra. reminder of our top stories tunisia's president has vowed to fight a war against terrorism in his country. he made the comments after deadly attack on one of the capital's most popular tourist sites. nighttime individual ills were held for the 19 people killed. >>> the retrial of two al jazerra journalists is let setoguchi to resume in cairo. bahar mohamed and mohamed fahmy are accused of aiding the now banned muslim brotherhood. charges they and al jazerra decide. >>> brazil a president dilma rousseff vows to crack down on corruption. thousands took part of nationwide rallies dema

roundabout 10 days. the whole of russia apparently had been speculating as to the health of the president because he hasn't been seen in public for a while. then these pictures have been released putin meeting kurdistan's president at the constantine palace. [ ♪♪ ] >>> hello, i'm richard gizbert, and you are at "the listening post," here are some media stories. india - the government blocks the trance mission of a documentary on the rape subject >>> russia - a troll army invading comment sections on news stories. >>> students on both sides of the moss co-kiev debate have it out on youtube >>> and the return of a state-opened broadcaster >>> india is reliving a nightmare goings back two years, when the gang rape and murder of a student hit the headline. it's back in the headlines because of a film band called "india's daughter", it features an interview with one of the rapists saying women out on the streets after 9:00pm deserve with come to them, and the film would not have been killed if she had not resisted. it was made for bbc, but several stations in india plan to air it

of a documentary on the rape subject >>> russia - a troll army invading comment sections on news stories. >>> students on both sides of the moss co-kiev debate have it out on youtube >>> and the return of a state-opened broadcaster >>> india is reliving a nightmare goings back two years, when the gang rape and murder of a student hit the headline. it's back in the headlines because of a film band called "india's daughter", it features an interview with one of the rapists saying women out on the streets after 9:00pm deserve with come to them, and the film would not have been killed if she had not resisted. it was made for bbc, but several stations in india plan to air it on international women's day. that's when the government banned it. one called it a conspiracy to defame india. one of the most widely watched english news channels backed the government announcing the time as voyeuristing and questioning why any broadcaster would want to show it. it's a story about a discussion on violence and rape in india, an outrage machine in overdrive, and a government that is still new to t

. >> james thank you. >>> russia and ukraine have agreed to double the number of osce observers monitoring the ceasefire in eastern ukraine. the truce is said to be largely holding despite continued fights near donetsk and other flash points. but a car bomb in kharkiv left two people injured. >> reporter: the car exploded as it passed through a suburb. it belonged to the heard of a pro-ukrainian militia. he was injured so too were his wife and bother. the local police say they think the explosion was caused by a magnetic mine. just the latest act of what they are calling terrorism. they have accused russian-backed groups of trying to open up a new front. on the 22nd of february a bomb exploded during a pro-ukrainian rally in the same city. four people were killed including a police officer. but this police video shows a car packed with explosives in the city of mariupol. the ukrainian authorities detect the hand of russia. >> translator: we have confession testimony saying who recruited them where they were trained, and it was on the territory of the rushing shan federation. we

with his pictures and they are carrying signs with slogans that read he was fighting for a free russia and those shots were in each of us, but we nor they are going to march from the center where they are in moscow to the site where he was gunned down. 55-year-old died there on the street as he was walking and there is already a huge memorial that has built up at that site. flowers and condolence letters as well. but we can really see how this -- they are expecting 50,000 people but his last radio interview, he called on them to join the first anti-war rally and it's become a march for him. he said in that regular interview, our march can sober the kremlin up. if a hundred thousand people come out and it could turn the kremlin around, it would be an absolute shock for them. we have had reports today that from our own matthew chance who was spoken to people there where he died and people are visiting that site who said, i wasn't going to be part of this rally, this anti-war rally that was planned, but now that he is dead, it has really brought my attention to this cause and it's almost

the president of russia. he okay. up by steering key parts of his identity. ... underestimating. thinking about them, about. must have all kinds of information. the thing that he learned in the kgb was have to work with people and how to work with lots of information. a very smart guy. very well briefed and on top of his game. and i guy who has this in other things. if you really think about it very limited to the outside world. some of the reasons why his of popular. his agenda after the russian people. but his only experience with the outside world from 1985 to 1990. he was very important individuals, important germans. the germans. he talked about the moving in another world. the fall back on his knowledge of the cold war. very little knowledge of the united states. actually henry kissinger's book. certainly spends plenty of time talking. and that is and that is only figures out the targeting individuals and just everything to them things that went he tells more about you than anyone else. but he also has information. could be anything. don't have a lot of information about t

hearing this week on the ukraine-russia conflict. members include the secretary of state for european affairs. this is just over two hours. >> ambassador nulan, -- ambassador nulan welcome. our topic today is ukraine under siege. and ukraine is under siege by russia at this moment. unfortunately, the response to russia's aggression by the administration has been quite tepid. a year ago, russia invaded and seized crimea. and some thought that vladimir putin would stop there. not so. last april we led a delegation to ukraine. we travel to the russian speaking east. i think we had eight members on the delegation. we went into town on the border. and i have to share with the members here that the many ukrainians that -- and these are russians begin ukrainians -- wanted to be ukrainians. they did not want to be separatists. we spoke to the women's groups there, to the boilers groups, civil society, the jewish group various ethnic minorities, the governor, the mayor. mr. engle spoke at the largest jewish community center in eastern europe. the largest synagogue. and i can just share with th

thank you. >>> still it come, crimea was annexed by russia. we talk with citizens being part of a new country. >> i'm andrew thomas on the island of tanna that bore the bunt of the cyclone that hit vanuatu. four days after the storm help is finally arriving here. will it? >> an america tonight special report: "mining sacred lands". tomorrow, 10:00 eastern. >> weeknights on al jazeera america. >> join me as we bring you an in-depth look at the most important issues of the day. breaking it down. getting you the facts. it's the only place you'll find... the inside story. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". weeknights, 11:30 eastern. on al jazeera america. >> hello, welcome back. here are the top stories here on al jazeera. 24 people have been killed in a siege in tunisia. the gunmen are mung the dead among the dead, and the tunisiaen president is speaking right now. >> waiting for translation. i thought i heard it come in. let's try and listen again. >> no, clearly having a few problems getting the translation of the president right now. we'll go back a little bit later and explain to yo

tensions with russia over eastern ukraine. now that they're seeing i guess the iraqi forces taking of isil, which is something they always wanted to see, how much of a priority do you think they see the fight against isil as? >> well, they still consider it a very very key priority. it's probably the u.s.' top defense and national defense priority right now. just because we're seeing these positive developments happening in tikrit on wednesday does not mean that the pentagon believes that the iraqi military is fully capable of fighting it's fight by itself. they are already looking at bringing in more u.s. forces to help provide training and support for these troops. part of the reason why they need this legal authorization is to basically codify, put into writing exactly what it is that these u.s. forces would be able to do, partly in order to have legal cover and partly to get political cover. they want to make certain barbara, that people here in the united states, who frankly are tired of war under the very limited mission that the obama administration wants these troops to have.

pressure and the united -- on russia and the united states, former senator bill bradley. thank you for making your debut. senator bradley: it is my honor to be here with you. i love the set. mark: i want to talk about what is going on in indiana and now arkansas. what does it say about the political parties in america, how this thing has become such a big deal? senator bradley: one of the parties is moving away from what the mainstream is. the mainstream is moving and it is losing the republicans when they make these kind of decisions. mark: your party has not always supported equal rights for gays and lesbians. the president came out relatively recently as well as you. did that give you some pause in saying republicans are behind the times? senator bradley: i would hope that they could move over and put this issue behind us and move forward. mark: by doing what? senator bradley: by saying whether you are gay or not should not be subject to discrimination. mark: is there any area in which you think the gays and lesbians are entitled to exactly the same rights as every other american? s

ukraine -- russia denying this of course. the issue with sanctions is the eu is going to have to decide whether to renew sanctions that come up in july. a decision whether to extend them. russia is very keen. this is going to be a difficult decision. on the one hand, they want to keep the pressure on russia to stick with the agreement. on the other hand, they have economic interests. >> henry, you have this event going on with the opposition leader. being in detention for 15 days. these things are well orchestrated as part of a sequencing. how significant is the release go -- is the release? >> the idea was to keep him inside so he would not be able to lead and opposition march. what happened that march turned into a memorial march to make -- to nemtsov close to the kremlin. blaming the political leadership for having to order the tip -- the killing. when he comes up, he's going to be trying to build any momentum from that march. it attracted 50,000 people. it is going to be difficult for him to do that. the opposition is in disarray. >> henry, let us leave it there. >> sticking

a while, russia is holding a series of military drills in the art take and the defense minister says that these are designed to test the capabilities of the armed forces in the face of new threats. >> the news comes as vladimir putin was seen in public for the first time in 10 days. his reappearance coincides with the first anniversary of a referendum in crimea on joining russia. >> the russian spring, that is the name of the sailing regatta being hd in theexat cr. l e on board. the kremlin envoy calls out that they were always russian. that the city has been the headquarters of the black sleep -- alexi fleet since the czar era. in a disputed referendum one year ago they voted to leave the ukraine and join russia. western countries denounced the vote as a sham. the kremlin said that they were protecting the mainly russian speaking population from what they called fascist. many locals agreed, even if the euphoria ebbed. >> at least we do not have a warlike in eastern ukraine. the people here are still able to smile. >> the whole of russian bureaucracy is still new for us. lots of

was -- moment was when it accepted the deal that was offered by russia which our european allies were not willing to do. that ignited this situation. that's what turned the policy type of situation and perhaps the and perhaps the overturn of rotten government through a electoral process into instead the overturn of the rotten regime by violent demonstrations and nondemocratic means of overthrowing that regime. they could two years later could have kicked that guy out with a free election. they didn't wait. let me ask you about -- ok. let's hope what we're doing now is aimed at trying to end the conflict that started in that more complicated way than black and white. what people are advocating that we send weapons -- and -- to ukraine, the defensive weapons would any of these weapons be under -- do we see any of these weapons becoming part of the arsenal of that part of the ukrainian army that is financed which i believe the third of the ukrainian army that is in conflict is financed by an oligarch, a private citizen who happened to be a multibillionaire? ambassador nuland: first

politics of russia. john kerry threatened russia with the s-word sanctions. things get rough. is who lost russia going to be an issue going forward? >> i did not know we had it to start with. if things get worse, or their allies occupied ukraine it will be a problem for the democrats in 2016. there is a possibility of sanctions. this country is a basket based back -- case. >> what do you think the administration can possibly do? president obama cannot intimidate vladimir putin and there's not much he can offer him. there's nothing they seem to be able to do to improve the relationship. >> if it were just in isolation he could see -- he could say let's deny russian banks that international settlement. that would take an economy into a tailspin. the difficulties are there are other issues including iran that we need the russians on. but you cannot tolerate their continued for lack of a better term e over there. >> you look at the thing people cite most often is why weren't the -- why won't they better equip the ukrainian government. >> it is not going to make much difference. love thes

is strengthening military ties with russia so what can russia sell china? what is the possibilities, this is the main theme here of a strengthened chinese military through new connections with the russian military and how should the u.s. respond to that? >> i think what we'll do is just work down the row and answer your questions and any concluding thoughts. folks may have. i'll begin with one thought on u.s. military spending. i don't want to peg things to a certain percentage looking out indefinitely to the future. even if sequestration occurs, i'm hopeful that the dynamics of the presidential race will change the calculus of the united states, so it wouldn't last more than two years, i would hope. i think there is a case for modest, real increases in the u.s. defense budget and here's a very, i hope, stark way to put it. that i hope is compelling. a paying part of the rebalance strategy, the pivot, the military girding of that is largely the u.s. navy and the central that makes much sense if the navy is stable in size or growing because otherwise you have 60% of a smaller force t

there. with moscow's invasion of ukraine, 300american soldiers are reassuring no meers of russia's bordersrs, and touring possibleussian aggression a latvia, lithuania, andoland. itill also arrive in romanania and bulgaria for training. to deter assertive russia, nato leers decided to increase alliance training that will culminate in an exercise and a high readiness joint task force. last week, we met wi the commander of the u.s. army europe, attorney general ben hodges. general hodges: this is more than 20,000 personnel involved. it is touching portugal, spain sardinia. it will have an air component, a maritime component, a special operations component and all the domains will be involved. i am excited about it because it is going to demonstrate alliance c capability. it is also a great opportunity for u.s. army eueurope to demonstrate what we do so well which is logistics. the command will be at the heart of logistics support for this multinational exercise, spread across three different countries. it is going to be a great function with communications working logistics in a way

today. some carried banners that branded putin, quote, the shame of russia. our matthew chance was alongside those marchers. >> reporter: thousands of people, as you can see, have turned out to pay their respects to boris nemtsov. the chant here is that russia will be free. that's what they're chanting as they march across this bridge. the bridge just in the shadow of the kremlin where boris nemtsov was gunned down on friday night, but what message do you think this killing has sent to russia? to russians? >> wake up. wake up. >> reporter: some of the messages on the signs have been very moving, indeed, one of them saying propaganda kills. a reference to this idea that whoever ordered the killing of boris nemtsov, whoever pulled the trigger, it's the atmosphere in russia that if you're opposed to the kremlin, it means you're an enemy of the state. it is the context in which he was killed. that's what people are most concerned about here. >> do you believe that mr. putin, president putin is responsible for this killing? >> we do believe in this, and we believe that the troubles the

cranny. >> it is malan's -- milan's turn for fashion week. despite russia's economic growth -- >> is still feel they have in luxury one of the best consumer goods. >> tens of thousands marched to moscow to honor the slain political activists boris nemtsov. what was intended to be in opposition rally turned into a memorial march read ryan chilcote has the story. >> this is the opposition's first protest of the year. it is no ordinary demonstration. it was a post about russia's economic growth and a protest against the war in ukraine. it is now a march of mourning. one opposition leaders organized this very protests. this is the spot where nemtsov was struck down friday night. he was going for a stroll by the kremlin. thousands of people have come here to leave flowers and pay their respects. they just keep coming. there are many versions of theories both official and unofficial. some say it was for his opposition to vladimir putin. others say for his opposition to the war in ukraine. poroshenko says nemtsov was about to reveal evidence of russian troops in ukraine. the kremlin has den

events from galston on saturday. >> the house foreign affairs committee held a hearing on the russia-ukraine conflict. state department official the tory a -- victoria nuland discussed efforts to implement the cease-fire in minsk. the hearing is chaired by ed royce. >> welcome. this hearing will come to order. our topic is ukraine under siege. ukraine is under siege by russia. unfortunately, the response to russia's aggression by the administration has been tepid. one year ago, russia invaded and seized crimea and some thought that vladimir putin would stop there. not so. last april, we led a delegation to ukraine. we travel to the russian speaking east. we had eight members on a delegation. we went to bordering areas and i have to share that the members -- that the ukrainians -- russian speaking ukrainians -- they wanted to be ukrainian. they did not want to be separatist. we spoke to the women's groups the lawyers grace, civil societies, jewish groups various ethnic minorities, the governor, the mayor. mr. angle spoke of the largest community center -- the largest synagogue in east