To arm forces. We will start with your take on whether the west should arm the Ukrainian Forces against russianbacked rebels. Host the papers this morning dominating the front pages is the story of what to do about the situation in ukraine. We will begin with the front page of the wall street journal, and their headline the west races to defuse ukraine. If inher assessment russian intransigence has blocked a deal, they said, germany will move to step up sanctions including broader asset freezes. Separately, the u. S. Is considering supplying ukraine with lethal aid. President obama has held off on position until he sees ms. Merkel, who was publicly opposed weapons deliveries come on monday morning. The confluence of events has given the previously scheduled white house meeting potentially moment to. Europeans cautioned that success is far from assured and u. S. Officials voiced deep skepticism mr. Putin would accept any Franco German plan even as they insisted they backed the peace eff
With thanks for joining us for the weekly here on our see, my name is peter scott to bring you some of the top stories from the week just gone. Welcome to the program. The 1st we start off with the latest from ukraine. One person has been killed and 2 others wounded in ukrainian shelling of a village in russias belgrade region according to local authorities. While another deadly ukrainian shelling attack was reported by authorities in done yet on saturday. A warning you may find the following images disturbing. Ah, this footage from done yet shows some of the victims and the devastation caused by at least 6 rounds of shelling in 4 hours. Local authorities have reported 4 people were killed and eights injured with fragments of french. How is this out . How is the shells found at the scene . Our correspondent that got caught in the incoming fire while reporting on location with Ukrainian Forces resumed their shelling on saturday. We can see an injured woman here. She is getting medical h
We will have about 25 minutes and i know he will have to leave about 1 45 p. M. And will stay with us as long as possible to take as many questions as he can. After that, he will have to leave and we have to continue our day. With that thank you again. Good afternoon and good to see you all. Before taking questions come i want to talk more about the Economic Impact of the administrations student loan plan. It will lift a large weight of tens of millions of middleclass americans, people who came by and large from working families and who are working class now. Teachers, nurses, firefighters, police, members of the military and more. We are not only benefiting them and their families, we are benefiting the committees they live in and the economy as a whole. There is good evidence that student loan date that makes it harder for people to start new Small Businesses. This means more middleclass americans can open more businesses in their community and it means more Job Opportunities in the
The longest losing streak. Strangely enough, something to do with profitability. Analysts are raising their profits above those cutting their outlook. It is eas versus sinceor the first time 2012. Mario draghi meets his cohorts on the political side this weekend. Draghis message to european politicians, step up to the plate and back the program. Some risk. Assume the ecb cannot do the heavy lifting all on its own in terms of monetary policy. Lloyds is demonstrating a little bit of a bounce back. Equity markets are rising a quarter of a percent. There are a couple of interesting stocks. We have a few deals. And gas assets for one and a quarter billion dollars. They have said they are in preliminary talks. That has been going on for several months. There is a deal to be done. The stock to open. Airlines is definitely a feature. You have the baggage strike. Unchanged. T aircraft the ceo said the strike could between 10 to 15 Million Euros per day. Those are some individual stocks. It. Me
The center of strategic and budgetary assessment. We always appreciate your time. And that is our show for today on the washington journal. We will see you at 7 a. M. Eastern, 4 a. M. Pacific. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] only a handful of days left on the congressional calendar before members recess to campaign for the midterm election. Both chambers are set to consider a bill the government passed at the end of the september deadline, as well as forceszation for Syrian Fighting against isis. Legislative business will get underway at 2 00. They will be dealing with 18 suspension builds, suspension bills. You can see the house always here on cspan. The Senate Returns at two eastern today. At 5 30 lawmakers will vote on a bill ensuring men and women receive equal pay for the same work. Follow the senate to live on our. Ompanion network of a series of hearings get under way tomorrow as defense secretary c