heads to attention and make sure that we don t have time for propaganda. we don t have time for games. we need to know exactly what happened and everybody needs to make sure that we re holding accountable those who committed this outrage. joining susnicholas kristof. thank you for being with us. sure. have you seen any indcations today that other nato powers are going to up the ante against russia because it really hasn t been the u.s. that s been reluctant to take the hard line here. it s really been tougher to get europe on board because, obviously, they are more economically intertwined with russia. yeah, i mean, we haven t seen that so far, but i would be very surprised if that doesn t happen. i think that we re going to see two things happen. one is greater toughness in europe. certainly neths lly netherland germany as well. this is something that people can identify with because they can imagine being on that plane. and secondly, i think that putin
when this crisis first unfolded, it was difficult for the united states to get europe on board. you and i had discussions about that. those countries were not as apt to put tougher sanctions on russia. will this change the situation now? i don t know. i mean, the europeans, as we know, are somewhat you re not going to get much of a response. if you get out there and lead, i think opportunity lost this afternoon was to a clarion call to identify what has taken place here and the strong feelings that the united states has about what has taken place and what putin is doing to redesign the cold war post cold war order is what he s doing. it was interesting i think leadership is needed. speaking of that, it was also the same question that i posed to our political panel earlier. it was interesting to me that the united states ambassador to the u.n., samantha power, she came out swinging today and said, look, it s up to russia to
them all together and then drop the hammer on putin. cob census is a great idea. sometimes you have to lead. this is one of those times. i will will tell you there is three things that president obama can do and should do. one, stop pretending negotiations will solve all the world s problems. i mean, vladimir putin is playing games and we are playing do downton abbey. a gift to russia would get putin s attention. putin s military is really hollow and they have real financial problems. the third thing and we could do this, you know, unilaterally if we had to. i want europe on board. they are timid and afraid of using money. broad, deep sanctions that really bite. because putin s long term i stress long term achilles heel is that he does not understand economics. sure. have you got to convince him as i said and it s not easy
them all together and then drop the hammer on putin. cob census is a great idea. sometimes you have to lead. this is one of those times. i will will tell you there is three things that president obama can do and should do. one, stop pretending negotiations will solve all the world s problems. i mean, vladimir putin is playing games and we are playing do downton abbey. a gift to russia would get putin s attention. putin s military is really hollow and they have real financial problems. the third thing and we could do this, you know, unilaterally if we had to. i want europe on board. they are timid and afraid of using money. broad, deep sanctions that really bite. because putin s long term i stress long term achilles heel is that he does not understand economics. sure. have you got to convince him as i said and it s not easy
obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu are going to great lengths to look and sound like they re on the same page. today there were handshakes, there were photo ops, there were a whole lot of cameras in that room. the two-hour meeting followed by a working lunch and lots of friendly language. the bond between our two countries is unbrackable. iran viewed the united states and israel as one and the same. you know, for them, you re the great satan. we re the little satan. for them, we are you and you are us. and you know something, mr. president? at least on this last point, i think they re right. we are you and you are us. we re together. but if you listen closely, it s not so cut and dry. there is reason to think the two countries may not be standing together so closely when it comes to iran. here s president obama again. we do believe there is still a window that allows for a diplomatic resolution to this issue. and here s the prime minister. we ve