Did you find yourself wondering during the past week why is russia interested in a foreign country country . Why did Vladimir Putin take control of the Crimean Peninsula in a more or less invasion of a nextdoorneighbor. And its a complicated part of the world, home to a complex history so that as the crisis continues to unfold, you will have a better grasp of what came before 2014. Ukraine leading up to today. Russia tightened its grip in ukraine on monday. Russian soldiers are now in control of all Ukrainian Border posts. Tensions remain high. 1 example earlier in the day, there was a report by the inter fax news agency that the russias black sea fleet commander issued an ultimatum warping ukraines military. The Russian Ministry of defense called that report total nonsense. President Obama Meeting with israeli netanyahu vowed to keep up the diplomatic pressure on russia. With impunity to put its soldiers on the ground and violate basic principles, and i think the strong kind of name i
This will basically follow the health of the cluster and particularly with small and mediumsized firms, what are they doing to essentially help lee is relatively small firms . Help these small firms. . . John, said a funny thing. You said no matter how much the government screws up, caltech will still be caltech and m. I. T. Will still be m. I. T. Outside the beltway, it is a different reality and you talked about public and private partnerships at the local level. Can you talk about why they are so important and maybe share your story about how you see the power partnerships . I did not mind it versus the real world. I spend most of my time with the companys seen what kind of problems theyre having in what theyre struggling with. Its true. In the same way that jeff immelt was not worried about only g e come up but there are a lot of companies out there that you do have to worry about. Im not worried were going to get left behind in terms of did creating all of these. We have the smart
Today including alibabas big debut. Shares begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange today. Is that investment worth the risk . That is the big story, not our biggest story because our biggest story is what is happening in scotland. This morning, Prime Minister David Cameron is promising sweeping changes on how the uks government the u. K. Is governed after scotland voted to stay as part of the United Kingdom. Cameron says he will deliver on devolutions. The u. K. Must be able to vote on issues that affect them. I have long believed that a crucial part missing from this discussion is england. We have heard the voice of scotland and now the voices of england must also be heard. We are covering all the angles on this vote. Anna edwards is in edinburgh. Jonathan ferro on the trading floor. Caroline hyde here in the studio. Anna, lets start with you in edinburgh. Thanks very much. You heard David Cameron talking about hearing the english voice. Lets hear the scottish voice first. We sta
Unrest in the ukraine, the parliament is striking down laws that have caused recent violent protests. And a school with no walls. Forget recess. Some seattle area kindergartners are spending their entire school day learning in the great outdoors. And we begin tonight with the american agenda. Tomorrow night, president obama will be outlining his hopes and expectations for the year ahead. His opponents will be doing the same. According to the poll, the president s approval numbers are up from november, but his lowest Approval Rating ever going into a state of the Union Address. Couple that with defiant house republicans, and president obama can expect an uphill battle. Mike mccarren is with us, and what do we know tonight about what the president will be saying tomorrow. The window is closing and this could be the president s last best chance to really set the agenda, and the fact of the matter is, he walks into the House Chamber tomorrow a lame duck. Everything from last years state of
In an effort to ease tensions. He inspired a generation of musics with songs and political activism, this morning fans remember pete seeger the father of American Folk Music. S that s th s thats that flsh flush thank you for waking up with us and im tomorrow place draden and we begin with president obama who is preparing for his fifth state of the Union Tonight and its different and he has to address with sub par Approval Ratings and increasing doubt that the country is improving under his watch and according to an abc news poll the Approval Rating is just 46 and the lowest going in a state of a Union Address. Most americans remain sour on the economy and the direction the country is going in and the state of american politics over all. During the address the president will try to turn the publics attention to his key initiatives and include Early Childhood education and minimum wage and Affordable Care act and lisa joining us from washington and the president as you know, lisa comes i