the economic sanctions against russia because of the war. it s a move that critics said would say would effectively dissolve the program. molly line live in boston with the latest on this threat. hey, molly. reporter: hi, eric. well, russia s space director, as you mentioned, threatening to end the cooperate regarding the international space station when it comes to nasa as well as the west if the sanctions against moscow are not ultimately lifted. the head argued this weekend that russia s role is vital, only their soyuz spacecraft can currently transport astronauts noting that that america has no such craft. he also noted russia s role in delivering fuel, avoiding space trash and maintaining orbit, declaring this [speaking russian] translator: so working without russia is em possible just like working without impossible. just like working without america. if they pull us out of this, the iss wouldn t exist anymore.
america. if they if pull us out of this, the iss wouldn t exist anymore. reporter: in a social media tear on twitter, he claims the sanctions put on russia is to kill the russian economy and plunge the people into despair and hunger, to put russia on, quote with, its knees. he declared i believe that the restoration of normal relations between partners in the international space station is possible only with the complete and unconditioning lifting of illegal sanctions. the recent tensions raised fears that american astronaut mark vandehei might be left behind, but he and two russian cosmonauts landed safely last week in kazahkstan. it is worth noting l rogozin has not provided details as to when and how cooperation would end. eric: molly, thank you so much. hello, kevin hart! earn big time with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee.
when you saw the six of them on the megyn kelly show i think that was a real demonstration that his colleagues we have lots of deserters but to desert on the battlefield is another issue and that s critical here. but there is another way to view this story from a media perspective. i think the white house said we brought one of our soldiers home. and you can interpret that as spin, but i think it s a fact. and if it was my child, no matter what that child had done he put on the american uniform and went to fight for our country, he may have problem maybe psychologically unstable but to bring our soldier home is a good move. do you bring your people home. i don t have any argument with that. but we re basically saying the media did its job. and it s not as though that should be nobody is asking for a standing ovation for us. exactly. ? january the in january the o reilly factor
leadership. right, but he s not a guy who is running as an establishment candidate. there are ways in which he s ticked people off including some of the colleagues on his side of the aisle, part of what attracted all this media attention. after all the guy has only been in the senate two years. it s not a disqualification. look what a national figure he s become. and when he was getting criticism over the government shutdown episode, he was getting standing room only applause people standing on their feet in texas. he was building a movement. and in- think this speaks to the fact that the washington media are really out of touch with real america. the rest of the country has a completely different way of seeing things. and to those who feel like this obama administration is characterized by big government programs, if you have someone like ted cruz who is a champion debater who is really very, very smart and he can articulate the opposite positions of
what is our responsibility as reporters? making sure boothth sides of the story are fairly presented. i think it drove a narrative that created part of the furor in ferguson that people who live there paid for dearly. there are also people who commented who were from ferguson who said they were driven from their homes and who watched the media only sbrir or tell part of the story. so i m not as interested in apologies as i am in lessons learned. what can we do going forward if something like this happens again. richard fowler, is it fair to say that many in the mediaed a vert tently pursued a false narrative? there are two sides to the story and one side was missing. and the reason has everything to do with the fact they didn t speak up. the police were pretty much mum when it came to talking about what really took place that night. does that let journalists off the hook? not at all.