President vibe and they all have associated themselves and that causes with the right side of history. But is the divide between good and evil. Indeed, so stark and irreconcilable. Well discuss that. Im now joined by charles corruption senior fellow. 1 at the council of Foreign Relations and professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University professor captain, its very rare treat for me these days to speak to western and experts for form. Officials like yourself. Im very, very grateful for this opportunity. But i also have to ask you, why did you decide to talk to r t given the and you know the potential academic and professional repercussions that you may face. Well, im some one who believes that we should keep the corridors of communication, even as the relationship between russia and the United States gets worse and worse, even as the war goes on and casualties continue to mount. I think that that, you know, dialogue is always better than no dialogue. So thats why im sittin
But its conceivable that this war could spread, you know, many of us feared, going back to 2014. That in the russian annexation of crimea and intervention in don boss, could just be the beginning of that. At some point, russia might try to create a land bridge between don boss and crimea, that seems to be whats happening as we speak. Lets talk about that. What do you think is the reasoning for such dramatic action . Because after the crimean operation, i fully agree with you. Despite all the Domestic Support that had had to rush, i had to pay, we just have central constables in terms of sanctions, you know, diplomatic pressure loss, opportunities, etc. Now what were having in your brain is a of much bigger scale, human suffering, destruction, a huge cost economic costs to russia. And yes, i think you started russia for quite some time. And you, i think know that putin is a rational leader. Why do you think that he made the decision that he made . Well, you know, and im glad you, you ra
The crisis is now deepening in the ukraine where the upper house of the Russian Parliament has approved president Vladimir Putins request to authorize the use of force. This comes as the Southern Region of crimea increasing autonomy. Now were joined by phil ittner in moscow. Phil, what more are we hearing on the diplomatic front . Morgan, this whole crisis appears to have been kicked in to another level of intensity based on what happened on the Russian Parliament today. The russian dumema to approve the use of military force not in crimea specifically, but in ukraine. That puts everything in high gear. We are hearing that there will be an u. N. Urgent meeting today in new york. The u. N. Security Council Meeting probably in an hour. We have heard from the e. U. Foreign ministers. They also will be holding an emergency meeting tomorrow in london the British Foreign minister has made a statement saying that calls into question the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine potenti
And investors braced for todays investment report and another low payroll numbers. U. S. Stocks hit record highs as investors celebrate five years since the bottom of the market after the financial crisis. Welcome to the show. The s p is up another three points. Here we are an hour into trade, weighted to the down side. The ftse by the close last night was up some 13 points. Its down 27 at the moment. 0. 4 lower. Xetra dax down 0. 8 . Cac 40 down 0. 3 and the ftse mib off 0. 5 . The nikkei was up when we closed up for trade in the week in gentlemanen pa. The hang seng down marginally, the asx 200 up about 0. 3 . The focus is very much on the u. S. Employment report. Looking for an increase in 152,000. The Unemployment Rate may tick down 6. 5 depending on which forecast you look at. Here is treasury yields. 2. 712 . We were at the close wednesday with a close. It looks like military action is less likely in ukraine, so yields are just perked up, 2. 72 . But ahead of them, the bond repor
Government rebels face off in intense fighting. Russian penalty putin sounding off on syria. Mr. Putin cautioned the u. S. Against military strikes, saying he felt compelled to speak directly to the American People about the dangers of intervention saying it could undermine multilateral efforts to resolve the iranian problem and destabilize the middle east, throwing the entire system of International Law and order out of balance. Thats a quote. His message was delivered hours before secretary of state john kerry and russias foreign 15ster are set to meet in geneva. The two are talking about the plan for russia to destroy syrias chemical weapons. The u. N. Report is set to be reds next week, but the key question of who deployed them is not addressed. Lets begin in switzerland with phil. Good to see you, secretary of state john kerry is expected to meet with his russian counterpart this afternoon. What are we expecting to come from this meeting . Well, richelle, were expecting them to ta