This is real money. Welcome to real money with ali velshi. Tensions in ukraine continue to escalate. Today the state owned Gas Production company that provides ukraine with crucial natural gas threatened to cut ukraine off from its pipeline. It says its owed 1. 9 billion for past deliveries, and they said we cannot deliver gas for free. No one thinks the timing of this is coincidental, by the way. Ukraines finances are in disarray. The interim government that seized power last week in kiev, ukraines capitol, is teetering dangerously close to financial default. There is a real history of this stuff. In 2009 russia shut off ukraines gas for two weeks over a dispute over payments. That just worsened an already ailing ukrainian economy. The gas cuts helped sink output by 25 . Remember, its used to run factories. Ukraine depends on russia for most of its energy needs and used to enjoy discounts on the price it paid for natural gas until this week. Any possible energy cut off could cripple a
Certainly taken a turn backwards. Am i depressed . No. I am energized to move forward and to be sure to see the gains that we have encountered and had to come to us, that we have had to work so hard for, are not lost. So i do ask you, one of our next steps, we created a framework, but there is so much work to be done. Many of our civil rights leaders, including my husband and dr. Martin luther king, were still of an age when they took the lead. With that question and mind, i challenge you to get back to community building. It is your problem, it is our problem, it is our neighborhood. These are our children, you are the parents. But in that same breath, and victory will be a collective one. It is with a clear conscience, knowing what we have done and can do, that we will reach that mountaintop, and we will overcome. But it will take each and every one of us, in unity, in unison, letting those who say that they managed this country of america know that it is the people. It is the voice
Always the right time to do the right thing. I just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. We know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. Walmart committed 2 billion to fighting hunger in the u. S. As we work together, we can stamp hunger out. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis Michelle Rhee has been called a warrior. She took over the struggling washington, d. C. School system and challenge teachers on accountability, close school she deemed were redundant, and she is now president of an Advocacy Group called studentsfirst and has written a book, michelle radical. There is it always fascinates me, i am interested in back story. I am curious as to how your upbringing, how relationship with her parents, how your educational journey impacts the Michelle Rhee that we know. Part of the reason i wanted to write the book, to tell people about my upbringing. Folks have told
Bureau chief. These are extraordinary statements by Vladimir Putin. They really are, carol. Came up at the end of a rather uninteresting News Conference, and then all of a sudden, a reporter, i believe it was russian, asked about the dossier with compromising material alle allegedly compromising material, and he uttered the word prostitutes, and he went on for several minutes, and this is the just of what he said, and he said its to undermine the legitimacy of trumps victory, and they are trying to and meaning this administration, the Obama Administration, trying to bind the hands and feet of trump, preventing him from doing what he wants to do. He said compromising material is obviously fake, and then he said, i dont know mr. Trump, i never met him, i dont know what hes going to do internationally, and i have no basis to attack or criticize him, and he went on to mock reports that the fsb, the Security Forces were following american millionaires around moscow when they came, and he sa
Russian leader. At a us in conference putin defended donald trump and accused president obama of trying to unmine trump. Putin had some choice words for the individuals who artery kraertded that 35 page dossier of unverified claims about donald trump. Trump denied all allegation this is the dossier and the claims havent been verified by the Intel Community for the media. A full report from moscow in just a moment. Also more confirmation hearings for Donald Trumps cabinet picks. Right now trumps choice for interior secretary congressman ryan zinky is testifying on capitol hill. . N just a couple of hours betsy devos will testify. Her nomination causing a lot of talk among teachers. We are going to be digging in on the future of our kids schools this hour coming up. And we have brandnew polling out on obamacare as republicans move forward with their plans to repeal the law. On a busy tuesday let us begin with kristen welker. She is covering the latest on the trump transition in new york