Mistake and a bad thing, what kind of consequences . Im not going to outline what the consequences would be. Obviously, i think the International Community would look closely at any intervention by the russians or anyone else. But im not going to stand here and outline consequent says. What does that mean, the International Community would look closely at . Trying to warn the russians away from doing something that would be bad, and the best you can say the International Community will look closely . There will be consequences, but that is not our goal, our first path. That whenyou believe you say the International Community, i am presuming that you mean the united nations, but you do realize that any attempt to punish russia with the Un Security Council is not going anywhere, right . I understand what you are saying, matt, but i am not going to much further other than to say there are a lot of countries that are watching that feel that territorial integrity is an important component w
President s while the southeast refuses to bend to its will. With the head of state nor did he fire the want to read from our studios in moscow this is our king and john thomas went with us. Well the twenty second winter live big games are now officially over captive by a spectacular closing ceremony and a fireworks display that drew the on of all who watched the organizers promised to put on a show and they delivered even poking fun at themselves over that one ring that just wouldnt open during the opening spectacle the ioc president and russia for the games which he said that lived up to every expectation and more. It was a memorable olympics with plenty of new records and celebration but also heartbreak. Congratulations to all the winners and all of the participants. And of course especially the russian home team for their late surge to the top of the medal count. We have been busy putting together the very best and brightest moments of the games. Peace to men sought to present our
Broken in ukraine. Violent clashes have left at least 50 people dead. We will speak with nyu professor Stephen Cohen on the latest violence, the roots of the conflict, the secret u. S. Role backing deposition. Venezuela, which is also in a state of appeal as antigovernment protesters take to the streets to oppose hugo chavezs successor Nicolas Maduro. As the u. S. , mexico, and canada hold a major summit in mexico, u. S. Border patrol agent shoots and kills a man youre the border in san diego after the agent was hit in the face with a rock. Rocks are considered the full force. If we look at other zones of conflict around the globe, we have brokerdeals to try to get rock throwing and lethal force taken out of the system, but we dont do that here the u. S. Mexico border. We can actually fire at rock throwers. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In ukraine, shortlived truce between the government and oppositi
Covering in europe. Reeling from a painful political split, berlusconi reaches out to friends. And San Francisco goes gotham for a good cause. First to the philippines where the aid situation appears to be improving. The United Nations says the effort is being scaled up, but its getting to remote areas that is still a big challenge. The Philippines Air force began air dropping some food packs to those remote areas. People had been swarming the helicopters, and pilots began to land on outskirts of villages before taking off again. And now tacloban one of the worsthit areas. Some still trying to leave, some cueing for days for a flight out. Others say theyre not able to get help, and others say they dont feel safe in the city. Aid is being organized in tacloban, but its not getting to everyone. Some people say theyre missing out, not because aid cant reach them but because local officials are playing favorites. Reporter work has been nonstop for days at this National Government warehouse
Leaders that can govern with an inclusive agenda are going to be able to pull the country together and guide the iraqi people through this crisis. The Current Situation today in iraq remains extremely, extremely serious. Isl remains in control of mosul and it is targeting all iraqis, sunni, shia, kurds, who disagree with its twisted version of a caliphate. It joined in an unholy alliance with the baath party and some former insurgent groups like the islamic army of iraq. Going forward, the iraqis with our support must seek to split the latter groups from isl and isolate isl from the hard core militant groups from the population. The platforms we have established through the Immediate Crisis Response are providing Additional Information to inform the president and National Security team as we develop openings to protect our interests in iraq. Any further decisions in this regard will be made in full consultation with this committee and the congress. Any efforts we take moreover must be