Toluca had reported at least according to her and according to politico was trying to work with the Ukrainian Embassy in d. C. To trade information, to share leads of that sort of thing . I saw the article. I didnt have any further information about that. Did you see the article at the time or did you only come did that only come to your attention subsequently . It has certainly been brought to my attention subsequently. I think i did see something to that effect at the time. You are the ambassador in country at this point. Did you aim to get to the bottom of that . If the reporting is true if what was told, is accurate, that would be concerning, correct . Well, i was ambassador in ukraine starting in august 2016, and what youre describing, if true as you said, what youre describing took place in the United States. So if there were concerns about what he was doing, i think that wouldve been handled here. Do you know her . I doubly so. Have you ever met her . I dont think so. She works
I would say that all ambassadors deal with other countries including aspiring countries. Unusual to name u. S. Ambassador to the eu to be responsible for all aspects of ukraine. I will take your answer. Its still in his portfolio which was my question. A man of great integrity. One of our our most successful ambassadors. You would agree hes a man of great reputation. Right . Yes. Would it surprise you if an 2004 john kerry had a member of his campaign who was a Foreign Policy advisor, traveling to ukraine in july and met with ukrainian officials and the ukraine ambassador, with that surprise you . A member of john kerrys campaign for president of the United States in 2004 travel to ukraine met with the u. S. Ambassador in july. Not necessarily. If a member of the campaign traveled to the ukraine, would you have taken that meeting . I guess it would depend on what the purpose of the meeting was. That meeting actually occurred. It was with john holbrook. A private citizen. Went to went t
Several sessions this week where weve broken even are gone higher on the session. Today looks to be no different. 3010 is where we are at, up two points. The 10 year yield is back at. 83 . That is a major move in treasuries. The yen has moved two big figures in the last session alone. One of the major rivers in the s p 500ay, ceepo today, cboe. It got a downgrade at bank of America Merrill lynch. It is now a sell. Guy we are continuing to see rotation in the equity market. German tenyear now at 48 basis points despite the cut yesterday from the ecb. European equities grinding higher, but that is not the story. It is below the surface. This move into cyclicals, this move into banks continues in europe. People are selling the big bond proxy names. Trading nestle, etc lower. This is a big unwind from what. We saw in. August the pound continues to catch from what we saw in august. The pound continues to catch a bid. 1. 2 440d now trading at on the idea of a hard brexit beginning to fade a
Hello, im terry martin. Good to have you with us. Russians are voting in a president ial election. Thats all but sure to hand Vladimir Putin in another 6 year term. The election is set to last until sunday evening. The kremlin says a 112000000 people are eligible to vote, including residents of the occupied ukrainian territories frozen puts in his voice to secure his fists. Herman, whats expected to be a landslide victory for . He stifled just yeah. But he does have a lot of more on the election. Im joined now in the studio by my colleague roman going to rank of robin voting is underway now in russia. Is there any excitement in russia surrounding the selection given that the outcome is pretty much a port on conclusion . Upfront fees . Yes and no, no, because well, everything is under putting control on the continent control. So theres no opposition. Opposition . Leaders were either killed or hosted out of the country. People are afraid, boss. On the other hand, you know, they cite war
As president ial candidates proliferate, who gets to vote. Well speak with ari berman author of the new book on the modern struggle for Voting Rights in america. Then to venezuela. We should be proud. I dont know if there were someone proud about 11. Emiko we will look at the the making of Leopoldo Lopez venezuelas leading opposition figure. We will speak with Roberto Lovato, author of a new investigation into his rise to prominence. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Fox news has chosen the top ten republican candidates to participate thursday in the first debate of the 2016 president ial election. The candidates include frontrunner donald trump, jeb bush, scott walker, marco rubio, ted cruz, rand paul, ben carson, mike huckabee, Chris Christie and john kasich, who eeked out a spot as the tenthhighest polling candidate. The remaining seven republican candidates who will participate in a Forum Earlier in t