united states do? protesters on the ground, they might be glad to hear the u.s. is behind them, but do they want anything else besides moral support? the moral support hands in much better compared to 2009 when president obama took a long time to respond and very luke warm. the moral support has been good from this administration. but unless there s a way to turn the members of the security apparatus, islamic revolutionary guard corps, the senior military leadership. if enough of them change their mind, i still think the regime will be able to snuff this out just because it can be quite vicious in its treatment. what really matters now is i is targeted sanctions. an announcement if you are identified as a major human rights violator, the united states will block your access to international markets. dana: will europe go along with that? because u.n. ambassador nikki haley, our ambassador to the u.n., she said that she s calling for an emergency meeting of the security council. if e
economic consequences can, maybe not in the next several weeks but over the course of the next several months make him change his mind. isn t the question remains, will europe go along with these sanctions? i think it s an open question. and, you know, europeans have been concerned about the quality of the transatlantic relationship over the past several months, especially with these allegations of spying on european governments. here s their chance to prove that this is still relationship and alliance worth investing. i get it that if the germans were to cut off gas imports from russia, that would hurt the german economy. ultimately you don t stop putin now you have to ask who is next. it was ridiculous to think that russia would march on ukraine five years ago. five years from now, we have no idea who may be in his sights in europe. well, hopefully you ll check back with us when you get back from the ukraine. senator christopher murphy, thanks for joining me. an islamic jihad
this week we learned that the measure of consumer confidence fell for the fourth month in a row to its lowest levels since january. you may disagree with why it s down. but, again, the customer who in this case is the american consumer is always right when it comes to the economy. why? because if americans are worried about the economy, they delay making important purchases and a perceived economic slowdown can easily become a reality. okay. so it s happening. but why? well, probably the biggest reason is this jobs. 20 straight months of job growth. yes. but over the last five months, look at that trend. roughly corresponding to the drop in consumer confidence, hiring in america has slowed. a week from now we ll have the job creation numbers for june to see where this trend is going. but until we have a strong jobs recovery, americans are going to hold back. and that is going to hamper a wider recovery. frankly, there is good and real reason to be nervous. it s that economi
proof. that s fair. so here you go. you probably know that more than any other developed nation, the u.s. economy is driven by its citizens and on how confident they feel about their future. this week we learned that the measure of consumer confidence fell for the fourth month in a row to its lowest levels since january. you may disagree with why it s down. but, again, the customer who in this case is the american consumer is always right when it comes to the economy. why? because if americans are worried about the economy, they delay making important purchases and a perceived economic slowdown can easily become a reality. okay. so it s happening. but why? well, probably the biggest reason is this, jobs. 20 straight months of job growth, yes. but over the last five months, look at that trend. roughly corresponding to the drop in consumer confidence, hiring in america has slowed. a week from now we ll have the job creation numbers for june to see where this trend is going. but
he really denied there were troops in crimea? what russia did was wrong and i will not sit here and apologize or defend military aggression. so, you know, what are the real options? there is little appetite in the u.s. or europe to get involved militarily. is there an exit ramp approaching? providing this off ramp. this morning, secretary of state john kerry arrived. kerry s arrival coin sides with a proposed pact will europe go along with the united states to make it truly effective? there s not a clear black and white. that s because europe and the u.s. aren t entirely on the same page. merkel basically questioned putin s state of mind. he is living in a different world and the europeans understand that. there is a strong belief that russia s action is violating international law.