s if you like your asian it's ok stephen it's russia a threat to the west because the west certainly portrays russia is some kind of threat. i would put it differently all right i would say that the west has become a threat to itself. this constant confrontation with russia which began in the one nine hundred ninety s. with the end of the soviet union the kind of march toward moscow from the west beginning with nato expansion carrying on with the attempt to establish an american military outpost in the former soviet republic of georgia the building of missile defense installations along russia's borders and now the confrontation in ukraine. in my perspective that is not only highly provocative highly provocative but it is closing down opportunities that we have with russia to solve major problems affecting our own national security in syria and iran and afghanistan and the struggle against international terrorism the problem today is whether we call it a cold war or not as i said at the beginning is that in some ways it's more dangerous one reason is there is no discussion of this is

s if you like your asian it's ok stephen is russia a threat to the west because the west certainly portrays russia is some kind of threat. i would put it differently all right i would say that the west has become a threat to itself. this constant confrontation with russia which began in the one nine hundred ninety s. with the end of the soviet union the kind of march toward moscow from the west beginning with nato expansion carrying on with the attempt to establish an american military outpost in the former soviet republic of georgia the building of missile defense installations along russia's borders and now the confrontation in ukraine. in my perspective that is not only highly provocative highly provocative but it is closing down opportunities that we have with russia to solve major problems affecting our own national security in syria in iran and afghanistan and the struggle against international terrorism the problem today is whether we call it a cold war or not as i said at the beginning is that in some ways it's more dangerous one reason is there is no discussion of this issue in the

just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for the water supply in west virginia last week yet another toxic spill struck the state this time over one hundred thousand gallons of coal slurry that watery byproduct of coal mining spilled into the fields into fields creek which is a tributary of charleston's canal a river of course this latest rupture comes just weeks after the january ninth chemical spill the port an estimated ten thousand gallons of a chemical called for and into the elk river contaminating the water supply for three hundred thousand west virginians now the e.p.a. is saying that west virginia residents shouldn't be worried about this latest spill as the creek was not connected to a main drinking water source nor did the coal slurry contain the dangerous age and chemical but these assurances have done little to placate the fears and worries of west virginians are now heavily reliant on the coal industry and its economic benefits well earlier today i spoke to investigative journalist carl gibson was on the ground in west virginia about the latest developments regarding bo

s if you like duration it's ok stephen it's russia a threat to the west because the west certainly portrays russia is some kind of threat. i would put it differently or i would say that the west has become a threat to itself. this constant confrontation with russia which began in the one nine hundred ninety s. with the end of the soviet union a kind of march toward moscow from the west beginning with nato expansion carrying on with the attempt to establish an american military outpost in the former soviet republic of georgia the building of missile defense installations along russia's borders and now the confrontation in ukraine. in my perspective that is not only highly provocative highly provocative but it is closing down opportunities that we have with russia to solve major problems affecting our own national security in syria and iran and afghanistan and the struggle against international terrorism the problem today is whether we call it a cold war or not as i said at the beginning is that in some ways it's more dangerous one reason is there is no discussion of this issue in the united

is saying that west virginia residents shouldn't be worried about this latest spill as the creek was not connected to a main drinking water source nor did the coal slurry contain the dangerous age and chemical but these assurances have done little to placate the fears and worries of west virginians are now heavily reliant on the coal industry and its economic benefits well earlier today i spoke to investigative journalist carl gibson was on the ground in west virginia about the latest developments regarding both the spills i first asked him if he believed the e.p.a. his claims that the coal slurry contained. none of the potentially deadly chemical and c h m. cats was a guy who lived in charleston he drew she decided to spill the morning after and he told me that you know when you smell the air you smell that licorice and that licorice is the smell of and c h m which was the chemical spilled into the elk river on january night another environmental activist stockman from the ohio valley environmental coalition she told me the same thing she felt she smelled licorice now it's interesti

is saying that west virginia residents shouldn't be worried about this latest spill as the creek was not connected to a main drinking water source nor did the coal slurry contain the dangerous m. c. h. and chemical but these assurances have done little to placate the fears and worries of west virginians are now heavily reliant on the coal industry and its economic benefits well earlier today i spoke to investigative journalist carl gibson was on the ground in west virginia about the latest developments regarding both the spills i first asked him if he believed the e.p.a. his claims that the coal slurry contained. none of the potentially deadly chemical and c h m. cats was a guy who charleston he drew she decided to spill the morning after and he told me that you know when you smell the air you smell that licorice and that licorice is the smell of and c h m which was the chemical spilled into the elk river on january night. another environmental activist stockman from the ohio valley environmental coalition she told me the same thing she felt she smelled licorice now it's interesting

s if you like your asian it's ok stephen is russia a threat to the west because the west certainly portrays russia is some kind of threat. i would put it differently all right i would say that the west has become a threat to itself. this constant confrontation with russia which began in the one nine hundred ninety s. with the end of the soviet union the kind of march toward moscow from the west beginning with nato expansion carrying on with the attempt to establish an american military outpost in the former soviet republic of georgia the building of missile defense installations along russia's borders and now the confrontation in ukraine. in my perspective that is not only highly provocative highly provocative but it is closing down opportunities that we have with russia to solve major problems affecting our own national security in syria in iran and afghanistan in the struggle against international terrorism the problem today is whether we call it a cold war or not as i said at the beginning is that in some ways it's more dangerous one reason is there is no discussion of this issue in the

maryland could do everything that is reasonable but the water is coming from west virginia and if west virginia does it do it's reasonable, and the people of maryland are at risk. i think there is a proper balance on the federalism. i could not agree with you more. that is why we are reluctant to preempt local government. being debatede is today. we are reluctant because things change quickly. chemical change quickly. need to beclosest are able to respond. we are reluctant to ever take away that authority from the states. on the other hand, we do need to have national guidelines. on getting better and more specific information is an area where the government -- federal government needs to fill in the blanks. i want to get at this for one moment. we talked about the damages people are sustaining. we want to minimize the risk where you had storage facilities so close to the elk river. that should've been a red flag. knownformation was not and the response was difficult think if thist chemical did not have a smell? determinele to something was wrong. if it did not have that smell, it woul

is saying that west virginia residents shouldn't be worried about this latest spill as the creek was not connected to a main drinking water source nor did the coal slurry contain the dangerous m c h and chemical but these assurances have done little to placate the fears and worries of west virginians are now heavily reliant on the coal industry and its economic benefits well earlier today i spoke to investigative journalist carl gibson was on the ground in west virginia about the latest developments regarding both spills i first asked him if he believed the e.p.a.'s claims that the coal slurry contained. none of the potentially deadly chemical and c.h.m. . first test was a guy who charleston he drew she decided this bill the morning after and he told me that you know when you smell the air you smell that licorice and that licorice is the smell of and c h m which was the chemical spilled into the elk river on january night another environmental activist stockman from the ohio valley environmental coalition she told me the same thing she felt she smelled licorice now it's interesting b

but some light icing north and west of us by then. then by 10:00 much of the region including the metro area and points north and west of i-95, icing is likely by 10:00 this evening as we'll be hovering near freezing. then maybe a little below freezing by midnight. icing likely continuing north and west of the metro area. and that is likely going to continue all the way into the morning commute on wednesday. then we've got a third punch winter storm coming in for the weekend. i'll look at that coming up at 5:21. danella, any problems about the patchy ice this morning on the roads? >>> tom, i'm just getting the report of an accident in manassas. no word if it is ice-related, but a lot of the local roadways i've seen a light glaze of ice. be careful leaving your neighborhood, but this is in manassas along wellingford drive at ballsford road. and over to i-270, nice and clear. no reports of accidents. clear all the way to the beltway. back over to you both. >>> thank you, danella. a blast of winter weather causing plenty of headaches acr

because the west certainly portrays russia is some kind of threat. i would put it differently or i would say that the west has become a threat to itself. this constant confrontation with russia which began in the one nine hundred ninety s. with the end of the soviet union the kind of march toward moscow from the west beginning with nato expansion carrying on with the attempt to establish an american military outpost in the former soviet republic of georgia the building of missile defense installations along russia's borders and now the confrontation in ukraine. in my perspective that is not only highly provocative highly provocative but it is closing down opportunities that we have with russia to solve major problems affecting our own national security in syria and iran and afghanistan and the struggle against international terrorism the problem today is whether we call it a cold war or not as i said at the beginning is that in some ways it's more dangerous one reason is there is no discussion of this issue in the united states on network radio or te

anyone assistance whether it came from the west from the i.m.f. from russia would disappear from corruption ills now you just mentioned russia and i know that in the early years of your diplomatic career you worked as a political counselor at the american embassy here in moscow and i think you probably understand how russian officials or how russian politicians operate do you think moscow's concerns over ukraine's becoming a part of nato or indeed x.-treme extremist kept coming to power in ukraine do you think those concerns that moscow has at the moment are they legitimate and if you were a russian diplomat what would be your stance be in that case if i were in any way responsible for russian policy i would like to see ukraine develop as a democratic market oriented society because only in my opinion su transparent non-corrupt market economics can a country develop quickly to a china has exactly what russia wants the at least mr putin made that claim on a number of occasions that this is exactly what russia wants ukraine to be i would say this if

to the west the ukrainians began their protests in november when the government rejected the west and agreed to help from russia. pro reform members spoke over it today. >> it's challenging, and we need to support the ukrainian people to implement this agreement. the ukrainian agreement, and it should be up employmented by them and we will support them doing that. >> this latest calm sits on the razor's edge as all sides stand by waiting to see if the words by paper and confirmed by handshake seals a peaceful resolution. for more on this situation in kiev following the negotiated settlement we're joined by al jazeera's nick schifrin. i lost count of how soo of how d downs there have been since november. does this show signs of being the real thing? >> reporter: well, ray, i think this is very different. 36 hours ago only a few hours after which we had about 60 or 70 protesters according to the protesters killed by police snipers, yes, this is a deal of the political leadership has signed not only the president but also the opposition. however, the people behind me, some 50,000 people

is saying that west virginia residents shouldn't be worried about this latest spill as the creek was not connected to a main drinking water source nor did the coal slurry contain the dangerous m. c. h. and chemical but these assurances have done little to placate the fears and worries of west virginians are now heavily reliant on the coal industry and its economic benefits well earlier today i spoke to investigative journalist carl gibson was on the ground in west virginia about the latest developments regarding both the spills i first asked him if he believed the e.p.a. his claims that the coal slurry contained. none of the potentially deadly chemical and c h m. cats was a guy who lived in charleston he drew she decided this bill the morning after and he told me that you know when you smell the air you smell that licorice and that licorice is the smell of and c h m which was the chemical spilled into the elk river on january night another environmental activist stockman from the ohio valley environmental coalition she told me the same thing she felt she smelled that licorice now it'

just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for the water supply in west virginia last week yet another toxic spill struck the state this time over one hundred thousand gallons of coal slurry that watery byproduct of coal mining spilled into the fields into fields creek which is a tributary of charleston's can now a river of course this latest rupture comes just weeks after the january ninth chemical spill the port an estimated ten thousand gallons of a chemical called for and into the elk river contaminating the water supply for three hundred thousand west virginians now the e.p.a. is saying that west virginia residents shouldn't be worried about this latest spill as the creek was not connected to a main drinking water source nor did the coal slurry contain the dangerous age and chemical but these assurances have done little to placate the fears and worries of west virginians are now heavily reliant on the coal industry and its economic benefits well earlier today i spoke to investigative journalist carl gibson was on the ground in west virginia about the latest developments regarding

everyday in west virginia. businesses like this bistro, which is famous in charleston for the sunday breakfast that day. now, the managers told me that they lost $40,000 during the do not use ban and they are continuing to spend an extra $500 per day to bring in bottled water because customers don't trust what is coming out of the tap. .. thank you for allowing me to be here and speak for west virginia. >> thank you for your leadership on this issue. >> secretary huffman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. state of west virginia and -- i'm sorry. thank you. the state of west virginia and its department of environmental protection appreciate and welcome the opportunity to address this committee. i'm hopeful that by sharing west virginia's experience from the perspective of an environmental regulator and not a public health official, i can provide insight to you and other states as we seek to provide a more comprehensive regulation. so as to better protect human health in the environment and minimize the risk associated

convenience store in miami on the way down to key west. but the store's security camera showed mike was there alone. >> and we just thought it was odd that after driving that long that shirley wouldn't be coming in there to go to the bathroom, get something to drink. you know, we never see shirley coming into the store. >> next, police checked the security videotapes located in the toll booths between jacksonville and key west. they screened hundreds of hours of videotape until they found mike garvin's white jaguar. >> you see the car going through. you see it stopping to pay the toll and then driving on through. >> when they enlarged the picture, they saw an empty passenger seat. >> we ask him where shirley was sitting in the car. he said she was sitting in the front seat. we asked him if she ever got in the back seat. no, she never got in the back seat, she never reclined the seat. so, at this point, we pull out the picture of the toll booth and show it to him. he looks at the picture, and we say, "where is shirley?" >> mike garvin had n

the big story today is the patchy ice north and west of the metro area. big winter storm warning for tonight. it

. >> tainted drinking water in west virginia. vice president obama taking action without waiting for congress. >> two thirds of america's schools do not have a broadband that is fast enough. >> today in a -- president obama vowed to change that. what this could mean if you have a child in school. another new thing for the president's year of action. in this case, redirecting federal dollars to put technology in all student's hands. to say they are excited about technology would be a gross understatement. they couldn't wait to offer a tutorial to the president. >> this is kevin. he looks sharp. >> the present expressed the need for a high speed internet and new technology nationwide. >> when we express -- expect free wi-fi with our coffee, we should demand in our schools. >> companies like apple and verizon are put -- putting in $750 million of products and instruction. the fcc is regretting to bullion dollars to level the playing field. >> 30% of students have true high-speed internet in the classroom. in countries like south kor

the west of ukraine sounds more loud today and looks more active more aggressive. because as we know almost. the overwhelming majority of the fighters of the street fighters in kiev they come from west to create example. east ukraine is more quiet when i was driving along the streets of product of. everything was it was business as usual i mean it was a quiet city. policeman did not carry firearms it was really quite. but it all changed i came back to moscow or sunday morning and heard the news that even in kharkov the unrest has started so it looks like the domino effect. going all around ukraine and we see that there are demonstrations in crimea other of the demonstrations in sevastopol the red demonstrations all around the country and the temperature of political discussion between different political forces between different political parties is extremely high also on thinking about the security forces because they're very discredited in front of the people. they were also betrayed by the government will they in general be able to keep things in order in ukrain

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this discovery made in his west village apartment. his body with a needle in his arm, found unconscious. what do you know? what are your sources telling you? >> what brian is saying. sometimes deaths are tragic, this one feels like a robbery, definitely the reverberation i'm hearing. i'm at metlife where the super bowl will be played later this evening. the word has just started to spread here and they were shocked. talking about philip seymour hoffman, 46, oscar winner for truman capote, three-time tony nomination, three ear nominations besides the one he won. brian talking about films he had in post production. he was at sundance 10 days ago. it was maybe the last time he was seen in public where he had two movies. he's also directing his second movie. he got news friday amy adams, an oscar nominee herself and jake gyllenhaal had signed onto the movie. he and amy adams love working together, make movie magic on the screen. it will be interesting how this plays out. also in the hunger games franchise, he was just in "hunger games" ca

farther west, storm team 4 radar showing some light snow that is advancing from the west to the east. just now coming into garrett county. and it's into northern west virginia. it's still a good four hours away from getting into the metro area. so we're talking around, maybe 8:30 to 9:00 in the morning it will begin to move in. and here's the timing on this light snow. i think it will leave just a dusting to an inch. my forecast, a dusting to an inch for the metro area between around 10:00 in the morning until 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon. it will quickly exit to the east and break up. and we'll get some sunshine breaking out by mid to late afternoon. fast-moving system leaving a dusting to an in. ch. it will stick initially and melt by noontime. into the afternoon, all of it melting. temperatures now mid-30s in washington. nearby suburbs, we are in the 20s. and off to our west it's only around 20 degrees, northern shenandoah valley and parts of western maryland in the mid-20s. so whatever snow falls is going to stick initially on untreated surfaces. there's the washington monument.

you have them keep making unrest in ukraine destabilize the west is not. just that live in the middle east the west happy to support what we can see there surely extremist live elements amongst the opposition. i have to repeat what i've said before this from i think very much of the situation. in the early ninety's. we had several pieces. there were made that would have prevented the country from falling apart each time it was one of the western countries that actually sabotaged we had a peace agreement in lisp and brokered in one thousand nine hundred two in march and all three sides in the boston side. and the moslem on side backed by the u.s. . we had a war break out a couple of months later and the west was really happy to arm the side that caused the up and cold war so this is for me just a repeat of this entire situation unfortunately is the country for the part and ukraine i mean this is clearly that the worst bonnets we've seen there in the country so far is it out of control. ok the thing is i think the president needs to show that he's president

maria is reporting, that is about 17 miles west of philadelphia. >> i am standing in front of west chester university, this is where the red cross has set up it's main shelter, and this can hold up to 1300 people, the red cross expected people here throughout the day and this evening. 1078 people stayed in shelters last night, other hungers down in their homes with blankets, candles, this is one of the hardest hit areas. chester county, in this county alone, about 160,000 people are without power. the utility companies say it could take days before they get power back. one of the big challenges is not only the trees that are down, but also the ice that formed along the power lines. utility crews have been getting help from other crews from out of state, hundreds of utility workers from chicago have come here to help. the governor of pennsylvania has declared a state of emergency, that freed up federal funds to help. the opening ceremony for the winter games set for tomorrow. have the time is just after 11:00 p.m., earlier the torch making its way through the city, but security still a conc

this morning the senator from west virginia came out and said that the regulation in west virginia is soft, and said he is angry upset and embarrassed as we spoke to the panel. some interesting notes as well, the secretary of state of west virginia who just started speaking talked about public mistrust and the fact that the numbers have been changing and no one knows what is occurring. she said one day it is one chemical, the next day it is two chemicals. there's confusion. she went on to say she has gotten notes from residents saying that they are taking snow from outside and bringing the snow into their house so they can bathe in it and even drink the water. center from maryland said some interesting things from earlier. let's roll that. >> yes, the reckless conduct of a private company, freedom industries, was responsible for the spill, and the failure to report properly, but our system needs to be adequate to protect against all contingencies, and it was not in this instance, so i think we need to look at how we can strengthen our laws to make sure the public indeed has safe drink

i just want to say to the people of west virginia through mr. hoffman and mr. mcnulty and the great secretary of state, and how much i want to stand by you in this crisis and i thank you, mr. chairman. >> i had mentioned earlier, and i thank you for that. i acknowledge you had a conflict earlier, nice to have you sitting next to me at the committee and give the opportunity. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate you holding this hearing about such an important topic. we have people literally all over the world, some heads of state that i had to visit with. thank you very much for putting up with me. i would like to kind of follow up along the same lines as senator boxer, mr. mcnulty, you mentioned the importance of public disclosure of potential sources of contamination to allow the public to prepare or regulate them. which i agree. i am very much in favor of doing that. do you or any other witnesses have any thoughts how we can balance that, the value of public disclosure with the need to protect the site in the post 9/11 world? we don't want to create a sit

one is the history of the west africans out of west africa into buenos aires and across the americas, and the other follows delano, and into the pacific as a seal hunter in the intersection of those two stories and narrative lines. i think it provides the full list of slavery. he a sense of not just the middle passage and the horrors of that we know of, but a second middle passage across the american continent. and over the andes, the highest point in the americas and down to the pacific. first there was an incredible ordeal of these west africans. there is the fullness of that. he gives the fullness of slavery's importance. as i mentioned earlier, this market revolution. 804 when the west africans were brought into buenos aires, more slaves were brought into buenos aires that year than any previous year. inwas just this free-for-all a free trade in blacks, this unleashing of the market. >> in cuba, the huge trade in slaves takes off the 19th century. >> yes, around this time. i think he gives the sense of not just the geographic dimensions from the atlantic and across the pacific, bu

>> anyone who felt the west texas wind is like e unef okay i got. but it also characterizes some of the folks in our book because some of them started tinkering around with this technology in the 70's and the persevered through the 80's when the federal government and the state of texas government and everybody else lost interest in wind power, but they hung on and by the 1990's when the democratic administration that and richards and so on came into power, they got a second chance so they hadn't forgot about the technology. i'm just going to read a passage that was mentioned by one of our favorite characters in the book. in early 1982, he puts out several turbines besides his church the football field in texas, texas churches tough football fields evidently. so his father had built a when the electric generator to create a light for the family and he was trying to make the wind turbine spent in the powerful wind of west texas as the energy crisis intensified and again this is the late 70's, early 80's. he wasn't in the research business though. he

out to the west we have snow showers coming in from the west. we expect that snow to move to the south. you can tell it's not coming to chicago. it's south of 80. be on the lookout for the snow showers. another cool day. more on that later. >> i put my money on you. and just saying that in advance. in new crash outbound edens at petersen. that will slow things down. relieved blocked in bound. earlier crash has since cleared. milwaukee district west line starting to see the delays on there. 15-20 minutes behind. czech on line if you normally ride that line. you can see how far behind they are running. everything else looking good. that's traffic. >> >> i just want to keep everybody honest. >> your checking on his report? >> a lot of talk about restores leaving the area. how the one that has been here for four years? a family run a store. how is it possible silvering for decades in business. i want to check this one out. take a look. >> my grandfather was trying to impress on my father working on the onion fields. get one thing done well. it's a g

anyone assistance whether it came from the west from the i.m.f. from russia would disappear soon corruption ills now you just mentioned russia and i know that in the early years of your diplomatic career you worked as a political counselor at the american embassy here in moscow and i think you probably understand how russian officials or how russian politicians operate do you think moscow's concerns over ukraine's becoming a part of nato or indeed x.-treme extremist kept coming to power in ukraine do you think those concerns that moscow has at the moment are they legitimate and if you were a russian diplomat what would be your stance be in that case if i were in any way responsible for russian policy i would like to see ukraine develop as a democratic market oriented society because only in my opinion through transparent non-corrupt market economics can a country develop quickly china has exactly what russia wants there at least mr putin made that claim on a number of occasions that this is exactly what russia wants ukraine to be i would say this

it's a different story in the west. let's bring in meteorologist with a system that is welcome news for an area that has drought. >> january through march should be the we season in the west coach. we have been dry. a lot of places set records for being the drier year. we need the rain. here is the broad picture. the system in the north-east has moved out. a lot of slick spots, refreezing overnight and textures not doing um. it will be a cold day. here is a look at the west coast. we have the moisture moving in. between today and tomorrow with a couple of different systems, it will be very, very beneficial. we are going to see parts of northern california that could get several inches between today and tomorrow and southern california - widespread areas with half an inch or more. here is my information with that. we need the rain so desperately. here is the area, the drought area. when you have not had rain, you get a build-up of oil and debris. it can become slick if you have not had rain watch it away. it's not hydrop

the west of ukraine sounds more loud today and looks more active more aggressive. because as we know almost. the overwhelming majority of the fighters of the street fighters in kiev they come from the west are pretty central. east ukraine is more quiet when i was driving along the streets of product of. everything was it was business as usual i mean it was a quiet city. policeman did not carry firearms it was really quite. but it all changed i came back to moscow or sunday morning and heard the news that even in kharkov the unrest has started so it looks like the domino effect. going all around ukraine and we see that there are demonstrations in crimea other of the demonstrations in sevastopol the raw demonstrations all around the country and the temperature of political discussion between different political forces between different political parties is extremely high also on thinking about the security forces because they're very discredited in front of the people. they were also betrayed by the government will they in general be able to keep things in order in u

anyone assistance whether it came from the west from the i.m.f. from russia would disappear soon corruption now you just mentioned russia and i know that in the early years of your diplomatic career you worked as a political counselor at the american embassy here in moscow and i think you probably understand how russian officials or how russian politicians operate do you think moscow's concerns over ukraine's becoming a part of nato or indeed x.-treme extremists kept coming to power in ukraine do you think those concerns that moscow has of the moment are they legitimate and if you were a russian diplomat what would be your stance be in that case if i were in any way responsible for russian policy i would like to see ukraine develop as a democratic market oriented society because only in my opinion su transparent non-corrupt market economics can a country develop quickly to a china has exactly what russia wants there at least mr putin made that claim on a number of occasions that this is exactly what russia wants ukraine to be i would say this if m

the west of ukraine sounds more loud today and looks more active more aggressive. because as we know almost. the overwhelming majority of the fighters of the street fighters in kiev they come from western pretty central. east ukraine is more quiet and when i was driving along the streets of product of. everything was it was business as usual i mean it was a quiet city. policeman did not carry firearms it was really quiet but it all changed i came back to moscow or sunday morning and heard the news that even the kharkov the unrest has started so it looks like the domino effect. going all around ukraine and we see that there are demonstrations in crimea other a demonstrations in sevastopol the demonstrations all around the country and the temperature of political discussion between different political forces between different political parties is extremely high a song thinking about the city. already forces because they're very discredited in front of the people. they were also betrayed by the government will they in general be able to keep things in order in ukraine

the area snow will push east tomorrow so the snow moving west to east. the west coast dealing with beneficial moisture in california and causing problems with freezing snow, sleet in washington. there are winter advisories and blizzard warnings because the wind is picking up east of the rockies. the snowfall and the know pack in the mountains, look how it expands after the recent storm. not breaking the drought. we'll take a look at that. lincoln is at 7, so the cold air is here, that will move east and devil with this storm off the coast, but this is thursday. the storm will be moving up the mid-atlantic. there is rain, snow, and sleet, we'll watch how this develops in the forecast. be are the for that on thursday. >> dave warren, thank you circumstantial evidence. now you can say that facebook is not the only thing that mark zuckerberg has given to the world. he and his wife were named the most generous philanthropist f for 2013. giving facebook stock to silicon valley valued at $9 million. for education. i'm del walters. the stream is next. one, and d

that's the west coast. there's all of the moisture with rain and snow predicted that will come all the way east to wyoming. we have a lot storm to talk about on the east coast. but watching how it could look to be developing with the latest tracks coming in, looks like it's a little far southeast to give snow to the mid-atlantic and new england states, but it will intensify. this will be late saturday now. the timing with the latest information, there will be snow here, but right in southern delaware and virginia and maryland on the del mar peninsula. >> time, we want to show you this break through in bu bionic hands, giving a sense of touch. it gives our brain what we can touch. they can feel things like cotton and wood. i'm del walters in new york. "inside story" is next. >> higher prices, cracking down to sales, tougher and tougher messages, all have helped to reduce smoking, and now another national retailer has another idea. how about making smokes hard to buy at all? that's the "inside story."

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anyone assistance whether it came from the west from the i.m.f. from russia would disappear to corruption ills now you just mentioned russia and i know that in the early years of your diplomatic career you worked as a political counselor at the american embassy here in moscow and i think you probably understand how russian officials or how russian politicians operate do you think moscow's concerns over ukraine's becoming a part of nato or indeed x.-treme extremists kept coming to power in ukraine do you think those concerns that moscow has at the moment are they legitimate and if you were a russian diplomat what would be your stance be in that case if i were in any way responsible for russian policy i would like to see ukraine develop as a democratic market oriented society because only in my opinion su transparent non-corrupt market economics can a country develop quickly and has exactly what russia wants there at least mr putin made that claim on a number of occasions this is exactly what russia wants ukraine to be i would say this if mr putin t

freezing rain towards the west. by 7:00 a.m., it is predominantly rain from i-95, especially down to the south and east. right now i think rush hour should be okay in most areas. but notice back around winchester, up towards hagerstown and martinsburg, these are theers that normally have the worst scenario when freezing rain plays out. and it does look like they could again tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning could be very treacherous back towards the west. even portions of loudoun county or up in montgomery county and frederick county could see a lot of problems. please give yourself a lot of extra time. get up little earlier, see if we do have school. i do expect school delays. by 1:00, this system sought of here. and then we're on to a little dryer and a little calmer period. that's good news there. winter storm warning in effect for howard county, montgomery county, loudoun county, northern fauquier and arappahannock. the only here for nearly a court inch of ice. dangerous travel and i do expect delays and cancel

but everybody to the west, it is freezing rain. culpepper, and manassas, and herndon, and gaithersburg, and rockville, and up to columbia, and back to the west, the freezing rain, and then the temperatures will rise, and the line will move back towards the west. now we are talking about the rain in d.c. around 3:00 a.m., and rain around gaithersburg, and leesburg, and still some patches of ice, and the freezing rain moves back around i-81 around hagerstown and martins bug, and winchester, and that is why we have the winter storm warning that is in effect for tomorrow morning and for rush hour will be just rain. tonight's critical period is 11:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. or 4:00 a.m., and this is the area. montgomery county, loudoun county, northern fauquier, and up towards the north and the east. that is the winter storm warning, and upwards to a quarter inch of ice, and dangerous travel, and we could see wednesday morning delays and cancellations. now, anne arondel county, you can see the freezing ice, and this is the area that you need

we will be back with more "bloomberg west" in a moment. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i am emily chang. this is apple's first-order in brazil, latin america. there are high import taxes. the iphone will cost seven times what it does in the u.s. the 16 gigabyte contract will cost over $1000 in brazil compared to $872 in china and $649 in the u.s. sticking with brazil in and around rio, millions of people live in homes that literally do not show up on the map. microsoft is sending a team to brazil to the old new mapping infrastructures or these towns. we have a man in charge of leading this effort. did i pronounce that right? >> you did. favelas. >> some people call them shantytowns or slums. >> 80% who live in rio are middle class. we look worldwide coming millions of people live in these kinds of areas around the planet. these are connected towns. they have about one percent gdp in brazil. they have a tremendous penetration of mobile devices. they are taking a step function change above where even we were 15 years ago where huge number of people under 30 actually have

jerusalem and i come from west jerusalem, so we come from the same seat. but in reality, two different worlds. >> i was born in jerusalem and i've been living there all my life, since 1945. five years ago i came to the united states to launch a tv channel. and that's how i met jamal dajani. he challenged me to think about solutions that hadn't been discussed until now. and one day we said, well, we should test it on the ground. >> the reality there is very harsh. but why don't we go over there and do it. >> we are here in a bubble. after sometime of working together with jamal i said let's do this in california. you only have to choose in that neighborhood what kind of latte you want in the morning. >> when i go there i'm always eager to go to my people, to my neighborhood. i want to have the least interaction with the israelis as possible. >> many israelis don't want to know about palestinians. they don't want to reach out. they don't want to cross into streets and neighborhoods where the palestinians live because of a mixture of stereotypes and so on. >>

well the whole idea which is being spun at the moment by the west that what's happened in ukraine is a matter of freedom versus tyranny that's absolute nonsense and of course victoria nuland scum and sloss streak actually demonstrate that america and the european union are playing a game of chess and it's as geostrategic game of chess their plane in ukraine and this is be going on since the since the nine hundred ninety s. they are true the west is trying to encircle russia on its western borders by bringing in states off the state into the e.u. and into nato let me just say this to anyone who argues that this is a matter of freedom versus tyranny in a tyranny people don't take to the streets let alone police police offices this wouldn't happen in saudi arabia which america is a staunch supporter of ok area would you like to reply to that go ahead for air time of course i was born in ukraine i've been to a great i'm jewish i despise the nazis and the neo nazis anywhere in europe and unfortunately the lots of them everywhere these days but the majority of people who demonstrate i'm no

after the break, more "bloomberg west." ♪ . . >> you're watching "bloomberg west." chang.ly sony is trying to save its business, trying to save its restructuring plan. it is trying to sell its unprofitable pc unit, cut 5000 jobs, and split its tv business into a separate subsidiary. sony is forecasting a $1.1 billion losses the school year. again accepting new subscribers without it has regained enough capacity to handle the demand, but in atlanta, the service is just so out -- sold out. battle atng a legal the supreme court with broadcast networks. apple has removed bitcoin app from its store. it allows users to send and receive digital currency. the ceo says he received an e- mail from apple saying the cap as being withdrawn due to an unresolved issue. is technology and the tech industry really responsible for rising rents and housing in san francisco? reportis that with a new on tech hubs across the country. the chief economist at truly a is here with me to discuss more. so is technology beat reason that rent and housing prices are rising so fast in san francisco

weitz, "bloomberg west." thank you for joining us on "bloomberg west." --thank you for joining us on "bloomberg west." you can watch a streaming on your phone, tablet, bloomberg.com, and on bloomberg tv. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i am emily chang. they made up a household name, put their products touch our lives daily. we're talking about band-aids, cleaning products, and post-its. rachel crane goes inside 3m's ; labs to find out how it is innovating. >> you might recognize their work, but the company's real value is in the glue that makes those tiny papers stake. >> you get up in the morning and you start your day and you products thaty 3m i use today? more than you can count. 's bottom line is all about adhesive. and is thought that market cornered. -- it has got that market cornered. >> many of the products we produce are used in larger and different devices. our product is embedded in the final product so you do not know it is necessarily in there. stuff chemicals that make stake is not new, but the technologies that they go into our.

just a short distance west we have a blizzard warning. so blizzard conditions, severe conditions all within this one area. you have this big storm intensifying and continuing to push up from chicago. we have a lot of blizzard warnings in in effect because of blowing snow. and all pretty much in the same area right now. look at these temperatures, 60s, 70s, and 30s and 40s. so a big contrast. low-pressure so the southeast is the warm air, to the west is the cold air. severe weather potential throughout the day today and tomorrow across the southeast. del? >> dave thank you very much. thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. "the stream" is next. >>> hi, i'm lisa fletcher, and you are in the "stream." avoiding law school in droves. enrollment is at its lowest point in decades, and for those in school, tuition is really high. and the jobs that will pay those loans are square. what is it going to mean when you need a lawyer? ♪

well the whole idea which is being spun at the moment by the west that what's happened in ukraine is a matter of freedom versus tyranny that's absolute nonsense and of course victoria nuland comments last week actually demonstrate that america and the european union are playing a game of chess and it says geostrategic game of chess their plane in ukraine and this is be going on since the since the nine hundred ninety s. they are true the west is trying to encircle russia on its western borders by bringing in states off the states into the e.u. and into nato let me just say this to anyone who argues that this is a matter of freedom versus tyranny in a tyranny people don't take to the streets let alone political police offices this wouldn't happen in saudi arabia which america is a staunch supporter of ok area would you like to reply to that go ahead for air time of course i was born in ukraine i've been to a great i'm jewish i despise the nazis and the neo nazis anywhere in europe and unfortunately the lots of them everywhere these days but the majority of people who demonstrate i'm n