behind security structures. they wanted the guns. no protesters in but the protesters in the capitol. a protest across the capitol today at 11:00 dozens saying this will lead to another cycle of violence, more bloodshed, more problems. call this the guns everywhere law. gabby giffords, representative gabby giffords tried to block this. what would how has the governor responded to criticisms that it would lead to more violence? he said today that this is a bill for law-abiding citizens, help protect law-abiding citizens, it will have no impact on those who don t have permits because they don t have permits in the first place. the law enforcement community has raised very big concerns about this. for example? there s a provision in the bill that basically arms police officers for being able to check
problems with command and control. they have several ministers of defense and heads of security structures also in the month and a half that they ve been in power. so there s no strong hand at the top directing policy. second, they never had the training to deal with this kind of contingency. these kinds of contingencies require a great deal of specialized training and disciplined troops who do not lose their heads, and either start shooting wildly into a crowd and surrender and run away, which apparently what happened in this case. it speaks to the problems that they have with the military. and it looks to the world like they aren t able to govern themselves. and that s, of course, grist for putin s mill. but this is an active aggression and cold-blooded war. stephen blank, jake sherman, thank you so much for your analysis. up next, a political hypothetical with very real
wins, who loses thing? you have vladimir putin parliament is acting with veto proof constitutional majorities. 82 deputies approved reworking of the constitution, more than three-quarters of parliament, voting by two-thirds plus one. that means mr. yanukovych s base has defected in parliament and they represent the vast economic interests in the country. they represent people who have served in the security structures. they have elected a new minister of interior, he has taken over. there s now command structure being formed. leaders of the security service in kiev and militia who a few days ago were killing the demonstrators have pledged
protest, some didn t want to have their faces filmed, concerned of the protests as being anti-terror. that s certainly escalating the state on the ground. we learned today the head of ukraine s army has been replaced. why? reporter: it s always extraordinarily troubling, jake, at moments like this when key personnel and the security structures here suddenly end up in a different job. you have to ask did he refuse to do something or did he want to do something that viktor yanukovych wanted to see happen here? very troubling because it means inside the inner circle people are not talking necessarily off the same script. that s what i think people are going to look for in the days ahead. we heard the head of the security services make that sweeping statement about an anti-terror operation, saying how there are 15,000 weapons in the arms of protesters. i ve not seen any of them yet. we have seen lots of videos and what appears to be live fire
home and certainly overseas. they do. the president isn t the one who decides how much is to be spent on that protection but he is the one who decide where they are going to go. in the old bush white house we paid attention to the destinations in terms of the security structures that they already had in place because the president george herbert walker bush was very conscious of the fact this was the people s money. i think president obama is starting to have some feedback from the public on the amount of money that has to be spent because of the sites he selects. bill: when you were in the white house you gave strong considerings to the places you went. we went places where the secret service was comfortable so they didn t have to spend