Im ali velshi, and this is real money. [ music this is real money, you are the most important part of the show. Tell me whats on your mind by tweeting me at ali velshi, or hit me up on facebook. Tensions escalated in ukraine, and markets from europe to america fell in response. News reports of a clash and actual russian forces, not just russian backed rebels inside ukraine sent the dow falling 100 points. The dow, in the end closed 50 point or 0. 3 lower by the close. A broad are s p sea soared. It was basically flat at the close. Market losses were substantial in europe. German and french exchanges saw drops of 1. 4 and 0. 7 respectively. The flight out of stocks pushed the u. S. Treasury higher, driving the yield or interest payable on a 10year bond to lowest levels this year. What set the markets off were reports of ukranian forces firing on a Russian Armoured column crossing into Eastern Ukraine. Thats where the ukranian military are battling prorussian separatists who seized control of luhansk, and donetsk. Ukraine accused the military of resupplying with weapons, equipment and soldiers. Russia denied the claims and wasted no time denying the report. N. A. T. O. Refuted that saying it defected an incursion overnight. In the meantime a russianaid convoy is being respected now in coordination with the International Red cross. If all goes well. It could make its way to besieged residents. The crisis has been portrayed in the west as a play for rush job regional dominance spearheaded by Vladimir Putin. The west colluded in instigating the crisis. With n. A. T. O. s expansion east, the view from moscow is one of encirclement. With that in mind losing ukraine from the sphere of influence is a strategic blow that no russian leader would contemplate. Lets be clear n. A. T. O. Has not invited ukraine to join it ranks. Last Year European Union trade negotiations with ukraine purply shut out russia, which was looking for its own trade deal in the region. In hindsight that may have been a blunder, inviting russia to play the spoiler. The cost to ukraine is high, its economy is in shambles. Russia annexed crimea and Eastern Ukraine is in open rebellion. The cost to russia has been almost as high. The crews sis crisis is pushing russias economy into recession, and trade relations with the west may not recover. Vladimir putins thinking has evolved. Initially he viewed a trade relationship between the e. U. And ukraine as a prelute to n. A. T. O. s prelude to n. A. T. O. s expansion to russias doorstep. Now hes thinking that United States and the west are doing colour regions, that could spread. And i speak to a professor interest boston. Thank you for being with us. My pleasure. Tell me about the colour revolutions that you think voout join is fearing Vladimir Putin is fearing, what does it mean. It goes back to 2003. The russians raised eyebrows over the bringing to power of another country happened and what the role of the west was. It was the transformation of ukraine in 2004 that he saw sass behind the scenes the he saw as behind the scenes the work of western agencies, and the assumption was that the u. S. Was engaged in the price of producing regime change. That was, from his poif what happened in iraq. Its what happened in libya, and towards the end its what the u. S. Was about with the asaad regime in syria. The idea of coloured revolution is the west, the United States, in order to promote its interest, supports its change within the areas, and since the u. S. Is critical of whats happened within russia, he has, in a distorted fashion, because its inaccurate on his part, believed that the United States in the end would not stop until we were able to pressure, change within russia or at some point undermine the regime itself. As much as that part might be delusional. Everything he says about what he says about the colour changes regimes, doesnt under outside of the realm of likelihood. The u. S. Has gone to great pains in all of those places you listed to affect regime change. The difference is he believes its an organised strategy, in order to enhance u. S. Interest. And that clearly is not what has given u. S. Policy in a number of instances. In many of these cases we have been riding a tiger and trying to influence events in a way that is outside our control. Certainly in the case of ukraine, while we backed the change that occurred in february, whats happened in the ukraine, and the crisis that exists there, including the war in Eastern Ukraine, thats scarcely of u. S. Making. Thats a compound of factors. He has obvious simplified the problem that he faces. Lets talk about what he does about it. Hes exploiting the message in ukraine and the message at home. How far does he go with this . That is the billion dollar question. The war in ukraine now appears to be unfolding in favour of the ukranian military. The separatists are pushed into the two major cities. Luhansk, and donetsk. And the question is will he save them if they are in danger of being ultimately smashed, which would be a risky strategy on his part. It wouldnt be infiltrating men and arms the way he has been doing, or the way the russians have been doing. It would require a russian invasion, and then we would be off to the races in a dangerous fashion. At home, on the other hand, everything that happened from the crimean annexation to his efforts to support the separatists in southeastern europe inflated his pop u latteries, its above 80 , on the other side within russia, does he risk losing that support, if it looks as though hes walking away from the war in Eastern Ukraine. A lot of question marks and a dramatic moment, which is likely to be with us for some time. Those moment get more dramatic with each passing day. Thank you for joining us. Robert is a professor at Harmony Institute at columbia university. Tensions continue in missouri, but another depicted by the violence, and a businessman says the town depicted bears no relation to the reality. A new kid on the block could challenge the panama canal with world change. Those stories and more when real money continues. Keep it right here. Stuart Stuart Stuart stuart check it out. This my account thing. We can tweet directly toa comcast expert for help. Or we can select a time for them to call us back. The future, right . This doesnt do it for you . [ doorbell rings, dog barks ] oh, thats what blows your mind the advanced technology of a doorbell. [ male announcer ] tweet an expert and schedule a callback from any device. Introducing the xfinity my account app. Thats why i always choose the fastest intern. R slow. The fastest printer. The fastest lunch. Turkey club. The fastest pencil sharpener. The fastest elevator. The fastest speed dial. The Fastest Office plant. So why wouldnt i choose the fastest wifi . I would. Switch to comcast Business Internet and get the fastest wifi included. Comcast business. Built for business. Two major incidents in the shooting death of Michael Brown in missouri. Authorities identified the officer, darren wilson. They released Surveillance Video from a Convenience Store showing a confrontation from someone who appears to be brown and a store employee. They say brown was the suspect in the robbery of siing a but place cigars, but the police say the robbery was not the reason for the encounter before the boys death. Ashar quraishi is at the scene. What a remarkable week out there. Today was a bit of a bombshell. Police had not released the information. Tell me whats happened. Well. The reaction in ferguson has been mixed to the release of this information. On the one hand residents and protesters had been demanding the name of the Police Officer that shot and killed Michael Brown, its been part of the unrest seen over the last few days, that eased up after a change in Operational Security handled here by the Missouri StateHighway Patrol. They have reacted to the release of information regarding the burglary. The police, the Ferguson PoliceDepartment Said the officer that shot Michael Brown did not have any information about the suspicion that he was involved in the burglary earlier. They are saying that basically there was no reason to release that information. That its a mistake screen, and his family also says that this is a strategy, a strategic move on the part of police to divert attention from the 16yearold, to bring in questions about his character and what was going on before that. What is going on in the streets around you . We are hearing horns. We hope that the switch in the policing has had some positive effect. Has it . As we approach one week since Michael Browns death tomorrow, what is going on in ferguson . Youre absolutely right. Clearly there has been a marked shift in the tone and atmosphere here in what was the epicentre of the riots, and the looting that took place here sunday night. There has been an operational change. As i mentioned the missouri Highway Patrol taking role. Over the afternoon we saw the crowd crow, and they have continued to be loud and honked their horns and protested peaceful peacefully. For the first time we did not see the heavy militarylike presence by police in armoured vehicles with highpowered guns and riot gear and swat teams, its an open, freer location. People can drive through continually, people can protest, and they dont see much, if at all, a police presence. So far its been calm, we havent seen a marked change in the demeanour since the information was released early in the day. People have been asking me because in the nearby states we dont are Highway Patrols. Why are they involved . What sh that about . Generally speaking the Highway Patrol is involved in crowd chrome. Thats the way people are looking at this. Governor jay nixon says the peel have a right to pro people have a right to protest, and that is a reason to bring in the Highway Patrol. They are secretarygenerally brought in for generally brought in for crowd control and provides an opportunity between the police protesting and police ta have to maintain law and that have to main law and order. And captain ron johnson continues to walk through the area, shaking hands, someone that is familiar to the community and has been around and has done an interesting job when it comes to mending the wounds between the police and protesters. Hes becoming known nationally as someone calming things down. Ashar quraishi in ferguson, missouri. John owned a tire and repair shop on West Florence in ferguson. His shop was among two dozen businesses suffering damage during riots and looting. He saw his store looted whilst watching television. It is back up and run, plywood is on the window. He joins us from a gas station that was looted and burnt. Its where a lot of media are gathered to report on the story. Good to have you here, john. What is your sense of the mood around town . We see where the rallying points where people are coming to. The people coming to you for business, what are they saying . They cant believe this happened to their neighbourhood. No one is for this. Everyone wants things to go back to normal so we can recover. The longer it lasts, the more damage is done. How do you cover for the last time . Are you having people stay away from work. Are you able to claim for insurance for the damage you suffered . I have insurance. How it will pan out, i dont know. What about your staff . Are you staying at the same staffing levels. Yes. Same staffing level. Kind of business as usual on our end, with all this protesting going on, its scary for the general public to come out and start back up as normal. I guess that is happening around town and the vicinity where the protesters are taking place, less is going on generally. People are worried about parking their car on the streets to do business. Yes, the town, ferguson, we are in dell wood, half a mile up the street, and it goes to the town behind me in jennings, and the looting to south county, 10 miles away from here. What is your sense of if this all simmers calms back down, do you get a sense that business will get back to normal. Is there some damage that is done to the community that will take a long time to undo . Well, the damage will be here for years. Hopefully business will get back to normal. When they tear the quick trip down next to me, the tax base that they are paying, i would guesstimate in the 40,000 a year. When they tear it down, it will go to 2,000 a year. Rough quest mate of what is going on guesstimate of what is going on. Its probably 16,000 or 20,000 that the School District wont get out of their cut, not to mention of the people that support the tax base and would you want to buy a house here after this . No, prices go down, taxes go down, govement has less, schools have less thats where the real problem is at. The real problem is going to be recovering from this from years for now with what is going on today. It would be nice if the news media was to show up and help us out and do the best they could to keep the good thats going on here, after all this settles down. Thats a good point. Thats what we are trying to do. If you could direct the news media and say stop the stuff that is bad, because theres a good amount of bad going on in ferguson, what should america be seeing about ferguson missouri . You know, the people that are not participating in this are wonderful. I have numerous stories of customers i dont know if they are customers, people that live in the area, coming up, giving me hugs, having a crying session in the parking lot. Thats not what these people are about. This is not what the people of ferguson, dell wood and jennings, its not what they are about. Thats what i heard. I heard a lot of people we talked to a restaurant owner, a diner owner saying that people were coming out to the restaurants to show support for the businesses, and to show that this is not an area thats been rife with the tension that you might get the impression it has been by watching tv. Tell me about that. We know the ferguson area has changed in the last 15 years or so. Does everywhere generally get along there . Ive been here in this town since 1987 with the business, and i have never had a racial issue with a person in this city, or heard of any other racial problems with anyone in this city. Ferguson, dell wood. All you though, theres not a racial issue here, as far as me dealing with the customers and being a merchant, i have never seen a problem. I hope you get your business back as soon as possible. The owner of sisser tire and auto shop. 100 years ago this week the panama canal changed Global Shipping forever. Plans for a new bigger canal could change it again. More on that. The big city School District that can barely afford to open its doors this fall. We have news out of texas, governor rick perry was indicted by a grand jury o on two charges abuse of official position. Austin is in the capital. Lem berg, a democrat, pled guilty to drunken drying but refused to resign, despite calls to do so from the republican governor. Governor perry vetoed millions for her Public Integrity unit. That has put him in trouble. The panama canal has celebrated a birthday. It transformed the tiny Central American county into a Global Shipping hub. Nearly a million ships passed through the locks since it opened. Today it handles 5 of the worlds commercial traffic. Panama plans to up its game with a multi billion expansion project. Designed to make way for the cargo ships. Reporter at more than 6 bhilion and counting billion and counting the pannala canal expansion is an attempt to reshape Global Shipping roots. A century ago president Teddy Roosevelt was instrumental in owing the can am. A short cut between the pacific and atlantic oceans. An ambitious project, it took nearly 40 years to build. 26,000 workers died, mainly from diseases like malaria. When it was completed it changed International Trade forever. Operating the canal today, and getting ships from the atlantic to the Pacific Ocean is the work of 10,000 people. Every day dozens of vessels make the journey between the two ocean, the the canal is too narrow for modern ships, among them the freighters used to move goods from asia to the United States. Now panama hopes to win back the shippers with a supersized lock. Todays panama it may be celebrating 100 years of history, but the focus is on the future. Rachel levin was on the seen in panama city. We are here on the panama canal, celebrating its 100th anniversary. Celebrations were subdue a innocent. They were about thanking the workers, the 10,000 men and women working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a week. This canal is a work in progress, and theres an expansion under way. It has now been cost up to 6. 5 billion, and we understand that that ticket price could increase when it is supposed to be finished some time next year. Most people in panama will tell you they support the idea of the expansion. They voted for it in a referendum. Since the project has got under way, there has been accusations that the money is not being well spent, there has been accusations of corruption, so even though its something that people here say will help the canal be more competitive, its quite a controversial issue. Rachel levin in panama city. The celebration arrives as competition with the suez canal in egypt heats up. Egypt gets 30 of asias