Vladimir putin said that all hopes of a government settlement had been destroyed because of this. And this is all unfolding. We are joined by White House Correspondent pete alexander, and also the correspondent to the white house for special affairs peter hollis. And peter, let me start with you, in getting the european i union to agree to stronger sanctions in rush sharks and is that what president obama is going to be pushing for the meetings with Angela Merkel today . Well, she got here a while ago and i saw the motorcade arriving here, and they will have a private conversation prior to the News Conference, but that is why Angela Merkel is so important, because she has been speaking to Vladimir Putin more than any other world leader, and president obama has not spoken to putin since the 14th of april, and merkel has spoken to him multiple timesk and germany is pivotal, because they are reluctant to go further with the further ek sectorial sanctions, because of the impact on the German Economy. The trade between germany and russia was 1 billion and u. S. And germany was only 38 million. And germany gets roughly onethird of the oil and gas from russia, so a real concern within the german industry that they are the ones putting the pressure on Angela Merkel to be careful of what she does next because of the ricochet effect, and anything they do in russia could come back to haunt the German Economy as well. A lot of money is at stake. And ambassador holliday, i want to get to you, and what do you think about the sanctions, and could they really get Vladimir Putin to change course here . Well, it is going to be difficult to get him to change the course, but the increased sa sanctions could be twofold. One, we could get the europeans and germany in particular to escalate the sanctions on targeted energy companies, on that sector, but broadly speaking, we could go up to full sectorial sanctions which would target the entire Energy Sector and not just the individuals in the companies that have been mentioned so far. And that could be huge. Peter, the New York Times are reporting that the sanctions imposed on russia so far have had little effect. Any response about that from the white house today . Well the white house believes it is a significant effect, and the ruble in the stock market has been impacted and they have gone up a little bit since the sanctions were put into place, but the white house is insistent, and a lot of the economists are saying there has been an effect which is from the uncertainty that exists, and right now, the potential for the future sanctions Going Forward and that is so critical in this and key to all of this is what president obama said, and i was traveling with him, when he was in asia last week, and he said that the xiangs are going to be more effective if with we are more unified, and that is clearly the primary focus over the course of the conversations today. All right. Ambassador hollyday, we are getting new information that the u. N. Security council is going to have a formal meeting on ukraine at noon eastern today, and what is happening as all of the key players are really trying to figure out some kind of a solution here . Well, i think that the ukrainian offensive out of kiev is being viewed as basically, you know, leaving the geneva accords in the dust. So there needs to be a new framework of dialogue, and i dont mean dialogue in terms of the discussion, but there needs to be clarity in terms of what are the redlines that the security council, and of course, ru russia is a member, with the veto, but what are the red lines there that the International Community will not stand for, and obviously, they sense that there is going to be an imminent russian offensive into Eastern Ukraine, i predict. In the meantime, chancellor merkel holds a unique position here in the crisis in ukraine, ambassador, and she speaks reg you larly and in russian with president putin and in fact, spoke to the him yesterday asking for seven european persons being held and getting them freed. Does she have influence on president putin . I believe she does. Germany is noted as the strongest market, and germany holds the keys in terms of the decision to cripple the russian Energy Sector, but of course, germany relies on russia for the same energy needs, and so it would boomerang. And she has a lot of things on her plate to speak about. She speaks russian, and she has developed a personal relationship with putin and this is in the backyard, because the ukraine is frankly just as much to do with the future of europe, and united free europe as it does with the United States. All right. Ambassador hollidaholliday and alex s alexander, thank you both for joining us, and we will bring you that News Conference live when it happens. And the Unemployment Rate has plunged to the lowest level in five years, and the Congress Says that they have added 288,000 jobs in april, a nd the Unemployment Rate plunged frto 6. 6. 8 . And the nasdaq is up a point there, and joining me in the studio is zachary who is a columnist of slate magazine and also a author of the leading numbers that rule our world. Zacha zachary, thank you for being with us, and speaking of numbers a that rule our world and we will put up numbers that we can dissect, and put the numbers in perspective for us as we see this, and what they saw as a half percentage point of march and april, and is there a trend to go lower . Well, those who think that things are good and Getting Better or okay and getting good, we will see ample evidence, the unemployment dropped and statistically 288,000 the jobs, but those who see things highly problematic, it matters who is in the labor force, and so fewer people are looking for work last month, by 800,000, and it is not just how many people have a job, but it is how many people who are considered to be a part of the work fost which means that you are looking for a job or have one have a job last month. So are you seeing this number continuing . Well, this number is one statistic to give you one way to look at the job market, and the reality is that fewer and fewer of americans are part of the labor force over the last four years, and people have developed out whether they are getting the disability payments or the retired or for reasons that we dont fully understand. And looking at the big numbers we want to put up more, because business and professional services added 75,000 jobs last month, and the retail numbers spiked as well with the Retail Industry adding 35,000 jobs in april, and is this a sign that people are spending again, and spending more . Well, it depends if you are a cup half full or cup half empty person. Well, i am the cup half full, and there are reasons that we are an ambiguous part of the cycle of the economy, because a lot of the jobs are low paying and we had a minimum wage debate in the senate, because if you get a retail the or food service jobs, you may not be earning 10 hour. So a big difference of the job that i pas a living wage and one that doesnt, and what we are trying to do in talking to numbers over the past month is to draw attention to the fact that one of the reasons that the americans look at the numbers and say, come on, and people respond, and say, things are not better for me, and they are not better, and it is because they are not capturing the real experience of income and wages, and it is a lot better than thae of the economy. And what about the teenager numbers . Well, this is a silly one to repeat, because a lot of the Companies Wont hire the teenagers and they are seasonal, and im not sure why the teenage unemployment matters, because if you have a job at 16 or not, and if you go to college, where half of the American Public does, it is not the career. And the adult thing, it does matter if you have a College Degree, because it is well below 5 or 6 and if you have a College Degree the unemployment numbers are kom plecompletely b racial and gender component there, a as well. So if you have a degree, and in some industry that requires that skills, the picture is actually pr pretty good, and the wages are pretty good, but if you dont have a College Degree, and working a service job for less than 10 hour, you are employed , but you are struggling mightily. And thank you for helping us to understand it all. And now no the controversy of oDonald Sterling. Just as the nba coowners are looking to oust him, we learn that he is battling something a lot bigger. We are hearing that he is battling Prostate Cancer, and one person tells the New York Post that he is battling it extended period of time and they thought that he would die a couple of years ago, and after the team lost by one point to the golden state warriors, chris paul and Blake Griffin and doc rivers did not know about it. I didnt know anything about it, but nobody deserves to go through Something Like that. And i am just learning that, but i hope it is not true. And there was a Statement Released shortly after that saying that the committee unanimously agreed to move forward as expedient ly as possible, an reconvene next week and meanwhile the president of the los angeles chapter of the ncaa is stepping down prior to outrage prior to the scandal planning to honor him with a lifetime award, and leon jenkins say saying that he is stepping down, because of the negative expose sure he has caused. And joining us is kostrik kennedy, how is this going to play out removing him as the own over the clippers . Well, on one level, it does, because the clipper players and the doc rivers were right on the mark to express sympathy, but it is not go g ing to impact what owners intend to do in short order. And also, sterling was heard in 1982 when he bought the team making an incentive remark, and there is this in the los angeles times, when he was almosts toed out of the exclusive club three decades ago, though, he dodged, and then seemed to acquiesce. So what is different this time around . That is an attempt to mo the clipp to move the clippers, the franchise, and that is different from what is going on here. It is not just and moral outrage, but you have the workforce, the players on the verge of revolt when this is happening, and it happened in the middle of the playoffs and all of that, but that is go gin to put the onus on the owners not to be around anything that he says or oaround him. If this has happen ed ed in the season, it would not be happening in the rapid pace. So we are in the middle of the playoffings. That is a big issue . Yes, the fans could have boycotted or the players could not have played. And you think swept under the rug in the off season . No no,t at all, but the time frame, and think ant this, a week ago today, nobody knew who he was except for those in sports, and now look at where he is, all over the news, and we learn about the kans canner, and cancer, and it would have gone much slow er er in the off season. And in is interesting, because the New York Times points out, and widely story of pr Prostate Cancer is what assistant coach hughes had, and he contacted the clippers about the Health Insurance coverage, and he was told that the surgery is not covered, and if they made an exception for him, they would have to do for everyone. So he went ahead, and had the surgery, an unknown to him, four clippers players ended up covering the cost of that, right . But what does this say about how sterling treats his staff . Well, it says a lot about how he treats the staff. One of the issues with don sterling has not been simply that he is racist, and has racial views that the are abhorrent, but it is that he has not treated the staff all that well. This is another irony in all of this with the kind of money that don sterling has available, and that the nba makes available that he has privately that the issue of this mans prostate surgery would have come up is ridiculous, and of course, he should have taken care of it, and it shows the fraternity as well of the nba that the players got together to help him. And so what is emerging is a picture of Donald Sterling that is not just it is representative in the comments, and the reprehensible comments. And now we are starting to see the full story. Thank you, kostiya. And we have breaking pictures for you in queens where a new york city subway train has derailed. You can see the rescue crews on the scene right now. The new York Fire Department has reported heavy smoke conditions. So far now, we are not hearing any word of injuries, but we will continue to fol llow this breaking news story for you, and bring you the latest as soon as with we get it. Right now, a minnesota teen is under arrest accused of plotting a terrifying attack on his own school. By doing the right thing, unimaginable tragedy has been avoided. Police say that the student was armed and organize and ready to attack in less than two weeks, and the tip that led to the arrest. And today, marchers will be demanding the arrest of those who kidnapped young girls. The outrage that has spread the globe. And now this this is almost like it happened in slow motion. Shock video capturing the moment that the landslide swallow iing the cars and a road in baltimore, and now the investigation as to how it happened is under way, and one of stories around the nation. And joining our conversation on twitter, and you will find it on news nation. Ows 2 in 1. 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They say that the student they have arrested was deeply into the preparations for a deadly attack. Reporter police say it was probably no more than two weeks from being carried out and the plot to attack the junior high and high school in minnesota about 75 miles south of minneapolis in waseca, minnesota. We have escaped what could have been a horrific experience. Reporter the student has been charged with attempted murder. Police say that he amassed a huge supply of explosive ingreed yepts and made working bombs and practiced setting a few off outside of a Elementary School in august. They found 180page notebook in which low dew had been recording his events for the last few months. He planned to shoot his parens s and sister at home and set a fire nearby to is throw off First Responders and then shoot students as they left the school. They say he was quiet and a loaner,loa loner, and a neighbor who grew up by him was shocked. 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