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Of american and other nato ground forces being permanently stationed in the baltic countries and elsewhere too. perhaps poland or romania. really just as a reaffirmation of our deterrent of the strengthening of the message that if you come into these countries, it makes and means war with the united states. a very simple message of reassurance and deterence. not one of coercion. it's designed to try to undo what we're seeing right now, but how to handle this scenario if it gets worse. >> would vladimir putin respond to a message of deterrence? he doesn't seem to be responding to the threat of ...

Jill, i read an interesting article in "the atlantic." he was pointing out that from vladimir putin's perspective and wasn't -- peter wasn't apologizing for putin's actions in crimea but saying from his perspective this may make sense, from his perspective he actually sees a west which is increasingly encroaching on formerly russian territory. >> absolutely. from his perspective, you have nato moving steadily east. poland, czech republic, et cetera. you have the baltic countries becoming part of nato. and then moving, you know, talking about georgia eventually becoming part. perhaps ukraine. e...

Jill, i read an interesting article in "the atlantic." he was pointing out that from vladimir putin's perspective and wasn't -- peter wasn't apologizing for putin's actions in crimea but saying from his perspective this may make sense, from his perspective he actually sees a west which is increasingly encroaching on formerly russian territory. >> absolutely. from his perspective, you have nato moving steadily east. poland, czech republic, et cetera. you have the baltic countries becoming part of nato. and then moving, you know, talking about georgia eventually becoming part. perhaps ukraine. e...

Smallest the poorest in our midst whom we should welcome a hundred years after our independence who is it that has nothing to give us to make our effort and our sacrifice is worthwhile perhaps it is the ethnic minorities in our city or the jobless who have to immigrate maybe it is the elderly and the lonely are those young people who fly no meaning in life because they have lost their roots. and for more on the pope's story of the baltics correspondent constantine for an airgun now joins us from vilnius so constantine the pope called on people to keep a watchful eye on and to semitism but was ...

Abuse scandal the german influence the german influential magazine has a cover story headlined not to lie attacking the pope's handling of the abuse crisis of course a constant thing is this trip taking attention away from that scandal. very much so i think a flaw that it's rather like education from this scandal it did not attract a lot of attention in the baltic states and military which is a seventy five percent catholic because the catholic church is the usual recreate its year after the soviet union with twenty five that would be more years ago so there is much less history of that histor...