Week In The News: Ukraine In Flames, WhatsApp, Minimum Wage Debate (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Who knew we’d look to Sochi and see the young women of Pussy Riot be horse-whipped by Cossacks in the street?  In 2014?  But this week we did.  In Ukraine, blood and crisis.  A whiff of Cold War.  On ice, a tough U.S. women’s hockey loss to Canada.  In high-flying business this week, Facebook pays $19 billion for an app.  WhatsApp.  At the other end of the economy, the Congressional Budget Office says a $10.10 minimum wage could cost half a million jobs.  And in North Korea, the U.N. says, hell.  This hour On Point:  our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines. / Tom Ashbrook

Interview: http://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/02/21/whats-app-ukraine-venezuela-kiev