>>> TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN'S DAY WHERE WE CELEBRATE
THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL
AND POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF
WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD, AND THIS
YEAR FORBES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
KNOW YOUR VALUE HAS CONVENED A
NEW GLOBAL EVENT, BRINGING
TOGETHER WOMEN OF DIFFERENT
GENERATIONS FOR A SPECIAL
MENTORING SUMMIT IN ABU DHABI.
LAST NIGHT WE PRESENTED HILLARY
CLINTON WITH THE FORBES
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
TO COMMEMORATE HER LEADERSHIP
AND INFLUENTIAL VOICE ON THE
GLOBAL STAGE IN ADVANCING THE
CAUSE OF WOMEN AND FIGHTING FOR
GENDER EQUITY.
I STAYED BACK TO COVER RUSSIA'S
INVASION OF UKRAINE, BUT WE WERE
ABLE TO HONOR SECRETARY CLINTON
VIRT RI.
AND I SPOKE WITH HER ABOUT THE
WAR AND THE MEN RESPONSIBLE FOR
ALL THIS BRUTALITY.
>> WE ARE NOW 13 DAYS INTO THE
RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE AND
AS WE COVER THE STORY AND LOOK
FOR SOLUTIONS THE WORDS "WORLD
WAR" KEEP COMING UP, IT'S HARD
TO IGNORE.
YOU KNOW VLADIMIR PUTIN.
HOW DO YOU THINK THIS WILL END?
SNOO>> OH, MIKA, IT'S SO
HEARTBREAKING TO ME THAT PUTIN
IS ACTING OUT HIS OWN
INSECURITIES, HIS OWN
RESENTMENTS AND GRIEVANCES
AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE,
WAGING A WAR AGAINST A SMALLER
STATE THAT IS TOTALLY
UNPROVOKED, AS WE HAVE SEEN.
REALLY TELLS US EVERYTHING WE
NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PUTIN.
AND I'M DELIGHTED AND RELIEVED
THAT UP UNTIL NOW THE WORLD HAS
REALLY STOOD WITH UKRAINE, THE
IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS, THE
PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO THE
UKRAINIAN PEOPLE BOTH TO DEFEND
THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO TO RECEIVE
HUMANITARIAN AID IN THE FACE OF
THESE VICIOUS AND BRUTAL
ONSLAUGHTS BY THE RUSSIAN
MILITARY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT ENDS, BUT I
THINK THAT PROBABLY THE PERSON
WHO IS MOST SURPRISED THAT IT IS
STILL GOING ON IS VLADIMIR
PUTIN.
THE LEVEL OF DEFENSE AND
DETERMINATION THAT THE UKRAINIAN
PEOPLE ARE SHOWING, STARTING
WITH THEIR PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT
ZELENSKYY, GOING ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO GRANDMOTHERS AND YOUNG
WOMEN TAKING UP ARMS FOR THE
FIRST TIME TO DEFEND THEIR
FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES
IS TRAGIC, BUT INSPIRING.
AND I HOPE THAT THE WORLD WILL
STAY WITH UKRAINE WHILE THEY TRY
TO PROTECT THEIR HOME LAND AND
ALL THAT THEY HOLD DEAR,
INCLUDING FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY.
SO THERE'S -- THERE'S NO REAL
WAY THAT WE CAN PREDICT NOW,
MIKA, AS YOU KNOW SO WELL, YOU
ARE SUCH AN OBSERVER OF ALL OF
THIS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE
WORLD TO STAND WITH UKRAINE AND
THE FINAL THING I WOULD SAY IS
SOMETIMES IN THE PAST NOW NEARLY
TWO WEEKS AMERICANS HAVE SAID,
WELL, WHY SHOULD WE CARE?
OR HOW DOES IT AFFECT ME?
AND I THINK IF YOU CARE ABOUT
FREEDOM, IF YOU CARE ABOUT
DEMOCRACY, IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE
RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS, IF YOU
CARE ABOUT OUR FUTURE, EVEN
THOUGH IT'S A WAR THAT IS
HAPPENING FAR AWAY, IT IS A WAR
THAT WILL AFFECT WHAT KIND OF
WORLD WE'RE GOING TO LIVE IN.
AND THAT'S WHY I HOPE EVERYBODY
UNDERSTANDS WHY WE SHOULD BE
SUPPORTING THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE
GOING FORWARD.
>> YOU MENTIONED UKRAINIAN
WOMEN.
WE'VE SEEN THEM PROVIDING
MEDICAL CARE, CARRYING BABIES TO
SAFETY, BEARING ARMS AND
FIGHTING ALONGSIDE MEN, FACING
BRUTALITY, FACING DEATH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS DRIVING
THIS IMMEASURABLE RESILIENCE?
>> WELL, I THINK IT IS SEVERAL
THINGS.
I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, IT IS
SHOCK.
YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS AGO THESE
PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THESE WOMEN,
THEY WERE TAKING CARE OF THEIR
BABIES, THEY WERE PLANNING THEIR
WEDDINGS, THEY WERE GOING TO
WORK, THEY WERE CONTINUING THEIR
EDUCATION, AND BECAUSE A LEADER
OF A MUCH LARGER COUNTRY ON
THEIR BORDER DECIDED THAT HE
WANTED TO STAMP OUT THEIR WAY OF
LIFE, THEY ARE NOW FLEEING FOR
SAFETY OR STANDING UP AGAINST
THAT MILITARY FORCE.
AND I THINK IF YOU'RE FIGHTING
NOT FOR AN IDEOLOGY, NOT FOR A
DICTATOR, BUT YOU'RE FIGHTING
FOR YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR HOME,
YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR
COMMUNITY, YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR
WHAT YOU HAVE GROWN UP IN AND
YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR
FREEDOM, THAT TO ME IS SO
INSPIRING AND IT'S SOMETHING THE
WORLD NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND, THAT
WHEN YOU ARE UNDER SUCH ENORMOUS
DANGER, OF COURSE YOU'RE GOING
TO WONDER WHAT CAN YOU POSSIBLY
DO IN THE FACE OF TANKS AND
AIRCRAFT AND ADVANCED WEAPONRY,
BUT WHAT THE UKRAINIANS, BOTH
THEIR MILITARY AND THEIR PEOPLE
ARE SHOWING IS THAT YOU CAN TAKE
A STAND.
YOU CAN TAKE A STAND FOR WHAT
YOU BELIEVE IN AND FOR YOUR
VALUES AND YOU CAN AT LEAST AS
OF NOW, YOU KNOW, STOP THIS EVIL
FORCE FROM JUST WIPING YOU OUT
AND ENDING THE WAY THAT YOU HAD
THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT LIFE WOULD BE
FOR YOU AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.
SO IT'S RESILIENCE BORN OUT OF
DANGER AND PAIN, BUT IT'S ALSO
ROOTED IN UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES
ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE DESERVE TO
HAVE RATHER THAN BEING FORCED TO
LIVE BY SOMEONE ELSE'S DICTATE
AS PUTIN WANTS THEM TO.
>> JUST ONE MORE ON THIS.
YOU WANT THE WORLD TO NOT TURN
AWAY.
WILL THERE BE THE STRATEGIC
COOPERATION AND ORGANIZATION TO
GET THE UKRAINIANS WHAT THEY
NEED TO TAKE ON THIS FIGHT?
>> WELL, A LOT OF IT IS GOING ON
NOW.
I KNOW THAT LETHAL DEFENSIVE
WEAPONS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY
INTO UKRAINE.
THEY NEED MORE.
I WANT TO SEE THEM GET MORE.
I'VE URGED PUBLICLY AND
PRIVATELY THAT THEY GET MORE.
WE ALSO ARE HOPING THAT THE
RUSSIANS WILL AGREE TO
HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS.
SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT.
AND WHAT THEY'VE OFFERED IS
UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE THEY
FRANKLY ARE CORRIDORS INTO
RUSSIA, WHICH IS NOT WHERE
UKRAINIANS THINK IS SAFE FOR
THEM.
AND THERE IS A CONCERTED EFFORT
BY GOVERNMENTS, PARTICULARLY
NATO GOVERNMENTS, BOTH TO
PROVIDE WEAPONS AND AID, AND
THERE IS A VERY LARGE AND
GROWING CHARITABLE PHILANTHROPIC
EFFORT ALSO TO PROVIDE
HUMANITARIAN AID.
THE FINAL THING I WOULD SAY,
MIKA, IS THAT I HOPE PEOPLE
DON'T GET TIRED OF SUPPORTING
THE BRAVE UKRAINIANS WHO ARE
STANDING UP FOR THEMSELVES,
FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY, THEIR
RIGHTS, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT
GOING TO END QUICKLY.
BECAUSE THE UKRAINEIANS HAVE
TAKEN A STAND IT'S GOING TO DRAG
ON AND IT'S GOING TO BE
INCREDIBLY BRUTAL ON THE PART OF
THE RUSSIANS AND, THEREFORE, I
HOPE PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO PAY
ATTENTION TO THE NEWS COVERAGE,
UNDERSTAND THAT THE UKRAINIANS
ARE REALLY -- AND I WOULD ARGUE
FIGHTING FOR ALL OF US, FIGHTING
FOR VALUES THAT WE HOLD DEAR AND
NOT GET DISCOURAGED AND NOT TURN
AWAY.
>> IT IS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S
DAY AT THIS VERY SERIOUS TIME
FOR THE WORLD.
WHAT'S YOUR CALL TO ACTION?
>> WELL, THERE IS A BIG AGENDA
AHEAD OF US ON THIS
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AND
ALL OF YOU WHO ARE GATHERED IN
ABU DHABI HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM MORE
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN,
TO MORE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
FOR WOMEN, TO END HEALTH
INEQUITIES THAT PARTICULARLY
DISADVANTAGE WOMEN, EMPOWERING
WOMEN.
EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN THINK OF
THAT WE WOULD WANT FOR OURSELVES
OR OUR DAUGHTERS OR OUR
GRANDDAUGHTERS IS SOMETHING THAT
WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON,
CELEBRATING AND RENEWING OUR
EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE ON THIS
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY.
AND I'M EXCITED BECAUSE THERE'S
A WHOLE NEW GENERATION OF WOMEN
WHO ARE DEMONSTRATING THAT
THEY'RE DETERMINED TO MAKE THE
MOST OF THEIR OWN LIVES, TO MAKE
CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHERS, TO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE AND THAT'S WHAT I
THINK WE NEED TO BE REMINDED OF
ON THIS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S
DAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND I LOVE THE MESSAGE 50 OVER
50 BECAUSE FOR YOUNGER WOMEN
THEY HAVE SUCH A LONG RUNWAY.
SPEAKING OF THAT, ARE YOU OPEN
TO RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN?
>> NO.
>> OH, COME ON.
>> NO.
>> LONG RUNWAY.
>> WELL, NO, BUT I AM CERTAINLY
GOING TO BE ACTIVE IN SUPPORTING
WOMEN RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND
ALSO OTHER CANDIDATES WHO I
THINK SHOULD BE REELECTED OR
ELECTED, BOTH WOMEN AND MEN,
BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE
IS A BIG DEBATE GOING ON, AS YOU
KNOW SO WELL, MIKA, IN OUR
COUNTRY BUT IN OTHERS COUNTRIES
AS WELL ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
DEMOCRACY, OF ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY, OF CLIMATE CHANGE,
OF HEALTH AND OTHER IMPORTANT
ISSUES.
SO I WILL STAY ACTIVE IN ALL OF
THOSE DEBATES.
>> WE NEED YOU.
MADAM SECRETARY, I THANK YOU.
IT'S VALUABLE TO HAVE YOUR
INSIGHT AT A TIME LIKE THIS.
HILLARY CLINTON, RECIPIENT OF
THE INAUGURAL FORBES
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
AND WE WILL HAVE MORE FROM THE