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[ male announcer ] cleaner, fresher, brighter every day. that the hour, conservatives are gathering near washington for their big annual meeting. cpac its called. big names marco rubio, rand paul, ryan and ted cruz. listen to what he said. >> you want to lose elections, stand for nothing. the last four congressional elections, 06, 08, 10, 12, three of four we follow had the strategy. 06, 08, 12 we put our head down,

>> as opposed to the thumping that bush talked about. >> and now a wallop. >> every midterm has its own. but lets talk about cpac. and seeing if republicans can get it together. there were two competing versions what have the party brand needs to be. here is texas senator ted cruise talking about the need to stand firm and not compromise. thats the way to win elections. >> you want to lose, stand for nothing. three of the four, we follow that had strategy. 06, 08, 12, we stood for nothing and we...

Japanese islands they want, even though nobody lives on them. they want to do that. then youve got north korea, theyre nuts and theyll fire missiles wherever they want to fire them. and the mullahs, theyve got the nuke thing. so you know because youre a man of the world theres a sophisticated chain reaction that happens when the big dog, again, america, is perceived to be weak and ineffectual. you know that. >> bill, this is unrealistic. what youre doing is putting obama in the middle of this fi...

So much. >> reportedly speaking out on the crisis in ukraine for the first time. buzz feed reporting clinton was asked about the situation in a fund-raiser. she, quote, compared issuing russian passports to ukrainians with ties to russia with early actions by nazi germany. she said, however, that while that makes people nervous, there is no indication that putin is as irrational as the instigator of world war ii. another source telling buzz feed that what putin is doing now is similar to hitler ...

So far, as he says, victor, things peaceful there in kiev. joining us to talk about this the foreign ambassador and pentagon correspondent. colonel mcginnis, lets start with you. the question here is, what are the options here for the international community, but especially the u.s. to respond to this russian show of force? >> well, obviously, the president is taking it off the table, at least for now. a number of ambasatorial issues that can be addressed and certainly sanctions will be addres...

>> the ukrainian military, about 163,000, 80,000 ground troops. they have antiquated equipment. they have been deployed with small numbers, but they really dont have a combat experience. theyre not going to stand up against the russians, much like what we saw in georgian in 08. short of war, i dont think this president or any president would proceed to try to stop a military intervention into that country. if we even move troops say, you know, into next door countries from nato, all thats going ...

Said, these are conversations that we would have, hard conversations, painful conversation, but as the first inclusive generation, these are conversations that we want to have. >> yeah. i totally agree. i think that, you know, the grammys when you look at something the scale of the grammys, anyone whos shocked at the grammys going to the most popular white rapper of the day, i have a bridge to sell you. the grammys have been extremely consistent. the last time they surprised me when they gave he...

But like i said, i manage money for real people and people are still playing it close to the vest. so its going to be very, very interesting. and i think very important the economic numbers on certainly things like retail and employment data that come out in the springtime. >> so if consumer spending accounts for about 70% of economic activity, and people, are they less likely to spend we already said when its cold outside. you even said you go from work to your home and you dont make a stop in ...

An unbelievable rescue mission to save one man who has crept dangerously close to the edge of the falls. the call comes in on march 19th, 2003, 5:08 p.m. sergeant pat moriarty is on duty. hes a 19-year veteran of the niagara falls state park police. >> our radio man yelled down the hall and said, we just got a call from the canadians. theres a man on the ice at terrapin point. >> not a safe place to be. terrapin point is a piece of land that sits as close to the falls as you can get. >> the drop...

Destabilizing, which is not in the interest of europe, ukraine, or russia. but he didnt say it wouldnt be in the interest of the united states. in the entire statement, there was no declaration of the united statess interest in the situation. one way or another. i felt out of the whole, you know, set of sort of observations that the president made this evening, that was the clearest signal of all. he made no statement of u.s. interest in the situation. look, i made a list. in hungary in 1956, th...