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All. >> britain would certainly follow us, england would certainly follow us and france i believe would follow us. germany, they are wishy, washy, but i think you can put pressure on them. thats the way to go. now, mr. whiton, you were involved with the georgia thing, all right? where in august 2008 only three months before president bush left office putin tried the same play, all right, in georgia. but the georgians shot at the russian troops there was excuse-maker there and eventually putin pu...

Of the obama administration. how is it different when russia took part of georgia in 2008? >> that happened under president bushs watch in august, 2008. president obama when he came into office, quite sensibly, tried to reset with russia. he had some success initially. president putin, he is the person that said that the greatest calamity of the 20th century was the fall of the soviet union. he saw a threat and ukraine even thinking about a trade in investment relationship with the european unio...

Dont forget, vladimir putin is somebody who lied to the president, said he was not going to do exactly what he ended up -- what he ended up doing. so its hard to kind of figure out his motivation here. i c engli i think the big problem is, how does the u.s. lead a response thats strong and can have an impact in the long term. im not sure there is much of an impact you could have on the short term. >> the key right now is to stop the russians from moving outside of crimea and move towards other p...

Russia has long not been a democracy. its time for the other seven to stop giving russia a pass on that. and they make it as a pent for this action. >> so big picture here, is the united states current relationship with russia the most fractured its been since the fall of the soviet union? >> you know, up until a week or two ago, i would have argued that as bumpy as the relationship has been in the last couple years. it still didnt get that low point of august 2008 that far the georgia/russia co...

They ki it killed 28 people and injured hundreds others. protestors say there is more dead in the violence. >> oo the president says the sichlt strong-- the u.s. strong condemns the bloodshed. >> we are watching carefully and expect the ukrainian government to show restraint, to not resort to silence in dealing with peaceful protestors. there will be consequences if people step over the line. >> experts predict a president could threaten ukrainian leaders with sanctions if they dont stop the vio...

With those that lost loved ones. gregg: were learning more about the navy yard gunmans past, his brushes with the law and there were many of them. his reported treatment as well for serious mental illness. in may of 2004, seattle police arrested alexis for shooting out the tires of a parked car in what was described as an angered, fuelled blackout. in august 2008, alexis was arrested for disorderly conduct in georgia. then september of 2010, he was arrested for firing a gun through his apartment...

20% deline from last year. analysts still lock way to go to reach the levels before the 2008 housing bubble burst and sent foreclosures through the roof. peter barnes with more if there d.c. what about delinquent mortgages tonight, peter. >> the number of mortgages with missed monthly payments has fallen to below 5 million for the first time since august 2008. thats down from a peak of about 7.7 million delinquent mortgages in january 2010. this new report from learned processing services covers...

He wanted hillary to win more than oxygen itself. >> lets just saddle up and have an argument. whats the matter with that? thats what america is about. >> but bill clinton doesnt lose his political touch for long. by the democratic national convention in august, 2008, he has come out strongly in support of his partys nominee. >> everything i learned in my eight years as president and in the work i have done since in america and across the globe has convinced me that barack obama is the man for t...

>> i didnt say swell. >> bill: dont, look stop the b.s. here. stop the crap. from august 2007 to august 2008 under your tutelage. >> the problem going on your show. >> bill: 90%. 90%. oh, none of this was your fault. oh, no. people lost millions of dollars. it wasnt your fault. come on, you coward. say the truth. >> what do you mean, coward? may i talk? >> bill: you blame everybody else. you are a coward. >> here is the problem with going on your show. you start ranting and the only way to respo...

>> i didnt say swell. >> bill: dont, look stop the b.s. here. stop the crap. from august 2007 to august 2008 under your tutelage. >> the problem going on your show. >> bill: 90%. 90%. oh, none of this was your fault. oh, no. people lost millions of dollars. it wasnt your fault. come on, you coward. say the truth. >> what do you mean, coward? may i talk? >> bill: you blame everybody else. you are a coward. >> here is the problem with going on your show. you start ranting and the only way to respo...