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Knew there was something going on. i think they were some intelligence agencies that provided an analysis that putin was not going to follow through, that it was more of a bluff and that he was not, they said 24 hours em bears before and 24 hours later, this would have been about eight or nine days ago last thursday, the thursday before, and that was briefed to law mareks on capitol hill who came away from that briefing thinking that all right, well, you know, this is brings man ship, but its no...

It is a lot of talk about what they should do, coming to the table, president putin doesnt want to come to the table and find a neat solution and checking every box we want. he is playing poker. he doesnt have a good hand but he has a good poker face and plays the role well. america has a strong hand but this president refuses to play the game and call his bluff and say you dont have the assets to back up what youre doing. were the world power, they chalk up the boxes, the world is less weak. >>...

It is a lot of talk about what they should do, coming to the table, president putin doesnt want to come to the table and find a neat solution and checking every box we want. he is playing poker. he doesnt have a good hand but he has a good poker face and plays the role well. america has a strong hand but this president refuses to play the game and call his bluff and say you dont have the assets to back up what youre doing. were the world power, they chalk up the boxes, the world is less weak. >>...

Government. >> it is better than nothing. but it is in my view not enough and it is late. and they have to recognize that putin is not important for negotiations and forget about negotiations and forget about diplomatic solution. forget about diplomatic solutions. i think warnings should be much stronger and should be very specific. forget putin, talk to other guys surrounding him. thats the only way to save russia, ukraine and the rest of the world from the horrors of the escalation of this con...

Protect against ethnic violence. explain that comparison. break that down for us. >> its more the invocation of self defense. everybody said they are acting on self defense. russia has been suggesting that maybe it is in the crimean order to protect ethnic russians in the region. of course people on the kbroupd a ground are saying there is no threat. i should stress that even if there was a threat to russians, that is not a basis under which putin can move in. so its more the invocation and righ...

Pentagon, live this afternoon. jennifer, thanks very much. so many people across the united states and beyond asking, how come nobody knew this was about to happen? if president putin had this plan to go in and essentially take over crimea, howd we miss it? katherine harris works intelligence for us and is live from washington for us. katherine, is there an answer yet? >> confirming new details of these assessments, analysts confirming the friday there would be no russian movements for 24 hours,...

Letter calling christies bluff. how many jobs has new jersey lost as a result of your decision to accept your medicaid dollars, he asked. how many businesses have been harmed by your choice, and so on. it was really a great way to call his bluff. there used to be a time in our country when you could say one thing in one part of the country and a different thing elsewhere. right before the civil war they printed up different campaign biographies for the north and the south. you cant get away with...

Who is going to call putins bluff on this. really now, if they dont want to get involved militarily, which they wont, to absolutely stand up for international law. it is inshrined in law that ukraines territorial sovereignty and signed by russia, it is enshrined in law that is a fact. >> does vladimir putin care? >> there is a heavy cost to pay. the ruble is crashing, the stock market is crashing. they are intricately linked with the west. >> if they are willing to take them. this is a problem. ...

Do these republicans expect, the president to go to nato and invade russia and, in effect, stop him in crimea? thats out of question. the key here is tough sanctions and make sure putin understands there are going to be consequences. the last thing we need to do here is just talk around in circles. >> how quickly, though, would the sanctions, particularly economic sanctions, have any impact to change at least in the short-term, what vladimir putin seems to be doing, david? >> it would take a lon...

Thank you for being with us. did russia just call our bluff? does the u.s. look small on the world stage at this point? >> look, russia didnt call just our bluff. russia called the european communitys bluff. lets understand, what they have engaged in is not an effort to make us look small. theyve gone back to really what vladimir putin represents. hes a thug. these are the tactics of the old russia, what russia represents, and he will continue to isolate himself from the world stage after hes ma...