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Come personally to make it clear what you already know, that under article 5 of the nato treaty, we will respond. we will respond to any aggression against a nato ally. i know that president obama will want to use the upcoming nato summit in south wales to generate concrete commitments to insure that nato is able to meet its article 5 obligations to all members. >> just to explain, the article 5 is the treaty that the u.s. signs that if any of those countries are invaded that the u.s. would step...

Commitments that its made? can it make sure that putin and russia pay a cost what they have done in crimea. now there needs to be follow through. on dr. brzezinskis points about the neighbors. many of these countries are nato allies and its important there be a nato presence and planes be flying in and out and awax reconnaissance planes be overhead and that all of the basic architecture be visible to russia as a deterrent for moving any further. >> our thanks to senator chris murphy dr murphy an...

Sanctions ready to go starting with the crimea vote and moving onward depending on russian continued actions after the crimea vote. >> senator corker, we will get to the sangs in a moment but in addition to the steps we have talked about the russians have thousands, some say tens of thousands, of troops massed along the border of east urn -- eastern ukraine in russia territory. what do you expect vladimir putin to do there? >> that would be a major game changer and, hopefully, that will not take...

Hours of discussions, they did not agree. secretary kerry made it very clear what we had in mind and mr. lavrov had a very different view. we have different views on what should happen on sunday which is this referendum. we dont think that should happen. >> and we dont think, according to the u.s. policy at this point, that its legitimate, and yet, ambassador, when you look at these kind of meetings, theyre surely not designed from the u.s. side as window dressing. walk us through, especially wi...

That hes going to allow this referendum to go forward in violation of the ukrainian constitution, in violation of international law, in violation of his commitments to the international community. he understands, i believe, that this will isolate him. hes already been isolated. the europeans have been very clear that they will take measures as sanctioned people around the president. they will not be able to travel to europe. theyll not be able to have access to their london townhouses. this is a...

To come out. that might get independents to not flee the democratic part right now. the democrats have to come up with something that gets the fannies out of the house. >> howard, some tv shows some people are gung ho for and this is one of them and others you watch and no passion. some people get excited. cable is much more exciting and much more committed than broadcast. people are much more invested in these kinds of programs. you have to look for these numbers. those kinds of commitments of ...

Want to take you to washington, pretty significant meeting just wrapped between the president of the united states and the interim prime minister of ukraine. prime minister yatsenyuk is speaking outside white house. lets dip in for a short minute. >> -- kind of talks have in the barrel not at your head, mainly in case of this barrel is made in russia. so we urge russia to stick to its international commitments and obligations and to stop this unacceptable military intervention into the independe...

And convey the notion, especially to our friends in europe, that we keep our commitments. so far thats in doubt. >> for the record, those ideas make as much sense as you would expect from the architect of the iraq war and the torture regime. now, from the same department, the junior senator from kentucky rand paul gave his suggestions in an op-ed for "time" magazine. they include suspending aid to ukraine because ukraine owes money to russia and reinstituting the missile defense shield programs,...

People, im still in touch with a lot of the governments that i dealt with over the years. and i know for a fact they dont believe he will keep his commitments or back up his rhetoric. syria was a classic example that turned a lot of people off. >> all right, mr. vice president, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. well have more on the air disaster coming up in the show. but first, he won the straw poll this weekend. ill talk to senator rand paul about that this weekend. and also the comm...

The authority to act. part of the problem is these are good ideas. im in support of the missile defense in the czech republic but a big part of the problem is we have an administration whos not viewed as inclined to keep its word or commitments. he simply has not backed up his bold rhetoric. >> the recent gallup poll thought that most americans think that the world perceives him as weak? do you perceive him as weak? there was a lot of criticism when you and bush were in the white house, you were...