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Russia finds itself on the losing end of a first-of-its-kind battle

Clinton because trump was saying he would look the-to allowing crimea being allowed as russian territory and lifting russian sanctions. so obviously -- they looked into this thoroughly and did not find a wide-ranging top founding theory. and the idea that republicans are saying ukrainians interfered in the same way russia did is disingenuine due do all the intel to debunk that. >> michael steele, now an msnbc political analyst and former republican congressman from oklahoma. tlrtz i never though...

As far as i am concerned. as for crimea being occupied, lets try to be fair about this. lets admit that crimea was always part of russia. when krushev gave it, in quotes, it didnt mean anything. a lot of people felt that crimea was still russia. basically, it is, in the sense of the number of russians that live there. i assure you, this will be a fair referendum, up unhappily. nobody is going to force people to become part of russia. thats what they wanted to do. today, i was present at two demo...

Between secretary of state john kerry and the foreign minister of russia, laverov. i want to go to anna core enon the ground in crimea being told she can no longer broadcast from her location in crimea. she joins us now by phone. anna, whats going on there? why are you no longer able to profit? >> reporter: really bizarre, anderson. a couple of hours ago the management of our hotel where weve been staying now for over a week, weve got a team here, told us we basically had to shut down our operat...

Who captured the dramatic story live inside the crisis. im wolf blitzer, youre in the "situation room." tensions on both sides of this crisis only worsening this hour. members of the media now the latest targets of the growing backlash. this is dramatic surveillance video of a bulgarian journalist in crimea being wrestled to the ground and assaulted by unidentified masked men who put a gun to his head. at least two ukrainian channels have now also been shut down. here are some more late-breaki...

Not be sacrificed for individual differences. so that is an indication that perhaps putin is starting to feel the pressure here. and i talked to a senior administration official earlier this evening who said that while the president and vladimir putin had their disagreements over ukraine and crimea during this phone call, they also agreed that there should be a path forward, a diplomatic path forward. but of course theres a difference between wanting one and finding one, anderson. >> and meeting...