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First off, your reaction to these shocking claims that ukrainians might be being forcibly relocated to russia. >> well, mehdi, first, its good to be with you. its all part of mr. putins propaganda. hes trying to show that ukrainians want to come to russia when theyre really trying to seek refuge from russia. i think it just feeds into his misinformation. its outrageous. we know that the ukrainians, all they want is the russians to leave their country and they certainly dont want to go to russia....

Before. both sides have to remember that. this isnt something that cant be walked away and de-escalated. it was just months ago, recently, that putin had troops and withdrew them. midst all of the same handling and concern that they could invade, this could happen. it doesnt necessarily mean that invasion or violence is inevitable. >> and both sides said on staff level that the discussions would continue in the weeks ahead. and certainly, the russian side has pushed another face-to-face in-perso...

On qatar. i have two questions. the first was, the president seems to be taking credit for the actions so im wondering if the white house actively encouraged this and did the president or anybody in the administration take to the saudis before it happened, about what was going to happen? >> this each is not new. theres been tension among qatars neighbors qatars neighbor for quite some time. the united states continues to be in close communication to resolve the issues and restore cooperation whi...

In, so even though the missile demonstration, if you will, was a failure, the fact that they kind of de-escalated, i think, is a major signal. look, at the end of the day, alex, its really important the u.s. backs down from this concept of parroting regime change or a unified peninsula. these are thingshat tend to ratchet up the sort ofhetoric in north korea, so i thi thats really an important step there. >> so youre giving china a lot of the credit there. do you think any credit goes to the tru...

Lessons learned. heres what i would take away at this stage. clearly the timing. how much time did he have access to people and targets within the terminal. second, clues leaving the airport or in baggage claim that might have been looked at by people of authority that could have been de-escalated? and third do a review of the response. who was communicating with whom? did they get people out quick enough? communicating to the public about what to do? youve had people on over the last couple of ...

>> its hard to distinguish the difference between theres plain clothe police officers on site so its actually very difficult. in this situation with this gentleman, he did identify himself as dakota access, working for dakota access. he had i.d. cards on him that identified him as working for dakota access and thank god, i just really have to commend the actions of some of our military veterans who are protectors within the camp and saw the situation and stepped up and de-escalated. they basical...

The investigation of what happened in that jail cell. so i want to break down here this arrest on its own. you and others have pointed out that you believe she should not have been arrested in the first place. you hear mrs. bland continually being asked, why should i be arrested? she even challenged the trooper who dragged her from her vehicle and never answered why she was being arrested. >> well the director of dps has indicated that she should not have been arrested. >> what are your other co...

Russian president vladimir putin. >> i would hope that president putin, who -- if -- you know, if -- who is insisting all evidence, everywhere in the world about troops being in crimea, that theyre not there, that he will step back and listen carefully. we would like to see this de-escalated. we are not looking for some major confrontation. >> that followed comments from vladimir putin in which the russian leader said a broader invasion of ukraine would be a last resort, something he sees as bei...