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Of giving a cause celeb to the russian leader. the message is you want a strong prosperous ukraine. thats the tough message to vladimir putin, isnt it? >> it is. our congress has still not voted even on the basic ukrainian comrik package because of a dispute over the imf. that sends a terrible be signal. the latest sanctions are beginning to hurt around that inner circle. but the weak link here is angela merkel, the germans and rest of the europeans can reluctant to take tough steps. theyve been...

Theyve been weak. so this coming week, how tough are the europeans willing to be? the russian army will use any pretext to roll thanks over the ukrainians. watching them digging trenches watch in eastern ukraine makes one think of world war i. >> its interesting, too, to hear chairman rogers and his fear, a real fear that the intelligence committees have and community has and others that, in fact, vladimir putin wont stop in crimea. heres the cover of the in crimea. heres the cover of "the econo...

Ceavenue to talk to the new authorities there. canada has done so far the stiffest of the penalties and that is recall its ambassador from moscow and meantime the embassy has reiterated the russian position and adding that president putin wants to resolve this politically, if possible. however, contrast that with what the interim ukrainian prime minister has just said at a press conference talking about red alerts and talking about ukraine and russia being on the brink of disaster and saying tha...

deadly string of assassinations. and the first lady of the united states reacting to a controversial new book about the obama white house, saying shes not the stereotype of, quote, some angry black woman. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." with back-to-back wins in iowa and new hampshire, mitt romney has now done what no other republican incumbent candidate has ever done, once again no republican candidate except, i should say, for a sitting president. romney, of cours...

youll be getting back to family today. unfortunately, we have to begin with tragic news on this christmas day. were getting word that on christmas day, churches are being attacked. two churches in particular, two bombings. many people are dead and wounded. youre shown the area here, were showing it to you, this is in nigeria, two cities in particular, madala and jos. you see the distance they are apart. a great distance apart. these are christian churches during christmas day services ...

Have evidence from past quakes, digging trenches across faults that gives us an idea on average how often quakes occur, which is typically every several hundred years. in southern california on the san andreas fall it has been 300 years since the last big quake. >> sean: you are saying california on the san andreas fault is due, just based on -- >> southern california is overdue. well on average theres a major about every 150 years and it has been 300 years since the last one. >> sean: does that...

Digging trenches across faults that gives us an idea on average how often quakes occur, which is typically every several hundred years. in southern california on the san andreas fall it has been 300 years since the last big quake. >> sean: you are saying california on the san andreas fault is due, just based on -- >> southern california is overdue. well on average theres a major about every 150 years and it has been 300 years since the last one. >> sean: does that increase the likelihood it woul...

Armed with a rifle and started shooting at a shift change with about 40 people inside at the time. the hartford current reports at least three people there died. fresh rains prompting new flood warnings northwest pakistan. the u.n. estimated 3 million people devastated by the flooding. more than 1,500 people have died. and another 100,000 are at risk of disease. at least 40 deaths blamed on wild fires across russia. president medvedev declared a state of emergency there and called in all ava...

Preparing for a major assault. vladimir putin putting a new general in charge, known as the butcher of syria, already. new satellite images appear to show a line of russian tanks and military equipment stretching eight miles long. the pentagon confirming russian troops are on the move. ukrainian soldiers in the east using blue tape on makeshift uniforms to identify themselves, digging trenches, preparing for a russian attack for what they believe is coming. and those drone images of the building...

Twenty seventeen the last rebel fighters left the city of homs and in march this year after fighting ended in eastern guta convoys also headed to it live. now the syrian government wants to retake the city its army video shows tanks apparently preparing for a ground offensive. around ten thousand rebel combatants are thought to remain in it lived most of them radical islamists and members of terrorist groups theyve been digging trenches and blowing up bridges to counter any assault by the syrian...