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Looking at this as criminal trespass and the fact this has been an issue for this farmer. and they are trying to rectify this long standing issue with this farmer. and now its bubbled up to this point it seems to be out of control. >> i get all that. david gregory, im very sympathetic to the argument you made a few moments ago about the use of the word terrorism and harry reids use of that word. but there seems to be if you look at those pictures, there is something deeply troubling thats going ...

In one of the flashpoints, the city of kharkiv, the ukrainian government describes an anti-terror operation, arresting 17 people with the intention of clearing out one of the government occupied buildings. it appears that operation has been successful. there is another operation in the city of donetsk, where another building is still being occupied, where a large group of protesters say they have declared independence of the region from ukraine. they want to hold a referendum to join the russian...

Buildings, demanding their region be allowed to leave ukraine and join russia, as just happened in crimea. the ukrainian president says he thinks moscow is behind this agitation. the russians say that ukraine needs to stand back, and frankly, stop blaming russia for everything. overnight, ukrainian special forces moved in to force some of the protesters out, but they stood back in other places. phil black just across the border in rostov-on-don, russia, this morning. phil, give us a sense of the...

What do they disagree about, but they clearly are people who are looking to find the largest areas that they can agree on. >> absolutely. and its so fortunate at the international level that there be agreement, because theres so many flash points in our world these days where i think that clab raegs between the u.s. and the vatican can really help move peace forward. that is really the key we need to look at. >> father, what would you expect the future of their relationship to be? what kind of c...

Social resonance, and these protest flash points are highly charged emotional events and its pretty easy to come into that movement and participate in that moment and the part that i see that, outside of the institutions necessary to continue building change, are the relationships that get built. and so, i always say that these tools actually arent communications tools, theyre relationship management tools. and were starting to see that now and were starting to understand that. but we have a way...

The haig on the margins of the nuclear security summit. the first lady is going over there, her children are on spring break. sasha, her daughter, learned man darren at school here in washington, d.c. when hu jintao the former president was visiting. she was able to speak man darren with him. what they are saying this kind of soft diplomacy, can be just as important, foam people ties, the cultural exchanges, look for her to subtly refer to some of these flashpoints she talks about her own person...

Prime minister insists no one in a civilized world would recognize the results of the vote. >> i want to be very clear. crimea was, is, and will be an integral part of ukraine. no concessions. >> for a lot of people like these demonstrating outside the russian embassy in kiev, its really difficult to accept -- its impossible to understand how 20 years after the fall of the soviet union, russians invading their country, russia is not letting them have their unless. moscows trying to turn the cloc...

Fired under a restaurant table they were sharing. lerenas testimony came in connection to the gun charges pistorius has pleaded not guilty to. more high level diplomacy expected today over the crisis in ukraine. secretary of state kerry holds another meeting with his russian counterpart, this time in rome. >> so far the efforts have not resulted in a solution. devon dwyer has the latest developments. good morning, devon. >> reporter: good morning, john and marci. late yesterday secretary of st...

Integral part of ukraine. >> reporter: military bases a standoff between russian and ukrainian forces is growing even more intense. vad mir putin still claims these forces havent invaded. crimeas deputy prime minister now says that only russian troops are allowed in this region and that all others will be considered occupying forces. more proof of just how closely crimea is aligned with moscow. more flashpoints in this crisis. in the ukrainian port city of odessa. riot police are facing off with...

Region? what does putin do next week? i mean, when the handcuffs, so to speak -- he has been restrained a bit, people say, because of the intense media glare surrounding the olympics. but when the olympics include there is great concern that the crackdown might be even more harsh than it has been. >> mike, that begs the question. if that happens, what does the united states do? what does that top ranking official in the united states government do? what is our official response and what can we d...