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Position there, fareed, which is what i worry about. the southeastern corner, the so-called donbass region, has a high percentage of russian speakers. it would also constitute, if you will, a land bridge that goes from russia proper to crimea. one could hypothesize he may push in, grab the southeast corner and then its just another version of the same playbook from georgia and same book that got him crimea. that is probably the calculus hes wrestling with right now. >> how should -- and presumab...

Saber-rattling i would say this russian sabre is being waved pretty dramatically in the face of the ukrainians now. i would be very concerned. i suspect hes hunkered down with his intelligence professionals, with his operations team and looking at this minute by minute on what would otherwise be a quiet sunday at his headquarters in belgium. we ought to be worried because putins done this before. we mentioned the previous invasion of ukraine in 2013. you will remember in 2008 he invaded georgia ...

So-called donbass region, has a high percentage of russian speakers. it would also constitute, if you will, a land bridge that goes from russia proper to crimea. one could hypothesize he could push in, grab the southeast corner and then its just another version of the same playbook from georgia and same book that got him crimea. that is probably the calculus hes wrestling with right now. >> how should -- and presumably what hes trying to do -- part of what hes trying to do is put ukraine on edge...

The media is breathless over its meeting. no breath in talking about vladimir putin. listen. >> what do we think is going to happen with vladimir putin? >> nato allies are already nervous about this meeting. to me, the biggest story with trump going and meeting with putin in helsinki is trumps denial about meddling in the 2016 elections. >> is he going to hand them crimea. >> god i hope to hell not. i really do. a president who is friendier to him than any u.s. president has been to a russian si...

A sixth boy emerges from the cave in thailand. thats the first we are reporting that we are live there with an update in just minutes. wow. president trump is days away, also, from meeting with vladimir putin. the news continues. and the media, well, they are already melting down. >> what do we think is going to happen with vladimir putin? is he going to give him crimea? is he going to hand them crimea. >> god, i hope to hell not. i really do. >> doesnt it look like theyre setting that up. pete:...

Can you be very strict on racial discrimination? absolutely. because racial discrimination is wrong. but to legislate it and people who dont want to do well will find tricks and run through that anyway. we want to educate fairly all of our children and i believe public, private, whatever. ed: treating everyone equally. wonderful words this morning to start our week off. dr. king, we appreciate your wisdom and guidance as always. >> thank you so much. ed: thank you. meanwhile, the president just ...

You already already in that clip what the american media is trying to suggest about the putin summit. that putin already has won. maybe the putin president will happened over crimea. the section in east of ukraine afternoon though last i second i dont think an american president could just hand over a region. ainsley: exactly. ed: they have been teeing up there is a trade war. in fact there is a newspaper in germany where you are suggesting maybe there is going to be a trade truce this week and ...

Accompli. there is no way he withdraws from crimea. it is indeed, the question is to what extent he will or will not directly move into eastern crimea or he will try to support the provocations going on in southern and eastern crimea. i think this is where uncertainty is. and this is where economic sanctions can actually provide support to those in the kremlin or around the kremlin who would see that the cost of further provocations and further invasions may be too high. but generally, mr. putin...

40,000 troops along its border with ukraine, plus another 25,000 further inland at the ready. and of course dont forget there are another 20,000 russian troops in crimea. but then another thing happened on friday. president putin called president obama. according to the white house, the call was to discuss a diplomatic resolution to the crisis. is there one? joining me now are two men who know diplomacy and know russia. carl bilt is currently the foreign minister of sweden. before that he was th...

Fait accompli, and the european union is going to say the sanctions in place unless that annexation is reversed. >> i think thats absolutely true. the conflict over crimeas going to be there for some time to come. we are never going to accept it. and that for the very reason you indicated in the beginning is not only about crimea, this is about the european order. he violates every fundamental principle of peace and security and stability in europe. were not going to accept that. but the battle ...