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Sense from a diplomatic physician. that was a difficult call. >> yes, they got oil and gas as well. and as the world thinks about greater sanctions on russia and what the world is again for this. was the story now? putins give all certain excuses on why he couldnt guard in a crane. first it was nato, continuing to sort of creep up against russia, and squeeze them into a corner. then there was the idea that ukraine wasnt a country and part of russia anyways. now its the fact the places run by thu...

What is happening with this democracy. it looks look it is corroding and eroding from within. we have to be worried -- they have to be worried that they will take irrational action. i dont think they have to worry, but it doesnt send a very positive signal from within. i think members of congress ought to be held accountable. when they do these things. >> former defense secretary former defense secretary, thank you. pressure tactics. new details on what donald trump did in the wake of the electi...

Here of irrational action. right now we have an incoming president who has kind of the maturity of a 5-year-old wrapped by a massive ego. and to have that just a second away from a nuclear trigger is very, very scary. >> you mentioned the nominees and the cabinet as hes filling it out. on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the cabinet that jeff merkley himself would have chosen, 10 being beyond your worst possible nightmares, where would you put the nominees that are falling into place so far? >> this ...

Domestically and in the ukraine. >> he is capable of rational action as well as irrational action. he is not moammar gaudafi. you can check out the new yorker website at new yorker.com. all of the content going back to 2007 now available online. thats fantastic. thank you, david. andrea mitchell, stay with us, if you can. still ahead, a look at the financial impact the conflicts in the middle east and ukraine are having on the u.s. later, walking the line with joe biden, how the vice presi...

Dont like the ukrainian government and kiev and want to have their own local governments, if not break away. thats what putin is using, approximate thats your view, in order to disrupt things here in the ukraine. >> i want to get to ann applebaums piece, from the world community, president obama, angela merkel. david cameron, times of london, had a pretty strong piece out saying we need to turn this moment of outrage into a moment of action. we must fundamentally change our approach to russia. h...

Big polls out this morning. >> mike allen with with the morning playbook. good to see you. >> good morning. >> there are these brand new politico polls out which could give key insight. lets talk first about the polls and get a little data about it. hays the situation? >> zooming in on the hot spots. of course, unlike presidential election where every state matters, mid terms theres only a couple of areas where the action is isolated. this poll interviews voters in the 16 states with senate race...

>> i think thats the opportunity, if you can call it theater, the white house can say we dont do theater, john heilmann, but it is an opportunity to send a message that i am worried is potentially being missed if we dont hear something strong from the president like weve heard from david cameron who writes in "the times of london," we must turn this moment of outrage into a time of action. >> i loved listening to your father on television talking about this. he said he agreed with the president ...

>> well, i must say as he jumps in and says that we have to vastly expand our nuclear arsenal, i mean this is an area where its constrained by international agreements as it should be because of the risk of nuclear weapons. hes going very much against the structure that his good friend nixon and reagan previously followed. there is really so much at risk here of irrational action. right now we have an incoming president who has kind of the maturity of a 5-year-old wrapped by a massive ego. and t...

Getting worse. it is getting worse, in part, because hamas has built a series of tunnels. those tunnels are being destroyed. it sparked action. of course, then you had the deadly killings of the three israeli youth and the palestinian youth and it spiraled out of control. two weeks later over 500 people dead. and the situation going from bad to worse. a lot of action in the international community. i think youre going to see a ramping up this week. >> richard haas, at one point, will israels mil...