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president obama today called for a meeting with the seven members of the g-8, the old g-7 of course with the notable exception to discuss the ukrainian crisis. that meeting will take place in amsterdam and vice president biden landed in poland in a trip to show solidarity with the eastern neighbors and met with the president of poland. >> today, mr. president, we spoke about a situation thats unfolding in ukraine. we agreed that a need for united states, poland and our european friends...

Country around this sort of zenophobia, so hes gaining from this. he lemented the break of the old sovi soviet union, but it was a different world than it is in the 1980s and part of the reason why this is so complicated is the integration of the economies of the world and particularly of europe and russia. which makes this whole sanctions game a lot more challenging. so i have huge respect for mike mcfall. but i do think that it was a little hiber bolick. >> well, were obviously waiting to see ...

declaring the region part of russia official. the move comes a day after the united states and european union imposed sanctions on officials. ukraine since that countrys -- an overwhelming majority of voters chose to break away and join russia. president obama today called for a meeting with the seven members of the g-8, the old g-7 of course with the notable exception to discuss the ukrainian crisis. that meeting will take place in amsterdam and vice president biden landed in poland i...

Reaction to that would be. >> we talked to ambassador mcfall yesterday, the outgoing ambassador who was previously our most recent envoy to russia who said he thinks putin is just behaving on impulse, its not calculated at all. do you agree with that assessment? >> well, i know that his impulse is to try and -- is very nationalistic. we know that, and this has been true throughout his tenure there. i dont buy one member of congress said hes playing chess and were playing marbles. i dont think he...

global powers are in paris to talk about ukraine. were waiting on remarks from secretary of state john kerry and potential sergey lavrov. well keep you updated. theyre trying to find an exit to this crisis. we have heard from secretary kerry once. here he was earlier laying the foundation before the talks began. >> the united states of america, the russian federation, and the united kingdom of great britain and north ireland reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use o...

With our allies and secretary kerry is having with our allies because its important theres an unified front on this. if its going to be effective, it will require that. but there are steps, mike mcfall talked about that could be taken relative to the banking system that would have an impact on russia. the question is as putin weighs these things, how much the crimea and ukraine means to him versus those kinds of impacts. >> when you read the interview with president obama, its very clear to me b...

Of economic opportunity should in fact the administration decide to go for punitive sanctions. >> ambassador mike mcfall, just back from russia. thank you for joining us. joining me from the capital of crimea, bill neely, thanks so much. first of all, its clear to you, i know, that the people there are very supportive of russia. they consider themselves russian. does putin leave it there and for all intents and purposes have operational control over crimea or is his goal the rest of ukraine? >> ...

afternoon once this precipitation begins to taper off, were going to make headway on the roads. tonight again, single digit temperatures. the normal high for the day is 51 degrees in washington. the normal low is 34. we will start tomorrow at 9 and maybe, maybe get to 31 for a high. we wont even touch our normal low temperature tomorrow, so very, very cold there with whatevers melted underneath is going to cause problems. so far looks like weve gotten about three inches, but once again...

terms of the snow, that will give road crews a big head start on what is going to be a deep freeze tonight. near record setting lows here in washington, d.c. >> and the oscar goes to -- between the all-star selfies and pizza break, it belonged on lifetime performances on films that captured the human spirit. >> when i look down at the golden statue, may it remind me and every little child, no matter where youre from, your dreams are valid. good day, vladimir putin and netanyahu each ...

Guide entitled, "ambassadors for dummies." among the suggestions, find the country of your appointment on the map. and visit the country for at least one day. daily show host jon stewart joined the chorus asking, is there a rule that ambassadors cant have set foot in the country they are going to ambassador? would it ruin the surprise? diplomatic hopefuls felt a chill a few days ago when secretary of state kerry announced plans for a new post. special representatives for the arctic region. it wo...