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The administration seems to be signaling that they dont have plans to do that yet. that would be a highly unusual move. >> also i should notice that angela merkel says that she expects the european union to impose moor sanctions on russia following its decision to annex the crimea peninsula. just quickly, kristin, weve been given the two-minute warning, what are we hearing outside of merkel. >> reporter: initially merkel initially wasnt taking this forceful stance against russia. whatter seeing ...

The question is will these sanctions have a bigger bite. a lot of republicans, some democrats calling for the united states to aid the ukraine militarily. so thats something that well be listens for, to see if president obama touches on that at all. >> absolutely. the timing is also intriguing. it was just yesterday that the president said we were not, meaning the u.s., getting into a military excursion, and he said to engage militarily would not be appropriate and not be good for ukraine either...

Is use of force in ukraine possible? >> we are not going to be getting into a military excursion in ukraine. i think even the ukrainians would acknowledge for us to engage russia militarily would not be appropriate and would not be good for ukraine either. >> joining us now is chris murphy, a democrat of connecticut. a member of the senate foreign relations committee. thank you for being with us tonight, i appreciate your time. president obama is being very clear and blunt that there will not be...

U.s. military action against russia. >> we are not going to be getting into a military excursion in the ukraine. i think even the ukrainians would acknowledge that for us to engage russia military would not be appropriate and wouldnt be good for ukraine either. >> in crimea, the situation is extremely volatile. right now there are reports a ukrainian rear admiral is being detained by unknown assailants or questioned by crimea prosecutors. >> ukraines naval headquarters in crimea, overrun today b...

I served with the russian army in kosovo. we talk about iraq. >> yeah. >> we have been moving east for a long time in regards to nato expansion. when we took kosovo, the russian paratroopers were in in five minutes. we modified the army because of it. i served with them on the serb border. theyre out there shooting dogs. theyre a third-rate military. anything to do with u.s. expansion east, it makes putin nervous and reacts with the idea of going back to the old school soviet dynamic. >> this is...

Gravest threat to european security and stability since the end of the wocold war. >> we stand resolutely with our baltic allies in support of the ukrainian people and against russian aggression. as long as russia continues on this dark path, they will face increasing political and economic isolation. >> vice president biden in lithuania saying that russias naked aggression will be met with force if it expands into the baltic states. this as the president has given a series of local interviews, ...

Military force in response to russias recent actions in taking over parts of ukraine. watch how president obama responded. >> message to troops about whether the use of force militarily in ukraine is possible? >> we are not going to be getting into a military excursion in ukraine. russia right now is violating international law and the sovereignty of another country. we are going to continue to ratchet up the pressure on russia as it continue s down it current course. i think the ukrainians woul...

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Taking over parts of ukraine. watch how president obama responded. >> message to troops about whether the use of force militarily in ukraine is possible? >> we are not going to be getting into a military excursion in ukraine. russia right now is violating international law and the sovereignty of another country. we are going to continue to ratchet up the pressure on russia as it continues down its current course. i think the ukrainians would acknowledge that for us, to engage russia militarily w...

The neocon armchair generals like bill kristol and the john mccain hawks of washington, they have not gone anywhere since the last time they got us to start a war. right? they were not able to get president obama to continue the war in iraq for longer than he did. they were not able to get president obama to put boots on the ground in libya, not able to get president obama to open up an american front in the war in syria. right now in washington, president obama is making it clear that theyre al...