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Abbas, would embrace the jewish state, the idea of two nation states, a palestinian one and a jewish one. but instead he took a giant leap backward. >> israel basically is looking for any pretext in toward scuttle the talks and undermine the two-state solution. >> last night secretary of state john kerry called palestinian leader mahmoud abbas to express his disappointment but said he wasnt ready to give up on the possibility of peace. robert wexler is president of the middle east center for pea...

There just waiting for the go order by president putin of russia, who has said he is willing to use force inside of ukraine, not only to protect russian citizens but also to protect russian interests. the big question, is this latest move by the ukrainian government enough to give him a pretext to invade. over the past 24 to 48 hours, the russians have been rump ramping up the rhetoric calling the use of the ukrainian government to put down the insurgency, quote, a crime. whether or not well see...

Down with 40,000 troops on the ukrainian border and they will they will use force to protect russian citizens and russian interests. there have been drill conducted close to the ukrainian border clearly threatening moves by the russians as they try to flex their muscle. president putin said he reserves the right to use force but the question is what is the pretext he needs to move in and whether this is enough or if he is waiting for a fire fight to give the order. >> seems like a tense situatio...

Regards as terrorism in eastern ukraine. the population i think would like to see the government be more aggressive. theres been frustration that the government hasnt done for of that. on the other hand, that may indeed lead russia to send 30,000 or 40,000 troops across the border. ive been very worried by what seems to be some signs that russia may be laying the groundwork for trying to legitimatize that kind of invasion at least to those who are going to be -- obviously around the world people...

Roll over but over not give vladimer putin the pretext to invade. we will see what happens today. potentially record-bricking elnino is expecting and it could affect billions of people. changing the weather pattern across the state. maria is live. the weather has been so boring, do we really get more excitement? >> we have not had enough records for this winter and other weather situations buchlt billions across the country and even the world. i want to explain what el nino is. in the pacific ...

Its like a game of tennis. we made a statement saying its russias responsibility to exercise control over the pro-russian militants and you hear an echo of that coming back from the russian side and its a real problem because you are dealing with two separate realities here. >> true. >> youve heard that from american leaders and angela merkel. thats the problem. its two ships passing in the night on justification. and mean meanwhile, every statement that youre hearing from the russians, building...

On the ukrainian border. this is the second time this week he has done so and says he reserves the right to use force, threatening, basically, an invasion of eastern ukraine to not only protect russian citizens, but also to protect russian interests here in eastern ukraine. hes flexing his muscle once again. 40,000 troops right now are on the ukrainian border just waiting for the invasion order to come down. it is the ukrainians who are trying to walk that very fine line between simply rolling o...

And many folks say it is not a matter of if but when they will come across the border here. every day that goes by is just one more day that president putin is looking for an excuse or pretext to give that order. obviously the ukraine are loath to try and give him that excuse. but as we see the intensity ratcheting up and the rhetoric ratcheting up, a lot of folks think its just a matter of time. >> thank you. as russia refuses to back down, a new show of military strength from us, the united st...

Generations for almost 100 years. suddenly one year after a court battle they dont. he had paid taxes. he had clear title and a deed to, then suddenly he doesnt. were wondering under what kind of pretext the federal government could act and why do they need to be looking at this? we were told they were coming back because they were going to take another bite. there is 116-mile stretch of that border, so we did a video that you probably have seen where we allowed those texas farm and ranch famili...

Use any major military maneuvers or activity as a pretext to take actio action. >> the russians want the east, is that clear yet? >> its pretty clear. they want it either by force or through this referendum theyre expected to influence in may >> the referendum itself is illegal and the outcome would be unconstitutional and fly in the face of the agreement from 1994 when ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons an agreement signed on by the west and the russians. >> absolutely. it will take the ukrain...