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But they also need to figure out how to get it to the surface once that happens. >> so many questions. looking ford th ining forward t. >> sorry to surprise you. >> not your fault. its mine. more news developing this morning. crisis in ukraine. pro-russian protesters taking over buildings, demanding independence. the question is, could this be a pretext for the russians to move in? important questions. were live next. before using her new bank of america credit card, which rewards her for resp...

In the the city of luhansk. more than 50 were later released. it is not clear now how many are still being held. luhansk is is a city where protesters have clashed with security forces. they were ousted from a building in kharkiv, but another group wants to break off from ukraine. the prime minister said if negotiations dont halt the arrests -- >> no one should be fooled -- and believe me, no one is fooled -- by what could potentially and contrived pretext for military intervention just as we sa...

Ship has again heard signals, signals that could be from the jets black boxes. two sounds were heard in the indian ocean lasting just five and seven minutes. and the signals were weaker than they had been. thats a possible sign the batteries on those flight recorders are starting to run out. still, officials hopeful. they are hopeful this will finally point them toward the jet thats now been missing for 33 days. meantime, protesters in eastern ukraine are not backing down. they have taken over...

Theyve declared independence. they want to hold a referendum. theyve even called for russia to send in peace-keepers to help them. so far, though, no operation has been conducted against this group, which have barricaded themselves into this government building. the russian government is advising the ukrainian government not to use force, because they say it could lead to civil war. as we mentioned, theyre telling ukraine not to blame moscow for this, stop blaming us for all your problems, they ...

In one of the flashpoints, the city of kharkiv, the ukrainian government describes an anti-terror operation, arresting 17 people with the intention of clearing out one of the government occupied buildings. it appears that operation has been successful. there is another operation in the city of donetsk, where another building is still being occupied, where a large group of protesters say they have declared independence of the region from ukraine. they want to hold a referendum to join the russian...

Administration should be handling the ukraine crisis secretary john care testified that the administration believes these protests going on in eastern ukraine are fake and a pretext for russia to invade. >> well, i certainly think weve seen evidence of that, even beginning with crimea where you see the russia send agents to sort of prestir the intervention. i think weve suspected that for quite a bit of time. >> do you think putin takes seriously threats of consequences from kerry and obama? >> ...

Ago, russia is behind the entire crisis. >> russias clear and unmistakable involvement in destabilizing and engaging in separatist activities in the eastern ukraine is more than deeply disturbing. no one should be feeled and believe me, no one is fooled by what could potentially be a contrived, pretext for military intervention just as we saw in crimea. jenna: michael is the managing director. were all trying to deescalate the crisis in ukraine. how is it working out so far? >> well, jenna, obvi...

Blaming russia for the uptake in violence in eastern ukraine and telling the senate committee that moscows true intentions here are obvious. nrussias clear and involvement in destabilizing and engaging in the activities in eastern ukraine is deeply disturbing. no one is fooled by what could be a contrived pretext for military intervention just as we saw in crimea. ngeneral jack king is a general and military analyst. so you have got russia warning of a civil war and a brawl breaking out in parli...

So they will keep listening at least for you now. >> using that technology at this point when they dont know where the location is would be even more than a needle in a haystack. lets turn to ukraine. thanks so much, will. to ukraine where at this hour, things are certainly heating up. russias foreign ministry is warning that any use of force in eastern ukraine could lead to civil war. >> and just moments ago, john kerry weighed in on this escalating crisis. he said russian forces and special ...

Its very hard to know who to root for here. theres no evidence. you were very clear about this last night. he did not provide ed of this halliburton connection, but hes absolutely right that dick cheney is the man in charge who is fighting for his wealthy friends and who fought this war under vastly false pretext. so hes going at him and it seems like everybody is standing around waiting to see who does what next. linking him to raw which he will maddow, that would be high praise priif somebody ...