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Creating a pretext for further invasion? and did you hear anything that would assure you, make you rethink the u.s. threat to put sanctions on russia? that threat seems to have been weakened by european reluctance. >> i dont think its been weakened at all by what you call european reluctance. the conversations that i have today with the foreign minister of germany, the foreign minister of france, the foreign minister of great britain, with the eu representative, and with a number of other foreig...

That they are scared and they want the russians to come in. vladimir putin had said that his forces are here to defend the russian speakers here in the ukraine. >> as we have heard, whatso som folks in crimea, very different than kran januarys in other parts of the country. thank you so much. heres another claim that vladimir putin made yesterday, that the basis for all of this -- -- hes blaming the best for what he called an familiarky and an armed -- anarchy and an armed coup in the ukraine. s...

Reflecting and stopping from going any further. secretary kerry saying russia is setting a pretext to go further, but then they say well maybe they would be satisfied with just crimea. i think whats going to end up happening here is they hope to get this diplomatic off-ramp where they sit down, russias concerns in crimea are addressed and also they have some kind of hand, i dont know if were talking about russian troops on the ground there but certainly if those troops turn back to their barrack...

On what were being asked to do in ukraine, and that is to help those ethnic russians there. now, today you heard secretary kerry tell in no uncertain terms, and also the president, putin to send all those russian forces in crimea back to barracks. >> russian forces? >> same forces back to barracks. and then you also heard a very, very strong statement, and a speech, basically, by john kerry, systematically neglecting and refuting every single point the russians had made in their attempt to ledge...

Earlier today, visited the capital of kiev for several hours, insists that what russian president vladimir putin says does not match what is actually happening on the ground. >> i dont think thats fooling anybody. i think everybody recognizes that although russia has legitimate interests in what happens in a neighboring state, that does not give it the right to use force as a means of exerting influence inside of that state. >> we condemn the russian federations act of aggression. it is clear th...

Putin says the opposition reneged on the deal, chased yanukovych out. the problem with that -- >> putin is using the fact that all of these people signed the agreement even though the russians refused to sign it in the end. >> reporter: while some call putin hypocritical, american leaders could be vulnerable as well. >> russia has been working hard to create a pretext for being able to invade further. >> i mean, when we criticize putin and talk about he cant use these pretext, putin just pulls b...

But russia alerted u.s. officials several days ago before the ukraine crisis start. we are told it was not unexpected and that s.t.a.r.t. treaty notifications occurred. earlier today vladimir putin said he reserves the right to use force in ukraine. markets responded well to putins its military exercises on ukraines border but there is no indication that the administration thinks that this crisis is over. heres what secretary kerry said in kiev not long ago. >> i think it is clear russia has bee...

That is completely trumped up in terms of its pretext. the president is currently considering all options. theyre all on the table. >> republicans, meanwhile, wasted no time in using the crisis to take pot shots at the president. >> we have a weakened, indecisive president. president obama needs had to something. >> the international community struggled over how to respond. >> they have been meeting at the brussels headquarters but with no credible military response available, there were just wa...

Repercussions all over the situations all situations in syria ranging from ranging fromf the united states. its really not going to go away. right now exactly like, you know, second world war, nazi germany grabbed part of czechoslovakia because it was inhabited by germans, ethnic germans, under the pretext of en some westerners said s and far-away land of which you have heard very little, this was chamberlin, prime minister of uk, some positions in the west say, well, we dont really have interes...

Freefall and theyre not in a really strong position to begin with. the strength of their economy has been always dependent on russian oil. europe is starting to diversify. theyre only forecasting about 1% growth next year. they are not really in a position to withstand a big economic hit. and my hope is that our european allies will stand with us because we can deliver it to them and do it pretty quickly. >> isnt part of a peaceful resolution to this crisis that results in the territorial integr...