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Pretext. we have to look, not knowing what the conversations are directly between putin and obama and we have to make a determination what putin tells our president cannot be trusted and their actions on the ground are speaking volumes. >> could be intentions, bring more of our ships into the black sea area, you are really upping the ante hear with the risk being coming to blows. is that a risk worth taking? a lot of americans look at ukraine and feel for them and say i remember syria and libya ...

The access of russian citizens coming into the eastern part of the country. why thats important is because of the fact that the ukrainian government is concerned that pro-russian activists may be coming into the country and trying to increase, or perhaps raise some demonstrations, which can then be used as a pretext for russia to say we have interest in the country, we have to get involved to protect our citizens. that was an argument made when it comes to crimea. saying they are ethnic russians...

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Doesnt seem they are backing down. >> it does seem, the ukrainian government and military, russian military out of uniform but there, are trying not to shoot at each other to be blunt. >> i think thats true. i think there were some shots fired today apparently and there are ship movements and worrying facts on the ground. so far it has not been a violent confrontation. kerry was praising ukrainian leaders for showing restraint because the provocation politically and russia could move farther int...

But their track record on being able to do this, about the biggest issues in international affairs is a terrible track record. when the berlin wall fell and the soviet union collapsed, the ci cia really did learn about it on cnn. they were taken by skpriz. the iranian revolution happened in 1979, the cia taken totally by surprise. when the soviet union invaded afghanistan in 1979, the cia, again, taken by surprise. go all the way back to 1949, web the soviet union exploded their first nuclear bo...

Very serious trouble for the whole world. >> i think its much more likely the russians will use their economic influence to intimidate and try to blackmail the knew government. russia controls the natural gas coming into ukraine from russia that powers the ukrainian economy and heats home and russia can trade trade off and on at the border. thats where they will go first. one thing to look for, if some of the ethnic russian governors and mayors in the big cities will call for the russians to com...

Bragging in dick cheneys bio. check it out. i think the bigger issue is im not sure whether american res focusing on this crisis yet to be honest. >> the media are. lets take a look at a couple of examples. >> when obama says and kerry did in kiev that this is a sign of weakness in that strength, youve got to wonder what cosmos our president are living in. >> there is this central awkwardness about the united states government trying to lead a response of international outrage to that kind of vi...

Tomorrow on a diplomatic mission to support the interim ukrainian government. secretary kerry warned there could be repercussions for russia and he said all options are still on the table. >> this is an act of aggression that is completely trumped up in terms of its pretext. its really 19th century behavior in the 21st century. >> 19th scentury, a 90-minute phone call between putin and obama yielded no solutions. and president obama is taking hits at home for his perceived inability to reign in ...

With the international community in affirming that there will be costs for any military interventioning in ukraine. >> now, youve called this an invasion. so what are the costs? >> well, were now discussing all of the options. this is an act of aggression that is completely trumped up in terms of its pretext. its really 19th century behavior in the 21st century and theres no way to start with that if russia persists in this, that the g-8 countries are going to assemble in sochi. thats a starter....

Expected to meet face to face with secretary kerry later today. before heading to paris, kerry stopped in kiev where he unveiled a billion-dollar aid package for ukraine and met with interim leaders, including the acting foreign minister who travelled to paris for the u.n. meeting. more on that from nbcs chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. andrea? >> reporter: what kerry is trying to do by bringing him here to paris is elevate him, give him legitimacy, and help him stand up to r...