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Us privately in recent days that, look, as long as at putin doesnt extend beyond crimea, then, fine, he is not escalating the situation. that is a direct signal they are not going to do anything to stop him from keeping crimea. the president today is talking about how its illegitimate to have this referendum on whether crimea should be part of russia. basically the u.s. has already sent a tacet signal that putin can have crimea. they dont want him to have it but they are not going to do anything...

Have their own economies tied in. >> i thought that was rising, henry. take a short-term pain to punish. >> im sure you are shocked that politicians were saying they were going to be tough proibleg not going to follow it up with a lot of teeth. think also diplomatic standpoint few days ago the state department said secretary of state is not going to meet with sergei lavrov unless there is concrete evidence that russia is pulling back. there hasnt been any real concrete evidence of that. >> no th...

Have their own economies tied in. >> i thought that was rising, henry. take a short-term pain to punish. >> im sure you are shocked that politicians were saying they were going to be tough proibleg not going to follow it up with a lot of teeth. think also diplomatic standpoint few days ago the state department said secretary of state is not going to meet with sergei lavrov unless there is concrete evidence that russia is pulling back. there hasnt been any real concrete evidence of that. >> no th...

Us privately in recent days that, look, as long as at putin doesnt extend beyond crimea, then, fine, he is not escalating the situation. that is a direct signal they are not going to do anything to stop him from keeping crimea. the president today is talking about how its illegitimate to have this referendum on whether crimea should be part of russia. basically the u.s. has already sent a tacet signal that putin can have crimea. they dont want him to have it but they are not going to do anything...

Its a farce. today a u.s. navy destroyer joined the forces for a military exercise in the black sea just a few hundred miles off that crimean peninsula. any word on whats going on at this meeting there, rich? >> well, the meeting is still going on right now. we anticipate we will get word. this has been something thats more of a photo opportunity effort interim prime minister, someone the russian government doesnt recognize meeting with the president of the united states right now, meeting with ...

Forth, and its concerning. near-term growth for the united states and europe is through the threats of sanctions, through the military whmaneuvers in the region, from grabbing any other pieces of ukraine. so far we dont see much sort of to suggest that moscow is headed explicitly in that direction but it could come at any moment. i think that is a big goal for the west. >> can ukraine get crimea back? and if so, how will it do that? >> it will be tough, shep. what were seeing now the russia entr...

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Centrum silver. ♪ see whats new at projectluna.com big meeting today in the oval office. prime minister of ukraine and president obama trying to figure out what to do with putin in russia. as you know russia has taken over the crimea which is part of ukraine. joining us from washington chief white house correspondent ed henry. so whats the headline today? anything going to happen? >> no. it doesnt really look like there is going to be much of u.s. action. there is not too much the u.s. at this...

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