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Reporter meeting with his a advisors, speaking with his advisors, wolf, hes in boston right now but were told that he participated in this white house meeting of principals, the president s Top National Security advisors via videoconference, he also reached out to the ukrainian interim president , basically to show u. S. Support for ukraine not only with Russian Troops entering the area, but also with this political upheaval thats going on for several months, culminating in the ousting of president yatsenyuk, right now the u. S. Has to show support, even as it answers Russian Military moves, it can also show its pressure on russia by reporting ukraine is very fragile right now, it needs all this natural gas. By showing support for the ukraine, thats putting pressure on washington. Fred, is standing by whats the latest there . Reporter the late zest that the russians are still waiting to see what if any troops movements theyre going to see. The latest that were hearing from the kremlin is that apparently at this point in time its not clear what a decision has been made to use those forces yet. Prime minister medvedev was on the phone with the leadership in ukraine, he assured them at this point in time the kremlin has not decided whether or not to actually deploy the forces that were okd today by the parliament, those forces dont name seem to be on the way yet. The russians have enough forces in crimea to control the situation there, theyre in control of the two airports and many of the government buildings and that is something thats causing a lot of the International Anger here which russia just seems to be brushing off at this point in time. We keep saying again and again, it seems that the russians in crimea is so important that russia is not listening to what the white house is saying, what the International Community is saying and what the u. N. Is saying as well. These tensions have been building over the past couple of days. One of the things that christianne said before and is interestinging that really plays into russian fears in ukraine. What you hear again and again is that the russians, or the people of russian heritage there are very afraid that they might lose special rights, they might be marginali marginalizes. Lennons statues were being torn down, there were motions to tear down now, statues that were put up during the times of the soviet union. Laws that were repealed that gives special status to the russian language so there really hasnt been much on the part of the russian government both in crimea and other parts of the countries, you have been hearing statements for the president and the new Prime Minister saying that ukraine has this new european way that it wants to get away from its ties with russia and that certainly isnt something that has helped the situation very much and certainly isnt something also that was received very well in moscow and might have also fuelled the tensions as well, wolf. Good point, fred, reporting from moscow, lets go to the white house right now, our senior White House Correspondent jim acosta is standing by. Jim, there were important meetings in the west wing of the white house, we saw the Top National Security advise scores leafing the west wing of the white house. I assume theyll be issuing a statement or someone will be going before the cameras, what are you hearing . Reporter and this is eerily similar to when the president was weighing whether to use military force against syria, there were some tense moments over here at the white house on some weekends as you willll recall, wolf, and these principal meetings do occur from time to time. It does appear that one occurred this afternoon but the white house has to officially congrfi that mississippi t that that s the case. The chairman of the joint chiefs, Martin Dempsey. So it does a appear that senior officials have been meeting with the president here about this situation in ukraine. And you know, wolf, youve been talking about options a that the white house has available to it, options that the president has available to him. He talks about cost to Vladimir Putin, cost to russia if they decide to go ahead and invade ukraine. Theyre still trying to ascertain what theyre doing in crimea, but the white house at this point is only willing to say that its looking at its options, its trying to decide what to do if this does get to a situation thats going from bad to worse, we heard from Senior Administration Officials Say last night that the u. S. Is evaluating whether or not the u. S. Will be involved in the g8 summit thats scheduled for sochi, later on in june, as to what might happen after that, we just dont know at this point so thats what were waiting to find out at the white house, what the president will say next. We suspect we know whats going on, but they havent confirmed it just yet. I assume they will fairly soon, i know theyre in touch with officials over there, theyll make a decision on how to respond to this escalating crisis. Jim acosta, thanks very much. Lets go to kiev right now, thats the capital of ukraine. Were hearing these ominous reports that the you cUkrainian Military is going to a higher state of alert based on these provocations, they call them provocations coming from moscow . Reporter thats exactly right a and its actually the highest level of alert and readiness, theyre saying that the morale among the troops is high and that theyre ready for any sort of provocation from moscow. Although that being said, the Prime Minister did talk with his counterpart in russia to try to ease tensions and the russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says that russia hasnt decided to use further force in ukraine, but that is still an option. Also the chief of ukraines navy also had a conversation with his counter part to deescalate the tensions around a naval base in the crimea that is controlled by ukraine and they said that that has also taken place. But there are high security, they said, arrange critical infrastructu infrastructure, that being Nuclear Power plants in ukraine and they said any sort of military intervention would be dealt with swiftly and that would end any sort of relationship between ukraine and russia. Lets be blunt about this, ian, they would be no match to the Russian Military, the russians are so much more powerful. Reporter well, thats exactly right. If you look at the airplanes, the size of their tanks, artillery, even their military budgets, its just a fraction of what russia has. Russia has right now 150,000 troops on military exercise, thats equivalent to amount of troops that the u. S. Had at the height of the war in iraq. Its definitely a lot larger force than the ukraine yaian military, but they said they are ready, if you look, the ukraine was ready to have a guerrilla warfare against the russians, that would be more the likely hood, youre rights, ukraine couldnt go blow for blow with russia. Lets hope it doesnt come down to any of this, as the u. S. Secretary general ban kimoons spokesman, as he said, cooler heads hopefully will prevail all around, this is a moment where intense diplomacy will get underway and resolve this situation without violence. Were going to get back to you, well continue to watch whats going on in ukraine, the fallout, well see what the white house does as far as issuing some sort of statement. Much more breaking news right after this. C . No, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. You stopped by the house . Uhhuh. Yea. Alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. You leave the house in good shape . Yea. Yea, of course. [ sportscaster talking on tv ] lastsecond field go yea, sure ya did. [ male announcer ] introducing at t digital life. Personalized Home Security and automation. Get professionally monitored security for just 29. 99 a month. With limited availability in select markets. 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Lets get some perspective on whats going on, joining us now, nicholas burns, hes on the phone, hes a professor of the harvard law school. Give us some perspective right now, you have seen a lot of these tense moments internationally over the years, how big of a deal is this . This is a Major International event, wolf, its a major challenge to European Security and to think of it, one of the great positive developments in the last three years was the end of communism in europe and the creation of a Free Democratic europe. What putin has done by going into crimea and expangding his presence into the eastern part of the ukraine. We know that the Ukrainian Defense minister, we just reported a little while ago, he says that the Ukrainian Military now is on the, quote, highest state of military readiness. Is it really realistic that there could be military confrontation between Ukrainian Forces and invading Russian Forces . Reporter i dont think either side wants that and i think what the president and his advisors are trying to think about is two things, how do you drive up the cost to putin and how do you limit putin to go no further than he has already gone in crimea. Give him some good advice, which would be restraint, dont take on the Russian Military unless they think twice about it. But also give them substantial economic support, stand by them, get the imf in there to give them shortterm economic stability and there ought to be some kind of dramatic signal by the major Foreign Ministers of europe, and shicning an international spotlight on putin. The critontribut we need to cha theres a lot the administration can do to orchestrate at least an attempt to limit putin and drive up the cost. We just got a statement from the chairman of the House Armed Services committee, and hes saying this, among other things, hes saying Vladimir Putins imperialist aspirations are a throw back to the last century, hes violated the freedom of all ukrainians and their 20year International Commitment to respect the existing borders of the ukraine. The rhetoric on all sides seems to be escalating in a rather dangerous direction. Theres a shock for the international system. We thought the cold war was over, we thought it was in the distant historical past. And an attempt by the Russian Federation essentially to divide a sovereign nation state in europe and that simply cant stand. And so the last thing the United States would want to do would be to provoke any kind of conference, to see the u. S. Pursue a diplomatic path. But we can limit putin and we can certainly drive up the cost to him, make this painful for him and hopefully preserve the integrity of the rest of ukraine and help that state move forward towards the president ial elections. All is that is in play, but it does require clear leadership by the United States and germany and some of the other european countries. Our jim acosta reporting that the u. S. May cancel its participation in the g8 summit meeting in sochi russia scheduled for june. I aassume some others in the European Union will as well. Reporter it is important that we send a signal of no business as usual. It might make sense to decide to kick russia out of the g8. President clinton was the one and he had good reason to do this when he worked with president yeltsin, expanding from g8 to g7. President clinton gave substantial support to the Russian Federation. But you see putin acting in a way that so we certainly cannot somewhere i would be surprised if president obama did not announce that today or in the coming days that hes not going to sochi and i think the european allies should support him on that. That goes with the cold war who would have thought things would be unfolding as quickly as they are right now. Nick, thanks very much for offering some good perspective on whats going on. Our own Christianne Amanpour is standing by in longdon. But first, todays cnn hero, hes changing the lives of families. Meet this very special man. Im emotional right now. Im excited. Im so glad things are starting to turn around. Its been like five years, me and my kids didnt have nowhere to go. We just had to go from place to place. We slept in abandoned cars. We moved in here with nothing. When i seen my children on the floor, going to bed, it hurts me. Okay. Hi. 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