Ships have been blocked. They have moved to black the entrance to a lake. This is a very interesting movie. The pro Russian Parliament has called for a referendum on whether to stay part of the ukraine. They want it to take place in ten days time. Lets begin at the white house. Reporter today, we see a sort of symphony of diplomacy. All 28 yeerp peen heads of state hold a special sanction. Something thats also been actively repaired for right here. Well, russia still insists all those system engineers arent russian. We dont accept anything that president putin said as fact. Carefully. The United States and its partners is focusing intensely on a remedy. Reporter john kerry met with his russian counter part who then refused to meet with ukraine. They are urging russia to pull back its troops, let in International Observers who yesterday were blocked from getting into ukraine and continue discussions. The result now moves towards sanctions by europe and by the u. S. On its own. Were at a critical point. Thats sending a strong message using all the political and economic levers we can pull. Well see what happens over the next 24 hours. Reporter a group of senators is working on a resolution to condemn russias actions. Today, the house foreign Regulations Committee will vote on its own resolution forcing putin to reverse his aggression. This as the state department put out a fact sheet called president putins fiction. Absolutely no evidence, it reads of things like threats to russians there or a humanitarian crisis. Russia has agreed to continue discussions. The Prime Ministers have spoken. And just yesterday, Vladimir Putin talked to merkel about options. But what the u. S. Has repeatedly asked russia to do still has not happened. Delegates are meeting on the crisis at this hour. Ukraines interim Prime Minister is at the session pleading for diplomacy. Russia has refused to attend the talks. Er relation is in brussels with the latest. Reporter it was very clear here on monday when she said that either russia deescalates or it risks damaging its relationship with europe. Heads of state and government have arrived. On the table, a menu of options including freezing assets. Also potential suspending negotiations over visas. So all of that being considered. Any sanction needs to be met with the approval of some 28 Member States unanimous approval. Which could be problematic considering there are differences in thought. Countries such as germany and britain leaning toward more negotiations. It will be interesting to see what, if any, decision comes out of todays meeting. Kate . Huge lingering questions. Especially the question of can they get unanimous approval as you point out. The situation in ukraine seems to grow only more volatile by the moment. Now the pro Russian Parliament has called for a referendum this month on whether to join with russia or stay part of ukraine. Lets go to the ukraine with much more. Reporter we are currently at a military base where tensions certainly remain high. There are Russian Troops behind me and dozens of transport vehicles. They arrived here on friday, 700 of them, and they are still here in full force. Theyve taken over the military base. The ukraine commander came out and spoke to us. He says the position remains calm but it has the potential to become extremely dangerous as they discovered last night. Myly sha men surround this cafe. Inside, a u. N. Envoy takes shelter. His mission halted after harrowing moments. Earlier pro russian men in camouflage threatened jeffrey serry at gunpoint. Somebody who did not identify himself was telling me that he had orders to immediately bring me to the airport. I refused. Reporter serry flew to safety. He says what happened to him illustrates how dangerous the conflict has become. Im very, very afraid for what could happen if there is bloodshed. Reporter long simmering tensions are boiling over in the crimean capitol and spreading across the region. At sea, russian ships asserting their presence. The ukraines eastern border with russia, a tug of war for control of a Regional GovernmentHead Quarters near the hometown of ousted president viktor yanukovych. They reportedly recaptured the building hours later. And scuffles between rival demonstrate stray tors continued into the night. As you mentioned in your introduction, the Crimean Parliament voted a short time ago to hold a referendum in ten days time. The citizens here will decide whether or not they want to stay with ukraine or become a part of russia. There are very close historical ties with russia. Crimea used to be part of the former soviet union. Certainly from the people we were speaking to yesterday, they are very prorussian. They want nothing to do with europe, nothing to do with the west. I think its safe to say that these Russian Troops behind me wont be going anymore. The noninsignia soldiers, russia hasnt claimed them yet. This mystery soldier, kind of speaks to the oddness of the situation. Thanks for reporting for us this morning. With that reporting, we now want to figure out what could come next. Joining us is cnn political commentator to break it all down. Lets start with this proposition. A referendum, the people will decide. In crimea they want to take a vote. Is that okay, is it allowed . If so, is that the right outcome in the situation. I think you need to have International Observers if its going to be credible. It seems to be unlikely youre going to have the legitimate kind of process you would need. Right now you have a stalemate. The russians are in control of crimea, but they havent moved into the rest of ukraine. Maybe you could walk this situation back from the brink. But if russia moves towards taking legal control over the crimea, then it seems to me we have another escalation. The leader says this referendum will be illegitimate. For that scary image of anna standing with the russian personnel carriers behind her, the history soldier, this referendum that could happen or not, what will ukraine do with its own democracy. You believe we may have seen the worst here. Theres no evidence so far that putin is continuing on into the rest of ukraine. And the u. S. , i think, is trying to figure out and europe trying to figure out how to strengthen the government of ukraine but also offering russia facesaving measures to move back. You have as you see the russian ukrainian some ders right there. You have protests and various different kinds of skirmishes going on. Theres a real race here between the possibility of de escalation on one hand and the possible of it gets out of control on the other. Whether its exaggerated, there is real tension within the country. They have real ethnic pressure they have to resolve. With time, it could go the wrong way. Thats unpacking the situation in ukraine and crimea as it stands. You then have this parallel problem going on back here in the u. S. Which is the optics of the politics of the situation. There is a fwroeing attack against president obama. And it is this, putin is doing what hes doing right now because of you, you are weak. You tell me, youre the expert in the area. I look at crimea and i see 2008 georgia except that was worse. President bush watched putin go in to georgia, took too much time, was criticized by people here. There was actual hostilities, actual killing. It seemed like if you were going to point the finger where did he learn he could do things without reprize l from the u. S. , how do you start now and not then. Putin did something very similar in georgia. From the Russian Point of view, youve seen natos borders move from berlin all the way onto the grounds of the former soviet union. One of the things i think putins key strategic desires was to prevent them from expanding further. By invading georgia in 2008 and going what hes done in crimea, hes effectively stopped that march. That doesnt have anything to do with the policies of obama. Putin is trying to dau a line to nato saying here and no further. And he got the exact same results that are being critic e criticized right now. Everybody wanted to be deliberate. So it does seem theyre playing politics here. Thats a safe aassumption. Nobody wants to ultimately put u. S. Troops on the ground to fight in places like crimea or georgia. The russians know that and we know that. The only thing he does know is hes getting to watch the u. S. To attack itself. Important perspective. Thank you very much. Thank you. Relying on you in this discussion here. Hopefully the worst a over. Were going to follow ukraine, all the developments. There is also other news this morning. John . Breaking overnight, an American Eagle plane forced to make an Emergency Landing in greenville texas. They say it happened just after takeoff from the dallas ft. Worth airport. One passenger tweeted, the crew kept everyone calm during the landing and evacuation. President obama selling the Affordable Care act to latinos. Right after they announced a twoyear extension. Some drama at a House Committee hearing on former irs official. Furious that they cut off microphones before he had a chance to speak. Listen to this. Whats the big deal . May i ask my question . May i state my statement . Youre all free to leave, weve adjourned, but the gentleman may ask his question. The past year the central republican accusation were adjourned. Close it down. He was frustrated because lerner once again took the fifth. New developments now in the case of holly bo bo. Sacry adams is being held without bond. Hes due in court next week. Authorities have not said whether her remains have finally been found. In massachusetts the states highest court ruling in favor of a man who took Upskirt Photos of female subway riders in boston. The court says while such actions should be illegal, theyre not. According to state law, the woman would have to be nude or partially nude for it to be illegal. Massachusetts lawmakers now say the law needs to be rewritten. We will have much more on this later on the show. I know youve been having a hot debate on this all morning. Been having a field day with this. How is it are you not partially nude . I dont know. But i do understand why this happened. There is no debate. Dont let john berman throw me under the bus. Stop pro upskirting. Judges dont make laws. Not like we like upskirting, this seems like a good idea, but that you drew the law in a way that doesnt capture this activity. We will discuss this further. Theres no debate. Hes trying to get you in trouble. And its working. Youre also to blame for the weather. Yes. Lets go to Indra Petersons and take a look at whats its looking like outside your door today. Love this. Youre all going to love it. Temperatures climbing as we go towards the weekend. We are talking 50s. D. C. , some 60s over the weekend. There are concerns. The low thats bringing rain into the gulf, that is the start maki making its way down the coastline. There is a threat for icing and sleet. After that, smooth sailing for the weekend, unless youre in the midwest. Thats where another burst of cold is coming your way. Look at all this moisture from south of hawaii really pummelling itself into the pacific northwest. A lot of mud slides already in the area and even 4 or 5 inches of rain still expected. Keep in mind also is going to be the threat for avalanches. Were talking about warming, a lot of snow, and then warming again. Were still talking about avalanches over the next several weeks. 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Its about a doctor who was fist on the scene and it has revealed shocking details about what he saw and heard inside pistorius house after model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was killed. Robin . Reporter it was very compelling. Very emotional. Quite shocking testimony we just heard in this courtroom. This doctor was one of Oscar Pistorius neighbors. He was on the scene before the police, before the ambulances. The first description weve heard of what Reeva Steenkamp looked like. He described her lying on her back. He said Oscar Pistorius was covering a wound in Reeva Steenkamps thigh and he had two of his middle fingers in her mouth. He was crying and standing over her the entire time the doctor tried to assess just how mortally wounded he was. Pistorius was playing. At one time he heard him say he would give his life to god in reeva lived. The doctor then went onto describe how he saw blood, brain matter intermingled with reevas hair. He quickly judged that she was mortally wounded. Oscar pistorius had his head sort of bowed in his hands. At one point, the sketch artist tells us who was sitting close to pistorius that he looked like he was about to start vomiting, dry heaving. Before that, there was also more dramatic testimony. Take a listen to this this morning, the defense laying on an aggressive crossexamination on one of pistorius neighbors. Your interpretation today is a designed one. Its designed to gain opinion. According to notes written by johnson recently released to the court, he was woken up by a womans call for help. It sounded more like panic. Reporter the defense ininsisting the amputee shot his girlfriend by accident and claims what johnson heard was pistorius yelling for help. The screaming that you heard was mr. Pistorius. Im convinced that i heard a lady scream. Reporter on wednesday, the state maintained pistorius killed steenkamp in a fit of rage prosecutors calling two owners of a restaurant and one of pistorius friends to rehash a january 2013 incident where a friends gun was passed to him under a table when it accidentally went off in pistorius hands. He did apologize and say are you okay, is everybody okay. Reporter he asked his friend to take the blame. I remember him saying, just just say it was you. I dont want any attention around me. Reporter the accidental discharge happened just a few weeks before he shot his girlfriend dead in his bathroom. Pistorius has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. After the launch break, all eyes are going to be on further testimony from this doctor and of course the corrosion. Its being all this testimony about this shun shot a few days or weeks before this. That may not have come into an american trial. Many of you have been asking questions about the differences. There are some differences here. Pistorius isnt facing a jury. Right right. Sut africa abolished jury trials. There were fears of racial prejudice. So instead, you have a single judge who will decide this case. And the judge in this case, a woman, will have to give clear reasons why shes decided one way or another. However, the judge is not alone. In this case, in the high court which look at only the most serious crimes, the judge has two assessors to help her. Theyre legal experts who do nothing but this. They sort through evidence and make all determinations of fact. What happened, when, and whats important the assessors decide. They then give those findings to the judge. The judge must accept them, but then she rules on the case. We dont see that here in the u. S. Well see how the system plays out. That was a good explanation. Lets look at our Bleacher Report now. Duke basketball upset last night by wake forest. The coach had a health scare during the became. At this point hes doing okay. Duke says hes going to be judge fine. Unfortunately the stress from last nights loss really got the better of him. They say he suffered, quote, disease spells dizzy spells after the game. After the game, he decided to skip the process. So while coach kay may have put too much emotion into the game, duke didnt score a basket for 5 minutes. They ended up winning the game. This story is trending this morning on Bleacher Report. Its great video of him harbaugh. He was a solid nfl as well. He slams it. In a practice session by the jayhawks. Its got to be the 8 khakis. What do you think . Wearing that usual outfit. Running out on the field, we know of course is a bad idea. Instead of being carried off, he actually got carried around by one of the South African story lines in the world. It looked like this bring sil january team was goining this moment. Hes a