Seconds. We dont want a return to the cold war. Nobody wants this kind of action. There are going to be repercussions. Russian and ukraine stand at the brink of war. Hundreds of russian soldiers surrounding a military base. Navy movements have also been sighted in the black sea. John kerry headed to kiev to show support for the new leader. I think putin is playing chess, and i think were playing marbles, and i dont think its even close. 100 Million People are waking up to ice, snow plunging temperatures. Washington braces for nearly a foot 2,000 flights grounded nationwide. It will be another rough one. Im looking for that punxsutawney phil. The oscar goes to 12 years a slave. Everyone deserves not just to survive but to live. Matthew mcconaughey. All right, all right, all right. Cate blanchett. Julia hashtag suck it. You know what i mean . To the academy, thank you. Lupita. Thank you so much. The trial for Oscar Pistorius has begun. A california restaurant turned into a nightmare. Oh, that . A frozen start to this years iditarod alaskas grueling sled dog race. Championship a bonus if it goes in almost a miracle. And all that matters. Do you want meryl can Ellen DegeneresBradley Cooper took this selfie the most retweeted picture ever. We crashed and broke twitter. We have made history. On cbs this morning. I dont have any money. A pizza delivery at this Years Academy award. Sir, do you have money . You have a lot of money. Wheres Harvey Weinstein . Harvey. This mornings eyeopener is brought to you by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Gayle king is off. Good morning norah. Good morning to you, charlie. The president has a big test today. And we begin there. The United States and russia are nosetonose in their biggest confrontation since the days of the soviet union. Russian forces are tightening their grip on crimea, a vital region of ukraine. The Obama Administration is threatening russian president Vladimir Putin with economic sanctions. And ukraines new Prime Minister said this morning that his country will not give up crimea to anyone. Hes accusing russia of declaring war, and ukraines military is getting ready to fight. Elizabeth palmer is at a Ukrainian Air force base in sevastopol crimea. Reporter he has spoken up in geneva, and he has made it clear that russian troop also stay in southern ukraine, until, as he put it, the situation normalizes. In crimea, the russians are in control after a bloodless takeover thats lasted less than a week. There are still pocketing of resistance. Ukrainian forces barricade inside their own bases. But theyre surrounded by the Russian Military and hopelessly outnumbered. Some have switched sides, including the head of the ukrainian navy. Ukrainian troops who had hoisted the russian flag at their barricade, and they were backed by local militia who stole our body armor and told us to turn back. So we headed to the nearest Railway Station and took the train. Weve just crossed the border into crimea and the train didnt even slow down. There were certainly no official checkpoints or controls which goes to show you that until a couple of days ago, anyway, crimea was a completely integral part of ukraine. All that has now changed. This is occupied territory, and its gotten western ukrainians on the streets protesting. In odessa, thousands marched against the russian invasion and in the capital, the president called the invasion a declaration of war. Russia is to realize that they will pay the price, and not only russia but those who are today in crimea, and they present an illegal and traitorous act an illegal power in crimea. Reporter charlie and norah, im standing in one of the pockets of resistance i mentioned. Im on an Ukrainian Air base. You may see a couple of soldiers. Theyre standing their ground. The russians have been at the gate, and they said, we want you off that base today. Nobody knows exactly what the implied or else is. Nobody knows what will happen next. Its very tense indeed. Thanks elizabeth. On wall street, the crisis is sending stocks down sharply at this hour. Secretary of state john kerry will travel to ukraine tonight. Sunday, he told Bob Schieffer that russia has committed, in his words, an incredible act of aggression. You just dont, in the 21st century, behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumpedup pretext. I think russia needs to think very carefully about the choice that its making, and there are visa bans there are asset freezes, theres isolation with respect to trade and investment. American businesses may well want to start thinking twice about whether they want to do business with a country that behaves like this. These are serious implications. And president obama spoke with other World Leaders yesterday. Major garrett is at the white house where Officials Say theyre prepared to shut out russia. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning, norah and charlie. The economic moves that secretary of state kerry just outlined are very real and the white house is hoping that Vladimir Putin, the russian president , will back down at least slightly and take the offer now on the table of International Observers and international monitors in crimea, instead of risking longterm economic isolation. The fact is that everything the United States has done so far to punish russia, cancelling highlevel talks on trade and Energy Expansion cancelling preparations for a g8 summit in sochi, russia are temporary and could be reveersed. If the United States and its western allies hit russia with economic sanctions or deny moscow access to Global Financial networks and Key InternationalBank Accounts the damage to the russian economy could be longlasting and it could put u. S. Russian relations in the deepest, most confrontational stance theyve been in the entire obama presidency. Some believe putin has overplayed his hand and will not fire shots in crimea and will not move his forces into less friendly parts of ukraine. With canada great britain, france, and germany all against russia moscows own status in the g8 is also in jeopardy. These nations are also preparing, along with the United States, an economic package to rescue the transitional and fragile government in ukraine itself. The United States doesnt need or want to punish russia necessarily for this violation of the international law. It wants moscow to back off and ease the tensions. Right now, as Elizabeth Palmer just said, Russian Forces are there in crimea they are a reality. And until they move out this will be a confrontation between those Russian Forces on the ground and the implied threat of economic sanctions from the west. Norah and charlie . Major, thank you. Senior security contributor mike morell is with us, former Deputy Director at the cia. Good morning. Good morning. We want to talk about putin and what hes up to. What are the larger risks at stake in this crisis . So i think the real risk here is that this war could spread. Eastern ukraine is largely russian speaking and that could give putin a reason to move into Eastern Ukraine and have a larger war between ukraine and russia. Why is putin doing this . Whats he up to . Two reasons. One, its been a long time Russian Foreign policy in general and putins desire in particular to establish control complete control over all of those states that used to be part of the former soviet union. And it is also his strong desire to undermine the United States at any chance he can. So moving in crimea sends a very powerful message not only to ukraine, but to all of those countries of the former soviet union, dont mess with me. And to do it a day after the president tells him not to gives the United States a blackeye. Weve been talking about how fascinating this is and i know you agree with what hes doing. Lets talk about u. S. Options, what options we have. You heard the secretary of state say repeatedly yesterday, were going to make it hurt. But really economic sanctions . Are we prepared to go all the way . So the things weve done already are pretty weak and putin will see them as weak. Military action is not an option for obvious reasons. The only real option is economic sanctions. That could bite the russians. But do we really want to get into an economic war with russia, with a country that produces the secondmost oil in the world and a country that produces the secondlargest amount of natural gas in the world . He can cause real problems. The other question is whats at stake for president obama . The New York Times today, the Russian Occupation of crimea has challenged obama as no other international crisis. At its heart, the advice seemed to pose the same question is mr. Obama tough enough to take on the former kgb colonel in the kremlin . The only thing Vladimir Putin understands is tough. And there has to be a tough response for putin to pay attention. But the president s credibility is at stake. I think so. All right. Mike morell, thank you. A new storm is moving into the Pacific Northwest this morning. Forecasters say its the first in a series this week. Meanwhile, parts of the east coast will see up to a foot of snow today. This is philadelphia which is under a snow emergency. Schools and federal offices are closed in the district of columbia. Jeff pegues is on the snowy National Mall. Jeff, good morning. Reporter good morning, norah and charlie. It may be in the 50s out west but here in the nations capital, as you can see, were in the middle of this intensifying snowstorm. Right now, probably 2 to 3 inches of snow on the ground but its going to get worse. This is the same storm that coated parts of the south with ice and snow. Rain turned to snow early this morning in the nations capital, coating roadways with several inches of snow. Its just the latest storm in an unrelenting winter. Plummeting temperatures and sleet swept through parts of arkansas on sunday while in nearby Oklahoma City crews worked to treat icecovered roadways that led to accidents throughout the weekend. In philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter declared a snow emergency ahead of the storms. Our teams are out there. They will fight this storm as they have fought all the other storms, but we do need your patience. Reporter with the storm set to drop nearly a foot of snow in some parts of the midatlantic, less than 20 days from spring, winter fatigue has set in. Its going to be another rough one. Im looking for that punxsutawney phil. Reporter whiteout conditions here in the nations capital, and as the temperatures drop theyre expecting a lot more snow. Theyre anticipating up to a foot of snow in some spots, and there is growing concern about Power Outages in this area. Norah, charlie . Jeff, thanks. In texas this morning, 65mile stretch of interstate 45 is closed because of ice. Some drivers say theyve been stuck for 10 hours. Stormy weathers causing trouble for Airlines Across the United States. So far today, more than 2,000 flights are cancelled. Some of hollywoods newest faces are celebrating oscar wins this morning in the 86th annual Academy Awards making hifltry history of its own. Nancy odell is at the e. T. Studio in los angeles. Nancy, good morning. What a night. Reporter good morning, norah. Yes, i came directly from the governors ball. Listen, a great night. There were not a lot of big surprises amongst the winners at last nights oscars. 12 years a slave won three of the biggest awards including best picture. Gravity won the most oscars overall, but the show did break one unexpected record after host Ellen Degeneres wandered down into the audience with her smartphone. Meryl, can you take it . Oscar host Ellen Degeneres post a picture of herself in a starstudded selfie on twitter, and within an hour, it was the most retweeted selfie more than 1 million before the oscars were over. We just crashed twitter. We got an email from twitter and we crashed and broke. I got this from mrs. Shaw. The nights big winner was 12 years a slave winning best picture, best adapted screenplay and best supporting actress. Laputo thanked director Steve Mcqueen. The first black person to win a best picture oscar. And amongst gravitys seven oscars were two for cuaron who won for best director. Im mexican. I hope that like anything some mexicans were rooting for me. Did you believe i had to move out of my beautiful home . Cate blanchett was a frontrunner ever since blue jasmine was released last summer. Woody allen has been writing for years for women, and, you know incredibly complex, hilarious, extraordinary roles for women, and i was lucky get one. Reporter best actor, Matthew Mcconaughey, and supporting actor, jared leto were honored for their roles in Dallas Buyers Club. In his acceptance speech he offer add message of hope. To those that felt injustice because of who you are or who you love tonight i stand here in front of the world with you and for you. Reporter and after 20 years in the business Matthew Mcconaughey won with his first oscar nomination. I got a prize for excellence for the work i do and something thats not my job, and its not my hobby, and its not my fab, its my career. That feels wonderful. Oh, and he was feeling wonderful when i saw him at the governors ballast night, just completely thrilled. There were a number of major fill s that walked away empty handed last night, though. American hustle the wolf of wall street, captain phillips will shut out. But there were more special moments and ill be back in the next hour. And how about the acceptance speeches lupita stole the show in many ways. She really did. I said everybodys acceptance speech, they had meaning behind them and heartfelt, when they were talking about their family and really thinking about the world in general, when they were talking about people achieving their goals, and lupita was one of them, for sure. Thanks nancy. Thank you. Time to show you the mornings headlines from around the globe. Hamid karzai gives an emotional interview to the Washington Post. He explains why he is a harsh critic of the United States. Karzai says the 12year war leaves him angry. He believes the conflict has been waged with western interests in mind. Not afghanistans. And he downplays the role of al qaeda. Karzai also thinks the majority of prisoners captured by American Forces were innocent. Israels haaretz says obama will deliver a message with netanyahu. He believes time is running out for israel to make peace with the palestinians. Despite International Pressure netanyahu plans to stand steadfast. Chinese police found flags belonging to a separatist group at the scene of a mass knife attack. 29 were killed and 143 wounded in the assault at a train the attackers dressed in black. Theyre thought to be members of a Muslim Organization from western china. The New York Post says osama bin ladens son inlaw happens in a manhattan courthouse today. He is charged with conspireing to kill americans. And usa today says american job seekers should go west. Its home to seven of the ten states with the fastest job growth this year. The region benefits from strong housing recovery gains in energy and Booming Technology industry. Ahead, well take you to the teenie colorado town seeing a big boom thanks to a few scattered showers on the hidef radar. That will change in the middle of the day and the afternoon. Gray skies looking towards the Golden Gate Bridge and more cloud throughout the day today and the rain will be picking up towards the middle of the day in the north bay and spreading to the south. Temperatures fairly mild with the 60s there and the rain kicks in looking like showers and unsettled weather for the rest of the week. Announcer this National Weather report sponsored by nationwide insurance. Nationwide is on your side. The murder trial begins for the man known as the bladerunner. Ahead, were at the courthouse in south africa as the mother gets a first look at the man who shot and killed her daughter. Were back on cbs this morning. Stay tuned for your local news. Cbs this morning. Stay tuned for your local news. Announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by he announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by hersheys spreads. To anything everything. With new hersheys spreads, the possibilities are delicious. Amazing ive been claritin clear for 6 days. 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