Further. The u. S. Tries to defuse the crisis in ukraine. Secretary of state john kerry will meet with his russian counterpart in paris today. There are reports this morning that Russian Troops have seized two Ukrainian DefenseMissile System in crimea. Sanctions could be imposed on russia if it fails to deescalate by tomorrow. If you like your health plan you may be able to keep it longer. The Washington Post says the Obama Administration is rewriting rules. Mom and dad are victors against a daughter for whom they refused to support. In florida, a woman and her three children are safe as a dramatic ocean rescue. They were inside a minivan that drove into the surf at daytona beach. What were they thinking about . Electrical contractors believed to be at fault for a huge explosion in south jersey. At least ten homes were destroyed. Chaos. Didnt know what was going on, what had happened. Nother member of the bush family has entered the political arena. George p. 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Top officials from ukraine, russia, the United States, britain, and france are in paris paris. The west is ready to offer ukraine billions of dollars in economic aid, but secretary of state john kerry says this morning that the russians and ukrainians have not yet agreed to meet face to face. Kerry said yesterday in ukraines capital that russia broke international law, but theres no need over the violation. President obama and i want to make it clear to russia and to everybody in the world that we are not seeking confrontation. It is not appropriate to invade a country and at the end of a barrel of the gun dictate what you are trying to achieve. That is not 21st century g8 major nation behavior. Margaret brennan is at the palace where secretary kerry is getting ready to sit down with russias top diplomat. Margaret, good morning. Reporter good morning, and good morning to the west coast. Russias top diplomat is here in paris, but its not clear whether or not hell meet with ukraines foreign minister. Secretary of state john kerry had hoped to get the two talking to find a peaceful way out. Kerry will meet himself with lavrov later today, and his message is that there is a way out. The u. S. Is asking russia to send troops back to their bases, accept international monitors and endorse may elections to set up a new ukrainian government. The u. S. Had hoped to set up European Union wide sanctions on russia, but german chancellor Angela Merkel today president obama yesterday shes reluctant, because there are deep ties between the two economies and germanys very reliant on russian gas. So the u. S. May have to go it alone and sanction russia itself in the coming days. The e. U. Did agree on one thing. A 15 billion aid package to this i is to pull ba yeah i think everybody gnizes that although russia has legitimate interests in what happens in the neighboring state, that does not give it the right to use force as a means of exerting influence inside of that state. And this morning, russian president Vladimir Putin said that political tensions should not interfere with, in his words, our current economic cooperation. Elizabeth palmer is in sevastopol sevastopol crimea. Elizabeth, good morning. Reporter now that president putin has backed off on his option to expand the invasion the situation here in crimea has sort of devolve into a waiting game. This is just one of the military bases loyal to kiev. This may be a siege, but its a relaxed one. The wives and families of ukrainian soldiers arriving with food for their men. Not so much scared for them as outraged. She says, its humiliating, our soldiers being told to disarm. As a woman, i imagine its like being asked to strip naked by strangers. So what next . The russian soldiers around the base werent talking. You dont know how long youll be here . The truth is they probably have no idea. Moscow will certainly resist giving up control of this vital territory, home to the Russian Black Sea fleet. But what happens to the ukrainian soldiers holding out from one end of the peninsula to the other . Apart from a few highprofile officers switching sides, the troops have held their ground on dozens of bases and even on military ships. Commander alexi said marines never surrender. Nobody wants to swear an oath to a dubious government, but the troops have been crushed emotionally. Crews of two navy ships fassened their mattresses to the rails to prevent the russians boarding. And in a powerful symbol of loyalty, the ukrainian navys biggest warship is still flying the national flag. Moscow could insist that all this be handed over to the Russian Military to control in the future, but this matter, too, is now in the hands of the diplomats. In fact, the diplomatic process has already engaged here in southern ukraine. Two teams of International Observers have arrived. One civilian, one unarmed military, to get a firsthand look eyeson of the situation down here. Thanks, elizabeth. Robert gates appeared on my pbs program last night to talk about ukraine before going to the pentagon. Gates spent 26 years at the cia. He became the agencys goto man on russia. Gates is wearing a neck brace because of a recent fall. At the cia and at the defense department, you have access to all kinds of analysis of Vladimir Putin. What do you think hes up to . And how far is he prepared to go . Well, im kind of amused by this some of the headlines that im seeing on tv and elsewhere that hes lost touch with reality or that he doesnt understand that this is a new world or whatever. He knows exactly what hes doing. He is trying to reestablish russian influence and a measure of control over the former states of the soviet union. He doesnt want to bring them back into the soviet union. He doesnt want to recreate the soviet union. He just wants them in effect to be part of an alliance with russia, but where they essentially do russias bidding. And hes trying to prevent them from moving to the west. Is the president handling this about right, or not . I think he is. Trying to get the allies on the same page and being willing to collectively first threaten and then potentially implement severe sanctions against russia for what they have done in ukraine is exactly what he should be doing. I think the challenge the president faces is that our allies may not be as willing to go along with these sanctions as they should be. Were hearing from the u. K. , from germany, elsewhere a reluctance to impose banking sanctions, to impose trade sanctions, and so on. So i think i think that the administration and the president personally have their work cut out for them. So the question to you is, what should we demand for them to lift those sanctions . Im skeptical that the europeans will get behind a set of serious sanctions, okay . Thats one of the risks for the president. If he pushes too far and the United States gets too far out in front and the europeans he looks behind him, and none of the europeans are there, then we risk being the ones isolated here. So, i mean, im not optimistic about how this is going to turn out, quite frankly. Partly, in no small part, because i dont think that the europeans are prepared to take the steps necessary to put the pressure on putin militarily in Eastern Europe or economically and politically elsewhere, including in ukraine. And thats a bad omen for the future. I think so. Gates also said fellowins tone down their criticism of obama. He said namecalling will not help the United States achieve goals in the ukraine. He says essentially that the troops will be there for a while. He does, because he doesnt think the sanctions will happen sufficiently because he doesnt think the allies are willing to do it. And what weve heard this morning suggests he may be right. From germany, indeed. On wall street the dow is down in early trading at this hour, despite Financial Markets rebounding as ukraine starts to quiet down. The dow opened the day after 228point gain tuesday, the biggest oneday climb since september. The s p 500 hit a record high for the 49th time in the past 12 months. This morning, critics of the president S Health Care law have a new target for their anger. Another major delay. The Obama Administration will allow insurers to continue offering barebones lanns, even if they dont comply with the minimum standards. Jan crawford is in washington with the newest twist in the rollout. Jan, good morning. Reporter well, good morning, charlie, nora. Good morning to our viewers in the west. Last fall, the president allowed some of the nofrills plans to stick around, after an outcry from millions of consumers who had their policies cancelled. Now, the white house is hoping to prevent a similar scene just before the midterm elections. With consumers outraged over cancellations, the president announced last november that americans could keep their plans for another year, even if they did not meet the Affordable Care act basic coverage requirements. I completely get how upsetting this could be for a lot of americans, particularly after assurances they heard from me that if they had a plan they liked, they could keep it. And to those americans, i hear you loud and clear. Reporter now, cbs news has learned the administration will allow insurers to offer the substandard plans even longer avoiding another round of cancellations just weeks before the midterm elections. Republican senator kelly ayotte said the white house is trying to protect vulnerable democrats not consumers. If you look at the timing of it, its designed to delay until right after the 2014 elections, and we already know what happened when people started to receive cancellation notices last time. Reporter news of the extension comes just three weeks before another critical obamacare deadline march 31st, the last day to sign up through an insurance exchange. Last month, the Vice President warned that enrollment goals may not be met. Initially we talked about why the end of this period having 7 Million People lined up. We may not get to seven, but were going to get to five or six, and thats a hell of a start. Reporter now congressional republicans, of course have been trying to repeal obamacare. Theyve done it, like, nearly 50 times, tried to. The irony, of course, for all into the water. They realized there was another child still stuck signed the vehicle. The kids are screaming theres a baby theres a baby. I get back to the van and by this time a cup p lifeguards made it down there to us and come to find out there was a baby in the still strapped in the seat, but we got her. Reporter a lifeguard can be seen carrying that child dressed in red away from the car. Authorities are investigating how and why the car got into the water. All three children and their mother were taken to the hospital to be examined. Local police tell us right now the children are in state custody. The department of children and families is also investigating the incident. Charlie and norah. Terrell, thank you. For decades china has pursued Economic Growth with regard to the coons kwenss. Now that is changing. Dirty air is too big a problem to ignore. Seth doane is air thats plagued this city and elsewhere in china. This morning the government vowed to fight this. Speaking to the nearly 3,000 delegates gathered in beijings great hall of the people chinas premier said he was declaring war against pollution. We listened to the nearly been its a redlight warning sent by nature against the model of extensive development, lee said. We must strengthen protection of the ecological environment. That theyre working on a report about the cias detention and interrogation programs. The long beach plus telegram says former secretary of state Hillary Clinton is comparing russias actions in ukraine to nazi germany. Places like czechoslovakia and romania and other places. Hitler kept saying theyre not being treated right. I must go and protect my people, and thats whats gotten everybody so nervous. Reporter karen robes meeks at the event, confirmed the quote. Says the ceo of General Motors is launching an internal review ataunching issue how they delayed reporting a defective switch. The cars involved in the recall are from 2007 before. 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Its 7 26. Im michelle griego. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is in Mountain View today. He is there to sign a business agreement with Governor Brown. He is also promoting a new cbs series highlighting tourism in israel. The Oakland City Council has approved part of a controversial surveillance program. The Domain Awareness Center is a proposed hub to monitor surveillance cameras. But the Council Approved the program only for the port of oakland. Big problems during the morning commute after a bart train hit someone on the tracks overnight. Police say the person was trespassing near the south hayward station in an area not open to the public. With more on that heres elizabeth. A big headache for bart riders early this morning. We just got off the phone with a bart official and they say they are in the process of re opening the tracks and getting bart trains running right now. In the meantime, earlier this morning no service between south hayward and fremont. 7 30 was the time we were told that they were hoping to get trains running. That appears to be the case any moment now. Ac transit also on time. Caltrains and ace train number one no delays. Out to the roads, southbound 880 slow into fremont because of an earlier crash. Lawrence has the forecast after this. A lot of clouds outside right now. We havent seen much in the way of rainfall just a couple of scattered light showers overnight mainly north of the golden gate bridge. But we are going to see some changes as we head throughout the day today. We have some thick fog developing outside. And it looks like that is going to give way to a chance of some showers late in the day. Temperatures only going to be in the 60s and the low 70s. A doctor in baton rouge is warning people that the beach can be covered with filth, bacteria, and even the flu virus. True. 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