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Has said crimea is and will remain part of ukraine, but the facts on the ground tell a different story and finally the e.u. is talking about sanctions today. they're thinking of possibly targeting 20 very top russian officials and hitting them with visa bans and asset freezes. >> all right, amy kellogg in ukraine, thank you very much. >> we've had more conversations with putin and their foreign secretary and we've got nothing done. >> he's winning. putin is winning. >> what do they talk about? the mets? >> a long six hours. >> heather childers is standing by to bring us other headlines. >> ano...

But president obama doesn't buy it, doesn't like it. amy kellog is live in kiev. does it appear crimeaens want this or were they forced? >> reporter: steve, it really does appear that crimeaens wanted this. but what doesn't stack up or doesn't really compute is that 97% supposedly who voted for it, because it is diverse. you can imagine that the older soviet-era people, the retired military who live down there, makes sense that they would want to go to russia. but the younger population, you have to think some of them would have wanted to be with a european union-leaning ukraine. i think what'...

Giving his first news conference. yanukovych is speaking to the press now. >> amy kellog is monitoring of the this. >> reporter: a top official says the two airports that were taken over by some sort of russian troops are back under ukraine's control. it isn't clear who the gunman were that took over the airports. both of these cities were in ukraine. they are pro-russian forces but whether or not they are part of the russian military -- russia does have a port where they keep

That is why he is in certain russia now. he believes he is still the president of ukraine and wasn't overthrown which means he is not safe. but that is the same thing basically. he plans to fight the future and he is blaming the west for everything saying he was misled from the european prime minis r minister. he whasn't talked to putin but did swing at him for his quote silence. >> thank you, amy. marta has more. you have putin on one side of this and the united states who is voicing support for the new ukraine president on the

Administrations have had. they have seen that in syria and that has been a learning experience for them. i think there are different perceptions depending on where you sit. we've now reached this interim agreement. we signed it. i think it's congress's role because congress is what brought us here. the administration was kicking and screaming all the way with these sanctions being put in place. i think we know we brought us to this place. we thank them for entering into negotiations. i wish they had been stronger. but now it's up to congress to make sure we follow through because, again, we're...