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Could do. >> strong words from charles krauthammer, as russian president vladimar putten in a speech dismissed the sanctions brought by the united states after approving a draft bill for thenexation of crimea. bret baier has the report. >> are we coming to a breaking point between obama and putin? obama is threatening to issue more sanctions if russia's government doesn't stop. what happens now? >> it is interesting, it is hard to imagine, there was a background briefing when the sanctions were unrolled and senior administration officials tried to say how the u.s. is working with russia on a n...

Already in there. you have "the wall street journal" report last week that the saudis are going to send shoulder fire missiles. what are you left with? the administration gave us a background briefing on friday and they are talking about a u.n. resolution but they admit that it will not have sanctions or military action attacked to it. so where is the teeth? who is going to follow that resolution? >> tragic story and it looks like it's only going to continue to get more tragic. gayle, thanks. > according to a u.s. official, officials were talking to students at a local university about trave...

Steps we can take to apply more pressure to the assad regime, and we're going to be continuing to work with all the parties concerned to try to move forward on a diplomatic solution. >> keep in mind the president's not admitting that he's had the wrong policy, but he's saying that he needs a new approach. but in a background briefing by senior administration official over the weekend, they indicated they're still casting around for some ideas, mentioning only that a, quote, wide range of policy tools and options are in play. meanwhile, the crisis seems to have intensified in recent weeks. whil...

Approved and steb 3 is choosing a plan and enrollment figures will not be available to mid november, when the major bugs have got to be worked out. here's why. if you want to start your coverage on first of the year, the deadline to enroll is december 15th. people are procrastinators by nature. that means odds are we'll see a spike around thanksgiving, as a guide when massachusetts launched its commonwealth care. enrollment spiked as the full mandate kicked in. you can see it there on the chart. perry bacon is at the white house where he had a background briefing on obama care's implementation...

Is not on the line, the international community credibility is on the the line. he dodged a question about what he would do if congress doesn't give him the green light. what were you takeaways? >> well, i think it was clear that the president was trying to depersonalize the syria issue aa little bit. that red line explanation is one senior advisers made over the weekend right after, you know, when they held a background briefing about the president's decision on saturday, when he made that announcement he was going to congress. they were asked about this issue of the so-called red line. it's ...