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Gun. so if someone was harmed, it is possible someone's life would have been saved. >> this man stopped shooting after seeing an armed person and turned the gun on himself. it instantly ended it. i am pro-second amendment, but on the other hand you ought to give the military latitude to set their own policies and the congress is quick to jump in and say you need that changed and maybe there are reasons they are banned. i would like to hear from base commanders view of this before hearing from congress. >> that is a great point. >> the white house touting the new health care numbers.

It's left individual base commanders, basically, to deal with a large number of pro-russian militia members as well as russian troops who kind of picked bases one by one across the peninsula and encircled them and forced the ukrainian troops out. a humiliating thing, certainly for servicemen in the ukrainian military. they are forced out of their bases, their barracks, their homes, while still in uniform. john? >> i didn't mean to suggest it was irresponsible. it puts the soldiers in an uncomfortable situation when they know the troops are right there. barbara, there are also reports of russia...

"friends of macdill" program and created by the previous base commanders to get community leaders on to the base in daylight hours and nonsecure areas to engage with the community. what they are doing is that the current base commander has ordered a review of the list to see who is on it, and if they belong on there. the air force and the base, i believe still believe strongly in the program. and you have to remember that engagement with the community is an air force mandate. there is a lot of people who rely on the base for income, and it is also a lot of people who hem o help out the troops ...

involved in the massacre. they think that robert bales should be tried under afghan law. there's been an outpooring of support for muamba. he suffered a cardiac arrest during a match on saturday. doctors say he will remain under anesthesia for 24 hours. those are the headlines from cnn. i'm monita rajpal. "world business today" starts right now. good morning. from cnn london, i'm nina dos santos. >> and a good afternoon, from cnn hong kong. top stories for monday, march 19th. the head of the imf hails china's economic progress. but also that now is the time to do more. was it c...

prospects in 2016. how could she best position herself now for a possible presidential bid then? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." s. a turning point in the race for the white house. the obama campaign is now going directly on the attack against the republican presidential candidates. they are naming names, and fighting back after months of largely turning the other cheek. but it's not the president taking on his gov challengers. that task is now falling to the vice president joe biden. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is joining us now. jessica, t...