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Ambassador christopher hill and chief business correspondent, christine romans, i thank you both for your input. and i want to remind our viewers here at cnn we re watching very carefully, and we re expecting increasingly significant developments in about 11 minutes from now when secretary of state john kerry comes through those doors and addresses the press. he s going to answer some questions and speak about the situation currently in the ukraine. i ve also got a little bit more breaking news here, as well, that the russian president, vladimir putin, has been on the scene of military drills in western russia. all of this happening today. he s called for snap drills, and surprise inspection of troops, as well, in western and central military districts. just reading this as a get it. the drills involving about 150,000 troops. 90 different planes. this is very significant, the numbers are in are pretty intense. 120 helicopters. 880 tanks. 80 different ships, all of this according to t ....
This is a day after a senior u.s. official told or rather senior u.s. official said that russian forces have complete control over the crimean peninsula. to help us break this down, i want to get to cnn s military reporter, based at the pentagon, barbara starr, standing by live. and then also mainly general spider marks. barbara, let me begin with you, if i could. while there is all of this rhetoric and saber rattling going on between the forces on the ground in crimea, the ukrainians and also the russians, what of the american position in all of this? is it just words, or do we have assets nearby that actually might see action or engage? reporter: do not expect to see u.s. military forces being used, ashleigh. if you were coming to me, i m sorry, i didn t hear at the beginning. the u.s. military is not going to get involved in any of this. in the next several days, you may see a u.s. navy warship moving to the black sea, regular ....
The u.s., but in a coordinated effort with other western nations. but any movement such as the call between german chancellor angela merkel and putin over the weekend, after which germany announced that putin accepted their proposal to start a dialogue. this is in direct contrast to what we re hearing actually happening in crimea, which is an ultimatum that if ukrainian troops don t pull out there, that russian troops will flood crimea. michelle kosinski, thank you. and by the way, welcome to our lineup. michelle is just new to cnn. good to have you with us. and great reporting from the white house. reporter: thank you. just want to make mention, as well, as we await the secretary of state, john kerry, expected to speak in about two-and-a-half minutes or so, you know, there has been a lot of sort of war of words here in america, as well. the senior senator, john mccain, has accused this administration of having a feckless foreign policy, and now comes senator kerry to talk about ....
Supposedly heard before the gunshots actually rang out blow a oscar pistorius defense? and it s getting worse by the minute. snow piling high. temperatures falling fast. states declaring emergencies as the latest deadly winter storm marches on. hello, everyone, i m ashleigh banfield. it is monday, march 3rd and welcome to legal view. it s being called the biggest crisis in europe in the 21st century and it is growing by the hour. it is the sudden occupation of crimea in southern ukraine by russian forces in nondescript uniforms. and the source of that quote is the british foreign secretary, william hague, who turned up today in kiev, the ukrainian capital, in a show of solidarity with that country s newly formed pro western government. secretary of state john kerry is due in kiev tomorrow. today, vice president biden spoke with the russian prime minister, urging a quick pullout ....