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Paris scheduled to meet with his russian counterpart any minute now to discuss the ongoing crisis in ukraine. kristen welker is at the white house for us. what are you hearing about this meeting? has it happened yet? >> reporter: hasn't happened. secretary kerry is currently meeting with the french foreign minister, but we anticipate the meeting with his russian counterpart will begin any minute now. state department officials saying that the two men will discuss past proposals to deescalate the situation in ukraine, includings sending international monitors into ukraine and having russia pull...

Photo of that telephone conversation. the two leaders discussed a possible diplomatic resolution to the crisis in ukraine. white house official is not giving many specifics there, but past proposals have included allowing international monitors into ukraine and also having russian troops move back to their bases. of course, the u.s. has been concerned that russia will move into other parts of ukraine after an annexed crimea this past week. we have seen a buildup of russian troops along ukraine's border. the former ambassador to moscow, mike mcfall, told chuck todd on "meet the press" earlier t...

Meeting. alex? >> which means we'll be hearing from you next hour. thank you so much, kristen welker. crimea has officially changed its clocks to match the time zone of moscow, jumping ahead two hours last night. this move symbolically finalizes crimea's joining of russia, despite world outcry. we have new reaction today to the report put out thursday by the christie administration on the george washington bridge traffic scandal. for the first time, we are hearing publicly from someone cited in the report other than governor christie. it is the mayor of belmar, new jersey, who appeared wit...