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I didn't make $24 an hour. >> oh, wow. that's it for kpix5 news at 3:00. cbs evening news is next. we will be back captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight the russian backlash as fighting rages in ukraine but the sheer grit and bravery of ukrainians gives hope the country can defeat vladimir putin's seige. >> rocket attacks enter a 6th day. as peace talks between russia and ukraine end with no ceasefire. bt the world unites isolating putin, even taking russian vodka off the shelves. and making the ruble worth less than a penny. what president biden said when asked if americans should...

A one-word answer from the president last night hoping to clean up a mess of his own making. >> mr. president, were you calling for regime change? >> no! >> the mess was caused by a nine-word ad lib during a speech in poland on saturday. >> for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power. >> the president's words there in warsaw perhaps a gift for the kremlin propaganda machine. the bigger question is whether they undermine the so far remarkable effort led by president biden to keep the nato allies and others on the same page in isolating putin. with me is the former u.s. ambassador to nato. a...

And that now it's time for something more serious. knowing what you know about vladimir putin, knowing about his regime, what would really hurt him to the point where he would stop some of these things he's been doing on the international stage? >> can i just go back on revealing evidence? i have to tell you that when i was at the united nations, i brought out evidence of what had happened. we released a lot of classified material that allowed us to do that. same thing when there was the shootdown of the cuban -- of the cuban-american, unarmed planes. i think it is important, despite the fact ...

Support in kiev that is unreported here. that's the other half of this equation. >> what do you mean -- say again? >> the kiev government. >> which we support, which came to power illegally when it deposed the elected president in february, as you remember, we backed it. and that government has been bombing the cities of eastern ukraine which are predominantly russian-speaking cities and which have looked to putin for protection. that's the backdrop to the shooting down of this airliner. >> okay. >> but let's go to something else. we sit here and we talking about isolating putin internationall...

Business-like relationship. should we have the opportunity to talk, i will be repeating the same message i've been delivering to him throughout this crisis. >> hugely underscore the difficulty of isolating putin. br joining me now, our director of research and programs at a project that the center for american progress for crimes against humanity. mark also worked at the united nations for several years. mark, why do you suppose it is so difficult to get the united states and allies in western europe to june the u.s. in trying to isolate russia? >> well, i think the u.s. has succeeded in part ...