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Before this referendum? >> exactly that, escalation of violence. i think it is striking how little violence there's been, both in crimea and in eastern ukraine, where you have large russian populations, and i think a lot of credit should be given to the ukrainian government for not responding, for not taking the baits, if you will, and responding in violence, but when there's a lot of people with guns roaming around with unspecified orders, unintended things can happen and can quickly escalate, so i worry about that a great deal, especially because that could spark violence in other parts of u...

Short of stripping commanders of their authority to prosecute rape cases. pentagon leaders who oppose the effort said it would undermine commanders. it was sponsored by senator kirsten gillibrand. the new york democrat spearheaded an emotional campaign to curb military sexual assaults. >> we know that the deck is stacked against victims of sexual assaults in the military today, and today, sadly, we saw the same in the halls of congress. >> there were about 5,400 reports of sexual assault in the military in the 2013 fiscal year. that is a 60% increase compared with the same time in 2012. and ...

Candidate, you were willing to fire every commander in the military for reasons i don't quite understand. >> nbc's jim joins us now. this might expose some of the very things that kirsten gillibrand, the senator, has wanted to expose as the problem and why the military continues to deal with this crisis. >> you know, by all accounts, this trial today involving brigadier general jeffrey sinclair appears to be a very sordid affair. yesterday, even before the trial began, he pleaded guilty to several charges of adultery with both civilian and military women, and conduct unbecoming an officer. and...

votes to join russia, a move that did not sit well with the u.s. and secretary of state john kerry is growing visibly irritated at the lack of progress in diplomatic talks. it all means this crisis is giving no signs of letting up. nbc's jim maceda is in live in moscow. what do you know about this hour-long phone call between presidents obama and putin? >> reporter: hi there, betty. well, we know that president obama initiated the call to president putin. as you suggest in your lead, it was at the end of an extremely busy day. first of all, that crimean parliament vote effectively vo...

♪ ♪ authorities in southern california called off the search for a mountain lion that went through a dead ly killing spree. >> abc's brandi hitt has the latest. >> reporter: this is princess, the 100-pound german shepherd attacked and killed by a large mountain lion in the backyard of this fontana, california, home. >> happiest dog in the world. she was playful. she was a close part of the family. this mountain lion was three times as big as my dog. that's scary. >> reporter: what's even scarier is when princess' owner came out saturday, the big cat clearly wasn't finished. >> ...