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Presence. this vote, 97% almost was a huge achievement for the government here. it s, of course, very much a soviet-style statistic. and only three points shy of what kim appealed in north korea. i think the vote is overwhelming but there s a significant minority here, tatars, who did boycott the vote. russian foreign ministry is calling for the creation of an international suspect group to mediate the crisis in ukraine, including the adoption of of a new constitution. nbc s jim massceda is in moscow. is this just the tip of the iceberg? reporter: yes, there s a sense this is just the tip of the iceberg amongst some russian population. there s a reliable poll that came out today suggesting that ....
Keep ethnic tensions volatile in eastern ukraine and remind everyone that if pushed, he can come back and strike again and take even more of ukraine if he so chooses. back to you. jim, thank you for that report. joining me now, wyoming republican senator john barosso, one of eight senators who troovld key ye over the weekend. thank you for joining me. i want to get your reaction to the referendum that took place yesterday, that overwhelming vote and where does the u.s. go at this point? they could have had the press release written on that before the voting even started to the point that the russians seized a ukrainian gas facility before the voting started. so, this is no surprise. this was not a real election. the question is, where do we go from here? we know vladimir putin only respects strength. we know he already has troops lined up along the border of ....
Followed by a few other people. as i said, at least six people. and the police shortly after went in. there was gunfire or some sort of explosives. you could see pops of light coming out of the front window of the cafe. and probably transpired for probably another 15 to 20 seconds. there was a second wave, again, with gunfire. and, again, at that point ambulances rushed to the scene and paramedics began taking out some of the hostages on gurneys. thank you very much to courtney from the daily beast. for more on the gunman we re joined by nbc s jim massceda. ....