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this standoff has escalated incredibly quickly with a steady string of major developments since pro-kremlin forces moved into ukraine last week. >> the united states will stand with the international community in affirming there will be costs in any military intervention in ukraine. >> when armed and masked gunmen appeared at the two main airports in crimea friday, the world wondered whether russia had really decided to begin an invasion of ukraine. by saturday morning, that question had largely been answered. >> this morning the occupation moved from airports and military installati...

Passed this week and also last week, asking for them to be joined in federal court. and over the last five years, we have not lost one case that has been filed in federal court. help is on the way for the voters of this state. >> zack, she is right on the precedent. and help may be on the way. and yet one of the things that's frustrating to people who follow this issue and who want to vote is that even after you win, right, you win that case, but then you see these same shenanigans and tricks come up again. >> that's right. and what husted has done is sort of used his executive power to unilat...

Is back at it again. >> now, you guys know i love joy. it is not a contest. but let me try. once again, today, we have an edition of "this week in voter suppression sclts "! and it's brought to you by the letters o-h-i-o. it was just over a week ago that ohio governor john kasich signed laws that cut six days off of early voting and absentee ballots were limited and john husted delivered another setback to voting rights with another cutback to early votes. he squashed early voting during the very class where a lot of people have free times, sundays and weekdays after 5:00 and that also affects...

this is all in response to the growing presence of russian personnel in ukraine's crimea reign. hundreds of gunman surround ukraine's military base in crimea and we're seeing armored vehicles and mounted machine guns. the gunman are unidentified for the most part, but many of their vehicles have russian license plates. their demand, that ukrainian troops disarm and the russian parliament just yesterday unanimously approved vladimir putin's request for military intervention. the response in ukraine was swift and concerning. its prime minister calling president putin's actions a declar...

It aends up affecting all of us. we should be making it easier for people to vote not harder. >> you should be making it easier for people to vote and not harder. it's a shame it's become harder and harder and harder to cast a vote in the state of ohio. >> nina turner today at a press conference organized by ohio democrats to respond to new voting restrictions ohio has just everyone enacted. senator turner is trying to replace john husted in the upcoming elections this year. joaning us now is senator turner. thank you very much for being with us. >> thanks, rachel. >> what do you think the p...