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Separatists, the united states can tell very, very quickly. i know we're trying to be very restrained in public pronounce ams, but we have satellite overhead imagery in this regional most continuously and there's very little doubt in my mind that we don't already know which side of the border fired this and it will make it extremely difficult with our dealings with the russians now. >> mr. corb, your thoughts on what this does to things unfolding in the ukraine? >> it raises it to another level, because even if you assume it wasn't a russian and it was a separatist that basically by stirring t...

Going to seriously complicate the matter to the point where who knows where it could end up? there will abe great deal of political pressure for the united states to respond outside of just a normal investigation. kristen welker, thank you for your time tonight at the white house. >> thank you. >> we want to bring in now former assistant secretary of defense lawrence corb, with me here in washington and colonel jack jacobs, msnbc medal of honor recipient, if the russians are involved in this, if their hands are on this in any way, shape or form, what does it mean? >> their hands have got to be...

The short comings there. so much for this cutting and running on being a good partner. so much for all the talk that he's not ready to be president. doesn't have the executive experience. hasn't made tough decisions. oh, gosh. this was just less than two and a half years ago we were hearing all of this. i said the other night on this broadcast that the president deserved the benefit of the doubt. tonight there is no doubt. he is a decisive leader and the commander in chief and is doing the correct thing for the country and for the world. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think....

Carefully, and that -- it's vague about the road map for america where we're headed to in a coalition that we now no longer lead. and that really is something to be very careful of because as you saw on the news this evening, the rebels basically were doing drive throughs in the three towns they ripped through or four towns and now all of a sudden they can't move without u.s. -- excuse me -- coalition assistance. and we have now given that leadership for understandable reasons according to the president to share this burden to the coalition. >> mr. corb, how did the president do tonight? >> we...

Lawrence. let me get your big picture assessment of what's going on in brussels, belgium, at this hour. >> what they'ring they know people from brussels were involved in planning and executing the attacks in paris. they know one of the attackers is still there. what they're concerned about is he may be plotting to do something else there because as you mentioned, it's the capital of europe, both for nato and eu, are there, so this would also say that they're able to go ahead and attack outside of the middle east. >> the fact that the eu is there, that nato is there, what is the level of the se...