Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140718:05:48:00
>> well, i think there are two alternatives. one is that the president tried to place the call and the other is that putin placed the call. if putin placed the call, i would say that would be a sign that putin is looking for some wiggle room to walk this back. this is in some ways and not without exact parallels, putin's lockerbie. that is to say, a movement he has supported, weapons he has provided and skilled operatives he has infiltrated into ukraine who were responsible, most likely, for a terrible tragedy and for the widening of this conflict and the making of an international conflict fr...