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The administration seems to be signaling that they don't have plans to do that yet. that would be a highly unusual move. >> also i should notice that angela merkel says that she expects the european union to impose moor sanctions on russia following its decision to annex the crimea peninsula. just quickly, kristin, we've been given the two-minute warning, what are we hearing outside of merkel. >> reporter: initially merkel initially wasn't taking this forceful stance against russia. whatter seeing now is a consultation of the united states and european partners in the move to isolate russia. e...

The question is will these sanctions have a bigger bite. a lot of republicans, some democrats calling for the united states to aid the ukraine militarily. so that's something that we'll be listens for, to see if president obama touches on that at all. >> absolutely. the timing is also intriguing. it was just yesterday that the president said we were not, meaning the u.s., getting into a military excursion, and he said to engage militarily would not be appropriate and not be good for ukraine either. this, though, was before some of these movement that we've seen in the eastern ukraine. our own ...

Is use of force in ukraine possible? >> we are not going to be getting into a military excursion in ukraine. i think even the ukrainians would acknowledge for us to engage russia militarily would not be appropriate and would not be good for ukraine either. >> joining us now is chris murphy, a democrat of connecticut. a member of the senate foreign relations committee. thank you for being with us tonight, i appreciate your time. president obama is being very clear and blunt that there will not be and there will be never be an american military excursion in ukraine on this issue.

U.s. military action against russia. >> we are not going to be getting into a military excursion in the ukraine. i think even the ukrainians would acknowledge that for us to engage russia military would not be appropriate and wouldn't be good for ukraine either. >> in crimea, the situation is extremely volatile. right now there are reports a ukrainian rear admiral is being detained by unknown assailants or questioned by crimea prosecutors. >> ukraine's naval headquarters in crimea, overrun today by pro russian forces, who cut down a gate, trashed offices and razed the russian flag. ukrainian f...

I served with the russian army in kosovo. we talk about iraq. >> yeah. >> we have been moving east for a long time in regards to nato expansion. when we took kosovo, the russian paratroopers were in in five minutes. we modified the army because of it. i served with them on the serb border. they're out there shooting dogs. they're a third-rate military. anything to do with u.s. expansion east, it makes putin nervous and reacts with the idea of going back to the old school soviet dynamic. >> this is coming to us, interview with nbc affiliate, knsd, president obama says united states will not get...