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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140718:16:10:00

Are consequences to an escalating conflict in eastern ukraine. that it is not going to be localized. it is not going to be contained. what we ve seen here is just in one country alone, our great allies, the dutch, 150 or more of their citizens being killed. and that, i think, sadly, brings home the degree to which the stakes are high for europe. not simply for the ukrainian people. and that we have to be firm in our resolve and making sure that we are supporting ukraine to bring about a just cease-fire and that we can move toward a political solution to this. i m going to make this the last question. lisa? do we know yet about americans on board? and how do you prevent stricter ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140718:16:47:00

President hollande and the prime minister from italy were reluctant to take stronger actions in the european meetings two days ago. well, if this turns out what we think it s going to be, given the strong circumstantial evidence of the russian-backed separatists bringing down this plane, europeans were murdered in this. this is an international outrage. and the europeans, if they aren t willing to do the right thing in light of this commercial plane going down and the innocent people that have been murdered, i think it s up to the united states to really put on the pressure to shame them into stepping up their economic sanctions and really working with us to ensure that putin backs off on eastern ukraine and allows the people of ukraine to determine their own sovereignty. senator kelly ayotte, thaunk you very much for being with us today. on a day of twin crises around the world. and back to the middle east. i m joined now by martin indyk, former u.s. ambassad ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140718:16:43:00

Heard, suggested by president obama. this is putin the peacemaker who called today on both sides to cease their fire and come to the negotiating table for talks. now some kremlin watchers do think the fallout from the airline disaster is putting putin under strong international pressure. we re hearing more and more of this theory, including sanctions in their third wave. and that he s going to cave in eventually and begin de-escalating the conflict. i don t know. others still think he is simply continuing to play his very clever game of casting himself as a peacemaker while at the same time doing what he s always done, which is destabilize ukraine from the wings if you will. keep it unattractive to the eu. keep it inn attractive to nato through this low grade insurgency which is now getting more and more lethal. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140718:16:26:00

Advanced weapons that moved into ukraine coming from russia. and certainly, i think the international community was behind and slow. now they are moving methodically to build the case for the international when it s appropriate. i guarantee you in the white house situation room there are deep discussions about what is next. if putin doesn t take an off ramp and de-escalate, how do we escalate? how does the escalate? that s the next big conversation. michael leiter, chuck todd, tom costello. we ll continue to bring you the latest on this developing story throughout the hour and throughout the day here an msnbc. first, an update an what we know so far about some of the victims who perished in the crash. one american was on malaysia flight 17. also on the plane, a group of the world s leading scientific researchers en route to a major aids conference. the annual conference held this ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140718:16:24:00

Not in charge of this. and only three individuals from the u.s. are right now headed towards kiev. they ll be a single ntsb investigator and two fbi agents to assist. but this is going to be a ukrainian operation and then an international hopefully international investigative body. and bob hager, our old friend and long time colleague, so far today germany and other countries have restricted their airlines from going into war zones, which includes now afghanistan, syria and the like. should ukraine have closed its air space long before now? i think so. and i think the international community bears some responsibility. there s this u.n. organization that supervises international aviation. its headquartered in montreal, the international civil aviation organization. seems to me they should have said long ago nobody should be flying over this air space. i m baffled why. the only reason would be economic to save fuel, ....

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