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>> so if it works with the base and he's actually pulling something off, then it's a wonderful political moment for him. obviously the president would like as much public support as he can, but does it matter at the end of the day whether or not the american people are behind him? >> so i think it matters at least with respect to the upcoming elections in november. you know, if the democrats retake the house, obviously all of a sudden you'll have folks like, you know, elijah cummins, chairs of the house oversight committee, all these members with subpoena power over the president. so i think t...

Represents the most significant reversal of democracy in decades. turkey was once a shining star among developing democracies, it is now leading the trend away there genuine liberty, a recent report from freedom house says that authoritarian powers are gaining the upper hand across the globe. the organization noted that 53 out of 116 saw the biggest one-year drop in any of the country. turkey had a decline of 15 points in just one year, and that was before this latest referend referendum. russia had a rating of 20, down two points from last year. among other countries with the biggest decline ...

Minor diplomatic incident. it has blown into a crisis diplomatically. the netherlands canceled rallies because of votes in turkey and here in the netherlands. turkey and president erdogan wants to whip up support for the referend referendum. that is why it is important for the rallies in europe. on the other hand, the netherlands has the contentious vote on wednesday. the elections. it is a more nationalistic tone here in the country. as a result, the netherlands canceled the turkey political rallies and refused to allow ministers to land here. turkey responded saying netherlands is fascist. 2...

The united states and its allies are waging a diplomatic effort to ease the crisis in ukraine. but the secretary of state john kerry hasn't convinced russia to talk directly with the new government in ukraine. and as crimea sets a referendum on rejoining russia, the u.s. is starting down the road of sanctions. we're joined by samantha power. ambassador, thanks very much for joining us. >> good to be here. >> so does the u.s. and its allies do if the referendum goes forward and the people in crimea vote to secede in effect from ukraine and become part of russia? >> well, we have made clear toda...

And the united states is taking dramatic steps right now to try to deal with this crisis that so much is going -- so much is going on. let's go to crimea right now for the very latest in ukraine. the tensions there exploding, the reaction provocative to what the crimea parliament has just done. we're on the ground in crimea. >> reporter: yeah, wolf. major developments here in crimea with the parliament voting in favor to hold a referendum that would ultimately decide whether crimea breaks away from ukraine and becomes part of the russian federation. obviously, an outpouring of international co...