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>> i bet it is. things don't seem to be settling down in ukraine at all. how would you characterize it? >> it's clearly a country on edge. at the same time, you're talking to the public and cultural and political leaders. it is a country that is facing an underdog's role with extraordinary optimism. >> well, it sort of seems the sanctions are working since standard & poor's slashed russia's credit rating, a good sign from our perspective. >> sure. the ruble is at an all-time low. the stock market is down 20%. this is clearly a financial war that putin can't handle. i'm not sure if he realizes ...

Give anybody the answers they want. in fact, it may raise more credibility issues in terms of the families, but it's the malaysian government that should be the source of the information. >> mary schiavo, mark dombroff, thank you for your insight. i appreciate it. >> thank you, carol. >> thank you. still to come in the "newsroom," tensions shoulder and fears rise as ukraine and russia teeter on the brink of war. we'll talk to an american congressman who just got back from the embattled ukraine. meatball yelling c'mon, you want heartburn? when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fas...

Interesting. in russia, if putin takes and keeps cry mia, his name would be written in gold on the kremlin wall, but that if he invaded in that he had ethnic russians killing ethnic russians, his name wouldn't be written on that wall. there are many who don't understand how far putin is taking this action. >> okay. what if russia does invade eastern ukraine and annexes eastern ukraine just like it annexed crimea and says, okay, we're done. what should the united states do then? >> i think we need help from the european union and nato. we're not dealing with a good set of cards here. unfortunat...

Unleash new economic sanctions against russia and moscow's economy suffers more fallout from the crisis with ukraine as investors flee the country, standard & poor's slashes russia's credit rating to one notch above a junk rating. in the meantime ukraine's prime minister says moscow wants to occupy his country both militarily and politically. as russia holds more military drills along the border, he says moscow is trying to start world war iii. the region looks like it's inching closer to the brink of war as the ukrainian military tries to wrestle back cities taken over by pro russia militants...