KNTV NBC Bay Area News At 11AM March 17, 2014
Just hours ago, president obama held a News Conference to announce harsh new sanctions on russian officials. Nbc bay area chase kane joins us. How tough is united statess stance on crimea . These latest sanctions are the toughest imposed on russian officials since the end of the cold war and that is raising eyebrows because of how russia could choose to respond. The European Union also imposed sanctions following yesterdays vote in crimea. Nearly 97 of voters there reportedly approved a resolution asking to be annexed into the russian federation. But those votes were cast with russian groups s...