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Calling the ouster of ukraine's president a military coup saying the people should be able to choose their future on what he called a level playing field. he added no need to use military force in crimea for now, but he does reserve the option to do so. even so, the u.s. ended all or suspended military relations with the kremlin and suspending trade talks and congress is drafting own sanctions. initial efforts that 6,000 troops in the peninsula ballooned to 16,000 and all intents and purposes the troops control that area. ukraine's navy sang together in defiance and their ships are blocked. ru...

There are russian speaking individuals in the baltic region as well. the other thing is recognize that vladimir putin does not want a democracy on his borders. borders. that would be a very bad example for -- from his point of view to be set for the russian people. >> senator, what do you suspect the world reaction would be, and what would your reaction be if it becomes apparent, if it becomes a reality that russia is going to keep crimea? >> i think that's a reality now. mike, i think it's a reality now and it's not going to change, but we should gauge vladimir putin and his ambitions for the...

Of eastern europe that were admitted to nato and i think expansion. you need the hard power behind the soft power. in that respect they had sort of a deal with ukraine and georgia and not a solid security guarantee. turns out security guarantees matter a lot till in this 21st century world. >> jeffrey, if, in fact, sanctions are symbolic and putin is going to do what he wants to do here and if he decides he wants to take crimea he will take it and what stops him from going forward there and moving elsewhere where he says russians are threatened by governments? would he take another step beyond...

Disadvantaged children of color in new york city so good for cuomo. we will talk about that issue in a moment. first, no sign of agreement or easing over russian's invasion of crimea. moments ago, russian president vladimir putin spoke to reporters calling the ouster of ukraine's president a military coup and saying the people should be able to choose their future on what he called a level playing field. he added no need to use military force in crimea for now, but he does reserve the option to do so. even so, the u.s. ended all military relations with the kremlin and suspending trade talk...

Other than people running for re-election in this country this year? >> i have no idea because they criticize but there is no second sentence like, what would you do? what is your idea for dislodging of vladimir putin's troops from crimea? the answer is they wouldn't do anything! i mean, there is not a way to dislodge the russians. the europeans are not interested in applying sanctions that would hurt because of the economic relationship. europe gets so much of its natural gas from russia and no constituency in europe for a new cold war. they have lived three that and don't want to live throug...