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Us privately in recent days that, look, as long as at putin doesn't extend beyond crimea, then, fine, he is not escalating the situation. that is a direct signal they are not going to do anything to stop him from keeping crimea. the president today is talking about how it's illegitimate to have this referendum on whether crimea should be part of russia. basically the u.s. has already sent a tacet signal that putin can have crimea. they don't want him to have it but they are not going to do anything to take it back as long as he doesn't escalate beyond that. >> they are giving him crimea. a big...

Have their own economies tied in. >> i thought that was rising, henry. take a short-term pain to punish. >> i'm sure you are shocked that politicians were saying they were going to be tough proibleg not going to follow it up with a lot of teeth. think also diplomatic standpoint few days ago the state department said secretary of state is not going to meet with sergei lavrov unless there is concrete evidence that russia is pulling back. there hasn't been any real concrete evidence of that. >> no they are taking over all the transportation hubs in crimea. >> he is meeting with lavrov. so they ar...

Have their own economies tied in. >> i thought that was rising, henry. take a short-term pain to punish. >> i'm sure you are shocked that politicians were saying they were going to be tough proibleg not going to follow it up with a lot of teeth. think also diplomatic standpoint few days ago the state department said secretary of state is not going to meet with sergei lavrov unless there is concrete evidence that russia is pulling back. there hasn't been any real concrete evidence of that. >> no they are taking over all the transportation hubs in crimea. >> he is meeting with lavrov. so they ar...

Us privately in recent days that, look, as long as at putin doesn't extend beyond crimea, then, fine, he is not escalating the situation. that is a direct signal they are not going to do anything to stop him from keeping crimea. the president today is talking about how it's illegitimate to have this referendum on whether crimea should be part of russia. basically the u.s. has already sent a tacet signal that putin can have crimea. they don't want him to have it but they are not going to do anything to take it back as long as he doesn't escalate beyond that. >> they are giving him crimea. a big...

It's a farce. today a u.s. navy destroyer joined the forces for a military exercise in the black sea just a few hundred miles off that crimean peninsula. any word on what's going on at this meeting there, rich? >> well, the meeting is still going on right now. we anticipate we will get word. this has been something that's more of a photo opportunity effort interim prime minister, someone the russian government doesn't recognize meeting with the president of the united states right now, meeting with the secretary of state earlier, and just a little while he'll head up to capitol hill where they...