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They will see there's no justification for military action. but so far there's no sign russia is looking to take a hard turn on to this off-ramp. we heard from vladimir putin wred who said he has experts looking at the idea. the russian foreign minister propped up another obstacle saying this is not an issue or question that russia can answer because we're talking about ukrainian territory, ukrainian people must decide. the authorities must decide if they want to invite foreign powers on to their territory to examine these issues. certainly no sign that moscow has yet been ready to jump at thi...

Situati ways the situation is already out of control with what putin has done in crimea. this is what strategists and people in the pentagon are planning against to make sure if it does happen that way, we are prepared for it but i don't think it is likely. >> general, i want you to stand by. barbara. jim sciutto. i want to go to elise labbott. she is joining us from paris. there is a lot of diplomacy underway when we know the secretary of state has been in contact, at least, on the phone and presumably, is going to meet with sergei lavrov, the foreign minister of russia. right, elise? >> repo...

For today's meeting the topic will be ukraine. on sunday nato issued a sharply worded statement condemning russia's military aggression in the crimea. that was followed by another emergency meeting on tuesday. that time called for by poland which was feeling threatened by this ongoing situation out of that meeting, nato saying it was amping up its efforts to assess the situation. that sort of lays the scene or sets the scene for the meeting again happening in the next couple of hours. we're expecting a statement from the nato secretary-general at its conclusion. jake? >> we know secretary of s...

How much do you think that is real and accurate? >> reporter: well, i pressed the white house on this yesterday. i said what is the substance of this? what led the president to believe and white house officials to believe that the president was pausing? and the white house directed me to particular comments from putin yesterday where he said that the use of military force in the ukraine would be a very last resort. the fact is he's already used military force there. but speaking to other officials, the idea is that well, he hasn't carried that military intervention any further in the last 24, ...

Outright conflict in crimea you got a focus going back to the job situation on friday. we get that jobs report. 150,000 jobs expected to be added. it will be difficult to read it because of all this crazy weather we've had. so for the time being at least the path of least resistance is slightly higher now slightly lower. you'll see a little bit of jockeying today as people try to find their footing. remember monday the dow was down 154 points. tuesday it rallied 228 points. that's an amazing two day move basically getting you to where you started. the s&p 500, jake, at a record high yesterday....