welcome back. a few quick notes, an exclusive about my first interview with liz wahl, the network has issued a response. we put it on line. and tomorrow night, we'll have my interview with the opposition leader. that does it for "360" from kiev. erin burnett "outfront" starts now. next, was u.s. intelligence caught off guard in ukraine? serious questions about when the united states knew about a russian invasion.

plus, a mother drives a van with three children inside into the atlantic ocean. was it an accident? we'll hear from witnesses. and we have new video of what happened that night. a surprising admission today at the oscar pistorius trial. a witness said the blade runner asked a friend to take the fall for another shooting that was weeks before he shot and killed his girlfriend. let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, america caught offguard. serious questions about whether u.s. intelligence failed to predict what's happening on the ground in ukraine. in a tense hearing on capitol hill, senator john mccain hammered defense secretary chuck hagel, questioning him on whether u.s. intelligence was even aware of russia's plan to invade crimea.

>> despite all the media reports, our intelligence sources predicted that lavrov would invade crimea? >> as i said, i don't get into the specifics in open hearing, but if you would like a briefing, your staff on the specifics of your question -- >> how about commenting on news reports? >> news reports are news reports, but that's -- >> that's not -- >> that's not intelligence, though. >> okay. in other words, the fact is, mr. secretary, it was not predicted by our intelligence and it's already been well known, which is another massive failure because of our misreading, total misreading of the intentions of vladamir putin. >> another massive failure. well, the cia responded and we're going to ask congressman peter king whether those were fair questions. but first, the pressure is rising tonight on vladamir

putin. u.s. secretary of state john king met face-to-face with russia's foreign minister lavrov, telling him it's time for russia to "deescalate the situation." meanwhile, the situation on the ground in crimea remains tense. a u.n. envoy was forced to leave the country. he was confronted by armed men, ordered into a car by gunman. he refused. a reporter tweeted this photo of him before police escorted him to the airport. this is just a snapshot how tense and on the verge of things are in crimea tonight. our anna corn is there. anna, what can you tell us about these armed militias on the ground? >> reporter: they are certainly everywhere here in crimea. obviously we saw what happened to robert serry a little earlier this evening and it really

caught everybody offguard. it demonstrates how volatile and dangerous the situation is. these thugs, if you like, are everywhere. they're dressed in black or in military fatigues. they're very suspicious of westerners. every time we interviewed somebody, they approached us and listened in to what we were saying, if it was anything against this new government that's taken over here in crimea, which is obviously very pro russian. then that was something that they would address. but these people are very visible. they're obviously in government buildings, they're at the airport as you're trying in. on top of these thugs, these local militias, you have russian troops, some 16,000 that have surrounded or occupied military bases here in crimea. erin, there are reports that perhaps more will be coming in,

in the coming days. >> anna coren, thank you very much, reporting there live. it's that kind of reporting that makes a difference, because it's hard for anyone to know what's going on. the number of troops, is it 6,000 or 16,000? congressman peter king is on the house intelligence committee. great to talk to you as always, sir. this issue about intelligence. john mccain obviously aggressively questioning secretary hagel today about what the u.s. knew and what he calls another massive intelligence failure. the cia got really i think it's fair to say po'd about this. their response, since the beginning of the political unrest in ukraine, the cia has updated policymakers to ensure they have a timely and accurate picture of the unfolding crisis. any suggestion otherwise is flat wrong. do you think john mccain went too far? >> well, i'm on the intelligence committee. what i would say is that the

invasion or the incursion was not predicted. however, it was among a list of possibilities. i think if -- i've spoken to chairman mike rogers. we're going to hold hearings, do an investigation as to if more intelligence could have been gathered or was the problem with the analysis? now, the cia is right in that they did give that as a possibility. but they certainly didn't say it was going to happen. i can't go too much further other than to say we certainly were never told definitely or even probably there was going to be any type of incursion by the russians. the question is i have, whether or not there was enough intelligence or whether or not the analysis was done properly, or we just can't get inside putin's head. but clearly, we were not anticipating this level of attack and incursion by the

russians. that is something that as we're going to have i believe an ongoing series of crises with the russians, we have to do better in the future. >> obviously the cia was one of many things that were listed. so it's not as if you knew point blank this is going to happen. but i also know that's how intelligence reports are done, there's various options and i understand that. what about john mccain in general? he has been incredibly critical here. lindsey graham also. but john mccain's called the president's foreign policy feckless. lindsey graham went even further, linking the ukraine chris else to benghazi. i just want to play that for our viewers. >> i've never seen an administration so incapable of following through with what they say they will do, and we're all paying a price. don't tell the world you're going to go to the ends of the earth to get the people that killed our folks in libya if you

do nothing about it at the end of the day. >> do you agree with this criticism of the president at this time? >> well, i have been critical of the president's policies. i'm reluctant to say in a time of crisis. having said that, as long as the issue is out there, i have in conversations with foreign leaders and diplomats, most of whom are allies with ours, said they're very troubled by the feeling out there, the belief among too many foreign leaders that they can't count on the president to follow through. and syria is an example of that where he basically had countries in the middle east to agree to stand with them if the red line was crossed and then suddenly the president stopped back and brought putin in. also i think going back to 2009, this whole idea they had of blaming president bush for the breakdown in relations with the russians was wrong. having said, that it was putin that did it, not president obama. let's be clear about it. as americans, we have to stand with the president now. >> here's the question i have,

it's difficult for the president, i mean, big picture and little picture. big picture, the american people are tired of war. they elected him to get out of wars. they don't want the president to go into syria. so he's in a tough spot. it's easy to be someone else and sit there and say oh, we should be doing this and that, he's feckless. but if you're in that spot, it's a darn hard spot to be in. now i wonder if you fear that the criticism of him is going to perhaps force him into doing something now that he shouldn't do? because there doesn't seem to be in good option right now. this is a great time to throw stones and say this guy is doing a terrible job and thank god i'm not sitting there. >> let's make it clear that i'm not throwing stones. but since the issue come up, i think the president's policy towards russia is one that we have to change over a period of time. the fact that the president, going back to 2009, was basically giving putin a clean bill of health and blaming george bush for the breakdown for relations with russia set

the wrong tone. we should have made it clear that russia cannot be trusted and putin is capable of erratic behavior and aggressive behavior. i agree, the american people did not want to go into syria. i thought we should have launched an attack, but the president should not have said there is a red line that can't be crossed or that he was considering carrying out bombing raids in syria and back away. if he is going to have this policy, which i think to some extent is too -- is not strong enough, if he is going to have that policy, he shouldn't be laying out scenarios and laying out red lines. >> congressman king, thank you very much. >> erin, thank you. still to come, aer haing on capitol hill turns ugly. this is a different hearing. two congressman in a heated exchange. something happened that's never happened before when you look at

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hillary clinton is you believed fire tonight after comparing russian president vladamir putin to adolf hitler. she tried to clarify but she didn't back down. >> what i said yesterday is that the claims by president putin and other russians that they had to go into crimea and maybe further into eastern ukraine because they had to protect the russian minorities. and that is reminiscent of claims that were made back in the 1930s when germany, under the nazis, kept talking about how they had to project german minorities in poland, in czechoslovakia, elsewhere throughout europe. so i want everybody to have a little historic perspective. i'm not making a comparison certainly, but i am recommending that we perhaps can learn from

this tactic that has been used before. >> obviously, the day before she made a direct comparison, so she was trying there to back down but not really back down. republican senator john mccain was very quick to agree with clinton's initial direct comparison tweeting, she's right on this comparison and referenced hillary clinton compared putin actions in ukraine to hitler's in germany. joining me now michael smirconish and david ignasius. michael, finally, democrats and republicans agree on something, putin equals hitler. but hitler killed 11 million people during world war ii. handy capped people, gypsies and 60 million people died in world war ii.

all these people saying putin equals hitler. for real? >> for the reason you just articulated, it's why i never make that analogy. i believe that hitler and nazis deserve a special place in history. while i'm no fan of vladamir putin and what he's done relative to ukraine and crimea, i wouldn't put him or anybody in that category, because i feel that it diminishes what really transpired relative to the holocaust and world war ii. >> david, what's amazing to me, people are using the hitler-nazi analogy in the vernacular in a very disturbing way. but two weeks ago, victor yanukovych, the guy that's been kicked out of ukraine, said we're seeing a repetition of the nazi overthrow of the 1930s in

germany. >> i, like michael, don't like hitler analogies. this is a unique level of evil that shouldn't be diminished by frequent comparisons. "the washington post" had a summary today of all the people who have invoked hitler analogies in recent years. there was a very long list, and it was embarrassing to read. frankly, i thought secretary clinton's comment was really unfortunate. the fact that john mccain jumped on it shouldn't really give secretary clinton a lot of comfort. yes, it's true, obviously that putin has used the same defense that he's trying to protect russian speaking minorities that hitler used in trying to protect german speakers. but beyond that, it just seems really inappropriate. >> david, you spoke yesterday with the former defense secretary robert gates. first, i want to play something

peter king just said about red linings and criticizing the president, because it goes directly to the conversation you had with robert gates. here's peter king. >> if he is going to have this policy, which i think to some extent is too -- is not strong enough. but if he is going to have that policy, he shouldn't be laying out scenarios and laying out red lines. he's got to be consistent. >> that was obviously criticizing the president, but john mccain using the words feckle feckless, lindsay graham being even more aggressive. robert gates, a republican, told you, urged gop senators to tone down their criticism. and try to be supportive of the president, that this is a time when you need to do that. what do you think is going to happen here? >> well, i called bob gates yesterday because i was troubled by the level of intense

criticism of the president from senator mccain and senator graham in the middle of what probably is the biggest foreign policy crisis of obama's presidency. i wanted to reach out to somebody who has served both republican and democratic administrations. bob gates has been secretary of defense in both, and ask him what he thought. and not to my surprise, because gates really is, at the end of the day, a pretty balanced, level headed person. he said, this is a time in which criticism of the sort that we were hearing from mccain and graham, it just troubles him. as he said, it shouldn't be that speaking with one american voice in a time of crisis, these days seems like a quaint idea. he said, i find that truly discouraging, and i share that feeling. i thought gates expressed it well and he's a pretty good perp to say that.

>> michael, as david is saying, obviously you have mccain and lindsey graham, but it wasn't just them. mitch mcconnell and john boehner also jumped in. we just play those and give you a chance to say, is anyone going to listen to robert gates? >> when it comes to the president's foreign policy, can you think of any place that we're better off now before he came into office? >> with regard to ukraine, with regard to steps that have not been taken over the last three or four years, allowed putin to believe that he could do what he's doing without any reaction from us. >> what do you think, michael? >> i wish that they would listen to secretary gates and what david wrote this morning in the charge instead of charges like

feckless and weak coming from senate leaders. the charge here is that the president is having sand kicked in his face by vladamir putin. he's a weakling is what they're saying and has brought on these world events. do they believe by criticizing our president on a world stage at a time he's playing role as commander in chief is going to make us more safe. i'm almost wishing someone from the white house would make that observation. >> seems like they want him to seem weak, even though they say that's the opposite of what they want. >> exactly. >> thanks to both of you. we appreciate it. georgia inching closer to legalize medical marijuana. it was sparked by our dr. sanjay gupta. he changed his stance on the drug last year and in a new op-ed out tonight, he's doubling down. sanjay, you used to be on the

other side of this. you came out, said i looked at the science and we need to legalize this. >> i think that i've concluded it's irresponsible for the medical community not to be looking at this as a viable option. we prescribe so many different medications for different things out there. i gave the example of a child who had epilepsy that was not treatable by modern medicine. she's on seven different medications at one time or another, any of which could have been so toxic, it didn't work. and then they tried this nonpsycho active cbd cannabis oil. it's not something that gets her high, but it's an oil and it relieves her of her seizure. so yeah, i think that's irresponsible and part of the doubling down. >> what's amazing, you go in the hospital and something is wrong with you and there, according to the federal regulations, you

could be prescribed meth, cocaine, they could use that to help you. but they can't use marijuana? >> cocaine and meth are less restricted than marijuana. i tried hard to not inject a moral equivalency in this. people say marijuana and alcohol, drawing those comparisons, those are fair comparisons. but here's the truth. is it on its own merits? marijuana as a medication stands alone, and again, you look at the u.s. research. it may not be that compelling. why? because it's illegal here. hard to do research on an illegal substance. in israel and many other countries around the world, you see some compelling research. big hospitals in jerusalem where people are take thing as a medicine in the hospital. so we have to look around the world and look in smaller labs and make sure we paint not a distorted picture. >> sanjay, thank you very much. it is pretty amazing.

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capitol hill hit a new low today. you may say, come on, you're crazy. how is that possible? i assure you it happened about a hearing of whether the irs targeted conservative groups seeking tax exempt status. lois lerner pled the fifth again. it is very annoying to plead the fifty on everything. like did you need to go to the bathroom today? i plead the fifth. but all jokes aside. this is a serious issue that got very ugly when the chairman darrell issa tried to shut down the hearing setting off the ranking democrat elijah caan. >> i can see no point in going further. i have no expectation that ms.

learner will cooperate with this committee and therefore we adjourn. >> mr. chairman, i have a statement. i have a procedural question, mr. chairman. you cannot run a committee like this. you just cannot do this. this is -- we're better than that as a country and we're better than that as a committee. i have asked for a few minutes to -- [ audio turned off ] >> and i wanted to ask a question. what are we hiding? what's the big deal? may i ask my question? may i make my statement? >> you're all free to leave. we've adjourned but the gentleman may ask his question. >> a single document -- >> thank you. >> if you will sit down and allow me to ask the question. i am a member of the congress of the united states of america. i am tired of this! >> all right. as you saw congressman issa cut off congressman cummings microphone. he said cummings was slandering him at that moment. joining me now is bill crystal

and paul begala. paul, you heard that exchange. is this a new low for washington? mics being cut off, at least our research, that's never happened before. >> that's not a new low. it's unbelievably unwise. chairman issa ought to know better. congressman cummings is a formidable intellect. and he's a courageous man. let him speak his piece. none of us would be covering this if chairman issa had the good sense and temperament to allow the opposition to state their case the way he has stated his. it was a huge mistake. is it a new low? please. come on. you must not have been a history major. preston brooks was a congressman in 1856. he crossed over the senate floor and beat senator charles summener of massachusetts nearly to death. gave him traumatic brain injury. another south carolina democrat, i'm sorry to say, tried to strangle a congressman from pennsylvania. i mean, this is nothing compared to what we've been through.

>> plus, there's the whole hermafodite. you always bring that up. who did that? >> thomas jefferson supporters said this about john adams, our second president. they said he was a hermafodite. because he had -- i have to get the exact quote, he had neither the firmness of a man or the sensibilities of a woman. >> bill, here's the thing. there is -- >> i have to give it to paul for reading up on history. rough day for paul. his ideal, hillary clinton having defended the reset with russians promoting it. then compared putin to hitler today. so i give paul a lot of credit. i admire paul. stiff upper lip. he's reading highlights of american history. >> let me ask you on this issue. there is humor here. this is deadly serious.

americans hate congress. this is an organization that's supposed to be providing leadership and seriousness in this country. it turns out cummings was criticizing issa for releasing evidence to fox news but not the committee. so choosing to go to the media first. issa saying lerner was targeting these conservative groups. media matters says they show lerner specifically instructed colleagues not to target groups because of their political leapings. so is he being dishonest? >> lois lerner took the fifth. if she was doing her job, why did she take the fifth? let's not lose sight of the big picture. i agree with paul, darrell issa, from the point of view of advancing the story and keeping the focus on the irs and lois lerner, should have just calmed down and let representative cummings have his say.

no, he gave the e-mails to fox because he wanted a fair and balanced treatment of them, erin, obviously. how can i resist saying that? i want to see paul now getting that -- smoke coming out of his ears. >> i'm glad that you're indoors, bill. because you would be struck down by lightning if you were outside telling a whopper like that. >> your nose might hit the wall. here's the thing, when paul brought up the enter actions in america. in recent years it seems that the level of discourse and dialogue is at a new law. cummings should have had the ability to say what he wanted to say. here's just one of the showdowns in a few years. >> my friend from texas, like the schoolyard bully. >> it only reinforces the narrative of a party that's willing to do and say just about anything to get its way. >> i'm not a sixth grader.

senator, i've been on this committee for 20 years. >> members, if you could yield your time -- >> i will have you physically removed from this meeting if you don't stop. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those here illegally. >> you lie! >> that's not true. >> is disrespect in washington getting worse? distant history not with standing, paul? >> well, yes, it is. that is a pretty disgraceful. for mr. issa today, the inspector general of the irs who first blew the whistle on this, saying that conservatives had been targeted. if so, that is reprehensible. he's now come out and said liberals were, too, progressive groups were, as well. so this is now a scandal in search of a scandal. in other words, there's no political angle to this in the reporting. and mr. issa has made an

enormous mistake. this is a democracy. in those other examples, at least people were allowed to speak their minds. i thought congressman wilson who yelled at the president, that's awful. but i would much rather have more free speech than less. and there is something chilling about somebody in power pushing a button and silencing the democratic voice in that room. >> would you agree with that, he shouldn't have cut the mikes? >> he shouldn't have cut the mikes. and harry reid has abused his power more than all these small-scale republicans put together. >> thank you very much to both of you. and now a terrifying scene caught on tape. rescuers and bystanders rushed to save three children. this is on the beach here. minivan driving into the ocean. officials say it does not appear to be an accident. the mother and children were

rescued from the vehicle with no serious injuries. this could have become a horrific story. the children are aged 10, 9 and 3 and they're currently in the care of the florida department of children and families. according to the police report, the mother's sister called police for a well-being check. she advised the call taker that he sister was talking about demons prior to leaving the residence. donna pratt and her daughter's friend were staying at the hotel on the beach and saw this unfold. taylor, you were there on the beach. all of a sudden this minivan drives out on the beach. what exactly did you see? >> well, at first i saw the van actually driving really close to the ocean and my friend pointed out that is a little weird how deep in the water they were getting. then we noticed they were in about a foot of water at that point when two bystanders from the beach ran over to talk to them and the woman just sped up and went straight into the water

and the van was submerged under the water at that point. when two bystanders ran in to get -- one got two kids out of the vehicle and the kids were screaming there's a baby in the car. 10 a lifeguard and another man went back into the car to get the small child out of the car. at first i thought it was a joke, because they were hanging out the window. but then i went down to the ocean and you could hear them streaming for help and trying to get attention from anybody on the beach. >> taylor, when you talk about them hanging out the window, the windows were down, right? what was the temperature like? >> the windows were down. it was actually a cool day out, not many people at the beach because it was so cold and it wasn't a great day. so their hands and arms were out the window waving and screaming. >> so did you get the impression they knew something was wrong or crying for help, that they were screaming? >> yes. we got the impression that they were in trouble.

>> i mean, that's just a horrifying thing to imagine. the ages 10, 9 and 3. donna, you saw this from the balcony. i want to play the video that you have, that you gave to us, which we appreciate so we can show people what you saw. you can see the spotlight is the van. did you think this was an accident or what when you saw this, donna? >> originally, i just thought the vehicle was driving parallel to the beach, the way the other cars go, just in the water more. i just thought -- initially that it was a kid or something had decided what is it like to be down in the water? when i saw the bystanders go up to the vehicle and when they approached the vehicle and looked in the window, the woman clearly just sped up more and headed directly into the ocean, i knew it was no joke, there was something serious going on. at that point, it got pretty

deep pretty fast. the bystanders were heroes. the van started rocking against the waves and one of them actually went down. but they got the kids out pretty quickly. they took two out and realized there was another child strapped in a child seat and a lifeguard at that point helped and got the third child out. >> it's a miracle that happened. and just think about how close to horror this came. thank you both very much for coming on the program. we'll continue to follow that story and find out what that mother was thinking. still to come, a surprising admission at the oscar pistorius trial. one of his friends says this is not the first time the blade runner has been in trouble because of guns. and pope francis responds to being called a quote unquote super hero. [ male announcer ] nothing says, "you're my #1 copilot," like a milk-bone biscuit. ♪

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a surprise witness in the murder trial involving oscar pistorius. a friend of the former olympian took the stand and testified he was with pistorius when he fired a gun inside a restaurant. after that pistorius asked the friend to take the blame. this took place a couple of weeks before the death of pistorius' girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. robert occur now has been following the story and has our coverage tonight in pretoria. >> reporter: day three here at

the oscar pistorius trial. we heard a series of witnesses who tried to paint a picture of oscar pistorius as perhaps trigger happy and irresponsible all relating to one incident. it was a johannesburg restaurant where pistorius was allegedly handed a loaded gun. it then went off. according to the state, pistorius then tried to get a friend to take the rap for him. >> he said, please take the gun from me. there's too much media around me. just take the gun from me. and when the restaurant owner came up, darren took the blame. >> reporter: also, the defense continued to raise doubts about the credibility of the testimony of a married couple, neighbors of oscar pistorius. witness one and witness three. now, over and over again, we heard pistorius' defense try and build a picture of the fact that this married couple had perhaps

colluded over their testimonies. in terms of oscar pistorius today, he seemed quite business-like, often sharing notes with his team. he didn't seem emotional, he didn't cry or break down. he didn't put his hands over his ears like yesterday over some of the more trickier parts of the testimony, how reeva had died. back to you, erin. >> thank you very much to robin, who is in the courtroom every day. danny, we've been talking about this trial together. the prosecution is trying to paint pistorius has someone careless with guns. obviously south africa, the crime situation is different. but he brings a gun into a restaurant and he shoots it. and then according to the testimony of the friend we just saw, tries to get his friend to take the blame. how much does this hurt oscar pistorius? >> i think it's very bad. in the united states at least, prior bad acts like this are

generally not admissible. in other words, you can't introduce evidence that somebody used a gun a few weeks before hand. but in south africa, the courts will allow this evidence if it is highly probative. the problem is, this prior act was an accidental discharge. the case at bar is a case of an intentional shooting. even if he was mistaken about who he was shooting. so even the probative value is outweighed by the prejudicial effect. so the judge may conclude he's the kind of guy that shoots guns around when the prior act doesn't have that much to bear on the intentional act of shooting into a bathroom, however mistaken he was. >> which may be true, but the pushback to you is, this is something that carries a gun around and is pretty cavalier with it. is this someone that would be much more likely to shoot it in ageer? >> that's why we have a rule in

the united states. it's certainly probative. it's interesting to a fact finder this is a guy who uses guns. but the potential prejudice of that evidence is so great, since it does not involve the instant case, this case at bar, that in united states courts, for the most part, that evidence would be excluded because the prejudicial value far outweighs any probative effect. >> danny, thank you very much. obviously crucial. as we continue to cover this, there is no judge -- there is no jury. this is going to be a judge that makes the decision on the guilt or innocence of oscar pistorius. on this ash wednesday, pope francis followers are marking a time of reflection. the pope is contemplating life, and in an interview, the pope down played his popularity and said "to depict the pope as a superman, a sort of star seems offensive to me. the pope is a man who laughs,

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so katy perry took over for a weatherman today, the singer. it didn't go so well. >> reporter: katy perry was mostly sunny as she did the weather on australia's sun rise show. which she proceeded to point. 1,700 miles in the wrong direction, and then mispronounced the capital of australia. >> possible storm for canberra. >> reporter: the koala making a cameo didn't seem to take offense. the pretend weather girl is even confronted by a pretend version of herself in wax. >> her boobs are much bigger.

>> reporter: kaip katy played the boob. >> 20 degrees and a shower or two for hogwarts. >> reporter: it doesn't seem to matter that weather really isn't on their radar. that hasn't stopped a slew of celebrities from being cast as forecasters. scarlet johansen also suffered from gpd, geographical pointing deficit, as she pointed to the west coast predicting snow. and snooki had to address her own areas of low cut pressure. the pressure was anything but low on the anchor who had to toss to prince charles, calling him your highness. >> well, it's an unsettled picture. >> the prince found the script to be a royal pain. >> who the hell wrote this script? >> reporter: but who needs to dabble in doppler when you can dance across the weather map, which is what tom hanks did on

unavision, since he couldn't speak spanish. might as well go up and down like barometric pressure, it felt like a rehearsal for dancing with the stars meteorological edition. when the late, great comedian paul lindh did the weather for an ohio station -- he played it dumb. >> 41% chance of twisters. >> reporter: and when confronted by radar -- >> looks like i'm going to be a fortune teller. >> reporter: that was in the late '70s. now in 2014 -- >> and if you didn't understand all this, i'm sure you have an app on your phone. >> reporter: not bad, katy, you made the weather bearable. jeanne moss, cnn, new york. >> piers morgan is next. [ male announcer ] at his current pace,

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good evening, this is piers morgan live, there's a new cold war between russia and the rest of the world. but it seems like there's no easy way out of the situation between russia and ukraine. secretary of state john kerry said this today. >> russia's violation of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity has actually united the world in support of the ukrainian people. >> at the same time u.s. intelligence officials deny they were caught offguard while russ russia's kremer -- >> i'm not making a comparison certainly, but i am recommending that we perhaps can learn from