thank you to iams and adrian for making it happen. i'll see you "on the fives." have a fantastic weekend, everybody. russian president vladimir putin raising the stakes in the continuing tension in ukraine. he's been given a green light by his own parliament to send in russian troops in ukraine's strategic region of crimea, those troops are now on the ground this as protests turn violent. ukrainians choosing sides and stirring up renewed fears that the nation could be split in two. we'll have a live report from the hear where the showdown is now taking place. all of this comes after president obama warned moscow there will be, quote, costs if russia sends in military forces. this is a warning that he appears to be ignoring, though, so what does the u.s. do? we're going to check in with

governor mike huckabee and colonel oliver north. plus, parched from a drought and now parts of california are drowning too much rain. we'll take you live to california where people are fleeing their homes out of a fear of mud slides. hello, everybody, i'm uma pemmaraju, america's news headquarters live in the nation's capital starts right now. and we begin with the breaking news out of ukraine. events there are changing by the hour. the latest, russian president vladimir putin has secured approval from his own parliament to send in russian troops into the strategic region of ukraine known as crimea. this seems to formalize what ukrainian officials have been saying that russian troops already there. aircraft have been spotted overhead and armed troops have been seen on the ground. putin says he is just protecting ethnic russians in the area following the ouster of

ukraine's pro-russian president last week, but ukrainian officials are accusing russia of an actual military invasion and occupation. fox news radio correspondent is joining us now on the phone and she's on the ground in crimea. welcome, jessica. tell us what you -- what's going on right now and the latest about the tensions and what are you hearing from the ukrainian people? >> thanks for having me. i just got in by the skin of my nose. after i landed armed russian-speaking gunmen took over the airport here in crimea. they also took over a strategic military airport here as we were taking the taxi on the way to our hotel. we were also stopped by tanks and armed men. they had machine guns, pistols, riot gear. in our taxi we were stopped and we basically had to roll down the window and speak to the men and i asked if they were russian or ukrainian, there was no

response. since then we've gotten word that russia has given the green light as you mentioned for russia to basically officially put troops here in crimea. there is quite a lot of tension as one can imagine. the average crimean is very nervous. a lot of people here are russian speaking. about 60% ethnic russians here. they're still very nervous because some of them want to look west towards europe. the others want to look east towards moscow, so there's a lot of fears. crimea also basically the armed men took over regional parliament where the airport is and masked gunmen basically stormed the regional parliament and took down the ukrainian flag and raised russia's flag and basically they said that they didn't want to have anything to do with kiev, so there is now an interim prime minister in crimea who basically says that he feels like his people, the russian speakers here, are going to be threatened because they speak russian and they're not western

leaning that they want to look towards moscow. they're afraid that their schools will be closed, they're afraid in general and he basically asked russian president vladimir putin to help personally. and then the latest that we hear that the russian parliament has given the go-ahead. another strange thing coming out of this the russian foreign ministry put out a vague, vague statement right after parliament approved the use of troops here saying that even though putin have been given approval by parliament doesn't mean that it will happen soon which is a little strange considering that we're seeing lots of troops here. i'm staying at a hotel, right on the black sea, and there are russian ships that i can see from my hotel room, so a very, very tense situation here. >> now, is the airport in that region closed? there have been news reports that those troops have taken over the airport and as you point out they are stopping people along the roadways. >> absolutely. they are officially closed. there was a lot of back-and-forth yesterday. armed men basically saying that they were not a part of any --

that they were not russian, that they were just there to make sure that russian interests were being protected and then ukraine's government the interim president came out to say, wait, wait, wait, no, we understand that armed men tried to take over the airport, but it's not true, flights are still going in and out. and then we hear from ukrainians international airlines and they say we can't land, you know, the airspace has violated. i have colleagues that tried to fly out yesterday. no one is getting in or out of this area unless you're military. >> wow. obviously the stakes remain quite high there. i know you're going to be following this story very closely. and report back to us about those developments that are changing by the hour. jessica, thank you so much. and stay safe. >> oh, it was my pleasure, thank you. the president's critics are saying russia's leader has just called his bluff. does the president's warning to moscow really have any impact and can the u.s. make a difference? let's turn now to molly who is joining us with more on what it could mean for u.s./russian

relations. >> we may get a statement or update from the white house today but we do not expect to hear from president obama today on the situation in ukraine unless there's some major new development. in his remarks yesterday, though, the president warned that any violation of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity would be, quote, deeply destabilizing. >> it would invite the condemnation of nations around the world and, indeed, the united states will stand with the international community in affirming that there will be costs for any military intervention in ukraine. >> the president said vice president biden spoke yesterday with the ukrainian prime minister assuring him that the u.s. stands for the, quote, democratic future of ukraine. members of congress also are weighing in in on the situation. house intelligence committee chairman republican mike rogers put out a statement saying, quote, it appears the russian military now controls the crimean peninsula. this aggression is a threat not only to ukraine but to regional peace and stability.

and republican house speaker john boehner also put out a statement saying the obama administration and the european union should maximize economic and political pressure on russia to withdraw its troops from ukraine. uma? >> all right, molly, thank you very much. joining us now for more insight on what is a very tense standoff at this hour, governor mike huckabee. governor, thank you so much for joining us today. i know that many people who are keeping close watch on these developments are less than skeptical of any new red lines coming from this white house. and judging by some of the news reports out of europe, many are shocked by what they describe as the weakness of the president's remarks late yesterday from the white house. >> i think a lot of people are surprised that the president has yet gone to another moment of a red line when he says there are going to be costs and the obvious follow-up question is what costs? because when the iranians had their sanctions relaxed, they continued to move toward developing nuclear material.

they haven't slowed down. we told syria there was going to be a red line. there was no red line. in fact, we backed off and putin had to step in. this is once again putin just saying, i don't worry about what you're going to do because i don't think you're going to do anything. and the best the president can say is we're going to try to get all the european nations together and we're going to put some real costs. what is the cost? not showing up for the g-8 meeting? there's just not much that the american government is able to do because putin has zero fear of what we might do. >> well, to that end, the president's remarks, as you point out, there will be costs if russia intervenes militarily, well, russia has already done that judging by the news reports on the ground there at this point in crimea. and that's a region, of course, that borders russia. generally that particular area does support putin's leadership. >> well, and i think it's also important to note he said if he sends in troops. they sent in eight major transport planes yesterday. several thousand russian troops are already there.

more seemingly on the way. i don't think that there's much doubt as to who's running this show, and putin has zero worry that the united states is going to intervene. and it doesn't matter whether joe biden calls the prime minister and says we're with you. in what way does that mean? and apart from some serious, major sanctions that would have to be agreed upon by the germans and the brits and the french and many others within the nato alliance, i just don't know what leverage the united states has. it's essentially whatever putin wants. what putin wanted in egypt, that's what happened. what putin wanted in syria, that's what happened. and so putin is running the show right now and the united states is basically we hear the term leading from behind, we're not even leading from behind. we're just watching from behind. >> you know, the fact that you point out that he has to get the other western nations to agree to join in on sanctions makes one wonder, you're talking about

influence and clout. do you think these other european leaders even take this president seriously at all? >> no. no, they don't, uma, and i'll give you several examples. even when we were talking about doing something with syria, the closest we could get was that the french said that they might help us. the brits tucked tail and run. they didn't want to trust us. the germans are mad because we've been tapping their phones. and so angela merkel is certainly not going to jump in and say, yes, i'll follow what the president of the united states does. this is one of those rare, historic situations in the history of this country when the president will have to wait and see what everybody else wants to do and then he can maybe say me, too. but in the meantime, he made this statement yesterday, and what did he do? he immediately said now it's party time, let's go raise some money for the democrats. >> yeah, he went off to a fund-raiser right away. >> nobody is taking this seriously. nobody in the white house is really looking at this and saying we really want something different to happen and nobody believes that he has the power

to make it happen. >> it's a very, very tenuous situation. but do you know what makes it even more critical the new government in ukraine is accusing russia of a military invasion and occupation which certainly brings a new dimension to this crisis. i want to certainly look back to 2005 when putin called the collapse of the soviet union the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century and it looks like he wants to restore some of the dominance in the region, of course. >> not only that, but you remember back before the election of 2012 when obama turned to the then president of russia and said, after the election, i'm going to have a lot more flexibility. he may have more flexibility but he has a whole lot less power. and that's very disturbing and it should be for every american. our country, i don't care if we're liked, but we ought to be feared, and nobody likes us, nobody fears us and that's not a good place for us to be. >> well, i have to ask you, then, really quickly about this. okay, if not the united states, then what about the other

european nations, will they just let this go by without any other type of protests? >> i'm not sure what they can do, again, unless all the nations band together and say they're going to put economic sanctions on russia, they're not going to buy their oil, they're going to suspend shipments into russia, unless they take some drastic action like that, and i don't see any indication that they would because it may do more damage to them than it would to russia, you know, short of that, i'm not sure what these nations are going to be able to do and none of them are going to let the united states lead that coalition that's for sure. >> that's for sure, absolutely, at this point that's what it looks like. before i let you go, though, i have to ask you about your recent trip to israel. obviously israel definitely in the news because prime minister netanyahu will be meeting with the president next week. from your vantage point, are you finding that the israeli leaders still are wary of this white house's commitment towards israel? >> oh, i think very much so. and, you know, just talking to the people on the street as well as to people all over israel, the one thing you become very

clear about is that the israelis really question whether or not the united states government is a reliable ally. i think they know the american people are with them. but they're not sure that the american government. and the great reason for that doubt is because of the things that john kerry said about the boycotts, which is a ridiculous way to treat israeli companies that are providing jobs for palestinians, giving a better way of living than they've ever had, and our response from the united states has been to basically join in the politically correct criticism of that. and that makes no sense at all. the best way to achieve peace in the middle east between israelis and palestinians is for us to butt out of it and let them build some economic partnerships, give people the opportunity to prosper and grow. take better care of their families. but we're never going to settle this in terms of the nutty idea of giving away land for peace. you end up with neither land nor peace and i think most israelis have come to the conclusion that

that's a nonstarter for them. >> okay. we'll keep close watch on that. in tonight's show, of course, the big show on our network, i know you got some very important guests coming up. >> we do. we have two retired generals, one retired navy commander, the commander of the "uss cole." we'll be talking about the impact of the defense cuts that chuck hagel announced, which by the way, perfect timing, he announced defense cuts and the russians say we'll ramp an invasion of ukraine. and in arizona the controversial bill and we'll learn how the bill is the exact language of the bill that bill clinton signed and was passed unanimously in the house and 97-3 in the senate back in 1993. it's a real big controversy over a very, very small issue. >> fascinating. well, we look forward to seeing you tonight, and as always we thank you for your insights. always a pleasure to have uf, sir. >> thank you, uma. always great to be here.

we want to hear from you at home. does the u.s. have any clout left when it comes to issuing so-called red lines to world leaders? tweet us your answers to us and i will read some of your responses later in our show. now, turning to another story that continues to raise concerns here about our military and its future in afghanistan, with talk of a drawdown of troops by the end of the year, the u.s. is still locked in a battle with afghan president hamid karzai over what the postwar would look like, and following closely is al qaeda's leader in afghanistan saying he's already layving the groundwork to relaunch his organization as soon as the nato forces leave. joining us now with more on this lieutenant colonel oliver north with his take on the situation. great to see you. i tell you, this is sending off real big alarm bells because a lot of folks are saying, okay, if that's the case, if al qaeda is, you know, already preparing itself to wait until the troops leave, what were we doing there

in the first place? hero this all i buried a week, i didn't bury him personally, but he was buried at arlington, he was a man i'd been out with several times before, a marin master sergeant who was legendary for nine tours overseas, killed in the process of trying to save one of his own men. i look at that and then i hear literally the same afternoon that obama has ordered preparations for an immediate withdrawal, a total withdrawal, before the end of the year. yeah. if you're karzai, i'm not making excuses for a very bipolar leader in karzai, nonetheless, karzai will be gone in less than 45 days. the election that's coming up next month is going to replace karzai. the next president is going to endorse what's called the bilateral security agreement, which has in it a status of forces agreement to protect americans from being prosecuted

inside afghanistan for what they do to help the country. it's in almost every agreement that's ever been drafted for americans to be in another country, to include -- we still have them in italy. we still have them in japan. we still have them in the rest of the world where we've got u.s. forces. so, the talk this week about that withdrawal has started a panic within the afghan military and security forces, desertions are up. recruitment is down. >> the desertions from who? >> the after gan securighan sec because they are saying if the americans are leaving, we have no one to help us. we're getting better every single day and they have been. >> yes. >> they've made sure we don't send combat forces out there alone anymore, every single american unit is partnered with an afghan unit. in fact, master sergeantorian was partn

was partnered with an afghan unit when he was killed by an ied. the enemy has been biding its time waiting for this kind of word from this administration. to pull out now and do to the afghans what we did to iraq not only sends a signal to the afghans where we desperately need to have bases in the future given the developments that have already taken place in iraq, the total failure of the mission in iraq because we pulled out the way we did, to repeat that, replicate it in afghanistan would be truly disastrous over the long term. in between now and the afghan elections, if they start that drawdown more rapidly than it's already occurring, i expect to be back out there for the elections. last time i was there was july. the drawdown was beginning. preparations -- i don't know what dempsey's talking about, we're preparing to withdraw? we've been doing that for over a year. been drawing down the numbers of troops and the equipment and bringing back that which we could and handing over to the

afghans that which they need. go ahead. >> let me just jump in here, i have to get to a break. but can you stay for a moment on the other side of this break because i also want to ask you about ukraine. >> and it relates to what's happening in ukraine, you're right. >> we'll come back in a moment. and when we do, the weather woes keep coming in from california, after crippling drought, the heavy rains could hurt them. and it doesn't seem like democrats will be able to run from this one. >> we heard about the evils of obamacare, about the lives it's ruining, but in those tales turned out to be just that. tales. stories made up from whole cloth. >> real families with real obamacare problems say senator reid is wrong. we're going to talk to one of those families just ahead on america's news headquarters. don't go away. ♪ who do you think you are mr. big stuff ♪

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welcome back, everybody. we have been talking with colonel oliver north who has

been giving us his insights about the concerns over the drawdown in afghanistan that is expected later this year. and we also want to get his take on what's happening in ukraine. so, the concern first in afghanistan about the message it's sending to the enemy and what can be done? >> well, there's a linkage here. the linkage is we've been broadcasting, foretelling if you will, signaling our punch about withdrawal now for months. and, of course, what obama ought to do is stop talking about the drawdown in afghanistan. number two, stop giving things -- i heard someone on the other network talking about this was a warning to putin. there are no warnings to putin. putin is laughing at us. he knows that the europeans and the americans can't impose sanctions because there are seven major pipelines flowing through ukraine. >> that's a very good point. >> if he turns off the switch europe will go cold for the rest of the winter. no one will be able to do anything except refer it to the united nations and you know how

effective they are. let me come back to the connection to afghanistan. the afghan situation largely depends on the next president in afghanistan. the election is next month. >> right. >> at that point karzai is gone. mr. obama, stop talking about afghanistan and the status of forces, the bilateral security agreement. number two if you want to start building credibility and we need some desperately, number two, recognize that this is a foretaste of what we're going to see a lot more of from the chinese, the iranians, the russians, the north koreans if we continue to unilateral disarm. something else that we did in that building behind you. stop battering our israeli ally. in other words, forcing them into what governor huckabee described as land for peace. they call peace over there p-i-e-c-e. and build the pipeline and show the allies in canada but our adversaries we're going to achieve energy independence and so the gulf of hormuz which the

iranians can shut down tomorrow if they want to becomes less important. number four, stop talking about fleeing any country where we've got military arrangements. you've got to make sure that the rest of the world knows we're going to keep our forces where they need to be, not just for that country, but for the good of this country. and that includes doing things like upgrading, building and modernizing our ballistic defense system. that's some of the things this organization and white house needs to do. the o-team has got to stop the bluff and bluster of warning people and drawing red lines in the sand and the rest of it, because all that does is make us look even worse when he kowtows to foreign leaders, begs them for more space as you pointed out or doesn't do what he said he was going to do. >> wow. a very different kilt situation indeed but one that still could be salvaged if some real strategic changes are made. colonel north, always good to see you. thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >> you're welcome.

turning now to the situation in this country where heavy rains pounding parts of california today. some areas getting up to 8 inches. the rain mostly welcome in a state suffering one of the worst droughts in its history, but so much rain falling so fast also brings a big concern, and we're talking about mud slides. we are live from glendora with the very latest on the situation there. dominick? >> reporter: hey there, uma, we are expected to be belted in the next 20 minutes by the next set of storms coming through here and i've got to say the weather is completely schizophrenic in terms of how the rain falls. you get the really heavy deluges sometimes followed by bright sunshine. behind me, though, the biggest concern of all that we've got today, on the hillside, mark, take us up to the top of the hill. what you can see is the landscape affected by the colby fire back in january. it's been since denuded of its vegetation and we've had the rain come in 3 or 6 inches of rain sonar this weekend, that's been soaked up by the land.

the rain that comes today possibly as much as 5 inches on top of that would just sheer off the top and loosen all of the debris that would basically hit by the fire, kind of earth that normally knits itself together with the vegetation, that all got destroyed by the fire and it's going to hit the town here if it comes down. that's a major concern in this area. we've already got 1,200 people who have been evacuated from their homes. some actually, though, still staying inside. and the problem is, they say, what's the difference between a mud slide and a wildfire in a region like this? you can redirect a wildfire. you can protect your property. but when the mud comes, it comes so fast there's just no way of escaping. and the authorities are saying, look, we're not looking at rescue operations if the mud slides come in and you are still in your home, we are looking at a recovery effort. there's a genuine threat to public safety. what will happen today? it's the big day for all the rain because so much of it absolutely accumulated up, and this is what residents in the area are saying and just how

concerned they are. take a listen -- >> it could get worse. the forecast is supposed to be more rain over the weekend. there's a possibility that the mud and water could go up to six feet. >> i was told by the police department if we didn't leave and they have to do a rescue, it would be a recovery, not a rescue. >> reporter: and just to give you an idea of really just how much rain has fallen in some of these places, an additional 2 feet in the higher elevations, which -- sorry, 2 feet of snow, that is, that's good news for the skiers in big bear. it brings the snow line down to 5,500 feet. out on the coast we're seeing swells up to 16 feet which, you know, great news for surfers there and, well, with the guys that feeling like california dreaming, it's just california raining today, and it ain't going to stop. back to you, uma. >> dominick, thank you very much. as they brace for the fury of mother nature. thank you for joining us. and now working our way back east, word of yet another big

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some of the stories making news right now in our fox news flash. we have just learned that in less than two hours at 2:00 p.m. eastern time the u.n. security council will be holding an urgent meeting on the ongoing crisis in ukraine. it's being convened at the request of great britain. now, this comes just hours after russia's president received permission from his own parliament to send in troops into that region of crimea. we'll keep you posted on that. key foreign policy issues of the obama administration will be in the spotlight tomorrow as the annual apac conference begins in washington. on monday the president will be meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. their discussion will likely focus on tighter sanctions for iran's nuclear program and better protections for israel. it turns out that former new york city mayor rudy giuliani was a target of a mafia murder plot. italian news sources are saying the bounty was ordered back in the 1980s when giuliani was the

u.s. attorney in new york. the sicilian mob boss ordered that hit because he did not like the giuliani relationship with an anti-mafia judge in cicely and the plan was abandoned because of fears of retaliation by u.s. law enforcement. and american airlines dropping its bereavement fares now. the company saying it brings them in line with its partner us airways which does not offer such discounts and the air lining are ending the special fares saying the internet makes it much easier for passengers to search for the last-minute ticket deals. and that's a quick look at some of the stories making news in today's fox news flash. despite all that good news, there's plenty of horror stories being told. all of them are untrue. but they're being told all over america. >> the parade of horrible stories trotted out by the haters of this bill will prove

not to be true. >> well, there you go. the chorus of democrats calling americans' obamacare horror stories actual lies and that list of people joining the chorus is growing. this as we get word that more than 10,000 californians are going to have to redo their insurance applications all because of another technical problem with that state's website. we now have more on the story. >> white house press secretary jay carney seemingly continuing the controversy on friday, not only did he not refute senate majority leader harry reid's comments about circulating false horror stories he said the stories, quote, are not as they're being presented by outside groups or republicans, but those who are feeling the premium increases or even worse, a loss of insurance, disagree. republicans, however, are not backing down on their fight based on a new report that cites

around 11 million small business employees may see their premiums go up. >> mr. president, you owe our 11 million workers an explanation. are you willing to look them in the eye and say that you stand by this law? are you willing to confess that obamacare is causing premiums to skyrocket while the quality of health care is going down? >> and yet another change in the law. the administration announcing it will allow federal subsidies, meaning tax credits, if you purchase insurance on the private market outside of health care exchanges. a new tweak because technical problems blocked consumers in states such as maryland and oregon from buying coverage online. >> the subsidies available because of the affordable care act remain available no matter how you get your insurance and we are making sure cms is working closely with states to support their efforts to successfully implement their marketplace, and that includes making sure that those who are eligible for subsidies are able to receive them. >> now, late friday covered

california which is an exchange hailed as a success announced that after five days of an outage around 14,000 consumers will have to redo their applications to complete the process. uma, back to you. >> all right, elizabeth, thank you very much. >> thanks. coming up after the break, you're going to hear from one of the families that insists that the health care horror stories are indeed real. their story coming up next. [ male announcer ] you've never watched her like this before...

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for a current prospectus visit www.etrade.com/mutualfunds. welcome back, everybody. well, our next guest isn't happy with senator reid's comments at all. both she and her husband are self-employed and they chose to sign up for one of those platinum plans through the federal exchange, and once their new plan was confirmed, they dropped their old insurance and everything appeared to be a-ok. but when their son was injured he needed medical attention. the pharmacist at the time said that she and her husband were covered by the insurance plan, but their children were not. of course, that was a shock to this family and the bureaucratic red tape did not end there. samantha is joining us live from lincoln, nebraska, with more on her story. thank you so much for joining us. i know it's a very difficult

situation for you and your family, but i do appreciate you coming forward and sharing your story with us, because your story is indeed real. you and others around this country are having some real problems with obamacare. and you and your husband once had that private insurance, but when you had your own business, you turned to obamacare and that's when you found yourself in the bureaucratic maze. you had no idea that your kids apparently didn't qualify and had no idea that they were not covered by obamacare until your son injured himself? >> correct. >> so, what happened as a result of that? i mean, you had to automatically try and go back to the enrollment process, and you were told, though, that your kids were qualified to go on medicaid. but your family doesn't meet government assistance. so how did that work out? >> correct. well, it turns out that it was a glitch in the system.

somehow that our children got thrown into medicaid, and i have actually tried to reapply several different times trying to get my kids included, and they were still kicked off. so, i've tried talking to congressmen, senators, the white house, reaching out to them and they've reached out to me, but no one seems to know how to fix the problem. and i actually had a congressional inquiry done on my behalf, and i have someone who is still currently trying to solve my problem. >> i know, because it's not resolved yet and your kids -- you had to take out another private insurance -- go to a private insurance company to get coverage for your kids until you can work this out. you know, basically harry reid is calling you and others who have come forward with your personal stories liars. are you outraged by this? >> yeah. i'm completely outraged. it's absolutely ridiculous. i actually called his office yesterday and told him my name, my phone number, my e-mail address and told him that i had complete documentation of

everything that i've been through, and i also would like to invite him to my home if he could like to come and help me place all these phone calls and e-mails to the people that i still need to contact because i was told by health and human services that i need to reapply and figure out how to solve the situation. >> very tough situation indeed. interesting to note, though, right? as the folks including the president who said if you like your plan, your doctors, you could keep them. they were outed as liars since they were obviously not telling the truth at the time for the thousands of people and now these folks are trying to blame the victims who are going public with their stories saying all of you are being less than honest. it's unbelievable, isn't it? >> it absolutely is. and i just -- it actually is scary. i was watching the news this morning, and jay carney was saying that people weren't telling the truth, and i just -- you know, i have documentation of everything that i've gone through. and it's been since january that my children are not covered and

they're still not covered. >> wow. >> so, it will be interesting to find out how the problem is solved. >> well, we wish you all the best. keep us posted on what happens. and good luck to all of you. >> okay. thank you so much. >> thank you. all right. shifting gears now in a big way. we're going to focus on unlocking the mysteries of the mind. what if you could watch a videotape of your dreams? best-selling author and theoretical physicist joins us to talk about the amazing advances that could make science fiction fantasy a reality. ♪ keep on playing those mind games ♪ [ female announcer ] a classic macaroni & cheese from stouffer's

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consider this. taking a field to get a photographic memory? videotaping dreams sounds like science fiction? it is not. michio? kaku talks about how our brains work and amazing breakthroughs on the horizon. doctor, thank you for joining us. it's an honor to have you on our

program today. >> glad to be on. >> people are really excited about this book and some calling it a mind-bending study of the possibilities of the brain. >> the book is number six on the amazon bestseller list. shows how much intense interest there is in the mind. >> when you talk about some of the discoveries, you are talking about things many people would think are science fiction. for example, videotaping your dreams and having photographic memories programmed ahead of ti time. how is that possible? >> we can brain scan the thinking process with mri machines and have computers decode it. we have a dictionary between impulses in the brain and what you can do with a computer. the pentagon has done millions of dollars in order to perfection this technology so veterans of iraq and afghanistan can control mechanical arms and legs to create an exo-skeleton

controlled by the mind. this is something out of "ironman" comics. the obama administration wants to help people with alzheimer's being able to record a memory and have a brain pacemaker so people with alzheimer's can push a button and have the memory put in their minds they have forgotten. this is going to revolutionize the way we view mental illness, alzheimer's and the way we can conduct our business if we can record and upload memories. >> there is a new form of entertainment, you can record smell, taste and touch as well as a full range of emotions which can be reexperienced by the audience. this is amazing. >> that's right. one day we may have a brain net where children an facebook send emotions and memories across the internet. it would be the rage of face book. eventually the movies might be

replaced. instead of looking at a two-dimensional screen we might send emotions and feelings to create total immersion entertainment. this could have enormous implications for swrnds standing of the mind, mental illness, alzheimer's and entertainment. >> how far away are we from having this become part of mainstream society? >> we have a long ways to go. in animal study we can record the memories of a mouse. next will be recording memories of a monkey. beyond that we want a brain pacemaker so you can push a button and upload memories of your loved ones where you live for alzheimer's patients and beyond that. maybe upload a vacation you in ever had or complete all the courses you flunked in college. >> it sounds fascinating, doctor. we are looking forward to hearing more from you. i urge our audience to get your

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we have this news on the latest in the crisis in ukraine. reuters is reporting chuck hagel just spoke to russia's defense minister moments ago. that is according to u.s. officials. no word on what hagel had to say to his russian counterpart. we've been asking you does the u.s. have clout left when it comes to issuing red lines to world leaders? "no. now the only colors those world leaders see is yellow." "red lines were no longer compromised of twizzlers, they might not be shrugged off and

laughed at." "we are no longer respected or feared which is worse." thank you for weighing in. that's going to do it for me in d.c. before we leave, we leave with you beautiful images coming to you from an icy niagara falls. a fox news alert for you now on the growing crisis in the ukraine at this hour. the drum beat of possible military action is getting louder. welcome, everyone, to america's news headquarters i'm jamie colby. >> i'm kelly wright. russia's parliament giving permission to vladimir putin to send troops into the ukraine if a unanimous vote seems like a formality. ukraine officials say russian military intervention is well under way in what is described as an ongoing invasion