go to our new homepage as well. foxnews.com/media-b foxnews.com/media-buzz. we're back next week. we are start with the fox alert. there's new reaction to the growing crisis in ukraine. russia continues to deploy thousands of troops and tanks on the ground in the peninsula, and some fear a possible full-scale invasion could potential be next. the ukrainian prime minister, vladimir putin's brazen moves, quote, a declaration of war against his country, this as nate nato secretary-general warns. great to be with you again. thank you for joining us. tensions in eastern europe and here at home have reached a

fever pitch. as eric said. secretary of state john kerry is calling russia's move an incredible act of aggress and threatening it could lead to isolate from the rest of the international community. does putin care? steve, what's the latest from the beltway. >> strong words from democrats and republicans align, condemning russians. secretary of state john kerry saying that russia's moves represent an act of aggression that will bring national scorn, possibly resulting in sanctions and a boycott of the g-8 summit. kerry suggested putin is hurting himself, his country and his people. >> he is not going to gain by this. he may be able to have his troops for some period of time in crimea unless he resolves this, but the fact is he's going to lose on the international stage.

russia is going to lose, the russian people are going to lose. he's going to lose all of the glow that came out of the olympics. >> russian troops have spread out across the crimean peninsula and there are fears they will continue to move into the rest of the ukraine. some republicans joined kerry, and are calling for a strong better national reaction. >> the u.s. must convene our allies both in europe and through nato to strengthen the interim government in can i yes, to allow kiev. perhaps you're seeing the outlines are russians trying to undermine the government in kiev. >> republican senator lindsey graham of north carolina took a different turn, saying that because obama is a weak president, he, quote, invites aggression. >> steve, well said. thank you. jamie, the russian invasion -- in eastern europe.

back in 1956, the soviets invaded hungary. the soviet occupation lasted 45 years until the fall of the soviet union. in 1968, the soviet and war saw packet invaded slovakia, tanks rolling in to crush the liberation movement there. more than 100 were killed. five years ago in 2008, russia invades parts of western-backed georgia, and continues its occupation today. now it appears history again being repeated in ukraine. with great irinsides. anatole leaven is a professor at kipgs -- and author of "ukraine and russia" good to see you from london, what can the world do, do you think in reaction to putin's moves? >> well, obviously, if russia goes in for a full scale of-scale then it will

face a keshl -- considerable measure of isolation, but russia may enjoy the support of china, or china may block moves. and the most important thing to remember is that in the last resort, russia, and that means not just the putin administration, but a great many ordinary russians regard -- can defending the russian minority against what they see as a neofascist coup d'etat. in the last resort that means that russia will fight and the western will not fight. under the rhetoric that's already been made clear, we will not send troops, so if russia is prepared to live with that measure of international

isolation and possibly some economic sanctions, then it still has a very strong card. >> do you think a full invasion of the ukraine is actually possible, or will putin and russia basically annex crimea. >> they want to remain a measure of the influence of ukraine as a whole, at least to keep it a neutral, and have some say of the speaker in kiev. they would only take crimea as a last resort. the big question is what happens in eastern ukraine. that depends on both sides. you have local governments in power which supported the last ukrainian administration. if the new government in kiev, or the militias move to overthrow, then russia will react militarily. if russia moves in to support, then the ukrainian army will have to enact, then you will

have war, whichever side begins it. >> do you predict that that could happen? >> i think it could very easily happen, but that's why the west does need to urge max minute restraint, but on both sides as well. remember, the government in kiev has taken some, to put it mildly, very unwise steps such as banning the official status of russian and other minority languages in ukraine. that is not reassuring to the russian speakers of eastern ukraine. nor is the fact that ukrainian politicians who have expressed i mean truly virulent hatred of russians, not just russia, are now occupation top security posts. so i think they do -- as well, of course, as telling russia to back off. >> this wasn't supposed to happen at all. look at the 1994, the budapest memorandum, when ukraine sent the nuclear weapons, the arsenal

back, quote, the united states of america, the russians federation, and the united king donees and northern, to respect the independence and sovereignty of the independence of ukraine and reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force. and that none of their weapons will ever be used against ukraine except in self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the charter of the united nations. that clearly hasn't happened now, even though putin claims he's potential acting to protect the russian populace. >> no, it hasn't, but then again, you know, seen from not just russia, but many ukrainance as well, what happened was not like what happened in egypt with the overthrow of commune im. yanukovych was a repulsive ruler in many ways, but he wasn't elected.

a large part of the ukrainian parliament is being chased out of kiev, you know, the representatives of the east and south, the parties which supported yanukovych. so it is highly questionable whether this government in kiev does have any degree of democratic legitimately. that's why, quite rightly, the west has gotten a promise of new elections in may, but of course the question is how one can hold free and fair elections with nationalist militia in control of with you pant of the country and russian soldiers in control of another. >> finally, the west is claiming that perhaps the president will boycott the sochi meeting in june, the g-8, possibly visa bans. is there any that the west can do? >> look, i think what we have to understand is for russia, defense the russians of ukraine and some measure of influence

over ukraine, defending the black sea fleet headquarters as receive st -- i don't think -- i think the russian government does not want to find itself completely isolated, but if it thinks that that is essential from what it at least sees as russian national interests, then it will endure that. >> anatol from kings college in london, thank you are for your analysis. very vital for today. thank you. >> thank you. the woman at the center of the i.r.s. targeting scandal is denies claims that she will testify before congress. you may remember that former

official lois lerner saying she still has plans to assert her fifth amendment. congressman issa, never tell fox news sunday that lerner had planned to testify. her lawyer now claims that's not you this. still, you should probably watch the entire view with chris wallace today on "fox news sunday" which airs at 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. eastern. well, drought-plagued california is getting a mix of rain and snow it so desperately need, but with that rain comes, yes, the threat of mudslides and flooding. just look at that. meteorologist janis dean is live in the fox weather center with more.

>> a good and bat situation, but so fast we're dealing with flash flooding, so over the last 48 hours, some areas have seen several inches of rain on top of what was received last week. in some cases we're talking about 8, 9 inches of rainfall. this is not knoll, this is rainfall. just in a matter of hours of the that's why we are seeing the potential for the mudslides and flash flooding. there's a look at the radar. some of this energy is moving across the southwest, and fueling our next snowstorm and ice storm unfortunately across the central u.s. you see the pinks on the korean. that's where the freezing rain and sleet is falling. north of that is where we have the heavy snow, and in some cases we could certainly see up for to a foot of snow. look at the cold front. this is meteorology 101. you can really see it. it's a powerful arctic front. these are current temperatures,

not windchills in the single digits and the minus digits here. 35 in memphis. that's where we're sealing that icy mixture. ahead of that very warm, unestablish are stable area. but again dangerous windchills where it feels minus teens, minus 20s across the northern plains. this winter could be one of the coldest on record for the northern plains and upper midwest. back to you, eric. just promise spring. spring and summer will be here -- >> soon. i think it's like 18 days officially on the calendar. unbelievable. the pentagon is planning to cut the size of the u.s. army to levels that have been unseen in nearly 75 years. is it a smart move given the state of modern warfare? or potential disaster in the making? we're going to have a fair and balanced debate, next. less than a month remains to

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of the headlines. china is blaming a horrific slashing. have you heard about this? it was a rampage now being blamed by separatists. in all 29 people were killed in that one attack, hundreds injured. police shot four of the suspects and captured another. five other suspects, though, remain on the loose. one person was killed and dozens were injured in a massive pileup on a denver highway this weekend. police say 104 vehicles were involved in that pileup reportedly caused by an intense burst of snow. and pope francis urging world leaders to put an end to the crisis in ukraine. the pope making an appeal during traditional sunday mass, urging the international community to support every initiative for dialogue and harmony.

our viewers are very aware of my constant concern for the military. i paid particular attention when the pentagon previewed the 2015 budget. it does contain plans to redue the size of our army to the smaller number since world war ii, chuck hagel sell it will allow the pentagon to focus on building up the -- lawmakers weighing in on that today on "fox news sunday". >> it's a problem, but also look beyond ukraine and what's happening in the south china sea with china, like what's happening in the middle east. we could not do the surge in iraq in my view with an army that size. we they'd to be sure that they changes in the defense budget are consistent with what we need to do around the world. >> i don't think we need an army

that is supposed to support two overseas ground wars that we are winning at the same time. i think you can respond to the threats as they arise with a lower army. you constitutional have the air force, the navy, still have a very large army to go with it. >> joining us for a fair and balanced debate a former aide to senator harry reid and freelance democratic consultant, and angela mcglowen. i welcome both of you this afternoon. >> thanks for having us. >> keeping in mind we have an all-volunteer force, we don't have a draft, so people sign up because they want to do this as a career. rodell, the accounts being proposed, do they put american lives at risk? >> i don't think so at all. i think what you are seeing is military leaders realizing that we are not going to need the footprint we have actually needed over the last 13 years, to be quite honest, i see this as a setting of priorities from a war that we were in that some

might thing we shouldn't have been in in the first place. that being said, i don't think it's all about the troops. i think it's about having a smart strategy, and we've been talking a lot about the troop reductions in this budget, but at the same time we'll be spending more money preparing our special forces for cyberattacks. to have a tactical force for the emerges threats around the world. >> angela, i bet anybody that's in the military would admit we have to constantly be upgrading and current with, but people will lose their jobs. we've seen it already with a number of civilians, and we won't necessarily have the kind of readiness. this is an administration that hasn't fully recognized the war on terror. how concerned are you, or are you in an agreement with rodell that its time has come. >> it's gravely concerned and no, i'm not in great with

rodell. ronald reagan said strength through peace. and -- i believe, yes we should keep up with technology, but war is war. right now north korea has icbms that can reach america. china is working on enhancing its missile defense system. also, they say in 2015 that iran will be able to have the same type of missile system as north korea. so we should, yes, look at technology and moving forward, but we should not retreat from our traditional national defense. >> are you against any cuts, angela? >> no. i'm not against any cuts. we do have some wasteful spending. however, i do not think we should downsize our army. we should have a two-strong strategy to fight several wars at one time, but president obama announced in 2010 that he wants to move to a one-strategy war,

where we can only do one war in one theater. jamie, that won't protect our homeland. >> let me ask you about diplomacy and the cost ofsill. what role would you see the military playing in that? >> well, listen, i think that there is -- there's a debate and it's not democratic or republican, it's a debate to whether or not the american military should be assassination builders. i'll tell you what, i think that there are strong opinions on both sides. i just wanted to respond to one thing that angela had just said, because i'm hearing contradictory argument. i agree with everything that you want about our threats. i'm just not sure whether or not 20,000, 30,000, 40,000 more troops when we're talking about icbm missiles, we're talking about two different things. we're talking about being ready for -- it's no longer thousands of troops on one side of the

field and thousands of troops on the other side picking each other off one by won. >> angela, respond quickly. rodell i want to come back to you, the president has been criticized for the foreign policy -- i want to give you a chance to defend his record if that's what you believe should be done. angela, go ahead. >> if you do not know your history, you're destined to repeat it. after world war ii we did cut budgets and weren't ready for the war in korea. having said that, even though we have missiles, we still have war and we still need warriors on the ground. we can't do this just dealing with cyberattacks and technology. we need to build up our military, not deplete it. >> we know our forces are the best, the brightest and bravest. >> and i agree with that. >> what do you think of the president's foreign policy and the critics? quickly. >> a few things, especially as we're talking about this issue.

this is being talked about about our forces and what to do with them since donald rumsfeld, who has also said -- then on to secretary gates. i think we have a president that doesn't saber rattle. i think we have a president that got us out of two wars, and i was listening to fox news this morning and some of the hawks and what they were saying about president obama. i think he's done a great job at lating our military and our foreign policy. >> he is the commander in chief. got to leave it there. fair and balanced, we report, our audience always decided. thanks to both of you. eric? jailie, it is now mar. it's now countdown for obamacare. now new polls show what americans they about the law as the deadline, that date approaches. is there a shortage of

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march 31st is the last day to sign up for obamacare. now the pressure is building up. it remains p 3 million short. two brand-new polls show what americans think about the law. 45% have an unfavorable view, as compared to 35%. when asked what should happened to obama care? only 8% say key it as it is. 48% say keep the law, but it

needs to be improved. 12% say repolice it with a gop alternative, 19% say repeal it all together. senator, with you saw the poll, the 8% says keep it as it is. that's not a lot of people. >> that's overwhelming. people are smart. they see that it doesn't work. they're going to the exchanges and finding out they're not only paying more in premiums in hower copace and deductibles. >> that wasn't supposed to happen. . what happened? >> exactly. and so you see him continuing to try to change it unilaterally, rather than coming to congress and working with us. i think the president has made something like 25 changes to the law, which he really does not have the authority to do, and it's still floundering.

it's having a negative impact. >> the white house would say he has the authority, part of the executive decision-making, but more importantly the broader issue, the cbo said they will need about 7 million. the other day vice president biden started to lowball that. what happen if they get 5 to 6 million just four weeks from now? do you think that will be enough to make this a complete success? >> big-time problem. they're at about 4 million. they want to be at 7 million. not only are they not getting the sign up, but they're not getting the young people they need to make this program fiscally and actuariyly sown. the financial underpinnings are at risk. that's why the president trying to make change. he's putting his own members of congress in a box by not coming

back to congress and working with us to address something that the american public wants, in our opinion, they want a totally different approach. they don't want a big government-run approach. they want something that will help them with choice and competition, better pricing. >> you mentioned young people. the cbo says about 40% need to be young people. as of the latest, 24% are in the 25 to 34 qulerld. here's this. in colorado 7% are 18 to 24. 7%. so senator, what happens if they don't get that 40% that the cbo says obamacare needs to work? >> it's a big-time financial problem. what you see is people going into medicaid, costing more money, putting a real burden on them, and you're not having young people sign up and go into the program and providing that revenue base. you need to make it work. >> so what do you think will happen bottom line. millions are being covered, at least jurs oemp a million, or so

they say, like 11%, one statistic shows that only 11% did not have insurance, but how about those who are covered, that it's a success for them? >> there's something like 6 million that have been covered from their coverage. often. republicans don't have a problem, we absolutely have an alternative, but it empowers people to pick their only insurance. that means pooling for small companies, that means tort reform, competition across state lines t. so you give people choice rather than this big government-run program. >> but the senate is not going to go for that, and at the president is backing his law. >> that's where i say the president is putting his own people in a box. approach the midterm elections, if the administration and members both in the senate

and the house and the democrat party don't work with us on a bipartisan basis and respond, i think they'll pay a big-time price in the november elections. >> finally, senator, what, just about, you know, 30 days, 29 days or so to go before that deadline, what do you think we'll see on march 31st? >> they're not going to reach their sign-up goals, as we've talked about, that's a big-time problem. remember, anybody that doesn't sign up, they're looking at tax penalties. when people start source the higher taxes that come with obamacare, i think that, again they're going to be unhappy about it, and that's the growing discontent you see, that the -- on a bipartisan basis, democrats need to join with us on the right kinds of solutions. >> senator john hoeven, republican from north dakota, that deadline is approaching fast. we will be reporting on it. thanks for joining us this sunday. >> thanks, eric. thanks. jamie? >> gentlemen, thanks to both of you. there's a new government

watchballing report. appearing at first glance, it concludes that the u.s. has a shortage of airline pilots. there are some analysts that say they're unsure if there are too few or too little bay for those who would otherwise be capable, but what is behind the drop-off? should air travelers be concerned? joining mess is askor of "bulls and bears" seen here on saturdays. we never miss it. >> thank you. >> if there aren't enough pilots, what will it mean? >> i took a close look at the three studies this watch dog report came up with, and it's not so clear-cut. there is a problem with the regional airlines. we see the unemployment rate for pilots is 2.7%, very low. that would suggest there's a shortage, but pay has gone down by 10%, but the number of pilots has gone up 12%. i think where we're seeing the problem is in the regional airlines where they don't pay to

which. a lot of copilots make into you have beenly minimum wage. so there may be some cutbacks in service to some smaller cities. >> what you're saying is they have the jobs, but they're not paying, so pilots may not be applying for those jobs. but they are also consolidating flights. it seems like the schedules aren't enough flights going if you also don't have pilots signing up, the air traveler could be frustrated by that process. >> that's a very good point. there is one thing that's a positive for the air travelers, and part of the reason why there aren't pilots going in. it used to be you had 250 hours of flying experience to become a copilot. now you need a minimum of 1500, so it's taking -- >> not opposed. >> yeah, so we may be safer. >> and think about all the wonderful pilots coming out of the military now. will they jobs be available on to them? >> no, that's a very, very good

point. that may be a benefit of the unfortunate cuts in the defense. in fact, the report shows that a lot of the pilots -- part of the pilot shortage may be because they're in the military. there could be good jobs for them when they come out. >> that's very interesting. how is the airline sector doing as an industry? if the prices are going up delta only going to give you the mile? >> i know. consultation often does that. we've seen a lot of airlines merging. that may result? higher costs. the other thing is a lot of what happens to the airlines are union and oil. if oil prices go down, we may see a tempering of those prices. >> meantime we're working and staying home. >> stay-cations. >> thank you, brenda. never ever miss brenda's show. you'll learn a lot.

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it's a really big night in hollywood. >> it's the 85th annual academy awards tonight. what can we expect when the curtain goes up? and who will walk away with the big prize? and of course who will go home disappointed? tara kaun has an incredible batting average. he's our oscar expert. >> you're never disappointed. you're an oscarologist. >> oscar-ologist? >> absolutely. you and i talk about this all year long. we see the movies. we have opinion being it. i walked out of "gravity". >> and you hated it, correct? >> i didn't hate it, but it seemed so unrealistic. you say it has a chance. >> this is very unusual. most years recently we've known what was going to win.

arguo, the artist, king's speech. this year is a photo finish. nobody knows. there are nine nomineeses, great films all of them. only three films have a chance to win -- american hustle, gravity and 12 years a slave. >> you have odds on this? >> i think we have a full screen. "american hustle" 10% chance of winning "gravity" about a 30% chan of wins, and i hope i'm right, "12 years a slave" 60% chance. the reason i'm predicting "12 years a slave" it's a historical drama, superb film. it's the kind of film they give pictures to. it seems important. >> will the director win? >> he will not. i think gravity will win best director, because it was such a unique directorial achievement. really astonishing work he did

there. there are a lot of voters who have cast their ballots for "gravity." . so it's very, very close. >> i have to ask you about, you know, "american hustle" was really fun, but there's so much talk about matthew mcconaughey, and "the dallas buyers' club" because he lost so much weight for the role. what will it win? >> it's a great film, nominated for six, it will win three, best actor, matthew mcconaughey, he plays a real person, physically transformed on screen, almost unrecognizable. he has a disease, he's a patient in the film, so he's going to win. best supporting actor has won most of the precursor, and best makeup as well. >> i'm hearing a theme.

"raging bull" he put on all that weight, then took it off, and we have these serious societal themes. >> and "12 years a slave" will also win best actress. this is her film debut. fantastic performance. she is brilliant. she won the screen actors guild award. she's nominated with the it girl from last year. there's some talk she could win again this year. i don't think so. >> i'm rooting for jonah hill. so great, and here's my impression of jennifer lawrence. remember this? she's at lunch and she's like -- i'm just not good with change. ished get an oscar, jamie.

[ laughter ] >> jonah hill was fantastic and so was leonardo dicaprio. >> by the way, i know you're excited here, because we know who will win for best actress. slam dunk with cate blanchett. when the film was first screened, we also said she is going to win the oscar. and she's an astonishing actress. this is her six nomination. best supporting actress. her second win overdue. she's a slam dunk. you can bet the house on this one. >> now that you've told us all the winners, people can watch me host at 7:00. i'm hoping umenyioyou'll join u >> our get dressed up. thank you for joining us. this was so much fun. big night tonight, and we will be right back. [ female announcer ] we'll cook all day today,

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ukraine is not the only troubled international hot spot. the pentagon says syria should hand over its chemical weapons a lot faster. beyond that news, here is -- >> the word genocide is getting a workout these days as writers and diplomates try to express

the horrors in syria. a number of those killed in the civil war hovers around 150,000. while a flood of refugees starved and freezing are still running for their lives. comparisons to stalin and hitler miss the mark, but only because the death toll has yet to reach the million mark. the entire world stands aside as bashir al assad hugs his russia and iranian protectors. to understand the winding corridors of the depraved dictator's mind, consider syria's promise to rid itself of chemical weapons. the choreography amounts to a classic enactment of the cat and mouse game so carefully played by middle east pirates. last september, as civil war raged, assad grate agreed to give up his deadly staff actor

report service of the sarn gas attack his own people. hundreds died a grisley death in what is believed to be one of several attacks on such forces. president obama rushed into a deal mediated by the russians, who demonstrated they could make peace better than a winner of the nobel peace prize. it was also the typical obama retreat, saving out of a tight spot by quelling on international bureaucracies. in this case, the united nations and the righteous sounding organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, opcw in the hague. their original agreement with syria, which had no or else clause, called for removal of all chemical weapons by february 6th, 2014.

the most lethal toxic chemicals would take place on u.s. vessels. the entire neutralization process was to be completed by june 30th. for better or worse, the deal had the force, such as it is, and approval of the u.n. security council. from the start, assad stalled and restalled, and by february, only 4% of his 1,300 tons of toxic weapons had left the country. syrian officials blamed the delays on security problems and bad weather. what's more, they asked for another postponement to deliver the weapon. a hundred-day extension. the u.n. took it on the on chin while unnamed officials muttered off the record about the limits of patience. somehow, a compromise was hammered out and last week a shipload of mustard gas suddenly turned up at the syrian city of

lochakia for export. now, there is a new timetable, round one to assad. revised deadlines call for the removal of his chemical arsenal by april 27th. with the original june 30th final deadline for total elimination still up in the air. media analysis of the far east is vague and complete with such terms as less known or it remains unclear. formal boundaries of reporting ondy mroem onsy seem stretched beyond the usual limits. israel took no chances as fierce persisted that the syrian madman was transferring his chemical weapons to iran's friends and surrogate hezbollah. the israeli command has stepped up its raids on syrian biological warfare sites near the border. in what can be a glimpse of realism or optimism, israel

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i wait for it all year, competitors starting the iditarod. it's alaska's nearly 1,000 mile dog sled race. the team starting about 50 miles

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