de facto annexnnexation? >> no question. for the past couple week, the are your sh russian military has been in control. you can see what is going on. what is interesting right now this referendum today will say almost certainly let's go back and be part of russia. that is a big deal for russia. this means that putin has gotten his way on this particular issue. but he has picked up something that will cost him a great deal. and the costs are immediate. crimea does not have much water. it does not have much energy. much electricity. that means putin will have to pay for all of these things, for all of the people that he has inherited. this is a big step. >> i wonder if putin will pay in other ways. the white house is insisting if

he doesn't bag dock down, he wi face severe penalties from the west which will arguably hurt the russian economy, i did minutish you putin's influence. will sanctions really chiachiev that? >> at the moment, there is certainly what appears to be a rather united front between the europeans, the west europeans and the united states. and they have all said that starting tomorrow, there will be a round of sanctions imposed upon russia. those things will hurt russian business, the business people. it's a new rising middle class in russia. 50,000 people were demonstrating yesterday in the heart of moscow screaming things like russia without putin. they are opposing his policy. now, that does not mean that that will be a threat to you

putin's position right now, but it does mean he has to be a wear there are many things going on ash him wi around him, a rising middle class wanting access to the west. what is happening right now in ukraine is going to cut that off. and so putin is going to be faced with problems from the west but also within his own country. >> some suspect putin will not stop with crimea. as you know, there are reports that he has amassed thousands of troops along the border of eastern ukraine. is that a show of judgment of force to intimidate or prepping for an invasion? >> you can't rule that out. but it's not the kind of invasion that you think of where an army masses and crosses a border and wishes to take all of the country, in this case ukraine.

what the russians are setting up is the a kind of pre-test thtexf you take crcrimea, you have to feed them and give them electricity and energy. so if you were to take over key parts of' ukraine,take crimea, them and give them electricity and energy. so if you were to take over key parts of' ukraine, that's one kind of, quote, invasion. but at this point, you putin have have it both ways.ukraine, kind of, quote, invasion. but at this point, you putin have have it both ways. you can move troops in or you can generate pro russian demonstrations with people screaming we want the russians to come into help us. and that's what russians are seeing on their television which is pure propaganda these days filled with lies saying russians living in ukraine are finding it very difficult to live there, that they're under siege. well, it's not true. but you can use that as a pre-text to move in.

i think that putin right now has a moment to take a deep breath and figure out what it is that ultimately he wants. he has put himself in a position to get what he wants, now he has to figure out what whether he wants to make that call. >> let's look at the bigger picture of u.s./russian relations. if this is not a reversion two or recognition of the cold war, what is? >> that's a great question. during the cold war, we had the united states and soviet union ready to go at each other if there was a failure in communication or national interest of some kind befo.

and the soviet union had a communist government wanting universal application of com sue nichl. right now putin is the tough man running russia, but what he's interested in is running all what have used to be imperial russia, what used to be the soviet soviet union. there is no indication that he thinks he could run the rest of the world. so there a fundamental difference, but nevertheless, there a collision of interests right now that is going to have to be reconciled somehow. >> well, this is an unfolding story. far from over. come back to talk to us more. good to see you. >> thank you very much. fox news authorities are now turning their attention to the pilots in the cockpit and passengers on board the missing malaysia airlines flight 370 as i was telling you with congressman peter king. there is into evidence that

shows ce shows criminal activity may have played a role. hi, dominic. >> yes, the background of the captain being very sharply the focus here today. shah was an obsessive supporter of the recently jailed opposition leader in malaysia. he was actually jailed just hours before flight 370 took off. so the question here is do we have some sort of ideological proceed te protest in play. >> malaiysia government releasig the information they he have, then we can build the case if it's jihadist linked or just another situation, a suicide or personal derangement. >> one they think that the authorities took away from shah's house was the flight

simulate tore which you can see another screen. who used that is one of the questions that needs to be asked. authorities reassembled it and of course they will be dusting it for fingerprints to see if anybody else used that simulator and if they have links to anybody else who was on board there. this might be a crucial piece of evidence. take a listen. >> we have dismantleded it from the room and assembled it at our base and we are getting sxermts to look at it now. >> a couple laptops were also removed from the home of the two pilots in that now that the police have actually searched the homes, it's a information ren significants stage in the investigation and more details, hopefully the malaysians will

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some new poll numbers for president obama raising questions about whether the commander in chief is an asset or a liability for all those democratic candidates ahead of the midterms. according to gallup, the president's approval rating is down for 40%. disapproval at 54%. and that has been on the rise. today on the sun taday talk sho

the question was side stepped. >> the president will raise money. we want to help them in every way we can. the president will be an assess in every way possible and help these candidates. >> byron, how are you doing? >> doing well. >> if you were a candidate looking at the midterms, would you you be able to make a decision right now whether you you wanted the president with you? >> well, i think most democrats would probably rather have the president stay away, they wouldn't find if he'd send some money, but they probably want him to stay away. in the last you few days, there has been a democratic freak out about their chances in november. in part due to the polling you just talked about. lowest it's ever been for him. and they know that presidential

approval ratings have a big affect on midterm elections. the other part of the freakout is the reaction to the special election down in florida for the house seat from the 13th district where democrats thought they were going to win, ended up losing. and they think that obamacare was a significant factor in that. put that together, and i don't think most of them want president obama standing on the stage with them in their own districts. >> is it any coincidence then that the president recently met with the hispanic caucus and the black caucus and made by executive order changes to immigration policy for more quote/unquote as humane deportation process? >> in a case like this, a political party wants to solidify its base and wants to make sure all of the base is ennews yak tnd ready to go. so i wouldn't be surprised to see the president and the white house concentrate on minorities, on women, on younger voters, on voters making less than $25,000

a year. that group that is really the foundation for the president's success. the problem is they don't turn out as much historically in midterm elections as they do in presidential year elections. so a lot of people think this may be looking more like 2010 when the voters didn't show up as much, republicans won a huge victory, than 2012 where they did show up. >> president was in new york this week laterally stopping traffic as he always does for two fundraisers. he can't run again, so what will he two with the money being raised and what does a candidate have to do to get a piece of that pie? >> listen to what dan pfeiffer said. he said the president will be raising money. you'll see him go to even more fund-raisers than usual. you'll goat to fundraisers for the party, fund-raisers for state party, try to do everything he can to get money

to those races where democrats are in vulnerable positions. but he can't visit them you because he's not popular. so you'll see a president who is actually a little more behind the scene this is time raising money. >> you you can imagine that in florida in that case you talked about that obamacare would be a very important issue, but it's not the only state where it's important. there are a lot of places where people haven't gone to the exchange, they can't afford premiums. so what is the for the administration, can they it turn it around? >> that is really a tough one for democrats. alex sink pledged she wanted to fix obamacare. but she didn't have very many ideas on what to fix. and if you listen to democrats around the country, a lot of them are saying the same thing. they want to fix obamacare. they can't say everything is great. people wouldn't believe that in a minute. so the problem is they haven't come up with a really good

agenda of how to fix obamacare in a way that would address those high are premiums, though higher deductibles, those narrower choices of doctors and hospitals that people areare pr higher deductibles, those narrower choices of doctors and hospitals that people are afraid of. democrats have not come p with a way of addressing things that worry people most. >> given the fact that you say that these gallup and other number polls make a difference, let me ask my producers to put that poll screen back up with the numbers of the president's disapproval at 54%. how can he and his administration defend these numbers at this point? >> well, they can't. there is no good skas against the numbers. the fact is he's not very popular right now. and a lot of democrats are going to pay the price for his unpopularity. and we know historically that presidents don't do -- or the president's party doesn't do very well in second term midterm elections. which is what is coming up in

november. people are pretty much tired of the president and his party by then. so they generally don't do very well, so historically all the factors are lining up against him. >> so will the gop rest on its laurels or can it really seize an opportunity here? >> that is a great question. there is a real debate inside the republican party about what they should emphasize. should they just say obamacare and everybody will vote for republicans because they hate obamacare. or should they come up with their own health care plan to replace obamacare if they were to succeed in getting rid of it and more importantly, do they have a good jobs agenda that can appeal to people's economic anxieties where a country where unemployment is still very high and it's only what it is because millions have actually abandoned looking for work. the unemployment rate would be even higher if they were looking for work. so republicans feel they have to actually offer something

positive, not just criticize the president and obamacare. >> interesting times. got to say. byron york, always very interesting to speak with you. thanks for coming in on a sunday. >> thank you. as president obama continues to tout raising the minimum wage, many americans say their biggest worry is just finding a job. we'll look at the impact unemployment is having right after the break. for hearburn? yea. try alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heart burn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. alka-seltzer fruit chews. enjoy the relief!

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americans are still facing huge worries about finding work while the latest gallop poll finds a drop 19% of americans still see unemployment and jobs

as our country's biggest problem, higher than government incompetence arguably an oxymoron or health care? let's bring in anchor. the higher the economic growth the more it will create jobs because as the economy grows businesses reinvest and hire people? >> yes. and also, then, it helps boost economic growth because -- so it works together. more people working. they buy more. economic growth goes up. they go hand in hand. >> here is the wall street journal from about a week ago. the recession ended in june 2009. the growth surge that should

have followed never materialized. for five years the obama growth rate has averaged about 2.4%, well below the norm. that under performance is feeding directly into labor force participation rate stuckt at a 63%, near a 36% low. right? >> i think so. when you look at the labor participation rate that is a very important number. in the age group 25 to 54 there has been a two percentage point drop since 2007 in their labor participation rate. why is that so important? because they are the heart of the job market. they are what is going to drive economic growth. they are dropping out. they are not finding jobs. they can't look for good jobs. as president obama is focusing so much on fairness, the issue for americans, i think, as we see from that poll is we want a good job. that is the bottom line.

all of us know people unployed. when it is that direct an impact consumer confidence goes down and that feeds, again, into lower economic growth. >> i have a beef with the labor department, bureau of labor statistics, a division of the labor department. every month they publish the main unemployment number, most recent 6.7%. they obscure what is known as real unemployment. it is called in the business the u-6. that is anistoni astonishing 13 you are talking 13 million american whose are unemployed or under employed. >> when i look at the labor report that is the first number i go to. it is under employment rate. it is people working part time who don't want to, people who

dropped out of the labor force. it is a very high percentage. and a lot higher than 6.7% that everybody sees as the headline number. >> let's talk about what could be done, lessen regulations which critics say are onerous regulations. look at dodd-frank, many of which are undertaken january 1. the other would be higher taxes. is there a correlation there? >> you can't point to a time when taxes have been raised that you have seen more economic growth. i mean, we had tax cuts under kennedy and reagan, under clinton, even and have seen economic growth. higher taxes which they are talking about, raising the minimum wage, more regulations, all of that hurts business, especially small business which is trul ey the engine of the job market. >> if you are a business in

america and paying the highest corporate tax rate in the world doesn't it make sense to produce in asia and not in america? >> that is absolutely right. it is a slightly deceptive number because there are loopholes and deductions. we have very, very high taxes on businesses. and that does hurt the growth. >> the actual corporate tax rate is still the highest in the world, not to mention the real corporate tax rate. always good to see you. >> thank you. >> you can catch brenda on bulls and bears every saturday morning 10:00 a.m. eastern here on fox news channel. >> you have green on. ♪

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authorities now digging deeper into the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370. welcome to "inside america's news headquarters". >> really hoping for morer answers by now. we are going to dig. investigators are looking into the lives of the pilots and the crew at this hour as the search for the missing boeing 777 with 239 on board entered its second week. it is hard to believe it is raising new questions from lawmakers in washington about what may have happened to the jet and the possibility is being raised of criminal activity th