>> legitimate interest in what happens in the neighboring state. that does not give it the right to use force as a means of exerting influence inside of that state. >> president obama is speaking about the crisis in ukraine. >> we welcome our viewers were watching us around the country. >> terry of state announced $1 billion in loan guarantees for the new government of ukraine today. earlier loss speaking with reporters he accused russia of making up reasons for sending troops into the

region based on alleged persecution. >> it is an indication to which what is happening there is not based on actual concern for russian nationals or russian speakers inside of ukraine but is based on russia is seeking to force to exert influence on a neighboring country. earlier today the russian president told reporters that any use of military force would be the last resort. >> joining us on the phone is a professor of history at depaul university. >> we are seeing the

situation grows in intensity over the last few days. >> are the two sides still at a standoff? >> i think there's a the escalation that has happened. i think he has achieved his limited objective. >> going to be under the thumb. the really good signs are the russians have in fact ended their threatening maneuvers along the ukrainian border. in a standoff between a small number of troops trying to get into their base ended and no loss of life. i do not think the soldiers on

either side have their hearts and this. i do not think there is any great desire of him flexing his muscle. he is the third thinasserting his muscle. the ukrainian government is not going to be beholden tfor economic support as much as it might have been. might have a fighting chance of becoming a pro western democracy. >> i have a number of concerns in those areas. it is a very disturbing pattern. what he has been doing the last several years it has been to use russian minorities to extend and reassert control directly or indirectly.

>> he will continue to use them to extend the influence. the question will become what do we do? >> cooler heads have prevailed and that is in everybody's best interest. >> there seems to be sort i still make at this point. i cannot envision us having the motivation to do this without escalating things to a high level. there's no way ukrainian forces can

do very much. by bolstering the new government you're actually doing the best we possibly can. we will see what goes with the sanctions. russia does have considerable leverage. they provide gas to so many of these countries. although it is not a match for the russian armed forces the ukrainian military is not a pushover. we have given them significant special forces capabilities. they have been a good partner and afghanistan and on peacekeeping missions. that too might be a consideration going on in his head. how far do you want to let this go? >> i think he will settle for a more gradual approach. this is a flexing

of muscle. the person he was very keen on who was a very mucvery much an ally. he is really unhappy that he lost the olympic hockey game. >> thank you so much for joining us today. we will be sure to keep our eyes on this situation. >> a chicago pastor has some extra insight into the crisis. he has just returned >> chicago sizable ukrainian community keeping their eyes glued to their television screens as well as the computers watching the developments. the very latest developments back home. even though there appears to be a slight the escalation of tensions still a lot of concern about the possibility of war. >> people cannot sleep. people wake

up at night to pray. we have prayer services in every church. >> special prayers for the peace. a reprieve for those who lost their >> lives> prayers' and more players across the region and at st. joseph ukrainian catholic church. a cultural and spiritual anchor. many here have traveled to ukraine in recent weeks and months supporting peaceful demonstrations for democracy and self- determination. a young church member that i spoke to has been documented in the struggle on film traveling to ukraine with other students and planning a return. he worries that vladimir plan and russian sources are looking for a way to seize territory. >> i can only be helpful and wish that this is an

empty threat. it is really uncertain. we see that that was not an empty threat. it is truly an invasion and annexation of the land that belongs to another sovereign nation. >> scheduled to attend the olympic games and russia. the media needs to get its facts straight. >> the former illinois congressman talked with us on the phone from south africa where he says

he is in hiding. u.s. deported from zimbabwe last week after being accused of having pornography and visa violations. he paid a $100 fine. he says the media was focused on the pornography charge which was dropped on a technicality. >> they're not stupid. you guys will run with that. people who know me in america and in chicago know that i will not even go into hooters because i do not want it to ever be suggested that i am into all of that. >> the x congressman was convicted of having sex with an underage campaign worker in the 1990's. the later of

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being offered to the tune of $27,000. one year ago >> an expert in blood splatter evidence is expected to testify today in a highly publicized murder trial. the plan to call the forensic scientist to the stand. he is judged with murdering his wife and their home during 2010. he claims he woke up to find his wife dead claiming she accidentally shot herself. they said would have been impossible for her to shake hto shoot herself at the ankle

that the bullet hit her. >> three neighbors have taken the stand. she claims that she heard screams and gunshots. the defense says that she is just going along with her husband statements. she claims that she is being totally honest. another neighbor also took the stand saying that she heard yelling for one hour. he admits that he killed his girlfriend but insist that he mistakenly thought that he was shooting at a burglar. he has pled not guilty. >> the study suggests one out of five american soldiers suffer from some sort of mental disorder prior to enlisting in the army. researchers say many of them had bouts of depression or panic disorders or live with adhd. the researchers found people who enter the army

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tomorrow. >> we have some warmer air marching around the country. there is some snowfall coming first. pretty chilly out there now. it is 24 or outside. every room in 19 for a high yesterday there is the snow that is eastbound. there is the snowfall that is expected over the area. we could get about one-3 in. across much of the metro area. here's what is happening on the jet stream front. when they blow from west ceased and off of the pacific ocean the kind of make short order of any attempt of the arctic air to move into our area. look as a move through time that is monday's forecast.

the strongest wind is north of us. the boundary with cold air is way north of us. it might move south and we might get cold. it will cool down again. here's a look at the retreat of the polar vortex. modest: over the weekend on saturday it might turn the rainfall and to some wet snow. a share is the mild air amonday. >> a mix of sun and clouds and a southwest wind. some mixed sunshine in the afternoon. sunday is back up well into the thirties.

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