general wesley clark joining us to on the the fast line.ight, so the general, he knows what he's talking about, he basically said u.s. involvement by itself or through nato, is almost off the table. >> the relative strength of the bond market, it's hung in there. a couple of weeks ago, guy, the s&p is going to make new highs on friday, i would say 102 or 103 the tlt. yields are seemingly wanting to go lower. to me, there's a huge disconnect between the broader market and the bond market. >> okay, we'll take a quick break, we'll have more on the situation as well as how to get you set up for monday situation. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line, anytime, for $15 a month. low dues, great terms. let's close! new at&t mobile share value plans our best value plans ever for business. (announcer) scottrade knows our and invest their own way. with scottrade's smart text, i can quickly understand my charts, and spend more time trading. their quick trade bar lets my account follow me online so i can react

. >> certainly, let's assume, michelle, we spoke to general wesley clark, he made it sound like the involvement of nato or the united states would be an extremely unlikely scenario. if that's the situation, a contained war in the region, in terms of the ripple effects in that region, what do you think it could be? >> ukraine is a very small economy, their gdp per capita is less than 4,000. vast majority of their trade has been with russia, more than 50%. exports had declined sharply in 2009 when the world financial crisis. i'm not sure of the massive ripple effects to the west. russia will do things if the west steps in with at will of financial aid. beyond that, you know, it remains to be seen exactly how much broader it would be. >> all right, michelle, thank you so much. michelle caruso-cabrera, our chief international correspondent. >>> the backdrop to this is the markets close to record highs at this point. let's bring in carter on where his take on the markets. can the charts hold? >> we don't like the market here. what i would cite that's important, we know that is well-defined uptrend o

general wesley clark is a former nato commander in europe.al, let's start with what this is really about. i tried to give folks at home sort of a very brief understanding. what more is it -- what are we missing here? >> ukraine is the pivot point for the future of europe. so if ukraine can be pulled back into russia's orbit tightly, knitted together with a customs union, exchange of armed forces, and all of this, then vladimir putin gets to re-create the soviet union step by step. if ukraine is pulled to the west, there's no more soviet union and europe, including russia, will eventually move toward democracy, freedom, and the kind of mixed market economy that we believe is the right way to go. >> you were in that part of the world very recently, last week, i understand. what do they say? >> the actions in ukraine are casting a long shadow because people in eastern europe know and understand how russia operates. they operate through provocateurs, through intimidation. this was a loan to own program, this $15 billion that was supposedly to be

the thing that interests me is that both senator john mccain, you know, senator john mccain and wesley clark, who is on the other side of the political spectrum both said that they believe that putin is involved in a little bit of empire rebuilding here and that they don't believe the story that they're saying which is they have a right the be there because of a bilateral agreement. >> you tweeted a while ago, obama, quote, there will be costs for any military intervention in ukraine. then you said, for example? # empty threat. go ahead. >> you notice that president obama didn't say redline, right? because we've been to this place before where the president writes a check then fails to cash it. that has second and third degree consequence. one has to wonder as putin remembers that episode, does he buy obama's threat. we don't have a lot of options. threatening not to go to a summit in june is okay, but that's four months from now. this situation changes every day. we could have sanctions, but that's probably not going to bite much. we could go to the u.n., but that's really a dead end. we're

missile defense capability in the czech republic. >> we know russia's reaction to that. >> we heard wesley clarke former nato supreme allied commander says there is this partner for peace program. it's a relic from the old days. something that the parliament in ukraine could implement and seek support. >> both general clark and senator mccain talked about germany's role in all of this, and germany stepping up here and taking a stronger stand here. >> you just had the german foreign minister with john kerry -- >> do you get the sense, jim, because you're in touch with all these guys, that the u.s. intelligence community really has a handle on what's going on in crimea right now? >> listen, we know they're watching very closely, but even they will admit there are questions that they can't answer on things like numbers. it took them time to identify that these were indeed russian troops on the ground. we still don't have clarity on the actual numbers. you had that figure earlier in the day on 2,000, but no clarity in that as well. they're trying. they certainly have a lot of tools but hard answers

now is the executive director of human rights watch, ken roth and former nato commander general wesley clarkou. this is a crisis whose end we cannot see and i ask you, do you think there are good options left for this white house to pursue? nicholas burns writing today in "the globe," says washington is finding itself in an uncharacteristically weak position to drive events in syria. do you agree with that? >> in order to get better results in any peace talk, we have to change the situation on the ground. there are two ways to do that. one is to try to strengthen the political opposition and have them move into some corner of syria, put a foothold in on the ground, and gradually enlarge that area of what could be called a "free syria," so there's an alternative government on the ground and gaining territory. another way to do it is for the united states to try to provide military assistance through special operations on the ground working with the moderate rebels. we get involved in military activities, but we don't have the political leadership behind it. in order for it to work, you have t

>> up preemed allied commander, wesley clark, retired u.s. general.e had another retired nato supreme allied commander. i like those supreme allied commanders. so what is going on? they are going to cut a bunch of troops, eliminate some pretty sophisticated weapons systems. there's a whole new thought going on that chuck hagel will announce and we'll take a closer look at what is going on with the d.o.d. >> wolf blitzer -- i'm trying to give you a new title. you're resisting it. >>> you recognize him from ghost busters and "stripes" but some of his best work happened behind the camera. the amazing career of ak are ct writer, and director harold ramis. that's coming up next. wow, my headache is gone. excedrin really does work fast. not gonna happen. excedrin ends headaches fast. in fact for some, relief starts in just 15 minutes. excedrin. headache. gone. gone. an entirely new menu created with your busy schedule in mind. pronto lunch starting at $6.99. handmade italian sandwiches, flatbreads, and our signature soup and salad. starting at $6.99. and al

thanks for being with us, general wesley clark. >>> let's get to don lemon in with the top stories. >oopers are headed to an area torn apart by protests. six people died in the violence. the latest victim a supporter of the president shot during an anti-government rally. he has renounced the protests as fascist and blames opposition leader lopez for insighting violence. lopez is being held in military prison, but murder charges against him have been dropped. >>> breaking overnight, four people dead and two recovering in california after a woman opened fire at a native american tribal office. police say sherrie rhoades was facing tribal eviction at a meeting when she started to fire. she allegedly grabbed a knife and kept attacking after she ran out of ammunition. she was taken into custody after that incident. >>> a warning from china over president obama's scheduled white house meeting with the dolalai lama they're calling it gross interference in china's internal affairs, saying it would seriously damage u.s., china relations. he met twice with him before. the spiritual leader is cu

general wesley clark understands this region of the world very well.he stakes are for the u.s. >>> then we'll turn back here to the u.s. and talk about something very central to our culture, the nfl. football is the most popular sport in the u.s., it's not even close. there's a battle about what the culture is in the nfl. are they too rough? is it a culture of violence? most recently, we have the ravens running back. he's a local product from here in new york. he was a college standout. ray rice supposedly, allegedly knocked out his fiancee before dragging her off an elevator. there are mixed allegations here. both were arrested, originally. and then you have former nfl star darren sharper, who's facing multiple rape allegations. this is obviously just the latest legal trouble, but is there a problem in this league? is there a character issue about who's being allowed to become an nfl player and star? or is it just about highlighting the worst, but on average, the league is as good or better than the rest of society? this is the discussion we're going

. >>> let's discuss with retired army general wesley clark, he's also a former democratic presidentialoming in. >> thanks, wolf, good to be with you. >> do you think these proposals from chuck hagel make sense? >> i do. i think that given the budget priorities for the country, the fact that you can't raise taxes, the fact that where we are right now is that we're coming out of afghanistan, i think these proposals make sense. we do have to pivot our forces, we have significant increase in risks in the western pacific, we need to function with our navy, our space forces, our cyber forces. we've got to have those forces sharp, and my heart goes out to the army. i love the army, i served in it for 38 years. we've been through this before, the army goes up, it goes down. people say, we'll never do this again. well, we probably will do this again, but the army is very adaptable. we've got great leadership in the army and we've got to make due with what the country wants us to do. >> there's no doubt, if you take a look at all the wars, the u.s. has been after world war ii, the u.s. cut the n

here to discuss that is retired army general wesley clark. from los angeles. >> there are some that say a reduction in troops is necessary and others that say it is not. what do you think? >> i think it depends on the budget issue. we have to be very careful in reducing the army in particular. what we have seen in cycle after cycle since world war ii is that the nation says there will be no moreland wars. we are never going to do this again and then we do it again. what we have to protect is the core of the army. you can take some units, specially logistics units and technical units and put them in the reserve and national guard. you have to protect the part of the army that is in the first to go in, the cutting edge striking force and you have to protect the institution that does the learning, the studying, the procurement, the development, the new fighting technologies. what we know now that we didn't know preworld war ii is that technology dominates in modern warfare. >> i think the plan is, that under hagel's plan, the number of troops wi