chris murphy says republicans are playing politics. also, from the miracle on ice to rocky and bull winkle, why do we love to hate russia? is it deserved? oscar pistorius's defense hammers a witness. she cries sayinging it was awful to hear the shots. what we know about the night of the killing. >>> the crisis in ukraine. vladimir putin will do next. joining me now is robert legvald and general mark kimmet and fareed zakaria. fareed, we spoke last night and had a fascinating debate about the state of play. i want to play you a clip. this is president clinton talking to me at the cgi last september about his own dealings with vladimir putin because it seems to me that trust in putin right now is absolutely key. listen to this. >> mr. putin has got -- he's very smart. >> you know him better than most people. >> yeah, i do. >> what was he like behind closed doors away from sort of the public utterances? >> smart and remarkably -- we had a really good, blunt relationship. >> how blunt? >> brutally blunt. >> did putin ever renege on a perso

let's bring in senator chris murphy of connecticut, the chairman of the summit of europe.nks for joining us. you said yesterday that you think putin marched into crimea because he did not believe that the united states and europe would actually take a chunk of flesh out of the russian economy. do these sanctions go far enough? >> i think the sanctions announced today send a message to putin say that we are serious. no, they are directed against certain people coming down from putin and make it clear that we are serious about moving forward on sanctions but give him room to make a certain decision before he effects crimea. he didn't think that we would take him seriously. i also don't think this is the end of his ambition. it's actually counterproductive and strategically difficult to stop holding ton crimea. i think he's got different motives and designs which is why it's important for us to say that if he continues to move in this direction, if he moves forward with annexation, this is just the beginning of sanctions, not the end. >> do you think he wants to take all of u

chris murphy of connecticut joins me now. there with the senator in kiev rallying with the protesters. do you think there's any way the administration can stop moscow from absorbing crimea now or is basically the peninsula lost? >> well, there's no doubt that putin has these extra territorial ambitions, that he has a view of russia that is rooted back in the cold war and i think he took this offensive action in part because he calculated that there wasn't going to be a strong economic response from the united states and europe and i think we're going to prove him wrong. hopefully we'll pass legislation in the senate giving broad sanctions authorities over russia, its government and perhaps its economic enterprises and i think europe will join us. if we send a unified message to russia, their calculus will change here. they are digging in deeper but if we get these sanctions right with europe and putin will have to reconsider. >> why are you confident, senator, that europe is on board with the sanctions? my understanding is th

emotion flying high with family members on that missing plane. >> in politics, field trip, senator chris murphyt back from ukraine tells us why he thinks russia's president is putin himself between a rock and a hard place. i'm jonathan capeheart. senator murphy will join us live in a few minutes. >> malaysia to ukraine. even back to 9/11. why are some of us so quick to go for conspiracy theories? looking at you. i'm toure. we have a harvard scholar at the head of the table. he says there is a simple way to debunk that. >> does the news cycle ever get to you? not our "news cycle," the information we are flooded with 24-7. we will speak to a philosopher who says it is time to turn it all off. wait. >> some data has been deleted from the simulator and forensic work to trooretrieve the data i ongoing. passengers, pilot and crew remain innocent until proven otherwise. for the sake of their families i ask that we refrain from my speculation that might make

. >> joining us now is chris murphy, a democrat of connecticut.ember of the senate foreign relations committee. thank you for being with us tonight, i appreciate your time. president obama is being very clear and blunt that there will not be and there will be never be an american military excursion in ukraine on this issue. do you agree with president obama and his decision to be so blunt about that? >> he's right, it wouldn't be good for the united states. it wouldn't be good for the ukraine ultimately. that doesn't mean there is an effort that is worthwhile to try to staff up the ukrainian military in the long run. they certainly are dramatically underfunded. and that really should be our long term effort. but right now, we have to pursue a diplomatic path, and we have to make this really hurt for russia. they marched into crimea, they simply didn't believe that there would be a price to pay from the united states and europe, and there's still a chance that we can make them think differently if we move beyond these sanctions on individuals, move

. >> joining me by phone is democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut.your reactions today of the president's statements? >> i'm glad the president came out and made a very strong statement. these actions are concerning. the russians, as they did in georgia, marched troops in to try too create a contested region. the result in the long term is very bad for russia. in georgia it effectively drove the rest of the country beyond the contested region into the hands of the european union. they've done a similar thing in moldova and the same will happen in ukraine. it got solved today whether or not they are able to carve off a portion of ukraine into russian sovereignty, the crimea, the rest of ukraine is now destined for europe. these short-term bullying tactics on behalf of putin obviously blow up in their face. this is very disturbing. we'll try too use all the power we have to push bag. but this is not going to be in the long-term interests of russia, nor the entirety of ukraine. >> let me ask when you say all of the power we have, i mean, i saw a lot of

>> john mccain is heading this up as well as chris murphy. >> senator mccain and i were in ukraine inecember when the million ukrainians came down to the square to ask for a corruption-free government and orientations towards the european union. now they are getting their wish, but they need support, so we'll be there this weekend to show our support for the ukrainian people, and to also show support for the territorial integrity. >> they will also be there on the eve of this vote. they are watching that closely. both the senators as well as the president say that should not stand or carry any weight or have the potential to divide ukraine. something else the senators are watching. >> libby casey on capitol hill for us today. thank you very much. ukraine's interim prime minister will address the security council this afternoon. over the last few days, prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk has been making the rounds in washington, d.c. meeting with president president d.c. at the white house and also vice president biden. the situation inside ukraine remains tense. russia has posted another

joining me now is democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut, member of the committee on foreignns who just got back from ukraine. and senator murphy, you along with senator mccain, i think, have been the two most outspoken members of the united states government in condemning russian incursions and supporting the uprising. i want to play for you a little more of what senator mccain had to say about the president's handling today. take a listen. >> the president said we will, "consider other options." the president should have said, we're going to provide military assistance to ukraine and that will be in defensive weaponry. but to not do that after this country has lost a large part of its territory due to russian aggression, i think, frankly, it's encouraging and it makes me less optimistic about putin exercising restrain in eastern ukraine. >> you agree with your colleague, we should be offering military assistance to ukraine? >> yeah, you know, john and i have agreed on most of our policy toward ukraine. we traveled there twice together in the last three months. it's probably

another person on the ground, chris murphy, a democrat in connecticut and he's reaccounting the conversations that he had with people on the ground in ukraine. >> the people in ukraine the folks who were really the people driving the movement are clear that the ukrainians are not going without a fight. it is going to be bloody and the fight could be long. >> the question is what is next, the sanctions, are they going to be enough and so much defends on what the european union does and there is a trip scheduled to europe in ten days time. >> that is right, strong words from murphy and fifer. thank you. >> we are joined where the locals are voting right now in crimea. jennifer, with the polls closing within the hour, how are the people feeling now and do they know which way that the vote is go ng to swing? >> well, no question that this is going to go moscow's way and they don't care what washington or the international community thinks. you heard they are looking at it from two different perspectives. think they see as liberation and a correction of a mistake from 60 years ago when ukraine was

joining us from hartford senator chris murphy.rs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports" at noon time on msnbc, andrea mitchell. i'd like you to take it to the table and bounce off what secretary albright said because if this escalates, a lot of people have sort of some sort of understanding that this is a contained issue over there. what are the implications of a massive escalation in this crisis? >> secretary talked about western unity. the problem there isn't that. the economic stakes shall we say are so different the french still want to sell arms and british are worried about bank deposits and germans and others have energy dependency. western unity is anything but a reality and hard to make it a reality which is something in putin knows. this is not about ukraine. it's about the nature of international relations and how politics will play out and what is the ability for countries to use force to change maps with impunity and what is the character. if you remember, right after the cold war ended, when saddam husse

more chris murphy, democrat from connecticut. you are in connecticut now. welcome home, sir. >> thanks. >> the biggest challenge seems to be trying to comprehend putin's calculations. we try to get close to russia's foreign minister and then putin refuses to answer his calls. then we slap on tougher sanctions and then putin puts them right back on us. and at this point we still have no idea what his next move will be or how far he is willing to go. after spending time over there, what other options do you think we have? >> i think you hit the nail on the head. people ask to -- me to describe what the mood was in kiev when we were there last weekend. it twaens but also confused because they just don't know what putin's next move will make. i think that's likely because putin is making this up as he goes along. and what we -- know right now is that holding crimea and crimea only does not do much for putin. it makes him a pariah. all of russia's support in the parliament in kiev disappears and so it guarantees that the 95% of ukraine that is non-crimea is goin

my name is chris murphy, senator from connecticut and chairman of the foreign relations subcommittee on europe. senator mccain and i had the opportunity in december to stand on the maidan looking out over the almost one million protesters assembling peacefully, all united by the temperament that they wanted to bring dignity back to their country and to their existence. many were there because they wanted an orientation with your. others were there because they wanted to leaders in government, but they all held in common the basic simple belief that it should be the people of this country, no outside entity, that dictates the future of this great nation. it is difficult in washington these days to get a group of senators as politically diverse as those that are standing here today to agree on much of anything. but we are standing here united, republicans and democrats, as we did in the foreign relations committee last week, making it clear that the united states is going to stand with a free and sovereign ukraine. that we are going to stand with this new government to help them do wha

connecticut democrat chris murphy on the record last night defending harry reid. >> how about obamacare. i am talking about senator harry reid as a leader and saying things in the senate floor that aren't true and how he continues to be your leader and how people continue to step in line and don't encourage him to be fair th himself. >> i think democrats have been defensive too long on healthcare. >> senator reed. >> i agree senator reid has been tough. >> i don't mind that he is tough. i admire somebody who is tough. i was a trial lawyer, be tough. but the fact -- the problem is he's very losen he has lose lips he says terrible things yet he continues to be your leader. >> rile now it is important for people to know there are hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on things being said wrong. i think my impression is that senator reed has corrected that. >> you say that but i never heard it. >> 20 minutes after the top of the hour every parent can relate to this. but should the people around you have to hear it? new parents getting a nasty note when they bring their baby on vacatio

. >> democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut is defending leader reid's comments.anks for having me, greta. >> all the obamacare horror stories are untrue. >> i think senator reid even that day walked that back suggesting. >> i didn't hear him walk it back. when did he walk it back. >> i think he has made it pretty clear ultimately we are talking about very high profile stories that have been put into the response to the state of the union speech. commercials against a lot our democratic incumbents that really aren't true. there is a commercial running in michigan against a candidate running for the senate there who says that they lost sther doctor and they couldn't get affordable coverage. the truth was she could keep our plan and get a plan for half as much. i'm going to concede, right? separate and aside from what senator reid said of course some people will have that experience. a lot of people had bad experiences hear is the senate majority leader. he doesn't go back to the floor and correct it he had plenty of opportunity. he owns the floor. not simply a firs

senator chris murphy just back from a trip to ukraine this weekend. and dr.iew brzezinski and dr. nancy sniderman is back from syria and she did incredibly moving reporting on the children suffering there. you don't want to miss what she has to share. town and country's jay fielden is here with the magazine's new issue. that is always fun. up next, mike allen has today's top stories in the political playbook. >>> first, dylan dryer, inside finally. >> what is up with the short draw you have been drawing? it's like the guys are making you outside in the snow. great to have you. >> nice to be here. we are still talking about more snow, believe it or not. a major snowstorm hitting d.c. right now. 7 to 9 inches already on the ground. this stretches down to florida we could see severe storms later on today. a closer look at the snow. the heaviest of it is moving through washington, d.c. right now. this is the fifth time this winter that federal offices have been shut down in d.c. because of weather. we are going to see some improvements over the next xuver hours a

senator chris murphy on the foreign relations committee hit back today at them.ned to some of my good friends on the republican side try to score political points in connection with the russian move on crimea. trying to paint this somehow as obama's fault. this is a ridiculous contention. putin marched into georgia in 2008 under a republican president and many considered to be strong on foreign policy and now doing it with the democrat in office. >> earlier i spoke with republican senator marco rubio of florida. senator rubio, you outlined eight items which you said the u.s. must do and should do immediately, economic issues, diplomatic issues against russia. it seems like the obama administration out of those eight have already embarked on a number of them. what more do you want the united states to be doing? >> well, first of all, let me recognize that they have and i've been pleased with the reaction to this. i think that key to all of this, of course, two things. first is allowing or helping the government in kiev to become stable. we want to keep this from g

. >> even earlier this morning on "morning joe," ambassador, we heard from senator chris murphy who said let's restrict the visas of russian oligarchs so they can't go to vacation homes. what realistically can the u.s. do here? >> chris, one thing we have to do here is we have to stop talking and start acting. when i say acting, we should be throwing the kitchen sink diplomatically and economically at putin for doing this. if he does not stop now, he is most likely going to send forces into eastern ukraine above the crimea and, in effect, try to divide that country in two and take over significant portion of that country. that means the european allies have to be onboard. and let me tell you something, we haven't seen a great deal of leadership out europe yet o far. while it takes the president of the united states and our nato allies to act in unison, we should be doing every conceivable thing to isolate putin internationally. >> push him out of the g-8? >> absolutely, kick him out of the g-8. >> merkle indicated they are not willing to do that. >> there's a perfect illustration of that

we're not going to have a land war in basically the middle of europe and, you know, senator chris murphy who's been outspoken saying there's no military option here. that, you know, at the same time, when you have lots of mobilized soldiers staring each other down, when you have ukrainian domestic politic, which if there are more ukrainian soldier deaths, there's going to be some mounting calls for some kind of response, that things can get out of hand very quickly. >> that's exactly right. i mean, the history of europe shows that. what starts as a little incident blows up into a major war. and i think you raised a very important point about nationalism. i mean, imagine if mexico had moved into new mexico. what would be the reaction here in the united states? what is striking, so far, about ukraine and the ukrainian government is how tolerant they've been. how cautious they've been. but you have to believe, in fact, i'm in touch with ukrainians, that are furious about this situation. >> yes. >> they don't like this situation. and that want to react to this russian annexation. that's dang

. >>> joining me senator chris murphy, democrat from connecticut. traveled to the ukraine with senator john mccain. we had you on on friday talking about the unfolding situation. former ambassador just talked about costs. how do you see the possible response here from the u.s.? >> well, i think the key is, is that ultimately this response has to not be unilateral coming from the united states. ultimately about two-thirds of the money that exits russia every year ends up in european economies and in european banks, so it's important that whatever we do here, we do along with our european allies. frankly a lot of us are disappointed in what we've heard from europe so far. i would frankly argue that five years ago it was ridiculous to think that russia was going to invade ukraine, and so it's not so ridiculous to think that five years from now other countries that may be part of the e.u. might be in danger now. i disagree with the former ambassador. i do think this is part of a larger plan of putin to try to re-establish the empire that the ussr once h

. >>> let's bring in senator chris murphy, member of the senate foreign relations committee. he just got off a plane from ukraine. senator, you were there all day yesterday. the mood? >> the mood is tense. we're watching events in crimea. the sham referendum is not fooling anyone. you see additional troops being mustered by the russians on the eastern border. the ukrainians we talked to, the government officials and the folks that drove the movement in kiev, are clear that ukrainians are not going to go down without a fight. it is going to be bloody and the fight may be long. they need help from the united states. >> i wanted to get that to you. is the united states prepared to send military aid to the ukraine? i know there's an economic aid package that's gotten bogged down in some politics. is there a military aid package on the table? >> as soon as we get back to washington, you'll see the senate and the house pass an economic aid package along with sanctions. there's a lot of ways we can assist in the resistance. i'm not sure we're to the point in providing arms. but they

in the middle of night, dead of night, the kind of worst time slots are going to be guys like chris murphyhin rick, it's going to be the younger members. so i think there's renewed energy with new members that are younger, that really kind of grown up with this idea that climate change is real, that you need to recycle, that we need to be aware of it and talking about it. whereas the other guys, a little, you know, a little, you know, angrieangrier, a little g, i think their kind of frustration comes out and they let it go. i think these guys are trying to find new ways to do something. >> perry, climate change or even just the mention of science does not play well among the conservative base. today, reminds me of the 2 2012 primaries when my dad tweeted out about it and many say this is the beginning of the end of the jon huntsman campaign. he said, to be clear, i trust scientists on global warning. call me crazy. >> get out of town! >> get out of town. >> crazy. >> get out of town. >> he is crazy, that man. >> very courageous to tweet that out. is there actually room in this conversation

ofhad chris murphy connecticut this morning suggesting some military aid for ukraine might be in order, not boots on the ground or weapons but maybe rations or communications to help them defend their homeland. >> do we have any idea what the sanctions could look like? >> a lot will depend on what we hear from the europeans. they are in brussels but don't expect them to go right after vladimir putin directly. step would be to go after the former ukrainian leaders who have fled to russia including president yanukovych and people believed to have taken money from ukraine. that is an action the united states is not done yet. ony would likely be first the list as well as some of the other top officials of the former ukrainian government that have fled to russia. it means the most attention in would be therest top ceo's of the biggest gas producers in russia as well as the biggest oil producer. senator menendez and others talked about going after their assets. that would be a big move and i would not expect that the first time out. >> thank you so much. when vladimir putin addresses russian

joining us from washington is chris murphy of connecticut.ing with us. >> sure. >> people just tuning in and what, first of all, is the russian game here? what is putin after? >> i think go in eyes wide open. pretty clear that putin is trying to recapture a form of group of satellite states and republics and going on in georgia in 2008. the motivation behind his invasion of ukraine. i guess what is frustrating to me why the europeans aren't more exercised about this. because five years ago, it was ridiculous to think that putin would invade ukraine and maybe it's ridiculous today to think he might someday take action against pole land or hungary or the balantics. they hold the power in terms of trying to tighten the purse strings on putin because who knows who is next in this guy's extra territorial ambitions. >> senator, it's katty kay here. chuck todd laid out the options that the administration is looking at and some of them are in conjunction with the europeans as you suggested. how effective do you think those would be in getting preside

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national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] senators chris murphy, john mccain, and jeff sessions spoke about russian intervention in ukraine in floor speeches on tuesday. this is 30 minutes. completely dwarfing any amount of money spent on the other side. i want to talk about the ongoing crisis in the ukraine and i'm glad to have senator mccain on the floor today because it's really hard to describe the sensation both he and i felt at the end of last year when we got the chance to travel to the midon, independent square in kiev and speak to about a million people. and it was even harder to describe the sensation of hearing that group of people yelling back to you in unison, "thank you, u.s.a.. thank you, u.s.a." but that was the reality that we were able to experience. and it's important to note that senator mccain and i didn't go to the midon that day to advocate for president yanukovych's removal even though that the end of that process resulted in that fact. in actuality, we spent two hours that night meeting with yanukovych, pleading with him t

one of those senators, chris murphy of connecticut, joins me from washington.rning, sir. >> morning. >> what are you guys hoping to accomplish by going to ukraine? >> i thing first thing we hope to accomplish is show the ukrainian government they have strong u.s. support in conjunction with our allies. no matter what happens ultimately to crimea, that's only about 5% of the country. if we consolidify the rest of ukraine on a pathway to joining with the european union, that is a serious blow to russia. they need right now some pretty significant economic support. we passed a vote that would do that. we're going to talk about what else we can do to not only react to he russian incursion on crimea but help to support and prop up this new government in kiev. >> do you think the vote that's supposed to take place will be fair? >> it's a total sham of a vote. you know, it's ridiculous to think that you can have a free and fair vote at a time when your country is being occupied, when guns are literally being held to the heads of voters. and russian propaganda is flood

mentioned, senator barrasso of wyoming, durbin of illinois, senator ron johnson of wisconsin, chris murphy connecticut and sheldon whitehouse, democrat from rhode island. secretary of state john kerry and the russian foreig russian r laughter off our meeting in london today where they each said they are glad to be meeting before sunday's referendum in crimea but there are no signs they would prevent the region from voting sunday to break off from the rest of ukraine to join russia. secretary kerrey and the foreign ministers have spoken almost daily as the crisis has unfolded and have yet to find any common ground. ground. while we wait for the hearing on u.s. taiwan relations to resume, we will show remarks from house minority leader nancy pelosi as she gave her weekly legislative briefing. >> good morning, everyone. yesterday the prime minister of ukraine was welcomed to the white house by president obama so what ivy league is a productive meeting. last night he met with members of the senate and earlier today, the prime minister was welcomed by speaker boehner and house leaders. we empha

commitment to the alliance, i suspect that with leadership on the house i republican congressman mike chris murphyaling with these issues on their respective committees on a daily basis, they will have to specifically address what does this mean, not just for the role in nato,s but how we want to see the nato alliance move forward. host: how well do other countries do in terms of their contribution? guest: only a few nations reach a 2% gdp target. figure. a fan of the 2% it is an invalid mechanisms -- input mechanism. i am more interested in what the outcomes are. you can add in all sorts of things to your list of what the specific country provides. for example, let's say i count the pensions that i provide to our veterans and discharged soldiers in the figure four hours total contributions to nato. that will inflate it. a countryther have that focuses a smaller amount on . critical set of capabilities host: joe louis from twitter says what is the relationship between the u.n. and nato? guest: nato provides political legitimacy for euro it -- euro atlantic honors to take action, but what divides i

senator chris murphy democratic from connecticut spoke to aljazeera. >> senator mccain and i were inaine in december when the population was asking for a new president. they need support from the u.s. government,i m.f. and europe. we will show our support and for the territorial integrity of ukraine. >> senator murphy is one member of congress looking to see some loan guarantees given to ukraine. $1 billion worth. similar road block in congress. the house approved that over in the senate, a key panel did pass this bill through yesterday but now has to go to the full senate floor and it's getting some republican pushback, debate over caveats related to the i.m.f. republicans want a clean bill. we're watching to see when that bill would hit the is that the. it could happen this week, then the senate goes on recess. it would go into late march if they don't get it accomplished. it looks unlikely that the u.s. congress would be able to pass this $1 billion in loan guarantees in the short term. look for that to happen over the next few weeks, not a shorter than issue. >> thank you very mu

this response from connecticut senator chris murphy in response to the vote on sunday. 95.5%, seriously100%?t just make it ard on ourall is rich republican line. ?s this enough t ,aller: i guess the question is i have not read anywhere on an actual list of what they want to do. or does anybody know what they want to do. so what we are going to do is enforce the russians -- she was going to tell the crimean's that everything is off after the jubilation on television -- that they will have to go back to the ukraine. ? wewill tell them that have all these press reports and eul these dignitaries in th -- what do they want him to do at this point echo we are backing this key of government that everybody knows is iev this ke government. this dictatorship they think that will happen in moldova. i've been there. moldova asked russia to help them out and they refused. the poorest nation in the world because of the european on how many them tomatoes they can grow. before people have a comment, they should actually googled some of these countries and read up on them instead of having a blanket com

here's chris murphy of connecticut with a twitter response from last night.i agree with president obama. there will be consequences for russia to continue offense of action in ukraine." miscoded tim waiting on our phones in los angeles on our line for independents. in morning. do you have ag. comment about ukraine checkup russia does not support the war for israel against syria and iran. victoria nuland was meddling in their. you can hear the wiretap that came out. what is an c-span talk about how she is married to the neoconservative robert kagan with the project? host: we're talking about the ongoing situation and ukraine. we want to hear your response to the president's beach yesterday that we just played a bit for you. wanter editorial that we to show you this morning. this from the financial times. what theirut editorial board thinks is happening in russia right now. they write that the leadership in kiev also needs to recognize that mr. putin is acting towards ukraine as he did towards georgia in 2008. russia undertook a series of military maneuvers whi

chris murphy was on abc's "this week." here's what he had to say. [video clip] putin moves further in the eastern ukraine, is there anything we can really do to prevent that? >> i don't think there is anything we can do militarily. tos is a longer-term effort build up the ukrainian the military. on monday we announced with the european union a crippling set going after russian business entities. i think that sends a strong message to putin. think anyone believes -- i don't think he believed the u.s. would take a chunk out of his economy. that gives us a chance to change the calculus in moscow. >> will sanctions be enough? luxe we have to wait for european friends to tell us they are willing to move forward. there is no doubt that if you cut off russian gas it will hurt. there's no doubt that if you freeze russian assets in places like germany and great rich and it will hurt them. this is a threat -- and great britain it will hurt them. this is a threat to the territorial integrity of europe. host: if you want to follow on our twitter page it is @csp

murphy did this better with the "white like me" sketch. the wayans brothers did this worse before with "white chicks." chris martin and gwenyth paltrow are separating so why are we talking about this? >> we didn't have time to talk about it. >> i love that high -- that he hash tagged good credit. black people can't have good credit? >> i don't know. on a scale of 1 to 10 -- just go ahead and answer. >> tgi friday's something. that is a hack joke. it infuriates me when black comments do the good credit thing. you are a millionaire. your credit is fine. hugley said that once, i can't take a cab. when is the last time you took a cab? i can't afford your neighborhood. >> you are in a community. >> because you are broke. >> right. is anybody really offended? >> shaun white because that's who he looks like. >> who is equal. >> i thought he looked likely saw kudrow -- like lisa kudrow. i put her head on everybody's face. that started when i first made love. i don't even know what that means. i was going to say, chappelle did it all the time. it was hill hilarious. >> was that the blind guy? >> no, a newscaster thi

chris, thank you so much for being here. >> thank you for your in have invitation. >> all the best to you. >>> well, dan murphy is live foration sky news, dan? >> reporter: well, megyn, the search operation has been suspended because of poor weather in the search zone, hello to you, the maritime agency is predicting a zone with up to four meters in the search zone, there is also prediction of very gusty winds, up to 80 kilometers an hour, also poor visibility with very low-lying clouds. i can also tell you the australian's defense vessel has been forced to track south. it is now currently moving away from the bad weather, away from the search zone and hoping to return obviously when conditions improve. of course the focus of today's operations would have been to attempt to recover debris and also to attempt to conduct surveillance around the area. the weather in the area is expected to improve later on this evening and also in the coming days. the australian maritime safety very keen in continuing the search as soon as possible. thank you. >> i want to bring in our panel of experts, robert mark is a fox news consultant. a