. >> in moldavia they're very, very nervous because as you know, moldavia is not part of nato.ria, the eastern part of moldavia has about 1400 russian troops there. they've been there for years. and the question is, is what does vladimir putin do now? does he consider unrest there in the east? it's awfully hard for the government to function and get their economy in order and all those things? or does he go across the south and take odessa, which is important to him, and then up to moldavia? and the other, of course, is that he just continues to foment discontent and uprising and, you know, the little green men. and it makes it very difficult for this new government to function, and how difficult is it for them to have free and fair elections with the little green men running all over the place in eastern ukraine. >> rose: so how do you stop him? >> let me tell you how far off base i think this administration is. they said that they would not give them defensive weapons. they said is that they would give them meals ready to eat. they wouldn't even fly them in on u.s. aircraft.

talking eastern and southern ukraine as a term that goes back 300 years when this whole area west to moldavia and all the way east to the russian border were part of russia. >> ifill: they call that new russia. >> warner: that's what that means. that was the term. he said something about [speaking russian] it was given away in 1920's. why? only god knows. so it sounds to people in the administration as if he is laying that sort of historical. >> ifill: again. >> warner: race nal once again. >> ifill: marn get warner, thanks always for clearing it up for us. >> warner: my pleasure. >> woodruff: nine months after it became the largest city in the u.s. to declare bankruptcy, detroit is drawing closer to a deal on how to protect current and former city workers from deep pension cuts. until recently, officials had been warning of painfully large pension reductions. the shift was announced yesterday, and today, leaders of the retired police and firefighters group voted in favor of it. pensions for those retirees had faced a pension cut of up to 14%. under the new deal, they would not take a cut. ot