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that, bret, is the cost of the olympic games. >> amy kellogg live early tuesday morning in kiev. amy, thank you. now to white house correspondent wendell goler with how the obama administration is handling the crisis in ukraine. >> the situation in ukraine continued to deteriorate despite a 90-minute conversation between presidents obama and putin over the weekend. in a meeting with the israeli prime minister, obama claimed they were on the wrong side of history. the world is largely united in roguing the steps russia has taken are a violation of ukraine's sovereignty. ukraine's territorial integrity. that they're a violation of international law. >> also over the weekend, mr. obama spoke with the leaders of germany, poland, and the united kingdom. his aides have made clear there's no military option, but his critics blame him for american weakness. >> this is the ultimate result of a feckless foreign policy where nobody believes in america's strength anymore. >> john mccain says the president of the united states believes the cold war is over, but vladimir putin does not. the was

in kiev, amy kellogg, fox news. >> as the crisis in the ukraine continues, many americans in and out of government wonder how much impact a warning from the u.s. still carries. and whether the last few years of intense budget battles here in the nation's capital are making the problem worse. here's james rosen. >> there will be costs for any military intervention in ukraine. >> with that warning having failed to deter russia from having invaded crimea -- >> we are prepared to take further steps if russia does not return its forces to the barracks. >> and that warning, having fails to persuade russiatume withdraw from crimea, a leading critic of the obama administration said steep budgets cuts at the pentagon will only further diminish u.s. influence overseas. >> when you're vladimir putin and you decide you're going to send troops to crimea, you have to anticipate what the u.s. will or won't do, and what you see is the u.s. is withdrawing dramatically from the middle east, and dramatically reducing our military capability. >> the administration's proposed budget reduces defense spend

amy kellogg live in kiev. jamie? >>> this news broke late last week, that management of the internet could change, and it has many users, especially businesses, wondering what exactly might happen. it all began when the nous announced they had plans to possibly give up control of the system that assigns website addresses and directs other technical aspects of the net. all of it after pressure from the global community after the nsa surveillance controversy. while some critics say it may not affect your wallet, privacy still may be a concern. >> i do believe in the long run this will have little impact on the individual consumer and that we will not allow other governments to take control. this is one thing the commerce department has said-s that they will not let this be a government-run administration. >> the u.n. has been salivating for this for years, trying to get its hands on the internet. and if people are worried about security, about cost, about safety, this is the last thing we should be doing. >> well, ther

amy kellogg has that story from kiev. >> planes from crimea's capital fly to russia now. coming in from kiev. a pro-ukrainian activist who tried to enter was shot, though the ammunition was not lethal. the choice the propaganda presents the crimeans with, the swaus c swaus caw or the russian flag. the language appears to leave staying with ukraine out of the picture. now there's talk they may go for complete independence. they ask what happened to the deal signed by russia, britain, and the u.s. in 1994 guaranteeing ukraine's territorial integrity if it gave up their weapons? the most they can do is stage exercises with fighter jets and place a destroyer in the black sea, but this retired general says that helps add muscle to diplomacy. >> it's a good stimulus for negotiations without using force. its presence is very helpful because russia's black sea fleet doesn't have the same potential as the u.s. >> ukraine's army has been underfunded. the military has said it has no plans to fight in crimea, but people are worried about what happens next. ukrainians have shown they'

amy kellogg reports from kiev. not everyone in crimea thinks it's a good idea. >> in the capital of crimea, there was a rally against any move to join russia. this priest held a sign saying, quote, the red star can't get enough blood. the hammer and sickle are death and famine. >> what is going on with end in slaughter. >> a woman protesting russia's presence in crimea was dragged away by her hair. while others chanted, they want in with the kremlin. ukraine's border guards say 30,000 russian troops are now in crimea. russian president vladimir putin busy with the paralympic games in sochi still deny it's his troops who have taken over crimea and warns consequences for any sanctions slapped on russia. meanwhile, their assembly speaker said there will never be a war between russia and ukraine. lawmakers busily prepared to welcome crimea officially back into mother russia in a kind of celebration. >> translator: everyone is excited about this because this is a festive occasion. >> ukraine's president said he has sign

>> amy kellogg reporting from kiev. amy, thanks for that.e turn now to the leaders of the senate foreign relations committee. from new jersey, chairman robert menendez. and from tennessee, the top republican, bob corker. well, gentlemen, now we not only have the crimean referendum, where voters will certainly vote to break away from ukraine. we now also have this incursion across the crimean border, six miles further in to ukraine. senator menendez, how far do -- vladimir putin to go? >> well, president putin has started a game of russian roulette and i think that the united states and the west have to be very clear in their response. because, he will calculate about how far he can go. so that means they're having very robust sanctions ready to go, starting with the crimea vote and moving onward depending upon russia's continued actions after the crimea vote. >> senator corker, we'll get to the sanctions in a moment. but in addition to the steps that we've already talked about, the russians have thousands, some say tens of thousands of troop

. >> amy kellogg live. tanks very much. >> extreme weather alert now don't put away the heavy jackets and snow shoes just yet. there is more snow and could headed for folks along the east coast. meteorologist janet dean is live with the extreme weather on your behalf. i want to say to our viewers, don't shoot the messenger. >> i know, i need a bulletproof vest t. amount of times we said that, same trip, differ day. we are dealing with the potential of severe weather, though, with this storm event. the potential for hail and damaging winds and isolated tornado. so we had a severe thunderstorm watch in effect. we can see hail and damaging wednesday across portions of texas up into oklahoma and you know what we could see several inches of rain, a short period of time. flash flooding is your concern. again, portions of texas, louisiana, up into arkansas for the next 12 to 24 hours. ten as i mentioned, in some case, we could see three to four inches of rain moving across the southeast through tuesday. now the co

russians are our brothers because -- >> reporter: in kiev, amy kellogg, fox news. >>> pope francis marked his one-year anniversary with a simple tweet today. please pray for me. the appeal echoed his gesture that rainy night one year ago when he came out on to the ball cone of st. peters basilica and introduced him to the world. you may remember rather than blessing the crowd below he bowed and asked the crowd to bless him. >>> house speaker john boehner today announced he's extended an open and formal invitation to pope francis to address a joint meeting of congress. >>> there's a new leader of libya today after a strange and dark turn of events involving armed rebels, a whole lot of oil and even north korea. chief washington correspondent james rosen explains how it affects u.s. security interests. >> reporter: defence minister abdullah al fini took the oath as interim prime minister shortly after parliament voted out zeddan and the ex-prime minister fled under threat of prime minister to the nearby island of malta and then on to germany. >> we appreciate the leadership of the prime min

senior foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg is in kiev tonight. >> reporter: there was a pro-russian demonstration outside the ciman parliament today before lawmakers there voted to leave ukraine and join russia. crimea's deputy prime minister says the ukrainian army is no longer welcome in crimea. somewhat confusingly the parliament also decided to actually put this all to the people of crimea on march 16th. either way ukraine's new government called the actions illegitimate. >> translator: it's not a referendum. it is a farce and a fake and a crime against the state which is organized by the russian federation's military. >> president obama having signed an executive order authorizing sanctions on those responsible for violating the sovereignty andtory tarrial integrity of ukraine expressed his disapproval of the ciman plan. >> any discussion about the future of ukraine must include the legitimate government of ukraine. in 2014 we are well beyond the days when borders can be redrawn over the heads of democratic leaders. >> russia is dangerous. i would say russia is not friendly. as

let's go to amy kellogg from the ukrainian capital of kiev. >> reporter: hi, jamie. what is happening in crimea is in many ways, really the tip of the iceberg. the aggression and the propaganda and the intimidation there are stirring and fermting a lot of distrust and anger and possibly even hatred in other parts of ukraine. this as the voting goes on in crimea. with 22,000 russian troops in that relatively small region, there's not much concern that it will be anything but a fairly ordererly vote today and a resounding yes for russia. we may never know how people really feel about this referendum. there would be widespread reports of detentions and harassment of those who oppose e it or speak ukrainian. last night russian troops took over a gas distribution center just outside crimea. their pro-russian government said they were local self-defense defenses doing this out of necessity because ukraine turned off the gas but local forces probably don't have military helicopters. there's debate about the 15,000 ukrainian soldiers remaining around crimea. they will soon b

amy kellogg streaming live from kiev with more. >> reporter: hi, greg. well, the propaganda war continues as russia amass troops. still not admitting that those troops are russian but that it has the right to defend russian speakers in yew clean and crimea against what it calls a fascist government. this is the man that putin put away, who was the oil baron saying that russia was behind the last orders about firing on protesters and that the kremlin's line is a lie. this as russia continuing to move military hardware into and around crimea and take over border posts a week before the referendum on joining russia. there are reports that those who say they are against joining russia are harassed. there are people with soviet era nostalgia who would like to join russia. and there are those who are scared that fascists will take over. and vigil and tees check passports. you may hear behind me, people are celebrating the birth of a poet. now i repeat the pretext for russia bringing its troops into crimea was to protect speakers there against a quote, illegal

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amy kellogg live in kiev where it is noisy on this wednesday.ress conference and the secretary of state has one. putin explained we do not have troops in the crimea region, okay. and we did take action and we are concerned that a constitutional elected leader was legally ousted from his position. and he also said that neonazis were behind some of the unrest against jews. >> right. so we have putin focused on the region there. but president obama seems to be focused on the mid terms. this is part of the his remarks yesterday campaigning. some would deem him to be the campaigner in chief. critics would say this is his quote. something about mid terms, i don't know what it is about us, we get a little sleepy and distracted. we don't turn out to vote. we don't fund campaigns as passionately. that has to change and it's got to change right here because too much is at stake for us to let this opportunity slip by. >> so the president of the united states was at this fund-raiser last night at former senator chuck rob's house and keep in mind, he's a for

amy kellogg in kiev. thank you, amy.enna: back here at home, people in northern california getting quite a jolt overnight. a 6.9-magnitude earthquake centered offshore in the pacific ocean. patti ann browne is in the newsroom with more on this. >> jenna the quake hit at 10:18 p.m. spa civic time t was centered in eureka in northern california and it was strong. magnitude 6.9. luckily no reports of injuries or serious damage and power remained on but the quake was felt widely across the region. more than 3,000 people reported on the u.s. geological survey website that they felt the earthquake. equity are common in eureka. it is 270 miles northwest of san francisco. some people in san francisco felt it. it is 100 miles south of the oregon state line. some of those who reported feeling the tremor lived in oregon. many describe ad very long, rolling shake that knocked items off of shelves or woke children. in fact the u.s. geological survey confirms it built slowly four miles beneath the pacific seabed. the national tsunami

amy kellogg joins from us kiev. amy? >> reporter: jon, top of it all the most intense fog has just descended upon kiev. we're right in front ever the independence square where all the protesters gathered all those months and there are a few hundred diehards out in the cold, trying to keep spirit up and drum up support for a united ukraine in the face of these threats. the latest ultimatum coming to according to ukraine's defense ministry from russia's black sea fleet, saying if ukrainian bases don't evacuate by 5:00 p.m. local time, they will storm them, russian troops will storm them. given that most people acree at this point, russia has complete operational control over crimea, it is not clear what this latest escalation will accomplish. but it is also not clear from what we've been seeing what the endgame here is for russia. it is bizarre that it is almost old news that russian troops fanned out across crimea and surrounding ukrainian military bases. we're hearing disturbingly about other bases in eastern ukraine whe

amy kellogg has the latest from the capitol city. >> reporter: harris, a woke from tomorrow the peopleea will be asked to choose whether they want to join russia or remain in ukraen. it is not cleared if they will be allowed to vote or boycott or forced to vote. it is happening in a environment of increasing militarization. peace keepers were not allowed in crimea. russian or pro russian troops fired shots at them. and a un observer was chased out this woke. a board guard plane was sent back. >> and crimeans in cold front demonstrated against what happened. that were caught off guard on the enivation. >> i couldn't imagine that russian troops, russian leadership can make an order to send troops to the crimea, being a friendly neighbor? >> and harris, there is sign was ukranian mobilization. the army has been reserved and instructed to loy low. but there are postings on the internet of military vehicles in motion. we are watching it closely. harris? >> as the rest of the world. >>>'s now district attorney dawning off of the coast of vietnam. a missing malaysian plane d disappeared off o

. >> thank you, amy kellogg on the ground in kiev. >> it is one of the most complicated foreign policy issues of mr. obama's president so. the president came out an hour ago to speak about the crisis. >> they are reading economic sanctions and what they are and how far they will go, it is not yet clear. they talked about options and everything from working with allies to work with them about the g8 and pulling out of the g8 in sochi in june. maybe even going as far as targeting of freezing of asset was russians abroad and that is, you start to hit the wallets and purses of russians with ties directly to the putin regime would hit the russians. >> the president said there will be costs for the act of aggression. but the converbal wisdom and that the president needs russia and he needs putin on the cooperation with iran and can't afford to alienate putin. >> you are right. russia is in the middle of many diplomatic fronts that the u.s. is dealing w. the situation in iowa ran and there is hopes that they will strike a big deal with iran and the administration's critics are not too hopeful

amy kellogg has been in kiev for us. she now has the very latest. what's going on, amy? >> reporter: well, jamie, moscow keeps warning the west about taking inflammatory steps in this situation we know the west, europe, is united inner caning that precious steps have been completely illegal when it comes to moving its troops into crimea. russia's line remains the same the government if kiev has been taken over by a bunch of armed fascists. therefore, it needs to protect russian speakers in crimea against that supposed threat. but the only war drums with ve heard here in kiev this weekend are from this caustic drummer you see on independence square. it's a national holiday if you crane the birth date of the poet and there were celebrations today albeit under the cloud of a grave threat to ukraine's territorial integrity. with the new prime minister saying ukraine won't budge an inch, a centimeter to be specific of its territory. but the situation if crimea as we have been saying is increasingly difficult t. crimea blocked state accounts, the prime minister there says no p

amy kellogg covering it all in kiev. . >> well, i know, neil, you were also interested in the economic side of this with russia saying maybe it could deal without doing business with the united states if this all escalates further. and neil, i was in davos in january, and i don't get the sense that the russians would like to be further economically isolated than they already are. there's talk of some of the western countries boycotting the g-8 summit that putin is holding in sochi in june. he said today that's fine if they don't want to show up, he'll hold it anyway. this is the war of words escalating today, and then neil, of course, the big story we have been talking about for days now is the fact that russia has operational control over crimea, and so far, we've got russian armies and the ukrainian army facing off, but it's been fairly calm because both sides have exercised discipline to this point. today, though, it got a little close with ukrainian officers trying to get back on one of their barracks and the russians

amy kellogg joins us now live from kiev, ukraine with the very latest. amy. >> reporter: hi, uma. well, the international force with the organization for security and operation in europe. it was meant to be a peace keeping observer force and they have not been allowed into crimea. this is a few days after one of their unarmed observers was literally chased out of crimea. he did manage to get in and was marched out of the country by russian forces. we're also getting reports now that journalists in crimea are getting beaten up and having their camera gear either broken or stolen as the tensions increase and a russian newspaper today is running some photographs of what they say is a newly planted mind field along the russia and ukraine border. and 60 or 70 military vehicles are making their way today. yesterday ukrainian border guard said that 30,000 russian troops are in crimea. last night, some of those troops tried to take over a ukrainian military base. but never fired shots. after some negotiations backed off but authorities say that all ukrainian military facilities are either

amy kellogg live from kiev with more. orter: jon, the situation in crimea appears to be escalating rather than deescalating. so we thought this might be a moment to take a look back at some of the important moments in ukraine's history as that country fights to preserve its territorial integrity. legend has it that kiev was founded by three brothers and a sister, memorialized in the statue behind me. in the 9th century it became the capital of kiev, the precursor state to russia. adopted christianity, built 400 churches and was the biggest state in europe. when it fell it was folded into lithuanian, polish and eventually russian empires. ukraine had a brief period of independence in 20th century but was quickly folded into the soviet union. this is where a statue of vladmir lenin stood until recently pulled down by protesters in final farewell to russian influence over this country. there was a famine in the region known as the bread basket of ussr. again there shouldn't have been brutal oppression under stalin. nearly 30

armed forces are pulling into ukraine ahead of the boat in the crimea region, fox correspondent amy kellogg in the ukrainian capital. >> reporter: a week from tomorrow the people of crimea will have this referendum. it's not clear if everyone will be allowed to vote, forced to vote or there will be a boycott. what is clear is this is happening in a situation of increasing militarization. we do know that international peacekeepers and monitors were not allowed into crimea today for the third day in a row. troops fired warning shots into them. a u.n. observer was literally chased out earlier in the woke. also told, ukrainian border guard airplane came under fire. no one was hurt. it was flying around the border at the time. and there were a lot of military vehicles on the move. finally, crimea charters demonstrated against what is happening. as ukraine's foreign minister described to fox news, how he was completely caught off guard with the invasion that began just over a week ago. >> i couldn't imagine russian troops, russian leadership can make an order to send troops to the crimea being a

amy kellogg is leave from kiev tonight. >> i talked to a member of the upper house of crimea's parliamente phone this afternoon, and he said he had not been allowed in to vote. neither he nor any of those parliamentarians who wanted to vote no. he said they were threatened and he said he doesn't know that he can actually believe that what went on inside the chambers is as it's been reported to us. in the meantime, while more people than not speak russian in crimea, more than supreme ukrainian, it's not the case that everybody wants to join the russian federation. people have said basically the people in crimea want the same things that those who staged the revolution kiev. freedom of thought and association, and it's a multieth one person told me they all get along really well. so there's one man i spoke to yesterday said he is not buying this whole idea about the russian army coming in to defend people. here's what he had to say. >> translator: who did the russian army come to defend? who? from whom? the greatest destabilizing factor in crimea is the existence of a foreign armily. >> thi

amy kellogg monitoring all this live from kiev with the latest. >> reporter: these incidents do seem to be piling one on top of the other. just about a week from this referendum that crimea suddenly declared for march 16th. they declared it a couple of days ago. everyone is just waiting anxiously to see how it all plays out between now and then. frankly after then. it does seem that today has been slightly more aggressive than other days and overnight, as well. we keep getting stories of journalists getting beaten up down there trying to cover events. their camera equipment being smashed or stolen. we saw a picture on twitter and in a russian newspaper of a fresh mine field being laid on the crimea/ukraine border. there's been a lot of movement of military hardware today. some 70 vehicles lumbering through crimea. last night there were reports of 200 military vehicles arriving on amphibious military ships. last night an attempt to storm a ukrainian military base. crimeans demonstrated against russian occupation and against the referendum called for march 16th on whether crimea should

amy kellogg joins me now.e were -- we had been told to expect that people would be saddened, that correspondent has seen a lot of shock on people's faces, bewilderment maybe. just a sense of wonder about where they are and where they are going. we saw a lot of sad faces today, amy. >> yes. not many dry eyes on my dime. people told me today the mood on the square changed in another significant way recently. after yanukovych fled in the night. they want to keep camping out to make sure that the government did right by them and chuck out anyone they thought was corrupt or inefficient. they would stay there until the new president was elected. now the mood has changed. it is one of unity in the face of this russian threat. they are not looking to take down this government. they are looking to stick together in any way they can. again, there's so much pain and grief for the dead. we saw two caskets paraded around today in the course of an hour. with those carrying them chanting, "heroes don't die." you simply can't

prime minister says any standoff would further rip his country apartment we have live coverage with amy kelloggst let's get to jennifer griffin or person at the pentagon. what's the message from washington to vladimir putin. >> publicly they're being careful not to inflame the situation with red lines. president obama addressed the issue while seated next to benjamin netanyahu in the oval office. >> what cannot be done is for russia with immunity to put its soldiers o the ground and violate basic principles that are recognized around the world. >> this new video shows russian forces taking over that marine base and ferry terminal in crimea you referred to. appropriate porch says he is deeply troubled by what is happening in crimea. the ukrainian people must define their open destiny, he said. russia violated international law. he says the u.s. and its partners are looking at ways to isolate russia. the european union suggested that could mean sanctions. president obama asked the congress to immediately agree a aid package for ukraine when they return to washington this week. >> you mentioned jo

jennifer griffin at the passenger, amy kellogg in kiev, and our foreign desk. this comes as the russian president vladimir putin is taunting the united states and the rest of the west. his spokesman says the very idea of the west having talks to solve the global crisis, quote, makes us smile. a sarcastic purpose in the gut hours after president obama called vladimir putin and urged him to open talks with the ukrainian government. the back and forth comes as the russian iron grip on the criminal ya gets stronger, and judging from the scene in moscow's red square, russia's president, vladimir putin, has no intention of ever letting good. tens of thousands of people packed red square today, waving russian flags along the way, and chaned, crimea is russia." crimea's russian backed leader called the air ukraine government nazi bandits. a standing owe -- the crimean people will vote on a measure on march 16th. so in eight days, essentially a formality to make official what lawmakers already declared. president obama and other western leaders across the eu say that vo

amy kellogg live in kiev with the latest. amy, any progress to report? >> reporter: hi, brian.oday to punish russian president vladimir putin, or i should say to get him to deescalate the situation in crimea. but that's hard to do when -- it's hard to rattle russia when putin's approval rate something high into the 60s right now. some of that probably has to do with the sochi olympics. some of that has to do with some approval of how he is handling the situation in ukraine. but the ruble is falling and that's significant. in the meantime, in crimea, the situation is not deescalating. now crimea announced on march 16, it's going to hold a referendum on whether or not to join russia. we did speak to a crimean person yesterday who said he doesn't understand why this is hang because frankly, everyone in crimea basically gets along just fine. they're not feeling threatened by any outside forces and they are in favor of the ideals that the people in kiev held the revolution for. in the meantime, a united nations observer was chased out of crimea, literally, yesterday when he was thre

. >> amy kellogg is live in kiev.> reporter: they probably really wanted it, the majority of them. but the fact is that this was carried out at the end of a barrel of a gun, so to speak, and there has been a lot of repression of those people who actually opposed this referendum. detention, harassment, all sorts of things. it will be interesting to see how quickly russia jumps to absorb them into the russian federation. it's possible russia may use this as a bargaining chip as the situation unfolds. crimeans are celebrating, 97% of them voted yes in this referendum. the defense minister of ukraine has said crimea is and will remain part of ukraine, but the facts on the ground tell a different story and finally the e.u. is talking about sanctions today. they're thinking of possibly targeting 20 very top russian officials and hitting them with visa bans and asset freezes. >> all right, amy kellogg in ukraine, thank you very much. >> we've had more conversations with putin and their foreign secretary and we've got nothing

amy kellogg is live in kiev with the latest. >> ukraine's foreign minister wants to thank president putin for giving something ukrainians to rally around. it is not that simple or clear at all where this tension is heading. today european peace keepers were stopped from entering crimea. there were warning shots as they tried to cross the border. they contenter. a lot more military vehicles were seen rumbling through crimea today russia warns the u.s. reckless steps could harm the u.s./russia relationship. they insist a referendum at this point could not possibly be fair. >> there is a lot of psychological and informational pressure. i even think we should call it terror on all the people in crimea. >> that referendum is set for march 16th. it was moved closer and closer, it was supposed to be originally in may the end of march. if this vote fair or not results in crimea's parliament saying the people have voted to join russia, what happens next? ukraine has been clear they don't want to escalate the situation. they kept their forces quiet and asked them not to respond to any provocation.

gregg: amy kellogg live in kiev, thank you very much.here's the podium, we're expecting secretary of state john kerry any moment now. he's a little behind schedule and, you know, maybe he's working the phones or face to face meetings, just don't know. but we are going to take an update with the secretary when it happens. you know, somebody said it's very hard to vote freely when you've got 20,000 russian troops with big guns aimed at you. so crimea, we'll continue to watch. of. jenna: well, we certainly will. it'll be interesting to hear what secretary kerry has to say. in other news, though, do you want your teens to succeed in school, in life? try letting them sleep in. did a teen write this study? [laughter] no, actually, the cdc is involved, and some interesting results. we have that coming up. ♪ ♪ jenna: and honoring the fallen nearly a century later as one nation's bravest are given a proper burial. >>> plus, major hurdles for the white house ahead of a crucial enrollment deadline, what kathleen sebelius told lawmakers that could s

amy kellogg is streaming live in kiev, ukraine, with more. amy?ll, jenna, what's foreboding about this is that the last time russia had military exercises, and that was at the beginning of the month, the next thing we knew they were actually putting their troops inside ukraine in crimea. this may be just muscle flexing, but we don't know. these exercises are going on now in the east of the country, and that's an area that so many worry could be the next to fall. putin is meeting with his top security chiefs today. meantime, in the eastern cities pro-russian activists gathered signatures for a petition asking russia to send troops many to protect them. people here in the ukraine will tell you there are lots of provocateurs trying to stir things up in eastern regions of ukraine, and it is not clear how much truth there is to these allegations and how much is exaggeration, but it is true that the propaganda pumped out by russian media warns of a takeover by fascists if russia doesn't step in to protect people in ukraine. finally, the government here

amy kellogg is live in kiev, the capitol of ukraine, with more.o pass this morning. what's the latest? >> reporter: the latest as people are asking about this agreement from 1992, a treaty signed by the u.k., ukraine and russia. if ukraine gave up the soviet air and nuclear weapons, its territorial integrity would be protected. as people watch crimea slipping away are asking, whatever happened to that deal? because crimea looks like it's going to be a good deal as polling close in six hours or so. so we'll probably never know how people in crimea never joyfully feel about this, but some people will be intimidated to vote. we know some boycotts the referendum. and there was rush troops borders crimea. they took over the gas solution. others say it controls the infrastructure in crimea. in the meantime, the rush foreign minister and secretary of state john kerry had another conversation yesterday, but clearty diplomatic position at this point remains locked. >> thank you. i need to tell you about a man murdered on a business trip. carl parker was st