i'm amy walter in for gwen ifill tonight on "washington week." old war tensions escalate. >> the president has made it clear there will be consequences if russia does not find a way to change course. and we don't say that as a threat. we say that as a direct consequence for the choices that russia may or may not choose to make here. >> putin has already said we will respect the choice of the crimean people. >> can moscow be persuaded to stand down, or is crimea destined to be annexed to russia? the c.i.a. gets called out for allegedly spying on the senate committee investigating its practices. >> the c.i.a. did not ask the committee or its staff if the committee had access to the internal review or how we obtained it. instead, the c.i.a. just went and searched the committee's computers. >> when the facts come out on this, i think a lot of people who are claiming that there has been this tremendous spying, monitoring and hacking will be proved wrong. amy: we'll have the latest on the investigation. plus, why a special house election in florida may

me around the table, bill burton, deputy white house press secretary during obama's first term, amy waltermes" columnist and cnn political commentator. let me start you out with some political numbers. question by "the new york times" late february was do you approve of president obama's handling of foreign policy? 39% said democrats, on down the line to don't know or won't vote. now we have a crisis in ukraine, which even if people can't find the ukraine on the map or much less crimea, they get this impression of how the president's handling it. how's he doing? >> not terribly well, i think it's safe to say. president obama's overall foreign policy strategy, which you could call a kind of foreign policy realism that emphasizes sort of stepping back a little bit from conflicts, not putting boots on the ground in foreign wars and so on, has been genuinely popular with the american people for good reasons after the bush rather. in the last year and a half, though, we've seen some of the problems with their approach well in order for a realist foreign policy to work, you can't take the tick o

election landscape with stu rothenberg of the rothenberg political report and roll call newspaper and amy walter, national editor of the cook political report. why are democrats so worried, amy? >> you laid it down politically, it's the map is the most important thing that makes them nervous and the political environment. when the president's approval rating is sitting at 42 or 43%, even if you're in a relatively democratic or competitive state, that's a tough place to be as a democrat. if you are in a red state, that is dismal. >> woodruff: that's what you're saying? >> there's a dynamic in mid-term elections there's a reason why the president's party won house seats only twice in the last 100 years in mid-terms, is the voters express dissatisfaction with the president and the party candidates suffer. >> ifill: one of the states that romney won in the 2012 election where there are now democratic seats endangered, some of them are democratic retirements, that's south dakota, montana, west virginia, and some of them in danger of incumbents, north carolina, alaska, arkansas and louisiana. let's ju

so amy walter, are you with everybody else?now republicans to lose when it comes to control of the senate? i feel like we've had this conversation for the last three cycles. it was theirs to lose in 2010, 2012 and it's republicans to lose this time. the best opportunity they have to lose it is the same as it was back in those three cycles which is they do the harm to themselves. either by nominating really, really weak candidates or by doing things that put them in difficult positions shutting down the government, running up their negatives by running campaigns that are not focused on the issues that people really care about. but you look at those states, you look at the president's numbers. nationally, if he's at 42%. >> imagine where he is in arkansas or even -- it's interesting the republicans have an insurance policy. mitch mcconnell could lose, rick santorum. he didn't have a great week. by the way, he didn't have a great weekend in the ncaa tournament because of his bad week. i want to show you, he got in trouble for an a

i'm amy walter in for gwen ifill tonight on "washington week." old war tensions escalate. >> the president has made it clear there will be consequences if russia does not find a way to change course. and we don't say that as a threat. we say that as a direct consequence for the choices that russia may or may not choose to make here. >> putin has already said we will respect the choice of the crimean people. >> can moscow be persuaded to stand down, or is

amy walter, national editor for the cook political report.w york times" columnist and cnn contributor. joe biden, out and about. it seems to me a little bit he has over the last month raised his profile and was on "the view" tuesday. want to play just a quick part of that. >> whether she runs or not will not affect my decision. >> have you not said no. >> no, i have not said no. i just truly have not made up my mind. >> we don't even need to say who "she" was. >> elizabeth warren. >> so, hillary clinton he was talking about obviously. it seems to me that joe biden would so much like to run but that hillary clinton has everything to do with it. am i reading this wrong? >> no, you're not. he's the sitting vice president of the united states of america. beyond dick cheney who took himself out, when have you not had a vice president considered as a front-runner? he should right out front. but you're right, this is somebody who knows he's not the first choice of the party. it is hillary clinton. but he also knows, like many of us in this town do,

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walter cronkite hosted a show and it was the first time americans could call in. carter answers questions about everything from pardon for those evading the vietnam draft to putting his daughter amyo have a program like that today where you could call in and ask the presidents questions. >> are you listening president obama? >> yes there's an opportunity ahead. >>> the testing of signs for intelligence in children. that's right. see what it could mean for doctors and families. wyatt andrews goes inside a lab in china at a look at engineering smarter kids. that's next here on "cbs this morning." engineering smat smarter kids. that's next. >> announcer: this morning's "cbs this morning" sponsored by toyota. let's go places. [ wife ] we're here to buy a camry. good timing. great choice. it took me to victory lane seven times last year. can i get you to sign something? sure. oh. can you write "you 'da man?" [ male announcer ] during toyota's #1 for everyone sales event, get 0% apr financing for 60 months on a 2014 camry. offer ends march 31st. for more great deals visit toyota.com. yeah!! yeah!! [ male announcer ] toyota. let's go places. woohoo! i've been claritin clear for 7 days.