andrew weiss, i want to also ask about this extraordinary diplomatic flap between ukraine, russia and the united states where we had the overheard conversation crystal clear audio of veteran diplomat victoria nuland who is very -- has been very tough on russia and has difficult relationship with lavrov and other officials. there is this leaked conversation about ukraine exposing the inner workings of the u.s. policy or strategy towards resolving the crisis where she speaks disparagingly and profaneely. this is immediately published on a deputy prime minister twitter feed. all signs point to russia as having done the eavesdropping. >> at this point we don't know who's responsible for creating the tape. what did happen is that a prominent member of putin's team assistant sent a tweet around linking people to the youtube -- >> drawing attention to it. >> drawing attention to it. overall we have a real political crisis on our hands in ukraine and repeated waves of violence and activists being rendered up by security forces are unknown people. u.s. officials are trying to put the toothpast

in the politics in that region, our nbc news analyst, former clinton administration official, andrew weisseal you as always. first of all, will the deal hold? how optimistic are you that this is a deal that's going to hold? >> we're in unchartered territory here. the past week has been nothing short of a cat clix and no one saw this coming. so now we have this semblance of a political deal. there are provisions in the political deal which make me very cautious. the one i would point out, the provision that said all weapons need to be handed over to the interior ministry within 24 hours, that's an ambitious time line. as we've seen from dramatic footage in the past day or two, there are a lot of guns on both sides. i'm not sure the radical forces, some of whom played a key role, are ready to hand over goouns. >> in the simplest of turns for folks not following this story beyond the violence, what are the implications of ukraine remaining unstable or getting a governmental overhaul? why should americans care about what's happening in kiev? >> when the soviet union collapsed there was a focus

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