earlier i spoke with first class petty officer andy kendrick off the u.s. coast guard, and he gave us an update on the response effort thus far. >> we did send a couple people to the hospital as a precautionary measure. the couple folks that were on the barge with the significant spill, we have close to 168,000 gallons that could have entered the water from the hull that was breached. so the barge was carrying a significant amount. the part that was damaged, about 168,000 was possible to have come out. we're not sure exactly how much of that has come out. we're responding as if all of it has. the folks that are on board, obviously, they enhailed a quite a few fumes and we got them checked out. other than that we have no reports of any injuries. we're definitely just hitting it with everything we've gone. fortunately, houston is one of the best places in the world as far as response and capability. we have great coordination and relationships with all the folks here. we have federal, state and local agencies a agencies hitting it hard. we have containment bo

petty officer andy kendrick joins us live with an update. thank you so much. we appreciate you being with us. >>> a warning from nato saying there are so many russian troops on the eastern ukrainian border that they're a threat to moldova, which is on the opposite side of ucontain. the security chief is accusing putin of trying to take over the entire country, claims that russia denies. let's go to phil from kiev's independence square. phil, there's a lot of speculating as to what russia is up to. what can ukraine and the western allies really do at this point? >> reporter: well, when it comes to crimea, not an awful lot, it's a fate accompli, but what's troubling kiev and the international community is the possible risk that russia has grander designs on mainland ukraine. morgan, they are saying today here in kiev that they have captured a number of what they call russian agent provoke turs around the country and out east. it's in places with large populations of ethnic russians, but also now in the south and oodessa on the black sea. that would create a corr