the complete preliminary ballot and showed up twenty six point seven seven percent of voters in crimea elected to join russia it is to choose the court increased the number of versions of the crummy a referendum as one milliontwo hundred and seventy four thousand one to say this eighty three point one percent of them the prime minister of crummy as regional assembly range that the election which is not recognized what he gets because they don't consider the pros religious events russia's finance ministry said the one thing most of many offer a special tax regime for crimea. british foreign minister li intake of leafy brussels ahead of him in the gc meeting of eu foreign ministers. they're expected to impose targeted sanctions on several russian officials assets and bank accounts of her most gabe a referendum in crimea. it is in favor of a screech from ukraine. dorset coast until an old we are also trying to send the strongest possible signals now what. today i'm late. if they would as a single. russia may signal of us trying to instill that they come to some serious this situation note the bea

. >> the crimea election - predicted to be a farce. >> crack down of the d.r.c. the congolese army's push to eliminate rebel troops near the ugandan border. >> we begin with breaking news from israel. the military reports that fighters in gaza are launching rockets towards israel. let's get the latest. we are being joined live from jerusalem. what more can you tell us about this? >> well, i can tell you in the last hour or so there are media reports that there has been five rockets fired out of gaza. we know one hit in israeli territory. we are told that there are no reports of injury or fatalities, but that there are rocket alarms in two israeli cities. and its citizens are told to take shelter. this happened in the last hour or so, as a response to action by the israeli military. there was a response - israeli military fired inside gaza. 29 targets, we are told, to bases of hamas and the armed wing of islamic jihad. this was a response to rocket attacks from islamic jihad. it fired 90 rockets into southern israel. the israeli military confirmed, saying they fou

. >> united nations made a last-minute move to stop crimea's election. the resolution failed, but there was a bigger message. john terrett explains. >> the ambassadors of the security council meeting in a rare saturday morping session -- morning session, their intention to seek a vote showing that the referendum was illegal. they must have knoften it was a mission impossible -- known it was a mission impossible from the start. the idea had a cache of signalling to moscow how unhappy the arrest of the world is with what it's doing it ukraine. >> the result is 13 in favour, one against, one abstenion. >> western ambassadors wanted to show how isolated russia is on the world stage by drafting a resolution showing there's no legal basis for the poll. 13 council members voted in favour, and china abstained, leaving russia to kill it as a permanent security council member. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha power says this was the wrong time to use the veto. >> russia used the vetos as an i come police to diversion, the veto given nearly 70 years ago to

this after crimea's election chief announced that just under 97% of the voters in the region supportedl not recognize that vote, calling it unlawful. >>> and what about this, what is a st. patrick's day celebration without guiness? organizers of new york city's parade will find out today. the beer maker pulling its sponsorship because of the parade's long-standing ban on groups that march under banners identifying themselves as gay. a legendary gay bar in the city announced it would dump barrels of guiness from its roof in protest. guiness then pulled out of the parade and the bar called off the protest. >>> the oxford english dictionary adding new words. 900 new words and phrases today. among the new entries are etickets, honky-tonker, do-over and whackado. also making the cut, one word worth mentioning and here is a hint. >> look who is here! >> there you go! oh, my god! >> that big hug, you can tell the word besty making the list. elisabeth, you and sherry, besties. >> she's my besty. no whackado. >> you old honky-tonker you. >> what's a honky-tonker? >> somebody who goes to honky-t

besides the crimea elections. >> sure. >> which may trigger sanctions, we don't know if russia is going to turn to a full-force invasion as they did in 2008 in georgia. we just don't know. that by itself may not even affect the united states very much aty all but i think it's a shock effect that will reverb rate through the economy. labor costs are low and productivity is rising slightly. prices are rising above cost. there is cash in pristine balance sheet. don't you think there are bargains out there? >> iba think there are bargainsn this market. industries are sole consolidating. the earnings are going to surprise on the reupside. the home-building industry, we're underbuilding houses. at some point there has to be a substantial increase in housing starts. it's hard tosi know when it's going to be. the short positions are up in the stocks. there's controversy about what the outlook of the spring selling season o is. i can tell you that the numbers that i get from my isi weekly on home building orders show quite a bit strong, sharp move to the upside since december. >> do you have any

crimea. the election commission reports an 80% vetter turn out. here are the -- voter turn out. here are the results. they are overwhelming. when asked about becoming a subject of the russian federation, more than the 95% votediers. 4% voted for more autoony. the united nations, the e.u., and the white house condemned the vote. we have a team on the ground. jennifer glasse talks to people for and against the election in sevastopol. but first the south of the nation where nick schifrin joins us live. what is the next step for crimea now? >> everyone here is not looking west, but east. you get a lot of criticism for international and domestic monitors critical of the referendum. they have a long list of irreg u latteries, and they say it was conducted do hastily. they have a voter role that was not accurate. they have militia allies, guns on the street and it boils down two questions - join russia now or later. for the majority, none of that mattered. tonight was the first chance they had to decide their own destiny. >> for the majority of crime jans, march 16th will be known as i

, you can't have a free and fair election when you have russian tanks parked outside somebody's house and you are basically blocking the crimea. so this election, referendum on 16 march is illegitimate, illegal. if business as usual continues after this referendum, then obama made the mistakes for the ages. >> is it then over at least. >> no, it's not over. >> i mean if crimea becomes part of -- >> -- here is what obama should say. i will never go to the meeting, g-8 or g-20 'putin in attendance. if he goes, i don't. we need to get western europe to link arms with husband and provide sanctions against the russian oligarchs and his friends. >> how is that going to happen? they are hooked on russian oil. >> sometimes you have to suffer for your freedom. and the suffering i'm asking of the europeans is small compared to what could happen to us as a world. this is a chance to distance putin. he needs to sell the oil and gas more the europeans need to buy it. >> how does he tell angela merkel when we are bugging her phone. >> this is not about bugging her phone. >> she is not happy with us. >> is she happy with putin? she has a ch

crimea ahead of the vote. there are concerns about possible election fraud with today's vote. ropping what appears to be two baltz in -- ballots in a box from crimea without election workers noticing. opponents say fraud and intimidation have been widespread in previous ukraine elections. >>> arizona senator john mccain is in kiev for the referendum and says ukraine will need military assistance from the u.s. to fight russia. >> ukraine is going to need a long-term military assistance program from the united states, equipment both lethal and nonlethal. i see that ukraine has been invaded. >> mccain's comments come after a report on the "wall street journal" that the u.s. has rejected ukraine's request for military aid. >>> a ukrainian website is claiming responsibility for hacking nateo computers overnight. nateo has confirmed the attack but says it had no effect on operations. the hacker group goes by the name cyber berkut. >>> a dog leash proposal being considered by the oakland city council. the parks that could be opened up to your four legged friends. >>> and they are back

elections. i want to get your thought on crimea and rehabilitations in kiev. the new government, do you have thought on if they have a man to reclaim the area. >> as a former observer, they seem to have broken the rules in the book, about how the vote was counted, who was counting it and the word on the ball at didn't give a joys. a forecon conclusion that things would have gone this way, controlled by russian hands. in terms of the government, they are waking up to the reality that they are more or less on their own at the moment. the financial assistance has been pledged - $1 billion from america, pledges of guarantees from the e.u. in terms of getting something other than ready to eat meals, they feel the time to act is now, diplomatics is over. helps, you know, large columns much ukrainian military removed to the east of the border. that really woke up a lot of ordinary ukrainians, that they are seeing their military on the move. >> what do you think this means? is the government in kiev seriously considering possibly an armed conflict with russia? >> they

yesterday's controversial elections in crimea for secession from ukraine. about levyinging sanctions including its former president who will also face travel bans. some worry these two nations -- ukraine and russia -- are one step closer to a possible war. >> we are imposing sanctions on specific individuals. >> naming names and doling out punishment, mostly to subordinates of vladimir putin. the white house is letting his displeasure be known. >> we are making it clear there are consequences for their actions. >> while there are plenty of figured of figurative fireworks, .here are actual ones, too many crimea's, most ethnic russians, please that calling it home again. a great event. it is one of the most important days in all my life. >> the fight over the coastal region, ukrainians worry, is just the beginning and other areas, even other countries could fall. >> citizens are signing up to go to war. >> i'm ready to go. i don't want that, but i'm ready to go and fight and fight. >> meanwhile vice president toen is heading to europe further talks. president

--ording to the elections crimea voting to separate from ukraine. according to elections officials, they voted yesterday, paving the way for annexation by russia. despite the ukraine leaders calling the vote in a legal officials said it fully met international norms. on the other side, ukraine's acting foreign minister spoke exclusively about the motives behind this referendum. >> it is a part of a bigger chaos, not only in crimea, but in the use turn ukraine -- the eastern ukraine. and it might be part of a bigger throughconnect russia the ukraine mainland. >> meanwhile, the u.n. announcing sanctions against russia this morning. european finance meters were in brussels at a meeting. what they have not done, and this is interesting, if they have not announced any economic sanctions. there is no unanimity or appetite for economic sanctions against russia. nor have they targeted any business leaders. there was talk in the lead up to today's action by the eu foreign ministers that they might go after the so-called oligarchs as well. but there was not a

told the country's parliament to approve the annexation of crimea after voters elected to break away from the ukraine. president obama and western allies say was illegal. >> many unanswered questions in the death of a two year- old girl >> police say they are waiting for autopsy results to determine how to proceed with this that investigation. the circumstances surrounding the to year-old deaf remains a mystery. which is how some neighbors describe the residents of a home where the toddler died. along the usually quiet block of wild with near 179th one of the homes remains surrounded by police tape. the father told them that he found her unresponsive at around 2:00 yesterday afternoon. pronounced dead at the scene. still not clear how she died. illinois state police are assisting police in the investigation which had technicians gathering evidence from a home for hours yesterday. residents are stunned by a mysterious death in the neighborhood. some say they did not know there was a toddler and a rental home. they moved in about two-three years ago. i only saw them too. i have never s

translator: what concerns the referendum which will take place in crimea on sunday, we already through putin said that we will respect the electionf the crimea peoples. because there are a few peoples, nationalities, and our -- we'll -- when the results -- we'll express our attitude, crimean parliament has a right to take the declaration and express the hopes that the crimeans will confirm the referendum. it is pointless to speculate further. one has to await the results what concerns the western partners, ince incept -- [ inaudible ] and the right to self determination has been canceled, and the case where the people define themselves [ inaudible ] many, and latest history. one -- one example, people talk about kosovo, there is once stated the kamora islands, and there was dense from france, and one of the islands was again selected, and for this reason france resisted to recount the votes so to be taken into account the majority voted on that island, and the island -- that of miota remained within france as a colonial territory in the beginning, and then it was included into the french republic. was it an action or self determi

election. and so ukraine is already a democracy. >> does that complicate ukraine's options here if crimea saysough a popular uprising overthrown the ukrainian leadership and chosen to be part of the russian federation, does ukraine have a leg to stand on when they say but that's not constitutional because they just did a similar maneuver. >> but there is a difference. because what crimea did at the point that the russians had started going in was to replace their leadership with a new leader so that part was parallel to what had happened in kiev and the major part of ukraine. but the idea of just breaking away as a province going off on its own, that-- that is not in any kind of international legal framework that has to come with the permission, the discussion of the entire population of ukraine, not just the province by itself. >> how complicate wood it be if you held that discussion with the entoire province. because i know listen, i'm sure the kurds are watching this and thinking i didn't know you could do that. i was-- i-- in iraq, part of turkey there are many regions where there is a maj

in the armed forces and just recently, yesterday, the new leader, the new prime minister of crimea was elected and that person is a representative or the leader of so-called russian unity block, which is a prorussian political force that wants to hold a referendum in may in several months about the greater autonomy for crimeans. it would be premature to say this was a military invasion but what we are seeing is a show of force to claim support behind that new russian premier of crimea. >> do you think there's any chance they're positioning themselves to try to cut the peninsula off? >> that is possible as well. but we have to remember that the ukrainian armed forces have several military bases in crimea. there is a crimean black sea fleet at a has several divisions. there are at least 40 tanks that belong to the ukrainian armed forces. so even if they close it off, log it off from the outside or block any access from the air they still will have to deal with the ukrainian armed forces that are there in crimeaa glp c. >> isn't that kind of a fuzzy threat, president obama's warning that there wi

crimea. respected international election monitors weren't allowed to come. one thing that is transparent about this vote is the ballot box, and so far, all the votes we've seen have been for joining up with russia. russia has popular support here. so how did you vote? >> i vote for russia simply because crimea has always been russian. >> reporter: for crimea's deputy prime minister, it's a done deal. so, if i want to come back here, i'm going to need a russian visa? >> yes, you should do it. >> reporter: get a russian visa? >> yes, with russian visa. >> reporter: because ukrainian visa won't be enough? >> yes. crimea is not ukraine. crimea will be a russian federation. >> reporter: some say the vote wasn't exactly free or fair. dennis showed us the billboard outside his apartment building where someone put up this poster, warning neighbors, a traitor is living among you. activists like you have been beaten here, intimidated certainly. do you think you lost? did russia win? >> translator: crimea lost and so did ukraine, but i'll continue to fight against puti

crimea. first of all the prime minister was elected by crimean parliament and his candidacy really was approvede only legitimate institution in the ukrain, but president yanukovych. second, the crimean parliament doesn't recognize the legitimacy of current power in kiev because they violated agreement signed with yanukovych, which was approved by three foreign ministers from poland, germany, and france. that's why these are absurd things to say that they have nothing to do at this moment -- >> can i please -- >> hold on -- hold on a second -- >> olli, go ahead. >> i didn't finish. >> we have a limited amount of time, i want to get everybody in. go ahead, please. >> this is the most important thing. ukrain -- crimean authorities don't invite russian troops. russian troops are located in crimea. >> okay. olli go. >> can we please have some order? thank you. first of all i think it's important to point out that people forget that although there are 60% of russians in crimea, there is 15% of tatar, and 24% of yoouranians, and nob talks about the uranians in crimea. second, if this was invited to ke

crimea voting to step from ukraine. the 28 member bloc is considering a visa ban in an effort against a number of high-ranking russian officials. election officials in crimea essay some 97% of voters backed joining russia with moscow saying it will accept the result .ill sto >> last night they were raucous, joyous, celebratory. whatever we can say about the conducted,erendum is it did reflect the opinion of the majority of the people living in crimea. they were exalted last night. they feel they got what they had been wanting for many years. probably since the breakup of the soviet union. they have been chomping at the bit, wanting to get away from crime era. crimeay have had -- from . now they have had the referendum. they cannot wait to be incorporated into the russian federation. there is no doubt in their minds that that is what will happen when the meeting takes place to discuss the application. they may be disappointed, but his heart -- but it is hard to see that at this point. at least 40% of the population of crimea is not russian. many of the ukrainians, it has to be said, did vote for unification, 50% or so did not. tartar mus

election. he was the pro-russia candidate and in crimea, that's where ukraine's pro-russia voters live. >> yanukovychn a real election in 2010. he won by half a million votes. he won crimea by a million votes. so yanukovych is president of ukraine because of the votes in crimea. >> well, if what vladimir putin announced today comes to pass, then nobody in crimea is ever going to be voting in another election in ukraine. they're going to be voting for putin for the next 50 years in elections in russia. and while that might be very exciting to russia in the short term, that prospect apparently brought people to tears in putin's hours-long speech in the parliament today. he received dozens of standing ovations. thunderous applause as he talked about taking crimea back for russia. and that might be very exciting in the short term, but what that ensures in real political terms, what putin just did today, is guarantee that russia's neighbor to the west, the large and influential nation of ukraine, will never again have a pro-russian leader. and that's not only because russia just marched across the border

the elections in crimea took place under an illegal occupation, it did not resemble anything close to a real election. and consequently the results should not and cannot be recognized. lastly, there is little doubt that if the world does not act, russia's territorial aggression will expand and continue. whatever the complexities, this invasion of a sovereign country is not justified. period. today's bill makes clear america will not tolerate russia's territorial aggression in ukraine or elsewhere. i urge my colleagues to support it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: may i inquire, mr. speaker, how much remaining time i have? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 3 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. engel: ok. then i yield two minutes to the gentleman from michigan, the ranking member of the ways and means committee, mr. levin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for two minutes. without objection. mr. levin: i rise in strong support of this bill. as ukraine is fighting for its in

crimea. first of all the prime minister -- and he was elected by ukrainian parliament and his candidacy reallypproved by only this moment [ inaudible ] institution in ukraine by president yanukovych. first. second, the crimea parliament doesn't recognize the legitimacy of current power in kiev because they violated an agreement signed by yanukovych which was agreed to by leaders from poland, and france. that's why this is [ inaudible ] -- >> can i please make a rational comment -- >> olli, go ahead -- >> i didn't finish! >> we have a limited amount of time i want to get everybody in. please. >> this is the most important thing. you crane and [ inaudible ] authorities don't [ inaudible ] russian troops. russian troops are located in crimea. >> okay. olli go. >> can we please have some order. thank you. first of all i think it's important to point out that people forget that although there are 60% of russians in crimea, there is 15% of tatars and 24% of ukrainians, and nobody talks about the ukrainians in crimea. second if this was invited to keep the peace -- although all of the evidence is tha

a brand new prime minister and parliament and new elections and referendums on crimea coming up. >> in fact, jennifer, things are moving so quickly, we are turning to phil with updates, phil, what are you hearing there on the ground? >> here in moscow, we are hearing, they are saying what they are trying to do, trying to avoid in crimea is a repeat of the battle in kiev. they urge on-lookers to remember the hundreds of dead in kiev. that is what they are tried to avoid in crimea. that is in essence the motivation here if they don't intervene in crimea there is a fear there will be further con flight between the various factions. that just within the last few moments here coming from the russian foreign ministry. >> phil, how are they avoiding the battle of kiev and now calling for force? >> that is absolutely right, it has to be looked at from the various perspectives whether coming from kiev or moscow, everybody is saying what they are trying to avoid the conflict but they are apparently trying to keep order and peace by putting in the forces or apply political pressure or what have y

crimea today, there ought to be an accident relatively soon. if they take further steps, there ought to be further actions. we don't seem to have a strategy and a plan. let's be honest. electionults will have an impact. if they annex crimea, which is a begin. this eliminates a million residence. that provides the pro moscow prime minister in his last election. there will be no democratically elected government of ukraine which will be pro moscow after crimea is taken out of the electoral equation inside ukraine. this will make for more instability. be less. putin knows this as well. he will grab increasing chunks of ukraine to turn it into a complete depend yenlt puppet state or to grab enough of it that whatever is left in the west, the anti-russian, the ukraine speaking peoples will be cowed by moscow's behavior. >> we asked you for questions and we got this from facebook from robert. he writes, is ukraine, syria deja vu? nothing good came out of engineer with obama red line and executive orders. how do you answer? couldn't barack obama have found a way to handle this better? >> i think robert is on to something. it is very much like syria. i think the sense to me is that i

ukraine should reinforce crimea's autonomy and elections held. removinginclude inabilities about the black sea. >> that is all sensible. i do not think the russians are interested in that sort of outcome. say, that is not where the russians are. it is sensible. and certainly, kerry is probably pursuing things along those lines. later, not all of the parts would agree with this. you have to get the best possible outcome. i want to go back to the third point which is really important which is a reconciliation. as i said earlier, it is important for the united states at west to support ukraine and a brace. i would have the next foreign minister be in kiev and john kerry bring the entire group to kiev for meetings to demonstrate the embrace of the world to the government. quite strongly advocating a quick economic assistance. but, we also need to make clear to the kiev government about reconciliation and embracing all ukrainians is really absolutely required. for going forward. the history of ukraine over the last quarter century has been back and fo

negotiated crimea's leaders that were elected. >>> a possible site of debris of the malaysian airplane, putting it off of the australian coast in the indian ocean. the search so far has been called off for the day. >> i'm meteorologist, dave warren, today, eastern daylight time. the sun right over the equator, and that is the start of spring. the equinox happens today, 12:57. and this is what it looks like with the temperatures, till cool with the snow coming down across the great lakes. it's not like we flip a switch and everything changes. it will take awhile with the weather pattern. but warmer weather in the south and the southern plains and the southwest, average temperatures working their way up to the dakotas. not much in the weather map except for this storm in the northeast. there's that snow across the great lakes, and you'll notice that the rain pushes out. a lot of rain yesterday. and here's the front that came through. now that it has pushed off the coast, maybe a light shower is possible, but you'll notice that the wind is picking up and the temperatures getting a bit col

former secretary of state said that russia needs to recognize ukraine sovereignty over crimea, and -- in elections held in the present of international observers. joining us now. former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. william taylor, vice president for middle east and africa at u.s. institute of peace, good to have you with us ambassador, and lieutenant colonel oliver north. ambassador we start with issue that president raised on constitutionality of the referendum vote, why is there so much focus on this language, and the debate, it is up to, it seems to me, president putin who he does, and the motivations are going to be his own. what is the points of this language? >> there is no points to this referendum. this referendum is a joke. no one should pay attention to it it will not be free or fair. there will be no observers to see if it is free or fair. the representative from the u.n. was roughed up and set out of crimea. so, inspectors or monitors, trying to watch this referendum will not be there. lou: and colonel north, what should we do here? a lot of bluster. a lot of rhetoric. there are some if

crimea. respected international election monitors weren't allowed to come. one thing that is transparent about this vote is the ballot box. and so far, all the votes we've seen have been for joining up with russia. russia has popular support here. how did you vote? >> i ruled for russia, because crimea has always been russian. >> reporter: for crimea's deputy prime minister, it's a done deal. if i need to come back here, i'm going to get a russia visa. >> yes, you should do it. >> reporter: because ukrainian visa will not be enough. >> crimea is not ukraine. >> reporter: but many say the vote wasn't free or fair. one showed us a bill board outside an apartment building where someone put up this poster warning neighbors, a traitor is living among you. some have been beaten here, intimidated. do you think you lost? did russia win? >> translator: crimea lost, and so did ukraine, but i'll continue to fight against putin's regime. >> reporter: but tonight's celebrations are already under way, a welcome to russia party for crimea. what's next is next woke the russ

minister who represents a russia union party that got less than 10% of the vote in the last election in crimea. so i think what they can do is try to delegitimize it, to say you can't have a fair referendum when russian troops are occupying the place, that where you have these kind of reference dums that have led to secession as in south sudan for example it was something that was agreed by the sudanese government and those in south sudan that want to leave. it was a way of resolving a two-year war. so this is really fairly unprecedented. i think what the administration will do is one, try to delegitimize it, two make clear that they are not going to accept it, three do everything they can to get the ukranian government on a firm footing, get it on its feet, solve its economic problems, take strong action to try to deter putin from doing this again, make clear that western institutions are open to these countries. and what was hoped would be that ukraine would become a prosperous part of the west and at some point the people of crimea may reconsider this upcoming decision. but in terms of stop

if crimea secedes, it will be harder for russia to have influence in the broader election in may. it's not at all obvious what russia gains by having crimea formally incorporated as a state. >> i'm interested to get your take, ryan. >> historically, russia has done things like this before, and , they over, in georgia have established these little states with support of the local government. arguable point because there are armed men in the area. to what extent will this be a democratic vote? there will not be any international observers. putinagree -- president does not need to annex the territory. it's just a useful tool, a foothold in the region. president putin said the greatest tragedy of the 20th century was the dissolution of the soviet union. i don't think you so crazy that he thinks he can reestablish it, but he would like to say to the west, and this is part of what's happening here, that this is our backyard and you need to take our interest into consideration. if you go back to when the ukrainian president was ousted -- the russians keep talking about this. poland came i

this morning, the *parliament of crimea scheduled a march 16- th election on whether crimea should remain with ukraine, or join the russian federation. hillary clinton tried to explain some comments she made tuesday, in which she compared vladimir putin's military intervention in ukraine to adolf hilter's aggression ahead of world war two. >> what i said yesterday is that the claims by president prudent and other russians that they had to go in to crimea and maybe further into the eastern ukraine because they had to be protecting the russian minority, that is reminiscent of claims made back in the 1930's >> mrs. clinton insists she was not making a *direct comparison... but says we can learn from history. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. three members of a family from northbrook are in federal custody, after being accused of operating a multi-million dollar shoplifting ring out of their home. the feds say branko and lela bogdanov and their daughter julia targeted toy stores, bookstores and coffee shops across the country... then fenced stolen merchandise worth more th

not simply the election in the crimea, mayor, but sanctions are coming.ay a french diplomat said they're about to put sanctions on economic sanctions, trade sanctions, visa sanctions. maybe bank deposit sanctions. these are things that president obama has talked about, and i support him on this. but what i don't know, mayor giuliani, is whether we can count on president obama to follow through and be tough and implement these sanctions, because, rudy, this is the turning point. this is the last chance he has for credibility in his presidency. >> larry, i'm going to go out on a limb here and say i think he will follow through on the sanctions. i know the sanctions with regard to iran, some of those he had to be pressured into doing. i mean, the congress had to push them very, very hard. and i think he's making a mistake in not increasing the sanctions, pressure on them to do the nuclear deal. but in any event, i think here he understands that this is a major turning point. and he's left himself no other option but sanctions. i mean, i'd add a few other thi

keep going and going to the election if you can use. crimeawere were like you know they make chicago look like an honest place they were very right now if you take all of those die you are comparing crimea to chicagoan are you crazy are you crazy we are talking about free and legal elections about people who wanted to join russia are i gentleman were brought out of time many thanks to my guest today in washington new york and moscow and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t. see you next time and remember prosper. please. welcome to the future of this month we shake it's a base internal to heat as moscow's firefighters put them late to skid three spaces . we go back to the classroom and when the communication is key i'm following excitements of the dancing group or shall we take a breather on the museum said no we are. going to leave the country. one of the wonderful strong arm and a lot of heavy banking news all the face time just like you know. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. the fifty's the. economic

and there can be no president until the general election as regards crimea. the crimean parliament was formed in the twenty. as far as i can remember i think it was december twentieth. he didn't include six hundred deputies six bodies right. presented in the parliament six parties. and after is not the previous prime minister resigned but he had crimean parliament according to the procedure and laws. at the meeting of the supreme council of crimea elected the new prime minister of course he is legitimate because they have followed all the procedures. in the law and there was not a single violation but a few days ago a group of people tried to seize. the building with of the crimean supreme council of course this caused a lot of concern for politicians it seemed like. they would like to do the same thing in crimea as they didn't give you know and they would like to start a series of terrorist attacks and you can oust their use and crimean sort of that's why they set up those self-defense communities and. assume control over all the armed forces actually when i