just ahead of signing the papers that usher crimea into the russian federation a tone not about crimeaalre discussing the last 25 years, almost trying to re-establish russia's soviet glory in many ways in the ways he talked about how this country needed to have a broader vision about its role in eastern europe. many deeply troubled. we may be seeing some moves perhaps in eastern ukraine, particularly given the signals coming out of moscow imminently right now. >> nick paton walsh watching this important story. that's it for me. thanks for watching. you can always tweet me @wolf blitzer, tweet the show @cnn sit ro. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >> next, breaking news in the investigation of missing it malaysian airlines flight 370. the united states asking the malaysian government for more transparency. we also have late details how the flight did go off course. plus, we'll talk to a retired pilot who flew the same triple 777 now missing for 12 days. he knows the pilots and the crew and thinks he knows who did i verted the plane. a new theory the plane was trying to land on a