-- russian prime minister dmitry medvedev this thursday. john kerry and sergei lavrov were both present. minister faroreign back after the u.s. accused moscow of bombing two large hospitals in aleppo on wednesday. >> russian aircraft were not flying near the city of aleppo yesterday. the nearest target was more than 20 kilometers away. the only planes from the so-called anti-islamic state -- the only and planes were from the so-called anti-islamic state group coalition. -- eems the more we are >> russia's defense ministry says it's air force has hit 1888 terrorist targets in just the last week. the u.n.'s human rights chief says the situation around what was once syria's economic capital, aleppo, warns that up to 3000 -- 300,000 people are at risk of being besieged by the syrian army and its allies. thomas waterhouse has more. thomas: the coming and going of aid trucks and ambulances is still the only real movement at the -- the crossing at the turkish border. the gates remain firmly shut to those syrians who have flocked here in recent day

skeptical of a cease-fire, saying its odds of succeeding are only 49%, while russian prime minister dmitry medvedev blamed western sanctions on russia after its annexation of crimea, in ukraine, for hurting relations. >> ( translated ): we have fallen into a new cold war. nearly on a daily basis, we are being blamed for the most terrible threat to nato as a whole, to europe, to america, to other countries. >> thompson: rebel-held areas around aleppo, syria, continue to be subject to fierce fighting, as government forces try to retake the city. and a new report from the independent syrian center for policy research estimates 470,000 syrians have died in the war, almost double previous estimates." new york times" reporter david sanger is covering the syria talks, and he joins me now from munich. david, a day after the cease-fire plan was announced, confidence in it doesn't seem to be very high, correct? >> it certainly doesn't. we heard sergey lavrov, the foreign minister of russia, say today that he thought maybe 49%. and somewhat sarcastically we heard secretary of state keri say later o, oh, he's

and dmitry medvedev doesn't seem to disagree. he warned that any such action would result in a world war. yesterday the u.s. and russia, alongside others, held more peace talks in munich but came away only with a nonbinding cessation. they did not call for an end to the bombing which killed more than isis, al qaeda combined. secretary kerry sounded cautious. >> i want to restate the real test is clearly whether or not all the parties honored those commitments and implement them in reality. >> reporter: dozens have feared the starvation and 300 thousand more may follow. turkey says it won't let them in. it can't handle them. instead it has been building camps adding to murmurs of a safe zone. any such move has been denialed. but in the last few days at a meeting of defense ministers in brussels, the united arab emirates said they were willing to send troops syria days after saudi arabia made the same claim. this threat of ground forces evoked a fast response from assad who today in an interview warned other countries against inter

dmitri medvedev said the relation has devolved into another cold war in his words. vladimir putin talk about the things in aggressive statements as well in recent days. what do you think russia's ambitions are now. >> i think they proceed weakness on the part of the united states. and the obama administration, i think they've acted accordingly, we've seen their move, for example, in the ukraine. more recently in syria. i think he would like very much to reclaim part of the old soviet empire if you will, he would like to undermine nato, maybe find ways to peel off the baltics from a membership in nato, and i think he thinks he can get away with that, because he's gotten away with so much already. the relationship that he's had with president obama has been based up in the perception on his part, that obama is pretty easy to push around, and he's done it. >> north korea has launched a rocket. there's a lot of fault to go around with democrat and republican administrations, including the one you worked for. would you -- what would you do about the increasingly aggressi

yesterday russian prime minister dmitry medvedev said the world was slipping toward another cold war. that statement met with biting responses from drop and its allies. former senator joe lieberman was part of the u.s. delegation and called his comments hypocritical. >> he comes here and warns us, it was the russians who by their own actions still have troops in ukraine and also sent their troops into the middle east again. >> it is hoped the syrian cease- fire plan will take effect early in the week. >>> michigan governor rick snyder wants the federal government to expand medicaid coverage for some flint residents. snyder has requested benefits for people under 21 and pregnant women. all who have been exposed to the city's lead contaminated water. 15,000 residents would benefit if the government approves his request. lead from aging pipes leached into the water supply 18 months ago. the city is trying to raise $28 million for infrastructure upgrades. >>> even pope francis got a valentine's day and spoke with children in mexico. >> the pontiff visited a children's hospital where he wh

yesterday russian prime minister dmitry medvedev said the world was slipping toward another cold war.ement met with biting responses from drop and its allies. former senator joe lieberman was part of the u.s. delegation and called his comments hypocritical. >> he comes here and warns us, the west, that we shouldn't start another cold war. it was the russians who by their own actions still have troops in ukraine and also sent their troops into the middle east again. >> it is hoped the syrian cease- fire plan will take effect early in the week. >>> michigan governor rick snyder wants the federal government to expand medicaid coverage for some flint residents. snyder has requested benefits for people under 21 and pregnant women. all who have been exposed to the city's lead contaminated water. 15,000 residents would benefit if the government approves his request. lead from aging pipes leached into the water supply 18 months ago. the city is trying to raise $28 million for infrastructure upgrades. >>> even pope francis got a valentine's day and spoke with children in mexico. >> the pontiff

dmitri medvedev described this relationship as a new cold war. >> -- the policy with russia remains unfriendly opaque, one could go as far to say we've slid back into a new cold war. >> critical four words. "a new cold war." nic robertson live in munich, where the international support group met this week. united states secretary of state john kerry is there meeting on the sidelines with lavrov. reaction from one of the top military commanders to what medvedev said. >> isn't this by definition the cold war? arms buildup? >> well, they are entitled to their understanding of this and their description's this. we in nato do not want to see a cold war. we do not talk about it. it is not what we want to happen or anticipate happening. we are a defensive alliance who are arraying ourselves to face a challenge that we sigh, and that challenge is a nation that once again has decided that it will use force to change internationally recognized borders. so we take those appropriate accesses to be able to assure, defend and deter. >> nic, you did the interview. walk me through that. what does he mean? wha

said. >> translator: now, let me say as well to in all confidence and without any ambiguity to dmitry medvedeverests and in fact the two presidents do speak to each other quite frequently, but we do need to have peace. we need to have negotiations, and for that, we need to stop bombings against the civilians. >> reporter: now, i've talked to the syrian opposition groups here, and they say they're hopeful about this new international agreement, but the test of it is going to be if russia stops its bombing. because if it doesn't, it's the status quo as it was two weeks ago which means how can anyone get into meaningful peace talks if there's a military offensive under way? so there is a lot of scrutiny on that. there was a hope in that meeting that there might have been some kind of language that said that russia should back off on its offensive this week ahead of the cessation and hostilities in a weak's time. but i think we can certainly understand and take away from this right now that the international community and the task force, the military task force, or the cessation of hostilities tas

and dmitry medvedev doesn't seem to disagree. he warned that any such action would result in a world war. yesterday the u.s. and russia, alongside others, held more peace talks in munich but came away only with a nonbinding cessation. they did not call for an end to the bombing which killed more than isis, al qaeda combined. secretary kerry sounded cautious. >> i want to restate the real test is clearly whether or not all the parties honored those commitments and implement them in reality. >> reporter: dozens have feared the starvation and 300 thousand more may follow. turkey says it won't let them in. it can't handle them. instead it has been building camps adding to murmurs of a safe zone. any such move has been denialed. but in the last few days at a meeting of defense ministers in brussels, the united arab emirates said they were willing to send troops syria days after saudi arabia made the same claim. this threat of ground forces evoked a fast response from assad who today in an interview warned other countries against inter

well, russia prime minister, dmitry medvedev, however, at this same conference said, "there's no evidence of our bombing civilians." but various human rights groups disagree with that and say that is not the case. now the plan for a cessation of hostilities, as it is being called, is to really allow humanitarian aid to flow into these very hard-hit areas. some syrian cities, elizabeth, have been cut off for more than a year with more nan 13.5 million people in need of aid. that according to u.n. figures like those people in the syrian city where people have already starved to death. >> very sad story. john huddy, thank you, reporting live. >>> not sure this is news but it seems like republicans and democrats don't agree on much these days. but, in a house vote to hit north korea with new economic sanctions, believe it or not, both sides came together. really together. the vote -- 408-2. this came after north korea conducted its fourth nuclear test and then launched a missile. >> by cutle of o kim jong-un's access to the hard currency he needs for his army and his weapons, hr-757 will retu

so we've heard sort of a kickback from the russian prime minister, dmitri medvedev. i was sitting down with the nato supreme allied commander in europe, a u.s. 4-star general, the military man in charge of nato, also the u.s.-european command, he's in charge of that as well, he wears several hats. i said, what about this, calling you, nato, opaque, unfriendly, and slipping towards a cold war. he said, look, opaque? he said, i just don't get that. when nato does military exercises, they're published, everyone knows when they're going to happen, not the case in russia. when the russian military does military exercises, they do it near the border. they say russia is changing its posture, russia is not just trying to rewrite the rule book, they're trying to create new rules. he said, russia went into ukraine, crossed an international border, annexed crimea. none of these things stand up to international law. on top of that, nato sees russia developing what's known as antiarea access denial, which are combined air, sea, and land missile systems, all the way from the north

dmitri medvedev said, this is also a quote, "sometimes i wonder if this is 2016 or we live in 1962,"sia as "unfriendly and opaque." we'll see what the ramifications are of that statement, calling relations a new cold war. >>> the ted cruz campaign is firing up the grassroots in south carolina, trying to get out the vote with a statewide phone bank and meet and greets. the candidate himself keeping a low profile ahead of tonight's debate in greenville, his first since the third place finish in new hampshire and the first since the republican field narrowed to six. let's bring back our panel, rick tyler, national spokesman for cruz for president. cnn political commentator ron brownstein. senator john sununu, john kasich's new hampshire campaign chairman. and cnn political analyst john avlon. good to have all of you back. good to welcome senator sununu to the group. the "dallas morning news," the texas paper knows of course the senator best, it decided to bypass senator cruz and endorse governor kasich. they said, "we fear that cruz's brand of politics threatens to take the republican p

it is not stuart: prime minister dmitry medvedev likens relations with the west to a new cold war. he says it is a cold war at the west doesn't cooperate with russia in the area and elsewhere. it is a cold war. more on this with ralph peters in about 10 minutes from now. to the election quickly. it was a mile up are all among the candidates for the republican debate dr. dave of carolina. donald trump booed at the making of a comment about george w. bush and 9/11. roll the tape. >> i am sick and tired of them going after my family. my dad is the greatest man alive in my mind. [cheers and applause] while donald trump was building a reality tv show, my brother was in a security apparatus to keep us safe and i am proud of what he did. he's had the gall -- the amount world trade center came down during all of that. stuart: okay comment it went downhill from there. or uphill depending on your point of view. the news that justice scalia's passing arrived just before that debate and the debate was front and center in that -- the passing of justice khalil was front and center. mary kessel i