there have been a series of escalator fires. it was reasonably predictable that there was going to be a serious one. >> after a fire two years earlier at another station, investigators said the system's aging wooden escalators were a disaster waiting to happen. but why did this fire turn into a deadly inferno? >> there was a lot of thought about the trains actually fanning the flames, because it was extremely clear whenever a train came into that station, the smoke that was billowing out of the subways would increase. >> but measurements of air flow in the escalator area show this would not affect a small fire on the steps. other theories blamed the varnish on the wooden escalator and multiple layers of paint on the ceiling. >> when they did some tests, when the hsc did some tests on the ceiling paint, some of it was not damaged, they couldn't make the flames spread fast enough along it. and that's when they started to question what else could be the main fuel. that's when they came to talk to us to see if we could do anything t

-escalate it's been a concern because people are worried that we'll see a military escalation we don't think that's likely to occur but could certainly roil markets again like monday we think it will stay calm even those politics are unstable, and we don't know what's going to happen diplomatically or whether it could turn into a military situation again. >> kate warren, thank you. before we let you go any des closures about the stocks you mentioned to us? >> i have a family member that owns dnc. >> investment strategist at edward jones. >>> federal reserve of new york president william dudley says the threshold to change the current reduction plans for the fed's bond-buying stimulus measures is quote pretty high he says that for the fed to deviate from the steady pace of cutting its bond purchases, economic conditions would have to change in big way. >>> do you feel any richer? the federal reserve reports that thanks to soaring home prices the collective net worth of u.s. households shot up another $3 trillion in the final quarter of 2013 to a total of nearly $81 trillion. >>> big nam

it must be used to de-escalate the situation. all these avenues should be utilized with a sense of great urgency. we call on the international communities to stand united. these are highly dangerous and we commend a restraint shown by the new government and their determinations. not to give into provocations. they defuse the crisis and welcome proposals to send a monitory missions and we would welcome any other noise and missions which would help to ease the situation. we urge the russian federation to respond to these efforts and to seize the opportunity before it is too late. >> i now give the floor to the representative of rwanda. >> thank you. the situation in ukraine in crimea may pose a threat to the international situation. strongly urge all parties and holders and ukrainian crisis to exercise restraint in order to de-escalate it. but not launching the diversity and the faith including the russian community. given the current situation, we believe more than ever that the united nations has a critical role to play. we hope

but as militaries, let's try to avoid escalating this thing. >> but there is a chance it could escalate. >> of course there is. >> a chance of military conflict. >> yeah. gwen: but at the center of all this is the puzzle that's russian president vladimir putin. is the grand plan afoot here that we know of here, peter? >> it seems to be very improvisational. president obama trying to give what he calls an off ramp to president putin of russia, a way to de-escalate, to stand down from this crisis. gwen: pull back from the brink. those three phrases. >> but president putin seems to be hitting the accelerator and not hitting the off ramp and is heading down the highway and going faster each day. with each moment we think he's possibly pausing as he did at one point this week, then the next day they take the next step. right now, looking at an ex-ation of crimea, southern peninsula of ukraine. a red line for the united states but the problem for president obama is what do you do about it? i think that he's struggling to find the right mix of diplomacy, action, tough words, but not so tough t

>> that was certainly constitute escalation. >> would there be escalation -- do you need -- without russia moving into the southern ukraine could as economic sanctions be imposed? >> i think that you could follow the road a long way and try to create specific parameters. what i can tell you is there are a variety of ways that escalation could take place. recently hope that it does not. the scenario represents an escalation. what if it were to happen. but the fact is it is not our preferred path to have to resort to the imposing the sanctions on sectors of the russian economy that the president described, but we have the authority to do so should russia shoes to the further escalate to, you know, make the situation worse. instead what we hope is that russia will choose the path of the escalation and the one that recognizes ukraine's sovereignty , recognizes that it has an opportunity to engage in a dialogue with the ukrainian government about any additional concerns that they have and one that understands from the beginning of the world will not recognize the illegal seizure of territor

forces taking pot shots at each other, could it escalate? >> i believe it could be much worse. of course it is dangerous. i agree. accidental wars. but russian logic, if i could present it here means that it was much higher on controlled military or some russians , and trying to prevent that kind of video and prevent conflict by taking over. that's the logic. >> why put 20,000 troops on the border of ukraine? >> well, you know, partially for the reason that we discussed. >> let me get a quick response from ambassador. >> putin is clearly trying to intimidate the others countries. don't even think about becoming more integrated with the west. remember i'm here. remember i can do things. the issue of accidental war is not in regard to crimea. we've written that off. it's the russian board. it would be down in moldova. if something happened there, then the west would find the pressure domestically on us, and from our allies in central europe much greater than it is today. if mr. putin is seriously interested in having a future for his country in the outside world he has to take ti

markets.uity one political risk and escalation risk and you see it playing out.he biggest drop since 2009. that is significant. trading lower as well into your. down by 1.5%. big losses.g, i want to get more specific and look at carlsberg, 25% of the revenue comes from russia. it is how it is trading right now. it is down by 4%. that is big. of theirpercent revenue comes from russia. natural gas. things are getting interesting. up by 2%. up a bit. russian gas is 1/3 of imports. it accounts for more than half of gas affects. you see it moving. the general risk, not just commodities. our/yen is lower. -- the dollar/yen is lower. gold is going up. , risk aversion across the markets. >> jon, thank you. joining us now to discuss how to react perhaps to some of the , cio.s chris great to have you with us. russia raising rates. the ruble is moving. european stocks are lower. quite a tense situation. how do you look at a? --ck how do you look at it how do you look at it? >> i am surprised about how small the moves have then. i think it will be fairly lengthy process. it

credibility's in force here, because when europeans said, we need to escalate, it's not about escalation anymore. it's already escalated. it's about the occupation. it's occupation situation here if you use the word, it should be applied to occupation or escalation. until russia leaves the territory, for good, there can be no escalation here. >> all right. well, thank you very much, president saakashvili, we very much appreciate your time. as we said, he's been meeting with the occupation in kiev and reporting tonight, they're saying that there are russian ships surrounding ukrainian vessels off the port of career mia. >>> up next, more of our breaking news coverage. president obama has threatened to isolate putin. is it too little, too late? we'll be joined by the former chief of nato to talk about the options here. >>> and we take you inside the courtroom for the oscar pistorius murder trial. one witness came out and what she heard on the night pistorius killed his girlfriend. >> you could hear that it was blood-curdling screams. for retirement. but when we start worrying about tomorro

nonetheless, they represent an escalation of sorts.ast the first shots and that have been fired into this conflict that i am a ware of. >> meanwhile, the you and met in new york to start -- united nations met in new york. >> it was interesting. must -- mostly about the justification that russia provided about being in crimea. it is twofold. the ambassador to the united nations said ousted president yanukovych who fled the ukraine about a week ago asked president putin to intervene militarily. him to bens consider the legitimate president of the ukraine. if he asked for military assistance, they believe that is good reason to go inside of the ukraine. they believe that according to a 1997 treaty that allows them to have a military base in crimea, they're allowed to have up to 25,000 soldiers on the ground. ukraine said russia has 16,000 troops so the russians believe that can bring in some more. >> thank you submodules to a. we understand president putin is about to give a statement. -- >> thank you ryan chilcote. crisis is affecting ma

what are the necessary ingredients to de-escalate the crisis? essence ofrman, the any de-escalate tory political process is a direct dialogue between ukrainian government and the russian government, which is aimed at restoration of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. the russian government has expressed concerns about ethnic minorities, russian speaking minorities in eastern ukraine and in crimea. we believe that those are unfounded. there is no evidence for any persecution of those minorities, but there are ways of addressing that concern directly with the government in kiev and also through organization like the i/o pce. the as i said, the essence of any kind of diplomatic offramp has to be direct dialogue between ukrainian government and the russian government. >> they reject that at this point. obviously there's is a purpose for the russians trying to undermine the legitimacy of the present ukrainian government in a series of international forms they can -- forums, they can make the argument. my concern is that at some point, fr

somehow this escalated and someone out there opened fire. witnesses report hearing up to 18 shots fired quickly. police say they are still looking for the shooter and trying to locate witnesses. they did check one hotel in the area. specifically what they are looking at is they think cameras might be the key to this. >> just as a matter of course we follow up and canvas for witnesses and external video sources so we're following up on that. >> reporter: police have not released a motive. what this fight was about in the first place or what relationship the seven people may have had to each other. again, they are asking for witnesses, any one who may know anything about what happened to give police a call. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." $thank you. 6:53. the san jose police officer charged with rape is scheduled to make a court appearance today. jeffrey graves was arrested earlier this m. investigators say he forced his way into a hotel room and raped a woman while he was on duty. hours earlier graves and several others w

officials are focused on de-escalating the crisis. the west is offering a diplomatic offramp for russia, offering to bring its concerns about the makeup of the new government and other international bodies. today, president obama said president putin may be listening. >> there have been some reports that president putin is listening. >> thousands of russian troops deployed in ukraine, the fundamental position remains the same. >> it is not appropriate to invade a country that is not 21st century g-8 major nation behavior. >> you heard president obama refer to a possible pause in russian military intervention in ukraine. so what did he mean by that? when i asked the officials, i pointed my attention to this quote from vladimir putin today. he said, "regarding the deployment of troops, the use of armed forces, so far there is no need for it. such a measure would be the very last resort." now, russia has already deployed troops in crimea, the pause they are talking about is he hasn't gone further. he hasn't sent them further out of their

the word of the day was de-escalate. >> our ultimate goal was to de-escalate. >> reporter: whether itwarning of sanctions in russia or the pentagon's top brass on plans for nato to beef up its presence in eastern europe. >> we want to provide nato's leaders with options that stabilize but not escalate tensions in the ukraine. >> reporter: the only escalation in sight was between republicans and the administration. with john mccain accusing the intelligence community of missing putin's designs on crimea. >> another massive failure because of our misreading -- total misreading of the intentions of vladimir putin. >> i said that early last week we were well aware of the threats. >> can youhi

in fact, you have a military confrontation there which can escalate. that would obviously be the worst-case scenario followed by a civil war situation in ukraine. before we get to cold war, you could have a hot war in ukraine. that is the thing we need to be very focused on which john kerry focus on the president obama and the europeans are focused on. they are trying to ensure we de-escalate and get in place some mechanisms, conversations between ukraine and russia for a standdown, so you would not have a hot war in ukraine and crimea and god forbid in eastern ukraine. that is the worst-case scenario. that will be extraordinarily destructive event which we would do everything we can to prevent. that's the worst-case. beyond that, you could have a next stage which would be a standoff between the west and the united states on the one hand and the russians on the other. you can have a real deterioration in relations for an extended period of time if the russians in any way response with the negotiations underway in europe to try to find a way to find a s

as the situation escalates. we are supporting ukraine in an affirmative way to get on its economic peak and to be able to conduct the upcoming elections. .. out of this point. our interest is not making the escalation -- situation escalate and evolve into hot conflict or our interest is in diplomatic resolution, de-escalation, and, obviously, economic support for ukraine. and to the extent that it continues to be necessary, for the costs imposed on russia for its action. >> you have a timeline to add to those economic sanctions? >> we will keep you guessing. >> thank you for doing this briefing today. can you point as to the impact that you've seen of the sanctions so far? and with the next step be sanctions directly on the russian government? what to the present me that would have a global impact? >> well, first of all you can see that these measures have had at least an initial impact when you look at the markets, when you look at the current see, when you look at the ratings by the major rating agencies which

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there is the escalation. what should we do? should havese, we contingency planning for all of that post up but we should couple that with a serious communication to the russians in which we would like an alternative outcome in which we would like to be partners. but we need to let ukraine know that if they resist, they will not be alone. theo not need to let russians know exactly what we are going to do. but the death of the pudding is also in the ukrainians. they need to demonstrate that they value their territorial integrity and are prepared to make sacrifices to protect it. i think the russians, the way they have operated in crimea, where- as i said before, they are operating on a contingent basis. if there is a lot of resistance, we pull back. the same may happen in ukraine as well, particularly those district where there are some theyan people living and are demonstrating and so forth. the ukrainians themselves, first of all, have to take some clear positions regarding what they intend to do with some degree of credibility

we are definitely seeing an escalation in the gaza strip. >> you mentioned the escalation and the biggest wave of attacks since 20 12. are we standing on the brink of a major escalation that could bring us back to that off rotation we saw a year and a half ago? >> i said yesterday that i hope not. moment,oubt at the because that was a much more protracted affair. they also involved hamas. this is a much smaller militant group linked to iran and back to the seizure by israel of the shipment of rockets on a ship in the red sea last week. those were iranian rockets. perhaps we are seeing that way out and not something that will not involves and the entire gaza strip and all of southern israel. at the moment i'm i would say things are escalating very quickly. >> thank you for that. reporting from jerusalem. now days of the search for the missing malaysian airlines plane that went off the radar sunday with 239 people on board. a new report shows the airliner was apparently in the air for four hours after its last confirmed contact and may have been diverted to an unknown location. meanwhile, a

we see escalation after escalation, provocation, after provocation.seems he wanted ukraine to act like the georgians did in 2008. so far they have wisely refused to act and fire on russian troops. >> have you talked to people there? and tell us more about the population. >> yes, i had until recently. the telecommunications were cut a few days ago, but i talked to friends before the escalation in crimea. many had actually decided to leave the area, not because they are afraid of the russian troops, because most of my friends are in support of russian over ukraine. but they feared the chaos [ technical difficulties ] >> explain who the crimean tatars are. >> sure. they are descendants of the mongols. they were there long before russia came in. >> so what is the exit strategy if there any? >> well, that's the difficult part. i'm not sure there is a good exit strategy. it seems that putin has walked himself into a corner. if he takes crimea and even more so if he tries to take eastern ukraine, there will be much more of a backlash from the west. and how c

when the train was pulling in it didn't stop and slammed right into an escalator. train service has been suspended but buses are used to get passengers to and from the terminals. >> also this morning hope of finding survivors in a massive mud slide in washington state appears to be fading. crews pulled four bodies from the mud. a total of eight people have been killed, about a dozen missing. take a look at the scene when a wall of mud came crashing down on saturday, destroying about 30 homes. burying a square mile of land. in places the mud is 60 feet deep. crews reported hearing calls for help start night but could not search because of the conditions. >> mud was too thick and deep. they did not hear people -- couldn't hear signs of life once they got closer to the structure where they thought it was, so the decision based on safety was that they back out. >> officials believe heavy rainfall made the ground unstable and triggered the slide. >> the san jose police officer accused of raping a woman in a hotel room could enter a plea today. jeffrey grays was arrested

the word of the day was de-escalate. >> our ultimate goal was to de-escalate. >> reporter: whether it was jack lew warning of sanctions in russia or the pentagon's top brass on plans for nato to beef up its presence in eastern europe. >> we want to provide nato's leaders with options that stabilize but not escalate tensions in the ukraine. >> reporter: the only escalation in sight was between republicans and the administration. with john mccain accusing the intelligence community of missing putin's designs on crimea. >> another massive failure because of our misreading -- total misreading of the intentions of vladimir putin. >> i said that early last week we were well aware of the threats. >> can you think of any place in the world, any place where we're better off now than we were when he came to office? >> reporter: administration officials say they're still looking at an initial round of sanctions to impose against russian targets. that of course, prompted a retaliatory threat of sanctions of their own from the russians. i asked a senior administration official about that and they

add prosciutto and the media the escalation of the situation. ford has less to prevail and battle was pg forty tour ending this crisis i appear to present twenty two what does he get into next title with your story is you can. the moscow russian sentiments all runs high in several parts of ukraine several cities in southern and eastern parts of the countryside demonstrations on saturday in favor of moscow. protesters raised the russian flags above government buildings in a number of cds including the donetsk and odessa. oh and i keep dozens of people were wounded after clashes with supporters of the new authorities. i can't stand cats on silk has the story eu flag comes soon and the russian mind goes all the mutants eastern ukraine and canada remains largely through russian. it wasn't the only showing of such sentiments on saturday in the country's second city clerk if dozens of protesters counted in front of city hall so mismanaged doors and windows to force their way inside. just minutes later the forest and several civil servants who gained f

gwen: de-escalation is a favorite word. national security advisor susan rice went to the white house briefing room today. >> our interest is not in seeing the situation escalate. and devolve into hot conflict. our interest is in a diplomatic resolution, de-escalation. and obviously economic support for ukraine. gwen: as david sanger wrote this week, the standoff with russia has become only the latest test of president obama's approach to foreign policy. how is that? david? >> well, gwen, it's a test because president obama has really premised his foreign policy over the past five years on three big thoughts. one of them is the days of superpower, cold war thinking is over. another one is that the days of these long wars of occupation were over so that the u.s. can solve a lot of military problems it faces with its technological advantage, drones, cyber or special forces. and the third one is the u.s. can play the long game and that economic sanctions are freakly the way to do that. and iran was obviously the best example of

we are in a very dangerous situation that could escalate to a world war. the decision is that the president obama has made are not his own. he's effectively and to a wall street and the british financial system. and they have declared war on russia and president putin the court of the leadership role that russia plays in the whole eurasian continent which is moving in a different direction the financial system on the western countries is in a full state of collapse and that is was driving. this president and the europeans to an escalating war against russia an awesome time. why would you believe president obama because he actually is not that intelligent and not own person. if the os in this day as when condemning russia's reunification with crimea at mr obama said that all comparisons with possible ironman events that day he also mentioned iraq. let's take a listen to that kid first. we did not clean. an ex iraq's territory. we did not grab its resources for him again. instead we ended our ward. the left iraq to its people. a fully sovereign iraqi state.

>>> we're following the breaking news out of ukraine, escalating very tense situation unfolding, we're tracking some of the major developments in this situation. christianne amanpour is joining us once again from london, our chief international correspondent. when we see this situation, it reminds me of the battle days of the cold war, some are making comparisons to bosnia, kosovo and others. how concerned that this could really get out of control? >> reporter: i don't see any similarity at all to bosnia, kosovo and all the rest of it. it's very similar to the u.s. invading iraq, if you want to take the russian point of view, they didn't like that, nobody likes the idea of them invading ukraine. the international law states very clearly what the international law is a and here the british foreign secretary called on the need to respect ukraine's independence, and it's territorial integrity as well as it's sovereignty, this is the law of the international community, of which -- signed by back in 1994. so really intense diplomacy has to happen, and crimea is begging for russia to come in

that leads to the de escalation. we want to be able to continue the intense discussions with both sides in order to try to normalize and to end this crisis. then we will absolutely consider we have two additional steps. the odd we've done but our preference the president said this and i've said this is to emphasize. the possibilities for the dialogue that can lead to the normalization of the fusing of this crisis yesterday in paris. we had lengthy discussions. and we dead also. obviously with heart. ukrainian counterpart foreign minister rais and then discussed with him ukrainian thoughts about what should form the centerpiece of our approach to this effort to negotiate. and with the ukrainian viewing mode and then with the input of all of our allies says in the european community. we have made suggestions to harness tomorrow. when she is currently taking personally to present food and in sochi i believe. and we have agreed to stay in close touch. in order to see if there is a way forward. tried to get to the negotia

we would like to see the de-escalation of tensions and hostile rhetoric. the concerned parties must embrace dialogue as a means of resolving the crisis and facilitate the next the dishes -- an expeditious return to normalcy in ukraine. the prerequisite for this is others before me have pointed out. we therefore call on the international community, it particularly those who can exert instructive influence over the concerned parties to intensify in the crisis. -- intensify a push toward mediating the crisis. we firmly believe that the use of preventive diplomacy tools let such a time represent the most expedient and effective option to bring about a peaceful resolution. -- we want to reiterate our concerns to abide by the provisions of the 1994 defense memorandum. we guarantee the sovereignty and integrity of ukraine. we note that the provision calls for the one. -- call for the signatories to consult when there are questions concerning the commitments within the document. this clause is even more relevant now, and indeed represents an opportunity to peacefu

before it escalates into further violence. it is incumbent on our authorities to ensure equal protection for all, especially of minority groups. the hasty repeal of the law on languages by parliament was a mistake. the decision of parliament was not approved by the acting president so the old law will continue to be enforced while the new text is prepared. this process should be done in full concentration with all concerned and the fully anticipatory, transparent, and inclusive. during my visit, i met with a wide range of representatives of civil society, including representatives of ethnic russians. there seem to be some cases where members of the russian minority have been harassed or even attacked, such as in the case of the attack against a member of parliament. all allegations of human rights violations in particular against minorities have to be thoroughly investigated. however, it seems that these violations are neither widespread nor systematic. have serious concerns about the situation in crimea where the situation re

it, if you de-escalate, we can have a happy conclusion.he threat of u.s. sanctions would not have the kind of punishing affect european sanctions would. about 2% of trade from russia versus a huge amount of and europethe u.k. writ large. i don't know how much we are scaring them, but he is trying to leave the door open for a diplomatic solution and not have to act on it. >> where you headed next? >> i can't tell you. been publicly announced. but maybe i will talk with you tomorrow. >> under a veil of secrecy, joining us from italy. think you very much. let's get a deeper understanding of the crisis in ukraine and next.utin may do i'm joined by an authority on the post-soviet transition, the director of russian studies at the american enterprise institute. thank you for your time today. >> pleasure. did vladimir putin risk the condemnation of the community by taking military action in crimea? because you have to step back and see how to frame the ukrainian crisis even before it became a revolution. it was immediately framed by him as will t

and escalates and escalates.rybody is just kind of sitting back watching. >> say it again. say it again. >> the lady throws a punch and people were yelling. there's a high school girl standing like two feet from me. and as the fight starts coming down, the girl is screaming because it's just rolling down. >> despite the screams, the women continue to pummel one another. >> it just doesn't stop. and the bus driver didn't stop. there was screaming going on in the back. there was fighting that started that just kept coming down the aisle that people had to move out of the way. people screaming. and the bus just kept going. >> within 30 seconds, another passenger steps in. >> stop it. stop it. stop it. stop it. stop. get her back! stop it. act mature. >> there was one lady that kind of broke them up a little bit. but you know, most people did not want to get in between two older ladies just going all at it. i mean, there were serious blows. they were just slamming on each other. >> from beginning to end, the arguing

this situation is very fluid and could escalate before it deescalates. if you're a long-term investor, if you're not trying to invest for the next week but trying to invest for the next three years, five years, we don't think the issues in ukraine are system. based on that assumption, we think the u.s. equity will be fine in the long term. the short term, sure there is a risk off environment that may see more volatility. >> i assume, andres, russia is included and the stock market was down 12% or so today. if you're in a general emerging markets fund, you're going to feel it, aren't you? >> absolutely. i think short term you'll see -- you'll take a hit there and in the next couple weeks. having said that, this is also going to create opportunities for long-term investors because not all these countries put in the emerging market index are the same. for instance, indiana is in the emerging market index is one of the countries that i favor at this point over the next two or three years, yet, it was down 1.5%. doesn't have a lot to do with ukraine or russia

we do not want military escalation.i do think the likelihood this becomes destabilizing is significant. >> if russians do certain kinds of things, there could be a nato response. thisre, but i do not see going beyond ukraine. i think the russians find this ukrainian government unacceptable. they will work to overturn it. the question is whether they will do so economically and diplomatically -- >> is that a reasonable position with respect to that government, since the president was overthrown, the democratically elected president, in the manner he was? no good legal arguments for the americans on the ukrainian government overthrow. there are no good legal arguments for the russians on the crimean referendum. what we are really talking about is that ukraine is by far the single most importing national interest the russians have, a russia that has been in decline structurally for over 20 years, and a graphically, geographically, militarily, economically. ony put a real red line crimea and ukraine. is right. ian we are no

the as and if russia escalates.eave the situation in ukraine? militarily, it is somewhat interesting. not a whole lot has changed. nothing really unexpected in crimea itself. we did have russian forces surface not too far from the crimean border on saturday. the ukrainian defense ministry reported that the russian troops had withdrawn a little bit on sunday. the ukrainian defense ministry said that ukrainian forces had actually reached a truce with russian troops, a sort of nonaggression pact that expires on friday. any military intervention on russia's part in the ukrainian mainland itself would definitely prompt those eu leaders to take more serious action. back to you. >> ryan chilcote reporting from the eu foreign ministers meeting in brussels. >> more on the situation, let's bring in henry meyer area he joins us on the phone from moscow. is russia going to ignore warnings and press ahead with annexing crimea? yes, i think everything points to that direction. this could happen as early as next week. what would b

but ruud de-escalation. >> president obama says the referendum is a violation of international law.hat are you going to do if it goes ahead? >> we are not going to recognize the rights of that referendum, and i don't think our european allies would either. you can't make decisions about regions of the country without the government of the country being at the table. also, the government of kiev has to be involved in the discussions. their constitution does not allow for this kind of referendum. we think any discussion about the future of crimea has to involve the government in kiev. >> if crimean people speak in a vote and say they want to be part of russia, who is the u.s. to not recognize their voice? >> verse, this is not the right have environment to have this type of discussion. when you have russian troops in crimea, it's hard to see this is not a compromise environment for this type of referendum. second, it violates the ukrainian constitution. crimea is part of ukraine. the ukrainian prime minister has indicated they will have a discussion about its status, but ultimately, t

>> so dangerous of escalation is very high. but ukrainian government try to keep the situation and our message for all ukrainian army to give the people. we understand that we are doing everything without armed forces. >> do you consider russian actions so far to be a declaration of war by russians on ukraine? >> yes. we can see the decision of the russian parliament and we can see act on the ukrainian territory in crimea. >> what they're saying here is the actions on the ground that have been a declaration of war. we've had a mobilization of regular forces, a possible mobilization of reservists. i spoke to one person today who said they could put 700,000 men under mobilization if there was a full call out. the country needs support from the international community. it needs nato support. the same lady i was talking to there, ms. sumar, said we need nato support, we need international support from the eu and the imf. but the chance of the imf coming to kiev later in the week is still ongoing. we understand the imf is twice in t