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state department spokesman jen psaki said moments ago, no decision had been taken yet to evacuate the embassy in the libyan capital, tripoli. >> this movement is not a military coup in the conventional sense. this is what we reject. this is outdated. >> i think i just stated pretty clearly we don't condone or support his activities nor have we assisted -- >> that was jen psaki speaking of the moammar gadhafi era general who's just returned to libya and is leading the factions that are fighting against the islamist factions that had taken over the oil ministries and others inside the capital. the general lived in northern virginia for many years. he returned to overthrow moammar gadhafi. now he's at the forefront, over the weekend, his forces stormed the parliament and right now libya, the capital tripoli, is looking like it is facing a possible civil war. >> still talking about libya, this time tripoli and benghazi still there as well. jennifer, thank you. >>> we're following a developing story now. this concerns the nfl. a group of retired players filing a lawsuit in federal court to

state department spokesperson jen psaki joins me now. you heard vlad talking. look, the united states i know is only sending in a few people at this time. one official is telling me it's about the number you could count on one hand, maybe a few more. the question is coming up again and again. will the united states put fighting boots on the ground, given what we're hearing about the nigerian military's inability to fight? >> we are not considering that at this time, erin. i would dispute those numbers you're hearing from sources. the president and the secretary of state announced yesterday that we're going to be putting an interagency team on the ground. this is a team that will be moving to nigeria, be on the ground, not in weeks, but in days because we're committed to helping the nigerian government at this difficult time. >> but no fighting boots on the ground, to emphasize. these are people who will consult, provide help. >> they're going to be -- the lead -- the nigerian government has the lead here. that's an important piece to remember. but we are going

state department spokesperson jen psaki says the referendum was illegal, and she says the voting process raised questions. >> the methodology was also highly suspect with reports of clerical voting, premarked ballots, children voting, voting for people who were absent and even voting in moscow and st. petersburg. >> psaki says the presidential election on may 25th would give citizens across ukraine a voice. >>> european union leaders have issued warning after warning about the crisis. now, eu foreign ministers have added more names to their list of sanctions. the ministers have already frozen the european assets of 48 officials in russia and ukraine. and have placed restrictions on their travel. they said 13 more people will be subject to those penalties. and they said they'll freeze the assets of two business entities in crimea. it's the first time the eu has imposed sanctions on companies for their involvement in russia's annexation of the region. the ministers said they strongly support a free and fair presidential election in ukraine, and they called for russia's support. eu official

jen psaki, state department spokesperson, when she was asked for one, she couldn't come up with any answers. knowing that's, what's the bumper sticker for a hillary clinton campaign in 2016? >> i'm not in the bumper sticker design business. as secretary of state in the obama administration, i'm very excited to any day, whether it's in the context of a presidential campaign or not, talk about this president, this administration's foreign policy record and compare it to the foreign policy record of his predecessor or of these who want to succeed him on the republican side. when we look at the fact that this administration worked to bring tougher sanctions on iran, this administration worked to bring a cease-fire to violence in between the israelis and the palestini palestinians. when this administration negotiated a new start treaty -- >> take, for example, iran. hillary clinton's state tee apartment was -- and if you talk -- this is from both sides of the conversation up on capitol hill. we'll tell you that the statement department was an obstacle on some of those sanctions on iran. >> i don

state department spokeswoman jen psaki unleashed a list of accusations regarding the weekend referendums in misaki claim that a system of carousel voting was used in the referendum but when asked by a journalist what that means she had a hard time explaining her own accusation its methodology was also highly suspect with reports of carousel voting pre-marked ballots which carousel voted in the senate you know the truth is i was reading that i'm not familiar with that term either and it may be that people weren't checking and i'll check and see what what our team meant specifically to my thinking we know it's not like they were sitting on it or she's going to the supreme and i don't think it's a reference to that. during this press briefing on monday she also warned russia against using energy as a bargaining chip with ukraine we don't think energy should be used access to energy should be used as a. tool a threatening tool they would say that they just want to be paid for prediction deliver i think the comeback context of the situation on the ground means that this is not just business a

state department spokeswoman jen psaki unleashed a list of accusations regarding the weekend referendums insisting that the u.s. will not recognize the outcome isac he said the methodology used for the voting process was highly suspect misaki also claim that a system of carousel voting was used in the referendum when asked by a journalist what that means she had a hard time explaining her own accusation it's methodology it was also highly suspect with reports of carousel voting pre-marked ballots which carousel good to see you know and the truth is as i was reading that i'm not familiar with that term either and it may be that people weren't checking and i'll check and see what what our team meant spencer even though they really mean it's not like they were sitting on it or she's going to the supreme and i don't think it's a reference to that. during this press briefing on monday she also one russia against using energy as a bargaining chip with ukraine now keep her currently holds moscow reported three and a half billion dollars for gas supplies a journalist from the sacchi how she expe

even jen psaki couldn't spin that one as a success. look, the facts are clear.n christiane amanpour says the president has a weak foreign policy. the views on his west point speech were he didn't say much of anything. again, even the mainstream media can't argue that he has a strong foreign policy and the results from crimea to syria as the iranians continue to move toward a nuclear weapon as girls in nigeria still missing. they are still missing. >> jim, i have to say when you compare this president to president bush i will take this president's position foreign policy any day of the week. >> have to leave it there, ellen, jim, always great to see you here. jim in chicago and ellen here in new york. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> surprising speech from the nanny mayor, michael bloomberg. he is accusing liberals of silencing conservatives. we will take a look at the elite intolerance on college campuses coming up. >> problems with -- illegals dumped at a bus station in arizona after being caught. ceo steve ballmer for a record $2 billion pending a from the

in washington, state department spokeswoman jen psaki said yesterday the sanctions will go forward, regardless geoff dyer, u.s. diplomatic correspondent for "the financial times." he was that newspaper's beijing bureau chief. he's the author of "the contest of the century: the new era of competition with china and how america can win." julia nanay is director of the russian and caspian energy practice at i.h.s., a global consulting firm. welcome to both of you. starting with you, start with the economic side, why is it a big deal. >> because it is looking to diversify its energy supplies. if doesn't want to be reliant on any one market. it is a voracious demand for energy and looking to get it for as many places as possible. it likes the idea of pipelines across land because it is worried that all the oil it has to export-- import on ship. and that eventually some con income the u.s. will block off supply lines that bring the oil in and an environment, gas is much chreenler than some of the other types of energy it has including coal-fired power plants so more gas in the chinese energy combina

jen psaki was also challenging a very husing russia of using its energy exports as a political weapon we don't think energy should be used access to energy should be used as a. tool a threatening tool that they would say that they just want to be paid for prediction deliver i think that come back context of the situation on the ground means that this is not just business as usual obviously for hardly speaking you do think that the russians have a right to demand to be paid for which they are shady again that i'm happy to pull this up when i get back to my desk but there's a range of details that involved in their agreements in the past and they've made threats around them before russia's the prime minister says ukraine it will now have to pay for its gas in advance of starting within the next twenty four hours dimitri medvedev added that the i.m.f. loan to ukraine means it should now be able to pay more than three billion dollars in outstanding gas bills overdue payments have led to russia to hold to get supplies to ukraine twice in the past decade after the country tried to siphon of

seeing as jen psaki appears to have difficulties identifying be detained journalists and signage is part of the work record so my rant sign has over fifteen days experience as a vizier photo reporter and he never flinched had difficulties when trying to get the most exclusive images maran spend a night freezing on a rooftop to take these ones for sure is a russian tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky the funds to be taken after he was jailed conflict zones never scared him eiser in tears murat taking pictures of the egyptian revolution in the heart of cairo and here i his photos from civil war home leave and only x. dad can go possessing less field experience has covered some of the top headline stories and he volunteered to cover the volgograd call me a band of twenty thirteen who was on holiday at the time and he was also one of the journalists working in kira's independence square during this sniper attacks in february of this year when i was forty and came here he was always in the thick of the fighting and was even left shell shocked once while on air when an explosive went off close by. and

state department spokesman spokeswoman jen psaki she at least a new list of accusations regarding this weekend referendum referendum is insisting that the u.s. will not recognize the outcomes misaki said that the methodology used for the voting in the referendum was highly. highly suspect and also claim that children and citizens in moscow and st petersburg cast ballots but she didn't provide any proof for her accusations as for the facts we do know that children did accompany their parents who were voting casting votes in this weekend's a referendum and we do know that citizens in st petersburg and citizens petersburg and moscow did cast ballots but it was done in a symbolic gesture in support of the referendum not as a legitimate votes that were actually counted misaki also claims that a system of carousel voting was used in the referendum but when asked by a journalist what exactly that means she had a hard time explaining her own after musician. it's methodology was also highly suspect with reports of carousel voting pre-marked ballots which. you know i think this is i was reading

or seeing as jen psaki appears to have difficulties identifying the detained journalists as such is part of the record now both are known among their colleagues as being extremely professional but outside she has over fifteen years experience as a video and photo reporter he's covered numerous big events both in russia i'm further afield including the revolution in egypt on the conflicts in syria and libya. in the possessing less field experience has already proven himself reporting on the volgograd bombing at the end of two thousand and three and he was also one of the journalists working in kiev's independence square during the sniper attacks in february this year he was even left shell shocked one swallow when the explosive went off close by. or produced an independent filmmaker danny schechter told us washington officials are quick to stop the terrorism label and those who try to report a point of view different from. us officials are trained in the art of perception management they don't deal with facts they deal with impressions and perceptions of someone could be considered a terr

state department spokesperson jen psaki had no comment on the detention of graham phillips the independent british journalist who's been reporting for duty in. ukraine with regard to the two russian journalists detained earlier state department doesn't believe they were journalists at all jim psaki cited authorities in kiev who say the life news journalist work airing missiles in the trunk of their car but the u.s. doesn't take state but i mean it's a big they take statements at face value and basically rule out all of the possibilities take a listen to to the question i asked in which he said do you rule out the possibility that it's the reporting that they do and the to be with with that's what got them detained well i think the information i just outlined including their the fact that they were apparently carrying portable aircraft missiles in their trunk i think is relevant information to consider. as you know has accused the russian journalist with the life news channel of abetting terrorists and washington asks no questions again they just take it at face value and that's a very very