senators john mccain and jeff flake are, you can see it right here, now calling for a veto. the party's most recent national standard bearer mitt romney as well. that's because mitt romney and john mccain, i think they now understand what the equality movement has been arguing for decades. discrimination against any of us is discrimination against all of us, and politicians who invoke religious freedom for discrimination make for very bad allies.

really what is john mccain going to do to punish him? not much. >> well, so much for ronald reagan's famous 11th emmy award, thou shall not speak against another republican. ha is a relic in the trash bin of political history. susan, thanks so much for being with us. good to see you this saturday. >> good it to see you. happy valentine's day. >> you, too. you're wearing the pakistan. pink. >> don't forget you can catch susan's syndicated column in newspapers across the country each and every wednesday and friday. check it out. good stuff. >> scorched popcorn. those duds at the bottom of the bag, we're breaking down the top pre-popped brands coming up in "consumer reports". >>> oh, yeah, it is a staple in american households and movie theaters. we are talking about popcorn and much of the u.s. in a deep freeze and everybody at home trying to get snacks, why not include popcorn. >> that is a favorite of my wife, she is always stuffing her face with popcorn. and why not save time with prepopped popcorn. joining us is consumer reporter manag

of international conflict who then calls the president naive for not serially picking sides as john mccaintentatiously does. >> this is the most naive president in history. the naivete of barack obama and john kerry is stunning. >> you know what arguably could be called naive? going on stage at a ukrainian opposition rally and not realizing you're standing next to a man who heads ukraine's right wing nationalist party. a party that was first registered as a neonazi party which is exactly what john mccain did in december when he stood next to ola chuknovov, the leader of ukraine's party, which traces its roots to the ukrainian partisan army of world war ii which was loosely allied. senator chris murphy was there we should note but didn't call the president naive. with ukraine's president yanukovych ousted over the weekend, the guy who stood next to mccain a couple months ago who said ukraine was run by a, quote, jewish russian mafia is according to "the final times one of five contenders to head up the government. joining me is mark quarterman. it struck me when john mccain talked about vla

want to push that reset button and not realize what kind of people we are dealing with. >> senator john mccainieves president obama lacks the world experience to deal with the situation in ukraine. mccain subpoespects the presides too credulous. in john mccain's world of good guys and bad guys, president obama commits the unforgivable sin of not seeing everything as black and white as he does. we covered ukraine last week and watched all this unfold. i talked about the fact there's some part of you as you watch this that's trying to sense what side you're supposed to root for. as someone who follows the news and doesn't know a ton about ukraine, i'm confused about what i think should happen, even which side i'm on. and i think that's a natural and in many cases laudable instinct. it's also not the single question that should determine one's entire foreign policy world view. and yet john mccain can seem to ask no other question. it doesn't matter where. pick a conflict and john mccain will tell you whose side he's on. like syria. >> providing military assistance to the free syrian army and othe

john mccain reacting to that, and, senator, obviously this thing is sort of building by the moment. we do? it was predictable and predicted. putin has very little regard for the united states. he is committed and believed in with all his being that ukraine is part of russian. crimea has -- where major soviet naval base on the black sea is, and we could never geoff up and -- never give up and we're seeing an intervention that is deeply disturbing and alarming, and i don't think he thinks the united states is going to do much, given when he looks around and sees his troops in georgia and seeing american weakness and withdrawal. what do we do now? i think we have to, first of all, condemn it. second, get the immediately as quickly as possible, get the ukrainian economy going again by arranging loans in the imf. threaten a number of sanctions, including restarting of our missile defense systems in the czech republic, saying we're going to take georgia and other nations into nato, and instead of tell -- >> might be easier said than done. no matter what we have said, even when we have spo

but here he is, not surprisingly, john mccain has jumped in. he is not surprised with what rice said yesterday on meet the press. look at the passion behind this guy. here he is, going after him. >> i'm almost speechless, because it's patently obvious, first of all, that susan rice had no reason to be on the program. she had no involvement on it. second of all, she read talking points that we are now beginning to believe came from the white house, which were absolutely false. for susan rice to say such a thing, it's a little embarrassing, to tell you the truth. >> well, i think it's embarrassing for senator mccain not to do his homework. he should know the facts are. in rice was right and everybody was right here on the main points. anyway, meanwhile, this morning republican strategists, the guy who called ohio the wrong way, karl rove also took ash with ambassador rice. no surprise. paid to do it. let's watch rove in action there. >> are two things wrong with this. one is the arrogance of the moment and the continuing stubbornness of this cove

john mccain says, i hope governor brewer will veto sb-1062. jeff flan says he encouraged her to veto the bill. three state senators that voted in favor of the bill last week say they now oppose it. >> it was a mistake and a miscalculation. we had no idea there would be the fallout like there has been, because, frankly, we voted on the same bill a year ago and sent it up to the governor and she vetoed it. >> then, there is this, the arizona super bowl host committee has come out against the bill and so has marriott and apple. >>> the high-profile trial of kerry kennedy, daughter of robert kennedy, charged with crashing into a tractor-trailer in july, 2012 after taking a sleep medication. one witness said she was swerving on the highway before hitting the truck. a second witness said that after the accident, she was slumped over the wheel. her mother, ethel kennedy, and other members of her family, attended the trial north of new york city. >>> the world has lost a comedy icon, harold ramis died monday of complications from an autoimmune disease

number two, the thing that interests me is that both senator john mccain, you know, senator john mccain and wesley clark, who is on the other side of the political spectrum both said that they believe that putin is involved in a little bit of empire rebuilding here and that they don't believe the story that they're saying which is they have a right the be there because of a bilateral agreement. >> you tweeted a while ago, obama, quote, there will be costs for any military intervention in ukraine. then you said, for example? # empty threat. go ahead. >> you notice that president obama didn't say redline, right? because we've been to this place before where the president writes a check then fails to cash it. that has second and third degree consequence. one has to wonder as putin remembers that episode, does he buy obama's threat. we don't have a lot of options. threatening not to go to a summit in june is okay, but that's four months from now. this situation changes every day. we could have sanctions, but that's probably not going to bite much. we could go to the u.n., but that's really

. >>> also senator john mccain is criticizing fellow republican ted cruz of trying to make a rift in the party. so is ted cruz going rogue? >>> plus, who needs tv ads when you can sell products on smart phones? how companies are branding their way into your life, coming up. honestly? my kids re always on my laptop.

arizona's two republican senators say veto it, that includes john mccain. the chamber of commerce says veto it. the super bowl host committee says veto it. does arizona really want another martin luther king holiday mess on its hands like the old days? >>> plus, guess who is benefitting from implementing the health care law? a bunch of republican governors. do you believe it? is not one of them who has expanded medicaid is in political trouble this november. and what's that tell you? >>> and it looks like ted nugent just can't get enough of comparing president obama to guess what? the nazis. he is at it again, just days after making that arm-twisted apology of his. this is "hardball," the place for politics. i'm looking forward to...

joining me now is senator john mccain.ator, you've been watching this situation unfold very, very closely. to me it sort of has echos of the battle days of the cold war but i'm anxious to get your assessment. >> i think it certainly adds those echos as far as vladimir putin is concerned. all of his actions for years have indicated his desire to rebuild the russian empire, the so-called near abroad balance particulars invasion of georgia, mald maldova. it's clear that maybe the president has been naive about vladimir putin and his ambitions and we're seeing the commitment, an absolute belief that ukraine is part of russia and he's not going to let it go and that is something we are going to have to understand in our relations with vladimir putin. >> i know you've been briefed about what is going on. in your opinion, is there an invasion that has already started? in other words, what's the latest information you're getting about russian troops in crimea or other parts of ukraine? >> especially ukraine, troops have come in, m

giving no support to the democratically elected government at that time i thought john mccain was for productive microsleep but i guess he's pro shysters and john mccain we love shysters all right so we've got about a minute left so let's just. talk about where we are now in terms of the economy in thailand where the where it where is it now where is it heading only think the economy if this political stability will you know develop grow and i think that's one of best as won't just move out of there because they see ads you know as a sure bet but i do think that the you know the political crises damaging confidence and i suppose that's inevitable right and is it regionally is there much of a split between the north of the south i mean it's on the tourism minister stuff and well i think the south is much wealthier schools being much wealthier into on the north the northeast is always been poor that's why the present government has been pouring resources into that and there's some resentment over that from the sort of bangkok and the southern people who tend to be sort of progress rathe

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senator john mccain standing up to the president protesting several of his nominees. john mccain goes on the record next. but first a live update on the gigantic winter storm. well will hear >>> this is a fox news alert. another blast of snow bringing more misery to states already buried in snow. more than a the foot of snow has already fallen on parts of the mid-atlantic and northeast. travel nearly impossible.he foo already fallen on parts of the mid-atlantic and northeast. travel nearly impossible.e foot already fallen on parts of the mid-atlantic and northeast. travel nearly impossible. foot already fallen on parts of the mid-atlantic and northeast. travel nearly impossible.foot o already fallen on parts of the mid-atlantic and northeast. travel nearly impossible. in the south, ice leaving hundreds of you thousathousands dark and cold. kendra, tell me the situation in south carolina. >> reporter: the winter storm has moved away from us, but it has left an icy mess. we saw snow and sleet and ice on top of that. so it's made for a crunchy mixture on the ground. it's

john mccain is fired up. in a moment he'll tell me why. and the surprise blockbuster number one at the box office. >> good evening, apartment. good morning, doorway. good morning, wall, good morning, ceiling. good morning, floor. ready to start the day. here it is. instructions to fit in, have everybody like you and always be happy. step one. breathe. >> why the movie has made more than 200 million around the world is not just kid stuff. we begin with a bit of kid stuff with our big story. a little lady who got the undivided attention of the governor of new jersey today in chris christie's first town hall since last summer. he took this question. listen. >> come on over. all right. come here. so what's your name? >> nicole. >> okay. nicole, how old are you? three. excellent. do you have a question for me? >> may you fix my house? it's still broken. >> your house is still broken? come here, nicole. what town do you live in? do you know? >> new jersey. >> all right. now come here. come here. now, is this your mom over here? where's your mom?

senator john mccain joins us on the horrific humanitarian problem in syria. and closer to home, his thoughts on whether republicans are blowing the mid-term elections. then -- >> our economy has been growing for four years. businesses have created 8.5 million new jobs. >> i think the american people are tired of being disappointed. they are tired of settling for this new normal under the obama economy. >> confused about the economy? us, too. it's why we ask businessman steve forbes and former chairman of the council of economic advisers austan goolsbee to explain what's happening on main street and wall street. plus, relying on the kindness of strangers. house republicans turn to democrats to raise the debt ceiling. is that surrender or strategy? our panel considers speaker boehner's next move and gives us a read on the friend of hillary papers, what they say about her past and future. this is "state of the union." >>> good morning. from washington i'm candy crowley. the crisis in syria reaching new lows. it is evident in the numbers. nearly 5,000 people died

john mccain is fired up. in a moment he'll tell me why. and the surprise blockbuster number one at the box office. >> good evening, apartment. good morning, doorway. good morning, wall, good morning, ceiling. good morning, floor. ready to start the day. here it is. instructions to fit in, have everybody like you and always be happy. step one. breathe. >> why the movie has made more than 200 million around the world is not just kid stuff. we begin with a bit of kid stuff with our big story. a little lady who got the undivided attention of the governor of new jersey today in chris christie's first town hall since last summer. he took this question. listen. >> come on over. all right. come here. so what's your name? >> nicole. >> okay. nicole, how old are you? three. excellent. do you have a question for me? >> may you fix my house? it's still broken. >> your house is still broken? come here, nicole. what town do you live in? do you know? >> new jersey. >> all right. now come here. come here. now, is this your mom over here? where's your mom?

i had an opportunity, on the capitol hill earlier food, to speak with both john mccain, two republican senators and lindsay graham as they came out of a closed intelligence briefing. had some very harsh words but for the administration as well. >> he is paranoid, and irrational. but like most people with paranoia, there is a basis for that. and when he reads that the united states is planning on having everybody out by 2017, then think makes accommodations such as trying to negotiate with the taliban. that is completely unctionble. >> yes, they say, karzai is paranoid, as john mccain put, but he has no choice, but at this point to negotiate, and recall this is something that the united states has been trying to get to sit down for some time. you remember that big blow up, when the taliban showed up, flew their flag, and karzai left in a huff, saying we are not negotiating. apparently he has gone behind the united states back, and is talking directly to the taliban. >> mike, there is another issue that the white house is dealing with that report. the congressional budget office that say

senator john mccain is saying things are getting a lot worse as a result of russian and iranian influence. mccain said the white house policy has been a dismal failure. >> we sit down at the table with him on nuclear weapons and talk about the removal of chemical weapons, it turned into a regional conflict and the weapons flown in and the training from iran and all of it is evolved into the situation that we are in today. >> senator mccain is urging the white house to work with viable opposition groups inside syria. the president is committing to humanitarian assistance only and promising not to put american boots on the ground. the united nations mediator who was working this past three weeks to get a peace deal is sorry for not coming through for the syrian people. >> i am very, very sorry. i apologize to the people. the hopes which were very, very high that something would happen here, i think little has been achieved to give them even more hope that maybe this is the beginning of the coming out of the horrible tragedy. >> we have no idea when a third round of peace talks will take pla

john mccain was suggesting tying health care to you and not your job. that was a republican idea. now the very idea that you can look up any american can google these guys health care plans and ideas and are saying the opposite. now they are saying that they are in favor of job lock and people being stuck in their jobs rather than being able to be portable. what the affordable care act has done is make your health care portable and say now my health care is tied to me. i don't have to be stuck working in this job i don't want to add more hours to it because i need my health care. that used to be something republicans were for. they reversed position because obama is attached to it. >> can't keep up with joy tonight. thanks for coming on. >>> coming up a once unthinkable goal now within reach and the man responsible for meeting it. we'll be right back after this. things still e get you. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment is right. cialis is also the only daily ed tablet approved to treat symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently. tell your doc

and john mccain was in our studio. i want to get your reaction to this. >> this is where john mccain was kept. >> how long? do you know? charge ofot in prisoners. >> was he here by himself? [indiscernible] >> edit a bit. the windows were all bricked over and the only ventilation came from some small holes. >> when he said the windows were there with bars on it, that was not true. >> it had been there. but, they kept is isolated. second of all, there was never i saw inshelter that the 2.5 years in prison nor, did we go to any bomb shelter. we would have to be together and they did not want that to happen. >> he wrote the forward for your book. to know each other when we went back to the camp. after the agreement was signed up by thehey lined us capture date because that was the way they were going to release us over the span of two months. captured 11 been days apart and we were in the same group. we were together in the camp. they had to open the doors and we walked around the courtyard and were together. we walked and

in the distinguished flying cross that my dad received was issued by admiral john mccain, who was john mccain's grandfather. he was the commander of the fleet that my dad was involved with. >> do you talk to him, or did you talk to him about what that was like, what he experienced? >> probably not as much as i should have. we always knew it and my mom would tell us about it. my dad like most guys of that generation was very quiet. he had to be prompted to talk about it. so he's 93 today. day, he still is -- you kind of have to ask the questions, but i tried to do that in there is a project called the veteran history project at the library of congress put on a few years ago. probably still has going on. but they encourage you to talk to world war ii veterans and veterans from other conflicts in our history. so we got -- that my dad down and i asked him a lot of questions. for four hours got a lot of that stuff on the record. and so many of the details and things that you just did not know about. and it is really fascinating. that generation was, they were just a remarkable group of peop

. >>> well, the slug fest between harry reed and john mccain continues. have scrambled politics coming up. emily's just starting out... and on a budget. like a ramen noodle- every-night budget. she thought allstate car insurance was out of her reach. until she heard about the value plan. see how much you could save with allstate. are you in good hands? >>> it is time now for your hump day edition of scrambled politics. voters in new hampshire could soon have the choice not to choose anyone. a bill in the state legislature wants to add none of the above to local, state and federal ballots. currently nevada is the only state with that option. >>> in one corner senator harry reed, in the other, senator john mccain. ding, ding, ding, ding. two men often at odds on policy came together to call attention to brain injuries in boxing. both were amateur boxers as young men and apparently that fighting spirit has not gone away. >> we are friends. we have so much respect for each other. it was just a month or two ago we ran into each other by the elevators and he sa

romney joins john mccain and jeff flake in opposition. also this, yelp, delta airlines and intel are joining a hefty list of companies encouraging a veto, but those in support say the bill would protect the right of private businesses to service who they please. >>> sign a security agreement or all u.s. troops are heading home at the end of this year. as jim miklaszewski reports, they are preparing for a possible pullout. >> reporter: martin dempsey was about to land in afghanistan when he got the word. start preparing to pul all u.s. troops out of afghanistan at the end of the year. >> we have o to plan for other options. >> reporter: in a phone call president obama urged the afghan president to sign a bilateral security agreement that would protect any american troops who remain in afghanistan once the war is officially over the at the start of next year. karzai once more refused. the white house press secretary said the president immediately ordered plans for a total u.s. withdrawal. >> this is about essentially planning for a post 201

. >> senator john mccain says hillary clinton would most likely be elected president if the 2016 election were held now. hillary clinton has not announced she will run in 2016. senator john mccain made the prediction yesterday on cnn after he was asked about the assessment of michele bachmann that america isn't ready for a female president. >> i would get, my friend, as much as i hate to admit it, that right new this is why we have campaigns, but right now if the election were tomorrow, hillary clinton would most likely be the president of the united states. >> a poll shows hillary clinton is the overwhelming favorite as democrats' choice for a nominee. the poll shows hillary clinton ahead of republican contenders such as new jersey governor chris christie and former florida governor bush. >> the midwest and south are childrenning up after another round of sleet, snow, rain and flooding. the east coast is bracing for a run of the polar vortex with the winds and frigid temperatures. >>> blinding blizzards in the north. thunderstorms and tornadoes in the midwest and south and floating ice i

keep your eyes peeled. >> the arizona republican party this week formally centered senator john mccaining his voting record is too liberal. said mccain, oh, i've been through much worse. no, not that. yeah, there it is. >> that's going to do it for your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> washington post reporter in washington for a look at politics. >> hi, veronica. >> let's start with what everybody's talking about this morning, the super bowl. and the president's interview with bill o'reilly. what were your thoughts on the interview? >> well, the game was such a blowout, i thought the pregame interview was a bit more combative and competitive. the white house was probably, you know, prepared for these kind of questions. the president's been answering them and the white house for a long time. you saw some of the president's frustration of being asked the questions. he continued to sort of say, hey, you know, this is the health care rollout was a problem, but hey, we're trying to fix it. and with benghazi, he said, look, it's fox news that keeps bringing this up. there's been plen

this network went over there in 1992 on a pow mia trip with john kerry and john mccain. you can see this. we were not allowed inside of it. how many cells were there and what did it look like? >> it was like being inside of -- part of it was like a prison. you see the broken bottles on top of the wall and the electrical wire around it. inside of it was like a compound. there are various sections and two large buildings. there is a cellblock that holds pows in a different area. there is a larger part of it that has large cells with vietnamese prisoners in it for several years. they emptied it out and put 330 of us, all pows, back into the hanoi hilton and back into the seven rooms where the vietnamese prisoners were. when they were afraid that the united states would raid downtown hanoi, that's where we were. >> we'll ask you about him after we see this. that is the main reason you are in town. >> shut off from all communications. stupid and dumb, i guess. integrity, loyalty, that is another thing. we were as loyal as we could be to each other and it meant a great deal. f

arizona john mccain slammed the obama administration calling its policy on syria a failure. scott thompson has more. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry condemned the syrian government sunday after peace talks failed. talks between the regime and the opposition broke down saturday after hours in negotiations. and so far, no date has been set to restart those talk, kerry says the white house is looking at other options to responded to the civil war and the ongoing humanitarian crisis. that prompted republican senator john mccain to lash out at the obama administration's handling of the situation. >> the policy towards syria has been in a abysmal failure and a disgraceful one. >> reporter: he made the comments on cnn's state of the union, he wants the president to own a failure and a change course. >> acknowledged failure, then you examine and re-examine options which were rejected, increasing arming to the free syrian army. we have options, the question is whether we will use them or not. >> reporter: some who oppose mccain's idea say the army of the free syrian army be

yesterday, john mccain weighed in. >> what does putin do here? i think the message has to be sent to him, let the ukrainian people determine their own future and a partition of ukraine is totally unacceptable. if i were vladimir putin today at the end of the olympics, i'd be a little nervous because the people of russia have watched this transpire and they are tired of the crony capitalism that governs russia today. if i were him, i'd be a little bit nervous. >> ask you how the obama administration has played this the last few weeks but also what is at stake? not for the obama administration but for america here. >> the russians have basis there so putin will face a lot of pressure to try to do something. if that happens i think the administration is in a much different territory. up until now i think they have done very well. i think we always win when the american government talks about freedom. yes, the economy is bad in ukraine and cronyism and corruption but there is a vibrant opposition a charismatic opposition talking about freedom and i t

tiveultus plus high ber d whole grainshe keep yours. >>> senator john mccain slams the obama administrationailure e here is scott thompson. reporter: secretary of state john kerry condemned the syrian government sunday after peace talks in geneva failed, talks about the regime and -- after hours of negotiations and so far no has been set to restart those talks, kerry says the white house is at looking at other options. responses of the civil war and on towing humanitarian crisis john mccain to lash out at the owe about a administration. >> the policy towards syria has been on a an i can't bismol failure. reporter: mccain state of the union. he said he wants the president to own what he calls a failure and a change course. >> he acknowledged failure then you examine and reexamine options which were rejected increasing arming to the free syrian army. we have options, the question is whether we will use them or not. reporter: some who oppose mccain's idea could be a bad idea because it increases the chance of weaponry getting into the wrong hands. mccain rejected that notion. >> isn't it a ter

the take of senator john mccain on how this is affecting u.s. and russian relations. and as the nion's governors gather for their annual conference, we'll talk to two, louisiana republican bobby jendl and maryland democrat about the future of their parties. we'll have analysis from a super power political panel of the "washington post." jonathan martin of the "new york times." amy walter of the political report and our own john dickerson. we'll bring in "time" international editor and cbs news state department correspondent margaret breman for analysis on syria and ukraine. 60 years of news because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs good morning again it is fairly quiet on the streets of ukraine this morning, but the situation is far from settled. for latest we're going to cbs news correspondent holly williams. >> good morning, there has been a week of bloodshed here in kiev we've seen deadly clashes between anti-government protesters and riot police which led scores of people dead. yesterday the demonstrators woke up to discover that they were sud

. >> senator john mccain reiterated criticism against the administration and said that the administration has not gone far enough in diplomatic relations with regards to syria. that we havehing seen come from senator mccain for a while, to criticize the obama administration over his foreign-policy. the obama for administration -- he is not calling for the obama administration to get troops into syria, he is saying the policy has failed. >> and is raising questions of syria. regime in he is reiterating these claims. a few months ago, if you think back, senator mccain and senator graham and some other republicans have all sort of joint forces in their criticism. it looks like they are once again missing the route -- making the rounds in their attacks. roundhave seen the second of talks failed in geneva. there is a blame game going on. the syrian government saying it saying the. fall, u.s. created a hostile environment during those talks. where do we go from here with these talks? >> it has yet to be known in the short. in the long-term, it poses significant challenges for the administration

john mccain, mid romney.n't daryleinlings of conservatives either. >> you talk about jeb bush being part of the establishment. what about the current republican party. tea partyers are a big part of that. they have no love for george w. bush. how do the tea party people view jeb? >> that's right. the bush name is both a problem in a primary and in a general election. bush is still not exactly really popular among tea partyers. nationally, george w. bush's favor ability is on the upswing in recent years. the last favorable rating i saw was around 49%, 50%, which is good compared to where it was when he left office. associated with some of the big spending elements of the bush administration, his attempts to reform the immigration system which fell flat because of pressure from the right. jeb bush is going to have to differentiate himself from his brother if he does run again. if he is the nominee, the bush name could be a complication as well. >> you have great reporting on south carolina. a key primary state

. >> john mccain has called these prisoners in guantanamo some of the worst murderers in the world. they have been targeting americans. nevertheless, you think it is a good idea to enter these discussions with the taliban. why? >> well, john, we have a history of being able to dance pretty effectively along the edges of the declaration which states that we won't negotiate with terrorists. we have had communications with all forms of bad guys, to include the taliban in the past. certainly, the results have not always been what we would prefer. in this particular case, i have to tell you what this administration is really posturing itself for is a complete departure from afghanistan and having a presence in the region through which we could possibly get the soldier returned moving down the road. the clock is ticking. we are moving into a dead stop with the united states if it has, again, i have to underline, if it has any credibility at all in the region. it is now quite questionable that we will be able to get this great young soldier back if we don't do something in the veneer term.

senator john mccain has an eye on moscow. >> what does putin do here? the message has to be sent to him to let the ukrainian people determine their own future. and a partition of ukraine is totally unacceptable, and we need to act as immediately to give them the economic assistance that they need based on reforms that are going to be required as well. >> senator mccain predicts it's going to be tough sledding in ukraine, harris. >> mike emanuel, thank you very much. >>> now to afghanistan and the discouraging word that talks have broken down over the release of an american soldier. sergeant bowe bergdahl has been held captive for nearly five years. he's 27 years old, from idaho, last seen in a video. reports the taliban has been negotiating with the united states to release him in exchange for five taliban soldiers being held at guantanamo bay. and now, we're hearing that may have actually been the best chance of bergdahl finally getting set free. now, the taliban has stopped talking. conor powell with the latest from our middle east newsroom. >> harris

romney joins republican arizona senators john mccain and jeff flake in supporting a veto. here's what john mccain told nbc news radio today. >> the business community in arizona has been galvanized by it. >> do you think she's going to -- >> well, i don't know. i can't predict. that's up to her. i can't make a prediction. but there certainly has been a very big reaction to it. particularly amongst the business community, which is the base of our city corps. >> do you worry about the super bowl? >> i worry about everything. >> here's what arizona state representative damian clinco had to say about the bill last week. >> i believe i'm the only openly gay member of this house of representatives. and so it's pretty appalling to hear a dialogue that talks about using religion to discriminate against both myself and my community. you know, when i was in high school, i was actually assaulted because i was gay. as a result, i spent most of my life down playing the fact. you know, i don't ride in pride parades and i don't really wear it on my cuff, but i really feel compelled to re

senator john mccain visit ukraine a few months ago to voice his support for pro e.u. protesters is there any evidence that western powers are logistically supporting the uprising well indeed they do we keep seeing european politicians. with the statements coming out basically supporting the opposition movement calling on sanctions against the government just recently the head of the euro commission said that some of the europe some of the ukrainian politicians must be sanctioned for inciting the violence here they put the blame directly on the government side of similar statements of becoming from the united states with the assistant state secretary nuland also speaking out against the government and calling for calling for a stop of violence yes i do remember john mccain speaking at the stage right behind me he was standing at the my done at the independence square saying that russia must not interfere into the domestic affairs of ukraine while many people i know he were actually asking the same question to mr mccain what he was doing here whether he's actions was in

american politicians have been very vocal about it some of them even visit and i'm talking about john mccain he visited back in september or december excuse me and u.s. assistant secretary of state victoria nuland actually handed out pastries an independent square so talk about the involvement of individual american politicians and how this whole thing plays out well john mccain is a provocateur we're in a war maker he's assigned to him so the role of destabilizing in overthrowing governments are always advocating war i mean he is the. ultra militarist there but you know this is as you mentioned a bipartisan affair because this sector when i talk about the us i'm not talking about the american people i'm talking about the main u.s. foreign policy establishment which is linked to the military linked in the cia linked to big oil to the n.s.a. that whole military industrial complex what they're trying to do is destabilize ukraine not because they care about ukrainian people they want to incorporate ukraine this important country big country the second largest army in the military in europe they