josh rogin, thanks for joining us. we're going to continue to stay on top of the breaking news in the ukraine. lots is at stake. thanks for watching. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> next breaking news, signs of a russian invasion in ukraine tonight. president obama warns russia there will be costs. >>> plus, a new winter storm threatens more than 100 million across america and a story you have to see to believe, a man declared dead in a body bag comes back out alive. let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett and we have a welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world tonight. "outfront" we begin with the breaking news. the united states believes that russian troops have entered ukraine. ukrainian

joining us is josh rogin, correspondent for ""the daithe beast." what's going on here? >> according to john kerry and lindsey graham, kerry expressed deep frustration with the syrian security. the syrian governorment was slow-rolling the chemical issue and said that basically all of his faith in the administration's current policies is failing and he advocated for more internal measures by the white house. >> jay carney is pushing back on your report. i'll play a little clip of what he said today. >> i think the stories that you're referring to actually appear to be a reflection of what senators mccain and graham think of our policies, not what secretary kerry thinks. >> go ahead. >> the state department has said that john kerry did not raise the arming issue but sure there's a difference in tone between what john kerry is saying and john mccain are saying but the level of frustration is deep and it's been reported that john kerry along with other members of the administration have been stifled by the white house. >> so you see a split developing between john kerry on t

josh rogin with the "daily beast."in recent days secretary kerry has spoken public and openly about a new process to examine both old and new options for increasing american involvement in the syrian crisis. it's been widely reported that these options include providing greater transportation and intelligence to moderate searing rebel groups as well as possibly paying salaries of some of the rebels. is that the entire universe of options that are under consideration? there's also been some dispute reported that u.s. has dropped suggestions to gulf countries providing syrian rebels with anti-aircraft weapons. is that true or is it not true? and is there an expectation that even if these options were pursued that this would be enough to turn the tide or at least maintain the balance between the rebels and increasing aggressive regime, military onslaught? think you spent thanks, josh. and things are trying to bring my checkered career to an abrupt end. [laughter] it's a very good question. and i can't opposite go into a l