at the moment, the kremlin denying that. the united states saying there will be more consequences for this continued russian support of that insurgency in eastern ukraine. stopping short, president obama indicating exactly what would be done. there have been sanctions implemented in the past. they do not appear to have direct impact on russian policy except to increase support of the rebels in ukraine. christine? >> the vacation invasion is plausible deniability. they have to take a vacation, then borrow the military equipment at the same time. it defies real logic. >> reporter: absolutely. i don't think anybody seriously believes that. for the kremlin, it's an increasingly thinly veiled attempt to disguise it. they have been exposed. at least ten russian paratroopers were detained by the ukrainian authorities and shown on ukrainian television inside eastern ukraine. the kremlin dismissed that saying they were on a border patrol in russia and accidentally went over the border. it's been well known from western governments ov

those lies basically. >> jon: how involved is the kremlin?d again a phone call? are there serious direct e-mails directly from the kremlin? nor? >> i certainly never saw the messages coming from the kremlin. you get this sort of... we jokingly nicknamed it the ministry of fear, that it's the kind of editorial body at the heart of the channel, and they're the one who give the directions. those are very much in line with what the kremlin line is at the time, so you can pretty much track what r.t. is saying to what the russian government is saying, and they stick very strongly to that line, as well. >> jon: so in syria, their line would be, we have to support assad. these rebels are bad people. we wouldn't want to help them in any way. in mh17, it would be, no this was ukraine. there has been no evidence of russian involvement. >> absolutely. as i said at the time i resigned, the sort of default setting on stories like that is it is not russia's fault, even when it clearly is. >> jon: it's difficult because in this country, truth is all that mat

and described as a traitor and a judas in the pages of pravda and by the kremlin leadership. pasternak was driven to brink of suicide. he died 18 months later, and some people -- including his son -- have said that his treatment contributed to his death. pasternak's funeral -- an extraordinary scene which we describe in the book -- was attended by a huge crowd and, in effect be, was one of the first public demonstrations in the sow sow -- soviet union. at his grave site people loudly proclaimed him a democrat. all of that is, essentially, the arc of our story from the creation of the novel to pasternak's death. it is a story that is partly about the cia but mostly about pasternak and dr. zhivago. it was a story that hadn't been told as a single narrative in english at least since robert conquest the pasternak affair in 1969. an enormous amount of material has emerged since the end of the cold war, including central committee and other soviet files and the memoirs, diaries and correspondence of participants in these events. my co-author, petra, who is from the netherlands and

kremlin forces are spearheading the attack. moscow denies its troops are there, but nato says these images show russian position inside ukraine. they say at least 1,000 russian servicemen are fighting and using the latest military equipment. >> over the past two weeks we have noticed a significant escalation in both the level and sophistication of russia's military interference in ukraine. these latest images provide concrete examples of russian activity inside ukraine, but they are only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the overall scope of russian troops and weapons movements. >> western experts say this bm tank is available only to russian army supporting claims of moscow's involvement. a alarm in the international community is growing. at united nations security council, concern and criticism. russia said it was not involved in the conflict. >> russia has repeatedly and deliberately violated the sovereignty territory of ukraine. the forces in ukraine make that plain for the world to see. >> eu and u.s. leaders are speaking

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putin, the president of russia, along with every kremlin speaking on this issue, they are denying any russian units are taking part on combat operations inside ukraine despite the body of evidence the last couple weeks. ten russian paratroopers were detined by security services inside ukraine. the explanation is they stumbled across the border from russia into ukraine by accident. there's been a mild confirmation from the pro-russian rebels inside ukraine that russian forces are indeed, fighting side by side with the rebels themselves. they are saying there are between 3,000 and 4,000 fighting there. they are not there officially, they are taking their vacation time, their leave and choosing to fight and in some cases, die, of course, on their free time. we have seen a catalog of denials coming from the kremlin and other officials since the allegations first surfaced. >> on holiday, that's fascinating. one thing is certain, the fighting is continuing and raging on multiple fronts. reza, bring us up to date of what is happening. >> reporter: we are keeping a close eye on southeastern u

then we have a reprieve rushing to the willing to sit down with the kremlin and speak with the kremlin and see what their position is we have a group of ukrainian this is leaders willing to sit down with the president to see what the position is and and as this is leaders hopefully with a reasonable degree of respect you know we could we can help try to see whether whether whether there is a way of bridging that bridging a difference and getting some kind of compromise and to sort out the situation in the end this situation is going to be sorted out and it's just much better that it is sorted i really get into take than than you know to see thousands more people killed and so we with it with at it with that help if it's warranted hopefully other politicians cells can get it sorted. you know but i think that you know the vast majority of russian people want to see it so to the vast majority of ukrainians onces absolutely up to the politicians to do their best cerritos we have to take a very short break now but when we come back when the west and russia ask the sanction game can market a

the kremlin response time and again is the same. complete denial, saying that the troops captured were in ukraine accidentally. using other reasons to explain satellite images and things like that. bottom line is they're not confirming that russian troops are engaged in any kind of combat operations inside ukraine. >> all right. it's the same old, same old story from russia. all the while, no one believes them. so -- and any idea what vladimir putin's end game here is with this part of ukraine? >> well, on your first point, in terms of nobody believing them i think the purpose of these explanations is to create a veil of doubt. that is cast by the kremlin across this whole situation. and that serves a very important purpose of potentially helping to divide the western allies. i mean, nobody wants a military confrontation with russia, and if there's an element of doubt that is not engaged in an invasion, if there's any way of avoiding that conflict for some parties amongst the western powers, then that will be enough to divide the we

how's that going to go down in the kremlin? >> it will go down badly in the kremlin. bit surprised he has come out with that. president poroshenko has been saying nato membership is not on the agenda for ukraine. i would have thought now is not the time to raise that. clearly that's the most sensitive issue for russia. it hasn't been on the agenda. i thought whether there's a majority of people in ukraine who would want that. >> we'll bring the former british ambassador of ukraine. thanks for speaking to us. >>> the world health organization warns nearly 20,000 could be infected and it needs $2 billion to contain the virus. it has become the deadliest spread of the disease since discovery in 1976. according to most recent figures, more than 3,000 cases are reported including 1,500 deaths. in liberia, more than 600 have lost their lives. we've been to the ivory coast border where preparations are made to keep ebola from spreading further. >> an unnerving silence replaces the formally vibrant border. all crossing points into liberia and guinea were closed for the weeken

exports to russia now band by the kremlin. russia is europe's second largest food export market, with value of $16.3 billion. russia involvement in ukraine begins to bite. president putin has retail tal 88thed, apple producer charlie gauthier. >> we are defenseless in the face of international politics. we don't want to be the first victims. >> as russia and the european union play tit-for-tat, these producers on the ground have growing uncertainty as to what they dwoil with their growing -- will do with their growing mountains of stock. it's the same story in the dairy warehouse. cheese makers here say their trucks have been turned back at the border as the russian bound and that of their partners. >> losing big money you know, some of their customers work 80%, only dairy products imports. which means what are they going odo? they will either go to the company. >> while longer lasting produce can be stored, its producers are perishable, peaches from poland, rolting stock. -- rotting stock. compensation of some but they don't

officially it's because of health infringements but critics of the kremlin suspect something else is going on as steve rosenburg reports. scare in --ushkin square in the heart of moscow and i remember the day, 25 years ago, when russia's first mcdonald's opened its door in the ussr. i was studying here at the time came here to join the queue. the crowds were incredible. wayqueue went all the around pushkin square. it took me three hours to get and be served, such was the level of excitement that burst throughrs the iron curtain and were served in music. moscow. today it was shot. foot inspectors ordered three of mcdonald's restaurants to be temporarily closed citing violations. similar story. centerstage are russian products banned imports of meats, dairy, fruits and vegetables from america and the to., the kremlin's response western sanctions. ovites?kow i prefer soup and russian dumplings to fast food. >> this is 99% politics. we did find someone at mcdonald's today, this cow for a russian fast-food chain. at least someone's happy. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. >> that brings

that there is a real presence in ukraine of russian regular service personnel, despite that, the kremlin is categorically denying it. take a listen to what sergei laugh love had to say about this a few moments ago. >> translator: from the very beginning of the crisis, we have been blamed for everything. there have been reports that there are photographs from space showing movements of russian troops but as it turned out, it was computer games and the images were taken from there and the latest allegations are more or less the same kind. >> all right, so again, that categorical denial coming from the kremlin. the only sort of chink in the armor, if you will, that we've seen so far in terms of the message is pro-russian rebels in eastern ukraine confirming that there are russian soeltdiers fighting alongside them in the insurgency but saying unofficially, during their leave time they're choosing to fight alongside their ukrainian brothers in the battle against the government of ukraine. >> matthew chance reporting live from moscow this morning. >>> some breaking news to pass along to you,

in retaliation for western sanctions against moscow, the kremlin has declared an immediate one-year ban on imports of most food from the west. >> pressure is introducing a full ban on deliveries of the, pork, fruit, and vegetables, poultry, fish, cheese, milk, and dairy products. >> in 2013, russia imported about 32 billion euros worth of food and agricultural products. almost 12 billion euros worth came from the eu. imports from the u.s. added up to about one billion. the band could come at a high cost for countries like finland that rely heavily on trade with russia. trucks with western goods were turned away here at one border crossing. still, the kremlin has promised the ban will not hurt russian consumers. >> let's crossover now to moscow where we are tracking this unfolding story. good to see you. sanctions appear to be having zero influence on vladimir putin's actions. if the goal is to get him to back down, how will this ban on food imports affect not just russian consumers, but observers said it will backfire? >> russian consumers will certainly be affected. at the moment, you

the kremlin referred officially to the new russia. the kremlin referred officially to new russia. what's putin really up to? theodore who advises the kremlin on defense matters, said putin has no grand strategy to resurrect the soviet union. >> the former soviet space should be recognized by the rest as a zone of special interest and exclusive rights for russia. >> reporter: for putin, ukraine is a red zone within that space, though he still denies russia plays any role in the war there. putin's unpredictability has made relations with the u.s. already at a post cold war low, even more straining with putin resists all efforts by obama and the west to reign him in over ukraine. in june obama told nbc's brian williams he and putin spoke, quote, repeatedly. >> we have generally a business-like relationship and are very candid and blunt with each other. >> reporter: according to kremlin phone records confirmed by the white house, the two have spoken just ten times, dismissing boots on the ground in ukraine, the president says targeted sanctions have hurt the russian economy and putin,

it seems the kremlin has decided to pursue a worst case scenario. it's not been achieved by inflating and sponsoring what had been a very marginal separatist movement so now it is openly using regular russian forces and openly risking the lives of russian soldiers and of course the backlash by home. >> let's talk about the strategy. we're hearing reports from the relatives of the russian soldiers saying, look, we want to know where our sons are and we'll be home. moscow denying any role. let's talk strategy. you know, where the russian forces are believed to have moved into outside of the eastern strong hold to this area along ukraine's southern edge along the azof sea, what's the strategy there? why does russia want to be there and what does that tell us? on the map we're seeing an orange area of the eastern strong holds and i'm speaking of the places behind that blue banner where russian forces are believed to be now. what's the strategy there, rory? >> this is a critical question because if these reports are true, that's away from luhansk where m

i was trying to bring a family story to the kremlin story. my book is filled with anado do and i was able to interview a great many people and put the tidbits that usually get lost in understanding of politics and instead present them in my book because, you know, kremlin leaders are people, too. as much as you may not believe that, that is what they are. what i was trying to do in my book was look at how women look at politics. we talk about mother russia a lot. what does it mean because usually it is all men there? at some point i came up with a joke. the russian president while putin wasn't a russian president, warming up putin's kremlin seat from 2008-2012. he is 5-3. i will stop there. he seemed modernizing. obama decided in 2009 he would be a good partner for reset. what a mistake that was. the russian system because there is this mother russia looming as an example of who we should aspire to they are very pat patriarchial and i wanted to show the woman's life and who was behind the great man when we talk about mother russia. my grandmo

it up because litvinenko was presented as a famous this of and of somebody who was upsetting the kremlin who was revealing some sort of secrets that were upsetting president putin himself this was not the case at all it's been nearly eight years since alexander litvinenko death yet his family are nowhere near the truth and very pleased to see this decision in the public inquiry and i know it's in there as a long time to wait and it's not as it months is in the air but finally if it were to see if this but why has it been such a long road to this truth let's take a look at what's been achieved so far british prosecutors accuse the two men co's former colleagues of murder and him durance he both deny and involvements russia refuses to extradite any of its own citizens because the constitution doesn't allow it the british inquest is delayed as the coroner of the sides of public inquiry will be better ministers rule out that option the high court supports the idea of an inquiry so a public inquiry is announced the main twist to this case came after revelations litvinenko was allegedly workin

according to moscow but the new court decisions as you call it was in fact illegally seized by the kremlin one analyst told us this is just another move in a wider political game. it strikes me as a very political decision the west manages to create this illusion of seriously rule of law of steering this in the judicial process and this is the. mr sort of cold ski and he is he's had been found guilty though not only in russian courts but they're guilty sentence for tax evasion and fraud was upheld by the european court of human rights it is outrageous that anyone should imagine that russia is going to pay sixty billion dollars to these criminals. facebook's being accused of sharing just a bit too much in this case an austrian students privacy once the social networks will point three two billion users around the world to join him in his legal battle we'll tell you more about that online if you're not caught it already and the fears over the spread of the deadly ebola virus now one of the infected u.s. aid workers arrived in atlanta to be treated in a special isolation unit party dot com if

speculation is ripe over what measures the kremlin might impose yet by closing off siberian air space to long haul carriers to barring accounting firms from doing business in russia. such sanctions are not as punishing nor is it likely that russian will restrict export energy experts. but for now the kremlin is no position to give as good as it gets. >> well, the latest western sanctions on russia may not cripple it's economy but that could all change with longer term measures. but russia still has its wildcard:assist natural gas exports to europe. that's according to lauren goodrich at geopolitical research firm stratford. she joins us in austin. good to see you. thank you for being with us. we talked with this new round of sanctions came into place. you believe that they will have greater effect than that first round? >> oh, very much so. these are the first sanctions that we're seeing hurt russia. not cripple russia but hurt. the sanctions themselves fall into three different categories. they are the banking sanctions in which specific state owned banks cannot barrow or sell months

the kremlin's own propaganda machine is hard for them to outstrip.f their own creation there, but certainly losing this fight in eastern ukraine would be a remarkable humiliation for moscow and putin's whole adventure in this part of his key neighbor. the issue is here, are they willing to take the international flack for intervening or see the separatist militants who increasingly appeal loudly for assistance from russia who they ally themselves to, are they let them going to go to the wall against the ukrainian arm. >> coming up, we've seen the iron dome blow them up, but how does hamas set up and launch those rockets so quickly? we'll show you the incredible video from inside a residential area in gaza coming up next. ♪ [ woman ] if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain. this is humira helping me lay the groundwork. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing

was it told to by the kremlin and what are the implications of that? certainly, there is suspicion. it only started operations this year. it is a new local airline set up by aeroflot. and the kremlin has been wanting to promote tourism, russian internal tourism into crimea because the tourist sector has since theremendously province was annexed. ukrainians have stopped traveling to crimea. it is not the only russian airline traveling to crimea. it is low-cost, it is providing a cheap way for russians to visit crimea. of the specifics of why it is not able to fly, what are they? does it mean it is a short-term problem or more longer-term problem western >> it would appear as though the airline is no longer able to operate. madennouncement that was yesterday said the european companies which had been providing services leasing and servicing and ensuring -- and insurance, were no longer willing to work with it. ,nless the situation changes and it would take a switch of destinations and the eu would agree to remove it from the blacklist, the airline is eff

the kremlin never react to these individual statements.gey lavrov, russia's foreign minister reacted to the nato claims last night of satellite imagery which is said to show russian vehicles, arm vehicles on the move. lavrov said this was images taken from a computer game and basically laughed it off. the kremlin just refused to engage in these allegations, and they just maintain that they have never and will never have their soldiers on ukrainian soil. >> peter, president obama said yesterday in his press conference that the sanctions against russia are working. what has been the economic fallout there, and is there pressure on putin to that end? >> yeah, there's growing pressure now, and as we speak in milan, e.u. and european foreign ministers are coming up with a fresh set of sanctions that will be presented in brussels on saturday. they'll fine fun those sanctions. we don't know what they are, but they will be revealed in that meeting in brussels on saturday. investors are getting nervous. today, friday, the ruble sank to its all time

and you know, there have been many who have been reticent to acknowledge the extent of the kremlin's role. there's no longer any room for debate on the extent of the kremlin's role. >> vladimir putin made what sounded like an ominous threat today. he was reminding us of russia's nuclear arsenal saying "it's better not to mess with russia." you hear those words. how concerned should we be with them? >> well, i mean i think there's a great many unfortunately, actions that the russian government has taken over recent months that are cause for great concern. the international system is a rules-based system. it requires that responsible actors international actors that want to command respect live by the rules. and part of what we've seen obviously has been enormous consequences on the territory of ukraine but what we're really seeing is a crisis with russia. russia is making a choice or making a series of choices that send an ominous sign about the future of russia. the degree with which russia wants to participate in the international system. this is something that obviously the rest of

i would be politically awkward for the kremlin. let's make it clear that is happening. and by providing military clement to ukraine, that would happen. that is one. number two, nato as an alliance should fully review the russian founding act. it says there is no threat to the east. is now posing a threat to our nato allies, the baltic states, whether they are russian speakers, or polish allies. they need to review it and place substantial military assets in the baltic states. aggression has consequences. and that russian aggression must cease. >> to political leaders in europe understand a need to demonstrate to their own people that russia's behavior is aggression toward them as well as ukraine? >> it's not necessarily aggression towards europe directly. it's aggressive policies, which could turn elsewhere within europe. and let's not forget that in 2007, russia released a cyber war against estonia. itsussia succeeds in ukrainian aggression, that would embolden putin to take aggression against the other baltic states, maybe romani

on that point, the kremlin intervened, calling on the rebels in eastern ukraine. to rely the government force that is are battling them to withdrawal without further loss of life. they are calling on ukraine to take military action and stave lives of ukrainian government troops. >> thanks so much. the situation in the ukraine prompting nato to call an emergency meeting. karl penhaul joins us with that in a few minutes. >>> a volcanic eruption spewing ash and forcing a number of international flights to be disrupted. mount papua in new guinea. no reports of injury. >>> time for an early start on your money. u.s. futures pointing higher. yesterday, the s&p 500 ended a three-day winning streak closing below 2,000. stocking could rally today. apple will make a big announcement september 9th. mark it on your calendar. it's suspected they are going to roll out two versions of iphone 6. there's speculation the watch will be unveiled. the first device on health and fitness apps. >> my phone is only a year old. i'm going to see the new one and want it. >>> one of the silli

the kremlin accusing kiev

that's what the kremlin spokesman said. they always deny any involvement in the conflict in ukraine, either supporting the rebels for the presence of russian troops on the ground in ukraine. two days ago when two russian paratroopers were captured by ukraine and the kremlin denied it happened. when they were put in front of the television, putin said they strayed across the border. they were found 40 kilometers inside ukraine. the denial that comes out from the kremlin is a blanket denial and repeated virtually every other day. >> today's news of a full scale invasion prompting very strong russian backlash across europe. >> former members of the soviet empire now members of nato condemn what they call the russian invasion. lithuania is urging the u.n. security council to declare ate violation in the security council. in europe, the president in paris said europe was facing the biggest crisis since the end of the cold war in 1991, saying the presence of russian troops inside ukraine was both unacceptable and intolerable. >>

are we hearing anything from the kremlin? >> no, their position remains the same.ave heard a lot about the incursions in the ukrainian territory for weeks now. what they say this is a completely different scale. ukraine says the military is now directly involved in fighting at two locations. they're talking about infantry armor, heavy weapons near donetsk and much further on the coast of the sea, as well. that second location is a concern because has not been much fighting there recently. it would be. it could be a whole new front. if this is true, the question is, what are russia's intentions here? there has been concern for sometime that the ukrainian government military successes against the rebels could at some stage inspire direct russian military intervention to tip the scales, to swing the momentum back against the ukrainian government which has recently looked as if it was ready for an outright meanwhile victory. there is another theory to suggest that russia could be trying to seize territory in the south that could form a land bridge if you like, a main c

the kremlin calls it a fantacy. could it be a fantasy between ukraine and russia? what do you think? go to our twitter and facebook and google plus pages. >> international pressure continued to build friday against the islamic state group against atrocities in syria and iraq. european endorsers, in northern iraq and the u.n. security council voted unanimously to black list leaders of i.s. and others linked to al qaeda. reports claim the jihadists have killed at least 80 yazidi men and abducted women from iraq, they arrived in vehicles and started their killing this afternoon. we believe it's because of their creed. convert or be killed. for more i'm joined from london by majiid noaz. a former ranking member of the islamist group hisbut tarir. he's the author of radical my journey out of islam terrorism. >>> you wrote a powerful piece that said the international community must do more to help the yazidi persecute id by i. s. >> i think that's what the islamic state is attempting in iraq, dlairk their intention in the world, posing with all sorts of gruesome photogra

this is the line of the kremlin. the opposition here wouldn't agree to that. sorry. >> do continue. >> my point is that of course if you take if official cabinet position, the cabinet clearly denied any kind of direct interference. they maintain that this is a public uprising that has roots and really not instigated outside the country. we clearly know many in russia will support the movement in east ukraine and would like the donetsk republic and luhansk republic to gain if not independence but autonomy from kiev. >> your perspective from kiev. >> the thing is there has been too many accidents. they were shelling from russian artillery and missile launchers on ukrainian troops. there are already reports about that. russian paratroopers getting to combat and then in russia claiming it was a shell explosion on some russian training grounds. now paratroopers get 20 kilometers from the ukrainian russian border. it's all too much for mistake. all in all, we see that russian troops actually ignited the uprising in eastern ukraine. we saw the leaders of the so calle

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. >>> after the kremlin called intolerable delays on the boarder in ukraine. >>> five weeks after the downs of mh 17, malaysia brings home its victims. >>> and the vacuum with too much suction power. why authorities are pulling the plu plug. >>> hello. thanks for joining us. the united states warned the threat from islamic state militants is the most dangerous it's seen in years. efforts to defeat them will need to extend to syria, the heart of the base. chuck hagueel has described it imminent and beyond anything we've seen. the u.s. army has said efforts to defeat the group would have to extend into syria describing the border between the two as essentially non existent. >> how should america and allies tack ale the islamic state? during recent months, militants have been gaining ground in syria and iraq seizing towns, killing those that refuse to convert to their brand of islam. britain and america are hunting for the man that killed james foley. they threatened another hostage contingent on what america does next. u.s. defense officials said two weeks of american air strikes had he

missed it there will be in another chance to see a superman next month on >> a convoy of .bout 280 the kremlin said it had reached agreement with the government in kiev to deliver this. we agreed to a brief that was acceptable to the kiev authorities. we agreed they would have ukrainian license plates. >> ukraine said it would be unloaded at the border. kiev feared the convoy would he used to smuggle in military equipment. limit to russian cynicism. first they delivered tanks. terrace and criminals who should them. then they bring water and salt. >> they pledged to check them that were complicated. they are still under the the control of pro-russian separatists. later in the week cap senates own convoy. they were able to leave the spirit they have had to contend with weeks of fighting. they are desperately in need of help. they are also shortages of food, fuel and electricity. the world health organization gave the greenlight for the use of experimental drugs and vaccines. was ethical to offer the treatments. it has affected liberia. later in the week the scale had been vastly underestimated.

raising the stakes on the ground, it is a development for the kremlin. >> in moscow, thank you. >> nato, the eu, and the u.s. have made it clear that there is no military option in the ukraine crisis. >> economic sanctions in place can and will, will they take them further? >> the developments in eastern ukraine torpedo the conference agenda. the german chancellor said european leaders will decide how to does -- respond on saturday. she said there will be talking about more sanctions. >> if the situation escalated further, we would have to discuss more sanctions. we have to answer the question, how do we react? >> during the gathering in berlin, news of the developments in eastern ukraine just kept coming. in france, president francois hollande called the situation unacceptable. >> russia cannot want to be a recognized power. right now it is suffering increasing isolation and it is clear that the sanctions are causing a slowdown in its growth. it is now up to the russian president to resolve this contradiction. >> they will meet with other leaders on the weekends to consider the crisis

if if it did happen, they'd have to sell off the kremlin because they'd be good for about 60 days. they need $100 and up oil just to survive because they don't have much else. they haven't

and i'm wondering, what, in fact, is going on in the kremlin right now?what do you think the u.s.' next move is? it's pretty clear that putin is not taking the u.s. and the sanctions seriously. is there a role for the u.s.? what should we be doing? >> no, you know, i don't agree with you on that, maria. i think that they are being taken seriously. and that's one of the reasons that putin decided to counter sanction the american sanctions, by i hope posing food stuff sanctions. that is a weird strategy on his part. and for the u.s. right now, the u.s. appears to be continuing to press him. whether the idea behind the president's policy is literally to unseat beauty african putin from power or change his policy, it's not clear. it may be that one is, in fact, going to end up as the other -- the unseating of putin of the. >> look ahead for us, and try to navigate how this plays out. clearly, we're looking at 1 million people leaving or dropping out of the population in russia every year. etroleum products of ukraine. next week, the president of ukraine may c

the kremlin warns this could be just the start. also, the somber return of the american general ambushed in afghanistan. and what we now know about the other american heroes wounded in that attack. >> breakingness now. the "associated press" is now reporting that search teams looking for a missing girl in washington state have found the child's body. they are not yet confirming it's the body of this six-year-old girl who had been missing since saturday because they have to wait for dna. but cops say relatives waited nearly a day to report her missing, claimed she wandered off before so weren't too worried at first. the parents took lie detector tests. the parents are cooperating. more than 100 investigators searched for this girl for days they were also talking to homeless people and registered sex offenders in the neighborhood. again, police report that found what they believe to be the body of the child. continuing coverage of three crisis points in the world. ugh. heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. th