what happens if he does the same in latvia?ll, there are certain set of rules what a country is supposed to do what it has concerns over minority rights. these are national rules, nothing in those rules includes force. that is violation of united nations charter which calls for peaceful resolution of disputes. furthermore, there is certain sets of instruments and mechanisms that should be used when a country is concerned with human rights, minority rights. the prime one would be in this situation, she has just come back and stated that she has seen no evidence to be concerned about the rights of russian speakers in crimea, however she does have concerns about situation of ethnic ukrainians and ethnic crimean charters. when it comes to latvia we have worked to build a system of protection of human rights. that is reason the fact we have been able to join the u.n. nato, otherwise it wouldn't have been possible. for us, the -- we have done our part so that there would be no basis whatsoever for any allegations. >> history always g

that would be to strengthen our forward defendantses in latvia, estonia, lithuania and go back to the missile defense agreement in poland. i agree with that. on the clip you just played, i don't think it's fair to blame president obama for what's happening in ukraine. it's not his fault that putin has committed an act of violation of international law, but i do think it's an opportunity for the president now to be the leader of nato, to rally nato to defend itself, the nato countries and to try to get effective assistance into ukraine and leave the opposition politically to putin around the world. we ought to be asking our allies in asia and partners in the middle east to stand up and be critical of the russian government. the nato alliance is the united states and this is an opportunity for president obama to do that. >> ambassador burns, governor richardson, good to have you both on the show. appreciate you joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you, thank you. >> for more on ukraine and what the strained relations with russia will mean for the middle east and israel, we are joined by a

she mentioned latvia. what is the situation with mull dovia. >> the russian government set its precedent already in that it divided mull dovia after the soviet union collapsed. it helped four separatist movements within moldova and continued to keep moldova divided and has not attempted to stabilize or preventing these countries moving into the european union and the western community. russia, if it cannot control a country, wants to keep the country unstable and threatened with further partition, separation. so mul moldova, i think they're concerned that the crimean precedent of declaring a unified state with russia can set up a transition region with mul mul . >> there's a place called callan grad which is between lithuania and poland right now and that is actually part of russia, that could be a staging ground for all sorts of incursions. so poland traditionally suffered from a lot of russian overreach, so not surprising that they would be worried right now. i would say germany maybe should be worried,

. >> today vice president joe biden is meeting with presidents of lithuania and latvia. he is promising u.s. help in defending those nato allies. >>> a six-hour standoff in pacifica is over with the suspect dead and a police officer recovering from a stab wound. police were called to a home on san pedro avenue yesterday afternoon by relatives who said a man was acting paranoid and armed with an axe. a s.w.a.t. team was called in from nearby daly city when flash-bang devices failed to get the man to surrender, officers moved in. investigators say police shot and killed the man after he stabbed one of the officers with a knife. >>> a crackdown on violent crime in oakland led s.w.a.t. officers and fbi agents to a home on 90th avenue. they arrested eight men there. they say the home has been linked to a slew of recent crimes involving drugs and guns. inside, they found ammunition including illegal clips for semi-automatic weapons, three pounds of pot and other drugs and a large amount of cash. at one point officers closed down the street and put a nearby school on lockdown.

because, after all, if he did move into latvia, it's very possible that nato would defend latvia. want putin to make a miscalculation that could lead to a major war. jenna: how do we send the right message, doug? >> i think whatever he would be considering doing elsewhere in the baltics or elsewhere is going to depend in part on how strong the reaction of the world is against the aggressive steps that he's taken in ukraine. so i think that part of the answer is to insure that russia pays a substantial price for the aggressive actions it's taken in ukraine so far. and i think the administration has taken some steps. there's more they could do. there are economic measures that should be considered, there are financial measures that should be considered, there may be measures that could be taken against individual russian leaders along the lines of of a law, there are military deployments that could be made in the nato countries that are at risk -- jenna: so you think more aggressive now, doug, that we should default more aggressive now rather than wait to default aggressive later? >

latvia in particular was the crown jewel of the former soviet empire.great concern when we see russia take these types of steps. again, we're seeing the u.s. step up its presence in the baltics, as well. >> you saw the package just a second ago in which you can see how delicate of a balancing act this is in ukraine. in one sense, you have the u.s. representing a government that the soviet, the russians say is illegitimate. you have the russians supporting a government that the u.s. says is illegitimate. how are the nuances affecting the foreign policy debate? >> the ukrainian government is legitimate and recently approved by the parliament, the new president was by 87%. this is a legitimate government that has a constitution. i would say that the referendum, the proposed referendum is illegal under the ukrainian constitution. the acts that russia is taking now in crimea are very, very similar to what sheaf seen in georgia. we've seen arguments raised in the bag particular about the need to protect ethnic russians, what not, these are very, very typical

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stands ready to defend nato members latvia, lithuania and estonia.yesterday, biden was in poland, which also shares a border with russia and ukraine. first lady michelle obama is leaving for a week-long trip to china today. but she's leaving the politics to her husband. the first lady will visit three cities and speak to students about education and youth empowerment in their communities. she is also expected to meet with china's first lady. the two will tour the forbidden city and the great wall. daughters malia and sasha are also going on the trip. private companies and local governments will soon have better access to public climate datea. the white house will announce an initiative can help the public understand the risks they face, especially in coastal areas where flooding is a big issue. the government also is working with several high- tech companies to help make communities more resilient in dealing with weather extremes. march madness has found it's way to the white house. in what has become a rite of spring. the president has filled out hi

. -- latvia. it is a threat to the world. >> the russians caused alarm, flawed -- firing a ballistic missile in. that was preplanned before the invasion. not to be shown as a sign of aggression. >> we have one more note on this. word thatt surged on russia had pulled back troops. the s&p 500 gained 28 points. closing any record high. >> fire destroyed a large home in anne arundel county. because of the rural location, fire crews had to truck water in from seven miles away. a dog and two children were home but escaped unharmed. it is unclear what caused the fire. up, a politician turns to a snow shovel to defend himself its accusations of corruption. >> the financial impact of the government showdown on the national park service. >> allegations of interference into the stabbing >> police and the gum recount here asking for public's help after a shooting in an upscale neighborhood that left one person dead. the man's body was found in the driveway of a home on locklin lane. another man arrived at a

you have latvia, you have these other baltic states.an troops are on the borders of these states. you have a bunch of nervous nellies in the whole region over there. >> how should nato respond? as jason said, he's on the border with the latvia, lithuania, estonia. there's some idea he may cross across ukraine to go into tra e trancenisia, which is like crimea. >> if he makes any move, what should nato do, what can nato do? >> charles outlined the same kind of things you can do -- could have done to maybe hold them out of crimea or the things you do to keep them from approaching nato countries. i'm beginning to wonder, though, president bush misjudged putin over georgia. president obama misjudged him here. i'm wondering if we have misjudged how far he would go. is it possible he would take on nato, and if he does, what is our response? does he have doubts whether we would invoke article 5? >> you would start it in the stealthy way of ukraine, in estonia which is 40% russian. you have demonstrations, agents in the area that demonstrate th

shut lithuania, latvia be concerned right now. they're voicing concern. >> i think so, absolutely. i don't think he's going to invade them, but they should absolutely be concerned. everybody should be concerned because this man--we know why he took crimea. because he really thinks it's russian territory and was wrongfully give to ukraine. >> by? >> by nikita kruschev, my great grandfather. but who decides what is rightfully russian. in the baltic states there are a lot of russian speakers. what if he decides in latvia, the famous and popular resort by the russians, what if he decides to take that over because it's also on the baltic sea. co-have another port. they should be concerned. i still don't think that putin is going to go in that direction, but everybody should be sounding the alarm. >> what is the next step in your mind for the e.u. and the united states. >> i think sanctions are very important. i think trying to reduce the oil and gas dependence on russia is very important. trying to figure out ways to get outside of russia, all the pipelines that go into europe. this is

biden in a previously scheduled trip would be trooflg nato allies -- traveling to nato allies to the latvia, li lithuania and estoni. dialogue between moscow and kiev, russia failing to recognize the interim government in kiev. calls president obama has repeatedly made in the past, we'll see if they make any difference. >> joining the u.s. imposing the sanctions against russia like the u.s., the european union maintains the referendum on sunday is illegal. the map we have drawn for you show the countries that are against the referendum, they are el in yell, a divide between east and west. and phil ittner, do they have teeth? >> reporter: yes, del, they do. this is hitting vladimir putin in his inner circle. he likes to have his confidentes around him. european union taking a strong stance against russia and what they have done in crimea. all along the europeans have been highly criticized where they have this relationship with russia where they're dependent on it. they are reluctant to go into conflict with moscow. it appears this time del it is one step too far. the peurns are start -- eur

lithuan lithuania, estonia and latvia are the real danger point because they are in nato, and articlehem is an attack ounce. there's room in diplomacy for tactical ambiguity, but there are moments when you have to be clear. a british diplomat once said the secret of diplomacy is know your own mind and make sure the other guy knows, it too, and putin has to understand that there are limits. if he wants the rest of the ukraine, he'll take it, and we won't stop him. the only thing inhibiting there is whether he thinks digesting that, domestic term oil that might come with it is worth the price. we can't stop him. >> is the efforts to stop him with the economic sanctions that the eu is buying in on, and germany is buying in on, does that have an economic reverberation, especially for europe, that is -- that is negative? >> well, that's a concern in europe which is why they haven't gone as far as they probably should go. here's the thing just to george's part. diplomacy is also about being one step ahead of the guy that you're trying to best and we've been one step behind the entire time.

i recall, for example, when i was being consulted by the newly elected leaders of what was still latvia, estonia, lithuania, they were still in the soviet union and they would come to us. we of course were sympathetic to their independence. we had never even recognized they were legally part of the soviet union. but i had to tell them, keep it peaceful. if you are suppressed, there's nothing we can do about it. we cannot come and help you. we are not going to start a nuclear war. well, they kept it peaceful, despite provocations. what have we been telling the ukrainians and georgians -- at least some of us officials -- just hold on, you can join nato and that will solve your problems for you. and yet it is that very prospect that the united states and its european allies were trying to surround russia with hostile bases that has raised the emotional temperature of all of these things. and that was a huge mistake. ingeorge kennan wrote back the 1990's when this question came up, the decision to expand nato the way it was done was one of the most fateful and bad decisions of the late 20th

phone calls to a series of leaders regarding ukraine this morning including a conference call with latvia and estonia. we know that president obama has been busy reaching out to european allies, but what is the latest from the white house? >> the entire operation is aimed as trying to talk russia out of its military build up. in addition to the phone calls to the leaders of the baltic states the president made calls to british prime minister cameron and presiden french pret hollande, and italian prime minister renzi. they're also supporting n.a.t. n.a.t.o.'s baltic air. they signs the the orders on sanctions on russians, but the europeans are not pressing the president to go ahead with those sanctions because russia can cut natural gas supplies. to counter that possibility some european leaders have called on house speaker john boehner for help. he revealed a letter from four nations asking for more american natural gas. speaker boehner said, i hope president obama will heed this call from our allies and immediately improve pending natural gas export requests and do everything possible to

. >> reporter: more phone diplomacy this weekend, president obama called the leaders of latvia, estonia. economic pressure on russia will work. >> the only way to exert your influence through bribery and forcing people that is not going to be way to extend your power. >> reporter: growing pressure on president obama to do more to force president putin out of crimea, lawmakers feel a ripple effect. >> any instability in that region causes economic instability and certainly will impact europe, if it impact europe's economy it will impact the u.s. economy. >> a big part of russia's economy, oil, also so of the european countries, some of the same countries that we're trying to convince to be on our side. veronica. >> tracie, thank you. >>> a drug kingpin known as the craziest one is dead for the second time, after a shootout with police, it turns out that he wasn't actually killed in a shootout more than three years ago, he was widely believed to still be alive because his body was never recovered. the mexican government tracked him down sunday. officials are killed 100%. officials say he

. >> kathryn stoner, if you're living in a russian-speaking community in kazakhstan, latvia, living in belarus, living in some of these countries that used to be part of the soviet home and still home of large russian-speaking minorities, should you be nervous watching what is going on in ukraine? >> well, depending on how old you are, you might be happy to see what is going on in ukraine. you know, the russians in ukraine, many of them feel liberated, of course, by this. this is a good thing from their perspective. ukraine has not been well governed, unfortunately, in the last 22 years, and this is why we saw the eruption in the first place of maidan over its disappointment of not signing that european agreement. some russians near and abroad will be very happy to see this happening. but the question is whether in the long run its good for russia, or do we have some leverage? i think we do have more leverage that your previous guest was noting. >> nadia, when the soviet union fell apart there were all kinds of people who found themselves on the wrong side or what they might perceive t

will step up air patrols over estonia, latvia and lithuania, but it could come with a cost. >> if we have a rupture in our relationship with russia there are costs elsewhere in the world. >> during a speech yesterday, president putin said he was not interested in other parts of ukraine. >>> here at home, firefighters evacuated several people from an overnight house fire in san francisco. that fire started on the second floor deck and damaged one side of the home. eight adults, five cats and a dog have been displaced. the red cross helped find the people and pets a place to stay. one person was taken to the hospital for minor injurieinjur. it happened near monterey boulevard and el verano way. officials believe the fire started by accident. >>> a man accused of setting more than a dozen fires in san jose expected to enter a plea in court today. prosecutors say the 48-year-old patrick brennan set 13 fires between january 8th and 10th, cussing $6 million in damage. fires include a five-alarm warehouse fire and six houses with people inside them at the time. no one was injured. mayor ree

it's not saying putin will send troops into latvia or moldova, but he can stir up trouble. we need to make it clear this behavior will incur serious cost and he needs to assess before taking further action. >> woodruff: richard betts, what do you think the administration's posture should be and should have been? >> well, i think the original me stakes was, along with the europeans, insisting on forcing ukrainians to choose between the west and moscow. our given history, given ukraine's position, given the way the russians have been treated in the past 20 years and their more recent desire to push back, for all those reasons, i think it would have made much more sense to try to strike a middle course which would have avoided escalating the confrontation. at this point, i think, ideally, the thing to do which would not be popular for obvious reasons would be to seek an arrangement that guaranteed, in effect, the neutrality of ukraine and a status something similar to what finland had during the cold war, which was much criticized in the west at the time but which served the f

president biden to eastern europe to meet with the anxious leaders of poland, estonia, lithuania and latvia. here's chuck coppola with information on the missing malaysian airlines flight 370. bill, the search for malayasia air flight 3-7-0 is still dominated by more questions than answers. the area of the search has expanded considerably and now stretches from australia to kazakhstan. france is also lending a hand because of expertise gained during the two year search for an air france jet that crashed into the atlantic ocean in 20-09. 24 other countries are also involved in the search. authorities also say they are renewing their focus on the pilots and those on board because they believe the jet was intentionally taken off course. and another scare in the air. a delta flight from orlando to atlanta on sunday lost a wing panel. that didn't affect the plane's ability to fly or land. the crew declared an emergency. the plane did land safely. nobody was hurt. the aircraft was pulled out of service and is being inspected to determine why the panel came off. general motors is issuing another r

are already in the region as part of the missions over the baltic states of lithuania, estonia and latvia. six more jets will be sent to a base in lithuania. u.s. leaders have suspended military talks with russia. >>> more than 3,000 delegates from across china are discussing ways to move the country forward. at the opening of the national people's congress premier lee queue chan announced plans to tackle pollution and narrow the gap between rich and poor. they are all part of president xi jinping and his administration's goal to maintain long-term stability. we've been bringing you extensive coverage this week in our series, china, road to reform. >>> let's go live to nhk world's raja prad dan in beijing. >> reporter: hi, gene, on the second day of the ngc, prime minister low gee way said people shouldn't fix on an economic growth rate of 7.5%. he indicated economic growth could be lower than last year. in a press conference minister lo said it would be acceptable if the economy grew by 7.2 or 7.3%. it's very different from past years when the chinese economy expanded by double digits. t

, the united states of america, finland, france, georgia, greece, hungary, iceland, italy, japan, latvia, liechtenstein, lithuania, moldova, norway, new zealand the netherlands, poland, portugal, czech republic, the united kingdom, northern ireland, slovakia, sweden, turkey, and ukraine. i shall now give the four to council members who wish to make a statement before the vote. i give the floor from the representative of the russian federation. >> thank you, madam president. many times we have put forth in this chamber the essence of the russian position regarding the cost of developing the internal crisis in the ukraine. this is the general context that is important for understanding how we view the u.s. drafted resolution, brought to vote today. it is a secret to no one that the russian federation will vote against the resolution. we cannot go along with a basic assumption that is declaring illegal the 16 march planned referendum, where the very people of the crimean republic will determine their future. this type of philosophy from the sponsors of the draft is counter to the basic prin

. >> so countries like astonia, lithuania, latvia, they've been asked for increased nato presence. do they have reason to be concerned? >> we have not seen any element of russian invasion, but the baltic states are near major russian forces. they really don't have to do anything. they're already there. to put pressure on them. and we have moved u.s. aircraft into one of those states, as we have into poland. but i think certainly in today's climate, the problem is, if the ukraine becomes a major source of confrontation between east and west, if russia goes beyond the crimea, and thrusts into the ukraine, then nato's response would have to be largely in other areas, and that could trigger a process of confrontation, that none of these states can predict. >> anthony, joining us from washington, thanks so much. >> thank you. >>> and now to our signature segment. our original in-depth reports from around the nation and the world. for years a debate has raged across the united states about tenure for teachers. that battle is now playing out in a california courtroom where a number of stu

the crisis will be discussed with estonia and latvia showing there are consequences to the intervention in ukraine. >> a young mother will fight to regain custody of her baby whose nose was allegedly bitten off by the father. the 18-year-old joshua cooper was charged yesterday. he did not enter a plea. the one month hold take -- ta'jon would not stop crying according to the father and the family member sins cooper is innocent. >> why think he did that. i don't believe it. >> stay john suffered -- the behalf senator in protective custody but the 16-year-old mother wants the boy back. >> a police pursuit ended with a crash that injured two innocent bystanders. sheriff deputies say they were trying to stop the dry of a stolen car last night. that car crash into a second vehicle in oakland injuring two people. deputies say the victims are expected to recover. they arrested the driver of the stolen car. >> health officials issued another recall for food product processed by a petaluma slaughter house, and recalling garlic chili beef jerkry which was sold across the nation and processed at a

you do if you are an avid wakeboarder but the lake in your area is frozen over because you are in latviait's kind of cold right there now. just grab yourself a big old saw. start cutting through the ice. >> what? >> uh-huh. they start shaping it because they're not just going to break the ice on the water. they're going to create ramps and rails using the ice so that they can actually pull some stunts using a pulley system. >> whoa. >> you really got to love what you do in order to put this much time and effort in to accomplishing this. >> that is pure passion. ♪ >> i have a feeling these guys have done this before. they seem kind of good at this. >> yeah, they are, like, little architects out there. ♪ >> that's cool, though. >> it is very cool. >> so cold. >> i feel cold watching this. >> oh, boy. >> how long can you actually do this before you stop being able to feel your fingers and toes? >> a different breed of people. >> yeah. >> different breed. >>> batman here set up a camera to catch his unicycle performance. >> i'm so glad he did these. >> he bites it hard, doesn't he? >> see wh

. >> reporter: president obama called the leaders of latvia, estonia and lithuania. the white house insists economic pressure on russia will work. >> if the only way you have to exert your influence is through coercion, and bribery, and forcing people, that is not going to be a way to extend your power. >> reporter: there is growing pressure on president obama to do more to force president putin out of crimea. lawmakers fear a ripple effect. >> any instability in that region causes economic instability and certainly will impact europe. if it impacts europe's economy, it will impact the united states economy. >> reporter: when it comes to russia, the economy really focuses a lot on energy. they're a big producer of natural gas in the region. a lot of that natural gas is going to our allies in europe. the same countries that the president is trying to line up against russia on this ukrainian issue. >> okay, tracie potts in washington, thank you so much. >>> a drug kingpin known as the craziest one is dead, for the second time. after a shootout with police, it turns out

>> well, i think if you're sitting in estonia, latvia and lithuania today which are nato members watching the weak, limp reaction of europe and the united states to what's going on in ukraine, nato member or not, you have to be very worried. ukraine is the big prize of the former soviet republic and if putin gets his way here, i think you have to say for all of the rest of them, they are in danger. and what ukraine and the others are looking for is some kind of coherent, strategic, well thought out western response. and so far they haven't seen it. these sanctions people are talking about are pinpricks. i think putin thinks he can with stand them and still get his way. i don't understand why he would settle just for the crimea hat this point when he could well still get the whole thing. >> what do you think, ambassador, we should do? the former prime minister who was jailed is now free and undergoing hospital care in germany. she said the west's credibility is on the line. do you agree? what should we do? well, i think the west's credibility has been on the line sis 2008 when nato's europ

there are 25 million russian minorities outside the russian border including in nato allies, estonia, latvia, others. this kind of thing, i think administration understands, europe is beginning to understand has to be deterred before it becomes even more disturbing and destabilizing. >> schieffer: what about that? >> the ship as sailed already on that. it's a show of force, sanctions targeted at mid-level officials. it's a show that is designed more for domestic audience, the u.s. and for nato allies than the russian side of things. i think these are things that putin can and will brush off quite easily. for sanctions to have any affect need two things, one need to really fight and need considerable international sort of unity behind these sanctions as we've seen in iran, quite effective. syria, not so much. the reason not effective in syria because there is not that international -- not going to get that with the russians. >> schieffer: explain, margaret, why this is hard are for the europeans than it is for the united states, for example. >> well, remember, the harder this crisis, it was a

. >> today the vice president biden is meeting with the president of lithuania and latvia. he is promising u.s. help in defending those nato allies. >>> two dozen u.s. military veterans are new recipients of the medal of honor. president obama says the honors were long overdue. only three recipients are alive able to attend the ceremony. the pentagon determined most were denied the nation's highest military honor because of racial or religious prejudice. >> some of these soldiers fought and died for a country that did not always see them as equals. >> i think whatever injustices were done are kind of now taken over and hopefully this opens up for many more people to feel the way we feel today. >> among the posthumous recipients a machine gun 13nne r. his brother accepted for him. >>> prices are through the roof at grocery stores lately. kpix 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts explains the drought is causing the higher prices. >>> reporter: have you noticed changes at the register lately? >> i noticed the higher prices. >> the price of meat has gone up. >> milk is really e

member states such as latvia or estonia, where there's a sizable ethnic russian population. kazakhstan also should be concerned about the way putin has tried to justify his takeover of a part of ukraine by saying he was coming to the defense of russians. the irony is mr. putin doesn't show much interest or care for the human rights of russians inside russia but when it's politically expeadant he does so when it comes to some of his neighbors. >> plenty to keep your former colleagues in the u.s. state department busy. david kramer, thank you so much for joining me. today hundreds of people gathered in poland to commemorate the man who died taking part in what came to be known as the great escape. it was 70 years ago during the second world war that scores of service men held in a german prisoner of war camp made a bid for freedom through a tunnel code named harry. from the polish town of zagen, our correspondant has this report. >> one by one, they carried the rain street photos along the forest track. 50 serving era personnel, representing 50 men from another generation who

meanwhile, in a show of solidarity, vice president biden made a whirlwind trip visiting estonia and latvia. and poland. when they mentioned the increase in their military biden offered this assurance. >> while others may not have stood up to their responsibilities, the united states has more than stood up to its responsibilities. we have a budget larger than the next ten nations in the world combined so don't worry about where we are. >> in crimea, new signs of text. gunman dressed in men tear ri uniform. in response to the incident ukraine's defense minister authorized soldiers to use live ammunition in self-defense in crimea. elsewhere, according to disturbing video posted online, far right members can be seen storming a state-run tv station. assaulting the ceo and forcing him to resign. the men accused the ceo of using the station to campaign for moscow. nbc has not confirmed the authenticity of that video. >>> we move our attention to business and stocks, they're looking to continue their two-day winning streak. yesterday all three major indices saw healthy gains on some upbeat economi

and we absolutely i think will find if you go to lithuania, latvia, estonia that our friends have russian minority populations in side. under control of the old soviet union nor decades and now they're free and independent states they depend upon united states for leadership. >> rose: what happened if the crimea,ns say they want to join russia. >> there's argument whether they can do that, among other things, the budapest memorandum of 1994. >> rose: there was unconstitutional coup in kiev. >> there is debate in a way, i don't know how it's going to unfold. i think putin he's got domestic problems at home. i don't think this is the situation where there aren't vulnerabilities from the standpoint. >> rose: also the energy weapon, too. can we in a sense provide the money and the energy to the people in ukraine so that there for they will feel less pressure from russia. >> energy is also a weakness for push a. they depend on petroleum for 50%. price of oil drops a few dollars they go in to recession. it accounts for most of the budgets and russian government. for him to be in talking about c

any russian aggression against its allies biden has been meeting with the leaders of lithuania and latvia to reassure the baltic countries that the us food if any are members of the way it has a significant russian speaking population and its president has been one of the most vocal in europe calling for tougher sanctions during his visit by un condemned russian actions in ukraine. again this is where the epithet. oh right where we stand resolutely with our balding guy like that before you crazy people and against russian aggression. as long as russia continues on his dark past. they will face the increasing political and economic isolation. there are those who say that. this action shows the old rules still apply. russia cannot escape. the fact of the world is changing. and rejected outright. their behavior. us vice president joe biden they're speaking in lithuania name of romania's leaders have also made it clear they don't support moscow's annexation of crimea and the government there has was concerns about what it sees as russian aggression in eastern europe. our political corresponde

russia's parliament overwhelmingly approved the adaptation of idea from ukraine and latvia the tin signs it into law on prime time it's a good snack a fan i don't. it was hers and korea i love to those of you were watching from around the world. today marks twenty first year and soul. i use a bench on wednesday so much for joining us as widely expected the leaders of korea and japan will meet next week for the first time since it took office alongside their us counterparts for decals on the three way meeting on the sidelines of the nuclear security summit indicate that the president talk to his european trip next week we are joined by a presidential office correspondence use on in the studio to use under me finally. yes time to time while speculation has been brewing over whether president that will actually sit down for talks with the japanese prime minister shinzo law take an early today to miss one ministry said that officials from the two countries will also meet sometime next week to talk about tactic and wartime sexual slavery issue. many experts say it may be too premature to expe

he's then going to fly to latvia for more meetings on the part of the u.s. campaign to get russia to back off in the ukraine after residents voted to leave ukraine for russia over the weekend. the u.s. and european union are imposing sanctions. >> we'll continue the make clear that russia that it will continue to isolate russia and diminish its place in the world. the international community will continue to stand together to oppose any violations of ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity. >> some live pictures now where russian president vladimir putin signed papers to recognize crimea as a sovereign and independent country. it's going on right now and also officially notified the government and parliament that crimea has requested to join russia. troops have occupied crimea now for more than two weeks. >>> time now is 4:43. a subway showdown. why a station agent in philly was forced to come to employees with a ride -- blows with a rider. >> and la waking up quake free after yesterday's big shake. we're learning seismologists knew it was about to h

ambassadors from the baltic nations of latvia, estonia and lithuania join us. >>> an then -- >> no mattert is not a sin to reach across the aisle. >> he could be his own bipartisan caucus. the former republican governor of florida who wants to be the

european union members such as cyprus finland latvia and the pigs portugal italy greece and spain which of course are suffering economically very hardly themselves are reacting very negatively to the idea of harsh sanctions on russia because it would hurt their own economies. in any speech it's actually walmarts here at this point that we have been discussing the agreement on task on crimea economies integration on to russia has been signed we saw we witness this historic moment here i will send her president and with making a statement to the upper house of russian parliament. addressing the situation in ukraine crimea make very important key points they're saying that russia does not one set of the breakup of the ukraine on and on. just embracing different of very very important issues there. i will return to the studio to talk about the significance of what we just heard and the implications and what's up. what were the possible things that are likely to happen next but before that we can talk till course finally trc asking. racing gambling as the mood and the atmosphere at where you

and on russia's western, lithuania, latvia and estonia, which have small military forces, will get more u.s. f-15s and nato aircraft patrolling their air space. u.s. military exercises with russia are already suspended. the pentagon says it's all about showing u.s. support for fragile allies in the face of russian military might. but some say it's not enough. >> we're taking those actions because those are the only places we have troops available in eastern europe. if we really want to put the squeeze on moscow we would go to nato and discuss putting the ukraine on an accelerated time line for enter into the treaty organization. that would really put the squeeze on moscow. >> reporter: and then there is diplomacy military style. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says he told the russians he didn't buy their explanation about no russian troops in crimea. >> these are soldiers who have been taken out of their traditional uniforms, repurposed for placement in the crimea as a militia force. but my judgment is they are soldiers. >> reporter: and the bottom line in this standoff reall

the study is present is also their patrols and lithuania on wednesday biden will hobble with latvia to us is already bolstered its military presence in the baltic sea sending an additional twelve x sixteen point adjust opponent and ten more than fifteen years to a nato operation the police insist on is over the baltic states. the us is also sticking with its twenty eight teams playing table to deploy missile defenses in poland. two long resisted by russia. see the process for minnesota with obvious that the mall told french tv that it may suspend the one point six billion dollars to the court to carry a contract with small step with international sanctions though ratcheted up gym until so i knew in local condemn all stars move to absorb minded pigeonhole open the door to the point is safe and double header with our assessment will not change nevertheless we will alongside the sanctity of emaciated also continue to push for dialogue and for talks regarding the question is connected to ukraine to the monaco based in beit el the stores are to remain cool the price is the biggest test of e

david cameron today about the crisis in ukraine and the vice president talked to the president of latvia. wolf, they've been burning up the phone lines lately. >> the diplomacy continuing full speed ahead. let's hope it works. jim acosta at the white house, thank you. >>> let's go to paris, our foreign affairs reporter elise lavin is there. intense meetings today. the secretary said he'd rather be where all of the action is right now as far as the diplomacy is concerned. did you get the sense that there's any ground for serious optimism right now? >> wolf, i would say cautious optimism. they didn't get that meeting between russian foreign minister lav love and the ukrainian foreign, they've been trying to get together all day kerry met with lavrov. then they sat down together. you had that call between angela merkel in which she's pitching this german/french plan that has some elements that the russians would like. tomorrow secretary kerry will go to rome and meet with foreign minister lavrov again. you have a seedling, if you will, of a diplomatic process. and everyone wants to de-escal

the second thing nato should be doing is reassuring nato allies lithuania,a, latvia, poland, and so forth. that is why you see vice president biden there in poland today. we need to reassure them the nato alliance is the gold standard of security. >> when you were supreme commander, you worked with ukrainian troops. assess their capabilities. are they battle-ready? what does military preparedness mean in terms of ukraine's overall economy? >> they are very weak in terms of absolute military power. they were willing. they were spirited. they operated with us in afghanistan, in the balkans. they made efforts in the beer. they sent a ship for counter-piracy. they cannot stand up to the russian war machine. you put your finger on it. they have financial constraints that are going to be very top. this is where the west can be helpful with the eu package, the imf package, the u.s. announcing a billion dollars. all of that, i think, has a deterrent effect on the russians. >> putin told lawmakers crimea was, in his words, an inalienable part of russia. is that nationalistic talk in the russians o

he is also set to talk with the leaders of list tonya and lat a latvia. so far, this morning, the dow jones industrial average is up sharply as investors watch the crisis unfold. >> ahead of the election commission, 97% of voters support joining russia. crimea's parliament declared the region's independence this morning. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: while the diplomatic standoff international one is getting sharper, the thousands of cri crimeans who voted yesterday now believe they are firmly on the way. as soon as the tally was in -- the party started. crimea's new prime minister said aloud what many in the crowd were feeling. dear friends, he said, we are going home to russia. voting on sunday was orderly, and the turnout heavy. the government said 83% of voters cast ballots. most of them firmly convinced that a vote for russia was a vote for a better life. >> i think that people -- i expect it to be the majority toward a referendum. what it means is that people believe and they think that they would be with russia. >> reporter: in moscow, too,

i was amazed in how successful they were at getting into b bulgaria and latvia. i would like to say we are winning, but i can't. i think we are loosing when i travel around. and we are talking about countries inside the europe camp. it goes further west. if i sat here eight years ago and told an audience of europe watchers the severing german chancellor will sign off on an energy project that would threat threaten the entire region. and that same lead er within weeks of leaving office would then take a lucrative position as chairman of that pipeline. and you would have called security. a you would say this is the west. they took on their audits saying they were okay and when the same companies came under pressure from the crimea, an auditor would say we said your account were in order but we were wrong. we are seeing an extrodinanormo with russian money. if i showed up in germany with stolen eggs and said i need a bank, a lawyer and a pr firm and i can make money. people pay the police. if you turn up with a stolen oil company, $17 billion stole in daylight, and