breakaway region in the east of moldova through odessa. crimea, which has now been annexed by russia, and into eastern ukraine and russia. this isn't exactly new, but what it says is that the prime minister wants to really make the point that this is very much an international conflict. he needs that support. he's saying that it's nato who ultimately can rescue ukraine, whether or not nato members are very keen to get involved in this conflict, so far it doesn't look as if that's the case. bear in mind that with that fighting talk you're hearing from other parts of the ukrainian leadership the need for political settlement for this. there is talk about eastern ukraine having greater autonomy, decentralization, and these slightl go on and there is still artillery firing going on. >> thank you. the pakistani military has been using helicopters and boats to rescue people marooned by severe flooding. military engineers have been blowing up dikes in central pakistan to divert swollen rivers. they're seeking to divert rive rivers. >> the water l

help other nato partners and he cites two other republics on the borders with russia, georgia and moldova, strengthen their defenses as well. if you're putin, if you're the russians you hear him talking about georgia, moldova, ukraine, nato, strengthening their partnership militarily, speaking with those countries. >> reporter: right. >> that is very, very powerful to vladimir putin, sergey lavrov, the russian foreign minister. the russians hate that kind of talk. >> reporter: they absolutely do. >> if anything it could have an impact of strengthening their desire to stand up to nato and the u.s. >> reporter: wolf, that is a balancing act that this president is trying to deal with now because it as you mentioned when he talked about upgrading ukraine's defensive capabilities, that was a tip of the hat to calls in congress that are coming right now from people like ben menendez, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee who would like to see more arming of the rebels but of the ukrainian military but when the president talks about upgrading the defensive capabilities of other coun

the same with moldova, they have contributed. estonia, latvia and lithuania. it is a spoke in the eye that's going to elicit more discussions at the summit, i think mr. obama wanted to lay down the marker at this 30-minute speech and saying there's going to be a whole lot more talk about this and our values are such that we have to create order when isis, russia, and hamas creating chaos. we have been dealing with our nato and non-nato partners for many years and i think the nato conference is going to pull together actions not on the part of the military. the military can do the deployment. i've seen that. in fact, there's an exercise going on right now with 16 nato and non-nato members, but he wants the politicians to realize they got to pull it together. >> general hurtling, stand by as well. i want to bring in gordan chang. he's an expert on nuclear proliferation. he wrote an article for "the daily beast" on vladimir putin, go ahead and explain what you mean as far as a nuclear threat issued by the russians. >> on friday, vladimir putin talked about russia

one is in moldova. they are ethnic slavs, pretty much independent of moldova with russian military support. that is one model. the second is what happened in georgia in 2008. when russia invaded georgia, controlling two places and declared them independent countries. very few places recollection their indepentens. the third is -- independents. the third is what happened in crimea, annexation. russia could feel that they could go further and annexations with crimea. >> with the fanfare at wales, and the the summit, and defending baltic takes and allies, n.a.t.o. made it clear that they are not going to do more than offer moral support to ukraine, and funny for cyber defense and logistics and helping injured soldiers. russians are angry about n.a.t.o.'s move for a rapid response force, does it impact what is happening in ukraine? >> the contrast between what was said in wales about i.s.i.s., and syria and iraq. president obama said the goal is to degrade and destroy i.s.i.s. but with regard to what was go

bulgaria, moldova, georgia, ukraine, who is next? many things including the effectiveness of the global system will be put under severe judgment depending on the response of america. of the whole world to this very simple question, if our allies are at risk to underline the point two days after president obama's visit to acetonstoniast. the day after he left, the officer was arrested and accused of espionage. the security assurance we extended to ukraine and have failed to work provided no agreements and containments can secure a world order. what can bring the peace, and what can maintain it? cooperation, interdependence, leadership, and responsibility. this is the things that can defend the global security. so i urge you not to let ukraine stand alone in the face of this. [ applause ] thank you. and this is very important, that the whole world will see this gesture of solidarity. ukraine is not alone. we are together. we are united. and we will win, because we're fighting for freedom, fighting for democracy. i absolutely have no do

as an initial step, we extended to georgia, jordan and moldova. and if the new government requests it, nato will consider a new defense capacity building mission for iraq as well. all this will require more investments in defense and security. at the whales summit, we turned a corner. the commitment to gradually increase defense investment over the next decade is as strong and united response to the ark of crises surrounding us. security comes at a cost. but insecurity is much more expensive. and freedom does not come for free. second, we must strengthen the global community of free societies that are devoted to democracy, market economy, the rule of law, human rights, and respect for the liberal, rules-based international order. europe and north america are at the core of the global community. the transatlantic bond is the bedrock of our shared security and our common values. we must continue to strengthen that community and reach out to the like-minded partners across the globe. we should invigorate our economies by enhancing economic ties, more

you mentioned -- you touched upon that area in moldova. we have seen what happened in crimea.o you think that nato, the rest of the western countries, are they doing enough? do you want them to do more? >> i think developments, dramatic developments and the fact that russia continues to give a clear, strong military support to the pro russian authorities, i think we are obliged to do supplementary steps forward. you do remember the last discussions during the european council in brussels and the fact that we are -- gave one week to russia to really take the measures to stop this aggressive attitude. unless we're in the position, it is the same position that must remain at level of the nato -- and this is why the next summit will be so important, also related to this delicate file. >> if you have russia refusing to admit they are supporting rebels in ukraine, how can you point the finger at them, how can you even begin getting into a discussion about asking them to stop if they're not even admitting they're involved. >> well, i think that despite different discussions at the le

again that issue of concerted strategy to create a land corridor all the way to ukraine's border with moldova, where there is the breakaway region. but at the same time others within the ukrainian leadership talk of the need for negotiated political settlement of decentralization of ways to keep eastern ukraine within in country, but here in donetsk a sense that the rebels very much wanting to have this city and this part of the country for themselves. >> pakistani military has been using helicopters and boats to rescue people marooned by severe flooding. 280 people have been killed. military engineers have been blowing up dikes to divert swollen rivers. >> despite syria's efforts by the government to planet explosives and blow away major dikes in order to relief pressure on the city, the water levels are still rising and villages are now submerged underwater forcing the people to flee to high ground. as you can see this family now using two beds and a quilt for protection. they have also been able to bring a few chickens and further down you can see the fodder, which is going to be essential

from ideology so that not only members of nato but all countries in the region including ukraine, moldovaand georgia would experience equal and indivisible security and would not have to make a false choice of with us or against us. dividing lines must not be allowed in the era of globalization these lines could turn into a ward shed divide between the west and the rest of the world. no one has the monopoly on troops, and no one is now capable of tailoring global original processes to their own needs. there is no alternative to the development of consensus regarding the rules of sustainable global government and circumstances with full respect of the curlture and civilization of the world and multiplicity of model. it will be a difficult and tir tiresome task to achieve on the issue, but the recognition of the fact that democracy is the worst form of government also took time to break its way through until churchill proclaimed its verdict. the time has come to realize the inevitability of truth and international affairs where today there is a huge deficit of democracy. of course some will

. >> frozen conflict i mean in the region in georgia, and then in moldova, we found transnistra and eastern ukraine as this long standing conflict? >> people have been feeling that for the last several months that that's what the end result is going to be in putin's interest because he would like to have more interest in ukraine, he would like to have ukraine always knocked slightly off balance so they don't know what he's going to do next. he would like to demonstrate that he has more power than the ukrainians do. where ukraine never really has a definitive sense of sovereignty over its own territory. that's in putin's interest. >> putin has no incentive to keep this in status quo. >> probably being broken on both sides, the cease-fire and that's not surprising because both sides really have an incentive to try to get more from the military situation before they sign a final peace agreement. >> have the sanctions created any kind of disincentive or strong enough disincentive for putin? >> i don't think so. the sanctions probably will have long term negative effects on the russian economy.

states and other nato allies should now modernize the military not only of ukraine but also children moldova is of course a need occasional the escalation between the west and the russian federation and it's most likely that after the cardiff meeting of nato will see it re military station of europe from both sides which is not very helpful actually but the u.s. isn't pressure to prove to its allies in nato the east dedicated to the security of its allies and that's one way to do it on the other hand one of the positive notes of able is that while we are through the open door policy of nato which means that in principle any government which needs to conditions that mater might become a member of nato he did not explicitly mention ukraine at the moment which probably would have insurance to the russian federation. only in your opinion how soon do you think could ukraine conceivably join nato minute suffering economically hugely at the moment we're hearing that countries are being asked to pay more into nato in eastern europe how could you crane deal with that. well i don't think that ukraine

also mentioned something about the door of nato always being open referring specifically to georgia moldova and ukraine although humans did qualify that with sort of mealy mouth qualification that if these people you know if people are able to contribute to the alliance in a meaningful way so he left himself an out. by it was a clearly implied commitment of the u.s. and nato to bring more troops more weapons and essentially prop up these client regimes. that are in these three countries at a time like today when so much work has been going in diplomatically still of especially today to try and get a cease fire here was his choice of words talk about expansion into into europe into the east of europe really was was a good time to be talking about that was it just really stoking the fire. well according to him and political stablished it's a perfect time the nato summit in wales is coming up. it's happening tomorrow and nato is being desperately in search of a mission this is this is coming perfect to them they can rebrand themselves as crusaders for freedom and democracy helping the poor inn

moldova. just to mention some of the conflicts. russians think that as long as these countries are unresolved, nato and the european union will be slow to bring that into the organizations. weakness think he saw in the actions of the president? >> i think we have demonstrated unity and diffusion. -- and cohesion. have seen unity between the european union. we have sent a clear message. counts on western reluctance. i have no doubt that continued of the destabilization ukraine should be met by broader economic sanctions. >> you believe there is a political solution. do you not? >> the only sustainable long-term solution is political solution. >> what would be the outlines of that? >> first of all let me stress that it is for the ukrainians to decide what should be a long-term solution without outside interference. in that respect i welcome president poroshenko has proposals to reform the -- toian society will decentralize powers as requested. think the current political hasership in key of -- kiev done a lot. >> you think putin is p

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we are beginning to see some of the script in moldova.we are beginning to understand this whole track of how this hybrid war will be brought to bear. and so what we now have to do is look at those forces in our border nations where there are substantial russian populations and now we better prepare those nations to survive the initial onslaught of this hybrid war. i think what we all understand is that this hybrid war, if it kicks off, and it is attributable this is not a nato issue. it is an internal nation issue, and emmeline problem. now we better prepare our allies to characterize, understand, and survive the initial onslaught of the little green men scenario. clearly also we have great acceptance among the nato allies that if you attribute this little green man issue to an aggressor nation it is an article five action. all of the assets of nato come to bear. those are the lines of thought. >> very interesting. >> identify yourself. >> good to see you again. george nicholson, consultants. you talk about enablers. one large initiative

they have to worry about moldova and other areas of ukraine being targets of russian opportunitistic land grabs. that's why it's important to be heard now, before it happens further. the frozen conflict is now the floor of what we can expect for a long time. we have to worry about how much further russia will go. ambassador kurt voelker, great to have you with us. now for more stories around the world. >> we begin in the world of business, where one of the richest men in the world has announced he is stepping down as c.e.o. of oracle. larry ellis son founded the company in 1977, making it into one the biggest tech companies, and he became phenomenally wealthy with a net worth of 46 million. he'll stay on with the company. >> mark heard and sav ra will replace him. we head to tehran where six young iranians were sentenced to prison and 91 latches for making a video showing them dancing to ferrel's song "happy." they were arrested for participating in the production of a vulgar video clip. many thought they'd escape punish. after the iranian president tweeted: . >> their punishments wi

actually fight off this perceived russian advance that they believe wants to create a corridor with moldova and link up all of these pro russian breakaway territories with this emerging here. you hear that language being repeated by the rebels. they want to expand, they want to have territory that's theirs, and they feel very much the cease-fire is preventing them from capitalizing on those gains. russia said that it is not militarily involved. we have heard of another convoy of aid crossing the russian border to provide assistance to badly damaged areas here in the eastern part of the country, eastern ukraine. >> we'll leave it there for now. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry has had a meeting with the egyptian president al sisi. ten acre countries including egypt have so far given their support. >> the fact is that in today's globalized world it is only a matter of time before the threat of terrorism anywhere becomes a threat of terrorism everywhere. that is certainly been proven true in the case of isil. it is an organization whose brutality and shear evil knows no bounds. isil clai

though it has also been trying to counter some western efforts in countries like moldova and georgia as well. russia knows that it's not going to do anything major in the countries that are already in the eu and nato. like poland and the baltic states. but what it's trying to do is prevent countries trying to get into the western block like ukraine and georgia. >> eugene, thank you for talking to us. eugene is an analyst. coming up next, president obama has ruled out sending u.s. troops back to iraq, but top military commanders say not so fast. why they're not closing the door yet. and plus, dark, cloudy elections, a primer on how non-profit groups are spending record amounts of money on television ads. >> president obama has insisted that american troops will not return to combat roles in iraq, but today's top military officials were not so certain. chuck hagel and martin dempsey told the senate armed services committee that u.s. ground forces may be necessary in the fight against islamic state in iraq or isil, they agreed to take on isil. but general devin see added that many would

there are now 62 countries in this coalition, as varied as albania and dora as well as israel and moldova. but the variety of their contributis range from already launching attacks in iraq and syria to promises of humanitarian aid. britain, belgium, denmark are the latest to offer the milligram military, but have yet to launch in the air strikes. so far, the u.s., france, saudi arabia, jordan and bahrain have done that. the united arab emirates took their mission led by their famous fighter pilot. but qatar, which has supported and funded islamic radicals is backing -- is not backing the operation directly. and, of course, turkey, which is facing that imminent refugee problem and that crisis and has helped fund isis through the oil trade and the flow of foreign fighters. turkey has been refused of doing its part despite promises by their president to the contrary. >> of course, we will do our part. god willing, we will discuss it with our government. we will show our support in accordance with the decision that will be taken after those discussions. >> will it include the military option?

he understands as long as keeps this in georgia and do this crimea, do this in ukraine, do this in moldova can do it in estonia. i think his goal he wants it all and wants to destroy nato. shannon: nato is talking about getting tough. multiple rounds of sanctions from our country, european countries. i read this morning, we're sending a team, to moscow, to talk to russia about potential violation of missile treaty in 1987. do we have any sway? what will we get out of this meeting? >> probably a very little behalf laws we have very little leverage. all the leverage we had we couldn't use. putin will tough it out. he has a big goal in mind. tough kind of get into his head. when he was a young man and wrote his graduate dissertation, he said russia used to be the soviet union, great soviet empire. we collapsed because americans cheated us and lied to us and stole from us. here is how we will get it back. he laid out the plan. use russian oil, russian natural gas to become rich and repair. he was then going to declare russian citizens of all of the ethnic russians, who are all those border lan

>> he is establishing a land bridge all the way to crimea and he may threaten moldova and the balticsf he succeeds. when you say, quote, war, it is conflict that requires our participation, not through american ground troops but our participation and our help and our leadership and that is what seems to be missing. >> reporter: thus far the obama administration has only provided non-lethal assistance including the intelligence to the embattled central government in kiev, arthel. arthel: let's talk about the obama administration strategy in the ukrainian crisis. from the beginning they have been using or trying to use diplomatic and financial tools. is there any evidence that has been working? >> reporter: since the russian federation first moved to annex crimea in february, arthel, the watchword on the obama administration on all points has been costs. with a fitful cooperation with european allies whose economies depend more on russian gas than ours does, u.s. imposed tougher economic sanctions on president putin and his associates. at state department, officials noticed a pattern of

in the east, with crimea, which was annexed by russia this year, and beyond that, all the way to moldova, to transitoria, another territory that is a breakaway region of the country which has been supported by the russian military and financially backed. n.a.t.o. is the only force that saved us, and we need to ask them for their military support, and, of course, that is something that n.a.t.o. members within the alliance have said that they will - they are not prepared to do or go that far. we realise that the same time as all of this, there is compromise, there are negotiations. we haven't heard so much about the president. we know that the e.u. is trying to work to come up with an arrangement of formula where all sides were happy. >> thank you robyn. >> now, the u.s. secretary of state arrived in egypt, where he'll try to shore up international support in the fight against the islamic state group. 10 arab countries agreed to help. in turkey john kerry ruled out iran joining the coalition. >> no one called me and asked me with respect to the presence of iran. but i think under the circu

create a new initiative to help countries build their defense capabilities, starting with georgia, moldova, jordan, and libya. i also leave here confident nato allies and partners are prepared to join in a broad international effort to combat the threat posed by isil. already, allies have joined us in iraq where we have stopped isil's advances. we have equipped our iraqi partners and helped them go on offense. nato has agreed to play a role in providing security and humanitarian assistance for those on the frontlines. key nato allies stand ready to confront this terror threat through military come intelligence, and law enforcement, as well as diplomatic efforts. secretary kerry will now travel to the region to continue building the broad-based coalition that will enable us to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. so taken together, i think the progress we have achieved in wales makes it clear our alliance will continue to do whatever is necessary to ensure our collective defense and to protect our citizens. so with that, let me take a few questions. i will start with julie pace from the ass

there is going to be a land bridge to crimea and moldova and a the baltic countries are going to be threatenedncredibly. we will not give the ukrainians sensitive intelligence information or supply them with weapons. >> president obama he is stonia, now heading to the nato summit tomorrow, talking about russia inside ukraine saying russia is already paying a price. we're back with the panel. marah, this seems equally, if not more serious than the situation with isis in syria. >> i think it's potentially more serious. rush ha is a nuclear armed country and to say that the russian economy is paying a price might be but it's not a big enough price to change putin's mind. you know, the president now has to decide what he wants to do. ukraine is not part of nato, okay. but they could certainly send them arms. the barrier to sending arms in the middle east is that they might fall into the wrong hands or they might help bashar al assad. that is not the case in ukraine. we have an actual government there with an actual army that needs help. i think the president is going to have to do something like t

create a new initiative to help countries build their defense capabilities, starting with georgia, moldovaan and libya. i also leave here confident that nato allies and partners are prepared to join in a broad international effort to combat the threat posed by isil. already allies have joined us in iraq where we have stopped isil's advances. we have equipped our iraqi partners and helped them go on offense. nato has agreed to play a role in providing security and humanitarian assistance to those who are on the front lines. key nato allies stand ready to confront this terror threat through military, intelligence and law enforcement as well as diplomatic efforts. secretary kerry will now travel to the region to continue building the broad-based coalition that will enable us to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. taken together, i think the progress we've achieved in wales makes it clear that our alliance will continue to do whatever is necessary to ensure our collective defense and to protect our citizens. so with that, let me take a few questions. i'll start with julie of the associated pr

understand that if vladimir putin succeeds here, takes eastern ukraine, a land bridge to crimea, next is moldovat is the baltic states. and what he has suffered in response to this naked aggression has been minimal. >> you've talked -- you've been very critical of the obama administration and president obama for not doing enough in terms of isolating putin and obviously not doing enough in terms of providing lethal aid to the ukrainians. isn't the big problem right now though the fact that the europeans, western europeans aren't -- haven't demonstrated a willingness to put sanctions on russia with any teeth because their economies are so intertwined? aren't the leaders of europe, our allies really the one who's need to be pushed to punish putin further? >> oh, yeah. they have been minimal in their response. they've talked a lot and done very little. a little bit of good news the french suspended the sale of a couple of warships to the russians, only suspended. but first of all, we have to lead. second of all, we can do sanctions and hope that the europeans will follow. but right now, we've got t

respond in a way in which we did not do in the case of russian occupation of territory in georgia and moldova. in light of ukraine's proximity to russia, russia's overwhelming military advantages in the area and putin's apparent willingness to violate the norms of international conduct, there's little that ukraine would be able to do to stop a direct large scale russian military action should russia choose to invade openly. nato will not go to war with russia over ukraine. nor should we lead the ukrainians to believe that we will. as we tragically did with the hungarians in 1956. so what should the united states and our allies do in ukraine? first, we should continue to find ways to make it clear to the russians that they cannot reject the post cold war order in europe while continuing to participate in the european economy at the same time. that's why sanctions are important and must stay in place even if a cease-fire is effective until russia conforms its actions to the norms of international behavior. second, we should do more to help ukrainians defend themselves. ukrainians emphasized to

europe, pledged nonlethal military aid and training for defense forces and plans to assist georgia and moldova, right on russia's doorstep. >> it's ripping up the rule book with its annexation of crimea and its troops on sovereign soil in ukraine. >> reporter: russia's foreign ministry threatened it threatens the peace process in ukraine. >> now it is very important that the cease-fire last long, and given the cease-fire, we continue the political dialogue. >> reporter: president obama was hardly convinced moscow would allow the cease-fire to hold. >> obviously, we are hopeful, but based on past experience, also skeptical, so it has to be tested. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry and other top administration officials will be headed to the middle east in the coming days to start lining up some arab partners for this anti-isis effort. both the president and secretary kerry reiterated there will be no u.s. combat boots on the ground as part of that effort. jim acosta, cnn, traveling with the president in wales. >>> well, there is new evidence today of the brutality of isis. a mass grave

starting with georgia, moldova, jordan and libya. here confident that nato allies and partners are prepared to join in a broad international effort to combat the threat posed by isil. already, allies have joined us in iraq, where we have stopped isil's advances. we've equipped our iraqi partners and helped them go on offense. nato has agreed to play a role in providing security and humanitarian assistance to those who are on the front lines. key nato allies stand ready to confront this terrorist threat through military intelligence and law enforcement as well as diplomatic efforts. and secretary kerry will now transfer travel to the region to continue the broad-based coalition that will enable us to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. taken together, the progress we've achieved in wales makes it clear our alliance will continue to do whatever is necessary to ensure our collective defense and to protect our citizens. so with that, let me take a few questions. i'll start with julie pace of the associated press. >> thank you, mr. presi

we'll create a new initiative to help countries build their offensive capabilities, starting with moldova libya. also, that our nato partners are prepared to join in a broad international effort to combat the threat posed by isil. already allies have joined us in iraq, where we have stopped isil's advances. we've equipped our iraqi partners and helped them go on offense. nato has agreed to play a role in providing security and humanitarian assistance to those who are on the front lines. key nato allies stand ready to confront this terror threat through military intelligence and law enforcement as well as diplomatic efforts. and secretary kerry will now travel to the region to continue building the broad-based coalition that will enable us to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. so taken together, i think the progress we've achieved in wales makes it clear that our alliance will continue to do whatever necessary to ensure our collective defense and to protect our citizens. so, with that, let me take a few questions. i'll start with julie pace of the associated press. >> thank you, mr. pres

create a new initiative to help countries build their defense capabilities starting with georgia, moldovaan and libya. i also leave here confident that nato allies and partners are prepared to join in a broad international effort to combat the threat posed by isil. already allies have joined us in iraq where we have stopped isil's advances. we've equipped our iraqi partners and helped them go on offense. nato has agreed to play a role in providing security and humanitarian assistance to those who are on the front lines. key nato allies stand ready to confront this nato threat through military, intelligence and law enforcement as well as diplomatic efforts and secretary kerry will now travel to the region to continue building the broad-based coalition that will enable us to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. so taken together, i think the progress we've achieved in wales makes it clear that our allowance will continue to ensure whatever is necessary to protect our citizens. with that, i'll take a few questions and i'll start with julie from the associated press. >> thank you, mr. preside

and, by the way, we have to do more to help other nato partners, including georgia and moldova strengthen their defenses as well. [ applause ] and we must reaffirm the principle that has always guided our alliance. for countries that meet our standards and that can make meaningful contributions to allied security, the door to nato membership will remain open. so this is a moment of testing. the actions of the separatists in ukraine and russia evoke dark tactics from europe's past that ought to be consigned to a distant history. masked men storming buildings, soldiers without flags slipping across the border. violence sending families fleeing and killing thousands, including nearly 300 innocent men, women and children from all across europe and around the world when that airliner was shot out of the sky. in the face of violence that seems intractable and suffering that is so senseless, it is easy to grow cynical, and i think tempting, to give into the notion that peace and security may be beyond our grasp. but i say to all of you here today, especially the young people, do not give into th

nonlethal military aid and training for ukraine's defense forces and started plans to assist georgia and moldova on russia's doorstep. >> russia is ripping the rule book with its annexation of crimea and its troops on sovereign oil in ukraine into the foreign ministry had a statement. the ukrainian president announced a deal at the summit. >> now it is very important that it -- this cease-fire last long and during the cease-fire, we continue the political dialogue. >> can you trust vladimir putin. >> president obama was hardly convinced moscow would allow the cease-fire to hold. >> obviously, we are hopeful but based on past experience also skeptical. so it has to be tested. >> now, secretary of state john kerry and other top administration officials will be heading to the middle east in the coming days to line up some arab partners for an anti-isis mission. both secretary kerry and the president reiterated today, still no boots on the ground as part of a broader anti isis effort. >> the jim, thank you so much. >>> let's bring in senator bob menendez, democrat from new jersey and chairman of the

starting with georgia, moldova, jordan and libya. also leave here confident that nato allies and partners are prepared to join in a broad international effort to combat the threat posed by isil. already allies have joined us in iraq. where we have stopped isil's advances. we've equipped our iraqi partners and help them go on offense. nato agreed to play a role providing security and humanitarian assistance to those on the front lines. key nato allies stand ready to confront this terrorist threat through military, intelligence and law enforcement as well as diplomatic efforts, and secretary kerry will now travel to the region to continue building the broad-based coalition that will enable us to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. so taken together i think the progress we've achieved in wales makes it clear that our alliance will continue to do whatever is necessary to ensure our collective defense and to protect our citizens. so with that, let me take a few questions. i'll start with julie pace of the associated press. >> thank you,

that's means effectively putin has created a pros in conflict, similar to what you have in georgia and moldova. i don't think that's in the long-term interest of the ukrainian people. >> how meaningful is it that, of course, russia doesn't acknowledge that it's a party to this conflict and isn't a party to this agreement either? >> you know it gets exhausting to watch the two-step. remember, ambassador cherken said there are 2,000 or 3,000 russian soldiers there. they are just on holiday. i think that's very difficult to have serious negotiations when we're talking about, you know, really heavily armed soldiers in tanks on holiday in eastern ukraine. >> right. there's a degree of denial there. let's look at the american response. president obama saying about the cease-fire that does have implications for economic sanctions. take a listen to this. >> the only reason that we're seeing this cease-fire at this moment is because of both the sanctions that have already been applied and the threat of further sanctions which are having a real impact on the russian economy and have isolated russia in a

the president announced today nato would be doing new partnerships with moldova and georgia. that's going to upset vladimir putin. oh, by the way, the national ebola outbreak. if that wasn't enough to gray his hair, as he left wales, a charter flight with americans on board leaving afghanistan trying to fly to dubai was basically forced down inside iran. a plane full of americans ordered to land inside iran by iranian air traffic controllers. that's in today's news. aren't you glad you're not president? joining us now, andrea mitchell, nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. great to see you. thanks for joining us. >> good to see you. thank you, rachel. i'm always grateful not to be president. right now feels like a particular mess. >> me, too. >> let me ask you about that last point, specifically on this plane. it was -- it seems to have been a charter plane leaving bagram. leaving a u.s. air base in afghanistan, carrying roughly 100 americans. why did it have to land in iran, and how did this situation resolve tonight? >>

if we do not help ukrainians, there's going to be a worse slaughter, a land bridge to crime a and moldova. we will not give the ukrainians sensitive intelligence information or supply weapons. maybe the germans may be -- i'm grateful for the germans for the first time in a long time. >> do you think he has a plan or strategy, just not telling us? or do you think he has no plan and is winging it? >> there are plans developed in the pentagon, the cia, the state department. i know for a fact there's all kinds of plans out there -- >> can't make a decision? >> just like there are targets that they could have struck if he wanted to. it's up to the president to decide to turn -- it pull the trigger. -- to pull the trigger. obviously he's not ready to do. that that's a shame. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. >>> today, fox news confirming disturbing new information about what president obama knew about isis and more importantly when he knew about it. turns out the president has been getting daily briefings on this barbaric terrorist group for at least a full year. [ chanting ] [ gunfire ] >> a f

besides ukraine, russian peakers reside now if moldova, georgia, kazakhstan, baltic states, poe lapd, even germany. this is a very big majority. bulgaria, moldavia, georgia, ukraine, who is next? many things, including the effectiveness of the global nonproliferation system, will be put on the severe test depending on the response of america. of the whole world. to this very simple question. even nato lies at risk and as if to underline this point, two days after president obama's estonian tonia, the intelligence officer was abducted and accused of espionage. the security assurance that were extended to ukraine and then have failed to work, providing to agreement three days, containment can secure world order. so what can bring the peace and hat can maintain it? cooperation, interdependence, leadership, and responsibility. this is the things we can depend the global security. so i urge you not to let ukraine thankalone in the face -- you. and this is very important that the whole world will see this gesture of solidarity. ukraine are not alone. we are together. we are united. and we w