mr. yatsenyuk was offered the p.m. why not accept that proposal? why continue to rachet up the situation in he could have created a government, mr. yatsenyuk, if he wanted to sign an agreement on association with the e.u. he could have. then he would have been responsible for the catastrophic consequences, economic consequences for the country if he signed that agreement. and then in 2015 there will be presidential elections in ukraine. and if the people don't like the opposition to mr. yanukovych, then let them elect another one. that happened in ukraine before they did that. and yanukovych lost elections, other presidents came in in ukraine. so why continue to whip up the situation? and why some of our western colleagues, are they trying to spur on a continuation of this confrontation? why bring the people into the streets, the armed militants into the street? why these armed militants need to throw things at the police? molotov cock tails? why go after the police? one of the scoldings or one of the terrorists -- one of the criticism have been ma

mr. yatsenyuk? let's listen in to what he said. >> there will be no referendum.erendum, probably except north korea, probably syria or venezue venezuela. and i want to be very clear, crimea was, is, and will be an integral part of ukraine. no concessions. full stop. >> there you have it. the referendum which is due on march 16th is a crimea session vote and actually mr. yatsenyuk quoted article 73 of the ukrainian constitution who says it has to be a countrywide vote not a creama wide vote. diplomacy was faming. the obama/putin talks failed. the fact that russia won't even recognize his government, as well. he wasn't giving off with the diplomacy just yet. let's listen. >> we started this process. don't be in a hurry. >> so there is some progress, sir? >> there is no negative implications, i will say. not as bad as we expected. not as good as we need to do this. >> i'm just reading a piece of copy, kelly, that says the most likely outcome is increased level of self governance for crimea and autonomous state. at the moment that seems an incredibly long way away, w

mr. yatsenyuk invoked another message. >> my message from mr. putin, tear down this wall. >> and john nothing in washington is easy. there was a $1 billion loan guarantee package moving its way through congress. there is a breakdown, dispute over how that should be handled and meanwhile, a meeting that was scheduled between house leaders and the interim leader of ukraine was postponed because he is meeting now with international monetary fund officials just down the street from the white house. >> mike viqueria at the white house, thank you very much. joining us right now is andre dobriansky. welcome. >> thank you. >> what can the u.s. do? >> the u.s. has done a great job of putting its legitimate voice to ukraine which has not been recognized by russia. what president obama can do is act as an international media 88thor, as the leader of the free world. they will talk as secretary kerry has stated he will meet with secretary lavrov, be foreign minister be lavrov. >> you know this better than anybody else. if crimea votes to break away from ukra

. >> i'm going to respond to a question put by mr arseniy yatsenyuk.ussia does not want war, and neither do the russians. it's not russia that unfolded the violence. >> the last remaining chance for a diplomatic solution to the crisis will be at a meeting in london. secretary of state john kerry will meet sergei lavrov tomorrow in the hopes of finding a way off this path of confrontation. given the risk of conflict none of us can afford to leave any stone unturned. >> if sergei lavrov and kerry do not make a breakthrough, the security council is like i had to meet again. no one doubts that russia will use its veto. we here a text of resolution has been drafted. what will be achievement by bringing the security council to a vote on this? >> let's wait and see. what we want to achieve, we want to stop russian invasion. we want to get to the negotiating table. we want to find a peaceful solution of this conflict. and we want to have ukraine independent and free. >> the interim prime minister met the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon before leaving new yo

mr. yatsenyuk, and i spoke to him that his government isn't recognizing the reality of russian troops on the ground. a parliament in the regional assembly in the crimea that doesn't recognize the -- >> we are having a little bit of a problem with the feed from kiev, as you might imagine. there are technical issues on that. steve sedgwick reporting on his exclusive interview from kiev for us tonight. ty, back up to you. >> thank you very much, sue. >>> let's go to dominic for a quick market flash. >> take a look at shares of mexican tv broadcaster groupo televisa, down 4% near session lows after regulators declared the broadcaster quote, unquote, dominant in that broadcast market. this means it's going to be required to share its infrastructure with third parties in an effort to spur competition so they have to open themselves up to more competitors. that's putting pressure on that stock. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> jobs, ukraine and president obama's response, and a big ruling on school funding. this is an important one. the right and the left get to sound off. more "power l

mr. obama yatsenyuk evoked another phrase phrase from another american president. >> my message to mr. putin. tear down this wall. >> tony, you mentioned earlier the $1 billion loan guaranteed package, moving its way through washington, nothing is easy here in washington. the dispute between the house and the senate, even now that's called in question as the united states works out another sanctions regime against russia with european allies. >> oh my, thank you. >>> as ukraine interim prime minister made the rounds around washington, german chancellor angela merkel said ukraine and the european union could sign an agreement. and observers visited facilities in eastern ukraine. nick schifrin joins us live now in crimea. look, they're making moves, planning to meet, holding meetings, talking about talking, but for the people in cry maya, they're left to make decisions on a daily basis, and the big decision now is whether to stay or whether to go. >> reporter: yes, i think that's because despite all of the efforts and rhetoric coming outs of washington and europe, many people here think

mr. yatsenyuk.on and move on and try and get a greater piece with this as part of it. he was adamant that's not the case. let's listen in. >> there will be no referendum. it is absolutely and entirely -- no one will recognize this referendum except north korea, probably syria. and i want to be very clear, crimea was, is and will be an integral part of ukraine, no concessions. >> the real problem for him is that he's not having direct face-to-face talks with no diplomacy. moscow will not recognize this government, saying it's unconstitutional as well. i said, look, lavrov and kerry, obama and putin is not happening. diplomacy is failing. he wasn't that pessimistic. listen. >> we started this process. >> there is progress, sir. >> there is no negative implications, i will say, not as bad as we expect. not as good as we need to do. >> at the moment, offensively, becky, it seems for us outside as we can't see progress at all on this one as well. is there something going on behind the scenes? he said let

strategically this is really absurd the propaganda coming out of the media the new leadership mr yatsenyuk who was in the un security council yesterday is a very reasonable man and a good democrat he is not a fascist and he's not controlled by fascists so all right let's let's let's move on why is this the parallel with costa being dismissed then chancellor merkel seems to think it's a different situation because there was an ethnic cleansing in kosovo should that the crimea is wait until. they're attacked first before then they can help have the right for self-determination. well as a whole dimension in kosovo case was one in which milosevic was attacking kosovo with a view to ethnic cleansing mass deportation and virtual genocide that is not what is happening in crimea. so the foundations for this assertion case totally different than the one case kosovo very strong in the case of crimea very quick so let me ask you this what happened in in keeping in kiev with the my duns and the situation that happened they in terms of the crimea is their part of ukraine they feel that perhaps that's n

the acting prime minister appointed by the other mr yatsenyuk and some others they came to power on theshoulders of those radicals who have been marching and continue to march under the banners of. their and others clearly not inspired ideologies being propagated by them so that really should give one the sense of kind of power which has been established in kiev which has nothing to do with democracy and so that's why there is this is another reason why things need to be returned to a genuine political process including a genuine constitutional reform and those who are now in government in the interior of the if they want to be or to be seen as a truly democratic representatives of the ukrainian people they need to dissociate themselves quite categorically from those who have been pursuing a violent past in kiev and a full four who are posing a threat of a similar path to other regions of ukraine to east and southern ukraine the crimea which of course is the reaction of of concern grave concern in those regions and the political processes which we can observe taking place there russia's

mr. arseniy yatsenyuk. >> thank you for joining us. please be seated until we exit, and we will be exiting you guys shortly. thank you. >> and some news on the ukraine from the "washington post," washington forces including helicopter gunships and armored vehicles took control of 80 village near the crimean border ahead of the referendum that is scheduled for tomorrow on whether crimea should seek annexation by russia. the group -- the village is about six miles north of the border between crimea and ukraine's region. about 100 20ays russian soldiers took control of a natural gas distribution station in the village, and the ukrainian foreign ministry confirms the village was seized what sets the force consists of about 80 soldiers and did not mention the gas station. about two hours ago, the united nations held a security meeting and the council voted on a resolution vetoed by russia that would have declared the crimea referendum tomorrow not valid. a final vote in the u.n. with a 13 member countries in favor with one, which was russia

mr. arseniy yatsenyuk. >> thank you for joining us. please be seated that's why the united states has imposed stick economic penalties on the soviet union. i will not issue any permits for soviet ships to fish in the coastal waters of the united states. i have cust soviet access to high technology equipment and to agricultural products. i have limited other commerce with the soviet union and i have asked our allies and friends to join with us in restraining their own trade with the soviet and not to replace our own embargooed items. and i have notified the olympic committee that with soviets invading forces in afghanistan neither the american people nor i will support sending an olympic team to moscow. >>> according to general joseph the top commander in afghanistan, afghan security forces will deteriorate if the u.s. withdraws at the end of 2014. the remarks came during the senate armed services committee wednesday the. >> the international security assistance force and u.s. forces in afghanistan to hear testimony on the security situ

well ukraine's appointed prime minister mr yatsenyuk addressed all members of the security council he spoke in english accusing russia of violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of his country he also called on russia to withdraw its forces to the barracks forces of course he's referring to in crimea he said that he is willing to engage with russia in diplomatic dialogue to help resolve the crisis in ukraine he actually switched over to speaking russian for a few minutes when addressing the russian ambassador vitaly churkin directly but he did continue making the same accusations that he's been making for the past few past few weeks actually pointing its finger at russia first saying that russia is to blame for the crisis that is in suing in ukraine and how did the council members respond to that address well i got to be honest here a lot of the. ambassadors within the security council are putting a lot of pressure on russia we do know the u.s. ambassador many of the european ambassadors are siding with ukraine's appointed prime minister many of them are also reiterated th

mr. arseniy yatsenyuk. >> thank you for joining us. please be seated until we exit, and we will be exiting you guys shortly. >> the senate foreign relations committee has marked up a bill billion in loan s. this is one hour and 15 minutes. >> the russian invasion in parts view, ine -- in my president putin has miscalculated by starting a game of russian roulette with the international community, and we will never accept this violation of international law. this committee and the u.s. congress have a role to play, which is why i am offering, along with the ranking member, the chairman's mark of this egislation, which includes the following components, because it provides for ukrainian loan guarantees, consistent with the announcement by the administration in recent days and mirrors the house bill. it provides for the obama administration to assist the ukrainian government to identify, secure, and recover assets limpinged to acts of corruption by viktor yanukovych or any other former or current members of their administration. it assists

mr. arseniy yatsenyuk was saying, if it does become part of the russian federation, it is essentially servingotice that it is not accepting entire post-cold war settlement. after the last of the soviet union -- for instant, and ukraine's case, it was the third nuclear power after u.s. and russia. russia and united states and ukrainians in great britain find an agreement where by ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear weapons, and in reaction got the recognition of its rhetorical status quo and its sovereignty and everyone signed on to that agreement. now russia is saying that is no longer valid. well, if you can question the validity of the of something that has lasted for 20 years and where ukraine thought it had an agreement that its territorial integrity would be respected all the time, you could question anything else. where is it going to stop? that is what worries the european, is what worries the united states, it is apparently what worries the chinese too because they abstained on the vote instead of vetoing it. so it is the principle of where do you stop. where else could roche ago --

prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk is due to meet with president obama in the white house later on wednesday. >> during his u.s. visit ukraine's prime minister mr look for financial and security support. the u.s. offered to mediate in the crisis between ukraine and russia. moscow is questioning whether washington can be mutual. and in statements called russia the aggressor. >> arseniy yatsenyuk heads to the white house on wednesday in the hope the white house can help find a way out of the standoff with russia over crimea. >> we strongly support ukraine, the ukrainian people and the legitimacy of the government. >> the u.s.'s position that ukraine is the victim of aggression infuriated moscow. president vladimir putin accuses the u.s. and the european union of meddling in this area after the ousting of that country's legitimate president. analysts say putin's argument is rooted in its fundamental concern about its place in the world order, and the u.s. must appeal to that concern. >> the rational thing is to see the country as being one of a handful of global players. one of the claims is that russia sits at the network. it's not only russia, b

mr putin, tear down the wall. >> mike viqueira from the white house reporting. we should mention arseniy yatsenyuk will make his case to the u.n. on thursday, appealing for international sport. >> a massive explosion in a level ii apartment building. the blast may have been caused by a gas link. residents reported noticing a smell of gas. when the explosion happened, some new yorkers raced to help. >> a little girl, she was 10. she was saying, "hep", she was full of blood. we grabbed her. >> she was full of blood. where was she. >> she may have blown out the building. >> you think she flew out of the building. >> she had a playstation control in her hands. we grabbed her with a blanket and everything. >> residents said they could feel the boom from several blocks a way. >> president obama's appearance on an internet comedy show appears to be paying off. nearly 900,000 people visited healthcare.gov after president obama appeared on "between two ferns." a republican announce the her decision not to seek another term. burr became governor. the arizona constitution limits governors to two terms. >> an

mr. president. >> reporter: president obama welcomed ukraine's interim prime minister, yatsenyuk in a show of solidarity. >> my hope is as a consequence of diplomatic efforts over the next several days, that there will be a rethinking of the process that's been put forward. >> reporter: yatsenyuk said he would welcome direct talks. >> my message to president putin, mr. putin, tear down this wall. the wall of war intimidation and military aggression. >> reporter: in four days, crimea is expected to vote to break off from ukraine. soon after that, the russian parliament will decide whether to accept it as part of russia. yatsenyuk said he fears putin might try to take more of ukraine. if that happened, kerry told lawmakers wednesday, it would trigger extremely punishing sanctions on russia. >> it can get ugly fast if the wrong choices are made. and it can get ugly in multiple directions. >> reporter: now, the question is whether the u.s. can convince russia to back off and start direct talks with ukraine. if not, president obama said there will be costs, and not just from the u.s. on monday, the e.u. is p

mr putin, tear down the walls. let's talk. let's calm down. >> welcome back to "inside story", i'm ray suarez. ukrainian prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk wrapped up a meeting with president obama at the white house. you saw him there. as the united states pledges support for the new government in ukraine, it is pushing a diplomatic solution to the russian military action in crimea. on this edition of our program we discuss the american strategy, and the leverage the united states holds as we move board. joining us now from new york thomas graham, special assistant to george w. bush for russia from 2004 to 2007. >> lien fine stephen, u.s. ambassador poland to 2009 to 2012, and from london, a senior policy fellow for the european council on foreign relations. thomas graham, let me start with you. what american vital interests are at take, and how par is the united states willing to go to defend them. >> the vital stakes is one of world order. the question is whether another country should be able to use military force to seize territory of the state and annex it. it goes against principals guiding european security, global security, over

mr. president. >> thank you, sir very much. liz: acting ukrainian prime minister yatsenyuk speaking before the press along with president obama, signifying the relationship with president obama, david, in essence saying we stand with the people of ukraine as russians bear down. david: very young guy. just 39 years old. he is interesting enough finance minister for crimea. he has personal interest. the russians feel it is their own the referendum this weekend will not have the option of opting out of russian control of crimea. it is pretty much of a phony referendum going on this weekend but the president clearly taking side in this dispute. liz: the markets were able to absorb all things both china, both crimea, ukraine, everything. let's break down all of the day's market action with our panel. pete benson, beacon capital management partners, thinks investors need to stick to experienced companies with a good track record in order to hedge against all the volatility caused by things like the global economic landscape. we have cambria investment management chief investment officer saying that investors should allocate half of

mr. putin, tear down this wall. the wall of war, intimidation, and military aggression. let's talk. let's calm down. >> welcome back to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. ukrainian prime minister yatsenyuk just wrapped up a meeting with president obama at the white house, as you saw there, as the united states pledges support for the new government in ukraine. it is pushing a diplomatic solution for russian military action in crimea. on this edition of our program we're discussing the american strategy and the leverage the united states holds as we move forward. joining us now thomas graham special isn't to george w. bush to russia from 2004 to 2007. and lee feinstein, ambassador to poland from 2009 to 2012, whose incoming dean indiana school of global studies. and in london, tawni leake. fellow on foreign relations. thomas, what vital interests are at stake here and how far is the united states willing to go to defend them. >> the question is whether a country should be able to use their military force to seize a territory of a neighboring state. this goes all against the principles that have guided global security over the past several decades if not longer. and the united states want

yatsenyuk has done. they say that ukraine needs to stay as a single country. >> squeeze one more. mr. mccain was there and a bipartisan delegation came to kiev this weekend. he was strident against mr. putin but saying u.s. foreign policy has been too weak, too many presidents have dried to deal with putin as well. does your boss go on the front against russia? >> the important message from the senators this weekend was strong bipartisan support for the ukrainian people that built on what president obama did and prime minister yatsenyuk and we're going to sustain it. >> thank you very much for joining us. let me hand it back to you guys. >> steve, thanks so much. steve sedgwick live in the ukraine with the very latest on the story that is certainly driving our markets over the last 24 hour or 30 hours actually. you've got the dow industrials up 83 points or there abouts. russian president vladimir putin saying today, don't believe those who say we need more than crimea. certainly move the market and the markets continue on an upward path today. we're going to take a quick break, pay t

mr. putin is attempting to do. indeed, acting ukrainian prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk said very clearly that putin is trying to reestablish the borders of the old soviet union, is expanding, expanding senate into a vacuum of leadership the united states has not been filling, russia is filling that vacuum. and the seizure of crimea is only the beginning of putin's aggressiveness and he will continue i would predict to be aggressive and less and until he meets significant resistance. we are also united in believing there's an important role for the united states to play in responding to this crisis. i believe that we should take concrete actions to respond to russia's invasion of the crimea. number one, we should press to expel russia from the g8. number two, the administration should immediately begin enforcing the magnitsky act, which it is filled it up to this point, designed to punish human rights atrocities by russian government officials. and, indeed, we should expand it to include your training human rights abusers, and number three, we should immediately reinstall the anti-ballistic missile batteries in eastern euro