. >> it is diplomacy and respect for sovereignty, not unilateral force that can best solve disputes likes in the 21st century. president obama and i want to make it clear to russia and everyone in the world that we are not seeking confrontation. there's a better way for russia to pursue its legitimate interests in ukraine. >> what's happening in kiev later on wednesday then? >> well, in kiev itself, katherine ashton, the foreign policy chief of the u.n. is meeting members of the government. it's events in brussels where she's based that might be more important in what happens over the security and stabilization in ukraine because russia, we are hearing, accepted a meeting at ambassador level with members of n.a.t.o., the security alliance. that's crucial because there's talk of contact being set up. that's what the european union wants, to see what will happen to those russian forces, an estimated 16,000 russian troops based in crimea. john kerry has been saying that he wants to see them return to their bases. analysts say that is unlikely what is at stake is whether they go further into

it is diplomacy and respect for sovereignty, not unilateral force, that can pass off disputes like this in the 21st century. president obama and i want to make it clear to russia and everybody in the world that we are not seeking confrontation. there's a better way for russia to pursue it's legitimate interests in ukraine. if you are legitimately worried about some of your citizens, then go and talk to them about it. go to the u.s., raise the issues at the security council. go to the osce. raise it at one of the human rights organizations. there are countless outlets in an organized, structured, decent world has struggled to put together to resolve these differences so we don't see a nation unilaterally invade another nation. there's a better way for russia to pursue it's legitimate interests in ukraine. russia can choose to comply with international law and honor its commitments under the helsinki act under the united nations charter. if it wants to help protect ethnic russians as it purports to, and if they were threatened, we would support efforts to protect them, as would, i'm told,

. >> it is diplomacy and respect for sovereignty, not unilateral force that could best solve disputes like this in the 21st century. president obama and i want to make it clear to russia and everyone in the world, that we are not seeking confrontation, there's a better way for russia to pursue interests in ukraine. >> what about the ukrainian government? what is it saying to supporters? >> on wednesday there was a cabinet meeting headed by the prime minister, arseniy yatsenyuk who said that the presence of the russian military is having a negative effect on the economy. that's a message that he'll put to cathy ashton, the european union's foreign affairs chief on thursday. she was due to arrive in kiev on wednesday. that's been postponed. they'll meet on thursday in brussels around the e.u. summit. they'll be talking about financial aid, but security is what everywhere is looking to. russian officials meet representatives of n.a.t.o. they want to discuss not only what happens in crimea. russia says it can't order its troops back to base, it's not them, but self-defence units that have

condemn the russian federation's act of aggression in its diplomacy and respect for sovereignty not unilateral force that can best solve disputes like this in 291st century. this is the 21st century, and we should not see nations step backwards to behave in 19th or 20th century fashion. there are ways to resolve these differences, great nations choose to do that appropriately. >> but given president putin's statements on ukraine thus far, it's clear that that off-ramp will remain unused for the moment. putin made fairly ludicrous statements. he said the soldiers in the ukraine, those 6,000 men patrolling cry meia, those were not russian forces at all. he insisted they were, quote, local defense forces and call the people's uprising against ukrainian president viktor yanukovych an unconstitutional coup and said they were sitting in a laboratory and running experiments on rats and described anti-government protests, the ones that killed scores of people two week ago an orgy of radicals. putin was nervous, angry, cornered and paranoid, written in the new republic. here was an authoritarian dancing unco

. >> it is diplomacy and respect for sovereignty, not unilateral force, that can best solve disputes like this in the 21st century. >> kerry brought a lot more than just talk with him. he actually put a big offer on the table, one billion in aid, including energy assistance. just for his arrival, putin took to tv to defend his presence in the crimea region. he called it a unconstitutional coup and any military intervention would be a mu humanitarian mission. >> there's no reset with vladimir putin. he is not going to expect the president to be more flexible after he is re-elected. >> the first shots were fired in the erupting crimea region. video captured russian troops firing warning shots at ukrainian soldiers who marched on an air field to demand their jobs back. let's gets more from kiev with ian williams. what type of reaction are they getting from the people on the ground in ukraine? >> reporter: hello from from a damp and foggy kiev. the initial reaction has been good to the visit and offer the aid. kerry said he was coming as a gesture of support to the interim ukrainian gove

and the larger point is really this, it is diplomacy and respect for sovereignty, not unilateral force that can best solve disputes like this in the 21st century. president obama and i want to make it clear to russia and to everybody in the world that we are not seeking confrontation. there's a better way for russia to pursue its legitimate interests in ukraine. if you were legitimately worried about some of your citizens, then go to the government, talk to them about it, go to the u.n., raise the issue in the security council, go to the osce, raise it in one of the human rights organizations. there are countless outlets that an organized structured decent world has struggled to put together to resolve these differences so we don't see a nation unilaterally invade another nation. there's a better way for russia to pursue its legitimate interests in ukraine. russia can choose to comply with international law and honor its commitments under the helsinki final act under the united nations charter. if it wants to help protect ethnic russians, as it purports to, and if they were threatened,

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force is cut. we did not elect mr. obama to be a unilateral disarmer, but that is what he is doing. >> except that is not true. >> mr. putin does not work on the base of morally superior to me. >> it's interesting what ben says and the metaphor which i agree with, it isn't true. >> he didn't use the metaphor. gary did. ben went away from the metaphor. >> i understand. we have 60,000 troops in europe, account for 3/4 of the budget of nato. we are still a superpower and have chosen for budget reasons not to pursue space the way we used to. we were relatively friendly with russia. while i think the metaphor is right, i agree with everything gary said. we do have these structural problems. fox news alert. we can't lose sight of the fact we still are the world's military superpower, far more powerful than russia. >> where does this go? bottom line is the world doesn't follow or lead the president's poll numbers continue to get worse. americans' perception about where they stand doesn't seem to get much better. >> that's why i was never in favor of

of the purse, if he says we're not going to force the immigration law or remove the requirements for welfare or targeting conservatives. >> yeah, doing it all unilaterally, by the way. there are a few strong republican voices like senator ted cruz, senator louis gohmert. i'm not sure the american public understands what they're up against with this administration. this is a completely different ball of wax, what they seek to do in the words of president obama in 2008, fundamentally transform the country, transform the very nature of the american character and the american democratic process. and i'm not sure the republicans understand what they're dealing with here. and if they do -- >> i think they're timid. i think they do understand all of these things, but i think they're afraid to take him on for fear of a back lash. >> i think you're absolutely right. we don't have a select committee on benghazi. we don't have one on the irs. all of these scandals that you speak of are real scandals. but they have faded away. the republican party has only one philosophy, which to me is bankrupt. let obama self-destruct. don't have a positive message or agenda. >>

force. at the recommendation of our chiefs. it was not done unilaterally. i noted in my testimony that comparing the active and reserve reductions, we protect the national guard reductions those versus percentage of cuts to the active. i hope that is clear. as do the second part of your question, when you look at the future needs and assessments as threats and challenges, the national guard has a couple of rolls. duty has but one responsibility and that is to be active and ready and agile. case witht the national guard and reserves. not that they are not capable. they did a tremendous job in iraq and afghanistan. there are different responsibilities. i met with the governor's counsel last week on this. we have talked to governors about their responsibilities as to how they use their national guard. explanation that would be more helpful to you as to why the recommendations were made the way they were, that would be it. >> i will share my view that i certainly think both the guard and our reserves are a critical part of our readiness and capability to defend

unilaterally stop using this fuel force. >> the united states of america uses one eighth of the amount of coal burned in the world. we're notean it up ourselves if we stop using it. >> they recognize environmentalists are a critical component of their base so they hammer the climate change agenda. >> we have no more important issue in the world than this issue, period. >> sheldon whitehouse is at least one of 25 democratic senators planning an all-nighter on the senate floor m to talk climate change. it allows reid's liberal members the spotlight without putting red state democrats on the spot with a vote, while president obama wants near standards, manchin said the truth is this industry is cleaner than ever. >> guess what, mr. president, we have used more coal in the last two decades and cleaner than ever. >> unrealistic standards by the president without consulting the president and that's why new coal-fire power plants aren't in the works. >> no one is thinking of building one because they know the technology is not available. >> manchin is hoping some of his democrat colleagues from red states will be successful in con

in moments often forceful is the suppression of the cleansing which is not the case being in the crimea war and in the ukraine present. the danger is that russia is trying to unilaterally and stick to the moon seemed to fit into national law for its an interest in such as the benefits of our sovereignty. the misuse of the response rate to protect its investment. um and and and ethnic nationalism for its own people and creating the right of secession which does not exist in international law the professor that the threat of sanctions is leaning over russia. what was out of options all that out on the table for the international community to put pressure on moscow anything apart from sanctions before we enter the stage of saying i think we should go through the motions of engaging in russia in a dialogue we have tried an apostle has talked to me and said very successful but in all we on a new speech to apia. indeed established by russia in which pressure will try to do two minds. this is the ego states that it has created. we have to draw russia into the discussion on two little monkeys us the general assembly of holt in faith all the western tradition we've been making

unilaterally on two separate occasions to give big businesses relief from this tax burden. however he has not leveled the playing field for the millions of individuals and families who are forced to comply with the individual mandate tax. aside from the fact that it is fundamentally unfair to give businesses special treatment that is not extended to these individuals, american families have also been forced to deal with a botched rollout of healthcare.gov and a series of confusing administration delays of the law issued via blog post s. this has led to confusion, frustration, and ultimately difficulty in complying with the law. nowhere is this more evident than the fact that only four million americans have enrolled in health coverage on the healthcare.gov website. this means that with less than a month to go in this initial open enrollment period, we are still three million enrollees short of the original c.b.o. projection of seven million enrollees, one that even the administration once touted as its goal. enrollment is still two million enrollees short of c.b.o.'s new projection of six million enrollees. these millions can be added to the tens of millions of other american

unilaterally on two separate occasions to give big businesses relief from this tax burden. however he has not leveled the playing field for the millions of individuals and families who are forced to comply with the individual mandate tax. aside from the fact that it is fundamentally unfair to give businesses special treatment that is not extended to these individuals, american families have also been forced to deal with a botched rollout of healthcare.gov and a series of confusing administration delays of the law issued via blog post s. this has led to confusion, frustration, and ultimately difficulty in complying with the law. nowhere is this more evident than the fact that only four million americans have enrolled in health coverage on the healthcare.gov website. this means that with less than a month to go in this initial open enrollment period, we are still three million enrollees short of the original c.b.o. projection of seven million enrollees, one that even the administration once touted as its goal. enrollment is still two million enrollees short of c.b.o.'s new projection of six million enrollees. these millions can be added to the tens of millions of other american