joining me now is "the new york times" correspondent peter baker and diplomatic correspondent for "theashington post" ann garrin. thank you both for joining me. peter, had you a piece this weekend that details the president's new strategy may actually be the old strategy of 1947. tell us a little bit about that and whether you think it will be successful. >> well, look, they're looking at what will happen beyond this particular crisis at some point or another. ukraine may be resolved. at least that's the hope. what happens for the rest of the 2 1/2 years that bred sc is going to be in office? it's not going to be another reset. what you're going to see say restrained policy. containment is another way of looking at it. it's not a global competition the way it was in the cold war but trying to make vladimir putin less of an issue on the american agenda. keep the disruptions that he can cause in his own neighborhood to a minimum. and focus on other areas of foreign policy where president obama hopes to make progress. >> to follow on that, peter, you also outlined the international consen

. >>> another building was -- peter baker, you've been thoroughly and exhaustively covering all of this. perhaps you can decipher what is going on, what the goal is here with the latest round of sanctions. on a call earlier today, a senior unnamed administration official said we don't expect there to be an immediate change in russian policy. at the same time, you heard jack lew just saying our goal is a change in russian policy. so what is the practical reality here? >> well, the practical reality is the united states is trying to stay close to europe on this. they want to make sure there's no crack in the unity they're presenting against russia, and if that means that the obama administration doesn't go quite as far or quite as fast as some of its critics would like it to go, they're willing to make that sacrifice in order to present in united front against russia. >> but there has been some consternation even inside the white house, critics obviously outside, who have questioned whether this approach isn't slowing things down and is as effective as it could be if this administration w

the question is peter baker mentioned containment. this there is a global ideology fight. it's a containment. the damage that putin can go as he goes about. the question is, okay, you can try to contain what about the areas and david knows most this, syria and iran where we have interested where we need to deal with russia. >> a great point. >> the white house feels to the extent that putin still wants to be seen as a figure on the global stage. he really has to continue to work with the u.s. in syria, certainly on weapons disarmament and probably also in the iran negotiations. what i hear from the negotiators who have been meeting recently is that the russians have continued to be part of those talks. basically obama thinks that putin, although he looks strong, looked like a bully in this period, is he's now aroused all the europeans to be much more skeptical of him. he's reinvigorated nato. there will be nato military movements i think the u.s. is going to put troops in to the baltic states which we promised in the '90s we would not do. so all those things are against pu

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. >> schieffer: and back now with our political panel, peter baker covers the white house for "the new york times", michael kerr son used to, gerson used to work in the white house for george w. bush and now a columnist for the washington post. >> le leigh gallagher is the edr of fortune magazine and also joined by frank rich of new york magazine who is in the cbs news broadcast center in new york this morning. peter, you were at this civil rights summit in austin. it was kind of what i would say a remarkable event. >> it is and it is amazing here we are 50 years later that this is, in fact, something that republicans and democrats agree on. it is just the divisions at that time, four presidents different parties get together but what didn't come up as much is how to go forward. you did a panel on education which talked about that but president obama chose to use his remarks about lbj and talk about his heroism in the face of opposition but not to translate it to today. >> i will tell you what i found interesting about that, the white house in many cases has been very resentful when pe

peter baker of the "new york times" has reported over the weekend that president obama has all but abandoned his partnership with vladimir putin. never mind, less than a month ago, mr. obama said the ukraine crisis is not another cold war we're entering into. as the same goes, better late than never. mr. obama's problem seems not so much that he believed vladimir putin and other leaders were so different from their predecessors but that he himself was so different from his. this is a man who said to a visitor when he was a mere senator said wouldn't it be great if i were president. well, he's been president for nearly six years and things are not great yet. as he heads to asia this week where there are serious strains among alyles japan and south korea, a top adviser says the issues aren't that hard. showing up is the biggest part. >> where do you think that president obama had that confidence, where did it come from? >> i think this man had such a meteoric rise to the presidency, perhaps more uninterrupted than any man in history, that it's almost understandable that he would develop a pret

peter baker said yesterday what the policy is, the longer term strategy to diminish russia's abilityrld community to operate economically and it's a community -- it's a strategy which has been endorsed by the former ambassador to nato and it's just absurd to attack the president's manhood. he should be ashamed to say that. >> syria is a tremendous humanitarian issue. vladmir putin moving into crimea and may be potentially invading the south and eastern ukraine. is this like setting up the law professor versus -- >> no. what he's doing is increasing the tight rope around russia. if you look at peter baker's columns yesterday in the times, you see the long term strategy that's to diminish vladmir putin and he'll wake up one day and realize he has no financial clout anywhere in the world. simply doing something more militant is really the worst reason to start a war with somebody. >> i don't think anybody is talking about a war but -- >> some are. >> it seems to me that secretary kerry whom jackson at the "the washington post" has been calling delusional keeps offering vladmir putin an

peter baker had a fairly moderate expectation of what it was. wrote day in and day out the president with the grand asp asp priorations finds himself signing orders and memos that barely move the needle. >> do you think he does that. ? >> eye jobs, education, early childhood development, he's done a lot of big things but of the remaining big things, those are the ones. along with the implementation of obamacare, i just don't think he can do those other things without congress on board. how he gets that done, given the midterms, i think is a challenge. i think really they're doing the best they can because of their dynamics with washington and the republicans in the house. but i don't think he's achieving much. and i don't think he's on track to achieve much. >> katty, it was notable amit all of this the white house issued a statement on immigration urging to take action. there is some sliver of sunlight that occasionally passes through the doorway in washington. and suggests that perhaps republicans can be convinced that they must take action. a

. >> peter baker said "the prevailing view and the west wing as well mr.utin seems to be enjoying the goal of success, he will us cover how much economic harm he has brought on this country. mr. obama noted the -- fading of the russian stock market." >> yes, their economy is hurting somewhat. this is foolish. putin's approval and russia has skyrocketed. he's the tough leader. don't worry, let this guy does member nations because over time, he will fail. what kind of logic is that? >> let me turn to another area. no, no, but but this is where it is related -- but this is where it is related to this. this is where you see the president. more people say what you try to argue. more and more people tell me that they really missed an opportunity several years ago, which you believe and you are good for. where was syria today in your judgment, giving you credit for basically saying we would not be here if we had done more to arm the rebels? the general is not there -- general interest is not there anymore. right? >> this is a perfect example of the presidency. he

if the oligarchs start feeling the squeeze and as my colleague peter baker and others who i worked withstory have shown that if they start feeling the squeeze then the question is how soon will putin start feeling that squeeze. >> is there a chance, andy, that his name, his name personally will go on tlits of those who are now on double secret probation? >> right. well it seems that that's the nuclear option and whether that happens that seems far down the road at this point. >> there's a cia report of some kind that want addresses this issue but not been made public. do you think there will be more information forth kbomg this? >> i think that there will be more information coming out. i think when you saw some of the information coming out justin sanction reports themselves, they were articulating publicly views that previous administrations have been keeping privately. >> i know you were personally knee deep in the wikileaks documents that speak to putin and russia generally. did you learn anything of significance from that treasure trove. >> that's write spent a lot of time going th

there's a fantastic piece by peter baker saying the white house is beginning to get serious about a containmentack to the days of george kennen. obama realizes he's not going to have a reasonable good relationship with putin pr some time. you can't write off russia. you have to have way os confront russia and not recklessly confront russia. when it comes down to what's happening inside ukraine, john kerry's efforts were heroic. he tried to put everything together. vladimir putin is on a roll. and he is right now trying to keep ukraine in a vice. and basically flaunting his independence to the rest of the world that they can't do anything to them. right now, i think finally the white house is getting serious about a broader strategy in which they find leverage points against putin. >> i have some sound from john mccain, who really passes up no opportunity to take a shot at the president when it comes to foreign policy. let's go ahead and play that. >> the only thing that vladimir putin understands is strength and there has been the weakest response imaginable, sanctioning a few people. the fact

. >> rose: peter baker again from the "new york times" said while mr. putin seems to now be enjoying the globe of success he will discover how much economic harm he's brought on his country which obama's aides noted the fall of the capital flight of the country and re-electance of foreign investors to expand deals. that's what the whitehouse is saying. >> that's foolish. yes, the economy is hurting somewhat. put instance popularity has sky rocketed. >> rose: the way he did in the crimea. >> sure. to say listen don't worry let this guy dismember nations because over time, he's going to fail. when kind of logic is that. >> rose: let me turn to another area. this is where it's related to this because it's a sense of how you see the president. syria. more and more people say what you tried to argue. more and more people tell me that they really missed an opportunity several years ago which you believe and you argued for. where is syria today in your judgment, giving you credit for basically saying we would not be here if we had done more to arm the rebels a

joined by nia-malika henderson of "the washington post, "new york times" white house correspondent peter baker bobby ghosh. a bigs story in the paper this morning about the sanctions. you heard tony blinken this morning. they're going to roll some of them out tomorrow. what do you anticipate here? and are they going to have any impact? because so far it seems to me they haven't. or maybe they have. >> well, so far they've had a very limited approach to this. particular individuals and particular institutions. we did hear tony say they're going to go after some of the defense industry tomorrow, which is going to be interesting it see. they're claiming credit for these sanctions for all the economic problems russia's having more generally. i don't know if that's a direct relationship or not. they argue it is. but you're hearing a debate inside the administration much like bob corker told you. should they go stronger? she they could go sectoral sanctions? and you heard tony blinken say they're waiting basically for europe. they're trying to stay stitched together with europe. they're not going to

morning from "the new york times," focusing on president vladimir putin and a couple of points from peter baker"for years the suspicion that mr. pruden has a secret fortune has intrigued journalists and intelligence agencies, but he has defied their attempts to uncover it. numbers have been thrown around, suggesting may control even $70 billion -- host: reporting this morning from david baker and a look at his -- the look -- a look of the secret fortune of vladimir putin. debbie, democratic line. caller: what a wonderful topic. i love this topic, it is engaging in there are such diverse opinions. i think david gregory might be getting a bit of a bad rap. remember, these guys are hamstrung by corporate powers. i remember getting equally frustrated with tim russert about things like follow-up westerns. who was it, all the subtly? i want to say the quote was attributed to him, but you are entitled to your opinion, but not your own facts. that is a big problem that we have here. also, those comments about the bob schieffer and face the nation? the interesting thing about that show the one that is p

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