margaret her olson and run mesh -- margaret carlson and ramesh nnuru on gay marriage. we begin with former secretary of defense william cohen. there were some signs of easing. ?re you optimistic cap >> i would like to be but we need to look at what president putin has done and is declared intentions. he has been speaking as if the eastern part of ukraine is already part of russia. the newalked about russia. in his mind, there will be over time some federalization of ukraine which would mean the hollowing out of that government and reducing the ability of the government to really have a coherent state that they can control. i think that is his ultimate goal. he will continue to have his forces on the border and continue to agitate. the united states and the west really is at a disadvantage. >> not much we can do other than sending forces over. will search or real sanctions have any impact --will sanctions have an impact? covertly or quietly propose to the russians that we have a whole series of additional sanctions we are prepared to put into effect that would require t

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