. >> david, you spoke yesterday with the former defense secretary robert gates.nt to play something peter king just said about red linings and criticizing the president, because it goes directly to the conversation you had with robert gates. here's peter king. >> if he is going to have this policy, which i think to some extent is too -- is not strong enough. but if he is going to have that policy, he shouldn't be laying out scenarios and laying out red lines. he's got to be consistent. >> that was obviously criticizing the president, but john mccain using the words feckle feckless, lindsay graham being even more aggressive. robert gates, a republican, told you, urged gop senators to tone down their criticism. and try to be supportive of the president, that this is a time when you need to do that. what do you think is going to happen here? >> well, i called bob gates yesterday because i was troubled by the level of intense criticism of the president from senator mccain and senator graham in the middle of what probably is the biggest foreign policy crisis of obama'

robert gates was one of the opponents.he problem was there was his instant he didn't think america was serious. after a week or so then cemetery of defense robert gates says we will not act militarily and to another part of georgia. it shows you what kind of force americans should be very america is still a very powerful country in the eyes of the russians. this feeling that this was just illusion all the way through. he thinks more is at stake for america and all the west not act. there's a lot of levere you can use and it will take care of the situation. but we need to do it, some of the things we have repaired on the right way. at least now there is political consensus among lawmakers. lou: let's hope for the best possible outcome. good to have you with us. >> thank you. lou: the deadly explosion being blamed on a gas leak. the death was risen to seven. five residents unaccounted for. con edison at this a gas pipe was installed 127 years ago. we are coming right back. lou: entire power grid is vulnerable to terrorism. t

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and russia with former defense secretary robert gates. the author of "duty: memoirs of a secretary at war." >> secretary gates, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> thank you, chris. >> i see you still have your neck brace on from your fall on new year's day. when will you finally get that off? >> with any luck, two or three weeks. >> terrific. let's get to the issue at hand. the crimean parliament scheduled a referendum for next sunday on whether or not to split off from ukraine. russian leaders say they welcome the annexation of crimea against the will of the government in kiev. secretary gates, this would be the first time this has happened in europe since world war ii. how serious a development? >> chris, i think it's part of a long-term strategy on putin's part to recreate a russian sphere of influence and a russian block where russia has economic, political and security relationships with these countries that make them all lean toward or due the bidding of moscow. we saw it first in georgia in 2008. we've seen it in him breaking of

our conversation is with robert gates, former secretary of defense for both president bush and president obama. >> putin is i think a very rational person in the framework of what he's trying to achieve. but there is no doubt david brooks has it right, there is this incredibly strong thread through much of russian history of russia having a special mission in the world, of russia being the third rome, if you will. it goes back centuries. so there is this -- you know, we talk about american exceptionalism. the russians have their own version of it in this regard. >> charlie: and then from kiev by skype, the former president of georgia, mikheil saakashvili. >> this is something that is bigger and the longer it lasts the bigger it will get. so there's a desperate need for leadership now on the parts of the united states administration and european leaders indeed because this is not just business as usual. on the other hand, i'm also, in a way have this hope that this will be one of the last adventures of vladimir putin. >> charlie: and we conclude this evening with a conversation with jeffr

we'll ask former secretary of defense robert gates. it's a "fox news sunday" exclusive, but first, the nation's leading conservative voices meet in washington. >> we can either choose to keep our head down and not rock the boat, to not stand for anything, or we can stand for principle. >> we have to stop letting the media define who we are and what we stand for. >> you may think i'm talking about electing republicans, i'm not. i'm talking about electing lovers of liberty. >> we'll discuss the future of the gop with the winner of the cpac presidential straw poll in an exclusive interview with kentucky senator rand paul. plus, lois lerner refuses to answer questions again on the irs targeting scandal setting off political fireworks on capitol hill. >> for the past year the central republican accusations in this -- >> we're adjourned. close it down. >> our sunday panel weighs in all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. we begin with the latest on that disappearance of that malaysia airlines flight o

robert gates was on with chris wallace.asked this question right here. >> i do not believe we're going, that crimea will slip out of russia's hand. >> you think crimea is gone? >> i do. bill: is it lost? >> i'm afraid so. i'm very afraid. now watch -- bill: if that is the case what comes next as a result of that? >> have to be very heavy prices to pay. by the way, watch eastern ukraine. i'm worried putin after he has been so successful may have some kind of defacto partition of eastern ukraine. i don't know the answer to that i predicted crimea. i don't know exactly with will happen. restart the missile defense system that obama canceled in order to placate putin in the czech republic and poland. have military exercises with our baltic friends. they're under enormous pressure from putin. bring georgia and moldova, both, parts of which are occupied by russia today into nato and do it quickly. sanctions on these oligarchs and corrupt people that surround vladmir putin. i guaranty you if they can't go to london with their kids

if he doesn't, well, then therefore the ukraine, the rest of ukraine right now, robert gates said crimea morning on fox news sunday is that ukraine will be very much anti-russia. so that's the big question. what happens now? what is putin's next move? it's very interesting, i thought, greg, that rand paul twice on the show this morning called his foreign policy mainstream. that is a distancing of the policies of his father, ron paul, who ran for president. >> the father was an isolationist. >> absolutely. >> though he preferred the term noninterventionist, like there's a difference. europe gets 30% of its natural gas from russia. because of that, eu nations seem reluctant to impose sanctions. when you look at the stats, and we checked this yesterday, they make huge profits selling everything from oil machinery, automobiles and everyday products that are on russian tables. >> yeah. >> so if europe won't impose sanctions on their big trading partner, russia, doesn't that really render any american sanctions rather pointless? >> they're not significant. and you saw when this crisis started,

the former press secretaries for presidents obama and bush, robert gates, says it appears to him that russia has crimea already. >> i think it's part of a long-term strategy on putin's part to re-create a russian sphere of influence and a russian bloc. i don't think that he will stop in ukraine until there is a government in ukraine, in kiev that is essentially pro-russian. >> reporter: so the other point of view that we're talking about today has to do with gates' point of view that, in fact, in fact, it's all right a fate comple that russia will keep ukraine. we heard the national defense and security adviser talk about that today. he said that the obama administration is telling russia, don't do it. >> if there is a referendum and it votes to move crimea out of ukraine and to russia, we won't recognize it and most of the world won't either. russia had a government in ukraine that it supported and that started to take very aggressive action against its own people. that government is gone. the government that's more oriented towards the rest of the world and towards the west is in pl

former defense secretary robert gates appearing on fox news sunday saying he believes the region has been lost to russia for good. >> i do not believe we're going to -- he's -- that crimea will slip out of russia's hands. >> crimea is gone? >> i do. >> we'll talk to credit a little bit more that that soon. amy is in kiev with the latest. >> hi, jamie. people here keep saying what snx? it's not going to stop with crimea, it might want stop with ukraine. they feel the region is really at risk to further russian incursions. in the meantime, jamie, the question does remain and we've been asking this for days what further pressure can be applied to russia? what more can be done to keep it from an exing crimea. what is president obama saying to all these leaders he's been speaking to over the phone the last few days and what will he say to ukraine's acting prime minist minister? these are really critical days. we've got the referendum coming up in crimea a week from today. today in kiev, flags from around the world were paraded through independence square which is where the revolution took

defense secretary roberts gates who served president obama and president bush says russia for all practical purposes has control of ukraine, and it's only the beginning. >> i think it's part of a long-term strategy on putin's part to re-create a russian sphere of influence and russian bloc. i don't think that he will stop in ukraine until there is a government in ukraine, in kiev that is essentially pro-russian. >> reporter: and the first step towards making that happen takes place next saturday with a russian-backed referendum in crimea to split off crimea from ukraine and return it to russia. morgan. >> let's go back for a minute. assuming gates is right what are the consequences? >> reporter: already the administration is warning russia faces increasing ilags, specifically economic sanctions. one of the national security officials on the obama administration today says that russia is already suffering. investors will be more hesitant to put money into their economy going forward. of course, the u.s. and its european allies have been working to tighten the screws, as it were. they haven't

. >> rose: former secretary of defense robert gates for both president bush and obama i do not belief that crimea will slip out of the russian hands. suggest can that they will not leave and be different situation on the ground in crimea. >> that's very possible. but -- >> rose: can we stand that in your judgment? >> we have to recognize the fact that this is an egregious violation, if you will, of treaty commitments, solemn obligation on the part of the russian government to recognize the money does of the newly independent states of the old soviet union and force of that. that was one of the most significant developments of the 20th century, putin is simply ignoring that. i don't think he should be able to do that without -- >> rose: has you know in georgia the people will make the case that russian troops remain and that it was very different situation we were not able to respond. >> right. >> rose: what is that lesson? >> the lesson that have is, came at a time sort of at the end of the bush administration, beginning of the obama administration but it was deep concern, for instanc

well it's gonna be a done deal the robert gates former c i hate him so he admitted that on sunday. the crimea is gonna be part of russia. this thing is how all this is going to happen. we know that the referendum to be overwhelming in favor of re joining russia. but how this is going to happen in terms of president putin organize it immediately ends trying to call brings his european partners has reported that this is absolutely how we should be. follow the money and follow me go. these are the two most important facts mixing this was the beeping prime minister yet and obama in washington. this means the white house rico nice to get a regime change in ukraine which includes her right wrist fractures and neo . then mei told me sing with the ox already seen that brussels this past friday and crime as the outset we gonna have a very good cooperation you know what that means in the long run. nato bases in ukraine which is an absolute red line for russia. so we have three of four very cold wax process. at the same time and that they are going to be moral and sold within a week or so. da

then you've got robert gates who served republican and democrats. what does he say? this is a matter of grave concern. i have zero tolerance for sexual assault. leon panetta under bill clinton, "we have absolutely no tolerance for any form of sexual assault. i take these allegations seriously. we have no place in the military for sexual assault." and then current secretary under president obama, chuck hagel, "it's not good enough to say we have a zero-tolerance policy. we do. but what does it mean? how does that translate into changing anything? i want to know. these crimes have no place, no place in the greatest military on earth." we all agree with that, but here's what this shows you. just look at this. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven secretaries of defense, republicans and democrats over all these years, the first one being dick cheney in 1992. they've all promised zero tolerance. and the problem of sexual assault in the military gets worse and worse and worse. so, senator gillibrand has issued a call to action. she's written a terrific bill working with

robert gates are expected to be up tomorrow as well.d to not want to pass the barriers if you do you could be facing as we you and telling you more rain is on the way. >> : what can we expect into tonight. more severe weather unfortunately the of wednesday starting to pick up storm total for the most recent auvergne in terrain and center bill san francisco center fell almost up to an internal corporate conquered over an inch pot. none but honest to and kids and jose almost an inch of rain this in 24 hours and then we're going to be adding to those totals is what you expect for saturday in the overnight hours. as a front is moving toward us. how to make landfall in the immediate bay area or another o'clock tonight. storms to park " around 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning that is after creating a block, havoc of lightning strikes and will see hale possible in some areas and definitely significant armada of rain fall. court >> : when it rains it pours people behaving badly that as the driver of this minivan was on highway 92 he was speeding but

joining me now from phoenix, arizona is robert gates. he was the secretary of defense from 2006-2011. earlier in his career, he was known as a russian expert. thank you mr. secretary. >> sure, charlie. >> when will you lose that race? >> with any luck, in about three weeks. >> is the president handling this right? >> i think he is. trying to get the allies on the same page and be willing to collectively threaten and then potentially implement severe sanctions against russia for what they have done in the ukraine is exactly what he should be doing. i think that it is important at this stage to be careful with the rhetoric. if you do not say things to look tough, in retrospect, you look hollow. i think the challenge that the president faces is our allies may not be as willing to go along with the sanctions as they should be. we're hearing from the u.k., germany, elsewhere a reluctance to impose banking sanctions or trade sanctions and so on. i think the administration and the president personally have their work cut out for them in terms o

robert gates said any argument for cuts falls short. >> no one can make that case right now.ukraine and russia and tensions between china and japan and the south china sea and iran and north korea they are on nation states, boundaries matter, strategic interest matters zero sum game, i win you lose. >> let's take a look at the numbers. the 2015 budget $495 billion. that is a redirection of 113 billion of what we planned last year. 450,000 fewer troops and the smallest army since 1940. >>> this is not the military that i want or the congress wants for america's future but it is the path we are on unless congress does something to change the law. >>> it is also a complicated effort to expand the fear of military influence into asia. >>> thank you. doug. >> oo remember when the president warned a growing income in equality? a major union shows obamacare could be making it worse. the report says the law will transfer a billion dollars in wealth to insurance companies, force employers to cut back on hours of pay and ultimately hurt hard-working americans in it the wallet. they say

strategy, one apparently you didn't even believe according to your then secretary of defense, robert gates. so why are you scrapping for a fight? for what? your red lines, your threats, your foreign policy, it's all full of hot air. it's actually embarrassing. now, you don't have a foreign policy and everybody knows it. have you already forgotten that you and hagel just announced this week you were reducing the size of the military to preworld war ii levels while the rest of the world is on the march increasing the size of their military? and by the way, what does a pre world war ii level mean? everyone going to be flying around in a prop plane? then for sure we'll never be able to protect our troops around the world. as in benghazi? hell, why not go back to s troops? ♪ they know their moral ♪ as long as they all relax in town before they resume with a bang and a boom ♪ ♪ s troops >> clueless. and what's with happenless hagel, one of two senators voting against sanctioning iran who actually said in al gear ra the united states was the bully? whoi are you? with the advancement of goble terr

so robert gates has taken it from both sides in different administrations.wing headlines, when you start issuing strong warnings and nothing happens, when you do it again, nobody believes you. you do it over and over again, by the time you do it and the wolf is really there, nobody believes you. i think that's the point that republicans are making. you can't be drawing red lines and flinching. you can't say chemical use in syria is a game changer and then have nothing happen. >> fair criticism. you should stick to those things as opposed to saying you created putin. if you want to know what i know influences putin, watching republicans attack the sitting president instead of working with him is certainly going to influence him. >> i'm with john mccain. >> you know who had that kind of -- >> yeah, george w. bush. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up next on "new day," we have breaking news this morning, the president just now issuing an executive order freezing assets of those supporting the takeover in ukraine. we're going to have a live report on what this

morone when he for robert gates. secretary gates held them in the highest regard. i hired him as our chief of staff because of his administration skills of the last five years demonstrated to a lot of people. since he is come to the department of homeland security, my expectations for him have been exceeded. this is a man who has three young children. he is married. he is at work at 5:00 a.m. he streamlines our organization. he is making the department of homeland security a more efficient, safe place. he is putting together a budget process, something the people on this committee and in this congress have been asked to do for some years. he is doing an excellent job that that of the public and the taxpayer. excess time.te the three of entities he was misrepresented come amiss that money, and overspent 5 million plus dollars. that is the concern. >> originalist time has expired. -- the gentleman's time has expired. limit questions to three minutes. the gentleman from colophon you. californialeman from . >> we look forward to your leadership. a quick question about

. >> significantly former defense secretary robert gates said that he does not think russia will ever give crimea up. he, in fact, believes that vladimir putin has a larger objective beyond crimea. >> i think it's part of a long-term strategy on vladimir putin's part to recreate a russi russian sphere of influence. he won't stop until there is a government in kiev that is essentially pro-russian. with russia in control and pro-russian supporters supporting a return, the next step is the referendum next weekend. >> randall pinkston live from washington. joins us from washington d.c. is truman fellow joe henry >> good to see you. i want to get to the point that the idea about the referendum and pted an-ation of crimea is a done deal. do you feel it's a done deal at this point? >> it's unwise to say anything is a done deal. we are in a fluid situation. i concur with secretary of state john kerry, putin's ambitions are large, larger than even secretary of state john kerry suggested. i think at this point we need to consider the possibility that putin's objectives are really to puncture th

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former defense secretary robert gates says he does not think russia will rely ink wish control. he thinks vladimir putin has objectives beyond the crimean peninsula. >> it's part of the a long-term strategy to recreate the russian sphere of influence and the russian block, where russia has economic political security relationships with these countries that make them all lean towards or do the bidding of moscow. >> with the russian military in control of crimea and pro-russian residents supporting the referendums, the next step is the vote next weekend. >> former ukrainian prime minister yulia tymoschenko said the world should do more to help ukraine, it's a critical moment for the region. in the talk to al jazeera, yulia tymoschenko tells john hendren that a referendum in crimea should not be allowed. >> translation: the one thing world leaders must not do at the moment is lose time. they cannot leave ukraine on its own. every ukrainian believes crimea will not leave ukraine on its own, for his aggressor. the critical date is the date of the referendum to be conducted in crimea.

defense secretary robert gates, who served barack obama and george w. bush doesn't think that russia will relinquish resolve, and believes there are objectives beyond the crimean peninsula. >> i think there's a need for russia to create a sphere of influence where russia has economic security relationships with these countries that make them lean toward or do the bidding of moscow. >> with the russian military in control of crimea, and pro russian supporters, the next step is the vote next weekend. >> part of the ongoing crisis in ukraine involves a constitutional argument over crimea, a researched um on joining russia unconstitutional. we have a closer look. >> the pro-russian marchers support a referendum saying it is a legal right to self-determination. the prowe were movement in kiev says it acted legally in overthrowing the parliament and taking power. all you are citing law books and the ukrainian constitution. moscow says the maydan movement is illegitimate was it acted outside the war. >> it is an unconstitutional revolt and military seizure of

robert gates on fox news sunday yesterday said he doesn't think there is. >> i do not believe we're going to -- that crimea will slip out of russia's hands. >> you think crimea is gone? >> i do. >> many ask what comes after crimea? the eastern regions are questioning it too. there are cries for unity with russia. students at kiev's polytechnic institute packed an auditorium to listen to a man who stood up to putin, who was recently released from prison. he recognized ukraine's revolution, calling it a fight for self preservation from a corrupt regime. >> we russians need those same problems resolved, and that worries our russian government very much. >> with all the slogans and the speeches and the demonstrations that have gone on, with the unrest that's taking place in some parts of the country and the militarization of crimea, there's one thing that has not happened. that is a high-level meeting between russia and ukraine. international diplomats are working hard to facilitate that. they believe it's critical for solving ukraine's crisis. for now, the next best thing is a visit by ukrai

. >> well, certainly that's is what former defense secretary robert gates told chris wallace. think the u.s. military can do anything to stop russia. prorussian lied north america crimea continued with their consolidation of power, swearing in new troops loyal toth neck groups. senator mccain called the administration's response februaryless and suggested the following. >> restart the system that obama canceled in order to play indicate putin in the czech republic in poland. have military exercises with our baltic friends, they under enormous pressure from putin. bring georgia and moldova, into nato and do it quickly. >> all eyes will be on sunday residents referendum in crimea whether to breck away frommian jane and join russia officially. >> let's bring in elliott abrams, a deputy national security advice you're are in former george w. bush. nice to see you, sir. >> crimea lost. anything anybody can do? >> not in the short run. the question i think is, what price does russia pay? i think people in crimea may come back to ukraine. that -- and that vote on sunday is meaningles

many experts, including former defense secretary robert gates, say crimea is lost. i do not believe that crimea will slip out of russia's hands. >> reporter: people who live there are rallying ahead of a vote this sunday to rejoin russia. but in kyiv the prime minister vowed not to give up a single centimeter of ukrainian land. to show u.s. support, president obama will meet with him wednesday at the white house. >> the president is mobilizing international support for ukraine and working with russia. >> reporter: the u.s. says any vote for crimea to secede from ukraine would be a violation of international law. >>> german chancellor angela merkle told russian president putin the backed referendum is illegal and violates the constitution but putin says it will reflect the legitimate interests of its people. >>> a number of events planned today in the bay area. there will ab tibetan flag raising ceremony at eight this morning in berkeley city hall. in san francisco a noontime march from city hall will end at the chinese consulate on laguna street. another march at ju

robert gates said over the weekend that he thought crimea was lost.ssian foreign mi foreign ministry condemned lawlessness in the eastern ukraine and accused the west of being silent for what happened to the russian citizens. does that sound like a pretext for russia to gain more land? >> that's ominous. as you call it pretext, we've already seen it once. one could imagine it being used again that he would, in a sense, take this from a serious problem to a full-fledged crisis. i think that would be a serious escalation. whenever else you think about what the russians did in crimea, there is still a different russian claim or involvement historically and ethnically as in crimea. and it would multiply significantly. the stakes and the seriousness here. >> i want to turn to the children's advocacy group that showed that several thousands of children have died in this conflict because of basic medical care lacking. the group released a video that has more than 21 million views that would look at what would happen to a place like the uk. do you think the u

robert gates a republican has a message for president obama's right wing critics. cool it.one down the rhetoric. stop the crazy talk about missiles. this is gates talking. >>> plus last night in texas, the establishment wing of the republican party won big battles. make no mistake, the tea party won the war down there. the mad hatter of the tea party down there, texas senator ted cruz himself who pushed his party further to the fringe. >>> and the red hot debate over charter schools up in new york especially. the latest fight pits new york city's new democratic mayor against a leading school's charter mayor. she says the city has a lot to learn about teaching kids. >>> finally, let me finish with the prepubescent behavior of the republican party. that's right. this is "hardball,"the place for politics. you've tried to forget your hepatitis c. it's slow moving, you tell yourself. i have time. after all there may be no symptoms for years. no wonder you try to push it to the back of your mind and forget it. but here's something you shouldn't forget. hepatitis c is a serious di

>> the first point is to say something that former secretary of defense, robert gates said today, which is to say the people running around washington arguing for more, cool it, don't promise what you can't deliver, just as what happened in 2008 when the russians moved into georgia, the challenge of being as strong as they can to get russia to back down, while facing the honest truth that the u.s. is not going to invade ukraine and not going to start a war does not have the ability to push russia out of its neighbor. sending john kerry today was a very good move, and you saw him there showing moral it support, and working hard with the europeans to develop financial sanctions that will hurt not just put i's government, but the rich people in russian society that back put i, saying that this is not worth it, and that's the best and the smartest thing that we can do, as well as backing out of putins a g-8 summit and saying to the world that this is not a behavior breaking of international commitments. russia had signed an agreement pledging to respect ukraine's borders, and this is not so

the program, talk about the crisis here in ukrainian with robert gates. chris will also sit down with the kentucky senator rand paul. one of the potential 2016 presidential contenders who has spoken at the cpac meeting this week. that's this sunday on your local fox station. much more on the situation here in ukraine and how it's affecting your wallet. plus, the latest jobs report out of washington, and in addition, we're watching for breaking news out of crimea, where the report is, and multiple reports, including a tweet from a ukrainian military personnel, that the russians have stormed a gate at a defense facility in crimea, and that 100 or so ukrainian troops are now trying to guard a command post there but the russians are trying to work their way in jennifer blake griffin is working that from the pentagon. it's breaking news good to have you with us. account to his merrill edge retirement account. before he opened his first hot chocolate stand calling winter an "underserved season". and before he quit his friend's leaf-raking business for "not offe

. >> an op-ed piece in "the wall street journal," robert gates, president obama's former secretary of defense, who was also secretary of defense for george w. bush writes, putin has thrown down a gauntlet that is not limited to crimea or even ukraine. his actions challenge the entire post cold war order including above all the right of independent states to align themselves and to do business with whomever they choose. the only way to counter mr. putin's aspirations on russia's periphery is for the west also to play a strategic long game. that means to take actions that unambiguously demonstrate to russians that his world view and goals and his means of achieving them over time will dramatically weaken and isolate russia. joining me now, former vermont governor howard dean, former head of the democratic national committee. he has just returned on monday from his second trip to ukraine. howard dean, i imagine when you have this experience of being over there yourself in the thick of the action that's going on there now, that it must be odd to come back tot american media and probably h

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former defense secretary robert gates. >> in the middle of a major international crisis that some ofsm of the president ought to be toned down while he is trying to handle this crisis, my own view is after all, putin invaded georgia when george w. bush was president. nobody ever accused george w. bush of being weak or unwilling to use military force. >> secretary gates is right. the gop's attacks on this are all about politics. and now they're exposing their own hypocrisy. joining me now are krystal ball and former pennsylvania governor ed rendell. thank you both for being here tonight. >> thanks for having us, rev. >> governor rendell, no one did attack president bush like this when russia invaded georgia. but now it's fair game to attack president obama? >> well, it isn't fair game, and it comes with a lot of gall for dick cheney to be leading the criticism of president obama when dick cheney was vice president to president bush and they did their response to the invasion of georgia was much weaker. they didn't do anything compared to the steps president obama has taken. it's ludic

let's listen to what robert gates said. served as secretary of defense under president bush and under president obama. what he said about the president's republican critics these days. let's listen to this. >> so all i would say is what i was saying earlier in the week was simply that i thought in the middle of an international crisis that some of the criticism, domestic criticism of the president ought to be toned down while he's trying to handle this crisis. my own vow is, after all, putin invaded georgia when george w. bush was president. nobody ever accused george w. bush of being weak or unwilling to use military force. >> ambassador taylor, can you imagine this situation in ukraine being different tonight if george w. bush were president? >> no. and the situation we have in ukraine today is very interesting in that both the republicans and the democrats have essentially the same policies, the same recommendations for the president. no one, neither side is talking about putting american troops in ukraine. both sides ar

if it's just crimea, i think robert gates is sadly probably right. that crimea is lost.question i think is we are holding sanctions in reserve as a way of having something to hold over his head to try to keep him from further destabilizing the rest of ukraine. >> the tension between the u.s. and russia is about as bad as it's been since the collapse of the soviet union. >> it has big implications. we would need russia to put some pressure on bashar assad to make some kind of agreement. it may have implications for the russians' relationship with iran, which could make our efforts at cutting a diplomatic deal much harder. so it's a problem, because we have these terrible relations with russia, understandably now, but we also still need to do business with russia. >> the thought is the u.s. and the rest of the europeans basically came to terms with russia occupying parts of georgia. an independent sovereign former republic of the soviet union. and the world got used to that. now will the world get used to the russians occupying crimea? >> i think sadly the world will get u