and frustration over their safety from a toxic material named after him up and coming up and in sochi russia and this year's winter paralympics have gotten athletes from around the world will compete as they represent their home countries. the latest on the opening ceremony and much more during the show. a fan friday marks up and find him in washington d c on an irrigated and watching our america. begin today with the latest in ukraine over the past week ukrainian and western officials had begun accusing russia of sending thousands of troops into the crimea region. back at the claim russia has denied saying instead that the unidentified troops are local militia ask for more on that earlier i spoke with our cheese hollis clear was on the ground in the region's capital. i first asked her to clear up the confusion on who those unidentified troops were really are. wow its ukrainian reports the same city that point to the figure of some thirty thousand what they say too much of the soldiers who are currently in ukraine predominantly in crime yet now the russian government and the russian authorit

the group is also suspending preparations for an economic summit scheduled to be held in sochi, russiaune. >> reporter: every one of of our friends make sure there's a price to the behavior, john kerry said. and considering a move to block russia access to bank accounts and financial networks in an effort to pressure vladimir putin to withdraw the troops. >> after spending so much money to get goodwill at sochi, it puts him in a very difficult decision checkly. susan mcginnis, cbs news. >> angela merck el to set up a contact group aimed at opening up dialogue on the situation. in the u.s., some congressional republicans call on america to be more assertive with russia. >>> protecting breeding harbor sales and pups. several thousand come to give birth on sand bars and remote beaches. also asking visitor to stay at least a hundred yards away from the resting seals. first to win the highest honor in 86 years of the oscars. cate blanchett was named best actress. the stars arrive at the governor to celebrate oscar night. plenty of champagne and very fancy desserts and get their names engrav

. >>> sochi russia for the paralympics hockey gold-medal game. team usa and russia, the only goal of the game from former u.s. marine josh sweeney who lit the lamp in the second period. and team usa beats russia 1- zero for the gold. >>> look in your favor, ultimate fighting tonight in dallas, texas were san francisco state jake shields enters the ring and at age 35, don't tell this welterweight he's a little long in the tooth for this. shields and hector lombard tonight at the usc 171 title shot on the line. >> and 35 and then make a sounds all but i feel so young. i feel like i am just now getting better and better and hitting my peak. it's hard to say. i take it one fight at a time you never know. i think athletes are competing at an older age nowadays. >> you may not know the name aaron stern and but you might know him better as eric paul who played that character on the hit show breaking bad. he was in town to promote his action film, need for speed. i asked him about his first ever camera appearance 15 years ago on the price is right. >> i p

and suspending engagement and preparations for the g-8 summit in sochi. russia made a choice, and we have clearly stated that we believe it's the wrong choice, and that is the choice to move troops into crimea. >> reporter: on wednesday, the european union offered ukraine $15 billion in aid. the same amount russia offered the country before former ukraine an president, victor yanokovych's ouster. >> it is a package designed to assist in reforms of the ukraine government. >> reporter: the eu man's to meet thursday about possible sanctions but so far the group has treaded lightly. >> interpreter: crisis diplomacy is not a weakness, but it's more important than ever not to fall into the abyss of military deescalation, not to fall into the abyss. >> reporter: it could be one reason why vladimir putin appears unphased by the u.s.' stern words. u.s. really has little economic leverage compared to its european allies. for example, russia and germany had strong economic ties. germany is the biggest importer of russian gas and oil. some of it comes from pipelines across

united states and other nations say they're suspending preparations for this year's g8 summit in sochi, russia. john kerry said the u.s. could impose sanctions to condemn putin's actions. >> russia will lose, the russian people will lose. you will lose all of the glow that came out of the olympics. a sochit going to have g-8. you may not even remain in the g8 if this continues. he may find himself with asset freezes on russian business, american business may pull back. there may be of further tumble money. >> moscow's main stock index tumbled 9%. we will have more on ukraine after the headlines. nearly 400 opponents of the keystone xl oil pipeline were arrested sunday in front of the white house, marking what could be the largest youth sit in on the environment in a generation. >> we are here to march to the white house and form one of the largest accessible disobedience for climate ever. hundreds of young people all came here from all over the country, 42 states, to show president obama the keystone xl is not ok and not in our national interest. than 80nts for more colleges rallied at georget

in sochi, russia's paralympic team wouked out to a song titled "goodbye, america."inutes later came the ukrainian team, or, rather, justify one member of it. -- just one member of it. the other ukraine olympians refused to parade in protest of moscow's intervention in their country. crimea has already cast a shadow over these olympics. but these are no games -- america has sent six fighter jets to the baltic to boost air patrols there, a show of strength on russia's doorstep, part of the west's response to russia's actions in ukraine. western leaders have accused russia of invading the crimea. washington has threatened to freeze the assets of russian officials and impose travel bans. the kremlin's response to that is that sanctions will lurt you as much as they will hurt us, and so far moscow is refusing to back down. on russian tv stood -- today, putin's spokesman went on the offensive. he accused the west of cynicism and double tds over ukraine. ethnic groups there were in mortal danger and russia cannot remain indifferent, they said. which is why moscow is embrac

the group is also suspending preparations for an economic summit scheduled to be held in sochi, russia, in june. >> every one of our allies and friends determined to stay united and make clear there is a price attached to this kind of behavior. >> reporter: the white house is working on a package of economic sanctions and considering a move to block russia's access to key bank accounts and financial networks in an effort to pressure russian president vladimir putin to withdraw troops. >> after spending so much money to get goodwill at sochi -- >> right. >> , it puts him in a difficult position economically. >> reporter: he said he has a right to prevent unrest in ukraine. susan mcginnis, cbs news. >> angela merkel. contact group opened dialogue and other nations working on a package of benefits to support ukraine's economy. in the u.s., some congressional republicans hit the talk shows calling on the obama administration to be more assertive with russia. >> in the bay area, more than a hundred demonstrators gathered in front of russian consulate in san francisco yesterday. it was the s

. >>> a big day at the paralympics in sochi as the u.s. and russiak to the ice in a highly anticipated sled race here. nbc's kristen dahlgren with more on team usa's events on the ice and beyond. >> reporter: in a san antonio theater today it was not a hot new movie on the big screen, it was team usa taking on russia in paralympic sled hockey, thousands of miles away in sochi, russia, fans hope for a repeat of the 1980 miracle on ice, they quickly learned what so many learned this year, the paralympics are full of miracles. it is the biggest paralympics to date and will just get bigger. athletes like evan strong who won gold in the paralympic's first ever snow-cross. >> i'm so proud, i'm speechless. >> reporter: joined by his teammates, and american sweet. >> after i lost my leg, it changed everything for me, made me whole again. >> reporter: their stories are pure inspiration, like this josh sweeney, who lost his leg in afghanistan. and tatiana mcfadden, wheelchair turned skier. >> i think it is one of the best experiences i have ever had. >> report

the president back in sochi, russia, today for the opening ceremony for the paralympic games, despite the crisis at home. in washington, lingering questions over whether u.s. intelligence agencies misread russian military movements of the ukraine quran territory. some critics have singelled out the defense intelligence agency. the head of the agency, michael flynn, defended his analysts today on npr. >> for easily, seven to ten days leading up to the russian troops, as we see them now in the crime i cania, we were prov solid reporting on strategic warning, where we move from one level of sort of a condition of warning, which i would just describe for the audience as sort of moderate to one where we believe things are imminent. >> bringing in our chief national security correspondent, jim sciutto. so honest disagreements. there are 16 u.s. intelligence agencies. we heard from mike rogers here 24 hours ago. two agencies. he didn't say which ones, seem to have different conclusions in their estimates, in their analysis. but very often. >> , as you well know, intelligence is sometimes mor

not to attend the g8 summit in sochi russia, that's because it is a key event for leaders of the countries to discuss economic and political tie, and the u.s. know even though there are ongoing tensions between it and russia, the u.s. is in a good position to perhaps withhold economic benefits from russia. there are other ideas in terms of trade limitations or commerce deals put on hold, but certainly at this point there's no discussion about any sort of military response because everyone wants to see the situation resolved by words, and not with weapons. >> now, to other news. an explosion in pakistan kills two soldiers and wounded six others. the roadside bomb hit a patrol vehicle in a province bordering afghan and pakistan. six balouj fighters were filled. they say they were planning to blow up a gas pipeline. >> rebels have reportedly withdrawn from parts of syria. videos emerged of people celebrating after fighters left a town close to the border with turkey. it's four days ahead of a deadline set by the al nusra front. >> martin begg was released from cuba in 2005. british police acc

the g-7 said there will be no summit in sochi, russia later in june. lit be held in brussels. president obama said this is part of the cost that he wants applied to russia for what happened in crimea. >> europe and america are united in our support of the yukranian government and its people. >> reporter: the troops gathered on the ukranian boarder, the g-7 leaders agreed that further sanctions against russia would be applied perhaps against the energy and banking sectors of that country if moscow were to make a decision to go into eastern or southern ukraine. the peninsula is not lost. >>> you are watching cnn newsroom live from the cnn center. still ahead, the fate of the missing airliner may no longer be a mystery, but exactly where it is, that remains a question. >> we'll see how data is used to getting search crews closer to finding the it. >>> some loved ones marched to mala malaysia's embassy. we'll go there live. ocuvite has a unique formula

with black enterprise" international olympic committee member anita defong stops by on her way to sochi, russia>> it will be unlike any before and that we hope will be interesting and thrilling and we hope that young people will be willing to watch. >> plus, we profile one paralympic skier with an inspiring outlook on life. >> some things are visible, like my legs. some are invisible like the abuse i went through. but my life is proof that no matter what happens to you, you can make it right. >> and finally, correspondent introduces young people to a life of law and order. >> at the end of the year, we have a debate ore of the year competition where we debate in front of a real new jersey supreme court judge. >> that's what's going on in our world up next. >>> anita defong won a bronze in rowing and she talked about her unlikely career in sports and how the olympics changed her life. >> sports was important to me, but i was denied access because girls were not to be a part of sports. where i grew up. >> it's ironic that anita defrons began her career having not be an athlete in school. >> under

. >>> not far from ukraine, in sochi, russia, the closing ceremony of the paralympic games was held tonight. the glittering ceremony was attended by president putin. russia cleaned up with 80 medals, ukraine came in second with 25 and the u.s. was third, with a total of 18 medals. >>> a big part of this country has been dealing with rough weather this weekend. and tonight, there is everything from severe thunderstorms in the southeast and more snow and ice from the midwest to the midatlantic. we get more tonight from nbc's ron mott. >> reporter: in texas, hail the size of golf balls made a mess and a racket, forcing drivers to seek shelter from falling ice. in alabama, a dozen campers had to be rescued after their campground flooded. and officials will determine if a collapsed strip mall near the border with florida was hit by a tornado. in the beleaguered midwest, a balmy saturday in kansas city gave way to a frosty sunday. most everywhere, spring can't be sprung fast enough. >> i'm done. i'm absolutely done with the snow. >> it's too much. >> reporter: this winter of discomfort and discon

and they will suspend preparation for talks in the upcoming g 8 summit in sochi, russia. now, mr. obama warned putin if he continues to violate national law there will be political and economic fallout. president obama shored up support with key allies speaking with the leaders of france and canada. behind scenes, the national security team met here as protesters gathered outside the gates, demanding more u.s. action to combat the russian aggression. >> and what are the options the u.s. has and what is the specific interest this u.s. has in ukraine? >> reporter: well, there is big economic interests for that part of the world. this is a country of 46 million people with the potential economy to really be good for the region. but it is broke at the moment. and there is u.s. prestige on the line. susan rice says it could be a grave mistake to escalate. and the president said there would be costs to this kind of intervention. so what are the costs? what is it that russia seems to disregard the warnings from the u.n.? >> and we'll have more from secretary of state kerry on "meet the p

number four, sochi russia, para olympics hockey. josh sweeney brings it home for the u.s. number three, the mascots, the team mascots. both mascots unharmed. number two, my old school, virginia. if acc semifinal, duke. going to get some of this tomorrow. and number one, two time olympic gold medalst shannon making her debut between the pipes for the columbus cotton mouths. she lost in her debut in a final of 4-2 but she won gold twice with canada. there you go. we'll be back. ,,,, the great american novel. so you can happily let life get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. so you can finish the great american novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. so you can ♪ well i love a rainy night.♪ ♪ i love a rainy night ♪ i love to hear the thunder, watch the lightning ♪ ♪ when it lights up the sky. ♪ ♪ you know it makes me feel good. ♪ ♪ 'cause i love a rainy night.♪ yoplait with flavors the whole family will love. >> congratulations again to all the kids who came bay for the spelling bee. that's it for us. >> have a great night. ,, [doorbel

the g-7 said there will be no summit in sochi, russia later in june. ad that will be held in brussels. president obama said this is all part of the costs that he wants applied to russia for what happened in crimea. here's what the president had to say. >> europe and america are united in our support of the ukrainian government and the ukrainian people. we're united in imposing a cost on russia for its actions so far. >> reporter: as for those 20,000 russian troops gathered on the ukrainian border, an official said that further sanctions against russia would be applied perhaps against the energy and banking sectors of that country if moscow were to make a decision to go into the eastern or southern ukraine. as for crimea, the deputy prime minister said that peninsula is not lost, there is still time for russia to reverse course. >> more than 500 people have been sentenced to the death penalty in egypt in relation to violent riots in august that left several killed. >> the sentence is part of a crackdown on islamists that started after the removed of pres

the g-7 voted to suspend russia from the forum and cancel a meeting scheduled for this june in sochi, russia. >>> meanwhile, ukraine has now agreed to pull all troops out of crimea after russian forces seized several ukrainian military bases there. much of the capital fell into darkness monday after a major power failure. russia blamed the ukrainian government and companies from the mainland that provide electricity, but those companies insist the outage is because of necessary maintenance. >>> and president obama's calling for an overhaul of a controversial nsa program that depends on the bulk collection of phone data. currently, the nsa collects massive amounts of data and then stores it for five years. the newly unveiled proposal would keep the data in the hands of carriers instead. the nsa would then need a judge to authorize access to the records. these changes need congressional approval. >>> all right, it's sentencing day for the admitted lone wolf terrorist. al qaeda sympathizer jose pimentel pleading guilty to making homemade pipe bombs in order to wage a holy war on new york. the 2

meantime, the white house has pulled out of all preparations of a g-8 summit scheduled for june in sochi, russia, and cancelled high level talks with russia on expanding trade and energy exports. president obama discussed all of these moves today with german chancellor angela merkel and british prime minister david cameron. top officials says there is a way out if russia backs off militarily but if it does not the west is prepared to tighten the economics noose. as one top official said, "vladimir putin, the russian president, may believe he has acted like 19th century power broker, but he will soon discover to his dismay that his country lives in a globalized 21st century economy." jeff. >> glor: major garret, thank you. we move now to the weather. once again a sizable storm is moving across the country. take a look at this nasa photo shows the storm system stretching from texas to the mid-atlantic states. it's a combination of ice and snow and you what get depends on where you live. jeff pegues is in washington d.c.w3 jeff, rain now but that's changing very soon. >> reporter: yes, jeff, they'r

now i'm on my way to sochi, russia, to represent u.s.a.. >> reporter: his smile, unmistakable on the never, ever ask myself why did this happen? i would never change the fact that i served my country. unfortunately, i got hurt. but these other opportunities happened because of this. >> and so we choose rico roman and the team that is team usa in every possible sense of the word. >>> thanks for watching. >>> david muir, right here all weekend and i'll see you again on monday. >>> angry students demand on end to what they call the dictatorship. >> felony charges pending tonight in a sexting scandal. a prank under criminal investigation >> the search for a cause of a fire. tonight the danger hampering that investigation. >> and a warning goes out tonight to drivers to avoid the distraction. >> what are you doing? what are you doing? >> angry confrontation between students and police and tonight they take their complaints to city hall. >> you saw protestors clashing with police last night. today, much more peaceful but just as vocal. >> as we saw, this afternoon, the protestors had suppo

said they won't attend the planning meetings for the g-8 economic summit which will be held in sochi, russia. the same place as the olympics. a move described as purely symbolic by some foreign policy experts. a security council spokesman acknowledges the u.s. has few persuasive options. >> you can sanction putin, take away visas for certain members of parliament. you can stop trade talks. you can do things that hurt the presteej of russia on the international stage. >> reporter: but vladimir putin has heard it all before. president george w. bush also had a weak hand to play when russia invaded georgia in 2008. the new yorker's reporter says putin feels he is in a similar position of strength now. >> he does not care and in many ways his action is directly for that purpose, to show swagger in the world. >> reporter: and he says america is tired of war, which gives putin even more leverage. >> that's american weakness to be taken advantage of. putin knows where we are historically, where we are psychologically, and he certainly understands where barack obama is. and that's in a mode of withd

said today it would no not be part of the planning process at this table of g8 summit in june in sochi russiarse the question is what other options does it have? economic sanction sanctions or any sort of military might in conjunction with nato? secretary of state john kerry is one of the other obama white house administration officials working the phones today, he spoke with the acting president of ukraine and gave his own stern warning and words for russia. >> the former u.s. am bass bore to ukraine william miller tells al jazerra he's worried russia is risking an all-out war. >> resort to arms which the russians have undertaken is a pathetic solution to a very complicated problem. they should talk to each other and sort things out. and it seems to me that the situation in ukraine demands the close working together of russia and the united states to avert a cacatastrophic world war. >> stay with al jazerra for continuing coverage on ukraine and our reporters will continue to bring you up-to-date information all throughout the day. ♪ ♪ >> meteorologist: we are looking at some improvements do

just picture it, if russia holds the g-8 in sochi, that's a big deal for it on the world stage, if countries like the u.s. do not show up to that, that would be impactful, considered harmful to russia. of course all of this is harming diplomatic relations. to by getting together with allies and talking about what can be done, for example, organizing sanctions against russia, sure, it does make a much bigger impact. will that affect russia's behavior in that's another question. deb. >> absolutely. especially coming off the winter olympics and also the paralympics taking place. michelle kosinski there at the white house. thanks so much. canada is adding to the pressure on russia. prime minister stephen harper recalling his ambassador to moscow and following washington's lead by spending relations in sochi. mr. harper said escalation could lead to ongoing negative consequences for canada's relationship with russia. now to belgium meeting on the crisis in ukraine. outside nato headquarters. erin, do we know what's going on in these meetings, what meaningful action russia is considering taking? >

spending preparation in the preparatory meeting for the g-8 summit set to take place this june in sochi, russiaeth flewy. and the costs, can they accept action and if so, what might be that be? >> it was like when i was covering the 2008 and russia went to war with georgia. president busch at the time was talking about cost. senator mccain was talking about cost. senator mccain said we're all georgians. now a couple days ago, he said we're all ukrainians now. i don't think what more the president can do, president obama. he can pull out of the g-8. he's suspended participation as you said but not fully for that. he could do that. he's not going to go to war with the ukraine. there's no support for that in this country. he has to be more measured to the bellicose members of congress or people watching this would like him to do. >> can you be specific when the president says he wants to develop better economic and political isolation. >> well, you take action certainly on the economic front. you can freeze banking or deflect russian banking. there's a lot of people who make a lot of money and bus

. >> randall the g-8, now the g-7 was scheduled to take place in sochi, russia. the u.s.nd its allies now planning another venue instead? >> they are indeed. they will be holding the g-7 meeting in brussels in june at approximately the same time when the meeting had been scheduled to be held in sochi. yesterday they issued a statement condemning russian and promising stronger economic sanctions if they continue to invade ukraine. but left the door open to putin if he returns to diplomatic negotiations. the g-7 also complemented putin's decision to allow monitors in europe to be posted in ukraine. however, putin at this point is not opening the door for those monitors to go into crimea. del? >> randall thank you very much. >>> and again, we are watching the events unfold right now at the hague in the netherlands. that is dutch prime minister speaking right now. when the president speaks we'll bring you his address live. >>> meanwhile the president also expected to call for legislation that would end part of the nsa surveillance program. the "new york times" reporting that

course there are already talk of a boycott the summer meetings of the g8 were set to take place in sochi russiaat will not be happening apparently. >> mike viqueira joining us live thanks for being with us this afternoon. >>> let's take a quick look at the balance of forces between russia and ukraine, the russian army has 285,000 soldiers, that's more than four times as many as ukraine has which only has 64,000 soldiers. russia also has twice as many tanks, 2,550 to be exact and that's compared to 1,110 for ukraine. russia's air force has 1,389 combat capable aircraft and compared to ukraine's 221. that gives russia five times as many. and then when it comes to the navy, russia has 116 surface vessels and that's compared to ukraine's 11. russia has 64 submarines, ukraine has one. joining us now is amy knight a historian of russia and soviet union, thank you for being with us today. >> thank you. >> a threat from ultra nationalists, who are they and thousand do they trent the three interests. >> that's a tempest in a pea tea pot. there is discontent going on in crimea. probably on a continuous b

. >>> hundreds of para athletes are in russia today for the paralympics, but while the games got under way in sochi, the crisis in crimea and russia's involvement there remains the focus of the world. president putin was on hand to welcome the athletes in the opening ceremony on friday, but ukraine sent just one athlete to represent that country in the opening ceremony, and has promised to pull out of the games if russia invades. on friday, the reports that russian troops moved in on a ukrainian military installation. keir simmons is following it all from sochi, russia, for us this morning. keir, good morning. >> reporter: -- two weeks since you were here -- the winter olympics in the stadium behind me there. last night, they held the opening ceremony of the paralympics, but how much has changed in that time? the ukraine is just 300 miles across the water behind us there, and the tensions -- [ inaudible ] -- presided over the lavish opening ceremony, but the u.s. delegation weren't there. they canceled their trip. just the u.s. athletes were there. the russians came into the stadium with a song tha

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will withdraw from preparations for the g-8 summit and reschedule for june in sochi, russia. the u.k. national interest is that the rule of law is upheld. this is about 35 minutes. >> order. questions for the prime minister. prime minister. >> mr. speaker, this morning i have meetings with colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in this house, i shall a further such meetings later today. >> local conservative councils from north hampton to telegraph are minding this campaign. they have also ported this proposal. , inine years in parliament have never heard of a development that had so much public support. for the prime minister use his best efforts to make sure that the outcome is announced as soon as possible? >> i know my honorable friend campaigns vigorously for his constituents and for job creating developments like this one, as i'm sure he is aware, i am not able to get involved in specific learning decisions, but i understand a decision will be made as soon as possible. that will take into account all the representations. >> ed miller band. -- the wholeker, coun

and the matter of the paraolympics games in sochi, russia. president putin of russia is there and the ukranian paraolympics team decided to go ahead and compete. they were in a no win situation and politics could get in the way of the medal winning. and if you win that gives a platform for putin. and the ukranian team did well in london and came in fourth place and faired better than the ukranian olympics team. and they want to get a win and be a thumb in the eye of vladimar putin. there is a lot going on and this crisis appears to be escalating. >> we remind everyone that sheppard is live from kiev and hosting his program at 3 o'clock p.m. thank you for the information. >> we have a lot of developments and if there are more we'll take you back to kiev. >> the president would hold those accountable for failure of obama care. another official stepping down. >>> kids with specialney -- needs trapped on a burning school bus. >> and a spoker of the house can do now and help the investigation immensely. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> police praising a school bus driver

today the united states and europe scuttled the g-8 economic summit meeting that was scheduled for sochi russia. it is one of the sanctions that president obama warned of after russia took the crimean peninsula away from neighboring ukraine. major garrett traveling with the president in the netherlands tonight. major? >> reporter: scott, the g-7 nations will now hold their own sum fit in brussels in june excluding russia from all economic talks until the standoff over crimea is resolved. leaders here agree that any new economic sanctions against russia would hit its arms, energy and finance industries and would be tied directly to any new military moves into ukraine. but the g-7 will not impose additional penalties for russia's move into crimea. the goal here is simply to contain the crisis. president obama also met with the chinese president and urged him to remain neutral thus depriving moscow of a historic ally. he said president would not necessarily support russia but is reluctant to join in with economic summits. >> p in egypt today, a court sentenced to death 529 supporters of the ousted

a summit meeting planned for sochi, russia, in june will now be held in brussels without president putin, but just as the u.s. tries to turn up the heat on moscow, the russian military is adding to their forces on ukraine's border. u.s. officials tell abc news that russia now has 30,000 troops at the ready. the u.s. and its allies worried about further escalation warn russia it faces severe economic costs if it takes any more steps to destabilize ukraine. here in the netherlands president obama holds a press conference later today where he's sure to face questions about whether these new steps are enough to sway moscow to back off. meanwhile, the russians are downplaying the international snub. mary bruce, abc news, traveling with the president in the hague. >>> at the murder trial of oscar pistorius a police cell phone forensics expert gets back on the stand this morning. during testimony yesterday a text message he revealed that pistorius' girlfriend reeva steenkamp had once told pistorius that she was scared of him. other texts that were read out in court proved both of them had insec

the g7 condemned russia's action, pulling out of a planned conference in sochi. >> the united states and europe are putting pressure on russia to pull out of ukraine. they are hoping to use economic and diplomatic sanctions. it's not clear if it will work. rosalind jordan has more. >> the secretary of state john kerry used the sunday current affairs shows to repeat the message to vladimir putin - sending russian troops into ukraine is illegal. you don't invade another country on phoney pretext in order to assert your interests. >> the u.s. doesn't think sending in troops of its own is the right response. washington and european nations are taking aim at things that matter to moscow. for example, the g8 summit in sochi. the u.s. stopped its planning for the meetings and minutes it may not attend at all. canada, france and britain have taken the same approach. >> there could be ultimately asset freezes, visa bans. there could be, certainly, disruption of any of the normal tried route eaches, business draw back. the rooubel is going down. >> members of congress are ready to draw up sanct

to boycott upcoming meetings for the g-8 summit, which have been planned for in th summer in sochi, russia. the white house is basically saying this is going to be a lot of diplomatic push. >> axelrod: margaret brennan, thank you. defense secretary chuck hagel also spoke by phone with his russian counter-part today. while the pentagon had no immediate details on the conversation, hagel cautioned russia in an interview recorded yesterday with bob schieffer for "face the nation." >> reporter: this in your view would be a mistake for the russians if they decided to go into the ukraine. >> ting would be a mistake. and this would set in motion so many different dynamics that are not in anyone's interests. >> axelrod: please note that secretary of state john kerry will also be speaking with bob schieffer tomorrow morning on "face the nation." chinese state media is reporting 28 people were killed and 113 injured in what's being called an orchestrated knife attack in the southwestern part of the country. this took place in kun-ming when a group of men reportedly wearing all black stormed a busy t

suspending preparation for getting involved in the g-8 summit meeting in sochi, russia. another thing would be following through on that boycott call the -- boycott, or expelling russia from the g-8. that would be a very big move, assetould visa bans, a bans. >> what he economic implications? >> we're seeing european stocks lunging mode -- launching the most in more than a month. that is because of this escalating tension in ukraine and fears about it hurting corporate earnings. with exposure to russia that are leading the losses. very significant things in that the military intervention threatens to derail energy under vegan. -- intervention. the key pipelines that go from russia into europe through ukraine. we have seen energy analysts saying that it could affect gas prices as far away as great britain. >> and not to mention supply routes as well for troops in afghanistan. how is it then that vladimir putin feels he has the upper hand, that the international community is impotent? >> i think there is very little militarily that the international community can do. when t

look for, the russians are hosting a major summit of eight of the top world economies in june, in sochi, russia, the united states could boycott that and so could european nations. that would be big deal to russia. >> first thing may be to isolate him diplomatically more. >> absolutely. >> thank you, jonathan karl. >>> now, a verdict on a big story back here in new york. a smile from kerry kennedy and her family. she was found not guilty of driving while impaired. of knowingly driving under the influence of a sleep aid. members of the kennedy family supported her in court all week. and today, the daughter of robert kennedy had a message for them. >> i want to thank my family and my friends, my mother, ethel kennedy, and my daughters. i'm just very, very grateful that justice was done. >> and by the way, that verdict was unanimous. >>> and also tonight, new tapes putting new heat on new jersey governor chris christie, all because of that traffic jam on the george washington bridge orchestrated by members of his inner circle. for the first time we're going to be able to take you there at the mome

to sochi russia now where the paralympics has wrapped its seven day is a quick look at the medal count so far russia is currently in the lead with a total of fifty medals. i also have the most bronze silver and even gold medal wins and second places ukraine with fourteen total medals canada is in third with ten medals and the us is in four h fair followed by germany japan austria and france. today was the day of big wins in the men's ice sledge hockey semifinals. team russia won in a crushing defeat against norway in a surprising forty zero sweep. team russia will now go for the saturday final where he faced teen usa dominated can about with a score of three to zero. well that does it for now for more on the stories we covered the youtube dot com slash rt america and check out our website our t dot coms less usa. you can also follow me on twitter and irritated. i knew. i thought about it. our social media calls from year to buy it with a first past the seven year old josh perry now is that the content that my specialty. he was recently diagnosed with and i had no access to treatment fo

will withdraw from preparations for the g8 summit scheduled for june in sochi russia. the prime minister told members that russia should be condemned by the whole world adding that the uk's national interest is that the rule of law is upheld. this is about 35 minutes. >> order. questions for the prime minister. sir peter bone. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues -- mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> peter bone. >> mr. speaker, -- [inaudible] 2000 new jobs. local conservative councils, north telegraph, the listening campaign and my listening campaign have all supported this proposal. in nine years in parliament i have never known of the development that has so much public support. could be prime minister is his best effort to ensure that the outcome of the public inquiry is announced as soon as possible? >> i know my honorable friend campaigned vigorously for

but why would putin play the aggressor, after spending more than $50 billion in sochi polishing russia's image? >> i think putin senses reluctance and even weakness in the united states, a desire not to get into any wars. >> reporter: that's a point the president's political opponents are seizing on today. >> this is the ultimate result of a feckless american policy where nobody believes in america's strength anymore. >> reporter: andrea mitching, nbc news, andrew's air force base. >>> this is bill neely in the russian crimea where the russians are tightening their grip. they fought wars before, this time they didn't have to fight wars to take the region. this time they marched in and took the region in just three days. the russians marching across crimea seems relentless and unstoppable. the big question is where exactly in ukraine will these men stop. russian troops now surround the ukrainian army bases, this one the biggest. ukrainian soldiers inside won't leave, but there is no sign they're preparing to fight. ukraine's navy in crimea is equally defiant. ♪ singing their national anth

we're getting word that ukraine decided against boycotting the winter paralympics in sochi, russia.this is video of the ukrainian olympic team yesterday. the head of ukraine's paralympic committee says the country's athletes will stay and compete in sochi despite russia's move. the decision was made this morning hours ahead of the opening ceremony. >> 6:33 now. getting a look at the weekend forecast, and checking in of course first with these pictures. here is san jose, san francisco, looking beautiful here. >> good sunrise. >> good morning. beautiful colors as you mentioned even in san francisco. i want to take you there and show you and we have a few high, thin clouds. those high, thin clouds, that's the picture all day long. filtered sunshine and it's going to be really warm. at least for this time of year. we're talking about temperatures even in san francisco mid-60s by this afternoon. so really delightful. even in the south bay we expect temperatures to be at least in the low 70s by this afternoon. and that's where we're going to see some of our warmest conditions, in fact, sa

the sochi russia now where the paralympics just wrapped its fourth day. here's a quick look at the medal count so far as is currently in the lead with a total of thirty four medals. they also have the most golden silver medal wins in second place is ukraine with a lead in total medals and the us and canada are tied for third place most of the total of seven medals are followed by japan germany and austria. one of these big medal winners was russia's romaine. she shaped roof. he dominated the men's sitting by apple on for the gold medal and now has a total of three gold medals so far in the paralympics on germany's anja laker took the gold for the women's division and team russia took the lead over the us and ice sledge hockey for a final score of two one. now russia will move on to a third and eight semifinal match well i may enter as cba could strip club says his dancers felt violated. last thursday night and contrary to what you might think it was and because club goers were inappropriate me grabbing at the women. rather it was because police officers h

said they won't attend et planning meetings for the g-8 economic summit which will be held in sochi russia, the same place as the liolympics. a former obama national security council spokesman saying the u.s. has few options. >> you can take away visas for certain members of parliaments. can you do things that hurt the prestige of russia on the international stage. >> reporter: but vladimir putin has heard it all before. former president george w. bush had a weak hand to play. putin feels he's in a similar position of strength now. >> he does not care. and in many ways this action is directly for that purpose, to show swagger in the word. >> reporter: and america is tired of war, which gives putin even more lief ran. >> that's american weakness to be taken advantage of. >> putin knows where we are psychologically. and he certainly understands where barack obama is. and that's in a mode of withdrawing from wars. >>> so far russian president putin has given no indication that he'll heed international warnings to stop his military advance in ukraine. >>> a navy fighter jet that crashed during

but first the paralimpic winter games are happening in sochi, russia.an jay gupta has this woman's remarkable story. >> overcoming obstacles is nothing new for her. she was born with a birth defect that prevents the spine from closing. she was sent to an orphanage. >> i didn't have a wheelchair and i walked on my hands all the time. >> six years later, a chance visit by an american changed her life. >> i knew that she was my mom. >> adoption gave tatiana an instant family. >> getting involved with sports saved my life. >> i wanted to be an athlete. >> she became the youngest member of the track and field team. she won four more medals in beijing and in london finally won gold. she won the grand slam title in wheelchair racing and now she is in russia competing in the nordic skeeg event. [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog bar

and its allies to boycott the upcoming g-8 summit in sochi, russia and consider expelling russia from the g-8. it calls for more sanctions on banks, state agencies. our next guest is a co-sponsor of that legislation, congressman good to see you. how much support do you expect for these sanctions specifically and more sanctions in general? >> it was interesting in the debate before the committee we ended up with the unanimous vote one support of this. but also we passed out an additional provision and that provision calls for the united states to start the process of leveraging russia by exporting gas into western europe and into the ukraine. i think what's been missing all of this is the very real leverage on russia. and, in fact, 70% of their revenue from trade is from petroleum. and 52% of the budget for the russian government itself comes about as a result of their revenue given the monopoly pricing they have over western europe. we have a situation here in the united states where we have gas, we have a glut, we can expand that into the market and really give the russians something

sochi. tatiana was born in russia with a hole in her spine.ebbie adopted her from an orphanage when she was six. she says that tatiana is a role model. >> it is not about what you can't use, it is about what you can do with your life. i believe tatiana will save lives by being an example. >> reporter: the rookie skier is a long shot for a paralympic medal, but that wouldn't stop her. >> i go in thinking i love the sport, and that i'm going to give it my 110% and see what happens. >> reporter: and once the paralympics are behind her. >> i have ten days to get ready for the london marathon. >> reporter: what? ten days, so you will finish sochi and then ten days later you're going to run a marathon. >> yeah. >> reporter: you just never stop, do you? >> i love sports. it's just who i am. it makes me a whole person. >> reporter: a proud american, born in russia, ready to compete. kate snow, nbc news, midway, utah. >> incredible story. paralympics open tomorrow. we'll let you know how she does in competition. >>> that is our broadcast for us on a th

what the seven countries said was that we're not going to have the plan g-8 summit in sochi, russia. re going to meet without russia in brussels in june as the g-7. but, the word was passed through reporters that this is a suspension, not an expulsion and it throws the spotlight on one unmistakable fact about this whole situation as the president tries to rally allies and so forth. it is possible to sanction russia economically in a way that it didn't used to be because it's economy is intertwined with the west. that cuts both ways. countries like germany and other countries that trade a lot with russia would bear some real pain if they were to go along with more extensive sanctions than those so far imposed. the second point bill is. this president obama's foreign policy, dealing with place like syria and iran depends upon russian cooperation, getting both those countries to come into line with what is he trying to achieve. so, if he is at a complete dagger's drawn with russia he has got problems in other parts of the world. >> there are a lot of people that say it's folly and mitt r

one matter of contention has been the pair limb picks about to begin over in sochi, russia, and varying here from the people on whether the ukrainian athletes should attend. as it turns out, they've made a decision they will compete unless and until there is her aggression with, as they put it, from the russians. if, in fact, the russians make any more moves into the east here in ukraine, the pair olympians say they'll come home. the ukrainian olympic team didn't fare all that well in the olympics, but the pair proolympics are much better prepared, and they are very hopeful to go up against russia and beat them. at any rate, we learned today that 30,000 russian troops are now in the crimea. very quietly, i might add, because as you walk around and look around in crimea, you don't see them. they're on the military installations, and the ukrainian newspaper and channel 5 news here reporting that 30,000 russian troops are now in crimea. bill and martha, back to you. martha: shepard, quick question for you. the word is, and you just mentioned this, that vladimir putin has said he's very ang