susan rice appeared before reporters in the white house pressroom. she was asked about those troops that are masked, russian troops masked on the ukraine border along russia. susan rice said the united states is still watch that development very carefully. >> it's not clear what that signals. the russians have stated that they are intending military exercise given their past practice, and the gap between what they have said and what they have done we're watching it with skepticism. >> now one head of state who is not coming, vladimir putin. sergei lavrov will have a meeting with john kerry. but after the two meetings with netherlands and brussels, then the president goes on to the vatican in rome. he'll meet with pope francis, do some touring and meet with the prime minister. then on to saudi arabia trying to soothe saudi's anger. no secret about it, about the deal that the united states made with its allies to bring iran to the table. of course they're rivals with saudi arabia, they were upset when president obama backed off the bombing campaign in

he'll have a bilateral meeting with the chinese leaders, the japanese leaders, and susan rice appearsore reporters in the pressroom. she was asked about russian troops amassed on the border. susan rice said that the united states is still watching that development very carefully. >> it's not clear what that signals, the russians have stated that they are intended military exercises, obviously given their past practice and the gap between what they have said and what they have done. we're watching it with accident i am. >> one head of state who is not coming, vladimir putin. sergei lavrov will have another bilateral meeting with john kerry. but after the two meetings, the netherlands and then bruce he wills, the president will go on to the vatican in rome he'll meet with the pope and the italian prime minister. then on to saudi arabia, he'll try to soothe the saudi anger. there is no doubt about it, the deal that the u.s. made to bring iran to 9 table, the saudis are very upset when president obama backed off a bombing campaign in connection with those chemical attacks in favor of goin

susan rice, the national security adviser appeared before reporters before the white house pressroom she was asked about troops that are masked on the ukraine border. president obama spoke of their positioning in an ominous way. susan rice said the united states is still watching that development very carefully. >> it's not clear what that signals, the russians have stated that they are intended military exercises. obviously given their past practice, and the gap between what they have said and what they have done. we're watching it with skepticism. >> one head of state who is not coming, vladimir putin. sergeai lavrov will have another meeting with secretary of state john kerry. then he'l the president will goo the vatican and rome and meet with the pope, and then moving on so saudi arabia. as well as the situation in syria, the saudis were very upset when president obama backed off a bombing campaign in retaliation of the chemical attacks last summer in favor of going to congress to ask for congressional permission to begin that campaign, and that hasn't happened. nevertheless the

president obama's national security adviser, susan rice, acknowledged today she's not sure whether the troop movement suggests the situation is about to get worse. >> it's not clear what that signals. the russians have stated that they are intending military exercises. obviously, given their past practice and the gap between what they have said and what they have done, we are watching it with skepticism. >> people in ukraine are not just skeptical of russia's intentions, they're preparing for all out war. members of the self-defense militia that helped topple the pro-moscow government in kiev are getting ready to take on russia. >> translator: we have the people and we're ready to fight. if the government gives us weapons, we're ready to fight with them. >> back in washington, though, top officials are expressing alarm that ukrainian self defense may only provoke the russians. >> are you concerned that the ukrainians are going to want to push back and that will give putin an excuse to do more? >> this is obviously a very worrying and fragile situation, but we have been very much admiri

i think you saw susan rice, national security adviser, wearing a lace mantilla, that's old school, to meet the pope. this is a much more informal pope. used to be when you would meet a pope you wore black, you didn't wear a lot of jewelry, women woerman till lamantillas. he's not a formal guy. he doesn't require you kiss his ring when you meet him. this is all the pomp and circumstance he has really pushed aside in his papacy. it's fun to watch but he doesn't enjoy it very much. >> he does like a sense of normalcy, the end of formality. he gave an interview and he said he likes to be out among the people but he cautioned against creating a certain mythology about pope francis. when, for example, it said that he goes out from the vatican at night and feeds the homeless that never even occurred to me, he said, to paint the pope as some kind of superman, a type of star, seems offensive to me. >> yeah, he doesn't like that super pope that rock star image that we all want to put on him. in fact, there was -- somebody painted a picture of pope francis as superman. and it was taken down the

susan rice appeared in the warehouse pressroom. was asked, russian troops, massed inside crimea border. susan rice says the united states is still watching that development very carefully. >> it is not clear what that signals. the russians have stated that they are intending military exercises, obviously given their past practice and the gap between what they have said and what they have done, we are watching it with skepticism. >> reporter: one head of state that is not coming, vladimir putin. sergey lavrov will have a bilateral meeting with john kerry. president obama goes on to the vatican in roam. he does some touring, he'll meet with the italian prime minister then to saudi arabia. he'll end this trip trying to soothe saudi feelings. no doubt about it, iran is a regional rival of saudi arabia. the saudis were very upset, in favor ever going to congress and asking for congressional permission to begin that campaign, obviously that hasn't happened and a deal was brokered by russia to remove those chemical weapons. the president

travelling with the president secretary of state john kerry, white house spokesman jay carney, and susan rice, national security advisor. >> the air force removed nine officers from their jobs in connection with a cheating scandal at a nuclear arms base. 100 mess il launch crew members at the air force base in montana were named. mid level officers were not involved, but they allowed a culture of cheating. the base commander resigned because of the scandal. >> congress spoke with one voice, sending a message to the kremlin. they have backed bills to aid ukraine. congressional correspondent libby casey reports. >> after weeks of seeming stuck, aid was offered to ukraine and offering sanctions. >> the aid portion amounts to $1 billion in loan guarantees, and $150 million in assistance. it calls for freezing assets and banning the visas. they were judged corrupt. the chairman at the senate foreign relations committee robert menened es said the vote was a moment of proof. >> president putin is watching, waiting to see what we'll do, if he has a green light to take the next step. >> senator menene

but susan rice was candid when pressed on these russian troop movements and whatnot, that the u.s.completely clear on what the next move from russia will be. listen. >> not clear what that signals. the russians have stated they are intend egg military -- intending military exercises. given their past practices and the gaps between what they said and have done, we're watching it with skepticism. >> among the president's meetings in europe next week, he'll be meeting with the g7, basically kicking russia out. key seven leaders, u.s., france, uk, et cetera to talk mostly about the situation in ukraine and figure out what the next steps are. >> all right, ed. a lot of work to do. let's turn to our newsroom in washington and fox news sunday anchor chris wallace who is live. where are we in this, chris? >> well, it's a good question and we don't really know. obviously putin has crimea, and the u.s. has imposed some sanctions, and is thenning to go after at this point so far it's been going against putin's inner circle. now they're threatening, next step, to take vigorous steps against th

national security advisor susan rice was asked what is the meaning of russia's mobilization of the troops? . >> it's not clear what it signals. the russians stated they are intending military exercise, given the past practice and the gap between what they have said and done. we are watching it with skepticism. >> president obama will meet with leaders of the european union, as well as n.a.t.o. he is trying to get the european allies of america to agree to stringent economic sanctions against russia. that will be no easy task because europe that is closer ties to russia, and stringent sanctions against russia likely will hurt europe more than the u.s. >> that's randall pinkston reporting from washington. search operations for the missing malaysian airliner are focussing on the southern indian ocean. eight planes are scouring a remote area 1500 miles off the coast of western australia, after china released a satellite image showing a large object floating in the search zone. some are concerned it may be too large to have come from the plane. the u.s. navy's p3 poseidon will join the search

national security adviser susan rice is on the trip and she has spoken about the priorities for the united states. she said this, speaking to reporters before the trip -- the international community will be broadly rethinking its relationship with russia and the united states, she says, will be aiming to show strong alliances with its partners in europe, asia, and the middle east. also, sanctions, of course, will be discussed. the strongest sanctions so far will be imposed by the united states. this is a country that wants to talk seriously with its allies -- the likes of united kingdom, france, and germany, entries seen more reluctant to put in place stricter sanctions. these are countries that the united states wants to convince. this is a trip that will be largely about ukraine, not only during the first stop but also in brussels when president barack obama will be meeting the u.s.of nato and then the president will move onto other subjects, presumably ukraine will never disappear completely, but he he will move on to italy with a meeting with the pope and then on to saudi arabia as wel

. >> reporter: on friday, national security adviser susan rice said the u.s.ould impose more sanctions if russia continues its provocations. today russian troops at the order of president vladimir putin are marching along the border. >> they're intending military exercis exercises. given their past practice, and the gap between what they have said and what they have done, we're watching it with skepticism. >> reporter: in russia, fireworks as they celebrated the return of crimea. 60 years after the soviet union gave it away. the white house says it won't resort to military force, only more sanctions. >> further escalation will result in further isolation and higher costs. >> reporter: foreign policy experts warn further conflict could have an impact at home. >> if what happened in the ukraine becomes a precursor to more instability, that will affect the united states sooner or later. >> reporter: americans are keeping an eye on a conflict that is impacting nations, and those too young to understand. >> that was kristen welker reporting. neither the u.s. nor ru

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 press" tomorrow. >>> and in china, at least 28 people killed by knife-wielding attackers at a train station what is called an order pre-medicipre h pre-meditated violent attack. >> reporter: pools of blood on the sidewalk, people urgently seeking news of loved ones, this could not be verified by nbc news but appears to show the aftermath of the attack at the train station, tonight, it looked like a morgue. eyewitnesss report seeing approximately ten people wearing a type of uniform, their heads covered with black hoods and running with knives 40 inches long. the chinese authorities are calling this a planned attack. one survivor said that everybody was trying to run away, the knife-wielding assailant striking at those who could not move fast enough. it is

secretary of defense chuck hagel, secretary of state john kerry and susan rice were in the meeting. secretary of state john kerry boarded a plane at andrew's air force base, headed to kiev to meet with the interim government on tuesday. kerry's trip coming as russia shows no signs of backing off from crimea. they received a deadline to lay down arms or face a full-scale assault. russia de nice making that call. they say they were invited by president viktor yanukovych. nick schifrin is in the crimean peninsula with the latest. >> this is a ukrainian base on ukrainian land. those are not ukrainian soldiers or that's not a ukrainian flag. the welcoming committee doesn't pledge allegiance to ukraine. >>. translation: we are here to support the russian peacekeepers. they are the only means to stop the violence in ukraine. >> in this area the russian occupation is growing and the resistance seems non-existent. the russian soldiers occupied the base without firing a shot. visitors brought sandwiches and a teapot. soldiers relax and ate in crudely fortified positions. they brought 50 calib

marble security advisor susan rice clearly is not taking their word for it. the russians have stated that they are intending military exercises, obviously given their past practice and the gap between what they have said and what they have done, we are watching it with skepticism. >> the ukrainians are erecting rudimentary defenses but have not transferred significant number of troops to the border and would have little chance of stopping or even slowing the russians. >> pelley: david, thank you. now please note that bob schieffer will have the latest on the crisis in the ukraine this sunday on face the nation and bob's guests will include former republican presidential whom knee mitt romney. >> nominee mitt romney. >> north carolina moved to withdraw a legal settlement that environmentalists said was too easy on the nation's biggest electric power company duke energy. the state had agreed to settle a massive pollution case with a fine of $99,000 and no requirement that the $50 billion company clean up the pollution. duke energy and state regulators are under

we got that sense from ben rhodes and also his national security adviser, susan rice. the feeling from the white house if they cannot isolate russia with these economic sanctions. tot of the work next week is make sure the europeans and the white house remain on the same page with the tough sanctions and keeping the same message to vladimir putin. rices interesting, susan saying that is not how they expected the russian relationship to play out over the last couple of years. they did not expect the obama administration to be squaring off. that is where we are right now. >> indeed. these sanctions, there are indications they hurt a little bit. what is the expectation about how long that may last? it is not soint, much a matter of how long it will take to have an effect on russia's capitalists, or whether they will have an effect. air is a sense that vladimir putin has decided this is an existential issue for russia. the crimean peninsula has always belonged to russia and he has made it clear that he is worried about the encirclement of russia by nato. we have no fewer t

secretary of state john kerry and susan rice will visit with the vatican secretary of state. >> are reexpecting to hear anything afterwards? will there be any comments? will there be any statements? what are we expecting? >> well, we know e we will hear from the president later today, but it won't be taking place here at vatican city. that will be the first opportunity for reporters to ask the president about the experience about the time he spent with pope francis about their shared interests and differences and also an opportunity for the president to compliment the pope on what he's done to inspire not just catholics, but people around the world. >> peter alexander, thank you very much. we're told that the president's motorcade is rolling so when he arrives, we will have that for you. >>> time for a look at the weather. check this out. one meteorologist got more than he bargained for. he was checking off an item on his bucket list. braving winter temperatures and hurricane-force winds in nova scotia. everything looked fine until a strong gust of wind knocks them out of the frame. now for a l

border of russian troops are conducting movements enforced no washington's national security adviser susan rice as the us is monitoring the situation has grown skeptical about russia assurances that these are simply military exercise in these developments come as the interim government in kiev moved to bind ukraine more closely to the european union it's a rare demonstration of european unity. eu leaders signed the political section of a partnership agreement designed to bring the block and ukraine closer together it includes concrete aid for ukraine and it sends a strong signal to russia. russia is a strong and successful ukraine free to make choices about its future. every day at the summit is very clear that it be the head of ukraine's interim government immediately called on the eu to demonstrate its commitment with quick energy deliveries to his country. you need to pay the price and we all need to free the price for peace stability and security and relatives. the european union has widened sanctions on moscow to include those in president clinton's inner circle. european council president

president obama after a visit with pope francis will meet with national security adviser susan rice and secretary of state john kerry alongside the vatican secretary's of state. the president meets with italy's leaders and has a tour of the coliseum. richard? >> peter alexander, thank you. >>> searchers press on in what has become an overwhelmingly emotional effort to find victims of the deadly mudslide in washington state. new animation here showing the hill and how it was battered by days of rain. that water loosening the soil and raising the river level below, resulting in a wall of mud that could fill 11 empire state buttings on to the neighborhood below. official say the mud is as high as 30 to 40 feet in some places. jennifer bjorklund has the latest. >> reporter: from an enormous search area, staggering numbers, 90 people now are missing and unaccounted for. authorities say that is a firm number now. and 35 others likely were in the area and can't be ruled out among victims. the word that more bodies were recovered, they're not counted until they arrive at the medical examiner ee

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national security advisor susan rice went to the white house briefing room today. >> our interest is not in seeing the situation escalate. and devolve into hot conflict. our interest is in a diplomatic resolution, de-escalation. and obviously economic support for ukraine. gwen: as david sanger wrote this week, the standoff with russia has become only the latest test of president obama's approach to foreign policy. how is that? david? >> well, gwen, it's a test because president obama has really premised his foreign policy over the past five years on three big thoughts. one of them is the days of superpower, cold war thinking is over. another one is that the days of these long wars of occupation were over so that the u.s. can solve a lot of military problems it faces with its technological advantage, drones, cyber or special forces. and the third one is the u.s. can play the long game and that economic sanctions are freakly the way to do that. and iran was obviously the best example of sanctions that drove them to the bargaining table. the test now is do any of these work in the case

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last sunday at this table, susan rice, national security advisor, said it would be a grave mistake forussia to invade the crimea. on friday the president says there will be a cost to intervention. what does it say to you that vladimir putin has ignored the united states for ten days? >> well, part of it is he's made a cost benefit analysis. he has weighed the costs of doing what he's done and the benefits. clearly he concluded the benefits far outweigh the costs. we need to change that calculus. i think secretary kerry outlined accurately enough one of our goals here needs to be to isolate russia, exact an extraordinary price to payen ot international front for them, for their ambitions, ultimately for individuals in that government and for their economy. the other part of this that's not receiving enough attention is the u.s. must convene our allies both in europe and through nato to strengthen the interim government in kiev to allow them to transition to a drake government, be able to hold their elections. that's critical, too. i think the next phase in this, perhaps you're seeing th

the deputy national security adviser over here at the white house, ben rhodes, who serves under susan riceeeted out just a few moments ago that the president was speaking to several foreign leaders. so we should expect additional readouts in addition to this readout on the phone call between president obama and president putin. it seems that the president was on the phones quite a bit today. that might explain why he was not involved in that national security meeting which took place earlier today as we've been reporting all afternoon, jim. you saw the pictures coming out

he was briefing by his national security adviser susan rice and other top national security officials that occurred at the white house was on ukraine, policy options according to the senior administration official. we can also report we've just learned in the last couple of minutes that vice president biden joined that national security meeting via video conference. so the vice president is also involved in this. as you know, jim, he is a very top close official to the president when it comes to national security questions, big foreign policy questions such as what is unfolding in ukraine. i did go back to a national or senior administration official to ask why the president was not involved in today's meeting. and this official would only say it's just not unusual for the president not to be there. he was as this official said briefed by his national security adviser. so they're watching these developments. no official response from the president yet as to what's occurred today, jim. >> well jim, you've been at the white house a long time. is it indeed unusual for the president not t

is reassessing it's relationship with russia and earlier today, national security advisor, susan ricepretty straightforward answer to that question and that is yes. rice who spoke at the white house briefing earlier this afternoon declined to answer what she thinks vladimir putin's -- thousands of troops building up on the ukrainian border. here's what she had to say. >> it's not clear what that signals, the russians have stated that they are intended military exercises, obviously given their past practice and the gap between what they have said and what they have done, we are watching it with skepticism. >> if the russians were to move into other parts of the ukraine, the u.s. would start ramping up sanctions very quickly. next up in the sanctions is the energy industry. wolf, all of this is going to overshadow the president's overseas trip next week, he's scheduled to meet with leaders from the g-7, the president of china, leaders from nato, all about ukraine and of course all of this comes as the president already has a very busy agenda for next week, he's already scheduled to meet

. >> do we have a good reading in washington, at the state department, the nse, susan rice and othersve a sense of whether putin feels he's reestablished russia's good feeling about itself, its mother russia sense, they don't have to go further to make their point in that regard? or is this his first step toward basically pushing everyone into line in that region, making them all more subordinate to russia? >> well, there are a lot of people who think the administration has misjudged putin's motives from the start. the "post" had an editorial today, that's the other side of the house from me, making that point that the u.s. doesn't really understand the russian motivation here and thus the u.s. attempts to deter putin hasn't worked. i don't if that's totally true, but they certainly did not see this coming the way it came. u.s. tried to head this off weeks and months ago, and that didn't work. and then sort of got caught flat-footed when putin went ahead and didn't take any of the olive branches that the u.s. offered over the last two weeks to try to prevent this from becoming a full

want to find out why he took out references to al-qaeda in the talking points that were dhifred by susan riceot only that, that is correct, we want to find that out, but we want to find out also why there was not forced protection before hand when we knew it was 9/11 and a critical area of benghazi and why no force of protection there and why was there a cover up? >> you want john known bone to set up a committee and investigate this and it sounds like you don't think he is pursuing the answers as aggressively like you would have him to. why hasn't he? >> that is an understatement. he's not going at it aggressively. we don't know. it could be that he wants to put the entire focus on obama care. or he was in covert operations to cover up the cover up. it was a sensitive operation and they can do. that we are not concerned about the covert operations. if the president signed off on it and eight members of congress were briefed on it, it is legal. we are concerned about not providing adequate protection and going to their rescue and cover up the facts. >> when you say covert operation, you i ass

and he and his spokesman whether it be susan rice, john kerry, whether it be john carr any.magine that. the press secretary hold acting as if it is hypothetical. some kind of future tense. it's nonsense. it's been going on. he's had full knowledge after nine days of silence. that he would keep the american people and the press corps. informed. just as had had for the past nine days. what the heck could he look for impotent. >> i don't think he has many options, lou map is he supposed to do now? the russian forces are on the waa and some in the area. we don't have 150,000 troops on the border. he does. lou: thank god we don't. [laughter] michael, help us out. the president seems to be completely unaware there's a reality in which putin lives and this sort of a vapor which with president obama is decidely and daily accommodated -- accommodating and comfortable. >> well,, lou, i would suggest we start thinking right now the next piece of the putin puzzle. don't forget it's not the first. there is meddling in syrian. we basically let him take charge of that situation. so still w

still -- and we started writing this book you is not -- even partway through the bulky look like susan rice was going to be the next secretary of state. par with their reporting, we did not know the time, barack obama asked hillary clinton to stay on as secretary of state for another year of. you can find out how that turned up by reading the book. but i think john kerry has taken on some of these really big issues. part of that is being there as a continuation of what is going on . having back channel negotiations with them. picked up on that. some of it is his own stuff, trying to get rid of the chemical weapons day. is taking big risks. we don't know how they will turn out. he wants to be a legacy to make the world a better place as you. i don't know how all that will turn out and i don't know how it's going to look by comparison to hillary clinton's tenure. we just don't have the time to really judge that yet. he is swinging for the fences, no doubt. >> yes. when hillary left the state department there was a picture for as president having a good time in the back of the white house. my

. >> reporter: national security adviser susan rice says the u.s. was reassessing its relations with russia in light of the recent situation with crimea. >> this is obviously a very worrying and fragile situation, but we have very much admiring the posture that ukrainian people and government have taken. they've exercised enormous restraint. >> reporter: president obama is due to meet with the other six countries in the hague with ukraine front and sun ter. >> the united states is leading the international community in supporting the government of ukraine and the people of ukraine and inin posing costs on russia. >> reporter: white house press secretary jay carney warned future problems could harm them. >> everybody who has a visa or mastercard who tried to use it today, transactions are denied. whatever accounts they have with those financial institutions, those accounts are froeszen. >> u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel told his ukrainian counterpart yesterday the united states is actively reviewing ukraine's request for nonlethal equipment and m

press secretary party showed up to the daily press briefing with the national security advisor susan rice who went on television after the benghazi television attack to deceive the american public and talked about the veracity of the explanation of the troops. >> we have been taking notes of developments along the ukraine border and indeed that was part of the substance of secretary hegel's conversation yesterday with his counterpart. >> they have stated they are intending military exercises given their past practice and the gap between what they have said and what they have done we are watching with skepticism. lou: we will take this up with others including john boehner plenty. the mystery that has the nation mesmerized of the two weeks after the disappearance of the malaysian airlines disappearance the authorities are no closer to finding the jetliner or people aboard. the search resumed moments ago over the indian ocean without the u.s. navy aircraft that is undergoing routine begins ian will rejoin the efforts on sunday the pentagon says it has cost 2.5 million dollars so for. so far

his advisers, secretary of state kerry, national security adviser susan rice, have said that -- have warned russia against intervention in the affairs of ukraine, but there's been no indication how the u.s. might respond to it. >> can you give us a sense of this resurfacing of viktor yanukovych, who surfaced. where did he surface and give us an idea of what the surroundings were around that? >> well, he resurfaced in moscow, eric. said he was still the legal leader, if you will, of ukraine, though that is definitely not the white house belief. he said that he had fled out of fear for his own safety and that of his family, and gave no indication he was prepared to abdicate, though officials here say he has done precisely that by leaving the country at a time of crisis. they say ukraine's parliament acted lawfully in electing a transition government. it's that government the u.s. is working with along with nato and the monetary fund to provide ukraine the money it needs to get through this period. and as far as the folks here are concerned, he is no longer the leader of his country, er

this past friday, in preparation for the president's trip to europe, national security advisor susan rice was asked what is the meaning of russia's mobilization of those troops? >> it's not clear what that signals. the russians have stated that they are intending military exercises. given their past practice and the gap between what they have said and done, we are watching it with skepticism. >> president obama will be meeting with leaders of the european union, and n.a.t.o. he a trying to get the european allies in america to agree to more stringent economic sanctions against russia. that will be no task because europe has closer ties, and sanctions against russia likely will hurt europe more than the u.s. >> germany's foreign minister is pledging support for ukraine. the ukraine prime minister pled for more energy from europe. >> we spoke about the possibility. we spoke about the question of self government. financial support will be expected from neighbouring countries, as well as in the area of modernization. >> ukraine relies on russia for more than half its oil and gas. earlier i sp

at a briefing on friday, in preparation for the trip to europe by the president, susan rice was asked what is the meaning of russia's mobilization of those troops? >> it's not clear what that signals, the russians have stated that they are intending military exercises. obviously given the past practice, and the gap between what they have said and what they have done. we are watching it with skepticism. >> president obama will meet with leaders of the european union and n.a.t.o., he is trying to get the european allies of america to agree to stringent economic sanctions against russia. that will be no easy task. any stringent sanctions against russia likely will hurt europe more than the u.s. >> randall pinkston, washington for us. >> it's midday sunday in australia and the search for flight mh370 has resumed. planes from the united states, new zealand, china are joining the effort a day after australian crews found nothing. a sat rite photo points to debris, but experts worry the object may be too large. a tropical cyclone threatens to slow down effort. three airplanes have been added

even par with through the book looked like susan rice would be the next secretary of state. partly through our reporting of the book we didn't know at the time barack obama asked hillary clinton to stay on as secretary of state. and what it turned out by reading the book. john kerry has taken on these big issues. part of it is being there as part of the continuation of what was going on before iran sanctions led the iranians to come to the table. they were having negotiations through 2012, some of it is his own stuff, trying to get rid of chemical weapons in syria. is workmanlike effort in the middle east to get something done. he has taken big risks. we don't know how that will turn out. one thing about john kerry is you wants to make a mark and the john kerry legacy, want to make the world a better place in his view. i don't know how that will turn out. i don't know how that will book by comparison and we don't have the length of time to judge that. he is swinging defenses. >> when hillary left the state department having a good time in the back of the white house, my ques

susan rice, the national security adviser and also some at the state department did apparently make a personal appeal on his behalf, but the president did not. not only do you have religious freedom, but you have press freedom as well. two hot topics on the minds of all of us, but the one that was most important to barack obama in my opinion is probably the reparation of the relationship when it comes to iran and syria because despite all our differences, we do have a strong alliance with the saudis. >> bob, you have been very vocal on the show about radical islam. you worked in the state department, so you know saudi arabia is very hostile towards christians. they have this no church policy. what do you think if you're advising president obama? how should he handle a meeting like this, even though he's hesitant to even acknowledge that radical islam is a threat? >> every modern president when they head off to meet with the head of the saudis are encouraged to bring up human rights. it's a fixed bill. in this case, you have a country that sponsors mohobbyism and pays for them to keep

and the state department added this that were talking points by the cia used by susan rice to dissembleis the point of doing this some i know reading this you're not a fan of hillary clinton. and our viewers formed an administration, the acronym that begins with a c. >> it is a senate intelligence committee report by republicans and democrats, yes, i am a partisan, don't believe me. believe the committee because it was a bipartisan committee. this is not a republican or a conservative publication. i took the senate report and i basically went through and analyzed it. and the u.s. senate report which took a year to investigate, and many tax dollars shows that "the new york times" is wrong and that hillary clinton lied. clinton lied. people died. that is just a fact. >> roger, thank you for joining us. >> great to be here. >>> up next, the answer to the quote. everybody thump, thump, thumping on everybody. plus, "hannity" at the top of the hour. >> conmen, in order to redecorate their office, in order to put in craft beer bars, they're doing that after what they call the establishment rep

susan rice among others.ly we're going to be monitoring diplomatic events, senator -- excuse me, secretary of state john kerry will be on his way here to kiev to help resolve the crisis, we'll have continuing coverage all throughout the day. and i'll be back on ac 360 tomorrow night live from here in kiev, i want to get you caught up on some of the other stories we're following, randi kaye joins us with a 360 bulletin. >>> the murder trial of oscar pistorius began today. testimony from a neighbor who testified she was awakened by bloodcurdling screams. pistorius said he shot his girlfriend because he thought she was an intruder. >>> the nation's capital and the surrounding region took the brunt of the winter storm that hit the area today. >>> catholic parishioners in new jersey are withholding contributions to protest a retirement home for one priest. this at a time when catholic schools are closing. anderson? >> randi appreciate the update. thanks very much. we'll have another edition of ac 360 at 10:00 east

so-called humanitarian interventions of others within the obama administration concerning the likes of susan rice and samantha power they have invaded nations absolutely violating the sovereignty of these nations all for part of the larger geopolitical intent which is to set up a confrontation between the eurasian nations would you say with all of the international if you can for the very latest updates from ukraine of course on air and online of a dog. are for the meantime on the program here on our to international it's taken the blue torch is seven days to reach so and in just two days the flame will once again be lit on the black sea coast this time for the winter olympics so was another epic torch relay draws to a close it's time to hear a bit more about it all from our correspondent is lindsey frauds. it began its journey on february twenty sixth not in greece but in russia's far east in that time it's traveled through fifty russian regions in the hands of more than one thousand torchbearers it's also for the first time in paralympic history made an international detour and it went to the u

so-called humanitarian interventions of others within the obama administration concerning the likes of susan rice and samantha power they have invaded nations absolutely violating the sovereignty of these nations all for part of the larger geo political intent which is to set up a confrontation between the eurasian nations and we've been covering the turmoil in ukraine since it began and can head to our dot com for a timeline of the events in the country and of course we'll be bringing you all the latest here on our team international. thousands of venezuelans are gearing up to mark the first anniversary of the death of this coming up we take a look at whether the legacy of the believing in revolution believe are in revolution i should say leader has been shattered by weeks of anti-government unrest in the country this and more after a short break. science technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. dramas that try to be ignored to the. stories others use in the. simpsons changing the world right now. to make sure it's a. former student. welcome back to

susan rice, national security adviser. the intelligence. do you have confidence in this team of national security advisers helping the president? >> not a lot. because it's very clear that their advice to the president has been cut our military. we're never going to fight another land war. by the way, do you know how many times we said that? that we'll never fight another land war after world war ii, after korea, after vietnam? and so i think there is a totally% guided misguided attitude towards vladimir putin and what he's about. and the only thing that vladimir putin understands is steadfast strength. peace through strength. remember who said that? >> yeah. i remember also the timing last week when chuck hagel announced the defense cuts of troop levels. i guess that was bad timing, given what's going on this week. >> not good timing. i still believe in america. i still believe we can be steadfast, but i think we've got to understand slat mere putin and what his ambitions are. that's a key element. >> i suspect you're right. all of these s

so-called humanitarian interventions of others within the obama administration concerning the likes of susan rice and samantha power they have invaded nations of absolutely violating the sovereignty of. her part of the larger geo political intent which is to set up a confrontation between the eurasian nations or do so without if you can for the latest updates from ukraine on air and of course online dot com. well. it's technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. this is the media leave us so we leave that maybe. i will see motions to the. way your party there's a bill. for shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics only on our t.v. . in two thousand and seven one of the first things released by wiki leaks was a secret video recording that actually looked like a video showing two american political activist opening fire on a dozen people in iraq this is not a means to live in a society images of violence become normal this is what the sense of isolation and lack of empathy look like. we try a

because they wouldn't do it to susan rice, over the benghazi.qually repugnant. >> planned parenthood should be fined, bernie, have a great weeke weekend. >>> on deck, must-see video featuring president obama and aretha franklin in a major spelling problem. right back with it. predicting the future is a pretty difficult thing to do. but, manufacturing in the united states means advanced technology. we learned that technology allows us to be craft oriented. no one's losing their job. there's no beer robot that has suddenly chased them out. the technology is actually creating new jobs. siemens designed and built the right tools and resources to get the job done. malay . >>> and finally tonight, a spelling mistake worth watching, last night at the white house, president obama paid tribute to women of music, with an all-time lineup of great performers, including aretha franklin. >> amazing grace ♪ ♪ ♪ how sweet the sound ♪ >> fantastic. but, before aretha took the stage, the president struggled while trying to pay her respect. >> when aretha first to