a counting section lays ahead, the frozen expansion of the baring sea, the sea between russia and americaher challenges, snow, frigid temperatures and several days racing. id. >> they say it's all about the challenges, you and your dogs, and whatever section of the trail, whatever challenge. you do it to finish, to be sure that you can. we'll know in a few days. pitch invaders are frowned upon. the brazilian football team and star striker took a ship to one fan that ran on to the pitch. on wednesday this week, this little man received a warm welcome from the players and was embraced by namar before security could take him away. it was smiles as the pint-sized pitch invader posed with the brazilian squad. >> sure to be a moment he'll remember for some time. don't forget you can keep up to date with the news on the website at aljazeera.com. >>> a cold war style showdown with america threatening sanctions against america. beware from payback against vladimir putin. >>> the cosley cuts making a trillion dollar crisis even worse for middle class americans, plus the multi billion dollar commodi

another daunting section of the trail lies ahead for competitors, the frozen expanse of the sea that lies between russiarings weather challenges, snow is possible, howling winds and frigid temperatures and several days to go before they get to the finish line in alaska but they will tell you, anyone we have spoke end to and says it's all about the challenges and racing against yourself as much as others and it's you and your dogs in what ever section of the trail, whatever challenges you face and you do it to win and finish to be sure you can and this is iditarod and we will know in a few days who won the race. >> reporter: the rest of the sport only our website and check out al jazeera.com/sport and details there and how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook and we have blogs and video clips from our correspondents and that is all the sport for now. >> joe, thank you very much. pitch invaders are frowned on around the world and some reason the brazil football team and striker took a shine for one going to a pitch and this little man received a warm welcome from the players and embrac

the black sea fleet n. the eastern city of donetsk, skirmishes broke out between the government and those favoring closer ties with russia. donetsk is the support base of ousted president victorian co-vish. >>> state-run media in russia report the government of crimea has brought forward a referendum of their future. people vote on march 16. vice prime minister say it is referendum will ask if they want to split from ukraine and if they want to join the russian federation. >>> lawmakers in the united states are considering punitive measures against russia's leaders and ways to bolsters to interim ukrainian leadership. they're planning to begin resolutirea draft resolution saying they violate the united nations charter and urges leaders to withdraw troops from crimea. lawmakers are looking for other ways to turn up the heat. the draft resolution recommends the u.s. government suspend new visas for senior russian officials. it calls for financial and trade sanctions on banks and commercial institutions with links to russia's government. members of the house are also considering economic aid for ukraine. >>> senior u.s. def

intercontinental ballistic test missile from a site near the caspian sea, this curiously time the move won't do much ease tensions between russia the west and lawmakers want the u.s. to take a greater role in the crisis. we are covering the full spectrum in this, fox news national security analyst kay t mcfarlane, radio host and fox news contributor monica crowley and for the financial perspective jeremy hill, investment advisers, thanks to all three for joining us. you said this is an opportunity for the u.s.. >> vladimir putin played along game. for 15 years he is building up his oil and natural gas business, is exports, political leverage over western europe and windfall profits over oil exports but united states should say we are going to reverse that, take advantage of our new-found energy resources, built the keystone pipeline, fracking, export natural gas to europe, build more terminal and do all of that stuff. what that does is drives oil and natural gas down. nobody buys russian computers, nobody buys russian cars but only russian oil and natural gas and if the price is below $90 a barrel he doesn't need a roll. meliss

doesn't exist in ukraine itself the divisions between pro european and pro russian forces became increasingly apparent. especially in the crimea region home to russia's black sea fleet progress and demonstrators clashed with supporters of the new administration in kiev. the question to care for almost sixty percent of the population in crimea. and there were fears the province could break away. on wednesday russia announced a major military maneuver along its border with ukraine russia's defence minister said it was a standard exercise. but the flexing of military muscle was clearly designed to send a message to kiev. a court in moscow sentenced seven activists to prison for taking part in demonstrations against president lavender putin in twenty twelve the group are accused of promoting violence against the state. they received sentences of up to four years the outside the courtroom protesters slanted of the show trial police arrested some four hundred people including kremlin critic electing a vonage and two members of the punk band was a riot the european union condemned to prison sentences handed down to the activists as disproportionate. also on monday ug

of the black sea region of ukraine's governmenty to sleep in a complex and contentious fight between moscow and kiev the month sleep regression. i mean sienna is now the fight this battle between russia and the west and that the future of ukraine. crimea is the height of fifty point three million inhabitants about sixty percent of those ethnic russians are. in nineteen fifty four continously dedicates a crucial for france but the region from the russian republic to the ukrainian republic of the us itself. it was a kid to mach three hundred years of the two country's unity. at that time the breakup of the soviet union. i don't think i just ahead more than a symbolic importance that was until december nineteen ninety one when he collapsed. the talks also crimea is native population were expelled by stoning during world war two when they returned in nineteen ninety one that limits with few prospects and russian immigrants to resent their presents. the news in nineteen ninety two the russian parliament voted to declare crucial to nineteen fifty four gift avoid saying the legal grounds for the transport was adopted in violation of the constitution and have many cool force the russian may

the russian black sea fleet. you have russians from russia who serve in the military here as well. they have even been closer to russia. so i don't think they're steering a course between kiev and here. a lot of people talk with alarm about kiev. they've been watching russian television, telling them that fascists are coming down to attack them here. they say they're happy the russian forces are here to protect them. i think a pro-russian sentiment with flags flying. they were giving out the russian anthem today outside of city hall. >> phil ittner outside of the capitol of kiev. phil, there have been brave words of defiance from elected officials. but are people starting to feel like crimea has slipped through their fingers, that this is over? >> well, as far as crimea is concerned i think they have. it's a bitter pill to swallow for people here in kiev, but it's de facto and already happened. what has people more concerned is not the peninsula. they're convinced that russia has grander designs in the east of the country where there are a lot more russian ethnic russians who speak russian and have ties to the russian federation. the the feeling here in kiev is that ru

the russian military to possible is home to their black sea fleet in the eastern city of doneness skirmishes broke out between supporters of the pro western provisional government and those favored closer ties with russia about four hundred demonstrators were able to invest is the support it's about to present viktor yanukovich. it's a rare media in russia report the government of crimea has brought forward a referendum on the region's future people there will vote on the march sixteen. first deputy prime minister ross tom came in and aaliyah says the referendum will ask if they want to split from ukraine and if they want to join the russian federation and i am. by the afghan soldiers were killed on thursday apparently by accident from a nato airstrike the alliance quickly offered condolences to the victims' families but it looks likely to further complicate the relationship between present hamad karzai and us led international forces in the afghan defence authorities said the five soldiers died in an airstrike at three thirty pm local time in the east to unload our province each other soldiers were wounded. i may go spokesperson did not clarify what type of aircraft was being used. most international

more on that 90-minute phone call between president obama and but abc's chief foreign tekrr usocf >> reporter: david, all day long russia tightened its grip here s by sea theussian navy poured in more forces. on the roads, russian troops were on the move. on the border between crimea and the rest of ukraine, russian soldiers were spotted digging trenches, a sign they're here to and nearby in russia itself, full-scale military exercises were underway ominously. for ukraine's new prime minister, it was all too much. >> we are on the brink of the disaster. >> reporter: in kiev, the ukrainian government put its military on high alert and mobilized its forces for war. but russia now totally controls this key part of ukraine, the crimean peninsula, where there is strong popular support for russia and where the russian navy has based ships for two centuries. some of the local pro-russian forces took over government buildings and trashed them. at nato headquarters in brussels, a sharp demand. >> russia must stop its military activities and its threats. >> reporter: but at the privoinoye ukrainian military base here in crimea, that wasn't happening. hundreds of rus

the situation in ukraine and our relationships with russia. you look at the tensions between china and japan and the south china sea.ook at iran and north korea. these guys are operating on the 20th century model of nation states, boundaries matter, strategic interests matter, zero sum game, i win, you lose. these are the ways these countries look at the world. it's different than the way the western europeans and the way we look at it. frankly, the pace at which the europeans and the united states is cutting their defenses, regardless of the facts on the ground in terms of the number of ships and number of planes, it certainly sends a signal that we are not interested in protecting our global interests. >> secretary gates, thank you so much, sir. >> my pleasure, chris. good to talk to you again. >>> up next, as the president and congress threaten to increase the cost to russia for its intervention, the kremlin warns that sanctions will come back at the u.s. like a boomerang. our sunday panel will be right back. robably about five times. it was different than the other times i tried to quit. [ male announcer ] along

movements does the president mean russia's black sea fleet has been based in ukraine in crimea for many years and russia's military does make movements there all the time under existing agreements between russia and ukraine according to moscow those movements do not extend beyond those agreements we heard from the russian ambassador to the u. when we have an agreement with ukraine on the presence of the russian. black sea fleet with a base in the sebastopol we are acting within the framework of that agreement so you have moscow saying that it will stick to its obligations under existing agreements but president obama was apparently echoing the statements from interim authorities in kiev rather than reacting to what moscow said or done the interim leader in kiev spoke shortly before president obama and accused russia of a military invasion and the white house for the fear of the tensions saying president obama may reconsider his trip to the g eight summit in russia if moscow intervenes militarily again there are no statements from moscow that would back up those warnings and and threats we even heard from the u.s. state department earlier that it cannot say that russia has broken any of

the russian black sea fleet and skirmishes between pro-ukrainian and pro-russian loyalists have already broken out in ukraine. the vote to authorize russian troops to ukraine came less than 24 hours after president obama called on russiao respect ukraine's sovereignty and warned of costs to russia if it did not. a convoy of more than 20 russian military vehicles, some carrying troops, was observes traveling to crimea, and ukraine accused russia from sending troops into the region. russia kwa says the troops had already been deployed to guard important sites, including russian facility. for more about you will of this we're joined by charles kutchin, with the council on foreign relations. what does this vote in the russian parliament mean today? >> it authorizes russia to use force in ukraine. it appears it happened after the fact in the sense that over the last 24 hours we have reports of troop movement, of russian movement from russia proper into crimea. the russians are saying that that's occurring under the pretext of the troops that are already there, and so that's a large contingent, some 15,000, but it looked pretty clear that they're doing more than just rotating troops. those troops have been out in the field,

you look at ukraine and russia and tensions between china and japan and the south china sea and iranrea they are on nation states, boundaries matter, strategic interest matters zero sum game, i win you lose. >> let's take a look at the numbers. the 2015 budget $495 billion. that is a redirection of 113 billion of what we planned last year. 450,000 fewer troops and the smallest army since 1940. >>> this is not the military that i want or the congress wants for america's future but it is the path we are on unless congress does something to change the law. >>> it is also a complicated effort to expand the fear of military influence into asia. >>> thank you. doug. >> oo remember when the president warned a growing income in equality? a major union shows obamacare could be making it worse. the report says the law will transfer a billion dollars in wealth to insurance companies, force employers to cut back on hours of pay and ultimately hurt hard-working americans in it the wallet. they say he can repeal every single word of obamacare in 2015. how can we make that happen? >> if there's one

the news. stand up between ukraine and russia continued through the night as the reporting deadline for ukrainian soldiers to surrender passed without serious incident. western media on a march third had reported that russia's black sea fleet told ukrainian forces in crimea to surrender by five am on march quarter or face a military assault thousands of russian troops invaded the peninsula late last month after former president viktor yanukovich fled to russia. us secretary of state john kerry meanwhile has departed washington for urgent talks inky a u s officials have said all options are on the table and the european union has threatened russia with sanctioned much russian troops are returned to their barracks before march six moscow's united nations envoy said on march. third that ukraine's ousted leader victory on a cold which is the legal president of ukraine and that its letter to russian president but the most potent requesting military intervention justified russian military presence in crimea. he showed the letter j j henry and orkut which led to rush in late february after three months of protests against his ruleurity council meeting openly requests who tend to use his armed forces to restore peace and sta

warship is now in the black sea, close enough to get involved if fighting breaks out between russia ander uss truxton is not there because of the conflict. participating in planned exercises with romania and bulgaria. there are now six u.s. fighter jets and lithuana. >> morning. more jobs are created so far this year. the labor department's february jobs report says employers added 175,000 jobs last month trend that is nearly 30,000 more than expected. the lime the time is 8:40 a.m.. coming up we will take you behind the scene of the most popular super bowl commercial. >> welcome back. radio shack had one of the most popular super bowl commercials. we are taking you inside the actual store where that commercial was shot. rich demuro explains in today's tech report. >> use of the super bowl commercial, this is radio shack in santa monica where it was shot. >> patrick is a district manager with the company. this is proof that it keeps audiences interest. >> we have really the boss. but also the newest technology. >> so far, 20 stores have been remodeled. >> i was impressed by the selectio

the sea in kiev. here are some of the remarks the aboutrs made from kiev tensions between russia, ukraine, and the international community and what they have been seeing over there. they spoke for about half an hour. >> good afternoon. i am senator john mccain of arizona and i am pleased to be joined today with a bipartisan group of my colleagues, senator the durbin of illinois, senator chris murphy of connecticut, senator ron johnson of wisconsin , senator john barrasso of , senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island, senator john holden of north dakota, and my fellow senator from arizona, jeff flake. won't forget when senator murphy and i were here months ago, we stood in the trade union building and watched as hundreds of thousands of ukrainian patriots stood in the freezing cold and demanded freedom, rule of law, and a european future. we are honored to be here to congratulate you on all that you have accomplished, and all of us joined the ukrainian people in wanting more than 100 -- in morning more than 100 brave souls who gave their lives for the ukraine's future. we met with the prime minister, governmen

concede the situation is complicateed because of the basic agreement between russia and ukraine when it comes to that critical piece of real estate in the black sea, but it still does not warrant the efforts that have been made by putin to destabilize an effort toward peaceful government. mr. putin has argued that the change in government in kiev was just the mob in the street. nothing could be further from the truth. it occurred through its parliament and through its constitution and with the promise of an open and free election on may 25. it's up to us in the west and all countries that believe ukraine deserves our assistance and support to make sure that that election is carefully monitored, it is totally legal and free and the people of ukraine have the last word about their future and their leadership. mr. putin ought to be part of the observation team, at least his representatives. so there is no argument about a free and fair election in ukraine. we also need to help this country that's going through some extremely difficult economic times. a recent article i read suggested ukraine needs our assistance way beyond the $1 billion which secre

sea food fferently. >>> well, developing tonight, new problems in the standoff between america and russia, we're hearing russia is tightening its grip over parts of ukraine, ahead of a so-called vote to determine ukraine's future. the u.s. today pre-emptively calling that vote illegitimate, well, our next guest predicted this weeks before russian president vladimir putin made a single move. watch this. >> mark my words, megyn, after the closing ceremony of the olympics, putin is going to come down hard on the freedom that pro-western demonstrators in the ukraine, it could get very, very ugly. also any pretense of getting along with obama is going to go away. and obama keeps saying well, we have a great relationship. and putin just laughs, the key to understanding putin is the mentality of a school bully. he likes to beat up the smart kid with thick glasses and obama is a smart kid with big glasses, putin loves pounding on him. >> fox news strategic analyst, an expert on russia, this is where he developed his expertise. ralph, amazing, we actually went back and i don't have a lot of time but read a few o

the news. stand up between ukraine and russia continued through the night as the reporting deadline for ukrainian soldiers to surrender passed without serious incident. western media on a march third had reported that russia's black sea fleet told ukrainian forces in crimea to surrender by five am on march quarter or face a military assault thousands of russian troops invaded the peninsula late last month after former president viktor yanukovich fled to russia. us secretary of state

the baltic sea to germany. its capacity equals 41% of the pipeline system. between that stream and the pipeline through poland that isn't shown here, russia could maintain a steadyupply to important european customers without the ukrainian pipelines. u.s. consumers not directly impacted but right now, it's expected that energy companies here in the u.s. are probably going to try to redouble their efforts to get the administration to ease the limits of exports of liquefied natural gas to european countries, countries that would probably welcome a more dependable stream of nat gas. >> thank you very much. >>> many of ukraine's rich people have fled the country, taking a whole lot of money with them. let's bring in robert frank, who knows a thing or two about rich people and what they do with their money. where will it all end up? >> it's already ended up offshore. billions of dollars, in fact, have disappeared from the ukrainian government every year, according to the peterson institute. that has helped create vast wealth for a few politicians and oligarchs. the richest man is worth $15 billion, amazing for such a small country. he owns a vast conglomerate with lo

this occupation taking place on land and in the sea as well with russian warships today clocking the narrow kerch strait between crimea and russiat russian president, vladimir putin, gave a press conference today and says that the 22,000 estimated troops in crimea are not russian soldiers. most experts on the ground say that's completely ridiculous, completely not true. he says they are self defense teams and insists this is not an invasion. he may be technically right. in 1997 russia and ukraine signed a treaty which may allow up to 25,000 russian troops in crimea without it being considered an invasion. ken delaney, an intelligence and national security reporter at the "los angeles times" joins us now. ken, what more can you tell us about this treaty? my understanding of it, even though it may allow that number of troops, it has to be done or any movement of troops has to be done with the cooperation of the ukrainian government, correct? >> yeah, anderson, that's my understanding as well. and i was reading through the treaty this morning and it talks a lot about mutual respect for sovereignty and tear trritory s clearly there'

the united states to condemn what russia has done in crimea. there are many other issues, including cyber security and the disputed islands between japan and china in the east china seabe the dominant issue here, no question. president obama called a meeting of the g7 now, not the g8, russia has been effectively kicked out of that gathering to deal with the issue in ukraine over the course of the next two days, the president will go on to brussels for an e.u. summit there, long scheduled, but trying to come together here with a unified list of sanctions that the united states and europe can come together and try to compel vladimir putin's russia to change course in crimea and ukraine at large. >> are they all on the same page rewarding the issue of russia and crimea? >> that is what hangs in the balance, and that is a great question, the largest question here, much has been made about the economic integration, mutual dependence between western europe and russia, chiefly russia exporting natural gas and oil some $300 billion in trade back and forth between the e.u. and russia, and more than $300 billion. the question is with the united states far less integrated on ru

under the agreement between ukraine and russia,ian -- russia is allowed to maintain black sea fleet and certain support units in crimean that was never in dispute. there was no indication at all about the new ukrainian government was going to challenge that. but yet the agreement did not allow the russian military to seize the airport, other points of entries. e set up checkpoints and occupy the peninsula in a military way. those go well beyond what the agreement permitted the russian military to do. just on the question of a nazi coup, that is -- again, that's the view one gets if one follows just russia today. certainly in the demonstrators there were far-right elements. so i think to tar the entire group with the label is just simply wrong. if not insulting. we had -- actually hannah, our colleague, was there three weeks ago and said, you saw people from middle class, you saw families with kids, you saw a whole spectrum of ukraine out there which was protesting not just about the decision by mr. yanukovych in november not to proceed with the european union association agreement, but

the black sea. >> we're talking in crimea, 2 million people. but beyond that, we're talking about a country that is deeply divided between east and west. north and south. half of heim wants to be associated with russia and half of whom does not. before we kind of wander into something that we don't understand, brand we start laying down markers that we have have no ability to enforce, we ought to really try to work with our european allies who have been watching ukraine for a while and try to work out an economic package. we ought to be working with china. if we're going to have a revolution condemning russian behavior, we ought to be certain that another security member is on our side, we ought to be doing a lot of things instead of making statements that we're no in position to enforce. >> what do you think is going to happen? >> i don't know what putin wants. does he want just the naval base or crimea. >> that's all he cares about, naval base. they have a huge fleet down in the black sea. >> they do. >> and they have to have a port to service it. >> there's another problem with the new kiev government. saying we're not going to have russia as the number two language anymore. that sends a negative

the black sea. this is what we believe is happening. some of the regions in southwestern russia bump up against ukraine. look at these regions. rostov and kursk and belgorod. the united states believes betweenand the forces amassed along the eastern border of ukraine total 50,000. the ukrainians put that number at 100,000. your point is well take. '. russia can go into ukraine with barely if little resistance. >> we have a tendency to focus on what russia has gained. but they suffered a significant loss when their stooge yanukovych was run out. he was friendly to russia. now there is an anti-russian government in ukraine leading toward europe and the united states. and there is an election coming up. putin does not want you crane to move away from a close association with russia into european's camp. these troops on the border are about intimidation and occupation. bill: is that your concern, that the forces will come into eastern ukraine? >> i think we have to look at the track record. he lied about going into georgia and he lied to the president of the united states about it in a personal phone call with him. here we are, those troops are there ostensibly because of some exercise going on

sea fleet and the many ethnic russians that lived in eastern ukraine. the two are expected to meet again in rome on thursday lover of confirm that the costs would continue the discussion between russia and ukraine did not materialize but the russian foreign minister calling ukraine's new government illegitimate. and brussels nato announced there will be no talks with moscow after russian president biden who refused to pull out russian forces from ukraine's crimea peninsula. what a tense standoff continues between pro russian forces and the ukrainian military nato said it also backed down from intuit mentioned link the searing chemical weapons and help build the capacity of the ukrainian military. meanwhile the european union has unveiled a package of aiding france ukraine's new government for its and fifty million us dollars over the next couple of years honey can i tell you it's meanwhile crimea scrum in philly unanimously on thursday in favor of becoming part of russia. setting a referendum day for mark sixteen. an ukrainian prime minister r c gets in you has arrived in brussels to attend ever see european summit calling for a political solution for the crisis at home. sp election

the cold war never really ended, it just took a black sea vacation. some might be wondering right now what happened to that reset between the u.s. and russia. >> there never really was a reset, like there was never really an end to the cold war. in order for the cold war to end, two sides had to embrace each other. the europeans opened their markets, provided the russians with technology, most of the russian economy is sorely democrat on europe for goods and technology, but the russians had to give up on basically empire, the notion of putting around them a buffer state, asquaring essentially border countries incorporating them into russia, recreating the soviet union. this is the third such encorings, it was chechnya, georgia and now the ukraine. the russians are still the same authoritarian state, the country is an oligarchy run by thugs and president has behaved as he can negotiate. look where the russian troops are standing this morning, and look at the weak and hopeless american response. >> one of the reasons people say there is no weak and hopeless american response is that unlike the cold war days when there were solid economic emb

russia. they share a common boarder and a lot of history between ukraine and russia. this is really the area that vladimer putin has a lot of interest in because of the black sea and ultimately out to the mediterranean. this is where russia's black sea fleet has been head quartered. capital city up in the north you know that. and this is crimea where this referendum was health. based on the vote totals, take it one time, this is where the russian black sea fleet is located, 90-95% of those who voted voted recede russia. there are questions being asked about the vote totals. we can tell you here the history of ukraine, the history of russia, you can go back several hundred years where crimea was part of russia and many believe this has been putin's quest to make a part of russia again for a lot of reasons. amy kellog is live. >> reporter: it is very hard to know how fair the referendum with was. we are getting reports about people who boycotted the vote but there were no independent observers there. the people in ukraine are depressed about the situation because very recently they lost a lot of people on the square behind me, people who were fighting for independence, they go

russia, it transition between europe and asia. solution >> the , i havem trying to make known for a long time that place thata special sticks out into the black sea>> limit about the middle east. kerryegotiations that --do you know what his framework is? >> he has gotten my advice. your vice? >> i didn't say that. i sent e-mails. >> tell me what you say to him in your e-mails. >> i tell him to be equally between the two. him, whiching i told is predictable, don't violate international law. the laws that apply at camp david agreements, that don't , thate the peace treaty don't violate what nixon and brezinski and i, and george w. bush, have all pursued. don't violate the international law. all the nations in the world have agreed with the basic laws that prevails from an repose -- unopposed yuan resolutions. there are some that ought not be violated. i think that the 1967 borders are basically inviolate. they can be modified back and forth. sharon, who was my , we were both farmers and firmly. the last time i met with him, the last day of his prime minister ship, he had a wonderful idea that he showed me. israel would take over the area of palesti

between pro-russian and pro-ukrainian activists in two cities in the east. now, tomorrow, the black sea peninsula, crimea, will vote on whether to secede from ukraine and become annexed by russia. joining us now, someone who knows firsthand about the russian threat better than most. georgia's former president. thank you for joining us. >> hello. thank you for inviting me. >> it's very nice to have you here because i know you have raised so many concerns about what lies ahead for the people of ukraine. i know you are consulting with people in ukraine about the concerns, about russia's involvement. what are your thoughts at this moment? many people are predicting that people will be voting in crimea to secede. >> i think it's not only about crimea anymore. i think russia is preparing for some kind of military enslaugt on ukraine overall. and the problem here is that, you know, it's very much a well operated operation that will result into a large scale military involvement, engagement of forces. unless something dramatic happens for the world to stop it. actually when you look at this provocation, people coming here from russia do in eastern ukraine, this very much reminds me of

between pro russia and pro kiev supporters in ukraine. >> art wars. the north american add vert that's got italy up in arms over its renaissance masterpiece. >> vietnam police authorities found debris in the sea they think could be linked to the missing malaysian passenger plane. there are still no confirmed reports about where it is or what happened. interpol voids concerns about concerns at the airport, saying two stolen passports were used by passengers to board the plane. it is not known if that is linked to the disappearance but footage is being checked. one man said he thought his passport wouldn't be used again. >> may be some people come to steal my passport and i think my passport can't be used again, because when they come back to italy, i talk with police, italian police and i think nobody can use. >> military radar indicates the missing jet may have turns back before vanishing. based upon that, teams looking for the plane have widened their search. it is a huge operation, seven countries, 34 aircraft all looking for the flight. what are you hearing about the spotting of possible debris belonging to the plane? >> vietnam police officials say a navy plane spotted debris off the sout

concede the situation is complicateed because of the basic agreement between russia and ukraine when it comes to that critical piece of real estate in the black sea, but it still does not warrant the efforts that have been made by putin to destabilize an effort toward peaceful government. mr. putin has argued that the change in government in kiev was just the mob in the street. nothing could be further from the truth. it occurred through its parliament and through its constitution and with the promise of an open and free election on may 25. it's up to us in the west and all countries that believe ukraine deserves our assistance and support to make sure that that election is carefully monitored, it is totally legal and free and the people of ukraine have the last word about their future and their leadership. mr. putin ought to be part of the observation team, at least his representatives. so there is no argument about a free and fair election in ukraine. we also need to help this country that's going through some extremely difficult economic times. a recent article i read suggested ukraine needs our assistance way beyond the $1 billion which secre