>>> want to bring you update of what's going on in western pennsylvania. high school stabbing there. joining me on the phone, daniel stevens, deputy emergency management coordinator for woer westmoreland county. >> good morning. again, this incident started around 7:13 a.m. the school resource officer called our 911 center by radio and advised an incident was going on and requested assistance. when he determined what the incident was he relaid back that he had a stabbing involving several and requested medical assistance. the actor was taken into custody by murraysville police within about 15 minutes of the initial call. murraysville police are in the process of questioning him with westmoreland county detectives. approximately 20 students were injured. four of those students serious enough to be flown by medical helicopter to local trauma centers. those include allegheny general hospital, presbyterian hospital, upmc east and forbes regional hospital. we are currently in the process of reunification of students with their parents that weren't affected by t

so, again, born in western pennsylvania as you can detect from my western pennsylvania accent -- [laughter] so as a baby, my parents took me back to the island. i group up there. did my bachelor's degree in sociology in puerto rico and went to, of all places, wisconsin. happens to have the top department of sociology. one of the coldest places in the world. [laughter] so for me as a person raised in in the islands, it was a cultural shock in more than one way. i learn about this phenomenon called the wind chill factor. [laughter] quickly. quickly, yeah? so anyway, so i finish a ph.d. in 1993, and my first job was at university of michigan, ann arbor, then moved to texas a&m, college station. and nine years ago i came here, and now i'm the chair of the department. so interesting. but for those who in the audience i want to also be fair, yeah? this can be read as a success story, as a horatio alger story. it is not that. it has been a struggle to become the chair of a department. it has been a struggle at every point. and as a person of color if you were to talk to most scholars of hour in t

born in western pennsylvania and my father jeffrey back to the island i went to wisconsin one of the coldest place says live though world [laughter] and said the phenomenon called the wind chill factor. [laughter] i finish 1983 and then nine years ago i hear now i am a chair of the department but for those in the advance to be fair it can be a success story it has been a struggle to become the chair of a department if you were to talk to both scholars we have a difference dick was so i am beyond race the chest through the university i don't walk around with a selling group that i have a nice balance of a dachshund. [laughter] -- kinase pennsylvania accident. where many of my colleagues are thinking we are beyond race and take tell me but what about for all of the? that we have few minorities, etc., etc., etc. >> host: professor bonilla-silva most recent book "racism without racists" you are watching booktv on c-span2 from duke university. spin next church with the basics everybody has the right to a and antenna to have content for them so so there is nothing wrong with the combinatio

from western pennsylvania there are pieces the bill with immigration we don't like.hat is what we should be doing with the piece that you were talking about. the peace. but in the house settled think there is a strong belief that is the peace they think should go forward. break it down we cannot protect our borders. lou: for a and the insistence of the congress we build a wall. so as i sit and talk to our audience each evening i am straightforward. the republican party plays cute the democratic party supports a president that no one believes it 80 percent according to every major poll think he is taking the country in the wrong direction j!6m republicans can get that through their head? >>. lou: 435 people that you work with, 100 senators. >> keep in mind the position i hold the represent 705,687 western pennsylvania residents. my message is not to take home what washington said but what does the vegas says to bring it to washington. there is a strong backbone right now. maybe the discussion is not getting out fell way it should be but i don't see what you talk about

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the storm continues to move eastward and as far south as western pennsylvania.heavy rain expected with a storm system. flooding is a big concern. up to a foot of snow is possible. warnings in effect. >> keep those snow boots out. >> a live report from fort hood including details about his past and mental history. >> forget the needles at the doctor's office. allergy relief about to get a little easier? hopefully. a a >> back to the shooting at fort hood that left three service members dead and 16 others injured. some brand new details emerging including the identity of the munn man. specialist ivan lopez. >> live from fort hood where steve dos s -- casey has been a night long. >> army officials are telling us he was being treated for mental health issues. he was suffering from things like depression and anxiety and taking medication for it. he had not been officially diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder but he was being evaluated for it. it takes quite a bit of time for the mrilitary to say someone wa suffering from it. he spent four months in iraq on a

. >>> we begin with a story unfolding at a western pennsylvania high school. 20 people are injured following an attack with a knife. >> franklin regional high school is about 15 miles east of pittsburgh. a suspect a male student is in custody. trina from pittsburgh is at the scene. >> reporter: we are outside of franklin regional high school in murrysville, pennsylvania. this is half hour outside of pittsburgh. here's what we can tell you we have confirmed at this point. 20 victims. four students critically injured and flown to local hospitals here in the pittsburgh area. 16 others have suffered other types of injuries. some cuts. some scrapes. not clear how serious those other injuries are, but 20 students injured in all. students who were not injured have been moved to an elementary school here on the school campus to be reunited with their parents but at this point it's not clear how long that process would take. a suspect is in custody at this point and is being questioned by police. meanwhile, emergency management vehicles continue to arrive here on scene and we are expected to be brief

where i come from in western pennsylvania whether it waddles like a duck an quacks like a duck it's a duck. there are pieces we don't like. ask what they should be doing -- lou: you said the bill. >> the piece you're talking about mr. cantor and ryan that is the senate piece, right. lou: right. >> in the house of representatives i don't think there is strong belief that that piece is the piece that should go forward. lou: joining us genevieve wood from the heritage foundation where she is contributor to the foundry, publication of the organization. great to have you with us, genevieve. >> great to be on. lou: this is starting to look like quite a cute and clever game that the leadership of the gop and the house is playing. >> well i don't know if it's a game or exactly what it is, lou, but if it is true what is reported in "wall street journal," i guess the speaker may have to learn what is said in las vegas doesn't stay in las vegas. the fact is, they're going to do a great disservice for themselves going into the midterms. all this chatter about immigration reform and fact wanting t

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only a few showers in western pennsylvania and new york. >> high temperatures will be in the 80s and in southern california, and in the 60s and 70s in the northwest and midwest. today's highs in the south will be in the 70s. and the 50s and 60s in the northeast. >>> every major league baseball team has had its home opener by now. the season's first home game is always a reason for plenty of pageantry. >> you've never seen anything like this before. this happened in atlanta, the american flag. look high up on the scoreboard. caught fire. this happened during a fireworks presentation. >> oddly enough, a team spokeswoman said the flag didn't actually catch fire, but the fireworks did burn holes in it. the team says fireworks are never going to be set off from that location again. that kind of makes sense. >> the banner with -- ♪ the bombs bursting in air the flag was still there -- this flag wasn't still there at the end of bombs bursting in air. >> i think it's good they'll move the fireworks display somewhere on the other side of where flag is. just move the flag. >> that's probably e

1790s, there was something called the whiskey rebellion when people just like clive bundy in western pennsylvania, ranchers said they were not going to play the federal government the whiskey tax and george washington himself, president of the united states got on his horse and led the federal agents and suppressed them because he said the federal government has got to be willing and able to suppress any violence resistance to the federal government. that's exactly what we're seeing right here. and these armed vigilantes, these -- i mean, i think e.j. was right. this was treason and ought to be dealt with treason. >> if you want to stand for something, say that. but to try and miss use others, like the world net daily conservative pundit alan keyes asked what's going on on the bundy ranch was a rosa parks moment, i mean, some on the right have invoked the jams of civil rights leaders to defend their stance. aire names have been used to defend opposition to the affordable care act, to defend their anti-abortion stand. they even invoke king to defend voter id. i mean, if you're going to stand for s

the sister made the' comments to a newspaper in western pennsylvania.ay there's little evidence to suggest her claims, she killed a bunch of people, are true. also today, the 19-year-old suspect was back in court and rick is line. what hasn't in cower? >> reporter: an evidentiary hearing, pretrial and defense motions and item from a correction officer who was in the room when she gave her first jailhouse interview and that corrections officer said that she heard miranda say things that made her sick to her stomach and she'll never forget it. the question is, is any of it true and in her second interview at the daily item newspaper, miranda gave a few more details of other alleged murders in raleigh, north carolina, mexico beach, florida, and big lake, alaska, and while police say in to the towns there are no unsolved homocides the chief says there are possible -- it is possible there are victims the cops don't know about. >> a prostitution subculture, runway juvenile subculture. those people disappear every day. she is part of multiple subcultures where

obviously, a very difficult day for this community and a very difficult day for the region of western pennsylvania, and a difficult day for the commonwealth. but also for the country. it's another sad day when the good works that a region like franklin regional and all of the good work that will the school does and school students and the excellent record that they have, attracts attention not because of the good works but because of one bad action, one very horrific five-minute period. we have received notes of condolence, calls, most recently from the governor of connecticut, dan malloy, he and i have not had a chance to connect. he's offering his assistance in any way, obviously, and you understand why with the incident that took place in connecticut a few years ago. we have a sister relationship, sister-state relationship with i'll say the region of france and received a note -- >> governor tom corbett expressing his deepest, deepest shock to what has happened in the suburban pittsburgh area today when a 16-year-old sophomore allegedly went on a stabbing spree, stabbing 19 or 20 of his fellow

we're following developments at a high school in western pennsylvania near pittsburgh where one student is being blamed for a mass stabbing attack. 19 students and 1 school security guard injured. that suspect, a 16-year-old sophomore, is in custody. he was also injured. police say he was armed with two knives. they also say he was tackled by one of the school's principals and handcuffed by the school resource officer who's also a local police officer. joining us on the phone is mia, a student at franklin regional senior high school. mia, thanks very much. i know this must be awful for you, for everyone at the school. first of all, tell us what -- where you were and what you saw this morning. >> well, i always go in the morning before my school starts, so i got to my locker, and i heard a big commotion like behind my back and turned around and i saw two kids on the ground, and i thought it was just a fight, like a fight at first. and then i saw blood and i saw the kid who was stabbing people get up and run away. and the freshman who was on the ground and got attacked, stood up and lifte

. ♪ nationwide is on your side >>> i want to update you on the latest in western pennsylvania, and thechool stabbing that happened yesterday. police say the teen charged in the high school stabbing rampage has an attorney and is not answering investigator questions. 16-year-old alex charged as an adult, 21 counts of aggravated assault. prosecutors say he stabbed 20 students and a security guard yesterday morning at franklin regional high school outside pittsburgh. at least five of the students were critically wounded and the police chief says one victim had to go back into surgery early this morning. >> the subject had two knives, and went down the hallway and in slashing motions. i believe from what i saw personally that a lot of the injuries were slashing, not so much puncture. he just went down the halls swinging the two knives he had. >> and we're learning more about how the rampage was brought to an end. investigators say a student helped the assistant's principal tackle the suspect that ended the rampage. prosecutors told the judge he might not be competent to stand trial but the

rural parts of western pennsylvania, and everywhere i went i heard a story i didn't think was possible. i heard about a man in toledo who national action against foreclosure decided with a few friends would steal himself inside his home which was in foreclosure using bricks and cement. he and his friends literally built an entire house within the house filled with bricks and cement and it took the police base, this was a day before his scheduled eviction, the police came the day of the schedule the eviction and they opened the door to find a brick wall. they spent literally days chiseling him out of this house and the story made national headlines. an incredible amount of taxpayer money. as a result the local police forces are required to carry out the bank's dirty work. they met a woman named melanie quite, single mother, incredible woman, and she had been fighting her eviction for more than a year, she protested in the local community group. and the legal process, she spoke out at the shareholder meeting, they're quite clear that she was not going to be able to keep her home so prett

. >>> neighbors in western pennsylvania, are taking sides over oil and gas fracking.o make a deal with energy companies. others don't want anything to do with drilling. as michelle miller reports a state law could force everyone to let the fracking begin. >> reporter: suzanne matteo is raising two young daughters on this four acre land in pennsylvania. what is underneath her property has an energy giant intereste in leasing her land. against her wishes. >> we don't want to lease our land and we should have that right not to lease our land. >> reporter: matteo and her neighbors sit on top of a piece of land the energy company hope to develop. the houston based company is trying to. >> announcer: 1961 pennsylvania law that could allow drillers to pull gas rights or bundle the properties landowners who support drilling with those who oppose it. >> it's a point to pit neighbor against neighbor and what better way to get people hating each other than money? >> if you're going to be forced into something, it's better off, i think, to get on the band wagon. >> reporter: neig

has fail -- has failed veterans in western pennsylvania and across the country. at least six veterans contracted legionnaire's disease and died because of mistakes and systemic failures at the pittsburgh v. afrlt. william nicholas, one of these, was a loving husband, father and grandfather. he was known for his practical jokes, love of sports and being the first and last person on the dance floor. he started an auto body shop when he returned to civilian life and helped two of his sons begin their own business as contractors. more than anything he was uncommonly dedicated to his family, his fellow service members, veterans and his country. a proud and loyal veteran from hampton township in pennsylvania's 129 district, he was a tail gun for the a navy air-sea rescue force in world war ii. mr. nicholas survived guam, sambings ipan and okinawa but fell victim to legionnaire's disease in pittsburgh. over the last year i have worked with my colleagues to demand accountability for the families f mr. nicholas and others. the first of these veterans to fall to legionnair

. >>> in western pennsylvania a high school student is charged this morning with 21 counts of attempted murder in a slashing attack earlier this month. bob orr has new details on what happened that day. >> reporter: prosecutors say 16-year-old alex hribal intended the april 9th stabbing spree to be a murderous rampage through his pennsylvania high school. newly released court papers say hribal was clutching two knives one in each hand when he was wrestled to the floor by the school's vice principal. when told to drop the weapons, hribal allegedly responded, no, i'm not dropping them. my work is not done. i have more people to kill. no one was killed but 20 students and a school security guard were stabbed or slashed. it happened at franklin regional high school outside pittsburgh just as classes were to begin for the day. officials say he moved through a first floor hallway, randomly stabbing people he encountered. police have offered no motive but have found some evidence of preplanning including a note recovered from his locker that had been signed and dated three days before the atta

workers in western pennsylvania and across america are seeing hours cut and wages redeuced due to the employer mandate in president obama's health care law. this mandate hurt ours friends and maybes -- neighbors who are working to provide for their families. last july a mom working in the food service industry in beaver county, pennsylvania, told me about how her hours had been cut nearly in half because of the employer mandate. sadly her story is not unique or an isolated incident. brian in algony county, pennsylvania -- in all embing gheny county, pennsylvania, called to say his daughter would have her hours cut at a bridal shot. the median hourly wage for someone working in sales in pennsylvania was $12.18 in 2013. losing 10 hours a week will cost that worker almost $6,000 annually. many small business owners want to add jobs and increase wages but can't afford to because of the employer mandate. as brandon from elwood city said, small companies like ours try to do the right thing for us. they probably won't p hiring someone who can really use a job. washington should be working to

. >>> a western pennsylvania couple had to change their wedding venue at the last moment from a cateringt problems and had to be rushed to the hospital. they didn't want to wait another day to get married and they decided to get married in the e.r. the bride said it doesn't matter where it takes place because it's for better or worse. >> all right. >> congratulations. >>> speaking for better or worse. how about living in a house straight out of an animated movie. >> that is what one family is doing in santa clara, california. take a look. they spent two years to renovate the house to look like the one in the pixar movie "up." the homeowners say they loved the movie. some neighbors don't love the choice of colors. the family says the renovations were approved before they were completed. >> not everybody's happy. >> yeah. >> apparently, the local residents' association had this to say. it's a gracious old lady painted up to look like a clown. needless to say they are not happy. >> that is quite a quote. they said it needed to be fixed inside and out. there's been renovations throughout. th

the announcement takes place at a community college in western pennsylvania.f the latest headlines on c-span radio. newome of the administrators early on who are not lawyers gave the kids badly lit by switch was, don't tell your parents. don't get lawyers. cooperate with the police. gave -- duke thought they had legal exposure because of that. beyond that, there was this desire to make this go away and protect the duke brand and make sure -- once it was decided these kids were innocent, the last thing duke wanted was to have to litigate with them about all that happened. the easiest thing to do is pay him his $20 million and have them sign nondisclosure agreements which also displays why they're not talking to me or have not talked to anybody since they settled. clear why dukely felt the need to pay these kids -- people get wrongly convicted all the time. there are places who defend those kinds of people and try to reverse the judgments that were made. examples of people wrongly convicted for murder, spending 18 years in prison -- 18 years and getting $20,000

i live in missouri, people in the south and midwest, frankly, from about the middle of pennsylvania to the western edge of wyoming are heavily dependent on coal for electricity. about 50% of all the electricity in that vast majority of the land mass of america is from coal. 82% of the electricity produced in missouri is from coal. and there are five states that have a higher dependency on coal than we do. if we would have had a cap and trade bill, the estimates are that our bill would have gone up about 20% since 2013. and a carbon tax is disproportionately impactful on people who are struggling to get by. if you want to -- if you want to really do things that impact the vulnerable in our society, make the utility bill higher. if you want to really do things that impact the vulnerable in our society who are looking for work, make it harder to put those jobs in the united states of america. about 40 million u.s. households currently that earn less than $30,000 spend almost 20% of their income already on energy. why would we want that percentage to be higher than that? what you make is not nearly as

western australia. the search area has been narrowed so the sinarro narrowed to the size of pennsylvania.ts in the water today and dropped gps buoys so ships can investigate what the objects are. they are a he in a shipping lane where sea trash is pretty common. >>> happening today, the ceo of general motors will testify before congress about its handling of a deadly flaw in its cars. faulty ignition switches can shut off the engine while the car is moving, losing power steering, brakes and preventing air bags from inflating in a crash. it is responsible for more than a dozen deaths. more from washington. >> reporter: today general motors' ceo will face tough questions from congress about the automakers' faulty ignition switches now linked to at least 13 deaths and why it took more than ten years to reveal the problems. in prepared testimony, mary barr will say today she's deeply sorry repeating her promise to conduct a thorough and unimpeded investigation and that today's gm will do the right thing, starting with an apology to the victims' families. >> said she was sorry to all of us and

see a few snow flurries flying in across western parts of pennsylvania. a little bit cooler there.ratures up especially for tomorrow. a little bit breezy across the northeast today. little bit better tomorrow. today your nicer day across the southeast. he we are going to watch that front move through. stall out. and develop more especially by tomorrow. rain will become heavy yeah and chance for severe weather moving back. in northern plains, starting off with cool day not that bad. few scattered clouds and showers move through as well. but overall a pretty nice day. out across the west, unsettled conditions continue, especially into the pacific northwest. more rain and mountain snow moving on. in all right, guys, send it back to you inside. >> he would talking shoe, rick, because it is spring. add spring to your step, from the tech geek to the trail runner, we are breaking down this year's top sneakers. >> then editor for women's health magazine joins us now with the details. good morning. good to be with you. >> we have a perfect shoe for somebody doing the 5 k. >> if you want to

you're seeing rain in western parts of new york or pennsylvania, and then as we head down toward the gulf coast, a couple embedded areas of heavier rain and that chance for thunderstorms through the day. not looking at the severe risk, we will though with the next system, already into the northwest. we have more of that rain pushing in and this is going to bring for the higher elevations enough of a cooler pattern to support some areas of snow, anywhere from parts of the cascades to the totons, you could be looking at tricky travel. this is good news for the northwest. we have been depleted in moisture, we could use the snow pack even though it makes traveling a hassle. the combination of that system and warm air funneling in could support something we'll be monitoring for you. i mentioned the warm air with this. i'll have more on that in a few minutes, back to you. >> a decision delayed on a controversial energy project. >> allows the key stone pipeline to be built requires a finding that doing so would be in our nation's interest. >> the heated debate between energy companies, farm

great lakes, even towards the northeast overnight tonight and into tomorrow for western portions of new york and pennsylvaniaually even see a few flakes here in new york city so something we have to watch and the flood threat, several inches of rain. that means the potential for flooding and the snow on the map and easter is coming this weekend, if you can believe it. thankfully the snow will be gone by easter for these regions. gregg: i put away the shovel already. >> i blame you. gregg: i was tempting fate, wasn't i? >> i put our winter duds away as well. gregg: and my wife is not even in town to shovel. >> we've heard t. you're a broken record, my friend. >> it's old. it's really old. thanks. >> you got it. jenna: southwest flight diverted after a man tries to jump out of the plane. what the other passengers did and more dramatic details coming up on that. what appears at times like an old west style dispute, drawing armed militia groups across the country. we have the very latest on this. william? >> the battle here in bunkerville is over with the bureau of land management backing off and pulling out but

western australia. the search area has been narrowed to the size of pennsylvania.er that detects flight recorders. crews also reported seeing more objects in the water today and dropped gps buoys so ships can investigate what the objects are. they are a he in a shipping lane where sea trash is pretty common. >>> happening today, the ceo of general motors will testify before congress about its handling of a deadly flaw in its cars. the testimony will of before the house energy and commerce committee. she says she's sorry for the more than two dozen deaths. faulty ignition switches can shut off the engine while the car is moving, losing power steering, brakes and preventing air bags from inflating in a crash. it is responsible for more than a dozen deaths. >>> the impact of the drought is prompting cal fire to hire seasonal firefighters ahead of schedule. they've already begun hiring several hundred firefighters in the bay area. central california, sacramento foothills and now expanding state wide. seasonal workers are usually not brought in until mid-may or early ju

. >> reporter: 5 or westerners were going into the cure international hospital in kabul run by a pennsylvania-based charity. they have been there for a decade in kabul. as they were going through a security checkpoint one of the guard hired to protect them opened fired. three of those killed were americans. one of those wound was an american nurse. the guard then opened fire in the rest of the hospital. he was either shot or shot himself. but he was wound and taken down. ironically he is in custody and is receiving medical treatment at the very hospital he just attacked. bill: two women were shot and killed inside their own car. is this part after wider campaign to kill foreigners, connor? >> reporter: attacks on westerns in afghanistan are common. but they are not necessarily all run by the taliban though the taliban usually takes credit. but the effect is chilling as we have seen the attacks increase whether they be on police or on american trainers or civilians. i was just in afghanistan for the elections, while the elects went very well, i saw fewer and fewer foreigners around kabul and around

western groups here on the weekend to come in and is lots of activity. >> this is racks. a series of six legged robot spain developed by the university of pennsylvania.ve six legs. the legs are pretty cool. it's like a cockroach. >> it feels like robert. >> you are strong right? feel that. it can go over all kinds of things and this allows it to jump over most any obstacle it comes up to. it's great. for search and rescue a can go through sand. and this is the double robot. you could be in two places at once. this is a secret location right here. she can drive this around the museum and she did talk to guests and hear them. this can go up and down like this. basically this package has a camera in it. she's looking into an eye patch and essentially its face time with wheels. this one here, more of a professional robot. not a consumer level type of robot. this was developed by a japanese professor to be used in therapy situations. for hospice care and retirement facilities for autistic children. because it responds with nonverbal communication. >> these are the are on one. these are a group of robots. they can communicate with each other and our guests

pennsylvania and florida. those are all important states for us. if you look at the western states we believe we also have very good shots in ohio, michigan and wisconsin and we have a great candidate in wisconsin married work who i just talked about. i knew i was forgetting one. mary burke is an extraordinary candidate. wisconsin is the state of mary baldwin and we believe we have a great shot there. and then if you look at the other states where we have high hopes some of them might surprise you but we are optimistic about south carolina and you can see from the rga spending with some of the ads they have been running the understand they could well be in trouble in south carolina or they wouldn't be spending and investing like they are right now. south carolina, georgia might surprise some but jason carter is an extraordinary candidate for governor. i keep saying jason carter is going to be the governor in georgia and i believe it's going to be in -- so south carolina georgia kansas. governor brown is not a popular governor. we have a great candidate in kansas city. he is

pennsylvania as soon as it becomes available. >>> there are new developments in this search for the missing malaysian airlines jet. they have detected two new under water pings coming 1,000 miles off the western australia. they are in the -- they are in the same general area where two earlier pings were picked up saturday. all are within 17 miles of each other. australian authorities say they are more optimistic than ever that they will find the wreckage of flight 370. they say they are hoping they will find something as soon as just a couple of days, but they are adding the pings are getting weaker which means the searchers are either moving away from whatever is making those sounds or the batteries on the planes black boxes are running out. the two new signals lasted 5.5 minutes and seven minutes. >> i'm now optimistic that we will find the aircraft or what is left of the aircraft in the not too distant future. >> here's something else. although some marine life makes sounds similar to the sounds that were detected, technicians have determined the two signals this past weekend most likely came from some type of electronic equipment like a flight data recorder. >>> city leaders will hold a t

the hospital is run by a pennsylvania-based charity and treats tens of thousands every year. george? >> it seems like this campaign targeting westerners and americans really has intensified. >> reporter: it really has. i haven't seen such a targeted campaign to kill westerners there in a very long time. the taliban has hit a restaurant and upscale hotel and variety of compounds frequented by foreigners in recent months. we've been to all of them. this comes as the u.s. is trying to decide how many american troops to leave behind, as we prepare a major withdrawal by the end of the year. >> okay. martha raddatz, thanks very much. >>> george, now, to president obama's tough talk on russia. and raising the stakes in the war of words with president putin. threatening consequences, if they don't back down in ukraine. abc's jon karl is traveling with the president in tokyo. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin and george. as president obama begins his week-long asia trip here in japan, he's talking tough on russia. warning vladimir putin that new sanctions are teed up and ready to go, if he doesn't reverse course on ukraine. a