Just this morning there was an assault at a weapons depot in crimea where armed men attacked a military base. We are going to try to understand it as it comes in. Officially thousands of Russian Troops have ousted Ukrainian Forces and taken complete control of crimea. Ukraine is in yellow, crimea in red. Crimea is so key to russia. Just ten miles separate russia from crimea, but theres a lot of history there, there have been famous battles there, crimeans have been at odds with russia. And the white house has been holding emergency meetings, and the u. S. Just one of the countries threatening to skip the g8 summit. We have the crisis covered around the world for you this morning, starting in ukraine. Diana . Reporter hi. Well, we hear from the Ukrainian Naval commander recently appointed because of the defection of the previous head of the navy, thats ten ukrainian or military bases on crimea have now been taken. Also, these attacks on border posts along the east. Now none of these men have any kind of military insignia on their uniforms but its pretty clear who they are. Ukraines military is on high alert this morning, according to u. S. And ukrainian officials, thousands of Russian Ground and naval forces occupy the Crimean Peninsula will troops surrounding several bases and demanding Ukrainian Forces surrender and hand over their weapons. The Ukrainian Military is calling on troops to report for duty immediately. The Prime Minister fierce a wide are invasion by russia. Ukraine ambassador to the u. N. Says his country needs military support. But nato is pushing for peaceful diplomacy. We urge all parties to urgently continue all efforts to move away from this dangerous situation. I call on russia to deescalate tensions. Reporter putin is arguing that russia is only trying to protect russianspeaking people and its interests in the region, including a valuable naval base. Outrage over russias move is mounting, as western nations accuse mr. Putin of violating International Law and ignoring warnings not to intervene. You just dont invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests. Reporter crimea remains a stronghold of opposition to the new leadership in ukraine. This embattled semiautonomous region near the border representing a country divided. In the east and in crimea, which belonged to russia until 1954, some want to rejoin their soviet roots. Tensions in this eastwest standoff over the future of ukraine now have the country teetering on the brink of disaster. And simferopol is calm where i am, pretty much business as usual, those locals tell us there are fewer people on the streets as normal. There does feel as though there is a war of information going on here between those who watch russian tv and those who get their news from the west, accentuating these divisions. As we move down to the Crimean Peninsula, this is certainly a crisis. While it is specifically about ukraine sovereignty, theres unquestionably an overlay of a power struggle between east and west and the u. S. And russia. Secretary of state john kerry is preparing to go to kiev in a so of solidarity. What is the next move in the conflict . Michelle joins us now, an important day to be there. Reporter secretary of state kerry travels there tonight. Officials here saying putin badly miscalculated, a terrible choice that will only leave russia severely isolated if this continues. The secretary of state is preparing for an emergency trip to the center of the crisis. It comes after president obama and his National Security team worked through the weekend on the dangerous escalating situation in ukraine. The president spoke by phone with leaders of canada, france, germany, poland, the u. K. After an hour and a half call with Vladimir Putin himself. Senior Administration Officials say obama flatly rejected putins reasons for entering ukraine and taking over crimea, telling him to back out but also offering ways forward through dialogue or international monitors to make sure the russianspeaking people there are protected under ukraines new government. Secretary of state john kerry didnt hold back on russians move. Its a continuing act of aggression. Its a stunning, willful choice by president putin to invade another country. Its a 19th century act in the 21st century. Reporter russias ambassador comes after ukraines president was ousted last month in the wake of a bloody street protest after his rejection of a plan. Now the administration has cancelled trade talks with russia and with several allies has backed out of meetings leading to the g8 summit in sochi in june. All this has also drawn strong criticism from some lawmakers of president obamas drawing a line, telling putin to respect ukraines sovereignty to which putin quickly crossed. For all of the work here, though, it seems that maybe germany now has found the offramp to russias course saying russia has accepted its proposal to establish a Fact Finding Mission to ukraine and start a dialogue. Kate . Well see what that really means in practice. Michelle, thanks and welcome to cnn. Great to see you. Thank you. Russians Prime Minister saying sunday that the ukrainian president s ouster made the region extremely unstable and could lead to new blood in his words. Lets get to phil black in moscow with that new angle. Phil, whats the latest from moscow . Reporter good morning. Amid all the International Criticism of russia, russia is claiming support from a fairly Significant International power, china. Foreign ministers from the two countries thorn spoke after which russia says their views coincide on the issue of ukraine. A later statement from Chinese ForeignMinistry Says that they still respect the territorial n integrity of ukraine but understand why the events on the ground are unfolding as they are. Its not an endorsement of russias actions but it is not a criticism either. Difficult to imagine a scenario where it gives up crimea to ukraine. It at least raises the possibility of a further military incursion into that Eastern Region of ukraine. The key question now is how far is russia prepared to take this . That is the question. There are so factors that go into the calculation. We have with us National Security chief correspondent jim sciutto. Theres so many policies and cultures. It seems far away but it isnt. Ukraine is in europe, kiev is miles away from rome, paris, london, that kind of thing and we have u. S. Allies just to the west, poland, slovakia, hungary, romania. The u. S. Is required to defend these countries militarily if they come under threat. Crimea, appropriately colored red. Why . Because it has that pull toward russia. Russia, right on the tip of russia, its the headquarters of their black sea fleet, their on warm water port, all of the ports up here are cold, they dont have access to them in the winter. This is key. Its key when those thousands of Russian Troops moved into crimea, it where they went. People will remember this place throughout history. You had famous things happening here as part of its separation, we were talking earlier, florence nightingale. Thats right, long ties between this part of the world and seems a million miles away in europe. The charge of the light brigade back in the 1850s. This went against the wrong front there and it proved very costly. We look at the country. Its a sovereign, its its own country but very divided how . Heres the eastern part of the country on the russian side of the bored are, deep red. More than 75 are ethnic russian, speak russian. And many in this part of the country feel that historical tie to russia, they want to be closer to russia but its not all black and white. Crimea is deep red but 40 of the people there are not russian. You got divisions in every city, in every town and every village in this country and thats a real volatile mix. A little unusually sympathetic in crimea because what ukraine separated from the European Union, only 35 in favor. Heres how it divided up. 50 to 75 of the prorussia east voted for yanukovych. Here, 50 voted for yulia tymoshenko. The president said last week this is not a cold war chess game but were seeing it play out here, the pull between east and west. Ukraine was part of the u. S. S. R. Until the fall of the wall. Its key to u. S. Interests. Remember all those allies here. Its not something we can imagine is a million miles away. Complicated yet very relatable. We appreciate you laying it out for us. Well have you on later on to take us through the specifics. The next story were watching here at home, the winter weary u. S. Getting slammed once given. A monster storm leaving coast to coast is leaving a trail of ice, sleet and know in its wake. Schools in several major cities are closed for the day and several thousand flights already cancelled the worst of the storm is sp expected to hit the d. C. Area. I know, indra, its been changing in the overnight areas. How is it looking now . Its amazing how quickly were talking about changing. Were seeing the wintry mix and primarily a switch over to show. A few hours ago we were talking about rain and freezing rain. We had a lot of icing across the area. Now the concern, of course, is that temperatures will be cooling off as we go throughout the day. Many places will have highs in the Early Morning hours and temperatures could drop 30 degrees over the next few hours and another foot of snow, hard to believe, making aim here in the midatlantic this morning. A nasty mix of Winter Weather spanning a whopping two dozen states is wreaking havoc for 90 million pop. People. The snowstorm forcing federal offices in washington to close this morning in preparation for up to 10 inches of the snow. On capitol hill, the house and senate postponing all votes until tuesday. The Nations Capital hit hard two weeks ago buried under a massive snowstorm that dumbped more than a foot of snow in a few hours. Kansas city, missouri socked with whipping wind, snow and ice. Singledigit temperatures could be the lowest ever recorded for march. Firefighter himself to pry a man from this car that skid and crashed. Illinois got hammered with another thunder and sleet to create whiteout conditions, making driving nearly impossible. Plows worked feverishly to keep up with the ice. In colorado, this pileup killed one and injured dozens. Everything was fiend and we werent going that fast and all of a sudden everything just went out of control. And in montana, an avalanche powerful enough to rip this house from its foundation, dozens safely digging out an 8yearold boy and two others. Kate, i was showing you these puddles on the ground earlier. Theres a reason im showing you this. Were talking about warmer air first, rain and then now snow. The reason thats so important, the roads. If you have rain first, they couldnt pretreat these roads with salt. Now that the storm is on its way, they have to go out and salt those road. Were talking about potentially another foot of snow, the bulls eye being the d. C. Area, all of maryland and out towards virginia. This is hard to believe because just two weeks ago we were talking about the system that brought six inches to a foot of snow across this area as being the biggest snowstorm in three years. The fact that woor having another one, a lot of concern in the region today. The system did shift farther to the south. If youre around new york city and not seeing the snow you thought you were expecting, this is the storm we were tracking all the way from california and the models brought it a little more south. Were still talking about the wintry mix around the carolinas. All of this should push out by the time we go through this evening. Thats the good news. But the cold air means any snow is going to stick around for a while, guys. Some good news there. All those cold temperatures there back, just like you expected, indra. Well check back with you. President obama is meeting with israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu at the white house. Irans Nuclear Programs are expected to be discussed. Netanyahu is address the American Israel Public Affairs process in washington. 75yearold john short is say cust of secretly spreading religious material, thats a crime in north korea. But north korea is Still Holding american conditioneth ekenneth. Its reported bae was conducting missionary work there. Breaking news from south africa thorn, Oscar Pistorius pleading not guilty to murder charges. His trial is now under way but the court is on a break. He says his mistook his girl friend for an intruder. Prosecutors say he shot her after a heated argument. He faces life in prison if convicted. They call it the trial of century in south africa. When we come back, were going to get back into the ukraine. The crisis is deepening, the world is on edge and once given Vladimir Putin seems to be setting the jaagenda. What can be done in the conflict. Christian amanpour is here to break it down for us. And well be looking at who took oscar home. Well have all the highlights for you. 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It was also a night of wild star antics. Alisters shaking and shimmying to pharrells performance of happy. Host Ellen Degeneres snap be this celebrity selfie, gaining millions of retweets and even crashing twitter servers. Pizzas here. The comedian even handing out pizza. Kerrey washington is pregnant, she needs some. The allstar night was packed with singers. Bette midlers wind beneath my wings. And pinks rendition of somewhere over the rainbow. But it was sydney poitier that wowed the crowd. Please keep up the tremendous work. If you watched the stars in those front few row, this were having a great time between the pizza and the selfie with ellen. The show clocked in at about three and a half hours. Spike lee said he felt the show moved along really fast. We agree. Some had a better night than ever. Talk about the folks from gravity, they scored eight oscars. And 12 years a slave garnering best picture. Overall i gave it two thumbs up. Live here in Beverly Hills, its very early at the montage but if we see stars coming through, well try to grab them. If you see them coming through, there will be a sevensecond delay because theyre just ending their evening. Have you seen this gold thing . I set it down for one second to get my other cocktail. We were talking about it when michaelas piece was running, we both thought that ellen did a great job last night. We thought she channelled bob hope. Theres a pleasantry and intimacy. She did good, though. And coming up, the sudden death playoff in golf but it what happened before. Tiger woods quit the tournament supposedly with a back injury. What do we know . This is not the start to the pga season tiger woods is looking for, off to his worst start ever as a pga pro. Tigers back started acting up and he was forced to withdraw after 13 holes. He says he doesnt know if hell be able to play at dural where hes defending champion. And march is here. Arizona strengthened their resume late last night. Arizona is projected as one seed for the ncaa tournament. Turning on Bleacher Report right now, paula needed to make this eagle putt from 75 feet away for the win and take a look at this. It gets online and it drops an incredible shot. This was her first lpga win in the last three years. Guys, its definitely going to be a memorable one. If she lines that up another hundred times, it would be hard to see if she could even mack it once. That is crazy town. 75 feet for the win. Ice in the veins. Oh, my gosh. One of the hardest things to do in sports. Yes. I could pull it in puttputt i think. Just kidding. Happy monday day, my dear. Coming up on new day, a closer look at the crisis in ukraine. What prompted russia to do what it did and what does it do now . Christian amanpour is joining us. Work to clean and tighten pores so they can look half their size. Pores. Shrink em down to size [ female announcer ] pore refining cleanser. 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Winter weather pummelling the u. S. Right now, 90 Million People in its path. Many schools across the u. S. Are closed and more than 2,000 flights already cancelled. Lets get back over to meteorologist Indra Petersons, live on the National Mall in washington where it is coming down, snowing now, indra. Reporter definitely looks like a winter wonderland. You can see my fresh tracks as i walk across, but all of this is brand new snow. It makes you think thats all weve had in d. C. But thats not the case. Taking to the roadways, you see puddles of water and that is now starting to freeze over. They could not salt the roads ahead of the system because it was rain first, now its snow. Unfortunately its going be to a lot of snow. Were talking potential of upwards of a foot of snow, something they saw just a few weeks ago. Keep in mind the timing of this, its going to be throughout the day, getting heavier and heavier, not exiting out until about 7 00 this evening. Once it does so, were talking about all the cold air filling in behind it. All the snow expected to pile up here is going to last, guys. Indra, thank you for that. Well be monitoring the situation. While washington, d. C. May be shut down on one level, certainly the government is on high alert because the situation on ukraine is moving quickly and in the wrong direction. There was an assault this morning on weapons depot in crimea. Thousands of russian soldiers have taken control of the Crimean Peninsula and ukraines new government has been told that its military must be at full alert. Now, at the same time, nato is trying to figure out how to ease the tensions, european Foreign Ministers are holding their own meetings on the situation. We go to brussels to erin with more. Reporter some e. U. Minister arriving this morning saying theyre not optimist beiic a solution will be reached in the next four hours or next few days. A foreign minister saying he is confident russia will realize this is not the way to make friends in europe. On the agenda, ways in which the european can apply pressure to russia. We also understand that the possibility of sanctions could be a part of that debate. We also expect the European Union to join what has been a chorus of condemnation that has grown over the weekend. Just yesterday the nato secretarygeneral issuing a strongly worded statement calling on russia to withdraw its forces back to its bases, suggesting that independent observers be placed on the ground in ukraine. We also heard from a statement from the g7 saying they are suspending preparations ahead of the g8 summit in sochi, russia. At the moment here in brussels, the mood not exactly one of optimism but there is hope for a longterm diplomatic solution. Kate . Erin, thanks so much. This morning u. S. And World Leaders, as erin was laying out, really considering all options. What are those options, especially in the near term . To discuss, im jiend by christiane amanpour. A lot of questions remain. There are no easy answers to what the u. S. Can and should do at this point. What do you think when you look at the dynamic as it stands today . Whats the most likely immediate move that you could say . Well, first and foremost this is the most serious east west conflict since the end of the cold war, make no mistake about it. This is an absolutely critical crisis thats going on right now and it is really challenging everybody. You heard what erin said, that those minister that are being called to emergency meetings are not confident of any easy way out of this, but that there needs to be intense diplomacy that has already been going on. Secretary kerry, as you say, will be in kiev. Hes obviously going to talk to the Ukrainian Government, not just offer aid and support because obviously the u. S. Sports of proeuropean, prodemocratic part of ukraine but also to say to them, a, they cannot afford to antagonize russia militarily because they will not have a chance of winning. You saw what happened in georgiain 2008, a fiveday war in georgia and russia and the georgiians came out much worse for wear. There also a to be diplomacy. President obama has to lead. He is the head of nato. There is no military solution according to the leaders so they have to continue ratcheting up the pressure and making it extremely clear to putin that any more moves will be met by countermoves in terms of sanctions, in terms of isolation, in terms of more diplomacy. Now, the most important person i think in there is angela merkel. With all the news out about the osce potential monitor, which was the suggestion of the United States what would a Fact Finding Mission tend to accomplish . Its a facesaving way because russias involved, use the organizations that russia is also part of to go in and say this is whats happening in crimea and if you have these concern, lets decide about this, lets maybe put in some european or other forces or diplomats or monitors to make sure that your interests are preserved. But the most troubling this evening i read today in a readout of Angela Merkels call with putin was that she apparently said that she felt mr. Putin was not in touch with reality, that perhaps he didnt understand fully what was going on. That is the scariest thing that ive heard so far. Although many people disagree with much of what putin does, people have thought that hes, you know, machiavellian, at least rational, acting in some way with diplomacy. But he has managed to trump up this way to go into ukraine, take full operation and control of crimea on basically trumped up charges and trumped up theories that the russianspeaking majority there are somehow under threat. So when you look forward, its impossible to see exactly how this would pan out, do you think theres a real possibility that ukraine could split along ethnic lines and that everyone would be able to accept that . I think accepting it would be incredibly unlikely, and it would create a massive diplomatic and perhaps even military confrontation within ukraine. But maybe thats what putin is up to and he has to be dissuaded of that. Many people have said he needs to be thrown out of the g8. Why not . Putting him in the g8 or putting russia in in the 90s was an assault from president yeltsin to president clinton back then. They dont meet the economic conditions, the World Economy conditions. The pressure has to be ratcheted up. Do you think president obama underestimated Vladimir Putin . Its hard to tell. Putin has been playing this machiavellian game for many years, whether its over syria, whatever it might be. Now the pedal to the metal, rubber to the road, whatever it is, this is the most serious issue confronting the west visavis president putins politics and his military mite and hes flexing it. The question is will they be able to stop this, slow it down, before theres any military action either by russia or ukraine that puts it in a much, much more difficult situation. You have a very important interview coming up this morning im going to be interviewing the former Prime Minister of ukraine, yulia tymoshenko, who was in prison for many years under yanukovych, who has now fled. This is what obviously caused all this trouble and see what the ukrainians are going to do because shes now released and what the ukrainian leadership is going to do is very important. And they must continue to persuade the russian the ethnic russians there that they this new government is a new government for all ukrainians, not just the ethnic ukrainians and its east, west and all over. At the moment they dont believe that . This is all being trumped up. By russia . Yes. If you look at the media reports and whats going on in the russian speaking media, which is broadcast into crimea, id be afraid if i was looking at that. Its really very, very bad. Theyre whipping up fear and hatred and nationalism and it could go to a point where its going to be very difficult to roll back. Well look forward to that interview today. Thanks so much for coming. Chris . Lets go for cause to concern for cause for celebration. Coming up on new day. Youre looking at her right there, Lupita Nyongo. Shes dazzled the red carpet all season long. Now oscar winner, growing resume, shes going to tell us all about her big win when we come back. 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Yes, this is my main squeeze. Reporter what is it like, that moment right before you hear your name being called . Youre sitting there and they say and the oscar goes to it is agony. One way or another, youre going to have to do something very scary, you know. Its awful. I wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy. Reporter were you prepared to hear your name . Because they read it and you looked like you kind of lost your breath for a second, like did they just say lupita . You know, no matter how many times people predicted and wished me to win, it doesnt prepare you for actually hearing your name because it could have gone five different ways. Reporter can we bring your brother junior over here for just a second . We need to talk to him for a second about Photo Bombing that alist selfie. How did juniornd up in the middle of ellens alist selfie . His motto is carpe dee diem he seized the day. Reporter you are going to be talked about like nobodys business, you have meryl streep, brad pitt, Angelina Jolie and junior i hope theyre talking more about her. Reporter your best friend and your brother, you gave a wonderful speech, what whoopie and oprah did for you, youre doing for another little girl. I hope so. Reporter congratulations, lady. You know, that was such a fun conversation and junior is becoming a star himself. I really needed to hear from him how that all happened because he jumped up quick, didnt he . They all did. They were all so quick. I was noticing not only the pizza bit but the whole twitter thing, which they crashed twitter with that retweet. They were all in such a good mood last night, the energy was fantastic and it really translated to the tv. Reporter i dont want to call myself a thief but i did get you a gift. You didnt steal that oscar. Reporter and the oscar goes to michaela pereira. Its chocolate. Reporter i got really high there. 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Everything just sort of went out of control. South africas child of the century. How do you plead . Not guilty. And the oscar goes to goes to the big news to watch this morning starts with a question, is russia invading ukraine right now . Its a troubling thought that seems to be becoming reality as unidentified armed men Just Launched an assault on a military base in crimea. The attackers got into the arms depot using sound grenades, but ukrainian troops managed to keep control. There have been a series of attacks on several border posts. Russias occupation of crimea has ukraines new leaders putting troops on alert. Its been called an act of war by the russians. And trips maintain their ale allegiance to ukraine. Secretary of state john kerry will visit kiev tomorrow. Hes warned russia it faces eviction from the g8 and other measures if the troops dont pull out of crimea. What is the situation there on the ground . Joining us from kiev is cnns anderson cooper, the host of ac360. Thank you for joining us. What have you been able to figure out on the ground . Reporter well, its obviously an incredibly tense situation here in kiev. As you said, the government here, this is a shaky government at best. Theres an interim Prime Minister and interim president. Theyre only recently taken command of the country. This is the last thing in the world they wanted to be facing, a military incursion, or what appears to be certainly Russian Troops on the ground, in effect in control in the crimea. As you said, in the last 24 hours, even overnight hours here sunday night, we have seen attempts to take over at least one arms depot. Shots were fired by Ukrainian Forces, according by Ukrainian Forces into the air. Stun sound grenades were used. One ukrainiian military officia was injured in that attempt. There were people outside, about ten bases in the crimea which have Russian Troops or proRussian Forces or russian personnel surrounding those bases. So its a very tense situation. As you said, the government here in kiev has called up reserves. Reserves are going to be called up starting today. They trained for a tenday period. But clearly ukraine does not have the military capabilities to oust the Russian Forces from crimea. The real question is what are russias intentions . Do they intend to go further east into Eastern Ukraine, into russianspeaking parts of Eastern Ukraine . That would obviously be a major escalation. But at this point they are in the crimean region but it is an extremely difficult situation for the government here in kiev to try to deal with, chris. And obviously the focus has shifted a little bit there from the capital down to the Crimean Peninsula. Any sense youre getting from whether or not the people there have faith in this interim government or are they all expecting some type of major change . Look, theres not a lot of theres not a huge sense of whether this government is really going to be able to deal with the situation. By the way, the sound behind me is from the independent square, where you still have people coming 24 hours a day, you have speakers still speaking, people coming to pay their respect over people who died here over the last two weeks or so. Theres not a lot of faith. Its a very shaky situation. As i said, this is an interim government, an interim Prime Minister, an interim president. They had hoped to be focusing on Economic Issues and have actual elections down the road. Hard to see how theyre going to have elections when there are Russian Forces on the ground outside their bases in crimea. So theres not a lot of confidence theres certainly a lot of support here in kiev weve seen people lining up to sign up for military service, but at this point its just theyve just called up the reserves and thats going to be like a tenday period of training. Thank you for joining us. I know you just got there. We look forward to following your reporting. Its good to have our best on the ground. Thanks for being with us, anderson. Kate . So as the tensions rise, president obama and other western leaders are scrambling to find a Strong Enough diplomatic response. Michelle kosinski is live with the latest on that story. Reporter president obama and the National Security team worked through the weekend on the ukraine situation, the president taking calls with the leaders of six countries, including russia. And now the administration is sending secretary of state john kerry to ukraine tonight to meet with leaders of the new government and pledge u. S. Support, including financially. A Senior Administration official made it very clear that in their words russia has badly miscalculated. Sending troops to crimea was a terrible choice that will only leave russia severely isolated if this continues. The u. S. Has suspended upcoming trade talks with russia. Kate . Whats the discussion going about what could possibly happen here. Lets bring in ohio congresswoman marcy captor and we have former u. S. Ambassador to nato mr. Nicholas burns. Thank you both for joining us this morning. Congresswoman, let me start with you. Interesting contrast for you in this situation. Your family emigrated from ukraine, you had an uncle who was in the gulag for 20 years, yet you say with the benefit of perspective you understand russias military posture in crimea. Why . Well, first of all, i join with all of my colleagues and president obama in condemning the incursion of russia into crimea in violation of all treaties of all alliances that she has. As a permanent member of the United Nations, this is absolutely the most serious test of our alliances since the cold war ended. This is a very dangerous situation. Ukraine is a weak state and russia is taking advantage of that. Having said that, crimea is home to her black sea fleet, and the treaty that she has with ukraine expires in 2017. This is not the way for russia to plod her way forward in that region of the world. So its a very unfortunate set of circumstances, very dangerous and one in which the World Community is rightly taking a deep interest. So i commend the president for his work with id like to say g8 but it looks like g7 at this point. Im glad the president is talking along with mrs. Merkel of germany to president putin. Those discussions need to continue, but the World Community has to pay attention, support ukraines military in its effort to defend its homeland. Now, lets pick up on that, former ambassador. Even though the congresswoman is rightly referring to russia as she in the vernacular, its really about he right now in Vladimir Putin. This does seem to be a bold rekindling of russias power over that region. Is it time to call it thats what it is . The u. S. Has been denying that reality. Do we have to own that and will that help us figure out what to do here . Its certainly an invasion of a sovereign country by russia, by Vladimir Putin. President obama has a very tough job here. Hes going to have to lead. Hes the strongest nato leader. This will be the most Significant International crisis of his presidency to date. You can see hes trying to assemble World Leaders to condemn what putin is doing. Second, hes trying to build up sanctions against putin. It wont stop putins army but it will isolate putin and kicking russia out of the g8 meeting or suspending that g8 meeting in sochi in june is a step like that. And secretary of state kerry will go to kiev tomorrow to stand with that new government and i think hell be bringing an american aid package and we hope the europeans will do that. They hope the economic pressure will push putin back and isolate him. He has taken the crimea. I dont think hes going to give it back. The question becomes is that acceptable . The word we keep hearing is leverage. I want both of your takes on this. Talk has proven if not cheap, meaningless to Vladimir Putin in the last six to 12 months. Where is the confidence you can say anything to the head of russia who doesnt seem to care about their relationship with the west, who doesnt seem to care specifically about the u. S. Or its president . I think i think thats right. Excuse me. Go ahead, congresswoman. All right. I think that we as a World Community have to stand tall against what russia has done, and that means that the diplomatic process is proceeding forward. Rightfully so. I want to compliment secretary kerry for going there tomorrow. I think ive traveled to youve crane more than any other member of the congress, and have met with more of their parliamentarians over the years. We have to help shore up that state working through the United Nations, the osce, and the countries around the world where there are large numbers of the ukrainian diaspora. More people live outside ukraine than in ukraine because of the tragedies, whether its kazakhstan or poland, they have to unite and unite ukraine during this period in history where shes between governments and where the administrative element of that government is very weak. If this isnt resolved through talk and the invasion does proceed past the peninsula, how horrible do you believe the conflict may have become . Do you see the ukraine maybe facing an east west split . Or do you see it just an allout civil war . I think it is extremely dangerous. Ukrainians fight and russians fight, and the history of the 20th century is that there is no place on earth where the soil is more blood soaked than there. So there is a moral responsibility for our world. The United Nations should be working overtime to try to deescalate the tensions there. Im so disappointed in russia. This was not the way to proceed, and right after the olympics, we hoped for a different kind of world. I would have to say we did not this particular type of incursion had been thought about by our own government. We were concerned about it. Can you read different state Department Memos on that point, but russia in some ways was isolated and felt vulnerable and part of the problem is the weakness the ukrainian state. Again, my plea for the World Community, particularly the osce and the United Nations, the European Union to do what is necessary to strengthen the existing government of ukraine. So former ambassador, lets end on this if im russia and you are nato or pick whatever western influence or if it just has to be the United States who fronts it, what can be said to me that can get me to back off where i am right now and to just get me to deal with negotiations . Putins not going to back off. Talk wont make him do that. Hes taken the crimea. The question is will he stop there . If they call on him in other cities, he may respond to that. What can president obama do . Be very tough minded in opposition. Were not going to follow and should not follow a military policy, this has to be diplomatic. But strengthening nato and reaffirming the nato commitment to the vulnerable states of Eastern Europe who are nato members, i think thats something youll see president obama and secretary kerry do. We have to push back in an artful way, but hes taken the crimea. He has won round one of this battle. Congresswoman, former ambassador, thank you very much for the perspective. Is there something you wanted to end with, congresswoman . Its very important for us to send observers to ukraine now. We have relationships through our guard with her military. I think we need to speak very strategically with our european allies and allies around the world in how we add strength to ukraines forces in the form of observers, in the form of advice and assist her at this really critical moment, the most critical moment she has faced since 1991 with the fall of the soviet union. Thank you for the perspective. I know its personal and political for you. Certainly russia has made the assessment that the ukraine is certainly vulnerable. Thank you to both of you. The conversation will continue to be sure. Today president obama meets with israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu at the white house. Theyre expected to talk about Irans Nuclear program and also discuss progress toward an israelipalestinian peace agreement. Netanyahu will be speaking at the annual meeting for the proisraeli lobbying group. And north korea has freed an australian missionary who was detained last month. 75yearold john short was accused of secretly spreading bible tracks around the country. North korea is famously atheist. You will remember north korea has charged an american, kenneth bae, with doing something similar in trying to taking down the government with religious activities. And north korea fired test miss else for the second time in less than a week. And hamid karzai is speaking to newspapers and he is slamming the u. S. Government. He says u. S. Forces should have focused on hitting taliban havens in pakistan and less on afghan villages. Karzai has refused to sign a security pact with washington that would keep some u. S. Troops in the country beyond 2014. Now to the latest round of arctic cold, the u. S. Getting hammered again. The worst of the storm is expected to be in the d. C. Area. Indra petersons is tracking it all live on the Washington Mall in washington. How is it looking now, indra . Reporter the snow continues to fall and winds continue to howl. The rain before the snow came in is now starting to freeze over. Youre really seeing this difference. Why is that so key . Ill walk you over to the roads where you can tell there is still a lot of rain turning into ice, making the roads very dangerous and slick. Its good news that the government is shut down today. It looks like d. C. Will be the bulls eye of the storm. Earlier thought is it was going to be farther north. Today in d. C. , almost a foot of snow in this region and in portions of virginia. Its going to keep coming down as we go throughout the day today until about 7 p. M. To 9 p. M. And then well exit the region. Big concern as even more cold air is filling in behind it, guys. Thank you for letting us know the situation there. On to another place getting pummelled by weather, philadelphia. The people there are tough but even they have had about enough. The last few storms have hit them so hard. The citys mayor is declaring a snow emergency. Lets pick up with alexandra . Reporter youre right, people in philadelphia have had enough. Weve already had about five feet of snowfall over the course of the winter. This is what it looks like this morning, the sight that is all too familiar. The trouble with this storm is when it came in last night, we had some rain and sleet. That led to icing on the road, which is why the mayor of philadelphia decided to go ahead and cancel school. This is not yet a record Setting Winter. A record Setting Winter is 79 inches of snow. 65 inches is second best and this storm should actually put the city within striking distance of that number. We could see a couple more inches of snowfall this morning. The good news is that it stops by this afternoon. The bad news is that it is then replaced by near record cold. Kate . Alexandra, thank you very much. Lets go out where with a rescue mission saved four stranded hikers. A spokesman said they were able to break through the weather system and get them out. The hikes are said they were cold but not injured. A big deadline today for two former staffers of governor Chris Christie. Briget kelly and bill steppen, both fired, have refused to comply with subpoenas in the bridgegate investigation. Today their lawyers will defend their refusal and explain why they dont have to turn over documents. Kelly cut ties with Chris Christie after her infamous email, time for traffic problems in ft. Lee. A high ranking former al qaeda spokesman, sulaiman abu ghaith, will go on trial today. Critics have argued the trial should be held in a military court. And good morning, my friends, you look amazing given the long night. Oh, what long night . Its just an Early Morning, thats all it is. Lets take a look at the oscar edition of whats trending. The searing period drama 12 years a slave won best picture, making it the first movie from a black director to win the academys highest honor. After dominating the award season, Matthew Mcconaughey won the best actor award for his riveting performance in dallas buyers include, Cate Blanchett earned top honors for her role in blue jasmine. And Lupita Nyongo won best supporting actor for her role in 12 years a slave. Thank you so much for putting me in this position. It has been the joy of my life. Pure joy. And actor jared leto took home the oscar for best supporting actor for his role in dallas buyers club. And a big oops by john travolta, kind of butchered her name. Please welcome the windly talented one and only adele nazin. Ellen degeneres corrected the mistaken after Idina Menzels performance. And Jennifer Lawrence, last year she tripped over her dress going up the stairs to accept her best actress oscar, well, history repeated herself on sunday. She was seen falling to her knees on the red carpet after tripping as she got out of her limo. The thing i love about her, she laughs it off. Those dresses are hard to walk in. Oh, tell me. And Ellen Degeneres, she crashed twitter. She gathered quite the group of alisters, Jennifer Lawrence, bradley cooper, meryl streep to name just a few and took this epic oscar selfie. Yeah, that right there retwitted more than 2 million times and disrupted service for about 20 minutes. It also broke the retweet record set by president obama with this picture of him hugging the first lady. So how about that. Just a few things trending from the oscars and los angeles. Pretty amazing to see all those famous faces in that photo. Jennifer lawrence i think gets unfairly picked on. Shes like the Football Player who has fumbled a couple times. I think they all fall down and we just dont report it. No, i think she falls but its part of her charm. Coming up on new day, breaking this morning, a trial everyone will be watching, blade runner Oscar Pistorius for shooting his model girl friend and killing her. Well have that coming up in a report. [ male announcer ] we know theyre out there. You cant always see them. But its our job to find them. The answers. The solutions. The innovations. All waiting to help us build Something Better. Something more amazing. A safer, cleaner, brighter future. At boeing, thats what building Something Better is all about. At boeing, thats what building Something Better is all about. Save you fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance. Ould yep, Everybody Knows that. Well, did you know the ancient pyramids were actually a mistake . Uhoh. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance. Welcome back. In south africa theyre calling it the trial of the century. Today Oscar Pistorius, the played runner, as he was known, the first double amputee ever to compete in the olympics is on trial for shooting his model girl friend to death. Court is in session and were finally learning how he is pleading to charges of premeditated murder. We know that court picked back up after a lunch break but a lot has already happened this morning. Reporter it has. What a morning. All in this courtroom behind me, we heard Oscar Pistorius plead not guilty to that count of murder, as well as other charges that are related to mistakes or however you would describe it with guns. And all the while just remember the victims family sitting on the same bench as pistoriuss family. Look at this. Walking through throngs of International Media on hand for whats being called south africas trial for the country, a much different kind of attention as the man who won hearts as an olympic winner. You have to come to oscars house, trying to make sense of whats wrong. Someones shot, someones shot. So i easily thought it was oscar that had been shot. No, no, no, no, reevas been shot. The events that unfolded that night will be scrutinized by both the judge and the media in the coming weeks. At the time of the tragic accident that led to reevas death, were in a loving relationship. Pistorius claims it was a mistake, claiming he believed she was an intruder saying i grabbed my 9 millimeter pistol from underneath my bed and fired shots at the door and shouted to reeva to call the police. But the state says he aimed to murder. The ballistics, the blood splatter and evidence from witnesses they say will prove that. After staying away from pistoriuss Previous Court appearances, Reeva Steenkamps mother, june, vowed to face the man charged with her daughter as death. Her family says theyre looking foreclosure. Its not about the court case. Its about reeva, and reeva can never be part of it. 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Honestly, i want to see you be brave welcome back to new day. We return to our top story this morning, the crisis unfolding in ukraine. Secretary of state john kerry is arriving in kiev on tuesday, this as a u. S. Official says Russian Forces now have complete operational control of the Crimean Peninsula. So how will the u. S. Respond now . Its a huge question lingering over this whole crisis. Were joined to discuss this more by the author of the limits of partnership u. S. russian relations in the 21st century and director for russian studies at georgetown university. Thanks so much for taking the time. Good to be on your show. I do want to get to what you think the u. S. s next move should be but first a step back to look i want to lean on your area of expertise. What do you think russias intentions are here, more importantly how far do you think Vladimir Putin is likely or prepared to take this . Well, the immediate intention is to secure russias equities, its naval base, the black sea fleet in crimea. The lease expires in 2017. A new agreement was signed in 2010 with the former ukrainian president and that lease now goes to 2042, but russia wants to make sure that the new Ukrainian Government, whatever its composition is, doesnt renege on that. So the immediate thing is to make sure that the black sea fleet stays there. More broadly, what putin wants to do is to ensure that ukraine doesnt decisively move west, sign a major agreement with the European Union. And by essentially beginning to dismember part of ukraine, that is occupying crimea and presumably not leaving, its going to make it much more difficult for this new and very fragile Ukrainian Government to take any decisive steps. With that in mind, how far do you think Vladimir Putin is prepared to take this . Well, i think at a minimum russia will remain in crimea. Its Occupation Forces will remain there and its base will remain there. The big question and your guests have been talking about this, is would this then spread it other regions of ukraine in the east, some of which have expressed a desire for up closer ties with russia to somehow be affiliated with it. This is what i think all of this diplomacy now with secretary kerry going there, with chancellor merkel having spoken to mr. Putin, the immediate aim is to try and contain this and make sure that this conflict doesnt spread to any other part of ukraine. What do you make of chancellor merkels readout in her discussion with Vladimir Putin. She said he wasnt dealing in this reality, that he was he was out of this world or working in another world. What does that tell you in relation to this crisis . It may tell you he really believes, president putin, that somehow crimea is in danger of what the russians call fascists or terrorists in kiev. Its the line the official media have been saying all the time. He may well believe that. This means maybe he isnt as well briefed on the real situation as he could be. But what it also means is its going to be very difficult to deal with him on this issue, and its clearly more important for him that crimea remain occupied than, say, that he host the rest of the g8 leaders in sochi in june. And thats one of the consequences thats being put on the table right now. I want to get your take on how effective that would be. Some of the things that are being discussed, cancelling the g8 conference, cancelling russias member in the g8 as an array of economic sanctions . Do you think that is enough to change putins objective right now . It obviously means less to russia and president putin now than it did before. Really targeted economic sanctions that we sort of heard secretary kerry talk about, which would affect russian leaders and their assets in the United States, those might be more effective, but in the past weve never been able to impose those kinds of sanctions. So i find it very difficult to imagine that theres any move that the u. S. Could take now that would persuade russia to withdraw all of the troops that its just sent to crimea now, that is to say to end its occupation of crimea. Some say this is a very confusing crisis that were faced with but you lay out very clearly that it seems there are no good answers to this very difficult question that were answering. Your book, i dont think it could be more appropriate than at this very moment. Thank you for your time this morning and thanks for giving us your expertise. Appreciate it. Chris . Coming up on new day, one of the biggest name in hollywood has nothing to do with biz. It would be toronto mayor rob ford. 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And cuaron won for best director. Thats what weve seen in award shows time after time this season. 12 years a slave goes along, loses, loses, loses and then it wins best picture. Its really a weird year. And the folks from gravity can feel good about their eveni evening, seven awards to go home with. And gravity was a movie others that make movies in the Film Industry really respected. But sign fiction has never won best picture. There seems to be a little snobbery in that genre. On the other end of it, one that didnt get a ton of oscars, that was a shutout was american hustle. Did that surprise either one of you . It didnt surprise me. When you would hear people talk about american hustle, they loc loved the performances but it didnt seem like the plot was going to go on to be an academy picture. A case of snobbery . It want the only one, nebraska went 0 for 6. Only the color purple lost with more, 0 for 11. Can we talk about lupita . She toll the show. We wrote on the web site five ways lupita stole the oscars. Its how she looked. And then it was the dance, when she was dancing. I think the world is her oyster right now. Theres something about that firsttime winner, that folks at home can really recognize themselves in somebody thats getting that first time. Absolutely. I think she said that in her speech, too, she said this is for you who are out there that want to see you can do it. Shes from kenya and shes got the number one movie of the weekend, too, nonstop, the liam neeson movie. Shes in that. The world is her oyster. And what was the quote, no matter where youre from, your dreams matter. And shes talked about this embarrassment of riches. Lets talk about other speeches. Dallas buyers club, tremendous performances from Matthew Mcconaughey and jared leto. Very different speeches they gave. Jared paying homage to what the story, the film was about. I absolutely wanted Matthew Mcconaughey to win, i thought his performance was outstanding but i was disappointed in his speech. Think back to when tom hanks won philadelphia and think about that movie in the context and then think of matthews speech and then think of jared. You wanted to kind of feel a little more. I dont know. To have no reference to sort of People Living with hiv or this plight, it felt kind of missing. You know what i think the problem is, hes made so many speeches this season we forget that, dont we . Thats true. Ive seen a million of them. He runs out of material and i think he gets a little ver clement there. I liked him at the end when he finally went to all right, all right, all right. Thats matthew. We cant leave without talking about ellen. I laughed my butt off, and so did the folks inside the doby theater. Overall a successful show for her. Yes. That is a very difficult audience. They are tense. As the night goes on, it just fills up with losers. We say that generously. She goes out in that audience and serves up pizza and gets people to put money in. She was fun. And thats what the oscars should be. And not too stuffy. I thought she did a great job. It was the most interactive show. I was going to say that. Shes like the oscar host of our team, meaning that she engages, she uses twitter. She was doing exactly what makes her daytime show successful. The selfie its an oscar classic. It was one of the moments. We made a point of saying that was one of the moments. I love that junior, lupitas brother got in there, Julia Roberts having the time of her life. Poor liza got shut out. Poor liza. Not a tall woman, shes at the back of that crowd. What do you think. She was there. Somebody told me why wasnt liza singing the song instead of pink . Hello. I dont think she has the stage anymore and i dont think she wants to go on stage with a billion people and try to imitate her mother. Thats a good point. 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Very dark and very Early Morning in los angeles. Some stars are still out having a great time celebrating governors ball and other parties. Nischelle turner had a chance to be on the red carpet with the alisters. You got to talk to some of the yuaners. Did you sense the anticipation . Yeah, there was. Afterwards its that relief. One of those stars thats still partying because he said back stage hell party until the break of dawn and thats jared leto. He gave a very thoughtful speech. Take a look. This thing is heavy. Its heavy. Its beautiful. Its a symbol of something magical. When a film connects with people, you know, when a story moves people, its nice be a part of Something Like that. I cant believe you are letting me hold this. Im so glad. I think this is the closest ill ever get to an oscar. You never know. I never thought i would get an oscar. I never imagined i would be on that stage and able to thank my mother and brother and it was a really wonderful thing to be able to do. I know you gave a very moving speech tonight. One of the things did you, you got a little political. You talked about the people that are facing the crises in ukraine and venezuela. What was on your heart to make that statement tonight . Im in a band called 30 seconds to mars and we tour the world. We have shows coming up in the ukraine. We had a shine the works in venezuela. We had a show in that i would and all those places and many places we deal with in the world deal with social issues, social unrest. Its a part of our lives. And, you know, it means a lot to me to speak and support the people that are there facing really challenging times. Literally, fighting for their lives. And, you know, so thats why i took the opportunity to shine a light on that situation. Are you still planning on going to you crane . Ukraine . Yes. We have a show there in a week or two. Were looking at the situation very closely as in thailand. Its a pretty interesting thing to be in a business where, you know, plans can get diverted because of social unrest. During the middle of the arab spring we played in the middle east and fortunately we were able to play those shows and i say fortunately because it was a really special thing to connect with the audiences at a special time in the history of those cultures and countries. Were going to keep following jared letos progress and see if his band does go to the ukraine. We could not talk to the belle of the ball, best actress yu winner, Cate Blanchett. Im here with the belle of the ball, Cate Blanchett. Honey, you just won best actress. I love when you have this huge smile on your face, so genuine and wonderful. Since my last time around the dance floor its gotten noisier and louder and im a little bit sick of the sound of my own voice. But its extraordinary. So many people here i respected here this evening and work ive long admired from afar and to have this in my hand. 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Breaking news, fighting breaks out between ukrainians and suspected Russian Forces as john kerry heads to the ukraine to make peace. Is tough talk enough to stop a war. Oscar pistorius on trial. Pleading not guilty. Why he says hes innocent. What a night. Were live in hollywood with all the big winners, the moments after the show you might have missed plus the big question Everyone Wants answered . Who takes the prize for best dressed . Your new day continues right now. Good morning and welcome once again to new day. Its monday, march 3rd, 8 00 in the east. Ukraine and russia in a standoff over stronghold of crimea, ukraines acting Prime Minister is giving a resounding rebuke against russia this morning this after an Army Official was injured when armed men tried to take over weapons depot. Attacks have been reported on Ukrainian Border posts. Thousands of Russian Troops have taken control of the peninsula, disarming Ukraine Forces and russian choppers are hovering over a border they share with ukraine. Russia defends hits position. South of ukraine has seen plenty of conflict separating russia and ukraine by ten miles. What do we do . Leaders in western states are holding emergency meetings. The u. S. Is among seven nations planning to skip a planned summit in russia this as russias military gears up to go toe to toe with the ukraine. Diane. Reporter hi, chris. Well the new head of the Ukrainian Navy says that ten military and naval bases are now surrounded by Russian Forces, also there have been attacks by Russian Special forces according to the ukrainian sources. Now the russian justification for any use or deployment of troops here is that ultranationalists from kiev or a threat to the peace in crimea but weve seen no evidence there are any kind of radicals or ultranationalists who are in any way present in this region and about to disrupt the peace. Lets not forget, though, that these troops who are on the ground are not wearing any kind of military insignia, not identifying themselves but its pretty clear who they are. Ukraines military is on high alert this morning according to u. S. And ukrainian officials, thousands of Russian Ground and naval forces occupy the Crimean Peninsula with troops surrounding several bases and demanding Ukrainian Forces hand over their weapons. The Ukrainian Military is mobilizing troops and calling on Army Reservists to report for duty immediately. The ukrainian Prime Minister fears a wider invasion by russia. This is actually only the declaration of war to my country. Reporter ukrainians ambassador the u. N. Said his country needs military support but nato is pushing for peaceful diplomacy. We urge all parties to urgently continue all efforts to move away from this dangerous situation. I call on russia to deescalate tensions. Reporter putin is defending his actions opinion he says russia is trying to protect russian speaking people and its interests in the region including a valuable naefl base. Route rage is mounting. As western nations accuse mr. Putin of violating International Law and ignoring warnings not to intervene. This city doesnt feel like its on the brink of war, but it does feel like there is a war of information here between those who watch Russian State Television and those who arent getting their news from the west. None of them listening to the calls from kiev for unity in this country. Chris . Part of the problem, diana thank you very much. Secretary of state john kerry preparing for a trip to kiev tuesday as president obama cobbles together an answer. Reporter secretary kerry will leave tonight. Pledge u. S. Support including financial aid. Here at home senior Administration Officials have been trashing russian president Vladimir Putins decisionmaking on this. Saying that he badly miscalculated, calling it a terrible choice that will only leave russia severely isolated if this continues. The secretary of state is preparing for an emergency trip to the center of the crisis. It comes after president obama and his National Security team worked through the weekend of the dangerous escalating situation in ukraine. The president spoke by phone with leaders of canada, france, germany, poland, the uk. After an hour and a half call to put himself. Senior Administration Officials say obama flatly rejected putins reasons for entering ukraine and taking over crimea telling him to back out but offering ways forward through dialogue or are international monitors to make sure the russian speaking people are protected there under ukraines new government. Secretary of state john kerry didnt hold back on russias move in a string of tv appearances. Its an incredible act of aggression. Its really a stunning willful choice by president putin to invade another country. Its a 19thcentury act in the 21st century. Reporter russias action comes after the ouster of ukraines president. Secretary kerry said ten other nations are prepared along with the u. S. To sanction russia, to go to the hit to isolate it economically as it crease foreign investment. Now the administration has cancelled trade talks with russia and with several allies has backed out of meetings leading to the g8 summit in sochi in june. The u. S. Response so far is not without some strong criticism from some lawmakers of obama drawing a line, basically telling putin you must running back ukraine sovereignty which putin crossed almost u. S. s red line for syrias use of chemical weapons. Some are calling for sanctions against russia now. Kate . Michele, you lay it out there well. Lets take a closer look at what can the u. S. And west do to force putins hand here. Here are some of the options. The west, well obviously start with the diplomatic option. The west has started with diplomatic snubs, stopping preparations for the g8 summit in sochi. Next step russias membership in the grn 8 could be revoked. What impact could that have . Then the economic options. Economically washington and eu considering financial sanctions including a freeze on russia as assets and limiting trade to the country. Will that have enough teeth. Thats a big question. Finally, you have the military opening. The military opening remains very unlikely at this point. United states moved war ships into the black sea to support georgia in the 2008 war with russia but that move could be seen as further escalating tensions with ukraine on the coast. Now that russia has complete operational control the u. S. Says all options are on the table raising the stakes once again for secretary kerrys visit to the ukraine on tuesday. Bets get to Barbara Starr at the pentagon on what officials are considering. Reporter good morning, kate. Youre absolutely right. No military option is likely, but, in fact, a u. S. Navy war ship is scheduled to enter the black sea in about a week or so on routine deployment, long schedule and were hearing this morning that deployment will go forward putting the u. S. War ship in the black sea. One of the biggest concerns the u. S. Has right now is russian disinformation and deception. These reports the russians are putting out russian citizens may need massive humanitarian aid, they may be subject to violence. The u. S. Says theres no evidence of that so far and this concern of this type of information deception which is a classic soviet tactic may backfire and lead to some chaos. The u. S. Now analyzing what the next Russian Military moves will be, trying to figure out if they are going to move beyond crimea, what kind of troops and equipment they are putting in and what that may signal about those Russian Military moves. Its a very tough problem. The russians can move in realtime. The u. S. Right now is still trying to react to all of that. Barbara, it looks clear the u. S. Got caught flat footed. Lets figure out whats practical. Lets bring in jim sciutto and our political commentator and contributing editor for atlantic media. Peter, we were talking in the theoritical last week. What really will happen Going Forward . Jim you said it brilliantly this morning. Crimea never heard of it. Does it matter . They pick a small place to start . How big is it important the russians . Its a big deal for the russians and u. S. Big deal for true chance, key black seaport. The headquarters of their black sea fleet, warm water port, access to the black sea, mediterranean, atlantic. Thats a big deal. Thats where most of those Russian Forces went the minute they crossed the border. Of course key for the u. S. , allies on the western border, allies we have defense agreements with. And really the front of an eastwest pull, not a cold war necessarily but cold warlike. Lets role play. Im russia. You guys lets just game out how this goes forward. The state of play is i went in. They want me there. This is my place. I have military there. You butt out. These days are over of me not being able to expand, they want me, there im there. They are unstable, not me. Talking about the ukraine. Whats the best response from west . First of all the United States has to get on the same page with the european allies and thats the challenge because those european allies have depended on that russian gas. Russia has more leverage or them than we do, especially germany. When the u. S. Went out and said maybe well kick russia out of the g8 the germans said no, were not on that. Obamas first challenge is unify the european allies, take leadership over that and figure out what they can do. If russia can divide with American Allies we cant exercise much loench. Strong point especially with russia reading weakness in the solidarity of the g8. It smacks of syria. You made a line. I just stepped right across it as russia and now what . Were hearing tough talk. Absolutely. You bring up syria. This is where it goes beyond syria. Russia is an important partner in the u. S. Plan for syria, for iran, for many other crises. This expands well beyond there. When you look at the russian argument they are talking about russian citizens under threat. We have to go in and protect them. They asked for us. Which really is not true, frankly and thats why the germans are talking about having this be Fact Finding Mission. This is an argument that was used before. Melosovich used that argument 20 years ago. How strong are our response. We can kick them out of the g8. Putin didnt show up at the g8 a couple of years ago. Does he care . Theres russians in those soviet republicans. This rationale we have to violate our sovereignty to protect our folks. Its a dangerous precedent. You already said, youre now talking about keeping me from advancing more. So i have to believe im safe. Im going to get off scot free. Ukraine military they cant take me on they can only take me on with your help. Nato wont do it. Why . Because were battle weary. What can you say to me . Theres a long history of this. The United States in 1956 when the soviets marched into budapest, nato didnt do this. When they marched into prague in 1968 we have always tended to think first because its hard to convince the American People that its worth to risk lifs. The most important thing in some ways strengthen that government in kiev. Government is quite fragile. It has to have the capacity to govern even in parts the distraction is focusing on russia not for the reasons that the u. S. Is spinning right now oh, its not about us, oh, it is, you just cant win that right now. So you say youre going to send your war ship. Didnt we do that in 2008 in georgia and marched right in and what do you . Nothing. How can we strengthen ukraine so it doesnt split or fall . I think thats true as well. I think we can under estimate our leverage the the Financial System is still based here in new york and thrown. Russian companies, big russian banks, Russian Energy companies they need to work through that Financial System. If you want to get at russia you sanction those state entities. Some republican lawmakers are talking about this, secretary kerry referred to that as well. Thats a way to go after them. We saw that with the sanctions against iran. That worked. You start making russias national gas company, exporters cant buy in london or new york city, thats a good way to get at very powerful russian people. The russian elite is very much connected to the west. People that go vacation in italy. Its not a vote regime that basically is disconnected. So you hit those people where it hurts. Their ability to basically live the lives that they lived. Those are very smart points those last points but heres the question Going Forward. Putin knows this as well. So they know you might do this. Why is he still taking this action . What is he anticipating . Well have to see. Strong stuff. Thank you very much. Take a look at the weather. No rest for the winter weary, unfortunately. The eastern u. S. Is getting hammered once again by another major winter storm. The worst of the storm is expected to hit the d. C. Area, commute is expected to be a nightmare in d. C. , baltimore and philadelphia. Schools in hard hit spots are closed today and more than 2,000 flights have already been cancelled this morning. Meteorologist Indra Petersons is tracking all of it for us live on the National Mall. Its gone from kind of white to all white around you throughout the morning. Reporter isnt it amazing you can see how quickly dhangsd. Almost this eerie silence because the government is shut down today. Hard to tell. Weve gotten several inches of snow here on the ground. Underneath that is some ice. We take a look to my right. Even hard to see the capitol. The roads not in good condition. A few minutes ago we saw someone skiing along the roads. Thats the best route today as another foot of snow is still expected here in the d. C. Area. A nasty mix of Winter Weather spanning a whopping two dozen states is wreaking havoc for 90 Million People. Its a little nuts knowing its march. Reporter the massive storm pushing from the midwest to the east bringing treacherous ice and snow and thunder. The snowstorm forcing federal offices in washington to close this morning in preparation for up to ten inches of the snow. On capitol hill the house and senate postponing all votes until tuesday. The Nations Capital hit hard two weeks ago buried under a massive snowstorm that dumped a foot of snow in 24 hours. Public schools are closed this morning in philadelphia, parts of new jersey and as far south as dallas. Kansas city, missouri socked with whipping winds, snow and ice. Single digits temperatures on sunday could be the lowest ever recorded for march. The roads in missouri so treacherous firefighters had to pry a man from this car that skid and crashed. Illinois gothamered with enough thunder and sleet to create white out conditions making driving on these roads nearly impossible. Plows worked feverishly to keep up with the ice. In colorado this frightening 100 car pileup over the weekend killed one and injureded dozens. Everything was fine. Reporter in montana an avalanche powerful enough to rip this house from its foundation, dozens of neighbors armed with shovels safely digging out an 8yearold boy and two others. We keep talking about all this snow piling up pretty quickly here in the d. C. Area. The roads now the conditions are worsening. Biggest concern is this morning this started off as rain and ice. Under all this snow is a thin layer of ice. Any water left on the road is freezing as temperatures are getting cooler as we go throughout today. Thats the concern. Then on top of that another foot of snow is expected in the area. This d. C. Area out towards virginia the bulls eye of this system. Snow will continue to fall and get heavier as we go throughout the day. Even through the rush hour tonight. Evening hours should exit out of the area. Concern behind that is that cold air fudge through. The cold air will keep any snow on the ground still present for the next several days. Thanks for that. Well be back to you in a little bit. Coming up military action is not an option for the u. S. But may be mandatory for the ukraine. The government putting their military on high alert. How long can divided and impoverished ukraine hold off the russian bear. Plus the most anticipated red carpet event of the year and what do people anticipate . Fashion, of course. Well talk about oscar fashion coming up. [ cellphones beeping ] [ cellphone rings ] hello . [ male announcer ] over 12,000 financial advisors. Good, good. Good. Over 700 billion dollars in assets under care. The russian bear. Welcome back to new day. It is still dark outside. About an hour away from sunrise here in los angeles. Were live at a beautiful Montague Hotel in Beverly Hills. Hours ago the red carpet was overflowing with all sorts of stars, leo, brad, meryl, liza. A memorable night for many. Show stopping musical performances and this. One epic selfie. And the oscar goes to it was a night full of inspirational speeches. When you got god you got a friend and that friend is you. The magnetic Matthew Mcconaughey winning best actor and his costar jared leto. To those of you out there whoever felt injustice because of who you are or who you love tonight i stand here in front of the world with you and for you. Thank you so much. Newcomer Lupita Nyongo named best supporting actress. When i look down at this golden statue may it remind me and every little child that no matter where youre from your dreams are valid. Cate blanchett best actress for her work in blue jasmine. Sit down. Youre too old to be standing. Julia suckit. The biggest award, 12 years a slave. We can stand up here tonight because of one man. Thats the mr. Steve mcqueen. The honor making history, mcqueen is the first black director to direct a motion picture. I dedicate this picture to all those who endured slavery. And star antics. Alisters shaking to the performance of disspeckable ii happy. Ellen degeneres snapping this celebrity selfie. Getting millions of retweets. The season comedian even passing out pizza. Carrie washington is pregnant. The over three hour show was packed with allstar singers. Bette midler wind beneath my wings. And pinks rendition of over the rainbow. Youll find me all receiving stand ovations. But it was the surprise appearance by legendary actor sidn sidney poitier. That action was heard all over the world from sidney poitier. Gravity wasnt chosen as best picture but still a great night for that film. Seven Academy Awards including for its director, alfonso cuaron. Let us know what you think. I was twist ago long with you. Newday. Get into the discussion. Do you think your favorite film was overlooked or maybe your star was overlooked. You know well cover the red carpet fashion. I want to you tweet about that. It wasnt just the women. This is interesting. The guys looked great. Gentlemen making some real bold fashion statements last night. Jared leto among them. Well discuss it with some insiders who know a thing or two about fashion. I would definitely agree with you. A lot of white jackets we were seeing. Not the black tux. Wound up being very successful. Best actor, best supporting actor had it and the long hair look maybe thats new thing. Maybe you should try it out. Yeah. Maybe not. Well get back to you. Take another break. Coming up next, blade runner Oscar Pistorius shooting and killing his model girlfriend. Well take you live inside the courtroom in south africa coming up. And i am so thankful to angies list for bringing us together. 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He admits he shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year but claims he thought she was an intruder. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is meeting with president obama at the white house. They will discuss Irans Nuclear program and progress in peace talks with the palestinians. The powerful drama 12 years a slave won best picture at sundays Academy Awards. The best actor trophy went to Matthew Mcconaughey for the dalldallas buyers club while man wheat won best actress for her role in blue jasmine. Secretary of state john kerry heads to ukraine later today. The pressure is going on the obama administration. What can the president do to rein in russia. Were joined by republican congressman ed royce chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee to help us take a look at the politics in the ukraine. Let me set the table for you. The president said to putin, there will be costs for any military intervention in ukraine, okay. That was the threat. That was the line, so to speak. To harken us back to syria theres a relevance context. Military option from u. S. Not real. Kicking russia out of the g8 doesnt seem to scare russias Vladimir Putin. The question becomes what is United States best leverage to help control the situation which went from dont invade to now dont advance, please. Well, i think thats the important question there. How do we get some leverage, exert some leverage here and i think it has to be financial. It has to recognize that the achilles heel for russia is their economy, the ruble. Where can we set up a scenario get the europeans involved and say to the state banks in russia you either cooperate or the sanctions we impose will create economic chaos in russia. What can we do in terms of the credits that russia needs and the trade that russia needs with the west. But here the administration will be put to the test, because the polls and the czechs are upset with the administration for pulling out our antimissile defensive system we were working with them. That gave us some credibility with the russians because we were setting up a program there to help defend europe and the United States against iran. The fact that we signalled that we were willing to do that in the face of russian pressure makes the administration look weak. So at this point we have to lead and we have to rally europe around a series of steps that would actually impact the russians economically. Sanctions against stateowned banks. It gets us to the this further question of how, you make a great point of bringing up a Historical Perspective of putins confidence. That Defense System people will forget about how outspoken he was. Maybe down the idea he could work more aggressively. You get the sanctions. World markets today responding very negatively to this. So theres some pressure. The ruble is taking a beating right now. So, what can you do economically, and what have you anticipated because Vladimir Putin must know this, he must know youre going to go to his pocket so how do you think about what you can do that hes not ready for . One of the things i think about is the vote in the upper house in russia. That vote in favor of this aggressive posture of intervention, military force, was Something Like 80 out of 166. Clearly the russians are of mixed mind here about how far they can go, should go. So one of the things we want to do is increase the wait. So not only should we work with europe on this economic point but in the meantime in the Security Council right now we should be moving a resolution which would probably have the support of the entire International Community except maybe for russia. Make russia veto it. Make russia isolate itself diplomatically and economically. At that point they have to begin to weigh the cost and at that point they might begin to look at a way out or a way to cut a deal to keep them in their base in crimea and stop them from escalating in to the Eastern Ukraine which i think is what were all concerned about right now is an additional challenge here. Now in a fair analysis, putting u. S. Domestic politics aside, is it fair to set this up as a binary proposition where its putin versus obama, or do you believe this really is about the coalition thoont lie way it gets fixed is through natural jobs through the western alliance and u. S. Helping to push that but not being all about singular action. I would take nato off the table there. Its in cooperation with the europeans. I met last evening with our treasury secretary to talk about some of the steps we could take. Well have a hearing in my committee on thursday. Well have officials from the administration, from treasury, from state department, and were going to talk about some of the steps that we might be able to take jointly with the senate in order to sort of bolster the position of the Ukrainian Government in this because that also is part of the equation, isnt it. We need to give some confidence to ukraine, to sort of come together and to show the support of europe. Now most of the support will come from europe but some of the backstop here will be from the United States, some of the loan guarantees. So on thursday well have that hearing and try to send that message that the United States in a bipartisan way is going to try to strengthen our commitment to work with europe to bolster ukraine. That does seem to be the most important step right now, the stronger the government gets in ukraine the less they need help from the outside. Congressman, thank you very much. Good luck with the Foreign Affairs work. 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First time a criminal trial has been televised in south africian criminal history. This is a game, the dramatic story of a sportsman fall from grace. So all of that perhaps plays in to this. But lets work on the assumption like in america that a man is innocent until Proven Guilty and thats what were seeing in that courtroom today. Day one, some dramatic Opening Statements from the defense and also, again, a very tough grilling crossexamination of the first witness by Oscar Pistoriuss legal team. They are determined to prove him innocent. Lets take a look at how the day began. Walking through the throngs of International Media on hand for whats being called trial of the century for south africa for the man who won hearts as the blade runner. Inside court oscar appeared to face charges of premeditated murder. In the death of his 29yearold girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp a little over a year ago on valentines day 2013. Trying to make sense of whats wrong. Someone shot. So i thought it was oscar that was shot. No, no. Reeva was shot. Reporter the events that unfolded that night inside pistonss home will be scrutinized by the judge and media in the coming weeks. A tragic accident that led to reevas death. Reporter oscar maintains it was a tragic mistake believing Reeva Steenkamp was an intruder. I grabbed my. 9 millimeter pistol from underneath my bed and shouted at reeva to phone the police. The state said he aimed to murder. The ballistics, blood splatter and evidence from witnesses they say will prove that. After staying away from pistorius Previous Court appearances, Reeva Steenkamps mother vowed to face the man charged with her daughters death. The family says they are looking for closure. Its not about the court case. Its about reeva and reeva can never be part of it. Reporter another key comment made by the defense, they say that the scene where Reeva Steenkamp was shot was contaminated, disturbed and crucially tampered with by police. Youll hear a lot about that in the weeks ahead. Just starting. Robin thank you very much for that. Take another break. Coming up next on new day most anticipated red carpet event of the year. So were there hits . What were the misses . Well take a look at all of the red carpet fashions from the oscars. So our business can be on at ts network for 175 a month . Yup. All 5 of you for 175. Our clients need a lot of attention. Theres unlimited talk and text. Were working deals all day. You get 10 gigabytes of data to share. What about expansion potential . Add a line, anytime, for 15 a month. Low dues, great terms. Lets close new at t mobile share value plans our best value plans ever for business. Welcome back to new day. We are on the west coast. Were in hollywood, in Beverly Hills. Now its time to talk fashion. Its what i know you want to hear about. The good, the bad, some might say ugly. I dont know. It was an amazing night of oscar fashion. I brought two of the best here to break it down. The hits, maybe some misses. I have two cup of joes. Joe katz and joe z. Lets start with you joe z. Give me your top three. Number three, Julia Roberts. She showed up at the globes in a debatable outfit which i loved but i loved what she had on last night. It was beautiful. Almost what a modern day audrey hepburn. Number two . Jessica beal. She was presenting. She was wearing chenille. Number one, come on, Angelina Jolie. Look at her that whole metallic beading and i love seeing her embody that. It was sexy but elegant. I love that sheer shimmer. You thought that Angelina Jolie didnt bring it as much as she normally does. I thought she looked really beautiful. My favorite, though, i thought Jennifer Lawrence looked so in that red. It was like so stunning with that just that pop and it just had that little peplum and very feminine. On the red carpet i wanted to see color. Give me your other two favorites. The other one i loved, i loved kate hudson. Thats really good. A little nod to to the 70s. American hustle. Elegant with that cape that came off. Last but not least . Last but not least, i have to think hard, i loved telegrachar. Was it a return to hollywood glamour . I think so. Oscars is always the hot plate for that. People fine its a time because you have to be more conservative. You dont want to end up on the worst dress list. We were struggling to put together. Not a lot of missteps. Not at all. We struggled to look for that. Thats good fodder for us. It is. Some of them i felt a lot of them really did save things. They worked with stylist. I style people here in Beverly Hills and i want to make sure they look great. Give me one misstep. I know you dont like to put somebody onthespot. Sally hawkins could have just a little bit more it felt like the gown kind of took her it wore her. Just a little too much for her. Shes a petite woman. Shes small. It covered her up so much. Back to the positive. Lets talk about the gentlemen. I think this was a year that the men really stood out. Not just basic blacks tuxedos. I agree. Lets look at the two big winners, jared and matthew. The dinner jacket. Did they plan it . Maybe its a good luck charm. It looked so sharp. A downtown abbey feel to it. We also saw navy blue. You know who i felt looked good was jason sedakis. What grade would you give the oscar fashion this year. A, b, c . A. A plus. It was a very good year. Im not trying to put rose color glasses on. It was a very good oscar fashion year. Tweet us newday. Joe and joerks im telling you double cup of joe, it was fantastic. Chris, i know that chris wasnt so worried about fashion but kate do you agree with the gentlemen . I do agree. I had my list. Kate hudson, they looked stunning. Ill deny that stereotype. I thought Angela Bassett looked great. 55 looks like 35. Sheer dress. Loved it. Coming up the inspirational hit of the year but the singer is also an inspiration. Also the good stuff for what he did for one other person, a little boy. But, manufacturing in the United States means advanced technology. We learned that Technology Allows us to be craft oriented. No ones losing their job. Theres 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. [prof. Burke] at farmers,we believe what you dont know [bell rings] can hurt you. Like what if you didnt know to get coverage for uninsured drivers . [robot] uh oh. [prof. Burke] talk to farmers and get smarter about your insurance. We are farmers bum pa dum, bum bum bum bum [ male announcer ] nothing says, youre my 1 copilot, like a milkbone biscuit. Say it with milkbone. That was the big hit happy. His performance for just one person thats going to make them good stuff. Damon is a fourth grader from san antonio. Got some rough news, an aggressive form of bone cancer. Hes been using the song happy as his theme song. He asked me if theres anyway i could pull some favors and call my friends in the music business. They contacted pharrells manager who was on a plane. As unlikely as they thought it might be they thought they might get a autograph. No they got a personal message. Take a listen. Damon, pharrell here. I was just told about your story. Your life is just beginning but dude prepare yourself for your great story because youre starting to write it right now. All the best. It was deep and atypical and did it for this kid and did with it a hat on. Pharrell offered him concert tickets whenever he wants them. He did it for a kid that matters and indict in the right way. Good reason for the good stuff. Now before we go this morning we must take a moment to remember a member of our new day family, latif passed away this weekend. A beloved writer for our new day day blog. He was 41 years old. He left behind a wife and two little girls. Hell be missed. We couldnt leave the show without saying goodbye to him. Hell welcome back the show forever. Time for a special edition of newsroom. We turn you over to mr. Wolf blitzer. Our deepest condolences to his family as well. Newsroom starts right now. Good morning and welcome to a special edition of newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington. We begin this morning with Russian Troops and soviet style agreece. Moscow launches its greatest challenge to the