there are two major roots to the north of the crimean peninsula. is this something that russia can sustained indefinitely, yes. it certainly has the capability of being there just as long as it wants. anthony, great to have you here. thanks for being here. ahead at this hour, a hearing on capitol hill turned into a shouting match today. we will tell you who said what in a moment. also, an asteroid making a close encounter with earth in just a few hours. we ll show you just how close ahead.
is set to begin on the international front. on the military front, defense secretary, chuck hagel, has just told the senate arms service committee moments ago that he suspended all military exercises with russia, two tri lateral exercises were planned. the defense department is stepping up joint training in poland and the u.s. will add additional patrol aircraft to nato s air policing mission on the baltics right now. anthony cordisman is currently at the center for strategic and international studies. explain to me these new moves, joint training he canner sizes in poland, policing flights over the baltics. what s going on? these are largely a deterrent. you want to make sure that russia knows that we are going to do something. that we will reinforce our