unanimously to join the russian federation. to leave you crane and become part of russia. putin seems in a real hurry to annex crimea formally. a blatant russian land grab. a referendum on the decision in the next ten days. referendum was violate the ukrainian constitution and violate international law. a very dark future for the russian establishment if they continue this course. if this violation of international law continues. we need to speak with one voice. we really want to be united. show a united front when it comes to russia. the result would be the united states and our allies and the international community will remain firm. the parliament in crimea voted to secede from ukraine and join the russian federation. if vladimir putin agrees to this, crimea s parliament contends the next step would be a public vote on the referendum on march 16. but the ukrainian government along with many in the international community, including president obama and
or not he ll survive. now, you know, he did a press conference a couple weeks ago widely acclaimed to have been effective. he said he was going to cooperate. what did he do? he attacked the investigator in the senate, msnbc. things change. stay here. next, the final quell for both of our guests. we also want you at home to weigh in on today s fireback question. how should republican candidates feel about campaigning for crist christie. tweet proud or embarrassed using hashl crossfire. we ll have the results after the break. hey guys! sorry we re late.
0 next day they did lose here in washington. finally warren buffett betting $1 billion. quicken loans is offering a billion dollar prize to the fan who submits a perfect bracket. if there is one it will be paid out by buffett s company. the odds are slim because there are more than 9 million trillion ways to fill out the bracket. good luck. remember you can always follow what is going on in the situation room on twitter. tweet the show. crossfire starts right now. tonight on crossfire, chris christie starts his second term under a cloud. all of us may be one yes away from our miracle. will it end in the white house or in trouble? he is one e-mail away from a disaster. on the left van jones. on the right newt gingrich in the crossfire brad woodhouse and republican ken cuccinelli. chris christie s political future unlimited or road blocked? tonight on crossfire. welcome to crossfire i m van jones on the left. i m newt gingrich on the right. in the crossfire
0 tone of defiance in new jersey, lawmakers on capitol hill were investigating his house of cards. the port authority responding to questions from senator jay rockefeller had a clear message, david wildstein did it. and bill bar oni is not so great either. the letter charges the lane changes were dreblthed by mr. wild steen. as for mr. bar oni s testimony this traffic here no, i understand. was flowing into the bridge. the port authority claims they had nothing to do with it. excellent point. it s a convenient narrative since both have resigned in disgrace. back in intelligenton, both sides are lawyering up. assemble democrats have hired the guy who put blagojevich behind bars. and today christie announced he would be hiring an entire legal team headed by a former federal problems, they are the children just imagine what this latest round will bring. joining me now john wiz nesky. i understand you are not going to disclose who has been subpoenaed until they ve bee
with us. we begin with damage control in new jersey. governor chris christie scrambling to contain bridge date gate as we await internal documents. he fired a top aid who ordered rush hour lane closures on the george washington bridge as political pay back. this as the fbi and the state attorney s office are launching an investigation as well. marianne rafferty is live with the governor s apology and what happens next. new jersey governor chris christie heartbroken saying he was blind sided by some of his top aids. i come out here to apologize to the people of new jersey. i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. the mayor mark socolich is