mh17 s victims. phil black, cnn, eastern ukraine. could the flight 17 disaster take russia and ukraine to the brink? the countries have been at odds since street protests forced ukraine s former moscow president from power and that was just in february. russia then annexes the crimea region and ukraine accuses russia of crossing the border illegally to arm pro russian rebels. cynthia hooper is the associate professor at the college of the holy cross in massachusetts. and attorney arthur rosenburg is an aviation analyst. what does the downing of this plane mean in your view for the russia/ukraine relationship? well, obviously, russia s relationship with ukraine right now is at an all time low. i think the even more important question is what does this mean for russia s relationship with the rest of the world? in my opinion, we re sitting right in the middle of an
tenet, the system was blimpging red. and here we are two decades, nearly two decades later, and i m here to say the warning lights are blinking red again. just to highlight, if you think this is political, that s a former republican senator there, appointed by this republican president to run the director of national intelligence agency, making that assessment. joining me is the cnn presidential historian as well as a professor at new york university. cynthia hooper, associate professor of politics at the college of of history rather at the college of the holy cross. crediti greg prouer, former u.s. attorney. and our gift, tuest, the presid reporter for the washington post. can you think of a previous incident where the u.s. president has taken the side, in effect, of a foreign leader no. with, you know, a grave