reversed course from that long trend. and because he s in france, he s in france because of world war ii. and i think we all respect what russia did in world war ii and he s the president of russia. diplomacy doesn t mean you have to shun someone completely, but you have to decide when and where and how to interact with them. including not having dinner yes, no dinner. turning attention now elsisi, the white house released this statement, egypt s presidential electoral commission administered the election but we also share concerns raised by observation groups about the restrictive political environment in which this election took place which is an understatement given that they were mowing down protesters in the past few months. should we consider not sending
putin has a dream to restore the soviet union. and every day he goes further and further. god knows where is the final destination. the world has a reason to be concerned about putin s intention. what russia federation did, they undermined the global stability. i want to bring in white house correspondent michelle kosinski in washington. michelle, tell us, the vice president is the latest in a series of u.s. lawmakers visiting ukraine. obviously diplomacy the focus. what happens if diplomacy doesn t lead to a resolution? reporter: that s a good question. senior administration officials have been very careful to say repeatedly that they do not see a military solution out of this crisis, that there should not be one. thus far the u.s. has not provided any military support at all to ukraine. diplomacy is still the route
neighbors. what happens if diplomacy doesn t work? the u.s. doesn t have a lot of options here. rightly, president obama decided not to make this a military concentration between the u.s. and russia. george w. bush made the same calculation when russia invaded georgia in 2008. so what we only having a leverage is the the of u.s. and european sanctions and that s not going well because the europeans don t want to put forward big sanctions as the us might want to do, and we have the able to try to slow the russians down through grandmas like the one today. it s threw agreements like today. it s the best the us can do right now. if we can arm the ukrainian government in a more forceful way and put american sanctions-financial, on the line, that would be a stronger response. professor, live with us. thank you. one of the world s largest food companies whose products
romney was right. russia has been getting worldwide attention for the aggressive behavior recently. president obama labeled them a regional power. diplomacy doesn t make it fall in line it doesn t mean america is weak. are you concerned america s influence on the world is on the decline? i think the premise of the question is whenever the united states objects to an action and other countries don t do exactly what we want that has been the norm that would erase much of the 20th century history. mitt romney s claim that russia is number one geopolitical foe. the president stood by that
so the president who said they could unite the world and have better diplomacy doesn t have the ability? they will have trouble tackling it. and aid to ukraine has been held up because of disagreement, largely because of republicans. it will clear the senate and it going to take another few days. there is enough support for that. as you said, john, this is not necessarily going to get through the house at least in the current form in the senate. republicans object to the inclusion of imf reforms that the president is pushing right now and even some republicans go