The crisis in ukraine gets more complicated by the day as diplomats make another effort to find a solution. Secretary of state john kerry spoke with Russian Foreign minister sergei lavrov, but he warned against any hasty move. And were just now hearing reports out of crimea that a military base is under siege by Russian Forces. Jennifer glass is in sim erpol. What can you tell us about this situation . Reporter were getting conflicting reports from this air force base. Not far about five miles from where i am i in the center of te city. We understand that the gates have been broken in. There is a source inside that its by Russian Forces as negotiations are going on. Outside of the gate were told by ice witnesses that there are just armed men not in uniform. This has been the confusion, tony, here over the last week or so. Youve got men in uniform, unmarkemenin unmarked uniform, n forces, and we have seen mostly cossacks not as well equipped as the Russian Forces, and theyre taking stan
Agents. Plus. Im in brazil, the capitol of brazil where the biggest staterun company here is facing corruption allegations at the highest levels. Starting the news hour with these pictures from Eastern Ukraine, showing how potentially come busable the situation has become and these prorussia gunman have continued to ignore orders to leave a government building which they seized over the weekend, barricades there as weapons have been stockpiled and although it looks pretty quiet right now ukrainian soldiers we understand are massing on the outskirts of the city. And the ukrainian crisis straining further relations between the u. S. And russia, a phone call between president s president obama and putin has been described as frank. Obama accusing putin government of supporting armed groups in Eastern Ukraine and asked him once again to withdraw Russian Troops from close to ukraines border, 40,000 are thought to be stationed there. And obama warned putin that russia would incur further cos
Visitor. What did you say . How long have they been tracking this one for . For more than 2 million miles. Spotted way off in space out there, and in fact, you will not be able to see it with your naked eye. But if you had a pretty good telescope, you would be able to see a pinpoint of light passing by on february 15th. Keep it a pinpoint of light, it never needs to get any closer than that. Astronomer. Hes just a magician. Thank you very much. You can always follow whats going on here in the situation room on twitter, tweet me wolfblitzer. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront next, a monster blizzard slamming the northeast. Starting in new york, its going to be feet, not inches, of snow. Plus were going to go to boston which has been getting pummeled throughout the day. There have been dramatic and draconian actions with the governor saying youre going to go to jail if youre out driving your car. Weve got information about the suspected cop killer in los angeles tonight. W
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Jennifer im jennifer granholm. Tonight in the war room the answer is no, and we dont care what the question is. At least that seemed to be the running theme in a busy day at the office from the executive branch. Of course when youre dealing with the nra this is somewhat expected. Republicans have made no secrets that they intend to make the confirmation of chuck hagel very difficult. And jack lou who was nominated for treasury secretary will have a much easier go of it than hagel. Well, the conventional wisdom may be wrong. Alabama senator jeff sessions, who is the ranking minority member of the Senate Budget committee had this to say about jack lou. I tend to oppose this nomination. He doesnt bring the former new york fed chairman like secretary geithner and other very prominent people that weve had as secretary of treasury the premier financial position in the United States government more important because our president has no training, and really no understanding of class classical