Russia of an armed invasion after hundreds of troops tried to take control of two airports in crimea. Several builds have been seized and they are patrolling the streets. We have new video to show you. These are Russian Helicopters flying over crimea, which is the peninsula below the ukraine. This picture was posted on youtube. The president , just a short time ago, addressed the nation in an unexpected statement from the White House Briefing room. He said the United States is, quote, deeply concerned by reports of russias military movements. And just days after the world came to russia for the Olympic Games that would invite the condemnation of nations around the world. And, indeed, the United States will stand with the International Community in affirming that there will be costs for any military intervention in ukraine. All right. I want to get straight to the chief National Security correspondent for us here at cnn, jim sciutto. Jim, what are your sources telling you tonight . I th
is complete. and the medical examiner s office can conduct its work and complete its job and take at least 24 hours. this is being treated as a crime scene at this time. again, the nypd has the lead. drug enforcement agents are on stand by to assist if there s a need to try to track down the source of the heroin. his body found around 11:15 this morning. a screenwriter friend with access to the apartment entered, found the actor dead in the bathroom and called 911. and that s what started the series of events leading up to now. we are told the body is still in the apartment now as the investigation is continuing. it is so tragic. a lot of people still very shocked over this and as we saw on some of the video, people starting to lay flowers outside that apartment. jonathan, thank you for that report. we ll continue to follow the breaking story and then go to los angeles live for more on fillip seymour hoffman dead at
situation here? and who do we trust? who do you trust? i don t trust either one of them. wildstein is in trouble so he s going to say whatever he needs to because he s got to think about the wildstein has to think about the legal implications. he s trying to get immunity and chris christie was obviously lying in the press conference earlier and this is the classic he doth protest too much. he is way too angry about a guy claiming he has no sbeg ri tenintegrity and no one s going to come out of this clean. okay. hey, guys i know we have some breaking news. nick, are we going to report this now? okay. we re holding on. just confirming everybody. we have breaking news in a minute. beforehand. all right. we ll go with it now. we have sad news to report and the much admired, beloved oscar winning actor filip seymour hoffman is found dead here in
manhattan. i m sure you were fans. remarkable actor. he is found dead in his apartment here in manhattan. there are sources that say it is due to a drug overdose. we are getting this from multiple different sources now, including two law enforcement individual sources and friends and people that worked with him. he won the academy award for his role as caputi there. remarkable actor on stage and screen. really started the career in 1991, so many different films he was in of note. twister in the beginning at 96. talented mr. riply. charlie wilson s war. this is a tremendous loss to the acting world and for his fans and loved ones everywhere. apparent overdose for filip seymour hoffman.
arm and four empty bags believed to be heroin nearby. hoffman s family released this statement saying we have devastated by the loss of our beloved phil. this is a tragic and sudden loss and we ask that you respect our privacy during this time of grieving. please keep phil in your thoughts and prayers. joining me is kim seraphim. people just hearing this news trying to from sesz it all. the medical examiner s office will have to determine the cause of death. what do we know right now about the struggles with drugs? yeah, exactly. you reported on what the police are now saying. sources saying. we know that he had struggled in the past with some drug issues, with some substance abuse issues. he had checked him into treatment back in may for heroin treatment and apparently clean for 23 years but then he said that he had fell off the wagon, started with prescription drugs and developed into heroin and got treatment right away and