reporter: behind the scenes the u.s. says it believes putin of putin was ill but was niagara falls charge. not so fast say some experts. in a normal country, had you had this kind of situation they would have had a photo op with the president. why didn t they do it with mr. putin? reporter: is putin you always wanting to be seen as a strong man in a weakened political position? i think that there may be something going on inside the kremlin that we don t fully understand. reporter: what we do know putin has been under fire by protesters after the murder of his opponent, boris nemtsov. and more trouble as russians realize they are losing troops in the battle for eastern ukraine. according to a you new report from britain s independent royal united services institute, some russian units are so decimated by casualties that new ad hoc front line units are being formed in the field. the interior ministry has sent in special teams to keep russian
according to a new report from britain s independent royal united services institute, some russian units are so decimated by casualties that new ad hoc front line units are being formed in the field. the interior ministry has sent in special teams to keep russian soldiers from retreating. some russian conscripts are being tricked into signing long term enlistment papers. still, putin making more military shows of force. u.s. military officials say he is sending increasing numbers of nuclear-capable aircraft into crimea though no nuclear weapons. he has just ordered snap military exercises of the northern fleet in the arctic according to state-run media involving some 40,000 troops. the pentagon warning the arctic is being militarized. the russians have just taken a decision to activate six brigades and four of them will be in the arctic.
we had the primary season. we heard him talk about important issues to latinos and non latinos, but so far, the polls are proving his positions, which were tough on immigration and other issues didn t convince latinos. now, he s at 27%. for a republican to win, they need anywhere above 35%. the last one to do that was george bush. he had a very aggressive campaign and mitt romney hasn t done that. so far and we ll see if he has time for november to change his message and to bring latinos on board. he has a strategy. president obama has a wider lead. there are questions and doubts from latinos and republicans, but obviously, we see the numbers confirm what has been historically a trend and that s up for more democrats than republicans. we talked a lot about immigration and romney s views. how that impacts latino voters. we haven t talked about board security. how s that playing into this? reporter: well, they re tied and one in all and mitt romney made very, very tough sta
the city, it s being under shelling, bombing, and everything. there s nothing to do. the embattled syrian regime is stepping up its brutal attacks. activists who want democracy and want president bashar al-assad to fall, they re telling us more people are being killed. we re seeing the neighborhoods right here reduced to rubble. in homs, syria s third largest city, more than 90 people are reported killed so far today. because foreign reporters are mostly ban from the country, we continue to rely on home videos posted online. that was another rocket over there. this is happening every day. and while this is happening every day the united nations is considering a joint monitoring mission with the arab league. our senior international correspondent nic robertson was on the last monitoring mission in syria. you ve been on a number of these, right? yes. give us a sense of how effective this can be and how this works. if anyone thinks that arab league monitors is backed
comparable arguments were made with respect to racial integration but were ultimately never borne out. and, you know, no one s saying it s going to happen anytime soon, but it s not inconsequential that this commission is saying let s think about it. women are already serving. time to end that policy that they can t serve in those front line units. they re already in the war zone. well, and let s talk about how dangerous it s already been for women on the front hines. actually, forgive me, hillary clinton is stepping up to the mike about to give her remarks this regard to u.s./gchina relations. this is a bitter sweet moment for me personally to deliver this first inaugural lecture. i want to thank kurt for that introduction and for reminding everyone that you are a tough act to follow, my friend.