Just this morning there was an assault at a weapons depot in crimea where armed men attacked a military base. We are going to try to understand it as it comes in. Officially thousands of Russian Troops have ousted Ukrainian Forces and taken complete control of crimea. Ukraine is in yellow, crimea in red. Crimea is so key to russia. Just ten miles separate russia from crimea, but theres a lot of history there, there have been famous battles there, crimeans have been at odds with russia. And the white house has been holding emergency meetings, and the u. S. Just one of the countries threatening to skip the g8 summit. We have the crisis covered around the world for you this morning, starting in ukraine. Diana . Reporter hi. Well, we hear from the Ukrainian Naval commander recently appointed because of the defection of the previous head of the navy, thats ten ukrainian or military bases on crimea have now been taken. Also, these attacks on border posts along the east. Now none of these men
Self defense forces. Russian forces have seized part of a ukrainian missle defense unit. They are trying to find a solution. We have reporters on the ground in ukraine, russia, and washington this morning covering all the angles. Lets begin with cnn white house correspondent. What are you hearing from the white house this morning . Reporter nothing this early at this point. Today john kerry is going to meet with his counter part, the Russian Foreign minister. Leaders there are expressing concern at not seeing russia at this point at the table to talk about this situation. That talk between secretary kerry and the foreign minister, as far as we know at this point, is expected to go forward in a matter of hours. Everyone is hoping that that does continue. But the views between the u. S. And russia have sharply die verged at this point over what has happened and continues to happen in ukraine. Madeline albright called russias view of this delusional. Saying as you mentioned, those soldier
Tonight we begin with the breaking news. At this moment, Top White House officials just finishing briefing the senate. It was a closed door briefing on the prisoner swap in which Bowe Bergdahl gained his freedom. Officials from the state department, the Defense Department, and National Intelligence were all present. And were going to hear from one Top Republican who was at this briefing in just a moment. But first, there are major developments in the case today. First of all, we got the images of the handover. These are the first ones weve seen. The moment bergdahls taliban captors turned him over to special forces. That video released today by the taliban. U. S. Officials say theyre reviewing the video. Were going to go through it frame by frame, coming up. Youre going to hear what they said and be able to watch this go down. Its pretty stunning video. Also today, new details from the Army Official investigation into bergdahls disappearance. Bergdahls commanders referred to him as a g
Dramatic. He is falling apart. Absolutely. All right, good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. Great to see you this morning. Im john berman. And im christine romans. Its tuesday, march 11th, 5 00 a. M. In the east. Lets begin with breaking news Miles Per Hour authorities in malaysia have now identified one of two passengers traveling with stolen passports on Malaysian Airlines flight 370. That plane with 239 people on board simply vanished four days ago on route to beijing from kuala lumpur, leaving investigators and loved ones desperate for answers. Much more on the search in a moment, but first, lets go live to cnns Nic Robertson live in london for us this morning with more on these mystery passengers. Nic, whats the latest . Reporter christine, so much scrutiny on who was using those two stolen passports. Now malaysian officials ident y identifying one of those passengers traveling on the austrian stolen passport as being puria miridad, a young 19yearold iranian. It appears
Maine, theyre going to be pounded with rain, ice, snow and sleet. Indra petersons is tracking who will be hit the hardest. Good morning, welcome to early start. Im christine romans. And im john berman. Great to sigh. Its wednesday, march 12th, 5 00 a. M. In the east. We have new developments and frankly new confusion. The only fact that anyone seems to agree on its missing for five days with 239 people on board. Search crews this morning seem to be fanning out over an even wider area trying to find this jet that simply disappeared. But there is conflicting information about where it went. A senior Malaysian Air force official had told cnn it appeared the plane may have strayed hundreds of miles off course. Others, though, are new refuting this information. Saying its not clear what happened. The latest briefing from officials there is just about to get under way. I want to get to Nic Robertson with the very latest on this investigation. Nic, and what seems to be, again, just flatout co