i mean, this is an unprecedented thing. and i think they feel they ve been given a green light by obama standing back the way he has. you run risk that whether it s in latin measuring or asia, china which has been active in the china sea, or as we re seeing in eastern europe, something is going to erupt, and the united states is going to get pulled into it. gregg: dan henninger, wall street journal. thanks for joining us. jenna: we re going to continue on that topic. the u.s. sending fighter jets to eastern europe and a navy destroyer is heading into the black sea as a tense standoff continues over ukraine. now questions over whether that s really the right move. major general bob scales is here with more on that. plus a way to keep our troops safe from ieds. a look at how it works, next.
actually supporting the bill saying it will give legislators who raise taxes on tickets some accountability as well. with more on this, turn to fox business network s rich edson from reagan national airport. rich? reporter: well, gregg, this bill would change the total price you see when shopping for an airline ticket. the way it works now, from a government regulation from a couple years ago airlines must advertise the full cost of the trip when they try to sell awe ticket. it includes the base fare plus the taxes and fees. what this bill would do, would allow airlines to advertise just the base fare and add on taxes and fees afterwards, like what happens when you buy almost every other product. department of transportation defends its rule from couple years ago. d.o.t. saying, consumers consistently confirmed of advertising below the total cost of travel causes confusion. d.o.t. s full fare advertising rule requires airlines to state entire price paid by consumer but carrier remain
the in fact he called it negligent. he said the new york times, look, you worked there. yes. was there some sort of pressure to slant things in a liberal way? i m writing a book now, gregg, that is going to address that topic. i want to say on obamacare i think the new york times has done a relatively good job on the factual side. a lot of the reporting about the problems with this program have been reported in the paper. right. it is characterizations of them that seem to be slanted. but got pressure? i come on. give a sneak peek in your book. i did not get pressure in the way you imagined. nobody told it to you but there was subtle and psychological atmosphere at the newspaper because journalist there is have something in common, and that is sort of this liberal view of things. i think most americans would have hoped that obamacare would have worked and now the apparent
gregg: right now pro-russianing and pro-crimea protests near red scare in moscow as an international standoff grows more and more tense in ukraine. in crimea, pro-russian forces dragging this protester look at that through the streets by her hair. crimea s parliament voted yesterday to secede from ukraine and join russia. a public vote is scheduled for just over a week from now, but president obama calls that a violation of international law. ukraine says 30,000 pro-russian troops have moved into the disputed region, the country s new leaders and international supporters say russia is violating ukraine s sovereignty and now the united states and members of the european union are placing sanctions on russia. vladimir putin says moscow will retaliate, but the lines of communication, well, they still appear to be open. yesterday president obama and putin sat down for about ab hour
the fact that, as you noted, this was better than wall street expected this terms of 75,000 jobs 175,000 jobs added in february, the top economic adviser noting you ve now had 48 straight months of private sector job growth. they think this is turning around, but if you look at the latest fox news poll out this week, interesting, because on issues like jobs, the economy, health care, has the president mostly succeeded, mostly failed? mostly failed you see well up in the high 50s in terms of health care, the economy and jobs. so even as these numbers show some bright spots, a familiar refrain for this white house that a lot of people around the country still perhaps not feeling a recovery, but also not giving the president create for it. gregg: and one would suspect that republicans are using all of this to hit the president on his domestic agendasome. reporter: no doubt about it. speaker john boehner, as you