putin, says even though the action has been peaceful, force will remain an action. he says russia has no plans to make crimea a part of russia. secretary of state, john kerry, arrives in kiev to discuss u.s. financial help for the beleaguered nation. they are sending a message to moscow suspending trade and investment talks. u.s. stocks are making a major comeback today. the s&p 500 hit a new record high only one day after suffering major losses as a result of the crisis? ukraine. let s go to christine romans. christine, what s behind the bounceback today? how do the markets look right now, nearly 200 points up for the dow jones? a very solid performance to the market even though it is very troubling what s happening between russia and the west and the ukraine. you laid out nicely all of those developments for our viewers.
honestly you don t get much of a sense that president obama much cares what the right thinks about him on issues like this but there are decisions that are going to have to be made in short order where that sentiment is going to be tested. first president obama called on congress to extend aid to ukraine, to the new embattled government of ukraine to give them essentially a nonrussian economic lifeline. house majority leader eric cantor today suggested that the house could move on at least some kind of aid package rather quickly. also, as the u.s. today cut off not only military relations but also all trade relations and investment talks with russia, is the obama administration going to have domestic opposition on this, particularly when u.s. corporations start squawking about it? or are they going to have political support for those measures in a bipartisan way? and will that matter? in the big picture, as president obama tries to wield maximum leverage against russia to try to get th
about vladimir putin s role in propping up the dictatorship of bashar al assad in syria. right now we re hearing some of the same love from the right on president putin invading crimea. honestly you don t get much of a sense that president obama much cares what the right thinks about him on issues like this but there are decisions that are going to have to be made in short order where that sentiment is going to be tested. first president obama called on congress to extend aid to ukraine, to the new embattled government of ukraine to give them essentially a nonrussian economic lifeline. house majority leader eric cantor today suggested that the house could move on at least some kind of aid package rather quickly. also, as the u.s. today cut off not only military relations but also all trade relations and investment talks with russia, is the obama administration going to have domestic opposition on this, particularly when u.s. corporations start squawking about it? or are they going to h