the top statement came from the foreign ministry who is a spokesperson for the foreign ministry, putting it in those terms of saying this is not a war, we re trying to stop a war. and in fact, stop a global war. so this is the rhetoric from the kremlin. part of it is for the world and part is for domestic consumption, wolf. jill doughtery on the scene in moscow. we ll get back to you. we re following all of the major breaking news on the war in ukrainian. much more of our special coverage right after this. certified from headlamp to tailpipe. that s certified head turns. and d it s all backed by our unlimited mileage warranty. that means unlimited peace of mind. mercedes-benz certified pre-owned. translation: the mercedes of your dreams
he arrived with a swagger fresh off his impressive south carolina victory but what a difference nine days have made for newt gingrich in florida. on this, the eve of the state s closely-watched primary, gingrich is facing an all-out assault from mitt romney formidable operation in florida. joe johns is seeing it first hand and he had a one-on-one interview with newt gingrich earlier in the day and we ll see that at the bottom of the hour. mean time, joe, 15 hours until the polls open. what s the latest? well, wolf, it has been a very hectic 24 hours for the gingrich campaign and a very different picture of the races starting to emerge since gingrich took the palmetto state by storm. this was a far cry from his big chilling in south carolina where former georgia congressman, newt gingrich, got the favorite son of the south treatment. in florida his campaign came under attack from every direction imaginable. starting with a massive television advertising campaign that gingr
arabia to u.s. and they allegedly try to recruit mexican cartels. senator dianne feinstein is head of the intelligence kechlt listen to this. i think this is something that should be taken very seriously. i also think that there may be a chain of these things. it s hard for me to believe that there is just one plot involving the united states. i think we need to explore whether there are other plots going on into other countries. that s a warning from the chair woman of the security committee, dianne feinstein. also saying that iran was contemplating an act of war. this is different than anything that s happened before. to actually have an act of war carried out in the united states by iran. and that s what this was contemplated to be. let s discuss this with our cnn correspondent, jill doughtery. also joining us is the author of the book drug cartel. you heard dianne feinstein say that she believes there was not just one but more plots. do we have any information t
well. president hamid karzai of afghanistan will be there. so, you ve got a lot of possibilities for interesting bumping into each other and discussing major events. all right, jill doughtery, thank you very much. we appreciate that. watch larry king live on wednesday, he will be interviewing the iranian leader. their conversation starts 9:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. up next translator: are you going to deport me? i m a u.s. citizens. a u.s. citizen is deported for three months. a careless mistake or racial filing to the extreme? we have the answer to the famous question, how do you get to sesame street ? stay with cnn because elmo and cookie monster are in the build. [ male announcer ] what if clean sheet day became clean sheet week? new ultra downy april fresh has scent pearls that give you a whole week of freshness with just one wash.
cnn s foreign affairs correspondent jill doughtery joins me now. jill, what is going on this week? what is going to be coming this week and what is the u.s. going to be focusing on? reporter these u.n. sessions are really pretty interesting, even though everything or a lot of it, 98%, is worked out in advance, you know. the leaders from all over the world come to new york. they have huge staffs. they make speeches. and a lot of it s kind of precooked. but there are always interesting moments that are unexpected when people, quote, bump into each other in a corridor. after all, you have the leaders of literally every country practically in the world and a lot of hot topics. so, if you would ask the obama administration, this is their second u.n. g.a. they talked about multilateralism and they say they re going to follow up on that. there will be things that are very important right now, things that are very active, issues like the mideast. iran, you mentioned.