secretary, it was not predicted by our intelligence and that s already been well known, which is another massive failure because of our misreading, total misreading of the intentions of vladimir putin. another massive failure. well, the cia responded, and we re going to ask congressman peter cain whether those were fair questions. he joins me momentarily. first, the pressure is rising on vladimir putin. u.s. secretary of state john kerry met with russia s foreign minister labrov telling him it s time for russia to, quote, de-escalate the situation. meanwhile, the situation on the ground in crimea remains extremely tense. a u.n. envoy was forced to abandon his mission, leave the country. according to the u.n. robert sarry was ordered into a car by gunmen. he refused. he found safety at a local cafe. they tweeted this photo of him before they escorted sarry to
i m erin burnett. out front tonight, america caught off guard. serious questions about whether u.s. intelligence failed to predict what was happening on the ground in the ukraine. in an intense hearing senator john mccain hammered chuck hagel questioning him whether u.s. intelligence was aware of russia s plans to invade crimea. they said they were aware early last week but that did not satisfy john mccain. despite all the media reports, our intelligence sources predicted that labrov would invade crimea? i don t get into specifics at an open hearing, but if you would like a briefing, your staff on the specifics of your question how about commenting on news reports that say that. news reports are news reports, but that is not the same as real intelligence. okay. in other words, the fact is, mr.
thoughts about what should form the centerpiece of our approach of the effort to negotiate. and with the ukranian view in mind and the input of all of our allies in the european community, we have made suggestions to foreign minister labrov that he is taking to president putin in sochi i believe. and we have agreed to stay in close touch in order to see if there is a way forward, try to get to the negotiating table with the parties necessary to be able to stabilize this. we have been in very close touch all day with our european counterparts. both those here in room and those by telephone and those in
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years, we have sent seven prisoners back that they requested from the united states. so we need to cooperate on this because it s important to upholding rule of law. we hope they will. reporter: i know you re trying to get the russians to cooperate, but so far, it doesn t look as if they are. and you personally have invested a lot in your relationship with both president putin and the foreign minister. they re not helping now well, i don t know reporter: over the weekend, you said also that on syria, the syrians are playing the russians playing a double game. they re talking about a political process in geneva and arming the regime and making that impossible. so why don t you have more leverage for all the investment that you re putting in this relationship. let s wait and see what happens before we start reporter: have you spoken to foreign minister labrov? i have not, but they are well aware of our position. and i think it s a huge mistake to start leaping into ju