i did that because i have really long story tonight. cut him off, i need that time. i just added back in that last paragraph in d-1. thanks very much. it is true, i didn t cut lee fang s mike, but we have a big exclusive story on tonight s show coming out of colorado. it s an upsetting story. it started with what looked like a crime story, but ended up being much much more than that, and we have that exclusive coming up ahead this hour. we re going to start tonight with president obama. he gave a round of interviews to local news stations around the country tonight including this one to nbc s station in san diego knsd. san diego a heavily military town, and reporter mark mullen asked president obama tonight if he as president had a message for american troops about the potential use of american military force in response to russia s recent actions in taking over parts of ukraine. watch how president obama responded. message to troops about whether the use of force milit
getting into a military excursion in the ukraine. i think even the ukrainians would acknowledge that for us to engage russia military would not be appropriate and wouldn t be good for ukraine either. in crimea, the situation is extremely volatile. right now there are reports a ukrainian rear admiral is being detained by unknown assailants or questioned by crimea prosecutors. ukraine s naval headquarters in crimea, overrun today by pro russian forces, who cut down a gate, trashed offices and razed the russian flag. ukrainian forces packed up and left, telling journalists there was nothing they could do. elsewhere on the peninsula, ukrainian troops are still stuck in their bases while pro russian troops hover ominously outside. many civilians in crimea have welcomed the russians. but there s a substantial crimea minority who don t want to be part of russia. they were driven from crimea under stalin boycotted the referendum on sunday. hundreds turned out yesterday with a fun
military force in response to russia s recent actions in taking over parts of ukraine. watch how president obama responded. message to troops about whether the use of force militarily in ukraine is possible? we are not going to be getting into a military excursion in ukraine. russia right now is violating international law and the sovereignty of another country. we are going to continue to ratchet up the pressure on russia as it continue s down it current course. i think the ukrainians would acknowledge that for us, to engage russia militarily would not be appropriate and wouldn t be good for ukraine either. there will be no u.s. military excursion in the ukraine, the u.s. will in his words continue to ratchet up the pressure on russia. as russia continues down its current course. here is one of the manifestations of russia s current course. can you tell the difference between these two maps? it is a very subtle difference. the hint is that these are both maps of russia