the ukrainian border at any time poised to invade ukraine. last time they sent troops in there they ended up handing over keys to the personnel and watching these guys do donuts in the middle of the street. now, let s bring in two men who know more about military maneuvers than just about anything. former commanding general, and general mark kimmett, former assistant secretary of state for political affairs. general kimmett, let s talk to you about this story. you were pretty adamant in your belief that american troops should be going in to answer this aggression. do you stand by that? well, i do, i don t say we should be answering the aggression, we should make a stance so that if president putin, who not only is facing
that doesn t necessarily make him the devil, that makes him human. we haven t trained that out of him like other industries like the military and aviation. you can see you shaking your head. please come back, i m sure the story wouldn t go away. when we come back, a crisis of a very different kind. what is happening in eastern europe? president obama sending paratroopers just across the ukraine. will that get vladimir putin s attention? i ll ask two generals next. ngiet before i do any projects on my home. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie s list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie s list. angie s list reviews you can trust. wbecame your business. passion.
phone coverage was useless because they probably lost thei- battery. it was very spotty as it was already. in this particular case they had three helicopters, three fixed wing, about maybe 50ç to 100 volunteers and police going out looking for them, and today we have this miraculously good news that they re all found alive. man, alive, we re waiting for more information jz this andç expect agnus conference at some point. we hope to learn what the condition is of the kids and in the end, we hope to learn exactly who found them and how. a miraculous survival story from the seven troughsç region of nevada. more more on this throughout the afternoon. a the search crews were dealing with cold temperatures a second round of snow is hitting a good chunk of the nation, from virginia to new england. folks are still digging out from theç weekend s winter mess. the storm again crippled airports. philly s airport grounded all
on that note, good morning to you. welcome to early start. i m zoraida sambolin. just hate when that happens. just ruins your morning, doesn t it? good morning, everybody. zoraida and i are here to bring you the news from a to z. it s 5:00 in the a.m. let s get started. first, donald trump sucking the air out of the whole evening, stealing mitt romney s thunder after last night s texas primary victory. romney now has more than enough delegates to clinch the republican nomination, but not everyone is talking about that this morning. instead, it seems to be all about the trump and barack obama s birth certificate again. the donald campaigning with romney in las vegas yesterday, reviving that old debate over whether the president has born in this country. let s just say he was. it s been proven. but it s triggered this spirited exchange with wolf blitzer in the situation room yesterday. a lot of people do not think it was an authentic certificate. how can you say t
this morning on world news now emotional anniversary. it was a year ago this morning that storm survivors in joplin, missouri, realized a tornado nearly wiped the city off the map. and one year later, joplin s physical scars and emotional wounds are far from healed. it is wednesday, may 23rd. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, everyone. i m diana perez in for paula faris. i m john muller in for rob nelson. we re going to take you to joplin and explain how it was possible for someone to survive a plunge into niagara falls. why they call it a miraculous survival story. also the 911 operator who is in trouble after falling asleep and snoring during an emergency call. you ll hear the recorded