secretary of state john kerry will engage if last-ditch diplomacy with russia s foreign minister in paris. putin did call our president. the white house has to wait and see how serious putin is about diplomacy. will there be a diplomatic solution to this crisis? i hope so. in your forecast this week, diplomacy, domestic agenda, and dog whistles. we begin with the diplomatic efforts to diffuse the ukrainian crisis that president obama back at home and back to his top domestic issues. john kerry is meeting with his russian counterpart in paris to try and find a way out of the escalating confrontation over russia s annexation of crimea. the last-minute rendezvous came after putin made a phone call to president obama on friday. meanwhile, the top american general in europe has been called back early from a trip to washington due to concerns about russian troop movements at the ukrainian border. here s how intelligence chair mike rodgers describes the situation there