On stand by. Ukraine uses force. As the war of war escalates right here at home. On the issue of ukraine, my hero, Teddy Roosevelt used to say, talk softly and carry a big stick. What youre doing is talking strongly and carrying a very small stick. In fact, a twig. Wait until you hear how secretary state john kerry fires back. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin this hour with new details on the hunt for flight 370. Here are the latest developments. Searchers are now scouring a much smaller area of the indian ocean trying, once again, to hear those pinging sounds which may have come from the airliners black boxes because searchers cant afford any competing noise, a drone mini subwi will remain out of the ocn until the pings are completely ruled out. Aircraft may be getting ready to take off hunting for the strangely elusive debris. Our analysts and reporters are nd stainding by in washington ad around the world. Lets begin with Matthew Chance who is joining us right
Plus it is expected to be quite a night for stargazers. Well help you countdown to the arrival of the blood moon. Another conversation between the president of the United States and his russian counterpart. Barack obama urging him to vacate buildings they have occupied. He called on mr. Obama to help prevent the use of force. With no signs the protesters are backing down, the acting president says he is open to holding a referendum. That could give more power to the regions in crisis. The u. N. Should send in peacekeeping troops. The european Foreign Ministers have agreed to free up 1 billion and the Officials Say expanded sanctions against russia could be on the way. Monday was the day the government demanded activists give up. The deadline passed with no sign of the ultimatum was being heated. Demonstrators overran another key building in eastern ukraine. Nick paton walsh reports. Reporter a day in which the complexity of the government position was entirely exposed. If protesters di
You youre in the situation room. Were following critical developing stories on four couldnt ne continents at this hour. Well get to Malaysia Airline flight 370. First, dramatic new details in the escalating ukraine crisis. Officials are saying that they have photographic proof, proof they say that Russian Forces are operating in the eastern part of their country, something russia has denied from the start. All of this as Vice President joe biden touched down in kiev earlier today. Well get straight to our Senior International correspondent arwa damon. What are you learning . Reporter wolf, ukrainian authorities are greatly concerned that russia is trying to lay the framework for a crimealike annexation of Eastern Ukraine and they say they have growing evidence. These photos obtained by cnn show men in green uniforms, supposedly operating in Eastern Ukraine. Images ukrainian Officials Say proves organized russian activity in the region. Example, this bearded man is said to have been pho
A very good idea where the planes black boxes are even as they keep scrambling to pick up some more locator signals. Our correspondents are following all the new developments around the world. We also have our team of experts here in the situation room. To explain where the search and the investigation stand right now. Lets go to aviation correspondent rene marsh for the very latest. Wolf, as you said, to hear him tell it, Prime Minister of australia, youd think a breakthrough is right around the corner. Tony abbott is in china to update chinas president on the search for flight 370, but its his tone about how things are progressing thats receiving a lot of attention. Forget cautious optimism. Australian Prime Minister tony abbott is oozing confidence. We have very much narrowed down the search area, and we are very confident that the signals that we are directing are from the black box on mh370. We are confident that we know the position of the black box flight recorder to within some
Focused area. Now that after sounds were heard in two locations, several hundred miles apart over the weekend. Sounds that might, might be sonar locator ping from the 777 flight data and voice box recorders. They are trying to pick them up again. If they are from the plane and not a false hope they might be dying pings. Batteries dont last forever. Flight 370 has been missing for almost 30 days. Flight 370 may have taken a route into the indian ocean after it made the baffling turn. This flight path taken around indonesia and raises the possibility the aircraft was being piloted or programmed to avoid radar. Like Everything Else so far these latest leads are t tantalizing. Reporter after weeks scouring the indian ocean, this is the best lead yet in the desperate search from malaysian flight 370. Its been detected signals consistent with those emitted by aircraft black box. Reporter this is the remote area nearly 1,000 miles off the western coast of australia where Officials Say two set