$250 million. secretary of state john kerry made with leaders from ukraine, russia and the european union to discuss the rising tensions between russia and ukraine. tensions are rising. let s go to the fighting on the ground now. some 300 pro-russian militants attacked a ukrainian military base overnight. for the first time, the ukrainians fought back killing three of those pro-russian attackers. nick paton walsh joins us from the city of donetsk. good morning. reporter: carol, what you described is as was described by the interior minister here, admitting the first deaths among pro-russian demonstrators. saying that base was attacked with molotov cocktails. this is from mayor poll. continued violence there might prompt that russian invasion. also today, ratcheting up the political rhetoric here as well,
davis. and that was something he made clearel sw on the show. did he apologize to cnn for calling us a nazi propaganda machine along the lines of joseph goebls? he did not apologize for that. he did, however, give a nice accolades to erin burnett and said that when he had to cancel on her show the other night, as he put it, he said it was because of medical issues. he said she is a classy journalist and he likes going on her show. so he did clarify why he had to cancel the other night on her show. ben ferguson, thanks very much for joining us. ben ferguson is the host of the ben ferguson show , the one who got the apology from ted nugent. thanks, ben. thanks very much. in other news, a deal has been reached with ukraine that could end the bloody confrontation in kiev. the opposition group comes after several deadly days in the city s independent square. the deal was put together after representatives from russia and the european union went to kiev. joining us now from ukraine
you ve got this deal that also involves our partners, great britain, china, france, germany, russia and the european union. is it possible that the united states could move forward with this deal or the allies could move forward with this deal, without the u.s. on board? reporter: really, not really. the u.s. is the big bear in the room. the negotiations, though we have these partners and they re essential to this because you need this global coalition adhering to these sanctions because that s what s really squeezing iran, because the u.s. doesn t have trade with iran. it s those sanctions with the other countries that s really hurting iran. and, you know, so that s a problem. we really these countries really do have to stay together here. the u.s., the primary partner. and the administration has made the point repeatedly that it s not just iran that we will upset with new sanctions by disrupting the diplomatic path. it s our partners in europe who are on our side and it s the adm
i think i wouldn t sort of over interpret the trip in that sense, i would just say i think what senator mccain is trying to do is to show a little bit of boldness and a little bit of leadership and show that look, you know, there are people here who want our help, who need our help and who we can work in. i think the visit will actually be useful in sort of illustrating that. jenna: we ll wait and see what he says when he comes back, his observations as well from the ground there. quick final question about these the news out of russia about the antiaircraft missiles, the eu as you rightfully pointed out says it will arm rebels but that is not immediate and we don t really know what that means or who they are going to arm. the rebels don t have aircraft. so when russia says they are going to give these antiaircraft missiles and we know we have aircraft and israel has aircraft, what are we to make of that? jenna this is old fashioned power politics. you re right the rebels don t hav
reporter: these huge fiscal issues all coming together at once in the months ahead could lead to a really big deal, perhaps a ten year path to balance or an ugly fight where much of washington grinds to a halt. jenna. jenna: sound familiar now. in the meantime i guess we ll just enjoy summer until that time. reporter: absolutely. jenna: mike, thank you so much. mike emanuel live in d.c. jon: nice to know we can pay the bills through labor day. brand-new developments in syria s civil war to tell you about. they could spell trouble for peace efforts there. what russia and the european union are doing and what it means for syria s rebels. plus, the latest on senator john mccain s surprise visit to that nation. and what parents need to know to improve sleep in children, genetics play a role, but there is something that could be a lot more important. we ll tell you about it coming up. i m over the hill. my body doesn t work the way it used to. past mprime? i m a victim of a slowing meta