nic, i want to start with you. ukrainian intelligence is now saying that not only are the black boxes from this flight in the possession of russia in moscow, but also somehow the missile launcher, perhaps the buk missile launching device that fired this missile that brought down this plane. what are you hearing, nic? that s something, that, obviously, is going to point the fingers very firmly at the russian separatists here backed by russia. this is the situation all along from the ukrainian authorities and released audiotapes that purport to show pro-russian seprists talking to what they call their russian handlers. this is the narrative of responsibility for the shootdown the government is painting very clearly here. this new information that the government says it has that the black box recorders are now already in moscow, that moscow
of activity. it was their first face-to-face since the ukraine crisis escalated. that is just one example of this, again, this flurry happening over the past 24 hours, tamron, the chances of avoiding war in ukraine seem to have gotten a boost from vladimir putin s comments. yesterday if you recall, he said he saw no need for the use of force in ukraine, had no desire to annex the crimean peninsula, and really that s a sigh of relief has been resinating in the international financial markets, including here in russia in moscow after historic drops on monday. that s just one example. the perception today, tamron, is that ukraine is spinning now not towards war, but some kind of diplomatic solution. in addition to kerry/lavrov meetings, more importantly, you ve made reference to it, the meeting between the new ukrainian and russian governments for the very first time talking at least on a cabinet level today and a russian defense official
america. we will begin this hour in greece where the voters have spoken in parliment,le bailout, the leader has two more days to form a coalition government. investors around the world are now relieves that greece has not decided to scrap the euro, ditch the bailouts, but what it has decided is anything but clear, unfortunately. but kristine rollins has been watching europe. let s talk about the election and the impact on us right now. i can t overstate the importance of greece to the american economy. it comes at a time when it looks like growth is softening a bit, and greece is the weakest link in europe, and europe is the biggest destination for our exports. so if greece continues to hurt and has uncertainly, and the questions being asked about the euro continue, then you have a problem. you have europe not buying as much stuff as it used to and that is bad for american jobs. so that s a really important part here. also, what greece avoided by this voiavoided something b