our reports and producers are working more on this news. it s 3:00 on the east coast. noon on the west coast. 10 m here kiev, where we re monitoring the reports of the russian troops at the military base and several other significant deep. s tonight. a spokesman for the russias president vladimir putin says a new cold war has not started and he would like to believe it will not start. but the pentagon confirmed russia is launching large-scale war games with live ammunition, and u.s.a. warship, steaming toward the scene of this global standoff for what the pentagon calls a routine mission. and what about those reports that ukrainian s fugitive former leader had a heart attack in a hospital. legitimate or propaganda from putin? you ll hear from a former u.s. ambassador says this soundses pretty convenience for the kremlin. so let s get too it.