meanwhile, russia is reinforcing its military presence in the crimean region. dozens of military trucks were spotted transporting armed soldiers into the area. this comes as new reports of a ukrainian border patrol plane coming under fire while flying near the border with crimea. also amid reports of warning shots being fired to prevent an unarmed international military observer group from entering crimea. nbc s jim maceda joins us live now from moscow. jim, what do all of these developments mean? what can we glean from all of this at this point? reporter: hi, there, craig. well, i think what we re seeing is vladimir putin creating facts on the ground, as they say in other countries. consolidating his military hold really over the strategic crimea, those amphibious ships you referred to are carrying at least 200 military vehicles filled with paratroopers.
presidential bid, he has a reasonable point to make that if that s all you have to do is to be against something, you re not talking about what you re for, which is a theme that senator cruz talked about the other day and he got in trouble with that one because he disrespected former senator bob dole. and john mccain as well. you ve been a number of times. i don t think you ve ever been to cpac. you correct me if i m wrong. you have to go, esther. you ll have a great time. if you haven t read the daily beast piece, it s humorous in terms of describing the scene this year. like i would trust the daily beast . but in the past, you admit there s been a great deal of fiery rhetoric used. of course. this year, michelle caudle noted that things appeared to be different. for the most part, the major speakers stayed even keeled and nonhysterical, every now and again, you got the sneaking suspicion that they got the same
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condoleezza rice to deliver this year s commencement address. professor rudy bell defended the faculty s opposition in an interview here yesterday with tamron the point is that a controversial choice of this kind done without serious faculty consultation, i know that no faculty consultation that was done, for those of us who are in the opposition, it is crucial the participation in what we consider to be human rights violations. is it the lack of consultation that concerns you or is it specifically dr. rice? it is both. does this strike you as odd coming from an institution of higher learning? that question on the other side of this break. [ male announcer ] prilosec otc is the number one doctor recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 8 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. it s not the juggle a bunch of rotating categories card.
comfortable and we need to understand culture and language and the impact of when people do not feel comfortable so they can get adequate treatment and end up keeping their appointments and being on medication. in this case, there s no indication other than the fact that ms. wilkerson had been seen in an emergency room and signed herself out, which happened. but there s no indication that she had been undergoing treatment. but the point is, we have to break the stigma against mental illness and certainly support families like her sister who diligently fought to get her treatment so that something like this doesn t happen again. you mentioned her sister. she made that 911 call and talked a little bit about her concerns just hours before the incident. is the emergency response system, is it equipped to handle cases of mental distress at all? the emergency response system does handle cases. but it s the individual in this case, if you have someone who s been seen in an emergency roo