peninsula as nothing more than just an invasion. that s called point-blank. ukraine calling it a declaration of war. all this happening while athletes from around the world prepare for paralympics in sochi, russia. paralympics, which include u.s., start on friday. cnn from every angle, correspondent bill black, correspondent in the crimea region of ukraine. go first to phil black in moscow. phil, what is the situation there in what are you hearing from the kremlin? the latest announcement from the kremlin, confirmation putin spoke with germany s chancellor angle, a merkel. these are two world leaders with testy conversations in the past. we don t know the german side but according to the kremlin putin made the point russian speaking cranians are under threat from ultranationalists in
president obama and president putin spoke for an hour and a half last night. was there anything substantive that came out of this conversation? i read the readouts of both the white house readout of the call and the kremlin readout call, my impression is two men talking past epa other. president obama not going to g-8 and ultranationalists using power in a legitimate way in kiev. when i asked a senior white house official if the two men were, in fact, talking past each other, the official told me my characterization isn t far off. that doesn t give you very much hope, does it? definitely not. that means each side entrenched in what they see as the right thing. with putin that raises serious questions. in terms of what s going on with the military, ukrainian military did not respond to that invasion in the south in crimea. do you think that would have escalated the situation even
favors a very strong russian hand involved in ukrainian politics and the problem is that the country is divided. there is an overwhelming majority of people who are supporting the orientation of ukraine towards europe. one of the things that has really angered and began vallized the opposition, has been the use of force by the government. this started as a political opposition movement and dissent, but as the government began to crack down on these protesters early on, that galvanized the opposition more and that is what has been one of the main rallying points amongst all of the opposition that represents from the ultranationalists to the more modern forces in the movement. they are saying the president is not only orienting towards russia but returning the ukraine to a more awe thor tear yan rule of government. as we heard from jane harman, the nsa issue exploded on the
you ve really got to check your facts. this report was not funded by us. i wrote the forward to it. well, his organization sent volunteers and personnel out to groups and they co-authored this reporter. so whether you hired them or not you are relying on their expertise and you believe their accuracy. and so does the mcarthur foundation. this is a guy who is one of the most distinguished people in this country. when it comes to tracking white you know, white extremist groups, the he gave a talk at the naacp convention in july and this is what he said about the tea party movement. he said and i quote, these are not populist of any stripe, these are ultranationalists, or super patriots who are defending their special pale-skinned privileges and power. does that sound like someone who s going to write an unbiased report? he s talking about the group that have worked their way into the tea party, people like the head of 1776 tea party who started out in the minute man
that mean he should do a report? look. you can go through the footnotes. this is a 94-page report. go through it again and again and again. what you ll see as you go through this report and the footnotes, we didn t hire him, you ve really got to check your facts. this report was not funded by us. i wrote the forward to it. well, his organization sent volunteers and personnel out to groups and they co-authored this reporter. so whether you hired them or not you are relying on their expertise and you believe their accuracy. and so does the mcarthur foundation. this is a guy who is one of the most distinguished people in this country. when it comes to tracking white you know, white extremist groups, the he gave a talk at the naacp convention in july and this is what he said about the tea party movement. he said and i quote, these are not populist of any stripe, these are ultranationalists, or super patriots who are defending their special pale-skinned privileges and power. doe