the nato member calls for an attack on one is an attack on all. in latvia, 30% of the population are russian. i don t know how far he goes. but i think a lot has to do with the kind of response that the europeans and the united states together give to vladimer putin and so far it has been unbelievablely weak and it may encourage encourage him. there is legislation in the senate, but an issue about the imf. marco rubio calls it flawed and divisive. so it is congress adding to the
great soviet union, the great patriarch. all the time in his 30s. interesting to think he made it very clear in an address after a meeting with his russian counterparts to vladimir putin said this is not personal. should we be making this more personal? it is personal. he has calculated the west isn t going to respond in any way that makes them pay a big price for this. like a schoolyard bully that takes the lunch money, he will keep going. he is now talking about things two weeks ago and never would have talked about. nato allies, lithuania, those are our nato allies. the three musketeers article. all for one, one for all.
sending about a dozen fighter jets to show poland and other allies the u.s. is there for them but perhaps a single to russia as well. the vice president had said vladimir putin s rule was a land grab and then had this. russia cannot escape the fact the world is changing. rejecting the outright behavior. there are growing costs that come with aggression. reporter: also important to note yesterday we had the first fatalities since russian forces had moved into crimea. there was a second person who died. the facts on that are kind of murky but ukrainian prime minister charged the military had fired on ukrainian military and this has now moved from a political conflict a military one.
reporter: it is full steam ahead for annexation of crimea. a day after hearing putin saying crimea is a part of russia now. the russia parliament is giving their rubber stamp approval. putin claims he is not interested in invading any other part of ukraine, but the military is taking no chances. we have new pictures and scenes of ukrainian tanks and troops digging in along the boarder in eastern ukraine. the second of state is in the region. he is trying to make the natu nature nato allies know