support, certainly from journalists, glen greenwald. he is the journalist that broke the story on edward snowden and the nsa spying claims. i want to read a quote that he put up, which is, abbey martin, remarkably demonstrated what journalist independence means by ending her program with a clever and unapologetic denunciation of the russian action in ukraine. i can tell you that the people here certainly would not agree with what abbey martin said. i m outside the government building. the russian flag is flying next to the crimean flag. there is a small rally happening behind us. these people are very much on russia s side, jake. all right, anna, thank you. our coverage continues after this break. [ male announcer ] this man has an accomplished research and analytical group at his disposal. but even more impressive is how he puts it to work for his clients.
at war for the last 13 years. as we end our second war, our sec w second war of the last decade, our longest ever. this budget adapts to new realities and physical restraints while preparing for the future. the defense secretary, chuck hagel, now outlining the president s new budget for the department of defense. his own budget was released last week. he is making the case and also speaking out about the crisis in ukraine. i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in washington. the strong statement from chuck hagel. you just heard him outline some reassuring steps that the u.s. is going to take to friends and allies and eastern europe in the face of what the united states sees as a russian invasion of crimea, part of ukraine. let s bring in barbara starr, our pentagon correspondent and
between nato and the russian alliance and it s the first public contact between the two groups since russian forces moved into the crimean peninsula last week. we go to brussels for the site of today s meeting. who called for this meeting, specifically? reporter: hi, jake. the meeting was called for by nato secretary-general. it s a good sign russia has agreed to sit down with all 28 nato ambassadors. meeting happening in a couple of hours from now. very much a part of nato s three track approach towards dealing with this crisis. the first being declaring solidarity, reaffirming solidarity of eu member states. supporting the government in kiev. third maintaining dialogue with russia. the nato russia council meets on a regular basis they talk to everything from situation in afghanistan to counterterrorism. while we don t have exact agenda
our senior political correspondent. thank you. we are continuing breaking news coverage here. when we come back, one reporters take on what s happening on the ground in crimea right now. dentures are very different to real teeth. they re about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can multiply. polident kills 99.99% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains. that s why i recommend polident. [ male announcer ] cleaner, fresher, brighter every day.
that the u.s. and other countries are trying to give to russia to address their concerns that they acknowledge are legitimate in ukraine, they acknowledge russia has a lot of interests particularly in the crimea. what they want is for russia to encourage international monday fors into crimea, into eastern ukraine to check out what s going on and that could be the basis for talks. the french, the uk, u.s. hoping to get sergei lavrov the russian foreign minister and ukrainian foreign minister in the same room this afternoon, twin hour to see if they could start to talk about a diplomatic process to spend escalation. all right. thank you. we ll take a quick break and be right back.