Host here is your chance to weigh in. If you want to make your thoughts known on what the u. S. Response should be to the shot down playing on our social media channel, you can post on our twitter page, put a thought on email us. Several responses from the white house. United nations ambassador, the state Department Come all of which you can see on cspan. Org. Here is the response is when it comes to headlines in todays papers. The New York Times. You go to the pages of the wall street journal. When you go to the los angeles times. Just some of the examples of the headlines to the story specifically. The incident that took place over ukraine president obama, you probably solve the full News Conference he had before we started this program. Andighlighted russias role the role that president putin has to play to change the situation there. [video clip] what we do know is that the inlence is taking place large part because of Russian Support. To movee the ability those separatists in another direction. If mr. Putin makes the decision that we are not going to allow and the flow of fighters into ukraine across the border, it will stop. Separatists the and enter into negotiations allow the political accommodations that mr. Putin says himself he wants to see. He has the most troll over that situation. So far, he has not exercised it. Host joining us now on the phone to talk about the issue is matthew lee with the Associated Press. Diplomatic writer for the organization. If you had to summarize the message coming out of the white house yesterday, specifically concerning the ukraine plane incident, what would that be . The message from the Un Security Council is that russia has to change paths. The world outrage about this is a disaster for the russians. Theyre going to have to step up and rein in the separatists and get them to talk. Get them into a negotiations with ukrainians to end this once and for all. Host talk about the tone that was sent at the went about this incident. At the u. N. About this incident. Caller theyre quick to say that they will not prejudge the outcome of any investigation. Re making it clear that they are making it clear that they know that the separatists with russian help were behind this downing of the plane. Investigation on the u. S. Side is pretty much complete. Exact details of who specifically fired the missile and whether or not it was Russian Coordination with it are still unknown. And others in the west are convinced that that is what happened. It is interesting to note that in their comments, president putin and the Russian Ambassador u. N. Have not specifically denied the american charges. They have said that the ukrainians this would not have happened at all if ukraine had not continued its military operations in the area. That,ssage from russia is while they are not denying any role in this, they are saying that the overall situation is bad and that ukraine is responsible for the militarization and the violence in the area. Host we heard about the sanctions from the u. S. And european allies. Will it be the only means of trying to correct the situation . The white house is hoping this galvanizes what had been some cetacean among some. Ther countries in europe announcement of new targeted sanctions against russia several large banks and companies. The European Union said it was going to move in the same direction, but then gave themselves until the end of the month to name the specific entities and individuals they would target. There is a hope among the administration now that the europeans, because of this plane quicker andll act more strongly than they might have otherwise. The European Union was reluctant, but as far as the ted states will john kerry be involved in some type of discussions with the leadership . My impression now is, yes. Probably next week, we will see this is ary uess, but a pretty solid guess that he will be in the region. Trying to bring together consensus on how to go forward and step up pressure on russia if they dont act in the interim themselves. Host matthew lee from the Associated Press. Thanks for your perspective this morning. If you want to comment on the u. S. Response and what it should be, to the extent you think there should be a response when it comes to the downed plane over the ukraine, here is your chance to do so. For democrats. Republicans. For for independents. We start on our independent line with brad. Caller the Obama Administration knows. And whputin russians play chess, americans play basketball. Everything he does as well planned out. Host you heard the president talk about the u. S. Response and matthew lee give his perspective on the diplomacy front. Should more be done . They can dont think do anything more than what they have other than writing a letter to him by the united nations. The Obama Administration is weak. Host sydney from louisiana. Independent line. Have you all forgotten that we shut down the Iranian Airline . Have you forgotten that the ukraine shut down a Russian Airliner . Why dont you play how this mess got started . Nulandl the victoria tapes where she talks about who we want to be the new president there and the money we spent and when she was asked andt her jewish heritage her answer was, you would have to talk to a psychiatrist. We forget what americans do and then, if someone else has a crimem, we make theres a theirs a crime. The news media is not covering the whole story. Its onesided. About leadingg people around by the nose. What are you doing to the American Public when you hide information from the public and only give one side of the story . Host bronx, new york. Lawrence. Caller ise last correct with mistakes we have made. Weve made big mistakes as the world watched. Dangerous leader in russia. , lot of people in russia important people are getting tired of him as he causes them to lose money. Our president is taking the right approach. Also plays athis positive role in our situation with russia. That there areow crazy people over here who would push to the precipice of atomic war. I dont think the Obama Administration will be pushed into doing anything reckless. We are moving to a cold war. Host vincent from tulsa, oklahoma. Republican line. Caller i think theres a couple of things going on. Somehow putin is backing up rebels. I saw the rocket shot off on cnn. It really is their fault. As we go through the morning, there are pictures coming up from the investigation m the Associated Press from the Associated Press. Pictures coming in of the crash site itself. We will show you those as the morning goes on. 202 5853880 for democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. 202 5853882 for independents. New york. Independent line. Caller all of this is due to the conflict in ukraine. We have not picked sides here. This conflict has to be resolved. If its not resolved, this incident might happen again in the future. Has sites youn supporting and the United States support. To ceasefired be a until the investigation is carried out. It takes a long time. Somebody is going to start the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. Independent investigation is not going to go through. For now, there should be a total ceasefire. Fight,body instigates a they should be burdened with the responsibility. Someone has to be responsible. Im not going to pick a side. Host the russian responses highlighted in the Washington Post. That is the thought of the Russian Ambassador to the united nations. Gene from rockford, illinois. Democrats line. Caller hello. Manages to turn the east into a war zone, how much will that affect the europeans when they are Airlines Start failing . When they are Airlines Start failing . Host rebecca. From virginia. Caller i believe we should stay out and let ukrainians and russians take care of this. We dont know how many other governments might be in with this or how many other rebels might be in all of this. People know what a few are reporting. Know all of it. I think the United States should take care of the United States borders and let ukraine take care of their borders. Host what do you think about the u. S. Response to this so far . Dont believe anything that comes out of the white house anymore. I dont think obama likes putin. He will make anything off that man he can. ,m not saying putin is right but i dont think anything hes i wouldnt believe anything come out of this white house. The news is onesided. You have to go on the internet or something to find out the real news. You have to pay more attention to more than just what the white house is putting out. Host the Washington Post highlighting, calling this mr. Putins war. Mike is from new philadelphia, ohio. Independent line. The im curious a flightshot down coming from alaska towards korea. What did we do that in . What do we do when the russians forced the piii obrien to land and then stripped it down and send it back to us . What happened to us when we shot down an iranian airbus . All we can do is what we are doing right now. You can protest all you want. When you have not done anything in the past it wasnt obama that was president when the orion was taken by the chinese and we did nothing. He was not president when the Korean Airline was shot down. President snt when we shot down at the Iranian Airliner. Its funny how its all of a sudden obamas fault. These people are going to have to get over the fact that when a wakes up, hes black. He will have to deal with it for two more years. Host virginia. Democrat line. Caller i agree with the previous caller. The difference with the way america has responded, the way the Obama Administration has responded the response is appropriate. Utin out. Pruden the Russian Military has been helping the rebel force in Eastern Ukraine. They have the capability to do that. Putin is playing a game. We have to figure out what it is and get ahead of it. Checkmate. Would you support increased actions in ukraine to help stabilize the country . Weapons,f they need john mccain says we should have given them weapons. There are always two sides to that. What if they are so that they shoot down a civilian airliner . You have to weigh those things. , theresident is correct kneejerk reaction to give pons and be done with it it was not done on purpose. They probably thought it was some kind of Ukraine Military plane. Host bob from illinois. Republican line. I would just like to ask why we are not allowed to go in and do an investigation on this plane. Territory. Ine would like to make a statement about putin. He has an agenda. You can do all the sanctions you want. Person and hes got an agenda that he will carry out the matter what we do here. To ramp our military back up and be on guard for whatever happens. Host the Associated Press provides a picture of samantha yesterday. Fying part of her statement said that when it came to the ukrainian government, they have the systems, but we were not aware that they were in the area. It separatists were behind this, they would have reason to cover up their crime. Calling for an immediate investigation. She went on to talk about the Russian Support of separatists and laid out incidents and what she says here is part of what she said yesterday. [video clip] separatists shot down a ukrainian transport plane carrying nine crew. Wasune 24, this council meeting. We received word that separatists down a ukrainian helicopter. On july 14, they claimed credit for the downing of the Ukrainian Military cargo plane. On july 16 him a they claimed credit for the downing of a ukrainian fighter jet. If indeed russian backed separatists were behind this attack on a civilian airliner, they and their backers would have good reason to cover up evidence of their crime. Thus, it is extremely important that investigation be commenced immediately. Host timothy from virginia. Good morning. Caller good morning. Is holding inutin arunfest over russia iron fist over russia. Economic sanctions are not going to stop him. Upyre not going to lift this iron fist he has held. Too many businesses into many countries are worried about their Business Opportunities in russia. The ukraine crisis has become a worldwide crisis. There is a time when each country reaches its breaking point. Breaking point. Citizens of the u. S. And other European Countries have died. History has proven that its citizens are to be killed, we need to take action. Host the Washington Post highlights a bit about the investigation. Some of the things that go on there. Detroit, michigan. This is chris on the democrats line. Caller good morning. The russiand about separatists taking over the area where the plane crashed. I dont think i think the government of ukraine should go in there and make a ceasefire for a minute. Come in and check out the site and the crash and all the people the bodies that are there. So people can get their relatives and bury them responsibly. Why somebody doesnt do a ceasefire between those russians, just for a everybodyafter gathers their relatives, take care of their bodies and bring them home, then they can start fighting again. After they make a compromise on this situation so they can respect the people that are lost in that particular situation. Russians and those separatists are the ones that are causing all this. They should not let the world they should and let the world have its way and come in and get their relatives. Host new york. Republican line. Go ahead. Caller good morning. To ious caller alluded i would like to know what brand of justice was done when the u. S. Navy mistakenly shot down a commercial airliner in years ago. Many years ago. As to when theon russians shot down the Korean Airliner. Thatd military intercepts proved that they had a visual and they knowingly shot down a commercial airliner. Host as far as the Current Situation . Caller its become a political football. This rent isact act, whether it was intentional or a mistake has to be investigated. Re is so muchthey are outrage when we know that they have shot down a commercial airliner in the past. We have done the same thing with just as many people on board. York. Al from new independent line. Caller good morning. My grandfather was from the ukraine. Int there under the czar 1905. Remember him accent about thick the tiger never changes its strikes. Hes talking about russia. Putin wants to reinvestigate or reignite the spirit of the old russia. Out in the woods that you have to be afraid of. Us, youre not afraid of dont respect us. That is their view. Goes, theykraine have set borders recognized by the world. Who knows that. Putin knows that. Fuel, food, things. I was in the army. Back in vietnam, we used to call them. We used to call them guerrillas. They are proxies for putin. And time that we step in start encouraging the ukrainian people to stand up for your country and take it back. If russia wants part of ukraine, give them true noble chernobyl. This was a heinous act, a callous act. Do you think they care about 300 people on an airliner . Showtime for us to really that we are not afraid of the big, bad bear. We dont have to go to war for this, but we do have to encourage the ukrainians to step up and show their love for the ukraine. Twitterchard rogers on dan from springfield, virginia. Democrats line. In the 1980s when itsia was going down international politics, basically. They are fighting a proxy war. With insurgents in ukraine. They are trying anything to distract the region. Should not be doing a whole lot of stuff unless the world comes together and ask. And acts. 50 of their energy comes from russia. Russia can easily cripple the economy. Makene way we can actually a huge impact is to my how are we going to be able to make sure we will be able to help the europeans ensure that their collapsed . Not russia is not going to move around and they have the muscle and they are using it. War,s we start a world nothing is going to happen here en. The nextld take away world cup from russia. Who wants to go to russia to support their economy . San jose, california. Republican line. Caller i just want to mention that this has been highly aboutcized for something third parties involved. There is a big chance of something related to Malaysian Airline specifically. Somebody is trying to buy it. Talk to any investigator oneonone and they will say this needs to be addressed. Thomas from kentucky. Democrats line. Caller good morning. Things were really quiet in ukraine until john mccain made a trip over there. A couple of weeks after he came back, the outbreak happened. Frequentin is the most deist on the sunday talk shows. He is a war advocate. He presents himself to be an expert. All he has ever done is get his aircraft shot down. He goofed offat when he attended the naval academy. He is not an intelligent man. He owns a great deal of stock in the Armaments Company that produces military weapons and ammunition. We need to investigate this man. Host adam from west virginia. Independent line. Believe ust cant ive been watching all this s rage about the ukrainian they are not facing any kind of u. N. Ure from the if somebody around here shot down an airline, you would have government, swat teams coming down on you. What is their explanation . Rockets . You track