Ships have been blocked. They have moved to black the entrance to a lake. This is a very interesting movie. The pro Russian Parliament has called for a referendum on whether to stay part of the ukraine. They want it to take place in ten days time. Lets begin at the white house. Reporter today, we see a sort of symphony of diplomacy. All 28 yeerp peen heads of state hold a special sanction. Something thats also been actively repaired for right here. Well, russia still insists all those system engineers arent russian. We dont accept anything that president putin said as fact. Carefully. The United States and its partners is focusing intensely on a remedy. Reporter john kerry met with his russian counter part who then refused to meet with ukraine. They are urging russia to pull back its troops, let in International Observers who yesterday were blocked from getting into ukraine and continue discussions. The result now moves towards sanctions by europe and by the u. S. On its own. Were at a
Im erin burnett. Out front tonight, america caught off guard. Serious questions about whether u. S. Intelligence failed to predict what was happening on the ground in the ukraine. In an intense hearing senator john mccain hammered chuck hagel questioning him whether u. S. Intelligence was aware of russias plans to invade crimea. They said they were aware early last week but that did not satisfy john mccain. Despite all the media reports, our intelligence sources predicted that labrov would invade crimea . I dont get into specifics at an open hearing, but if you would like a briefing, your staff on the specifics of your question how about commenting on news reports that say that. News reports are news reports, but that is not the same as real intelligence. Okay. In other words, the fact is, mr. Secretary, it was not predicted by our intelligence and thats already been well known, which is another massive failure because of our misreading, total misreading of the intentions of vladimir p