stronghold and it there is. danetsk. that entire region has been the center of a month are long rebel uprising. part of the president s proposal for peace was they lay down their weapons. even the russian president vladimir putin says he supports that plan, but the head of nato accuses russian russia of sending more troops. the headline is the russians have moved more troops to the border, ready to quell any violence in ukraine, and that is the headline of the day as russia is at it again. house republicans just elected their enough second ranking leader who will replace eric cantor. more on majority whip kevin
if you go down the block to danetsk, you will see the same barricades you did last week. if you leave town and go into a number of occupied towns say an hour to two drive from here, it s the same number of pro russian check points along the way with their piles of tires and sand bags and armed militia men that you would have seen last week. there is one change to report, alex, it s that the militants haven t expanded their operations in the last couple of days. for the time being they seem to have kept the same number of check points, the same number of towns and buildings that they ve seized. there seems to be a very pregnant pause right now on both sides. the pro russian militants and the government in kiev waiting to see what the other does next. meanwhile, those pro russian militants say it s willing, they re willing to pull out of their positions but only if what they call the illegal hunta back in kiev starting with the prime