to poland and bulgaria after demanding they pay for it in rubles. the czech prime minister said his country isn t paying in rubles. he adds it s a mistake for anyone to play along with what he calls russian blackmail. hungary which gets a big portion of its natural gas from russia has agreed to the russian demand. russia says it s not blackmail. a potential diplomatic showdown may be brewing over this year s g-20 summit. russian president vladimir putin has accepted a invitation. but others are considering options after president biden has called for russia s ejection from the graoup over the invasin of ukraine. president biden made clear several weeks ago that it cannot be business as usual with russia
nomination. mitt romney is still in front. newt gingrich has 38. rick santorum has 34 and ron paul, you see it there, has 20. dozens of syrians are reported dead today in a city under siege from its own government. this is homs, where anti-government activists say mortar fires from unseen attackers is almost constant. one says we cannot count the dead any more. i ll have more on this 11 will have month conflict and the choices facing washington in the west in our next segment moments from now. the white house is and congress are all too eager to support u.s. troops, but at the same time, the u.s. government might be able to further limit their legal rights. for more than 60 years, federal law has essentially barred military service members from suing the u.s. because of medical mass practice because of an injury or death on active duty. but government lawyers are trying to expand that, arguing the u.s. should be protected from malpractice lawsuits involving military famil
countries. the announcement comes on the same day france, belgium, and luxembourg agreed to rescue dexia, a major franco belgian bank. a couple of hours ago, i spoke with cnn s senior international business correspondent, richard quest. he tells me that what is going on in europe is very similar to what happened in america back in 2008. you really don t want the investment bank to fail. why? because a big investment bank failing of this particular time would cause a ripple of crisis of confidence and that s what happened with lehman in 2008. we re going to see more banks over the coming weeks that whether they fail or not, they re going to need more money. what the authorities are going to have to judge is when is it right to rescue and when is it time to let go? finance ministers from the g-20 nations are scheduled to meet later on this week to discuss the growing crisis. and now to economic concerns here in the u.s. this week, the senate will vote on president obama
be the future security of afghanistan. what s the sense of the quality of the troops? outstanding, sir. that s how the war is going to be won. mentors and trainers and those who care for them so they can fight for their country. what a positive, upbeat attitude. thank very much for that. several suspects are due in court this morning after f.b.i. agents raided suspected militia compound in michigan, ohio and indiana. at least three people were arrested on gun charges when agents swarmed a number of homes. the target of one raid believed to be a christian militia group known as the hutari. this man is a member of a different militia graoup. they re convinced that the earth is in its last phase and they must rise up to rebuild a christian kingdom in the ashes of our country. more arrests could be coming. a lot of people concerned about this. former first lady barbara bush