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CNN Anderson Cooper 360 March 5, 2014 01:09:00

His interest, anderson. jim, i appreciate the update on both those phone conversations. we ll take a closer look at vladimir putin and what the strategy may be. jim was saying it s easy to frame somebody as crazy or out of touch but how much of vladimir putin s actions make sense from his perspective, not to say they re appropriate in any way but what about them from his perspective may make sense and talking about that later on in the program. i want to check in with our bed wedeman on the ground in crimea and also with me throughout the hour tonight, former long-time cnn correspondent jill dougherty. she is at harvard kennedy school of government. let s start with you. what s the latest in crimea and what have you seen throughout the day? reporter: well, really, all eyes are on the base right ....

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CNN Anderson Cooper 360 March 5, 2014 01:05:00

Are not seeking confrontation. vladimir putin, who s been largely silent since troops began taking over crimea denied that forces of russia were even in crimea. translator: they were local self defense teams. let me make my question more specific. did we participate in training those teams? translator: no. we did not. at least for today, president obama seemed to get the last word. there is a strong belief that russia s action is violating international law. i know president putin seems to have a different set of lawyers making a different set of interpretations, but i don t think that s fooling anybody. there is a lot happening now. the breaking news on efforts to build a so-called off ramp for vladimir putin and new details about putin s conversation with president obama. senior white house correspondent ....

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CNN Anderson Cooper 360 March 5, 2014 03:06:00

Build a so-called off ramp for vladimir putin and new details about putin s conversation with president obama. senior white house correspondent jim akosta joins me now with details about that call. jim, what do you know? reporter: first thing to point out before i detail that phone call, we re getting word that the president is at a local fund-raiser in the washington, d.c. and told people at the fund-raiser that we may be able to deescalate this crisis in his words. the u.s. may be able to deescalate the crisis in the coming days so interesting to hear the president using the words, perhaps a hopeful sign about the way the white house feels about what s happening in ukraine at this point. but getting to that phone call, yes, as we all know it took place on saturday. 90 minutes long and according to a senior administration official briefing reporters on that phone call earlier this evening, the president and vladimir putin spent much of that time during that phone call debating the f ....

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CNN Anderson Cooper 360 March 5, 2014 06:09:00

Think that he is acting in his own self interest and they say that this is a consistent pattern of behavior. we ll call it angela merckel said and quoted in the new york times saying putin is in another world and what the white house saying with the senior administration official is saying that, no, they believe that putin is really threatened by these forces that are sort of unraveling in ukraine, that any popular jup rizing against the government, that s aligned with him, he deems a threat. and if you go back to what happened in georgia, they feel like that this is just a consistent, you know, another, you know, basically example of putin acting in the same consistent manner, that he is going to act out against people in his sphere of influence that he feels are really threatening his interest, anderson. jim, i appreciate the update on both those phone conversations. we ll take a closer look at vladimir putin and what the strategy may be. ....

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CNN Anderson Cooper 360 March 5, 2014 03:09:00

You know, basically example of putin acting in the same consistent manner, that he is going to act out against people in his sphere of influence that he feels are really threatening his interest, anderson. jim, i appreciate the update on both those phone conversations. we ll take a closer look at vladimir putin and what the strategy may be. sit, as jim was saying, it s very easy to label somebody crazy or out of touch. but how much of vladimir putin s actions make sense from his perspective, not to say they re appropriate in any way but what about them from his perspective may make sense. we ll talk about that later on in the program. i want to check in with our ben wedeman on the ground in crimea and also with me throughout the hour tonight, former long-time cnn correspondent jill dougherty. we re very pleased she s with us. currently she is at harvard kennedy school of government. let s start with you. what s the latest in crimea and ....

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