Also expect the president to address russias Annexation Of Crimea . Reporter probably so just because this dominated the discussion so much. The g7 meeting which was held as a part of the Nuclear Security summit wasnt really, the move wasnt originally part of the plan. It wasnt because of the esflepevents that happened in ukraine. Suspending with the biggest economies in the world. Russia was supposed to host in june in sochi. It is a big step. The question, though, is, specially among critics, will this have any effect . The u. S. Ed administration, other countries repeatedly said, there is still a door open to discussion, to a diplomatic solution. There is a chance for deescalation. We can change things if russia decides to change course. For everything that has been said and all the talks that have
been held, not only among western countries but talks with russia, nothing has changed that course. So it remains to be seen now what could constitute escalation for additional and more d
as you say, today. and even last night, immediately afterwards, incredibly emotional scenes, tamron, as relatives emerged from a meeting in beijing, walked out having been given this news. people wailing, people in tears, clenching their fists, some taken out on stretchers because of how difficult it was to hear this news, news that initially many relatives got by text message, as you say, tamron, although malaysian airlines says it did make an effort to tell everyone by telephone or in person before it told the world. keir simmons, thank you so much. i now want to take you to the hague where president obama is holding a joint news conference with the prime minister of the netherlands. let s listen in. i d like to say a few words about a tragedy that recently took place back in the united states. over the weekend, a massive landslide swept through a tiny town called oso in washington
concerned whether russia has designs on bigger chunks of europe. reporter: absolutely and that s why the criticism back in the u.s. you heard from republicans against the president has been that he has been weak on the world s stage. he hasn t been standing up to vladmir putin. you heard the pushback, i anticipate we ll hear it from the president when asked about i but you heard pushback from democratic senators defending the president, look, george w. bush was on military footing in iraq and afghanistan during his administration and vladmir putin still moved into the republican of georgia and took territory there. under the bush administration. there is lot of back and forth on this we ll hear all bit, jon. jon: the president is speaking now, ed. let s isen in. with your indulgence before i speak a little bit about this summit i would like to say a few words about a tragedy that recently took place back in the united states. over the weekend a massive landslide swept through a tin
there are some other changes too. keep in mind, this is a proposed piece of legislation. what it would do would take the nsa out of the business of collecting and storing the data. of core, turse, the nsa would s be able to gain access to the data when needed. the bigger question is, will congress pass this law? how long could that take? in the meantime, the president has authorized for 90 days an will continue in 90-day increments to authorize the collection and the processing of that data as it stands right now. the president is about to speak now. let s go back to the the hague to listen to president obama. i would like to say a few words about the tragedy that recently took place back in the united states. over the weekend, a massive landslide swept through a tiny town called oso in washington state. while i won t get ahead of the ongoing response and rescue