. i'll ask dianne feinstein, chair of the senate intelligence committee about the threat posed to the u.s., and whether the president's recent comments show weakness. >>> and facing down an old adversary. ukraine's president says its country is near full scale war with russia. how far will vladimir putin go. can president obama and the allies get him to back down? >>> plus, a new era on "meet the press." a revealing look at chuck todd from those who know him best. >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press." >> and good morning. two major military flash points this sunday, both with strong consequences for the u.s. after fierce fighting iraqi troops have reached a town in northern iraq that was under siege by isis militants. overnight the u.s. launched air strikes against isis fighters near the town and dropped humanitarian aid. an estimated 15,000 people have been trapped in the siege. >>> and the ukraine crisis, the european union giving russia an ultimatum, change course in one week or face tougher sanctions. this morning a defiant president putin calling fo

resurrected itself again and unfortunately, dianne feinstein and mike rogers had a platform to smear the whistleblower with baseless innuendo without a scintilla of evidence to back up their allegation. moreover, mr. snowden went publicly chatted with the u.s. this week to deny being a spy. but if people don't want to take my word for it or mr. snowden's word for it, you can ask the fbi which decided and still believes that he acted alone. >> all right. jesselyn radack in moscow for us today, thank you very much for being here. i appreciate your time. michael chertoff is here, as well. former head of homeland security and also head of the criminal division under president bush which is particularly relevant here. good to see you here. welcome back. >> good to be back. >> how would you handle this question? you heard the attorney general. what do you do to get snowden back? >> well, you know, we have done deals in the past with spies but they've always been a deal where your take a very heavy prison sentence. when i was head of the criminal division, we made a deal with robert hansen. he

his toolbox that he can do immediately to stop this. so dianne feinstein, the co-author of the bill that allowed for these folks who are not from mexico or canada that bring minors into the country, not be deported right away, there's circumstances, and she believes as the co-author that would allow them to immediately and responsibly get these children back to their home countries, and that's where the president needs to start. so he needs to re-engage. get folks who are doing administrative work on the border, they need to make sure they send a very clear signal. here is the interesting thing, this is a bipartisan issue. hillary clinton says if you want to stop this, you need to start sending these kids back to let people know don't put them in the criminal pipeline to come into america. certainly dianne feinstein thinks there's a way for the president -- >> the majority of them have to go back home is your point. >> think about what we're doing. this isn't a walk in the park to get from el salvador or honduras into the united states. these are criminal gangs. these are organized

believe the cia illegally spied on the senate? >> i have the highest respect for dianne feinstein. there isn't a person in the senate who works harder to be bipartisan and fair with one of the toughest assignments as head of the committee. i read her statement she gave on the floor. it was a thoughtful, serious effort to establish the role of congress and the senate and the oversight of the cia. and i am -- >> did it illegally spy? >> i can tell you this. we need to get to the bottom of it. i've called on the administration and the cia to release this report once and for all so we know what happened. >> my question is, did the cia illegally spy on the senate? are you prepared to reach a conclusion? >> dianne feinstein believes that's the case. i'll stand behind her but let's get the investigation underway. >> should brennan apologize? >> i'm not on the intel committee. i'll wait till they do their investigation. >> i'll leave it there. senators, thank you so much. appreciate you being here. >>> coming up here, our roundtable with the country pessimistic and hostile toward both parties of