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Sunday on MTP: View from the White House, Tony Blair and more

SUNDAY: Threats from the U.S. and Russia over crisis in Ukraine. And former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on radicalized Islam.
U.S. paratroopers are walking on the tarmac after being flown into the air base in Swidwin, Poland, Wednesday, April 23, 2014 for weeks of joint exercise. Their arrival was requested by Poland as a way of increasing security at a time of conflict between two of its neighbors, Ukraine and Russia. (AP Photo/Lukasz Szelemej)
U.S. paratroopers are walking on the tarmac after being flown into the air base in Swidwin, Poland, Wednesday, April 23, 2014 for weeks of joint exercise. Their arrival was requested by Poland as a way of increasing security at a time of conflict between two of its neighbors, Ukraine and Russia. (AP Photo/Lukasz Szelemej)Lukasz Szelemej / ASSOCIATED PRESS

This Sunday on MTP:

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Blair

U.S. soldiers arrived in Poland on Wednesday as part of an effort to reassure European allies worried about Russian troops posted on the Ukrainian border. What’s President Obama’s next move in the dance with Russian President Putin as the deal between Ukraine, Russia, the European Union, and the U.S. looks to be falling apart. David Gregory talks with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair about the President’s approach to foreign policy and how to tackle Islamic extremism, which Blair believes is the biggest threat facing the world.

Jay Carney, Tony Blinken
Antony Blinken, left, then the deputy national security adviser, in a briefing at the White House with White House press secretary Jay Carney in September 2013.ASSOCIATED PRESS

The U.S. Response

Threats continue to grow on both sides of the Ukrainian crisis with President Obama warning of new sanctions against Russia. Is Ukraine on the brink of a civil war? And where does the White House stand on military intervention? David will talk with White House Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken Sunday.

MTP Political Roundtable

How will the crisis in Ukraine end and how much should the U.S. be involved? Plus, what's the reaction to the Cliven Bundy controversy? Our roundtable weighs in: Mallory Factor, best-selling author and Professor at The Citadel; Jeffrey Goldberg, Correspondent for The Atlantic and Bloomberg View Columnist; Neera Tanden, President of the Center for American Progress; Rich Lowry, Editor of National Review.