when this crisis first unfolded, it was difficult for the united states to get europe on board. you and i had discussions about that. those countries were not as apt to put tougher sanctions on russia. will this change the situation now? >> i don't know. i mean, the europeans, as we know, are somewhat -- you're not going to get much of a response. if you get out there and lead, i think opportunity lost this afternoon was to a clarion call to identify what has taken place here and the strong feelings that the united states has about what has taken place and what putin is doing to redesign the cold war -- post cold war order is what he's doing. >> it was interesting -- >> i think leadership is needed. >> speaking of that, it was also the same question that i posed to our political panel earlier. it was interesting to me that the united states ambassador to the u.n., samantha power, she came out swinging today and said, look, it's up to russia to