right now. you recall the famous barack obama red line in the sand, there was no red line in the sand and joe biden was not famous for taking action so i think that is the big question as we go forward, whether the biden diplomacy has any teeth and. david: mary, hasn't he already tipped his hand on that by giving the russians exactly what they wanted with this gas pipeline right after he killed the keystone pipeline that would provide oil for americans but given this gift vladimir putin the europeans didn't want with the exception of germany of course, isn't that already giving putin a gift before you go into a hardball negotiation? >> right and i think about strengths, vladimir putin, if you remember the soviets, they