i think nato, the humiliation of russia, the dissolution of the soviet revolution where they came apart and were stumbling around, disorganized. all of this was a huge problem to their self pride. and putin is appealing to that, saying, look, you know, keep your mouth shut, stay out of political power. i'll let you go vacation in france. and you can keep some money if you share it with us, the former kgb. >> and deira, i owe you a couple of minutes of air time. our apologies, we're getting long in the tooth. i thank you both very much. when we come back from this break, we'll take on the question that has become immortalized in a commercial that will not stop airing. how far is this from normal? when "the 11th hour" continues.