president putin wants nato to pull its forces out of the former soviet countries, and to rule out the possibility ukraine will everjoin the alliance. nato's secretary general says the two sides have significant differences, but the door remain open. it's not possible to say anything with certainty on the likelihood of conflict. what i do know is there's a real risk for renewed use of force against ukraine. that's exactly why the meeting today was important. because we believe in political path that we engage in good faith and sit down and ukraine to find a peaceful way forward. and ukraine to find a peaceful way forward. admiraljames stavridis is a retired united states navy admiral and joins us from jacksonville, florida. lovely to see you. essentially, russia was a veto on all nato's activities in europe, that's a nonstarter, quite plainly. so what we doinu nonstarter, quite plainly. so what