>> well, based on what he said in his speech, particularly in response to the last set of questions by reporters, he was pretty adamant that he had intelligence to that effect and he was pretty confident that putin had made his mind up to invade, obviously, he was a little bit more cautious on the exact timing, but i think given the fact he was so emphatic, that clearly underscores that he's got information that he firmly believes is pointing in that direction. >> senior secretary of state bli blinken warned of false flag operations used as a pretext for invasion of ukraine, now you see russian-backed separatists in eastern ukraine, a car bombing, in your opinion is this part of the excuse russia will use to go to war? >> well it's entirely possible. look, i am i self was in national intelligence council in 2006 to 2009 when russians went into georgia and saw very