time in weeks he's speaking out, really, since late december. what do you make of the timing, what do you think people should be listening for? i'm seeing already some reporting that he's at least said in some way, shape or form that the west has not satisfied my two main security demands. seems to be one thing he's already suggesting. >> right, kate, well, thanks for having me on. i think what we're seeing right now is that vladimir putin, president putin, feels that he has to give an answer to the world because yesterday, the biden administration and our ambassador gave a very forceful explanation, actually, demanded forcefully from the russian federation an explanation for their 100,000 plus troops suddenly on the border with ukraine and the russians fell short. that was in front of the entire world. that's something that i think was a long time coming. frankly, we should have kept the drum beat up. ever since russia invaded georgia in 2008 or certainly since the crimea annexation.