done from a military perspective. the u.s. gave the okay for anti tank and anti helicopters. 200,000 pounds of lethal aid al arriving in the ukraine on friday but president zelensky says he wants sanctions right now before not after russia does something. susan, what grade would you give the biden administration in terms of how they handled this overall? >> well, look, abby, it's a lot easier to go back after the fact when we know what happens and see. first of all, they have been very clear and taking an interesting course of being transparent and getting out in front and they were the first to issue these warnings loudly. they had to go around actually europe in december and talk to the allies and say no, this is serious and really potentially happening. so they were the first to pull the alarm to try to expose what