of vladimir putin. >> what is putin thinking? i think he might have expected that republicans and democrats weren't so unified. this must have been a bit of a wakeup call. >> absolutely. look, the entire response of nato and the west, brianna, has been a wakeup call for vladimir putin. it's been a wakeup call for many of us ourselves who have been participating in the media discussion. there was a lot of concern that the west was not going to be as strong and united as it's been. just remember a week ago the concern how strong are the sanctions going to be imposed? are they going to go after the biggest russian financial institutions, the central bank. people thought, well, no, the