this weekend. as vladimir putin moves troops in. then he declared independent yesterday. and response to russia's invasion germany pulling plug on major gas pipeline and the united states has moved all state department personal from ukraine to poland. complete team coverage begins now. in texas congressman on holding had putin holding accountable. and we are awarding president biden's remarks. we begin in capital and steve is there. steve putin popped out again the cameras again after his speech last night. did he walk back anything or did he double down? >> sandra, putin kept quiet about ukraine and now every day he is popping out of before journalist yesterday he raised the question whether or not ukraine was even a country. today he went the other direction saying ukraine could be very deadly enemy for russia. ukraine could rebuild its nuke nook weapons program rapidly and