>> if there is a widespread invasion we could see martial law here. back to you. >> ainsley: let's bring in iowa senator joni ernst. good morning to you. >> yes. good morning, ainsley. hello. >> ainsley: well, it seems that, senator, that we had -- we knew this was going to happen. these are democrats, joe biden's secretary of state blinken said putin planned all along to invade. james clapper said we should have taken action sooner. listen to some of these soundbites and get your reaction on the other side. >> now that we have heard it directly from president putin himself, it confirm what is we have been saying. that he did not send more than 150,000 troops to the ukrainian border because of the denying military exercises or threaten ukraine. or stop fabricated genocide by ukraine or any other manufactured reason. his plan all along has been to invade ukraine to control