message that yesterday did alarm certainly many of america's allies and obviously the ukrainians as well. given the circumstances with 100,000 russian troops now amassing at the border to ukraine. the key quote for the president was if any assembled russian units move across the ukrainian border, that is an invasion. yesterday the president seemed to suggest that there was some sort of a sliding scale in terms of the level of punishment depending on the size of the invasion. saying if it was just a minor incursion, perhaps, the repercussions, the consequences would be different. that caused a swift cleanup job here at the white house with the national security spokesperson quickly putting out a statement that was retweeted by the press secretary. the press secretary putting out a statement saying the u.s. and allies would respond in a swift and severe and united way if russia was to invade in any form. the bottom line is it does stir