his own. so what are you hearing from the white house? what is the strategy to keep putin from engaging with a move from which there is nothing to turn back? >> they are preparing for multiple scenarios. what we heard from the president today was really a grave warning, but also a public warning to putin himself. really, a direct message from the president. saying, this will be a war of choice if you end up invading ukraine. he was also very clear that this will be a self inflicted wound. this was a very telling message that i think underscores the white house approach here and that president biden himself is coming out and making sure that it's clear to russia that if in, fact, vladimir putin doesn't decide to invade ukraine, there will be dire consequences for his country. i think it's very important that the president made that warning to americans and said, look, i am the president's specially of ending wars, he campaigned on it, he withdrew