joining us for security expert jason, i just wanted to first thank you for joining us and as we look at the first five days of this invasion, where do we stand at the moment? you have great reporting and highlighting a couple of things. russia stalled out and losing momentum. ukrainians are fighting. you see desperation playing in the field but the long-term prospect putin has already lost this game. one of the questions that we hear back home is why should this matter to americans? why should the u.s. be involved here? and what would you say to them? number one rest assure the fight for liberty happens all over the world watching ukrainian spirit defend homeland against larger force and always interesting to us but also good for nato allies appear they loved the buffer zone between russia and european union and