people. bret: a lot of doubts from democrats and republicans about how sanctions can effect vladimir putin with what they see is program happening on the ground. just moments ago, with the russian threat growing the ukrainian president zelenskyy gave a speech in which he spoke in part in russian he was calling for peace. he said he called the kremlin to talk to vladimir putin but putin would not accept the call. and he said if the russian leadership won t accept the call i want to talk to the russian people. calling for peace. whether that works or not, we shall see in coming hours and days. let s bring in our panel. ben domenech publisher of the federalist. mara liasson national public radio and matthew continetti fellow at the american enterprise institute. we have already seen matthew some tanks and transport military vehicles going into the donbas the eastern part of ukraine where there had been russian separatists for 8, 9