forward, too. as you had running, we re in a precarious situation. respond to go what they said about zelensky not wanting to project weakness. he could appeal to the rest of the international community. there s a whole series of independent with other countries. why not call in those as well? richard engel and fiona hill, thank you both. good leadup to my next guest press secretary at the pentagon, john kirby. i appreciate you taking a few minutes here. you bet. let s start with the announcement made from your purview a couple days ago what does it mean in layman s terms? we have troops ready to deploy but not yet deployed. what does that mean? this is not uncommon. chuck, you think there s a possibility you might have to send troops for some mission overseas, you want to give them time to get ready, put them on a