putin s support. and hays now using more and more putin-esque methods. he s really defying the european union and international law and the united states by saying, you can just pluck somebody from the air. they sent out a mink to accompany this ryanair flight down. and had some fake story about there being a bomb onboard. if you can get away with this, you are basically not afraid of the consequences. though more sanctions, a demand for constant access to this 26-year-old journalist. i don t know what is really going to make much of a difference if they feel that emboldened to behave like pirate s internationally. well, we ll certainly be following this. ed luce, thank you very much. coming up on morning joe, from the american revolution to world war ii, huge fails from the far right, trying to make