isolating them in the financial financial markets. they don t seem to be deterring their behavior though, is that fair to say? well, no, i m not sure that that s a fair thing to say. i think what we are seeing is i think we re seeing a lot of mixed signals from russia right now about what their intentions are. now, one other big development one day after president obama announced he s sending military advisors to iraq, russian president vladimir putin had his own phone call with nuri al maliki. the readout from the call said putin offered his support to the iraqi government. it s not lost on administration officials that putin may once again be trying to assert his influence in a global hot spot where the u.s. is involved. we should mention that today was jay carney s last day at the white house. josh earnest will be the official white house press secretary start ong monday, wolf. i want to bring jim sciutto