sanctions today. we will see what those are. in a sense the two are acting in a calibrated manner, carefully not wanting to force action. remember, this is a war that could kill 50,000 civilians and create 5 million refugees, is the estimate. so you need to be careful about taking the staff that actually torches off the war. i think we should listen for biden's comments today. is there still in his mind a diplomatic path? will secretary of state blinken meet with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov on thursday as has been discussed? what are u.s. expectations for that meeting? what can it accomplish given the situation? do they still see an exit ramp, as they like to put it, or are we headed for a full-scale, all-out war? is that where we are? we will have to listen for biden to give us his sense of where