biden making it clear that that project won't go ahead in the event of a russian invasion. >> and mike, there is new reporting on president biden's assessment of the situation specifically his view of key u.s. allies. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, you remember the 2020 campaign president biden running in so many ways on his foreign policy experience, his ability to restore america's alliance. and he would often talk about the relationship that he is built with other world leaders over his decades as vice president and the like. but one of the interesting dynamics as we've watched this ukraine situation unfold is the fact that the other key players here on the side of our allies, boris johnson for instance, the uk, macron from france, and the new chancellor of germany, are relatively new to biden. he didn't have these relationships with them until he took officehimself. and he has been frustrated trying to get them behind a