nuclear weapons between libel i can t and ukraine. having said that, when they had a russian stooge as a leader, they was overthrown by the people of ukraine. when he decided he wanted to bring that country closer to russia. the problem is, the ukrainians want no part of it. so they reached out to the west and they wanted to be an associate eventual member of nato. vladimir putin upset by that takes crimea infiltrates and holds a portion of that country. now he wants to, perhaps, take the rest of it, which led up to that summit yesterday. steve: right. let s update you what happened yesterday. joe biden we have heard said to putin don t invade or we will tank your economy. jake sullivan was reluctant to tell reporters what exactly that means how we would bankrupt them. however, up on capitol hill, behind closed doors, lawmakers were told that apparently the german government has told russia if you do any invading,