would be more constructive with dehe de-esc de-escalation. but they also think it s the most responsible way to address russia at this point, especially since russia is not letting up. to be clear, the biden administration has been sending lethal and military aid to russi ukraine, and ukraine has been eagerly waiting for that, but the biden administration is still hoping there is a window here where they can deter a potential plan by russian president putin to launch that missile to ukraine. natasha, thank you. i want to bring my panel in now, margaret talev, jeremy diamond and washington correspondent for the atlanta journal constitution, tia mitchell. jeremy, i want to start with you. this has been simmering. this is not going away even if