pipeline. that pipeline will remain controversial it was made to curate gas from russia to the baltic sea to germany. officials suggest it is not said . mark meredith live in washington for his great let s get right to colonel danny davi on all of this very great to se you and great to have you here. thank you for having me. is this opening of the pipeline is this an effective strategy for us? you know, if you are to dete putin, it s not going to have any point at all. he has calculated that in and can handle that. but we have got to stop and jus kind of look at this from a little larger just to what is happening on the ground and we have got to say why is it in america s interest to potentially risk war with ukraine first or secondly it could potentially out with