being illegitimate is in direct proportion to us not being able to get these, these reforms passed. all right. we have team coverage from every angle this morning starting with nic robertson in moscow. nic, clearly the president s remarks in ukraine did not go over well in kiev or moscow. reporter: yeah, one ukrainian official described it as an effective green light for president putin to invade ukraine. this was not the language that they were expecting, not what they were prepared for. the white house clearing it up and saying, look, president biden is very clear of what is seen in the past of russia s actions, be it invasions, be it cyberattacks, be it paramilitary attacks. there is and will be a joined up response from the united states and its allies, so trying to clear that up. meanwhile, here in moscow, the kremlin is really trying to interpret what they heard. president putin s spokesman dmitry peskov was asked in a