Because russia has germany s number when it comes to energy. the fact that it i think the germans sent used helmets to ukraine, would not send weapons, it s not allowing nations that have german weapons to transship them to ukraine, it s a real problem and showing it is not standing up for fellow european state that is facing an imminent invasion. we i ll give biden credit for sending weapons to ukraine but in terms of the rhetoric and pressure on putin, both the u.s. and germany are not succeeding. john: we ll see if macron can walk putin back from the brink. fred fleitz as always, we ll change the title, by the way. sandra: officials warn kyiv would fall in days if russia invades and analysts say it would look different than any other armed conflict the world has ever seen. jennifer griffin has more from the pentagon. alarming reports today that a