he says our role is to use our diplomatic resources so we've got a strong international coalition that sends a clear message. the united states is not western union. the united states is the leader of the western alliance. he doesn't seem to understand that. while he's working on the brackets for the ncaa, things are not stable. the russians today, as you reported, took over essentially the headquarters of the ukrainian navy. the ukrainians have tossed in the towel. they're going to withdraw their forces. they have given up on crimea. the question is, will or will not putin advance into eastern ukraine? remember, crimea has no land access from russia. the only way to supply crimea, which depends on its water, its gas, and other resources on ukraine is for the russians to take eastern ukraine.