that was being -- that was somehow knew and the last few weeks or months. this is a completely manufactured crisis in order to justify an attack by vladimir putin on a neighboring country. >> peter baker, thank you very much for joining us on this tragically historic night, we really appreciate it. and joining us now is kier simmons, nbc news senior international correspondent. he is in moscow, here simmons, what are you hearing in moscow? >> well lawrence, many russians will not have heard president putin's speech on television, it happened overnight. it's now just coming up to 7 am here in moscow. the streets are relatively quiet. no sign of any kind of reaction, if you like, from the russian people. i guess that is to be expected. on the contrast with those scenes we have been hearing about in kyiv, and other ukrainian cities. people will be waking up to read about the comments of