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The point of the sanctions are at this point. making the statement is important though. you are seeing on the ground as we were just discussing in the previous block, an enormous amount of resistance in ukraine. this has been tough for the russian military. then the global condemnation has been extraordinary. does that have an affect on the dynamics here? >> i dont believe at this point that putin is particularly attuned to any of those. one of the really interesting questions, which we have bee...

President calling for sanctions to be imposed on russia now to stop an invasion. not after a potential invasion but still debating, so do you think the west is doing enough right now to deter russia? >> well, the ukrainians certainly dont think so and look, from putins perspective, just by having some disputed territory in ukraine and also in georgia, he already knows hes keeping either of those countries from joining nato. so hes obviously looking ahead towards legacy, whether he want to go wit...

Former nato supreme allied command her a admiral stavridis. let me start with you. can you give your response to what we have seen? >> putin has gone big. we have been debating whether he would park and hold, try to take what he could off the table. he has really rolled the dice. what you are seeing unfold is kind of reminiscent of the united statess approach in iraq. this is shock and au. this is invasion 101, it is explosions all across the country. it is as big an event in international globa...

Are defending our country. the most powerful looked on from a distance. russia hit with sanctions yesterday but these are not enough to get these foreign troops off our soil. only through solidarity can this be achieved. >> he is right, theyre fighting this alone. support from the united states but not sufficient. should have also put sanctions on the russian central bank and taken russia out of the s.w.i.f.t. system. insisted our policy not be driven by our weakest willed european allies, so uk...

Support for membership has shot up. in helsinki, two computer geeks, in this flat, at this laptop, started a small revolution. they, plus three friends, launched a campaign tojoin nato. theyve now got over 70,000 signatures, more than enough to get it debated in parliament. a bit scary, yeah, and really remarkable. that just five guys on the internet could actually change the world. we really wanted that our politicians should have this discussion aboutjoining nato. the support forjoining nato w...

Politicians should have this discussion aboutjoining nato. the support forjoining nato would probably be even higher now. finlands government seems cautiously supportive. i would say no rapid changes, no changes this week or next week, but yes, people are debating, and for us it is very important that the nato door is open for us. if this does change from being a neutral border, and becomes yet another nato facing off point with russia, it will enrage the russian government. the calculation here...

What were they arguing about? >> well, my understanding is they were arguing or at least presenting two different viewpoints as to how the constitution should be interpreted. and i would say just as an aside before talking about their positions, that while i have been on the bench for nine plus years, the issue of constitutional interpretation in that sense doesnt come up very often. it comes up to the supreme court for sure. but it doesnt come up very often in the lower courts. what justice sca...

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Who actually changed the world. we really wanted that our politicians should have this discussion aboutjoining nato. the support forjoining nato would probably be even higher now. finlands government seems cautiously supportive. i would say no rapid changes, no changes this week or next week, but yes, people are debating, and for us it is very important that the nato door is open for us. if this does change from being a neutral border, and becomes yet another nato facing off point with russia, i...

Yachts, and this is a nearly 300-foot ship seized in the south of france, and its valued at $120 million. right now the administration is debating whether to block russian energy imports. joining me now is greg ipp, chief economics commentator for the "wall street journal." greg, a big question here not just about whether sanctions can work against putin, but really do they work at all? this is probably the most significant effort to curtail a major nation, a major economy. do you think this wil...