in san diego, the restaurant receiving threats threatening to blow up the restaurant. the restaurant in west hollywood who serves russian/ukrainian cuisine is looking to cover the sign saying russian cuisine with a ukrainian flag. joining me is william watson he s a retired professor of economics at mcgill university and columnist for the national post of canada for which he wrote this piece called cancel putin not russia. professor, tonight by pure coincidence, i m going to see the washington capitals play ice hockey when alex ovechkin comes out on the ice, what am i supposed to do? well, i don t like the capitals so i hope you boo. so, you know, it s a difficult republicans buy sneakers, too. you know, i think there are calculated reasons why sports figures don t want to become political. and there s personal reason.