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Believes that he is a man of destiny in a long line of russian heroes from ivan the terrible to peter the great and, yes, stalin, men who have protected and restored russias greatness. and putin sees his mission on this earth as restoring russias greatness and some of its territory at least. and we make light of that at our peril because it does not matter, jim, what we believe. what matters is what putin believes. and for him, ukraine, thats the die line. he has -- again, ill use a word we dont...

Putin wants ukraine. he doesnt know how to get it. he probably has not made up his mind about whether or not to invade. youll wait and see how the january 10th talks go. but my message to american decision makers, do not -- just because putin didnt go to the right schools, just because he doesnt have great table manners, dont take him lightly. heres a man whos punked three u.s. presidents in a row, working on a fourth. he was dealt a pair of eights. we have a royal flush, and we fold it again an...

It sounds like president biden put putin on notice here. >> it was a standoff. and the perceptions on both sides are a bit different. now, it does look like biden stood his ground. putin apparently really did hit hard and repeatedly about, you know, how hed huff and puff and blow the house down if we imposed more sanctions on him. of course the sanctions would be in response to russian attack. what was interesting to me was that the russian media is now reporting that the -- one of putins press ...

Reading the russian press and what theyre leaking out, he seemed very, very frustrated, and thats not necessarily good. >> right. and as we mentioned putin told biden today that any new sanctions against russia would be a, quote, colossal mistake. how much weight does a statement like that from putin carry. if he invades ukraine, of course were going to respond with sanctions. he must know that. >> well, yes, he does. and hes really at a loss for how he could respond effectively to really massiv...