>> yes, absolutely. so russia is very dependent on oil, and as oil prices have been plunging over the past few months this is basically what their revenue is. oil goes down the rev few goes down. everyone wants out of the currency. the russian ruble is under attack. despite the efforts of a central bank over there, it's really not working. this is something we need to watch here in the u.s. as well. >> mandy, joy joined us to talk about the hostage standoff in sidney, which ended with the death of two australian hostages. quite a shock if that are country, isn't it? >> it's a huge shock. the flags are flying half mass in australia. what we're asking now in the aftermath are questions like how is it that the gunman an iranian refugee was not on the terrorist watch list. he had an inflammatory jihadist website. there has been an investigation launched into the motives of the gunman and also how he got a