nature hates a vacuum. part of this opens the door for i think different destabilization, that just as an american leave me wondering what's going on? where does this go from here? >> we're not in charge is his argument. >> my guess is putin is profoundly uninterested in tweets. he strikes me as someone interested in tanks and green soldiers and all that stuff. the fact is, putin is dismembering a european nation geographically, the largest european nation, ukraine. this is a serious business. the late scoop jackson 30 years ago said of the soviet union, it's like a burglar walking down a hotel corridor trying doorknobs. when he finds one that is unlocked, he goes in. if he decides the baltic states are unlocked doors and he reads the polls that show diminishing support for article 5 of the nato agreement, that is the -- attack on one is an attack on all, that's when it will get seriously dangerous. >> elise, i had a producer