escalating crisis in syria. david petraeus called that country a chernobyl, a nuclear disaster we'll be dealing with for decades. his warning about russia back then was that vladimir putin doesn't really care about isis as he claims about that russia is up to something else entirely, which clearly it is. obviously, based on what happened today. trace gallagher is live with this. petraeus has been sounding an alarm for quite a while, trace. >> reporter: he's been saying because of sanctions against russia and a downturn in the russian economy, that vladimir putin will run low on money to fund the government and therefore has a limited window for aggressive action. but that window could prove to be very dangerous. just remember the timeline, just one week after the closing ceremonies of the 2014 winter olympics, the russian parliament