germany's olaf scholz, president biden said the two countries were unified and that they were working in lockstep. the german leader at one point actually switched from speaking german to speaking english to em a fa size, quote, we will be united, we will act together. but the effort at chumminess could need hide the fact they do not appear to be totally in lockstep. and what happens to a multibillion dollar pipeline that travels between germany and russia, known as nord stream 2, if russia invades. the president was unequivocal. quoting him now, quote, we will bring an end to it. the german chancellor -- well, he won't even mention the pipeline by name. and he avoided a direct response both during the news couldn't conference and later in an interview with my colleague jake tapper. at the news conference, instead, quote, we are acting together, we are absolutely unified. and while there is a lot of hope for a diplomatic resolution, russia's vladimir putin, after meeting with the french president today, again blamed