because energy prices are already high in the united states and in europe and they know that this step of banning american imports is going to have an effect, it's already had an effect on prices. nevertheless, politically, they don't have any choice because so much pressure has built up over russia's behavior that the resistance has crumbled to taking this step. we expect to hear from boris johnson, the british prime minister in this hour. european countries announce more graduated steps but this is a reflection of what russia is doing and even if it hurts politically and it will hurt politically the american administration, president biden feels it doesn't have any choice. >> catherine, as john was alluding to, the eu cutting gas imports from russia by two-thirds this year. what's the collective impact of this? >> the eu much more dependent on russian nsenergy, both russian s and oil. that's really painful for