president biden level wlag he calls a first traunch of u.s. sanctions against russia and declaring putin's newest actions against ukraine are the beginning of a russian invasion. biden saying he believes putt yun is ready to go much further in launching a massive military attack against ukraine. with me now, lieutenant colonel alexander venman, a former director for european affairs at the national security council. thank you, colonel. appreciate you joining us. >> the u.s. is now calling this the beginning of russian invasion. that's after hedging on what is called last night. so first round of sanctions now coming. what do you think of president biden's response? and i will it be enough to stop putin? >> sure, within the bounds of what the administration set out as a policy, reactive policy based on russian actions and pro