ukrainian some ders right there. you have protests and various different kinds of skirmishes going on. there's a real race here between the possibility of de escalation on one hand and the possible of it gets out of control on the other. >> whether it's exaggerated, there is real tension within the country. they have real ethnic pressure they have to resolve. with time, it could go the wrong way. that's unpacking the situation in ukraine and crimea as it stands. you then have this parallel problem going on back here in the u.s. which is the optics of the politics of the situation. there is a fwroeing attack against president obama. and it is this, putin is doing what he's doing right now because of you, you are weak. you tell me, you're the expert in the area. i look at crimea and i see 2008