that was far from a foregone conclusion but putin not putting any date on that. those troops in belarus threatening ukraine from the north. john, as you mentioned, the nato allies trying to show a united front, that they are in lock step as president joe biden said. but it was clear in his press conference with german chancellor olaf scholz there is some daylight. the germans, for example, have not been aggressive in terms of sending lethal weaponry to ukraine. they refused to do so while the u.s. is sending weapons. they have, in fact, blocked estonia from sending lethal weaponry to ukraine. germany just sent helmets. on that serious, critical question about the nord stream 2 pipeline, president biden saying no uncertain terms that pipeline will not happen if russia invades ukraine. the german chancellor, meanwhile, not disagreeing but not saying it at all in so many