russia to germany. this is what the president said at the news conference. >> if russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of ukraine again, then there will be -- there will be no longer a nord stream 2. we will bring an end to it. how will you -- how will you do that exactly? since the project and control of the project is within germany's control. >> we will -- i promise you we'll be able to do it. >> now the german chancellor was much less clear on his intentions, refusing to explicitly mention the pipeline by name. and later, in an interview with our colleague jake tapper, instead he reit tated that the u.s. and germany are on the same page and despite the gas pipeline insisting that nato's