wants at the negotiation table. testing president biden nerve and strength. is he up for this? >> biden has tried to under mine the leverage. let the air out of the balloon. or maybe the better analogy is have the release valve for the pressure cooker. constantly revealing information about what russia is doing. it's really been extraordinary to watch. in realtime. the u.s. administration has released information saying they are setting up this provocation. and given the order to invade. he has given the sense that they have information from really right within the room. as putin is making decisions and in a way have kind of diffused what would be the normal putin play book. of creating manufacturing provocations he said he can respond to. biden preempted that. we don't know how this will end up and maybe nothing the west can do to prevent putin from