let's go to moscow where nic robertson is there. 20 russian navy vessels have set out into the baltic sea for drills, this as the kremlin is expecting to get wrat ten response to its demands not only from the u.s. this week, but also from nato. >> yeah. the kremlin spokesman said that the secretary-general at nato had given russia his word that there had been a written response. russia sent these, what they call security proposals, but are in fact demands, sent in a separate letter to the united states and a separate letter to nato. they'll be getting a response in pretty short order. they know what that response is likely to be. these warships, these russian warships are heading out into the baltic, not the first to be traveling through there recently. russia announced just a few days ago that it was having navy drills globally in all the seas