around the world including xi jinping in china who are watching what we do here and they will be calculating their future actions, based on our sponsor lack of response in this case. >> a few weeks ago you vote for legislation that would sanction the controversial pipeline nord stream two which would ferry natural gas to germany. today it was called a loaded gun that putin is using to blackmail europe. it certainly got germany to push back on the u.s., imposing those sanctions against the pipeline. what is your message to germany and any other european ally who wants that pipeline to move forward? >> at some point, germany will have to choose. they'll have to choose the extent to which they're dependent on russia.