the aisle are acknowledging it is now unlikely they will be able to strike a deal on russian sanctions before a possible invasion of ukraine. >> there are two major sticking points of the timing of when the sanctions should be imposed and how to address the nord stream 2 pipeline project which will send natural gas from russia to germany. both sides continue to talk but senators are working on a plan b. they have begun drafting a nonbinding resolution warning of severe consequences if putin launches an attack. joins you now, national security expert and contributing writer at the atlantic, tom nichols. let's start with the breaking news this morning. reports from the russian defense ministry that they have started to pull back some, some troops from the ukrainian border, saying that their military exercises are complete. we absolute of course take this with significant skepticism, the kremlin is not always to be trusted, on things like this, and certainly there are lots of other troops still there, with