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Considered, say, a month ago. it's because of the action that's taking place on the ground. and we want to make sure -- and we're talking to our nato allies and that we're doing it collectively. that we're not divided. i think as things evolve, then you step up to the plate. >> role of the ukrainian people is far stronger than the russian military. we completely underoverestimated the military of russia and underestimated the resistance. >> without getting yourself in trouble, guys, the status of the russian military, is it a strategic failure? or is this a military -- there's an aid, sort of ...

Stopping bipartisan election security bills from coming to the floor of the senate and how he wants putin led back into the g8 with no price to be paid for invading countries. >> russia has done nothing to deserve this honor of being invited back in which is trump are going to try to let him get elected again. that's the quid pro quo. >> can we just go back, i worked for bill clinton when he advocated to by russia in. boris yetten was the president at the time. the idea was they were making some economic reforms, economically joining the union of nations so the idea was let's encourage that go...

Yetten. >> his understanding of how difficult it was for gorbachev was crucial. no triumphantism. that was very important. december 25th, 1991, gorbachev sits -- steps down from the presidency, the end of the soviet union. i was standing at the front lawn doing a live shot on that very day, and thinking why was george bush able to manage that? he had personally extraordinarily great experience. and he also created an amazing national security team. he knew the structure of government. and these people coming together were able to manage what was the biggest threat, the end of the soviet union,...

If that is indeed what putin is thinking? >> i'm sure that's what he's thinking. i think you're exactly right, here's the problem, and here's putin's problem, whether it's in georgia, ukraine, the west has actually not been particularly provocative with regard to putin. they have been trying to deal with him. he's looked into his eyes and saw a man he could trust. obama tried to reset the relationship with him, clinton used to go out on boozing sessions with his predecessor. clinton drank, we certainly know boris yetten did. the people of ukraine, a large majority of them have wanted to sort o...