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Certainly gazprom is one of their 50 60% of the russian economy right now. but you can't you can't go and tell the germans, look, we're just going to cut you off on day one that really would have hurt a lot of european countries. and frankly, those are a lot of countries that are trying to take in ukrainian refugees right now and are bearing economic costs at that moment. so you can only do what you can do. i don't think we should really lay too much blame at the bush administration's feet, but i think it is fair to say that the previous administration would have said to with it, let germany f...

David, great to have you on . explain to me the goal of these new sanctions because we know the president has already said they're not meant to deter or prevent. i know david. he's playing the long game. the question is, does ukraine have time for the long game? well, no, ukraine doesn't have any more time than tomorrow, frankly, but that doesn't stop the treasury department here and their analog agencies in europe from trying to do what they can to squeeze putin. every inch is going to help. his two adult daughters are not just fabulously wealthy and of course they are, but they're also conne...

A few years ago married to the son of the banker to the stars in the kremlin. so there's all kinds of crossing streams here. and i think the goal here is basically to force putin to find other avenues to move his money around and then follow that money and see where else they can clamp down. go ahead. i was just going to say david is in your thoughts that money has already been moved around. i mean, you look back in this reuters investigation several years go and they said, look, they're worth billions. these women these daughters are worth billions. that money has been moved around. is it eno...

Be in amsterdam with the elder daughter and her husband. we can't know everything. but look, if they can stop putin's money, i think dollar it from going offshore. wonderful. do it. yeah, i think it's a fair point. but you know, tom cotton also made a good point today on america reports. i want to play that and i'll get your thoughts on the other side. david, watch. >> in fact, why are there any new sanctions to announce at all in russia? we should have thrown the kitchen sink at russia and impose every sanction we could weeks ago. likewise with the delivery of arms again, it's better late tha...

The ukrainians lose that ? well, i think it seems right now that it is largely lost already in many ways. but one of the only thing you can really, truly do is to push the russians out and retake that property for yourself and there's just i don't see another way to do that other than to remove them. >> lieutenant colonel darren gob, great inside, sir. thank you for taking time tonight . trace, back to you. yeah, great stuff, griff. thank you . president biden telling union members wednesday that one year of economic sanctions are likely to wipe out the last 15 years of russia's gains. it come...