CNN CNN Newsroom With Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell February 7, 2022 19:15:00
Economics side and, yes, we also understood, he also understood that the russians were also using energy as a lever. however, since then, and that was after the first big russian demonstration on the ukraine borders in april. things had calmed down a bit. now they're really amped up. russia has given it sort of puffed itself out as a potential aggressor, and at this point it makes no sense. and i think that is what i think that the -- the perspective is. and that is i think why our position has publicly shifted. and, positions and diplomatic positions do change based on the situation. we're in...