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Sanctions. plus, the biden administration worried it could impede western europe from receiving natural gas from the controversial nord stream 2 pipeline. a european energy crisis could wreck the world economy. that's why some lawmakers are okay letting the biden administration do the dirty work. work. >> i'm not concerned because the white house has all the sanctions tools that it needs. >> reporter: that means congress is reduced to what are so far empty threats. as the ukrainian crisis deepens, republicans are quick to cite president biden's foreign policy debacle last summer. >> not a doub...

Evidence yet that vladimir putin was trying to influence the outcome of the u.s. elections. putin doesn't want that to goep to fruition so he needs to try to create some type of counter point. the best counter point is to take a former marine who is visiting russia for a wedding, grab him, accuse him of espionage and create a negotiating position out of that. >> i know you believe the u.s. needs to react decisively and quickly. what should the response be? >> the response should be that there will be hell to pay for the russian government if they don't release this man. and there are lots of d...