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Know putin never limited ambitions in this part of the world. instrumental in out al assad in syria and never -- >> gary, do you think that is why the u.s. is taking vladimir putin so seriously to some extent? because if they were just to come out and do what you're doing right now and call putin's bluff, wouldn't putin were tempted to puff out his chest and say, no, i am serious and then do something? can you talk about how very delicate that proposition is for the u.s. administration? >> yeah. it is delicate. let's not forget, delve into putin's problem and om now showing seriousness, becaus...

Military action, but russia would suffer both in the near and the far term. in the near term it's very clear that sanctions, that bite a lot more than those in 2014 with the crimea incursion would come into play, but also putin would earn -- he would be essentially a geostrategic pariah in the west with very, very long-term consequences. >> but doesn't he know that? doesn't he know that and he seems to be willing to take a risk, if you want to call it that? >> well, we don't know yet. we will see, although it's clearly very menacing, the assembly of that impressive military force. i think the ...

Also worried about what chaos could do to the economy of ukraine. fredricka? >> alex marquardt, thank you in ukraine, arlette saenz at the white house. thanks to both of you. let's talk further now, let's bring in former energy secretary ernest monise the co-chair and ceo of the nuclear threat initiative and the ceo and founder of the energy futures initiative. mr. secretary, so good to see you. >> good to see. >> you thank you. so you co-authored an op-ed that says leaders must untie the knot of war in europe and in it you argue that if russia invades ukraine, it will also be a loser in any...

In his interview with christiane amanpour on cnn, said, "we don't need your sanctions after the bombardment will happen and after our country will be fired at or after we have no borders or after we have no economy. why would we need those sanctions then?" and as his foreign minister said only on sunday, "we can see what's happening. we can see what's happening, we can see how these things are unfolding. russia needs to be stopped now." yes. and, again, the way to stop them is to say, "if you invade, here is the cost." 0k? the argument is, and i disagree with president zelensky�*s interpreta...

To stop them is to say, "if you invade, here is the cost." 0k? the argument is, and i disagree with president zelensky�*s interpretation, i think that if we were to impose the sanctions now, you can ask the same question, well, then why wouldn't putin invade at that point? i agree with president zelensky. we should be doing what we can to stop the invasion. i just think that the best way to stop the invasion is to say the costs will come if you invade. if the costs are going to come anyway, then why wouldn't putin just invade and take the costs and what he perceives as the benefit? the other...