jericka. >> duncan: mary ilyushina, thank you.trump is speaking out about russia's invasion of ukraine. he appeared at the conservative political action conference on saturday placing fault for vladimir putin's aggression on the policies of president biden. >> the problem... is not that putin is smart, which of course he's smart, but the real problem is that our leaders are dumb. dumb. putin is playing biden like a drum. >> cbs new chief election and campaign correspondent robert kosta joins us from orlando. robert, good evening and welcome to "the weekend news." the former president said that what happened in ukraine is an assault on humanity. but what did he say about vladimir putin? >> reporter: when the former president called the russian president smart. he was echoing comments he made earlier in the week. those remarks have disturbed many democrats and some republicans including utah senator mitt romney. but they have not displayed most republican voters, at least the attendees here, trump won the straw poll on sunday outpac