think about the large continent of south america, where brazil, of course, the predominant language antherefficial language is portuguese, but the remainder of the continent is spanish speaking. they have shared cultures and traditions, yet, you know, 10, 15, 20s nations make up south america. think it is -- these are factorss that unite people. they don't necessarily -- they're not determining in terms of political lines and divisions, so certainly any argument that vladimir putin is presenting that because they have shared cultures, shared language they should be part of russia, let the people of ukraine make that decision, and as of today, that's not the decision that they're making. and that decision to be part of russia. >> those last two callers from the old line state, as we said. why do you want to leave this job that you're in right now and run for the job of attorney general of maryland? >> sure, thanks for the question. it's really less of leaving the job but what i'm moving towards, andrn that is attorney general. 16 years ago, i was actually running foror attorney general. i ha