we start with you david kramer. let's talk first about the sanctions imposed today on top of what we heard on monday. will these punish russia as much as the administration says? >> i think the step taken today by the administration was a very positive one. it is going to have an impact, dealing with bankruptcy at the first bank being affected by today's announcement is a positive step. i think we'll see another round if mr. putin doesn't show willingness to back down. it also we want after more people in the higher levels of the russian government as well as businessmen and i think that is particularly important because putin has the circle around him of people who have benefited personal enrichment since he's been in power and going after them and the money i think is what is going to get their attention. >> woodruff: what do you see as the effect of the sanctions when you add together monday with what they did today, richard betts. >> the sanctions can make the russians pay a price for what they did, which is ine

david kramer, thank you so much for joining me. today hundreds of people gathered in poland to commemorate the man who died taking part in what came to be known as the great escape. it was 70 years ago during the second world war that scores of service men held in a german prisoner of war camp made a bid for freedom through a tunnel code named harry. from the polish town of zagen, our correspondant has this report. >> one by one, they carried the rain street photos along the forest track. 50 serving era personnel, representing 50 men from another generation who used their captivity to fight back. under the surrounding pines, moss-covered brick and concrete provided the only remaining links to war-time story which spawned a hollywood blockbuster. the story of an ambitious plan to tunnel out of what was build an an escape-proof camp and allow a record number of allied airmen to head for home. >> it was audacious. it was quite remarkable. when you think that, that tunnel was dug by people without tools, secrecy,ep security or we knew

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. >> david kramer served as assistant that beauty secretary of state and his areas of expertise include russia and ukraine. he says u.s. follow-up -- u.s. foreign policy comes home to roost. the u.s.a few things can do. any contingency, it's necessary and says we need to have an emergency session of nato and imposing sanctions against russian state owed banks and institutions. how effective would any of these be? -- >> i think on the sanctions, we can problem leak have a little pain. it's not a case like iran where we could choke the russian economy. tohink we could do things make things inconvenient and we might be able to target some russian oligarchs. i haven't seen any evidence we could have an influence economically that will dramatically change the situation. like moving warships and mobilizing nato, i think that is saber rattling. i don't think russia will take it seriously and if russia did take any kind of military maneuvers seriously, we will have escalated the problem to a level we do not want will stop europe and the united states does not want the potential for an actual mi

david kramer with freedom house. dealing with russian occupation of their territory is an urgent crisis, trying to fix the economy is an urgent crisis, but in a little more than two months presidential elections is scheduled. there are reports, rumors of postponing the elections. how confident are you that ukraine will be ready to hold elections on the 25th? and how ready will it be to have credible elections that everyone can recognize? thank you. >> thank you, david. starting with the first question. it's not just about ukraine, what i already mentioned. it's about the global security. because let me remind you that in 1994, a budapest memorandum emerged where signatories, guarantees, and independence and territorial integrity for the ukrainian state. and look at what has happened. we abandoned our nuclear weapon, right? we did. we executed this memorandum, and today, we ask for the protection. if we don't get this protection, tell me the way how the world is to reinforce, or ask, in other countries to stop their n

david kramer is a veteran of the george w. bush administration. he wrote this piece in the opinion section of the washington post called u.s. foreign policy comes home to roost. he says the president faces the greatest challenge in figuring out how to respond to russia's invasion of the ukraine. hishe response will define two terms in office as well as determine the future of ukraine, russia, and u.s. standing in the world. he says that among the things they can do is impose sanctions against russian state owned banks and financial institutions. also, terminate negotiations with russia on trade agreements or promoting businesses, and calling an emergency nato meeting. that is from david kramer and the washington post. next is herb from kansas. caller: good morning. host: how are you? caller: good. it has been about 10 years. host: why so long? caller: have not been able to get through. this is world war two all over again. hitler said the same thing when he went into yugoslavia or czechoslovakia. that is what putin says he is doing, protecting the