watkins. let's go first to ukraine. let's take a listen to secretary of state john kerry on "meet the press." >> president obama hopes thatble to him to work with all ofs that you creates stability in ukraine. this does not have to be and should not be an east west struggle. this is not about russia and the u.s. this is about the people of ukraine. >> your reaction to that? >> i think that's a message that john kerry has been trying to emphasize all week. he did it in his interview with ann mitchell. this isn't going to be a return to the cold war. it's certainly looking that way. there wasn't this push towards democracy and the west having some impact in ukraine, i don't think we would see this. but i think the way putin is behaving certainly makes us feels like it's the cold war all over again. >> you know, jason, this is another foreign policy challenge for president obama. understandably he's loathed to get military involved anywhere. how does this set him up for this challenge? >> it doesn't set him up at all. there's very little we can do. we're not going head to head with the russians. those days are long gone. we