rick grenell is here. former advisor to four u.s. ambassadors, joining us now. so, hi, rick, first of all. >> thanks for having me. >> i love this, called memo to the white house, stop talking and act. there are three points i want to get to but first i wanted to address the idea you say the president should definitely leave the military option on the table? >> you have got to have military option as an option. you can't take it off the table. and once you do, then you really, i think, cripple your ability to have diplomacy with muscle. diplomacy is the first step. i'm a diplomat. that's what i want to see done. to do that you have to take action and utilize everything that we have at our disposal, with on the u.s. government. trade, economic, human rights bullying from the pulpit, everything that we have, we need to do pressure the russians, if it doesn't work, then transfer the file to the department of defense. arthel: okay. in your piece, you offered 10 steps that president obama can take immediately and there are three that stood out to me. work with congres