only 14 percent want to allow susession. 9 percent don't know. 70 percent say they want unity. 13 percent don't know. if only ukraine's russian speakers are polled, 58 percent want unity, 15 percent don't know. so all told, secession loses big. these results persuaded putin the referendum would back fire on russia. said they would go forward with the balloting on this sunday. >>> question: if putin's reversal on ukraine credible or a ploy? >> i think it's both, john. i think it's credible because i don't think putin wants to annex ukraine. it would be a political disaster because western ukraine would be lost forever. he's got to crimea. i think what putin wants to do is essentially down the root, he wanted to finlandize ukraine, make it neutral, not in n.a.t.o., decentralized government and make it politically and economically open both to the european union and to russia. and it seems to me that is the best solution for both sides. many in kiev won't like it. but i think it would be best for the united states and russia. >> i think that's the deal that the administration is pushing and