Good evening. The show begins in Ukraine asking the question sooner rather than later for negotiation.

Anatole even the Quincy Institute who spent time in Ukraine, spent time in a hospital in Ukraine because of an

accident on his way to do his reporting, believes that Ukraine has a clock and the clock is winding down.

And Moscow's position gets stronger as Ukraine runs out of manpower.

The average age, he tells me, the Ukrainian army is 43. of the country under its control, without Russia launching

an offensive that could break through the thin lines.

Ukraine Negotiation now. NATO continues to support Ukraine, so do strong voices

in the United States. Anatole is recommending that the deal that you get this year at Christmas is far better than the deal

you get next year at Christmas if it drags on that long and it's likely to.

Given the way the politicians turn into extreme patriots in an election year.

We also moved to Venezuela, a conversation with Mary Anastasia Grady about the promise that the new president,

Milay, made for dollarization.

What does that mean?

The peso is now officially 350 pesos per dollar.

Black market Mary tells me is a thousand.

Dollarizing means that you let the peso float.

People find its own level. They've got lots of pesos and is

it 350? No, is it a thousand? Maybe not. Somewhere in between, perhaps. And in exchange you get a dollar. There's more however. Mary

tells me there's two hundred and thirty billion dollars in coffee cans and

under mattresses and hidden in Venezuela because the government

is many years of printing press pesos tends to confiscate dollars, not leave it and let it leave the country, come and pick it up, take

it out of your bank account. Nobody trusts the government. We've got a new president now, so

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