as vladimir putin decides what to do. _ unfortunate. as vladimir putin decides what to do. president | decides what to do. president biden has talked about economic sanctions, joint action from the us and its european allies and russia. are they much of a threat to russia, what form could those sanctions take? we don't know _ could those sanctions take? - don't know for sure but the don�*t know for sure but the types of measures discussed are sanctions against major russian banks which would be a painful thing for the kremlin. sanctions against new sectors of the russian economy for example minerals. even more important and more effective, sanctions against the russian secondary debt market, finance, that would be a major hit to the russian economy and finally, this connecting russia from the swiss financial system which would be a major blow. joe biden will deliver a clear body blow to russia. we joe biden will deliver a clear body blow to russia. we will leave it there, _ body blow to russia. we will leave it there, thank - body blow to russia. we will leave it there, t

is there any doubt vladimir putin is laughing behind-the-scenes at president biden? >> jenkins joins us live from washington with more. good morning. >> we start tuesday with tensions running high ahead of today's call as the white house makes clear to president putin that severe economic sanctions will be imposed if he invades. >> this is the moment for russia to pull back there military buildup at the border. we are going to continue to coordinate closely with our partners on a range of economic sanctions and steps that could be taken should president putin decide to move forward. >> the common sense wants a legally binding guarantee that ukraine will not be allowed to join nato, this as the satellite images show a massive buildup of tens of thousands of russian troops along the ukraine border raising concerns at the cia. >> we don't believe vladimir putin has made up his mind to use force bus was we do know is he put the russian military, security services and the place where they could act in a sweeping way. >> of the white house and pentagon, dodging questions o

evelyn, you know ahead _ vladimir putin. evelyn, you know ahead of _ vladimir putin. evelyn, you know ahead of the - vladimir putin. evelyn, you know ahead of the video i vladimir putin. evelyn, you | know ahead of the video call vladimir putin. evelyn, you i know ahead of the video call we are hearing from the white house that president biden will warn vladimir putin of severe economic consequences if he does indeed decide to invade ukraine. will this be enough of a deterrent, given what you know of his personality in the way he manages things? i don't think that in — way he manages things? i don't think that in and _ way he manages things? i don't think that in and of _ way he manages things? i don't think that in and of itself, i think that in and of itself, severe economic consequences. he would have to detail exactly what kind of economic consequences. doesn't mean taking a rush of the swift international banking system? does it mean banning us and european banks from servicing sovereign russian debt, even past debt, because future debt is off the table already

sounded like adam schiff when she talks about vladimir putin. >> he needs to say to vladimir putin that we are no longer going to allow you to continue with the nord stream 2 pipeline. we need you to know and understand that we will defend ukraine, we will provide them assistance. he needs to make that very clear. >> tucker: putin is so bad we're going to cut off natural gas to western europe in retaliation against him in december. we're going to freeze germany and luxembourg and that will teach vladimir putin. again, what you just saw there is a child who has no idea what she's talking about but keeps talking anyway. we will defend ukraine, says joni ernst. this is a senator from iowa? what happens if we don't defend ukraine? will kids in iowa speak russian? nobody asked her about that. they're all reading from the same talking points from adam schiff to roger wicker to joni ernst. turns out that foreign lobbying campaigns work well. that's why the ukrainians paid for one in washington. where is this going? colonel douglas mcgregor has assessed this. where is this going, do you think?

so much of this is vladimir putin posturing. you heard jeff saying, well, that putin is at his vacation home. not sure if there's anything to read into that. nothing that he does is by accident. there's no question that he does that by design, to show, well, i'm relaxed, i'm okay, nothing to see here. i know that from covering these issues far long time and specifically covering the bush white house, listening to president bush tell myself and other reporters so many stories about what putin was like behind closed doors. he is all about trying to be a player and to play those he is with. that is going to be the underpinning of this conversation that's going on. >> biden did -- i mean, biden has -- he ran on his foreign policy chops. so many speeches on repairing alliances but also being able to deal effectively with adversaries, russia chief among them, of course. i think the big question seems to be how do you thread the needle here diplomatically? how do you push back firmly but not make things worse since there is clearly ver

"vladimir putin is a killer." presumably unlike every other head of state on earth on through all human history. but honestly, that is not the relevant question. vladimir putin's soul? who cares. we can leave that to his priest assuming he has one.s the only question that matters, the only quesetion, is how does intervening in ukraine help the core interests of the united states? that is the one question no one in washington is asking. tst watch the pentagon's obediant little flak, with so little dignity he will say whatever he's told to say. brag about the equipment we're sending to ukraine. watch this tape that he never thinks about explaining why we would be sending that military equipment. t t >> we have provided millions of dollars worth of lethal and nonlethal assistance to ukraine in just the last ten months, 11 months. nothing has changed about our commitment to making sure that ukraine has what it needs to defend itself.ed >> tucker: so say what you will about donald trump and his twitter account, maybe y

she is author of vladimir putin's world. it feels like the nord stream 2 was an obvious thing to go too quickly, to put some leverage. how does vladimir putin take that? angela: he believes the west is out to get him. he does want nord stream 2 to go ahead. it will depend on what the german government itself does. the new german government that is just come into office. if they do somehow shut down or don't let nord stream 2 open, i think he will see that as another hostile act by the united states against him. he will use that to wrap up. i think he realizes there is a military move in ukraine, that's a consequence he has to pay. guy: let's set the stage a little bit. the concern is russia has huge numbers of troops on the border. the u.s. has been suggesting to its allies if there is an invasion, that could come next year. is this the last opportunity to de-escalate? angela: i think it's one of the last. what they have to do is find some way to agree the u.s. will get more actively involved in the process. they are trying

senator, what do you think vladimir putin is up to here. do you think he intends to invade ukraine and what should president biden tell him on tuesday. were not going to go to war with russia over ukraine. >> it's hard to know what vladimir putin is thinking and what his true intentions are. we do see a very aggressive action on his part unmasking his troops on the ukrainian border. we must prepare for the worst, not knowing what the intentions are. i do think president biden needs to be very clear and very strong in his message to vladimir putin. he needs to say to vladimir putin, that we are no longer going to allow you to continue with the nord stream 2 pipeline, we need you to know and understand we will defend ukraine. we will provide them assistance. he needs to make that very clear. chris: here is secretary state lincoln talking about the threat of russia and ukraine. take a look. >> we made it clear to the kremlin we will respond resolutely including with a range of high-impact economic measures that we refrained from using in the p

president biden met virtually with russian president vladimir putin. pres. martin: good to see you again. kimberly: they spoke for two hours. putin denies russia intends to invade ukraine, calling it fear mongering, but the u.s. president made clear today that if russia did, top economic sanctions would follow. >> i will look you and i and tell you as president biden told president putin today that things we did not do in 2014 we are prepared to do now. kimberly: that reference is to the russian annexation of crimea from ukraine that prompted u.s. sanctions. president biden also told president putin the u.s. was prepared to assist militarily. >> we would provide defensive materiel to the ukrainians beyond what we are providing and fortify our nato allies on the eastern flank. kimberly: russia is seeking assurances from the west that ukraine will not become a member of the nato, something the ukrainians have pursued for years. the u.s. national security advisor reiterated ukraine can associate with whoever it wants. an analyst believes joining nato is unreali

and no one knows what vladimir putin is planning. but this is one of the places he would come through if russia attacked. walking through bombed-out defenses, ukrainian forces showed us their positions. less than 100 yards from russian-backed militias. a military source here telling us eukrainian sources have been getting more help from america and other nato nations recently. and that's a red line for vladimir putin who doesn't want ukraine moving any closer to the west. but as both the u.s and russia try to navigate these tensions, one thing is clear here at the front lines -- the ukrainians are standing firm. ready to fight? >> ready to fight, yeah. republican ready to die? >> yeah. >> what you witnessed really showing the tension. i gather the soldiers have plenty to deal with already. are they aware of this high stakes conversation between president biden and vladimir putin, are they hopeful that they're going to be able to ease tensions on the border or are they simply too busy with the issue at hand? >> reporter: yeah, i think

the urgent phone conference between joe biden and vladimir putin on the crisis in ukraine took place this tuesday, exchanging frank and professional words, according to the kremlin. putin telling biden that the ukraine's destructive attitude towards settlement. u.s. feels different and feels pressure is planning a military operation against ukraine. there are reports of 175,000 troops massed on ukraine's eastern border. tf fears another cash k-- kiev fears another landgrab. the u.s., backed by the u.k., e.u. including france, and nato, has threatened at least sanctions against russia if the ukraine border is crossed there has been a tense situation in ukraine's russian-speaking province since 2015. the buildup of trips raises concerns that russia is planning to annex the two regions, a repeat of the landgrab in crimea. let's bring in our original correspondent who has been observing this development for us. good evening to you. are there any conclusions to be drawn from the readouts of the biden-putin phone conference? reporter: no, there is not very much that we get from this. the r

i where beautiful possibilities are oh, i rushes vladimir putin and us president joe biden hold a virtual summit of tension filled over ukraine. ah, hello, hello. i'm watching, i was there like my headquarters here in also coming up an explosion in iraq, southern city of bands ra, kills at least 4 people. a governor call that a terrorist attack new rules to limit the spread of the alma calling burien come into effect in the u. k. will be live at london, gatwick, airport, and of an air after 16 years empower german chancellor anglo american makes way for the next generation of leaders. ah, welcome to the program. a high stakes meeting between the leaders of the us and russia has been taking place. presidents, joe biden, and vladimir putin has been holding virtual talks focused on russia's troop build up along its border with ukraine. now their affairs in washington, the moscow made planning to invade its neighbor. according to us intelligence, it's preparing an attack as early as next year, and has amassed at $70000.00 troops near the border of russia denies any plans for an invasion of uk

according to vladimir putin. this is the only way forward in resolving and resolving this crisis. so again, a very, i'd say very multi dimensional denial of vladimir putin by vladimir putin, of any malicious intent of any will, militaristic, will opportunities by russia in this, in this sense. now also vladimir putin faced a question about alex in a volley, who is serving a, a will a jail term who's been, he's who is in jail right now in a penal colony over and embezzlement case. it was a question opposed by the b, b. c. also asked about media outlets and world personalities here and.

but it also gave vladimir putin image a reboot. he presented himself as a patria offender of russia's interests on the world stage. his approval ratings went up to a whopping 80 percent. now, tensions between russia and ukraine are on the rise again. these satellite images allegedly show russian troops stationed near the border to ukraine. u. s. officials put their number at around 70000. but experts say this time around, an escalation won't help putin's popularity was more honest. no, it was, it's putin has exhausted the potential of using his image as a key geopolitical player in order to push up his popularity with in russia. a nice shirt bama booster, talking about how we have returned to russia. his previous greatness is fine. lloyd village, but people are more concerned about what's in their refrigerators. g was wrong with many local support. putin because they think it would be worse without him sport or it's not a question of hope for a better future. it's about preserving what they have made years them will shibel to share

they have don't that against iran, could they do it against vladimir putin? >> they could, and i understand the swift sanctions have been on the table this week. i understand that the state department and the treasury department officials have been in europe discussing exactly this. they're also talking about angsts on people right close to president putin. who have access to travel and investment over seas that would go. more angsts and they lead to russia, but you're right. swift has been the ultimate sanction and they, i know they have been talking about it and they could do it. >> we talked to secretary blinken. i was on that trip, and asked what about these sanctions, and he said we know what they are. and laf love was learning and laughing them off. and they really hit them right a a time when energy costs and inflation would stick with the u.s. and coming out of the nato meeting this person said yes. they said those americans were solid and bill tailor next to me is nodding. >> he is nodding fig resourcely. this is the week of the army navy game o so t

putin's strategy right now. >> carley: vladimir putin said would be a colossal mistake if the united states increases sanctions on russia and that could rupture our relationship with the country entirely. if our relationship with russia was ruptured, will that hurt more than the united states? >> that is the threat from vladimir putin, president biden said there are two ways this to go, one was for russia to de-escalate if we gave russia the guarantees they want and the united states would increase military assistance to ukraine, deliver massive sanctions and increase our military deployment in eastern europe. sanctions of never changed vladimir putin mass behavior, he invaded ukraine, interfere in our elections, amounted massive cyber attacks. foreign-policy measures we haven't seen yet from this administration. we don't have a plan for how this administration plans on shoring up you territorial integrity and sanctions so it is an idle threat from putin. i don't think the sanctions would cause much harm. as for whether the relationship ruptures i'd think putin believes we want a rel

you konw vladimir -- know vladimir putin as well as any former ambassador. you have been tongue-lashed by him. is he bluffing? is he going to go over that line? is there a way -- to -- his demand for guarantees of russia's security without doing something they will regret for decades? michael: i do not know, david. and nobody else knows. that's the first thing i want to say. i met putin in 1991, so we go way back. i have written about him. the other thing i know is vladimir putin likes ambiguity and uncertainty. he's very comfortable in this moment right now. whereas americans, we are not comfortable with and certainty -- uncertainty and ambiguity. that was a lesson i learned in working in the government. i was in president obama's administration. and we are engineers. if there is a problem, we want to fix it, get in there with the gusto and find a solution. vladimir putin is comfortable with ambiguity, about sovereignty, about wins, and very vividly, right before i left from moscow in 2014, actually the day putin invaded ukraine was the day i ended my tenur

it, to our virtual call between joe biden and vladimir putin has ended with no breakthrough. it talks follow a massive ration troop build up at the border. that has western nations worried and moscow will invade its neighbor, our white house correspondent, kimberly hulk. it begins our coverage with a massive build up of russian troops, new ukraine, shared border, and u. s. intelligence indicating an invasion of ukraine could happen early next year. u. s. president biden met virtually with russian president vladimir poo. good to see you again. the pair spoke for 2 hours. potent denies russia intends to invade ukraine, calling it fear monitoring. but the u. s. president made clear today that if russia did tough economic sanctions would follow. i will look in the eye and tell you as president biden looked, president putin in the eye and told him today that things we did not do in 2014. we are prepared to do now. that reference is to the russian annexation of crimea from ukraine. that prompted us sanctions biden also told putin the u. s. was prepared to assessors militarily. we w

and vladimir putin was us. what is being done about this? he said that the russian government is taking action. there are a number of criminal proceedings against her former prison, institutional staff members, as well as the fact that peter, this is a problem only in russia. this is a problem in even in developed countries that it is very difficult to put an end to it of them, which in this case is necessary festival to rely on the dates of the investigation . 17 criminal cases have been initiated and are being on the investigation earth. you have named only one or 2 people, but there are a 1000 or more than a 1000 dismissed in their criminal cases, opened against them. yes, there is a problem. we need to work with it's a milan or conscientious or fully fledged investigation of those crimes. these are clearly crimes that have been committed them to bring it to an end so that everyone understands the punishment for these offences is inevitable to play. i was lucky enough also to be able to ask latimer bruton question. my question was about c

they are relying on president biden to talk to vladimir putin. who is a very shrewd, strategic negotiator and his already got a plan in his edge strategically where he wants to go. what i'm watching with john kirby is we don't have a plan yet. the guy who should have been talking right now is mark milley. the chief of operations and joint chief of staff talking. he should be sending a very strong message to putin, you do this and we will do this. the president followed that up tomorrow. if you do this, we will do this. i don't think we are there yet. it will be one of these welcome vladimir we we will take diplomatic initiatives. he doesn't care. he's over to god's plan in place. tomorrow, biden will send a message and will take a measure of that message and from that message, he will go forward purity and i would bet this long-term game he's playing is what is the status of nato going into the future? >> sandra: general, that is a big statement taking notes here. this is less than 24 hours away, this phone call. you say we are losing the optics

that is not the way vladimir putin sees it. have a listen. >> translator: how would the americans react if we placed our missiles on the border between canada and the united states? or on the mexican border in not a single into the east they told us in the '90s. what do you know? they cheated. they deceived us blatantly. five waves of nato expansion. there you go. now in romania and poland, weapons systems appear. >> reporter: that gives you an idea of the level of distrust vladimir putin has toward nato. the only thing the two sides seem to agree on at this stage is that talks should happen in january. the basis of them, what might come of them, more unclear perhaps even than it was after the nearly four hours of press conference from vladimir putin. >> of course one thing that putin ag in order in his comments there is it is russia taking territory over in europe in recent years, in georgia, and in ukraine. look at crimea. i wonder, do we know what would be on the agenda of any such talks? because russia is making demands tha

which is what is worrying vladimir putin. even though nato does not have on its docket a decision to bring ukraine into the organization. it's clear zelenski and his advisers want to make this move towards the west so it can have the embrace of the other nato countries and specifically the united states. so i do think it was a very important discussion. i this i we have yet to determine whether or not we're going to see a deescalation of the military tensions or if putin is going to go forward and try to press the issue. >> so let's look ahead a little bit. the white house is previewing this call. what does president biden need to do in that conversation, director? >> well, i think as we know, there are multiple audiences here. that president biden is trying to ensure they receive the right page. there is congress, the american people, nato allies, the ukrainians and russia. what i think president biden is going to say to president zelenski, it was a very good conversation we had with vladimir putin. that putin now understand

all eyes on what vladimir putin plans to do next. also at the pentagon briefing, there were questions about future twaining with the u.s. military and israel when it comes to military options should i ran -- the talk with iran fail in terms of the nuclear program there. kirby said that in fact those are routine exercises even though records from israel suggest there may be more than that. back to you. >> martha: thanks, jennifer griffin. let's bring in former secretary of state mike pompeo, a fox news contributor and former national security adviser, robert o'brien. great to have you with us, gentlemen. really big topics. secretary pompeo, start with you. you believe that vladimir putin will cross the border with more of his troops that are massed on the border right now in to ukraine? >> martha, i think that's still up in the air and depends on the behavior of the united states and the european countries that have more interest in it. there's a lot of history here. vladimir putin thinks the breakup of the soviet union was a catastro

you konw vladimir -- know vladimir putin as well as any former ambassador. you have been i need to ask you for what judgment about what he would do? is he going to go over that line? is there a way to finance his demand for some guarantees of russia's security without doing something they will regret for decades? michael: i do not know, david. and nobody else knows. that's the first thing i want to say. i do know putin well. i met putin in 1991, so we go way back. i dealt with him in the government. i have written about him. the other thing i know is vladimir putin likes ambiguity , likes uncertainty. he's very comfortable in this moment right now. whereas americans, we are not comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity. that was a stark lesson i learned in working in the government. i was with the government for five years in president obama's administration. we are engineers. if there is a problem, we want to fix it, get in there with the gusto and find a solution. vladimir putin is comfortable with ambiguity, about sovereignty, about wins, and very vividl

putin. >> i make three points, the first is that vladimir putin standing behind then president m medevev, invade -- the connection between our deployments in foreign wars and the calculus of russian leaders when it comes to the post soviet space there's not good evidence to support that. when it comes to nordstream 2, the gas is not flowing through the pipeline which means it's not operating. it's not leveraged for putin. indeed, it is leveraged for the west because if vladimir putin wants to see gas flow through that pipeline, he may not want to take the risk of invading ukraine, and then number three, the president has shown over the course of the past eight months that he will do what he says he's going to do in response to russian actions. so president putin can count on that. he said he would impose costs for navalny, he said he would impose costs for solar winds. he did those things. in ukraine, he will do the same. he's not doing this to saber rattle, he's not doing it to make idle threats, he's doing it to be clear and direct with both the russians and our european allies about t

senator, what you think vladimir putin is up to here? do you really think that he intends to invade ukraine? what should president biden tell him on tuesday? were not going to go to war with russia over ukraine. >> senator ernst: it's hard to know what vladimir putin's thinking and what his future intentions are. we do see a very aggressive action on his part in amassing troops on ukrainian border. we must prepare for the worst not knowing what those intentions are. i do think that president biden needs to be very clear and very strong in his message to vladimir putin. he needs to say to vladimir putin that we are no longer going to continue with the nordstrom tube pipeline and we need you to know and understand that we will defend ukraine and provide them assistance. he needs to make that very clear. >> chris: hear secretary of state blinken talking about the threat of russia. >> we've made it clear to the kremlin that we will respond resolutely including with a high range of economic measures that we have refrained from using the past.

but instead of vladimir putin was very engaged. now the conversation was direct in terms of the message that the u. s president had to deliver and coordination with france and germany as well as the u. k. and italy. there have been discussions and it has been decided that should there be an invasion by russia into ukraine that there would be strong and punitive financial sanctions. that would be levied on russia now in terms of stresses specificity, there wasn't a lot of detail about what that might look like. but there was also another path that was strongly encouraged by the u. s. president. that is the one of diplomacy and essentially saying that there is the ability to have a conversation and to talk about larger strategic issues. and that this could be done through some mechanisms such as nato. this could also be done in terms of furthering the minute agreement. but what we do know from this conversation that is important here is that as we have been reporting, there has been a bolstering of russian military along the shared b

and no one knows what vladimir putin is planning. but this is one of the places he would come through if russia attacked. walking through bombed-out defenses, ukrainian forces showed us their positions. less than 100 yards from russian-backed militias. a military source here telling us ukrainian forces have been getting more help from america and other nato nations recently. and that's a red line for vladimir putin, who doesn't want ukraine moving any closer to the west. but as both the u.s and russia try to navigate these tensions, one thing is clear here at the front lines -- the ukrainians are standing firm. ready to fight? >> ready to fight, yeah. >> reporter: ready to die? >> yeah. >> what you witnessed, ian, really driving home the tension that's growing there on the ukraine border. i'm curious, and i gather that these soldiers have plenty to deal with already. are they aware of this high stakes conversation between president biden and vladimir putin, are they hopeful that they're going to be able to ease tensions on the border

there was also much, much more obviously in those 4 hours as vladimir per vladimir putin cloud to $55.00 questions. feel that by all the journalists gathered here was also covered, brought up about the need for collective immunity. but vladimir putin are also warned that more variance may emerge and we must be on, on our guard and must vaccinate, though he shied away from announcing or supporting mandatory vaccination as we have seen in europe. again, not the biggest crowded attendance today because of pandemic safety measures there's social distancing in effect here. there's a mass mandatory masts, of course, there was also humidifiers and all sorts of antiseptics prayers, inaction today, but there were much bigger crowds and previous years. nevertheless, this, the session lasted for fear for 4 hours, 3 hours, 56 minutes. i believe though, people defer on how long. exactly. and this is this year's vladimir prudence press conference. okay, well thanks. the rap of them were at that was our teaser murdered gasdio. his morale mentioned t present. payton answered a total of 55 questions duri

we're learning new details about president biden's phone call with vladimir putin today and the warning that biden gave the russian president and will the supreme court take up trump's case against the january 6th committee? new filings tonight from the committee and the biden administration asking the court to reject trump's request to keep hundreds of documents secret. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm poppy harlow in for erin burnett. tonight breaking news, overwhelmed by omicron. for the third day in a row the united states breaking its own record for its daily average of new covid cases and hitting a very grim milestone. more children now hospitalized with covid than any other point in this pandemic. health and human services secretary becerra acknowledging it is a troubling development. >> we thought for the longest time our kids were safe because they didn't seem to be catching the infection the same way. today i think you're hearing the news. more and more of our children not only contracting covid but being hospitalized. this stuff is real. >> hospitals across the coun

president biden is scheduled to speak virtually tomorrow with russian leaderboard vladimir putin. and he is said to be working on new initiatives to try to get the russians to pull back and back off. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich joins us live from the north lawn tonight with details. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening, bret. presidentbiden is readying a stt the white house has refrained from using in the past just in case it becomes necessary. a financial sanction that russia considers economic warfare. >> u.s. officials are reportedly zeroing in on sanctions against vladimir putin's inner circle and on russian energy producers and banks to deter russian troops invading ukraine. considered back in 2014 but didn't ultimately make. cutting off russia from international payment. >> i'm sure they are looking at sanctioning the banking system. sanctioning the energy sector. possibly cutting off russia from the swift system which enables them to financial transactions. >> at the time prime minister dmitry medvedev said cutting off would be tantamount to declaration of wa

first of all, vladimir putin does face increasing skepticism at home. poll numbers dropping even within his very authoritarian political context. he's engaged in a very significant crackdown domestically, arresting his main opponent, alexy navalny. that is something to distract. that was also happening in 2014. the other thing that was happening in 2014 was ukraine had a revolution essentially throughout a very pro-russia leader and turned in a way toward the west and toward nato, and i think, you know, there's a sense that vladimir putin, he may not want to recreate the soviet union, but you know, all things being equal, he's spoken of ukraine as it should be still a part of russia, that to deny the legitimacy of this country makes it, you know, a key pillar of putin's desire to stay in power and his rationale for leadership of the russian people, so that's a domestic political consideration. also, german chancellor angela merkel is leaving office for the last more than a decade. she's been putin's main interlocutor in europe. this is a transition ther

circle that surrounds vladimir putin. that would be a significant escalation. trying to cut russia off from the international banking system, the swift system, is something that's been talked about before but never done, even after russia illegally annexed crimea. so there are ways to make putin and his immediate entourage feel significantly more pain than they have in the past, which may be why you hear such a strident warning from the russians tonight about a rupture in relations. >> american and russian diplomats are going to be meeting on january 10th in geneva to discuss this ongoing crisis. what can we expect, if anything, from these talks, given the idea of this being have manufactured crisis. what would possibly come out of this discussion? >> well, i wouldn't get your hopes too high up for that reason, laura. first of all, vladimir putin is the only decider that's why the phone call with biden was so important. those negotiations in geneva will take place at the level of the deputy secretary of state. putin and b

and vladimir putin was asked, what is being done about this. he said that the russian government is taking action . there are a number of criminal proceedings against her former prison institution, their staff members, as well as the fact that peter, this is a problem only in russia. this is a problem in even in developed countries that it is very difficult to put an end to it. of them, which in this case is necessary festival to rely on the dates of the investigation . 17 criminal cases had been initiated and obeying under investigation earth you have named only one or 2 people, but there are a 1000 or more than a 1000, dismissed in their criminal cases, opened against them. yes, there is a problem we need to work with. it's a milan or conscientious or fully fledged investigation of those crimes. and these are clearly crimes that have been committed, them will to bring it to an end so that everyone understands the punishment for these offences is inevitable to play. i was lucky enough also to be able to ask vladimir putin question my question

president biden and vladimir putin's phone call, president biden threatening sanctions against russia if britain invaded ukraine but is that enough? todd: the white house facing blowback for president biden's performance, griff jenkins joins us with the latest. >> reporter: it lasted two hours with both sides agreeing to continue communicating. afterwards national security adviser jake sullivan said president biden sent a firm message to the leaders, saying the biden wade out clearly consequences if he chooses to make that move to invade. video of the call came from russian state media. watch what we saw. >> president biden: good to see you again. last time we didn't get to see one another at the g 20 but i hope next time we do it in person. >> reporter: the white house did not divulge the extent of the sanctions package which could include targeting russia's biggest banks but acknowledged they are prepared to go further than what was imposed in 2014 and biden made no concessions on putin's demand to block ukraine from joining nato and sullivan suggesting lord stream 2 pipeline could

vladimir putin and joe biden? ralph ball, but 2 hours of crisis talks, the russia u. s. video summit was triggered by tensions or were ukraine also ahead. a gunman is arrested in southern moscow after killing 2 people and injuring for others. in the public services center o prentice slums, the e u for drawing to enforce supposedly inclusive language like ling, its actions to the nazi dick patricia and a british foreign office whistleblower sings the u. k. have bundled in thousands of it's afghan allies, leaving them at the mercy of ah revenue, or catching the news hour from today. hello and welcome. i'm union o'neill, and this is our team international. vladimir putin on ju biden, have concluded what was a 2 hour video called the white house has revealed some of the key talking points saying that the u. s. president threatened decisive economic measures if there's any military escalation in ukraine on the kremlin, just released it. summary of the talks seeing the russian president highlighted keith's destructive actions about risk destroying long running peace talks f

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a lot of russians keep their money abroad including many reports say vladimir putin himself. so they are sensitive to sanctions. russia has been under some sanctions and some russian individuals have been under sanctions for many years now, but u.s. officials keep stressing and european officials singing from the same song sheet that if this were to happen and there would be a massive escalation from russia into ukraine that it would be a whole different kind of sanction, a different level than even we saw after russia took over crimea. so i think that's certainly got the russian's attention, and i think that's one of the reasons that you see vladimir putin wanting this call. there were a series, there are a series of negotiations taking place on january 10th, 12th and 13th, much of those talks happening in geneva, focusing on ukraine and focusing on u.s./russia denuclearization programs, and vladimir putin according to his main spokesman wants to set the agenda before those talks take place, wants to have one more conversation, detailed conversation, remember the last one to

this appeasement approach won't work with vladimir putin. what we're continuing to see is a theme out of the white house, our actions that we will take after russia invades ukraine if russia invades ukraine. it's not a matter of if and how far he goes and the actions we need to see is what we're going to do right now. sanctions in place now. military equipment, moving to help our ukrainian allies like more javelin missiles and the stingers now. we have to begin seriously raising the cost for putin and turning the ukraine into a porcupine and just one other thing. jake sullivan is being completely disingenuous when he says this has nothing to do with afghanistan and nothing to do with nord stream 2. the pipeline is built. all it takes is the new german government to certify it. that's a paperwork drill. what putin knows in the middle of winter is he will starve ukraine and starve eastern europe and hold germany hostage with their energy supply. finally with the sanctions, you have to have those in euros and in dollars. putin knows he can with

vladimir putin has done 17 of these press conferences now as president. you need plenty of stamina to do this and to listen to it. and since all the tv channels in russia show it live, it's wall-to-wall vladimir putin. a reminder, as if russians didn't know it, of who is in charge here. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. >> herin the united states a jury in the state of minnesota has found a white former police officer guilty of manslaughter for having shot dead a black motorist. during the trial she said she mistook her handgun for a taser when she killed daunte wright during a traffic stop in april. here's a bit of her testimony. >> i remember yelling taser, taser, taser and nothing happened. and then he told me i shot him [weeping] >> joining me now for more on the story is no mia it all -- is our correspondent. defense and prosecution both agreed that she didn't mean to kill him, she mistakenly withdrew the wrong weapon. what were the key arguments the jury was weighing? >> for the prosecutors it was a case of a preventable death. they argued that thi

putin and vladimir putin's anxieties. it's also true, i have to say, you know, putin's 69. so even he must see that he's in the last chapter of his control, of his reign. and the biggest stain on his legacy is the loss of ukraine. so i think he sees this as a moment with covid, with economic difficulties, with the american obsession with china, to try to take advantage and at least alter the understanding of post-soviet security in europe and get more protection, as he sees it, against russia's being encircled, as he sees it, by nato. >> well, listen, it's a story we're following anxiously but with interest. really appreciate your analysis on this. steven erlanger in brussels, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> weary hospital staff are dealing with a deluge of covid patients for the second straight christmas. we'll hear from health care workers in the u.s. who say they're burning out. stay with us. -fixed. -that's my son. he always takes care of his mama. ooh, what's up with granny's casserole? (mom) it's for after your

first, russian president vladimir putin takes on the international media and his annual press free. think i made growing tension between moscow and the west will bring you all the latest with analysis. plus, the james web space telescope will be launched this weekend will tell you why this launch is so important. and our sports h q team has a special year in review with some of the best highlights and interviews of the year. so stay tuned for that. all right, it's time to boost your news. i q. ah, the annual end of year media briefing by russian president vladimir putin has wrapped up the breathing not so brief. running over 4 hours are tease moran garcia, brings us all the key points. so we had questions ranging from, from issues with mortgages and provincial towns to big gates. questions lou did questions even from foreign journalists asking vladimir putin if he can guarantee that russia won't attack you crude. so will you guarantee on can personally, that you will not invade ukraine or any other southern country or mercedes to buddhism? erections will not depend on negotiations.

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vladimir putin and russia cannot invade ukraine. the world cannot sustain a norm where just because you, as vladimir putin, happen to think the ukrainians are not a real country, well, gees, that's excuse to go in. no, wolf, i don't think the threat of sanctions are enough. a wise russia hand once said to me, when you're thinking about sanctions on russia, remember these are the people who survived the siege of stalin grad, one of the worst moments of world war ii. number one, this can't be sanctions only. i think the president needs to make it very clear to vladimir putin that we will arm ukrainians with defensive weaponry, we will do everything we can to make sure if he goes across the border the cost of will be huge. he's speaking on behalf of the world. this is not a u.s./russia thing. the world can't sustain a putinesque norm. the europeans will stop buying energy, the sanctions will be global and going into ukraine could mean the end of this regime. >> very significant development unfolding. congressman jim himes, thanks for j

and like you said, vladimir putin is expected to land in the new delhi very shortly. i can left from the sandwich international airport or earlier on monday by the way the 2 leaders were supposed to meet her last year as a response to my rent mode is visits to russia back in 2019 to the economic summit in of let off stock but of course, the global pandemic had changed those plans, but nevertheless, they are meeting later on on monday your i sent a right to the 2 plus 2 meetings between the country's defense and foreign ministers had taken place earlier on monday. we'll find out the results of those meetings about the deals that have been signed a little bit later when they're under moody and vladimir putin assign of when they speak mil and make their joint statements. so meanwhile, in the recent days of letting me put in, spoke about the importance of development of relationship between russia and the india. and his stress that india at the moment is one of the most authoritative centers of the multi polar world. now, speaking about the trade between 2 countries, in t

so this is what the united states is going to tell vladimir putin. it won't come as a huge surprise, but of course, also dangling out there and have a great concern to many americans is whether or not there will be any sort of military support that will be offered to ukraine by the united states. if russia chooses to invade right now, the pentagon being very quiet about that, saying only that they continue to have all the options available. but right now they believe that diplomacy is the best path. and according to the pentagon spokesperson, john kirby, there is no need for this to come to blows. was we'll check in with you as the day progresses, and we got more news from d. c, that's cross over to bosco rebecca smith is standing by for us. unburnt of the russian president taking that coal an insult she, we believe, but obviously he's calling all of us just us hysteria. but he said he does want to try and find a way through this impasse at the moment. yeah, the russians is that they have no intention of invading ukraine, but that belies the very sig