people. >> that's earlier this year in the early days of the biden presidency. as we move to the end of the year and this important phone call what's the take inside the white house of what they can and cannot accomplish? >> there's a lot of concern based on what susan was laying out, just the scale of the buildup and also the way that the buildup has taken place, when moves have been made and when military units have been brought in, the fact that it hasn't seemed to be so public in a way that was just designed to be messaged. right? that's a very real concern. one of the things underpinning that summit that i think maybe wasn't spoken about publicly is the idea with this administration really trying to zero in on the china relationship and what that meant, that perhaps it would help push president putin to the back burner, to some degree always a superpower to some degree because they are nuclear capable but didn't want tonight forefront of u.s. foreign policy in this administration. obviously president putin doesn't necessarily agree with that. i think the question right now,