intel there. they see the troops amassing on the border. that's why this phone call tomorrow morning, this virtual meeting if you will, without question, is the highest stakes, most critical conversation president biden has had since taking office with a foreign leader. things have not been as tense or at a low point in their relationship. we were all back in geneva for the summit in june. seems like a very long time ago for this president, wolf. >> kaitlan, in addition to russia, president biden is also juggling this growing tension with china. what more can you tell us about your excellent reporting on this diplomatic boycott by the u.s. of the beijing olympics? >> this is a decision that became pretty clear the white house was going to make several weeks ago. i think they had still been meeting and discussing it privately, discussing when was the right time to announce that, yes, the u.s. is going to implement a diplomatic boycott of those winter games in beijing in february of 2022, which means no government officials, of course, including president biden, will attend. and so this is something "the