returned to ukraine pending legal procedures. we'll keep an eye on that. good to know they are alive. >> mr. president, should americans be worried about nuclear war? >> president biden: no. >> bill: that is a one word answer to a question about vladimir putin putting russia's nuclear forces on high alert. this as the president gets ready for his first state of the union address later tonight and russia's invasion of ukraine far from the only crisis on his plate. peter doocy kicks it off right now from the white house. >> good morning. bill. before president biden can talk about putin's nuclear comments, they have to figure out what putin meant. >> what's the u.s. doing to reduce the possibility of an air war? >> we are not escalating our own rhetoric. we're certainly assessing what president putin's comments mean. >> a senior administration