the hope is to dissuade russian forces and their tanks from continued advancement, but former secretary of state mike pompeo feels that the biden administration has lost credibility in the eyes of vladimir putin, and he shared this on "fox news sunday." >> it's awful late. the real hard work of deterrence would have happened a long time ago, a year ago, when president putin demanded that we give him a new s.t.a.r.t. treaty expense tension, we gave it to him for nothing -- extension. >> reporter: it continues to be an area where the president struggles even domestically. the late fox news poll shows that 54% of registered voters here in the u.s. disapprove of the president's job performance on foreign policy. now, if you'll remember in early december, president biden said that deploying u.s. troops to ukraine was off the table. eric? if merck. eric: thanks, al a lex. arthel is? arthel: a ukrainians say they are ready to defend their country from a potential russian invasion as the first shipment of, quote, lethal aid from the u.s. government arrives there.