a happy new year as well jason chaffetz. thank you so much for joining us today. >> happy new year, thanks. >> alerting to this now. president biden pivoting from the messy covid response to foreign policy. he is scheduled to speak with russia vladimir putin today. their second known call this month. senior administration officials say president biden is prepared to offer a diplomatic solution as tensions boil over. russian troops are amassed along the ukraine border. dan hoffman says the president needs to show strength. >> we're framing the narrative as putin would wish in terms of de-escalation. he will charge us for that make no mistake. by framing it that way we're lending credence to vladimir putin's unrealistic demands. the biden administration first and foremost needs to reframe the narrative in terms of russia's aggressive threats toward ukraine and stopping