the response for vladimir putin yesterday during their second call in less than a month. this is a white house photo of that call. the two nations scheduled to hold security talks coming up january 10th. the conversation centered on the 100,000 russian troops on the border with ukraine prompting fears of an invasion. i'm joined by "l.a. times" white house reporter eli stokels, david ignatius, and in a moment, we will be joined from london. eli, the kremlin requesting this call. do you think president biden achieved what he wanted yesterday, and what do they hope to accomplish on january 10th? >> well, the white house achieved the fact that they're continuing to talk. they want to maintain this diplomacy and arrive at a diplomatic solution. officials are saying even though they're not clear why putin wanted the second phone call that was repetitive of the