to engage indent mays in full coordination with our allies and partners, we are equally prepared for other scenarios. the u.s. and allies have been preparing possible sanctions against russia if they move forward with an invasion, and the u.s. has also reiterated possibly increasing support to ukraine to defend itself. now the white house says that they do not believe president biden has president putin has made that final decision on whether to invade ukraine, but what they are seeing on the ground does not tend to show efforts toward deescalation. now president biden intends to stay in contact with russia in the days forward, but the white house is saying there is a very distinct possibility that russia may act militarily anyways. what is the latest on getting americans out of ukraine? reporter: well, the u.s. has ordered a drawdown of most nonemergency personnel at the u.s. embassy in kyiv.
coordination with our allies and partner, we are equally prepared for other scenarios. the u.s. has been working with allies to prepare possible sanctions should russia move forward with an invasion and as well, the u.s. has committed to supplying some defense mechanisms to ukraine for the country to defend themselves in the event of an invasion. now, the u.s. of course is also looking towards america s interests, drawing down most of its embassy personnel in kyiv, as well as urging all americans to leave the country as soon as possible, including this weekend. they said it is past time to get out of the country as the u.s. would not be sending military forces in to help in an evacuation should russia escalate into an invasion. now, the next steps, the white house says that the president and russia will remain in contact in the coming days, but they acknowledge there s still a very distijt possibility that
and massive naval drills in the black sea. more than 30 warships now there. a russian sub spotted on its way from turkey. u.s. officials ordering nearly all the remaining embassy staff in ukraine to leave now, as the threat of an invasion looms. u.s. troops on the ground now in romania, supporting nato forces. more than 3,000 members of the 82nd airborne arriving soon in the region. now, despite the urgent warnings, tonight russia denying it intends to invade. abc s soon your national correspondent terry moran leading us off from ukraine. reporter: tonight, an urgent last-ditch effort at diplomacy. president biden holding high-stakes talks with vladimir putin, seeking to stop a russian invasion of ukraine, which the u.s. says could happen in the coming days. biden and putin spoke for an hour on the phone today. the president warning that a russian attack would cause
message they are staying with their status quo position. pam? all right, thank you so much. you heard that president biden warned vladimir putin today of swift and severe costs if russia moves to invade ukraine. what kind of costs are we talking about? senate negotiators reportedly are at an impasse over sanctions, and some worry congress won t get anything done before russia makes a move which u.s. officials warn could happen at any time, even before the end of the beijing olympics. joining me now is california congresswoman sarah jacobs, she is on the foreign affairs and armed services committee. hi, thank you so much so much for coming on, congresswoman. are you satisfied that any real progress was made during the president s call with putin? as we heard from officials, nothing has changed on the ground, and they said it didn t change the dynamic at all. i think that president biden is taking exactly the right approach and doubling down what
in on protesters to clear the blockade on north america s busiest international crossing. there will be consequences for these actions, and they will be severe. we re just a day away from super bowl lvi here in los angeles. it s certainly a game that no one predicted. kind of got tired of the underdog thing. we re in the super bowl. we re a really good team to deserves to be here. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. professional and substantive, that is how one senior biden administration official is describing today s hour-long phone call between president biden and russian president putin. biden told the russian leader that the u.s. and its allies with committed to diplomacy, but if the kremlin attacks ukraine, the west will respond. quote, decisively and impose swift and severe costs. satellite images show a continued build-up of russian