this phone call? reporter: well, john, we know tomorrow morning this phone call is set to take place between president biden and vladimir putin, and notably a white house official telling us tonight initially the kremlin suggested the phone call take place on monday. but the white house countered with saturday, so that s why the phone call is now happening tomorrow. this certainly seems to suggest the u.s. perspective is that they would prefer the phone call happy sooner rather than later, and it really does show that despite all of this going on and the dire warnings we heard from jake sullivan today, that the u.s. is still trying to go the diplomacy route, but i think it is very much worth emphasizing to our viewers when president biden and his top advisers have in the past talked about diplomacy with vladimir putin, they ve essentially said, look, this is a very unpredictable person. this was not someone whose mind we re even trying to pretend to read, so this is a going to be an
large-scale disinformation campaign on the imminence of any attack. we will go live to moscow, as well. but because we are now getting word president biden and vladimir putin will be talking tomorrow, we begin our coverage tonight at the white house. cnn s mj lee is there for us now. mj, what more are you learning about this phone call? reporter: well, john, we know that tomorrow morning, this phone call is set to take place between president biden and vladimir putin. and notably, a white house official telling us tonight that, initially, the kremlin had suggested that the phone call take place on monday. but the white house countered with saturday, so that s why the phone call is now happening tomorrow. this certainly seems to suggest that the u.s. s perspective is that they would prefer that this phone call happen sooner, rather than later. and it really does show that, despite all of this that s going on and the dire warnings that we heard from jake sullivan today, that the u.s. i
intervene at a level we have been wanting them to do for a long time. instead of condemning what the president has done, they ought to be grateful he pushed the diplomacy route at a level it hasn t been before. maybe we ll avoid military conflict because the chinese and the rest of the world are convinced president trump is willing if necessary to engage militarily. judge jeanine: the success the president had at the u.n., juxtapose that to the president returning to domestic issues and obamacare, tax reform which we ll talk about, and it s got to be very frustrating. thanks so much for being with us this evening. judge jeanine: i want to take a moment to read your social media feedback on my opening statement.
been wanting them to do for a long time. instead of condemning what the president has done, they ought to be grateful he pushed the diplomacy route at a level it hasn t been before. maybe we ll avoid military conflict because the chinese and the rest of the world are convinced president trump is willing if necessary to engage militarily. judge jeanine: the success the president had at the u.n., juxtapose that to the president returning to domestic issues and obamacare, tax reform which we ll talk about, and it s got to be very frustrating. thanks so much for being with us this evening. judge jeanine: i want to take a moment to read your social media feedback on my opening statement. linda says roger goodell should
been wanting them to do for a long time. instead of condemning what the president has done, they ought to be grateful he pushed the diplomacy route at a level it hasn t been before. maybe we ll avoid military conflict because the chinese and the rest of the world are convinced president trump is willing if necessary to engage militarily. judge jeanine: the success the president had at the u.n., juxtapose that to the president returning to domestic issues and obamacare, tax reform which we ll talk about, and it s got to be very frustrating. thanks so much for being with us this evening. judge jeanine: i want to take a moment to read your social media feedback on my opening statement. linda says roger goodell should