reporter: the french president saying the last comment is not helpful for diplomacy. i wouldn t use this type of wording because i continue to hold discussions with president putin. reporter: one question president biden was asked was whether vladimir putin might see the comments from over the weekend as he is ka tree. he said i don t care. putin is somebody that will do whatever he wants, regardless what he is hearing from his own advisers, that basically is an irrational actor. on whether he is willing to meet with putin, president biden says that depends what he wants to talk about, wolf? mj lee at the white house. thank you. let s go to the war zone. senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is standing by. give us an update from your location in the ukrainian capital. what s the latest? reporter: wolf, the war is still on in kyiv. i would say in the past 24 hours, things escalated rather than de-escalated around the