about tomorrow s conversation? garrett, thank you. we haven t heard so much about it. it s obvious the kremlin wanted to get to this point. but we ve essentially got the mechanics of it. so the kremlin spokesman said today the meeting will start around 6:00 p.m., moscow time tomorrow, that s 10:00 a.m. eastern, and then it s basically going to be held entirely behind closed doors with very little public opportunity to see what s going on. there might be video of it from the beginning. he said it s going to be a long meeting. this is something we also heard from the u.s. side. so it s possible this goes late into the evening moscow time tomorrow night. but basically we re all just waiting for the statements on the other side of the meeting tomorrow. the long list of grievances from putin have become a hallmark of the meetings. matt, do we think russia s primary objective is the best way to think about this is they don t want to see ukraine become a part of nato? is that what a lot o
and i think part of the problem for the biden administration is they ve been so focussed on china, rightfully so in my mind, that they re not thinking of the grander strategy of deterrents for autocratic allies. in that respect, they are interrelated. michael, while you were talking we got some news about china. matt and michael, thank you both. moments ago the white house confirmed the u.s. will stage a diplomatic boycott to the 2022 winter games. the press secretary said the u.s. would not be contributing to the fanfare of the game citing human rights concerns. she said the athletes will have the government s full support. new details on the investigation into the deadly high school shooting in detroit as questions mount over the events leading up to the attack and how so many warning signs were missed. we re on the ground with the latest after this. and we re expecting an announcement from attorney general merrick garland a few minutes from now about some kind of action the
house s top priority, president biden will cob front one of his biggest foreign policy challenges tomorrow when he speaks with vladimir putin. the call will be amid mounting tensions between the u.s. and russia which continues to amass troops along the border with ukraine. there was a warning of economic economic sanctions if russia invades ukraine. this comes as the washington post is reporting that u.s. intelligence has found that russia is planning a ukraine offensive for early as next month. a senior administration official says russia appears to be planning for some type of action in ukraine but the administration does not have indication the planning will lead to an offensive. joining me now from moscow is matt botner and michael mcfall who helped president biden prepare for his june meeting with putin. he s an international affairs analyst. we re glad to have his expertise. matt, what is the kremlin saying
attacks on u.s. targets have vanished from the internet. the group called revil, short for ransomware evil is responsible for the attack on one of america s largest beef producers, jbs. just days ago president biden demanded vladimir putin shut down ransomware groups that attacked american companies. who is responsible for those going dark? did president biden advise them to take them down or did revil shut themselves down to simply rebrand later? joining me is matt botner and consultant to the fbi, messing with the enemy surviving in a world of russians, terrorist, hackers and fake news. what are you hearing from moscow? is it at all likely that putin would take this opportunity to listen to joe biden s request or demand and actually move against