signs of de-escalation broadsided putin himself oversaw military drills which included showcasing his country s nuclear abilities. later today president biden will convene a meeting of the national security team right here at the white house. then we are expecting a big meeting later this week when the secretary of state anthony blinken will meet with in europe. that s one of the last meetings they had to prevent war but. we are watching at thanks mark meredith at the white house today mark thank you. going just turn to steve harrigan for life under the threat of an invasion paid steve hello there. hello bill, for some people here at the war has already begun. shelling in the east were ukrainian soldiers opposed russian backed separatist has increase two ukrainian soldiers killed saturday. separatist leaders ordered an evacuation with a dubious warning ukraine, surrounded by 190,000 russian soldiers plan to