aimed to diffuse the border at ukraine's border. blinken warned russia if it invades it will pay a heavy price. >> wechb clear. if any russian mill tash forces move it will be met with swift, severe and a united response from the united states and partners and allies. the house minority leader laying down the law with tough talk for conservative hardliner trying to become the house speaker. new cnn reporting reeventualing rudy giuliani and other trump campaign officials were far more involved in efforts to install illegitimate elect terrors to seven state that is trump lost. we have reporters covering the news. let's begin with fred pleitgen in geneva. fred, it struck me that perhaps the biggest news out of the comments were that the u.s. will provide written answers to russia's demands. do we know what those written answers will entail? >> reporter: yeah. i do think you're right that's a bigger thing to come out of this and the u.s. apparently remains steadfast on the fact to stand by ukraine and also not make a decision about ukraine or nato without ukraine and nato having a say in this. as far as the written answers it was interesting to hear that the u.s. would write to russia and not framing this as answers but the u.s. said it will voice some security concerns to make sure that this could be a broader dialogue. the secretary of state said the meeting is important and called it not a negotiation and more of an exchange of ideas. >> this was not a negotiation. but a candid exchange of concerns and ideas. i made clear to minister lavrov there are fundamental principles that the united states and allies are committed to defend. that includes those that would impede the right of ukrainian people to write their own future. there is no trade space there, none. >> reporter: so the russians for their part had hoped that there would be some headway on issues and i was at the press conference of the russian foreign minister and lamented that he was talking to the quite about the russia concerns and that the u.s. reiterated their sirans and i asked if headway is made at all. here's what he had to say. why is rodrussia now? the security posture of the u.s. and nato didn't change orr the past couple of years. >> translator: i think the state department needs to analyze how fair cnn is in presenting the information and the accuracy of the facts that are represented. >> reporter: so you could hear lavrov taking a swipe at cnn but also saying that of course the russians have security concerns, demands. he reiterated that the russians do not plan to invade ukraine as he put it and not threatening ukraine. the u.s. and allies and ukrainians see that different as the troop deployments continue. >> russia lied before they last invaded ukraine in 2014. >> yeah. perhaps lavrov doesn't like the facts that cnn is presenting. let's turn to clarissa in kiev. for the past few weeks in the build-um to where we are today i'm surprised by what i heard of people on the ground there that this isn't this sense of urgency and fear of an impending war the way we hear from brussels and washington d.c. what are you hearing from people on the ground? >> reporter: it is an interesting point and i think it basically stems from the fact that this is nothing new. while there's definitely been a much larger volume of russian troops amassing along that border, the threat of a russian invasion and the threat of russia in general is a reality for eight years now and so people here have gotten used to it in a sense. while there are grave concerns about the direction that things are -- the direction, the shape of events and how things might be going there isn't a sense that this is a particularly different moment. partly that's messaging from the ukrainian government. we heard president zelensky saying please everybody stay calm. nobody needs to go out and start buying all the sorts of supplies. things are under control. that may be also because the government doesn't want to appear weak and powerless. you are here in ukraine. blinken and lavrov appear to be taking the decisions or sort of forecasting what the future might look like for ukraine. that's a difficult position to make peace with. we heard blinken say there's no discussion of ukraine without ukraine but there's a sense on the ground that they have been left out of the conversation and don't have enough of a say in determining what the outcome will be. >> kylie, president biden notable in the comments on wednesday noted that ukraine's potential membership in nato would be many years off if it were to happen. i wonder given that blinken said to lavrov that they'll answer the questions is that part of the u.s. approach here not to elim eliminate possibility of ukraine's membership but you don't have to worry about it now? >> i think that is what u.s. officials say privately. it would take a long time to meet the standards necessary to enter into nato and some of what the president said earlier this week didn't exactly amount to what the united states strategy is here and made that comment about a minor incursion potentially not costing as much by russia so it's hard to tell if his comment there amount about ukraine being a ways off from entering nato is part of what the united states strategy is here talking to russia. i think we have to wait and see what the united states provides to russia in these written responses, written concerns as the secretary said. it is notable that it is not just the written response that the united states is giving and he and lavrov agreed to meet again so diplomacy is headed somewhere. we don't know if it's going to deliver results yet and the secretary was very clear to say that russia has two paths. dy. >> opening the door to future meetings but, jeremy, opened the door which quite frankly president biden opened last week to a second meeting with president putin and president biden. what is the white house now focused on as blinken returns home and prepares this written statement next week? >> reporter: the president did say at the news conference on wednesday that he would take a meeting with vladimir putin if indeed he thought it would be productive and necessary so that door certainly is open and we'll see what the russian response is to those written u.s. responses that are expected to be delivered next week. here at the white house over two days the focus on trying to clean the president's remarks about a minor incursion and sparked not only concerns from the ukrainian but allies around the world. took minutes for the national security council to come out a statement and the president making very clear that any movement of russian troops into ukraine warrants a response and then heard from the white house chief of staff. listen. >> president putin should have no doubt any move by the russian military across the border is an invasion and will be met with a severe economic response from the united states and the allies. the president's told that to president putin directly and reiterated that this morning. if he makes this move it will be a horrible mistake. >> reporter: the reality is that president biden was not clear in his initial comments and why we have seen so much cleanup from the white house and the president himself. what does the u.s. do if the ru russian aggression is less than a full-scale invasion? 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>> it does and it's so brazen. the idea here to try to do this in a democracy like the united states of america. we heard about the conversations and often probably wondered why vice president mike pence didn't go along with the plan. there's good reasons but thinking about the plan and what the pressure looked like and if he had decided to go along with the plan that there were actually forward moving actions. it is a try to interfere with the election and the ability to carry out the functions. charges are coming out at this point. in some states like pennsylvania they had the legal caveat language to say we are electors in waiting to say in case we are successful in a courtroom to overturn the election we would be the rightful people and seem to have protected in the first blush and the others are really startling in just how bold in the attempt and confidence to say to do this and then brag about it. they think they have no accountability. >> cnn caught some on tape describing how this went down. to add to the examples of why it was a bad week legally for the former president, the interference in georgia, the attorney general said she wants to request a grand jury to help with developing and getting more access to information surrounding his interference. how significant is that? what should his legal team be thinking right now? >> it's very significant but i want people to understand. we are talking about a grand jury. not as if a grand jury can issue indictments. it is different. a case brought before them and recommend an indictment. in this case it's an ability to try to get subpoena power because to the state they're not able to get the voluntary cooperation with people. a special grand jury is to way to get the authority to compel testimony. they issue a full report and then goes to a real grand jury to act with indictments. this is a significant step forward to get the information and get the ducks in a row to have the evidence you seek for any criminal charges. >> it is a bad legal week and seen them before for the former president and been out of office more than a year now and no legal consequences for himself on senior former members of the administration. will there be? which investigation in your view are most likely to go somewhere? >> i think the fulton county case is a very, very important one to clear up and give context to the phone call. it is a crime to try to interfere with elections and the january 6 select committee in congress, the timing of the request for information from the likes of ivanka trump or rudy giuliani comes after hundreds of interviews which to me says there's been foundational evidence to say i would like you to address what we already know. if that's the case you talk about having the puzzle pieces in place to tell you who ordered a code red, who directed the behavior. answering to somebody or going rogue? 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>> that's right. mccarthy in this meeting on december 8th of the house republican conference surprised members with how forceful he pushed back on the most vocal members of the conference, one republican member of congress telling me that he switched from friendly mode to stop f-ing around mode. this is what tom cole told our colleague about what he said in the ming, quote, if you tell me you're not going to vote for me, i will do the opposite. he told me that after that mrk carthy added to the threat i mean it. all of this reveals the sort of treacherous path that mccarthy has. republicans are very well positioned at the moment to take back the majority in november and mccarthy if that happens is really well positioned to be the next speaker but he has to balance the desires of this far right much more vocal pro trump wing of the party that wants to investigate the 2020 election, impeach joe biden and remove republican members. bala balancing that with the needs of the party means winning in districts that joe biden won in 2020 where that sort of jaends, far right agenda is not appealing. that's the task ahead of mrk carthy to lay down the law here. we have to see if he can uphold that promise and threat. >> of course the big elephant in the room is former president trump and whether he supports mccarthy. >> not clear. >> thank you. right now a bipartisan group of senators is looking to change the electoral count act. susan collins and mitt romney saying they will scrutinize the law. >> cnn congressional correspondent lauren fox is on capitol hill. a few months ago it was an outlier idea and now seems to be gaining support, serious discussion among republicans and democrats, a rarity on capitol hill. how likely and soon? >> reporter: sounds like the same group of bipartisan senators that worked to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. susan collins expects them to meet svia webx to try to see if they can come up with a compromise legislation that would make it harder to challenge the electoral congress results. that's what happened on january 6. you had questions about what the vice president's role was going to be and there is an effort right now and this is really the goal of democrats to make it much harder to challenge the results. right now it just takes a house member and a senator and that was really a cause for concern on january 6 and questions whether or not to pass a law to make it a crime to threaten poll workers. republicans warn that might be harder to enshrine in legislation but that is the effort of this bipartisan group. when i asked susan collins whether they could come to a compromise in days even getting back from recess and ready to vote on this, she said it is too soon and will have the conversations and see how far we can and an interesting note i asked minority leader mbah a moute whe-- mitch mcconnell and said he'll take a look at what they come up. you have a bipartisan group of lawmaker who is trust one another. we'll see whether they can come up with a solution here. >> more we learn about the efforts to reject electors to states that trump lost this reform might be significant. thank you so much. rock superstar meet loaf passed away and an album of his top selling of all time. call up the tracks. we will have his music and films and legacy coming up. do your eyes bother you? 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because a passenger refused to wear a mask. i've been on flights where this happened. it is no fun. >> not hard. keep the mask on. pete muntean joins us. they weren't two hours after taking off. what happened with the passenger? >> reporter: that's right. these issues with passengerings were such a problem in 2021 and it's gotten dragged into 2022. american airlines flight 38 took off from miami on wednesday night. only about 45 minutes in did it turn back. look at the image here from flight aware. you can see the blue line, which is the flight plan. 8:45, miami to london. just imagine the frustration of these passengers that they had to go back after only an hour into the flight. 129 people on board, all over a woman on board who caused a disturbance, american airlines says, over a mask. now, miami-dade police met the plane at the gate when it arooifd back in miami. they escorted that woman off and they say the airline is dealing with this. a few different options here. the airline could ban this passenger. the faa could intercede and impose civil fynes, but it cannot bring criminal charges. the faa can't do that. the department of justice can, but we know typically it just takes some time to investigate these incidents. so no real movement on that just yet, although we do know the department of justice makes this a pretty high priority. look at the numbers so far this year. 151 cases of unruly passengers reported by flight crews to the faa. 92 of them over masks. about 60%. last year in 2021, 5shgz 981 unruly passenger incidents, 4,290 mask related, 70% over masks. now, the rate of these incidents has been down a little bit according to the faa, which is good news. we know this really started to tick up right after the january 6th attack. we will see if this starts to taper off, if people are getting the message now that people are getting charged and punished. so many fines assessed in these cases, $20,000, $30,000 in some cases. we've seen as high as $50,000 depending on the incident. we'll see what happens with this one. >> the cost to the airlines, too, to turn around a flight like that and to the other passengers involved. pete muntean, thanks so much. >> anytime. coming up, mortgage rates are on the rise. it's causing real concern among home buyers. we'll have a live report next. celebrate every kiss... that led... ...to this one. get 20 to 40% off engagement, wedding and anniversary rings at kay. i've been telling everyone... the secret to great teeth is having healthy gums. crest advanced gum restore. detoxifies below the gumline... and restores by helping heal gums in as little as 7 days. crest. the #1 toothpaste brand in america. ♪“i swear”♪ jaycee tried gain flings for the first time the other day... and forgot where she was. you can always spot a first time gain flings user. you're a one-man stitchwork master. but your staffing plan needs to go up a size. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire this is the new world of work. each day looks different than the last. but whatever work becomes, the servicenow platform will make it just, flow. whether it's finding new ways to help you serve your customers, orchestrating a safe return to the office... wait. an office? 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