be a devastating war between russia and ukraine. following this morning's critical meeting with his russian counterpart, blinken promised a severe and united response by the west if russia invades. >> this was not negotiation but a candid exchange of concerns and ideas. i made clear to mr. lavrov there are certain issues and fundamental principles that the united states and our partners and allies are committed to defend. that includes those that would impede the sovereign right of the ukrainian people to write their own future. there is no trade space there. none. >> basically saying the u.s. is not going to rule out nato membership for ukraine. blinken standing firm. both sides did signal after today's talks there could be at least more diplomatic discussions ahead. we'll see where those go. nic robertson joins us from moscow. but first fred pleitgen in geneva where the talks took place. expectations were low and managed going into this. do the sides consider these talks successful? >> reporter: well, jim, i'm not sure they necessarily consider them successful. i'm not sure the russians consider them to be system. but i think they consider them to possibly be a launching pad to wilder negotiations that could happen along the way and possibly even bigger negotiations between president biden and president putin, possibly in the future as well. but as the secretary of state was saying in that sound bite you played, he didn't call them negotiations. he said they were an exchange of ideas. i think that's less than the russians wanted. they had been saying for days they wanted written responses to some of those concerns and demands they had put forward during the last round of talks in the geneva. they obviously didn't get those. they will get those in search form at least next week. i was able to ask the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov in a press conference whether the russians felt any sort of heldway had been made, but the russians were disappointed the way the meeting went down. listen to what he had to say. >> antony blinken repeated his position on the right to choose alliances. i asked how america is going to fulfill its obligation, which was approved at the highest level in the framework of the osce along with the right to choose alliances, the obligation does not strengthen anyone's security at the expense of infringing on the security of others. >> reporter: as you can see there, the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov saying there will continuously be talks, this is not the end of the dialogue. we under anthony blink season about to depart here from geneva in what has been a beautiful but cold day, about to head back to the u.s. after these very important talks that the russians won't be completely satisfied with but certainly does seem as though there will be another round, other rounds of talks ahead, which, of course, is preferable for the united states, its allies and especially the ukrainians to alternatives that could have been in play with those russians continuing to amass their forces near ukraine. as we learned today, jim, also now having placed anti-aircraft system in belarus. >> we saw antony blinken board his u.s. state department plane for his departure from geneva following those talks. >> it's interesting. as this was playing out, ukrainian president zelensky gave an interview to "the washington post" reiterating he thinks the sanctions the u.s. is threatening if russia invades how would go into effect now to deter russia if invading. but i want to turn to nic now, because russia has said that they're going to be waiting for the u.s. to share its concerns in written form next week, even lavrov suggesting they would make that public. how significant is that response, and could that lead to further talks or perhaps the end of talks if they don't like what they see? >> reporter: yeah. there certainly is an opportunity here for the diplomatic process to continue, but it does seem to be contingent on whether the russians are happy with what they hear or see written down. the russians have been pushing and pushing and pushing for about a month to get the united states to give a written response to what they put on the table in mid-december, this -- you know, their security concerns. they know the answer. this is the problem. they know the answer they're going to get. secretary blinken made it very, very clear on russia's demand that ukraine can't join nato. that's off the table. so the russians know this. so the clock is ticking. the clock is ticking. the question is really is president putin trying to run down the clock as he maneuvers more forces into position, big military exercises coming up in belarus that will put another 100,000 belarus and russian forces closer to the capital of ukraine? is that what this is about, or is there a path to diplomacy? there was a hint in that to what sergey lavrov responded to fred's question that, you know, one nation's security can't binge on neighboring nations' security, sort of an osc fundamental that the united states and russia are both members of and lavp rov pointing out that the u.s. signed up to that. you know, i think when you look at that, is lavrov there saying that we're willing to settle for arms control agreement and reciprocal forced positions across the border which the u.s. says that's something we can discuss? it just seems so unlikely at this stage. it seems very hard to know how much longer the kremlin can continue to play this out when they're not really getting the answers that they want. >> and through all this, we should remember that eight years ago russia already invaded ukraine, remains in ukrainian territory, crimea as well as in eastern ukraine. they've done this before. john roberts, fred pleitgen, thank very much to both of you. joining me to discuss this and other issues is the british ambassador to the united states, dame karen pierce. thanks for taking the time this morning. >> thanks very much for inviting me. >> despite these talks this morning, i hear from speaking to u.s. officials a fair amount of pessimism about russian intentions. and i wonder what the uk view is this morning. does the uk believe russia will invade ukraine? >> it's not that we believe russia definitely will invade. it's the risk that she does is extremely high. i'm a firm believer in capabilities, not intentions. as your report said, the russians have forces in belarus, force on ukraine's eastern border. there's the crimea example. if we go back to 2008, there's a georgia example of russian intervention. and the russians are not de-escalating. so i think to be honest that president putin, russia has a number of octobbjectives, they' run them in parallel. they typically have a range of scenarios and push one or the other depending on circumstances. but we have got to be ready for a russian intervention, a russian invasion, and as the secretary said today we really urge president putin to step back. >> as you note tlushgs all this, all these talks, those russian forces have not moved. in fact, in cnn's reporting and others, russia has added forces in recent weeks. what has diplomacy achieved so far? >> well, diplomacy is keeping going. i don't want to overstate that, but i do think it's important that the talks continue and that secretary blinken was able to meet mr. lavrov today in geneva. we need more of that. we need more nato/russia talks. but fundamentally, the european allies and america are very close together on this. and we do urge the russians to use the existing agreements on european security. there are lots of agreements. they go back to 1975 and the helsinki final act. >> as you know, when president biden spoke on wednesday, and the white house has later clarified, walked back these comments, he did reference potential disunity among nato allies if russia does not carry out a full invasion but something short of that. he described that as minor incursion, though, as i said, the white house is trying to clarify. i do wonder, though, was the president revealing there that there is some disagreement among nato allies as to what to do in response short of a full invasion? is there disagreement? >> i haven't seen any disagreement. in my experience, when nato confronts securities like this, it typically looks at a range of options and a range of scenarios of what will happen in circumstance x or y and what are your options in those circumstances. i don't find it unusual ta the allies would want to face different scenarios and responses. i think the key thing is any incursion by russia will bring a very severe response. and we hope moscow knows that. >> you heard the ukrainian president say why not impose sanctions preemptively? why wait? by the way, russia has not responded to the threat so far as we've noted. the forces are still there. would it be smart to impose sanctions today as opposed to wait for any invasion? >> i think in general terms nato and the west were a defensive alliance. i really want to stress that. we tend to wait for things to happen and then respond to them. that's the way we do things. that's the democratic way. it's the defensive way. but i'm sure all options on sanctions remain on the table and our leaders are getting together very frequently to talk about the best response in various scenarios. >> in the midst of this crisis, there is a political crisis at home for the british prime minister, boris johnson, including within his own party. do you, as the uk senior representative here in the u.s., have confidence in johnson's leadership? >> well, i'm a civiler is vantd, a public servant. the answer is yes, of course, i support my government. i work for my government. i think you'll find the prime minister is absolutely focused on the russian/ukraine crisis. he's been making phone calls. he talked with germany this morning about ukraine. and he's also been leading the response on omicron. i'm pleased to say that the uk looks as if it's coming down to the pandemic and we've been able to relax our restrictions. so hopefully, that is a piece of good news and the prime minister is focused on those. >> the uk, i should note, for folks listening in the u.s., has also relaxed restrictions for international travellers to the uk. significant. before we go, i should note for folks that you were uk ambassador to afghanistan in years past. as you know, the u.s. and nato left behind tens of thousands of afghans who worked for the west through the years in the war against the taliban, and many of them faced grave threats today. i've spoke on the folks in that category. do you believe that nato owes those people, particularly those who served in the military in the fight against the taliban, owes them a safe exit from that country? >> i think we owe them our continued interest and our energy in trying to get those in particularly vulnerable situations to be able to leave, to have that safe exit. as you say, many afghans worked for nato countries and nato countries are very much still engaged in trying to ensure safe passage. but also in trying to get the taliban to live up to human rights commitments and to make the situation in afghanistan fundamentally one in which afghans want to stay and feel safe in rebuilding their country. so those conditions, those human rights conditions, very much guide our official dealings with people in afghanistan at the moment as well as trying to help those who need help. >> ambassador, thanks for joining the program this morning. you're always welcome to come back. >> thank you so much. >> really important conversation there. still to come, a very difficult week for former president trump and his escalating legal troubles as the d.a. in georgia calls for a grand jury to look into his attempts to overturn the 2020 election in the state of georgia. and hope for relief from the current wave of coronavirus as more areas across the u.s. see a peak in cases. plus, this hour, the three men sentenced to life in prison for the murder of ahmaud arbery. they're back in the spotlight as a judge decides certain evidence can be withheld from their upcoming federal hate crimes trial. dove body wash, with 5 skin conditioning ingredients, boosts skin's ceramides renewal for hydrated, visibly moisturized skin. renew the love with dove body wash. this is the sound of nature breathing. and this is the sound of better breathing. fasenra is a different kind of asthma medication. it's not a steroid or inhaler. fasenra is an add-on treatment for asthma driven by eosinophils. it's one maintenance dose every 8 weeks. it helps prevent asthma attacks, improve breathing, and lower use of oral steroids. nearly 7 out of 10 adults with asthma may have elevated eosinophils. fasenra is designed to target and remove them. fasenra is not a rescue medication or for other eosinophilic conditions. fasenra may cause allergic reactions. get help right away if you have swelling of your face, mouth, and tongue, or trouble breathing. don't stop your asthma treatments unless your doctor tells you to. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection or your asthma worsens. headache and sore throat may occur. this is the sound of fasenra. ask your doctor about fasenra. ♪ add downy to your wash for all the freshness and softness of home. even when you're not at home. feel the difference with downy. the supreme court denied donald trump's request to keep his white house documents secret. it's digging into info from his children. the new york attorney general says she's found significant evidence of business fraud. add on to that the georgia district attorney requesting now a special grand jury in the investigation into trump and his allies' attempts to straight-up overturn the results in georgia in the 2020 election. >> the former president is keeping his legal team busy. let's discuss with dana bash. always great to see you, my friend. you too. >> let me ask you about the january 6th committee investigating the insurrection because there had been some criticism late into last year that they weren't moving fast enough, especially seeing that the midterms were around the corner. there's been a slew of news coming out of then whether it's who they're subpoenaing or whether what the supreme court just ruled, that they could, in fact, gain white house classified information. do you see their investigation progressing here to the point where something tangible could actually come out of it in terms of perhaps implicating the president himself? >> reporter: no question. and you saw more and more as that criticism got louder and louder members of the committee strategically putting out whether in public in clear ways in letters or in other ways that they have gotten a lot of information voluntarily from members of the trump administration, people who were in and around meetings. we now know that keith kellogg, a top adviser to mike pence, we know he spoke to the committee, but we know he gave a lot more information than we realized. and there is a lot we don't know. but what is clear, if you combine the witness testimony and now what the committee is going to get and is already getting, the hundreds of pages of documents that the former president was so desperate to keep from the committee, they're going to have a much more fulsome picture. and we know that whether it's the democrats or the two republicans on the committee, they want to know the whole picture, not just about the fbi, not just about the actual insurrectionists but most importantly the president's role and the role of the people around him. it looks like they are more and more painting that picture. >> we already know what the trump world's response is and will be to january 6th the january 6th committee. they'll call it a partisan committee, though it's not. it has republicans on board, a lot of former trump administration officials testifying under oath as to his potential wrongdoing. but i wonder, given the multitude of investigations, is there one that they are particularly worried about? lawyers will say it's the georgia one that has the most potential for criminal charges. is that the one that trump world is most nervous about? >> reporter: yes. yes. now, let's just say, politically speaking, the former president and the people around him are going to do what they have always done, which is to say it's a witch-hunt, there are people who don't like me, they're trying to take me down and use the court system to do it. having said that, jim, i believe in talking to people in and around the trump circle that georgia is, of all the things that have happened this week, the most worrisome because it is a criminal probe. now, the grand jury that was impaneled is fact-finding. they don't -- i don't believe they can actually indict him or anyone. but it is a first step and it is the kind of step we haven't seen before. it's perhaps the most significant that we have seen thus far when it comes to this. as he possibly can. this reporting, i encourage everyone to look at it from michael warren and melanie zanona, is really, really great. because it is explaining what those of us here in washington are hearing, i'm certainly hearing multiple times a day, which is an open question, m murmuring rumors, not just rumors but discussion i'm having with republicans who will have a vote about whether or not mccarthy is a shoo-in if republicans take control. and the fact that there are clearly, based on this reporting, so many of his members who are actively, outwardly threatening to withhold their vote if he doesn't act their way, it's just one of the many tricky dynamics that he is facing and that republicans are facing, because if not mccarthy, then who? 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he was incredible. this is such a shock for so many people this morning waking up to such sad news today. he is survived by his two sisters who we know he was very close with. and i'm sure more details about his death and funeral arrangements will come out, but again, man, 2022 off to a rocky start. >> it is for sure. louie was in so much great comedy for decades, really. just such a familiar face and voice. chloe, thanks so much. the other loss we've been talking about the last two hours, rock music legend grammy award winning singer meat loaf, he passed away at the age of 74. ♪ i would do anything for love but i won't do that ♪ ♪ no i won't do that ♪ i would do anything for love ♪ >> 1977 record, "bat out of hell." one of the best-selling albums of all time, bianna. >> i'm so engrossed in this video. i don't know if people watch music videos anymore, but whenever his came on, they were long, elaborate, and as we talked about many the last hour just such effort and heart went into these performances and the storytelling behind the music. >> according to his facebook page, he passed away with his wife, debra, two daughters, and close friends at his side. the singer's agent confirmed his death to cnn. no cause of death yet announced. >> a career that spanned six decades. meat loaf sold over 100 million albums and appeared in more than 65 movies including the rocky horror picture show, "fight club," and "wayne's world." our thoughts are with his wife and two daughters and all of those fans who are mourning his loss today. construct. construction. there is a crack. oh god are you kidding me?! oh god... hi, aren't you tired of this? 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