expecting to hear any minute from the white house, with a press briefing, supposed to begin around 11 minutes ago. top of the hour, you can see our reporters there, including kelly o'donnell there in the room ready to pull on threads. one of them, richard, and then dan, i'll go to you, yes, russia is building up more and more troops along the border in just the last 24 to 48 hours. can you talk a little bit, richard, you've heard what the ukrainian president said. can you talk to what will are hearing from officials there on the ground and who you speak with? >> the russian buildup is not slowing down, it's still intensifying. people are starting to take matters in their own hands there is a bit of frustration with the government. i understand completely what ambassador mcfaul was talking about, how zelensky, the whole russian objective out of this buildup is to get a more pliant government. a more pro-russian government