Evening. Tonight, President Biden is reportedly fuming over the deluge of democrats calling on him to exit the race. Is he any closer to passing the torch . Also tonight, promises made, promises kept. Trump says he wants unity, so why didnt his rnc deliver any of it. Strike while the country is fixated on president ial politics its been one of the deadliest weeks in gaza despite claims by israel that the war is winding down. This week was supposed to be a Bounce Back week for Joe Bidens President Ial Campaign. That is not how things are playing out. Now sick with covid at his delaware beach house, the president is seeing more and more democratic lawmakers calling for him to exit the race. At this hour, there are 36 democrats defecting, including senators and tough reelection races such as in ohio and montana. Prior to his covid diagnosis, President Biden tried to turn the tide with more Tv Interviews , but they have actually only raised more concerns and questions. How could he not get
ukraine s border. president biden has warned of serious consequences should russia s vladimir putin move ahead with invasion. the kremlin sees nato support for ukraine as a growing threat on russia s western flank. that s right. blinken and lavrov s meeting, it s an effort to avoid having this clash of wills end in blood shed in ukraine, damage u.s. credibility, and, you know, unpredictable side effects like a potentially huge spike in energy prices. a lot at stake. covering the talks as only cnn can, cnn s fred lick plotkin is in geneva. nic robertson is in moscow for us. let s start with you, fretd. w fred. what message is the secretary of state bringing to the counterpart? reporter: they rolled past where i am a couple minutes ago. the secretary of state is going to have a strong message if russia decides to further invade ukraine, if there is an armed incursion into ukrainian territory, there will be a severe response not just from the united states, but from the u.s.
be met with a cost that will be severe. here at home, after biden s domestic agenda takes a hit again, the president is now considering changes to his economic strategy, including breaking up the build back better plan into what he called chunks. will senators manchin and sinema get on board? and a brand-new report released just moments ago, states with weaker gun laws have higher rates of firearm-related homicides and suicides. we have those numbers ahead. but we begin with what by all accounts could be an impending invasion. joining us now is cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson live from moscow and cnn national security correspondent kylie atwood at the state department. nic, let s begin with you on the latest, that russia says that it would welcome another call between biden and putin. of course, this coming after president biden saying yesterday that he would be open to perhaps another summit between the two leaders as well. what more are we hearing?
and figure out what and who is behind these mysterious attacks. kylie, this is very interesting and i know it s going to raise a lot of eye brows and a nlot of new qu questions. thank you so much for your reporting. new day continues right now. b good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, january 20th. i m john bedrrman. briana is working nights this week. casey hunt here in the chair to mark the one-year anniversary with the biden presidency. good to be here. the white house is trying to make clear the president did not somehow give permission for v vladimir putin to launch a minor incursion into ukraine. his remarks at his one-year news conference raised alarm of what he sees as a likelihood of a russian invasion. and that was in addition to other major developments in the news conference, one where for the first time he said bhe woul be willing to break pup his domestic agenda bill. refused to say the next el e
pay a significant price if it invades. we have been very clear throughout. if any russian military forces move across the ukrainian border and commit new acts of aggression against ukraine, that will be met with a swift, severe, united response. if russia were to make any kind of incursion into ukraine of any on any scale whatever, i think that that would be a disaster for not just for ukraine but for russia. it would be a disaster for the world. the show of force comes ahead of a critical potentially last-ditch effort of diplomacy tomorrow in jgeneva. nick robertson is live in moscow. russia sick nalling this morning openness to another meeting between biden and putin. i wonder if they were hearing, nic, a comment from yesterday s press conference from biden that got less attention than maybe it deserved where biden seemed to say that ukraine s potential membership in nato is a long time off, right, as perhaps a diplomatic off-ramp here. is that how you heard it?