options for potential evacuation of americans in the event of an invasion. we re tracking this with two of our senior correspondents, phil mattingly and what are we learning so far? still learning details about the actual call itself. we should see more in an hour when they are celebrated to see the transcript of the phone call. president biden went into the call with two real clear coles. one, to make clear that this is that there are diplomatic options for an off-ramp as the buildup has commenced and options that don t involve an invasion on the russian side and perhaps severe sanctions and the other is to make clear and it should be proposes and u.s. are looking at a significant amount of bite targeting potentially.putin s inner circle, their financial system and energy sector as well and types of sections that officials hope that would lead president putin to back off or pull out troops. going into this meeting, this virtual meeting, not a sense that.putin had decided
good to see you again. last time we didn t get to see one another at the g-20. plus, big developments today in the insurrection investigation. the former trump white house chief of staff changes his mind and says he no longer plans to cooperate with the select committee. plus, republican of devin nunes is quitting congress. his new gig, running donald trump s media startup. up first the video call, giant video call with huge ramifications for american security. under way right now joe biden engaging in a one-on-one conversation with vladimir putin. russia state tv giving the world a glimpse of the high-stakes meeting. the call comes, of course, as president putin has put thousand of troops and weapons on ukraine s border. the world fears an invasion. u.s. officials promising biden would issue a warning to putin and warn any military aggression would be meet with significant consequences. let s go straight to our white house correspondent kaitlan kline. what do we know. re
More agreements. thanks for joining us on inside politics. you can also listen to our podcast. we ll see you back here tomorrow. ana cabrera picks up our coverage right now. this is cnn breaking news. hello. i m ana cabrera in, no. tens of thousands of troops at the ready the fate of eastern europe hanging in the balance and one critical phone call to bring down the temperature. moments ago president biden wrapped up and he s aiming to get putin to stand down after there s fears of an imminent offensive. new today sources tell cnn the administration is exploring
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Getting ready for a drastic temperature drop. we re texans. it s 80 degrees today and the next day it s going to be 30 so you never people panic. it s not all bad news, in colorado, skiers and snowboarders rejoysed as more than two inches of snow fell on some of the mountains in one hour. some places got as much as 19 inches of fresh powder. joining us now is cnn s ana cabrera in denver, colorado, and i don t think they re happy about the amount of snowfall this morning. reporter: oh, it is just frigid cold, and that s an judd statement here this morning, carol. you can see the steam rising from the building behind me, denver tied the record low this morning for this date at negative 15 degrees, set a new record for yesterday s date at negative 13 last night so we re still getting colder as you can tell and this air isn t going