for you a little bit of what president biden said just last week. president biden: i m not going to negotiate here in public but we made it clear that we cannot emphasize cannot move on ukraine. thank you. dana: do you think russia is listening to that? the fundamental approach and the fundamental flaw in the president s approach is that he continues to tell the world and to tell vladimir putin what he will do after russia invades that we will respond decisively after they invade. that is like telling the ukrainians that in world war ii, and telling poland or france what we were going to do after germany invaded. now even, it is, like, telling taiwan and china what we will do that we will take decisive action after china invades over iran after they launch a nuke. we need to be taking steps now for deterrence now to prevent
states that surround russia. certainly there are a lot of people who represent an authoritarian side of governance, would like to observe more territory than they have already. wind the clock back to last week, what president biden said he told putin. i m not going to negotiate here in public but made it clear he cannot, emphasize cannot move on ukraine. since i m not going to negotiate but clear that he cannot move on ukraine. however, congressman michael walz of florida said there s a deep flaw in biden s policy and not doing anything to deter putin from going in, he s only saying what he would do if putin goes in. what do you think of that? is that a flawed policy? does he need to do something to deter him from making the move in the first place? yeah, my friend mike hit the nail on the head there. listen, a couple things can be done which the biden
thousands of troops along the border with ukraine and appears poised to invade the country for the second time in eight years. on a phone call thursday with vladimir putin, the president warned a response to any invasion. i m not going to negotiate in public, but we made it clear that he cannot, emphasize, cannot move on ukraine. thank you. senior american and russian officials are expected to meet in geneva in a week and a half to discuss the issues and also, president biden is expected to have a phone call with the ukrainian president today to discuss this as the u.s. officials are speaking with hosts of countries that are involved in this, and in particular in europe. back to you. the work does not end on new year s day for the president it seems. thank you. rich, thank you. thank you, anita. omicron cases are surging throughout the country.