and jake sullivan, the national security adviser, said they are going to stay in touch with their russian counterparts to go through detail by detail what the consequences would be if russia did invade ukraine. kaitlan collins, thanks. let s bring in under secretary of state for political affairs, victoria newland. secretary newland, thanks for joining us this afternoon. national security adviser jake sullivan told reporters that the u.s. does not think that president putin has yet made a decision on whether to invade ukraine. why not? well, among other things, i think that president putin wanted to talk to president biden, wanted to better understand where we are and where our allies are on some of these issues. and that was why it was extremely important for our president and for other leaders in europe to be very clear about the extreme consequences that will result for russia if they move aggressively against ukraine again. in the previous hour, we interviewed con
bill: better be prepared. dana: vladimir putin is putting words to the test. the russian president dispatching tens of thousands of troops to the ukraine border and u.s. intelligence pointing to a possible invasion as early as next year. bill: the call is scheduled 58 minutes from now at 10:00 eastern time. president biden expected to threaten putin with economic sanctions. will it be enough to deter putin? i believe the president needs to use every tool at his disposal. the more you appease the more they ll take and that puts you in danger. when you have this weakness at home it is going to bring aggression overseas. biden has to get it together because it s scary stuff. they didn t do anything to arm ukraine, to support ukraine the last time around. the russians think they can get away with it. dana: karl rove is standing by with analysis but first kris jenkins live from washington tensions are running high. ukraine said russia has had tanks and sniper teams t
germany and britain right after that meeting. coming up, we re going to take to mississippi republican senator roger wicker on the armed services committee on what he thinks the president has to do now. welcome. glad to have you. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. the russian media was allowed in for the start of the call. the u.s. media was not. to hillary vaughn on where things stands right now. hi, hillary. after that two-hour video chat between president biden and russian president putin, jake sullivan was asked if the world is any safer after that video chat. he said he could not predict that and only would say that time will tell. the discussion between president biden and president putin was direct and straightforward. there was a lot of give and take. there s no finger wagging. all i will say is that the ultimate metric for whether the world is safer or not is facts on the ground and actions taken. let s see. biden did threaten economic action if putin ramps
rules that are now taking effect? and an expansion of new york city s vaccine mandate. and the trump-fueled split in the republican party is worsening in georgia. an ousted u.s. senator and ally of the former president is now running against the top trump target. the state s gop governor. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s go straight to the white house and our chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny who is joining us right now. president biden is facing very significant new tests with both russia and china. and there are now new developments unfolding on both fronts. update our viewers. the white house is announcing a boycott of the 2022 winter olympic games in beijing. not for athletes but for u.s. diplomats. they are simply not sending a delegation to beijing next year, calling out human rights abuses. this is coming on the eve of a critical phone call between p
race says his example should inspire people in public service today and for generations to come. flags are at half staff in honor of bob dole and nancy pelosi calls a towering leader who embodied courage and excellence in public service. former kansas republican senator pat roberts in tennessee senator marsha blackburn are standing by to offer their reflections. alexandria hoff has more on the reaction to dole s passing. that s good david spunt he begins live from the white house. good evening from the north lot of the white house. the president and first lady called senator elizabeth, dole, joe biden and bob dole have a relationship that goes back 50 years when joe biden first took the oath of office in the united states senate in 1973. a month after taking office, he went to visit bob dole. he recalled that meeting and a statement that he put out. i want to read and part it was a lengthy statement honoring former senator bob dole. true friendships regardless of how much t