minutes with foreign minister lavrov. lavrov saying that he s going to wait for the u.s. response to the russian proposals that they put forward and see what the u.s. says about them. for his part, secretary blinken said there s no trade space there, none. okay. so what happens now? some see europe on the bring of war, a moment not seen since world war ii. others question why we would send billions to ukraine for this effort. former national security adviser robert o brien stands by. victor davis henson joins us. first to benjamin hall in geneva where this meeting took place. good afternoon, ben. good afternoon, martha. there were no major break throughing in geneva today. the bar had been set very low. the one thing that did come out of it is this u.s. concession. secretary blinken finally agreeing to give russia the response to his demands and his concerns. a few days ago, secretary blinken said he would not give a written response because they were not true or based
he ll join us shortly. john: begin with president biden issuing a new warning to moscow about any movement across ukraine s border. as the white house continues to clean up the president s disastrous news conference. hello, i m john roberts in washington. sandra, we made it to friday. sandra: we did, indeed. president biden trying to take a tougher line with russia as it continues the military build-up along the border with ukraine. biden administration is facing a fire storm of criticism here at home and abroad after the president in that news conference suggested a minor incursion into ukraine may be met with a more muted response. john: the secretary of state holding a high stakes meeting with his russian counterpart in geneva, switzerland, they seem to lower the temperature in a standoff over ukraine. mike pompeo will join us in a moment. sandra: senior foreign correspondent is on the ground in ukraine for us. so, greg, what s the reaction of officials there in
john: the music i con known as meatloaf passed away. the texas native had a six decade career best known for bat out of hell. he was sick with covid tmz said. sandra: great to be with you. i m in for neil at 4:00. i m sandra smith. john: i m john roberts. the story with martha starts right now. martha: all right. thank you very much to you both. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. right now on the story, as president biden said with troops amassed on ukraine s border, putin has to do something. his guess is that putin will move in. fox confirmed the united states is prepping plans to evacuate our people from the embassy there as antony blinken spent 90