price, the state department spokesperson talking about the diplomatic push to try and de-escalate the extremely tough situation. as we re coming on the air, president biden scheduled to start a video call with the european allies any minute to determine what to do regarding the massive russian troop buildup on ukraine s border. it s all deterrency and defense. all of this spooking the markets, too, in the final hour of trading. at one point, you saw the dow plunging 1100 points before recovering just a little bit, i m hallie jackson in washington. we re going to cover all of this and tense situations with nbc reporter frank call lynn. frank, what going on. a bit of a recovery, but we ve got an hour, still, until close. yeah, you know, it s a mixed bag of things. thanks for having me on the show. mixed bag of things putting pressure on the markets. you mentioned national markets.