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territorial integrity. today s meeting also comes a day after president biden clarified his comments about a minor incursion, insisting that any russian troop movement inside ukraine would be considered an invasion. i ve been absolutely clear with president putin, he has no misunderstanding. if any any assembled russian units move across the ukrainian border that is an invasion and it will be met with severe and coordinated economic response. let there be no doubt at all that if putin makes this choice russia will pay a heavy price. let s go right to richard engel in ukraine. good to see you. what more can you tell us about what went on during this meeting between secretary blinken and the russian foreign minister and is there any early reaction there in ukraine? reporter: well, this negotiation suddenly became much more complicated for the u.s. side. sergey lavrov, the russian foreign minister is a skilled diplomate, he s been doing this for many years, he is ....
to take you there live. the president is facing a big foreign policy on this friday. a potential russian invasion of ukraine. our secretary of state, tony blinken, just spoke for 90 minutes with his russian counterpart. what we re learning about that meeting, and whether russian aggression is inevitable. plus you want to see why voting rights are so critical right now? new voting laws in texas are taking root and a harris county judge says one in three, 33% of the vote by mail applications in her county is being flagged for rejection. i ll talk to her about that, especially with the midterms looming just a few months from now. and we re also learning about a new push on capitol hill to pass some sort of election legislation on the federal level. not exactly what activists and most democrats had hoped for, but there does seem to be some movement afoot. but we are going to start with our team standing by for president biden, mike memoli, also with me jake ward. michael ....
this wednesday morning. i m carley shimkus. griff: i m griff jenkins in for todd. we ll have more on this breaking news in just a moment. first, this hour at it is white house, today president biden is gearing up to hold his first news conference in months and administration is planning public reset of his tarnished image. ashley kicks off with more. ashley: the president is set to hold his tenth news conference today. of the nine past, six were solo and the other three being joint pressers. a senior white house official said they realize the dynamic with the president needs to change his reset plan is said to be making conversations with congress less of a priority with the public and focus more on talking directly with americans. although his approval rating continues to tank, jen psaki insisted progress has been made. press sect. psaki: in terms of voting rights, his view is it is never a good idea not to shoot for the moon with your proposals and what you are ....
strong and true on the granite ridge. and her glow is held steady no matter what storm. and she s still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom. good evening. i m fareed zakaria. the light of american democracy shining into the darkest corners of the world. it wasn t just rhetoric. it was real. the cold war ended. the soviet union collapsed. democracy flowered. now, 30 years later, american democracy is in trouble. abraham lincoln warned us this country s destruction will not come from abroad but instead will spring up amongst us. he was right, of course. the danger is here at home. republican versus democrat. american versus american. jews will not replace us! the ascendance of old fears and ugly prejudice. across the world we see the same divisions. democracy everywhere is under attack. but remember, america has been here before. america has vanquished demagogues before. how do we do it now? for answers, i turn to the smartest experts i could find ....
a magnet for all who must have freedom. good evening. i m fareed zakaria. the light of american democracy shining into the darkest corners of the world. it wasn t just rhetoric. it was real. the cold war ended. the soviet union collapsed. democracy flowered. now, 30 years later, american democracy is in trouble. abraham lincoln warned us this country s destruction will not come from abroad but instead will spring up amongst us. he was right, of course. the danger is here at home. republican versus democrat. american versus american. jews will not replace us! the ascendance of old fears and ugly prejudice. across the world we see the same divisions. democracy everywhere is under attack. but remember, america has been here before. america has vanquished demagogues before. how do we do it now? for answers, i turn to the smartest experts i could find. our story begins with two of them. a former republican, an adviser to presidents on foreign policy. and a harvard prof ....