options for potential evacuation of americans in the event of an invasion. we re tracking this with two of our senior correspondents, phil mattingly and what are we learning so far? still learning details about the actual call itself. we should see more in an hour when they are celebrated to see the transcript of the phone call. president biden went into the call with two real clear coles. one, to make clear that this is that there are diplomatic options for an off-ramp as the buildup has commenced and options that don t involve an invasion on the russian side and perhaps severe sanctions and the other is to make clear and it should be proposes and u.s. are looking at a significant amount of bite targeting potentially.putin s inner circle, their financial system and energy sector as well and types of sections that officials hope that would lead president putin to back off or pull out troops. going into this meeting, this virtual meeting, not a sense that.putin had decided
line here is can anything happen in this conversation with our president biden lead to vladimir putin feeling as if he cannot invade ukraine? did anything here serve as a catalyst that would make him concerned about making that move that the ramifications would be too great if he made that move? what would the response be as you move the chess pieces around the board. so what leverage did president biden walk into that room with at this point? here s a little glimpse of the top of the conversation. this was provided by russian state tv. american reporters were not allowed in but kremlin reporters were. good to see you again. unfortunately last time we didn t get to see each other at the g-20. i hope next time we meet we do it in person. martha: so the white house says the president told putin the united states and its allies would respond with strong economic and other measures. this is not the only test that president biden is facing on the world stage right now. things
this video. it got off to an awkward start. please don t. there you go. hello. [laughing]. good to see you again. the last time we didn t get to see one another in g20. i hope next time we meet, it s in person. john: one of the most important days for biden s foreign policy agenda going up against a trained agent with his sights set on ukraine. ukraine could become the next afghanistan. some democrats calling for more lethal aide to ukraine. sandra: keith kellogg, general, good of you to be here. that call ended 12:08 p.m. eastern time and last 2ed hours. got off to a rough start with president biden s microphone was not worked. he got it back on and waved at the russian president. i saw the same picture you the president was there and putin by himself. that s typical putin. that the call went for 2 hours that s not surprising because it s translated. putin understands english. i sat between 18 calls with president trump and vice-president pence. he would la
shared with the appropriate entities, one of which is the capitol police. the best intelligence of the world is no good if the people that need it don t have it. so i appreciate your reporting. thank you very much for your really diligent and excellent work on this. thank you, madam chair. thank you very much, senator king. on with us remotely is senator ossoff. when we spoke in june during your prior appearance before this committee, i asked you a simple but important question, which is, which individual is ultimately responsible for the security of the united states capitol complex? who is in charge? who has ultimate accountability? and that was not a question that you at that hearing, nor your colleagues who testified before the committee in february were able to answer with specificity. you acknowledge mr. bolton during that discussion at your last appearance that that was a problem, that the lack of a single individual who s accountable for and has responsibility for
house says the face-to-face conversation was deadly serious. hello. good to see you again. we didn t get to see each other at the g20. i hope next time we meet we do it in person. while intelligence officials have not determined whether putin has made a final division to invade, nothing is being left to chance. the president has experience with vladimir putin. he was vice president in 2014 when putin s troops marched into crimia and. putin has called the 1991 collapse of the soviet union the tragedy of the century. putin has never accepted the loss of ukraine. but the big question here is does he really want to invade or does he want something else entirely in exchange from the u.s. and our european allies? the president is scheduled to brief world leaders about that call and we are awaiting word from the white house press secretary at any moment. joining me now is nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel in ukraine, washington post bureau chief ashley parker and