just a show of force? perhaps, but not likely. putin wasn t bluffing when his country invaded crimea in 2014 in violation of international law, and remember, russia annexed crimea from ukraine after a military intervention. the international community still considers crimea as ukrainian territory. so this was likely the most important foreign policy conversation of the biden presidency thus far. the secure call via video link, it began with pleasantries. hello. good to see you again. unfortunately, last time we didn t get to see one another at the g-20. i hope next time we meet, we do it in person. the white house says biden was then crystal clear about where the u.s. stands on this aggression. if russia further invades ukraine, america and our european allies would respond with strong economic measures that could devastate the russian economy and would be much tougher this time around. here s jake sullivan. president biden looked president putin in the eye and told h
heating oil down and unemployment. those are things americans really care about that affect them at this moment and for this holiday season it appears they re going in the right direction, michael. i don t want to sort of talk against my own a block because i focused heavily on the situation with russia and ukraine and i think that s really it is important. i m going to talk about it, yes. to your point what really matters most at christmas is your son going to get the gi joe with the grip. this is not the 1960s or 70s where we had that or the bionic man. this is ps 5 territory, michael. have a good show. thank you. this is don lemon tonight. breaking news because the house passed a bill to increase the debt limit. instead of 60 votes, that means ten republicans would have to get on board. congress has until next wednesday to address the debt limit as joe biden taking on vladimir putin as we talked about, thousands of russian troops on the boarder with ukrai