for here is de-escalation. there are a hundred thousand troops still amassed on the ukrainian border on the russian side and the u.s. wants to see that russian presence come down. but in the meantime they are open to diplomacy, but president biden will remind vladimir putin that the u.s. will impose sanctions and costs not imposed after the ukraine russia s invasion of crimea back in 2014. jeremy dirgesd thanks. let s discuss this and more with congresswoman madelyne dean from pennsylvania. congressman dean, first, i want to get your reaction to this news that president biden is going to speak to putin tomorrow at putin s request. national security officials have not yet seen any effort by russia to lower tensions, to withdraw troops from the border with ukraine. what might success actually look like under these conditions for president biden? well, jake, it s very good to