as he marks his first year in office this week, he s facing huge challenges at home from the assault on voting rights for it blizzard of omicron to inflation and crime. and huge challenges abroad as well with ominous new signs that vladimir putin is planning to invade ukraine. the danger is very, very real. you hear it in the language from the white house. so let s be clear. our view is this is an extremely dangerous situation. we re now at a stage where russia called at any point launch an attack in ukraine. all of that on the president s plate as he prepares to mark his first year in office answering questions from reporters in the news conference tomorrow afternoon. cnn s special coverage begins at 3:45 eastern time. he plans to do it at 4:00. our coverage starts at 3:45. let s bring in jamie gangel with an exclusive. good evening to you, jiamie.