ukraine would not get the same response from the united states as a full blown invasion. in other words, he gave russian president putin a green light to take ukraine. and that got the entire world s attention. this is what emergency damage control mode looks like. president putin was no misunderstanding. i can assure you our allies and partners know exactly what the president s position is and knew what it was yesterday during the press conference. we have been very clear throughout. if any russian military forces move across the ukrainian border, that will be met with a swift, severe united response. the president has been very clear. less than clear. i m being clear with you right now. if you are interested i will continue to be clear. harris: here is how the president reacted when our own correspondent jackie heinrich asked him for more clarity, please. [inaudible question] harris: jackie is with me from the white house. the press is on because the press f
dana: only 36 hours. the president s original comments sent off alarm bells staring down the barrel of 100,000 troops. russia has refused to pull back the forces. antony blinken met with the russian counterpart. they say they have no intention of invading ukraine. but again we re looking at what is visible to all and it is deeds and actions, not words that make the difference. bill: we re watching this from all angles. senator tom cotton has reaction coming up in a moment. greg palkot in kiev but first to the white house we begin this morning with peter doocy from there. good morning. good morning. we have a brand-new update about the president s effort to try to stop this russian invasion of ukraine with diplomacy. the united states and russia have diplomats meeting in the middle in geneva right now. the secretary of state says his focus today is on defense and deterrents. tony blinken says that more u.s. security assistance will head to ukraine in coming weeks while
Can and tough on tv he was a school kid giggling. meat loaf is in the crowd. it was i m glad we got that memory. rest in peace, meat loaf. dana: good weekend to you, tyrus and bill. good luck to the bengals. harris the faulkner focus . i don t know about all the bengals stuff. dana: here is harris. harris: we begin with a fox news alert. ukraine bracing for a possible russian invasion but instead of showing leadership ahead of an international crisis, president biden is lashing out at reporters when he can t quite get his own story straight. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus . the white house working hard forclean up the president s messy remarks at wednesday s press conference. he suggested a so-called minor incursion, those were his words, between russia and ukraine with russia moving into