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