minutes with foreign minister lavrov. lavrov saying that he s going to wait for the u.s. response to the russian proposals that they put forward and see what the u.s. says about them. for his part, secretary blinken said there s no trade space there, none. okay. so what happens now? some see europe on the bring of war, a moment not seen since world war ii. others question why we would send billions to ukraine for this effort. former national security adviser robert o brien stands by. victor davis henson joins us. first to benjamin hall in geneva where this meeting took place. good afternoon, ben. good afternoon, martha. there were no major break throughing in geneva today. the bar had been set very low. the one thing that did come out of it is this u.s. concession. secretary blinken finally agreeing to give russia the response to his demands and his concerns. a few days ago, secretary blinken said he would not give a written response because they were not true or based
cassidy on why all of this could mean more pain at the pump for americans. we begin with greg in kiev. greg? officials are more assured but still nervous. antony blinken met with his counterpart in a meeting that was called critical. here s a bit of what he said. that s the choice that russia faces now. they can choose a path of diplomacy that will lead to conflict and condemnation. still a gap remains dangerously wide, sandra. blinken demanding russia pull back its 100-plus troops on the borders with ukraine. lavrov said they didn t intend to invade. and russia wants troops out of eastern your ukraine. president zelensky was critical of the president s comments earlier this week. blinken shared information about this meeting with ukraine s foreign minister. sandra, late and developing news this afternoon, u.s. officials have learned that the state department is at least looking at a possible evacuation of u.s. diplomats and families. back to you. sandra: what happe
We re told he died and the cause of death was not released. 1947 to 2022. that s the story of this friday, january 21, 2022. we will look forward to seeing you back here monday. have a great weekend. meantime, thanks for joining us today. your world starts right now. take care, everybody. sandra: thanks, martha. will a last ditch effort to stave off a ukrainian invasion? good afternoon. i m sandra smith. it s a world on edge hanging on talks with the u.s. and russia. both sides agreeing today to keep talking. now we re waiting for the next move. we ve got you covered with greg palkot in ukraine on what comes next over there. jacqui heinrich and the white house. we ll be speaking to bill