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Negotiations ahead much tougher. >> it does seem like a very difficult negotiation. nic, how do you see this playing out over the next few weeks and months? >> reporter: so, you have the talks on january 10th with the united states and russia. two days later you have talks between russia and nato. after that the day after, you have talks between russia and the organization for security and cooperation in europe. that actually will have ukraine at the table. i think what were going to hear more f...

It will have to be a heavy price to pay for it. >> now, were about a week away from these key talks that are set to begin in europe between the u.s. and russia. one of the things that president will talk to zelensky about today is this sort of strategy as the u.s. enters these critical negotiations. >> yeah. these are critical talks, nic. im wondering how russian officials are viewing this. kevin talked about how the white house has rejected these demands, sometimes called threats, from putin, w...

Ask your doctor about nucala. find your nunormal with nucala. this afternoon, president biden will hold his second call in a month with russia president putin over military tensions on ukraines border. this was requested by putin, ahead of bilateral talks in the united states and russian officials that will take place on january 10th. i should note those talks will not include biden or putin. joining me now, cnn white house correspondent john harwood, cnn international diplomatic editor nic ro...

This keeps happening to you. you say you have had enough. >> yeah. im done. im tired. i cant do it anymore. >> so tell me, this has happened about 8 times, right? >> yes. 8 times and last week happened twice. last week someone broke the glass and the neighbor called the police but they never showed up. so i called the police when i came in, i was like what happened? he is like we have shortage in the police and they are sorry and maybe we are going to send someone. im like i dont need any help f...

Ready to engage in serious diplomacy and take a diplomatic off ramp. they said anytime he asked for a call, we say yes. anytime we ask for a call, he says yes. thats what leaders have to do. we have to wait and see what comes out of this call and more significantly what happens in the follow on negotiations next week. the russians have amassed around 100,000 troops on the border of ukraine, could go up to 175,000. if there is an invasion, people expect that to be in late january, early february....

Officials have agreed to hold security talks on january 10th. theyll come to the table with relations strained over russian troops massing on ukraines border. and a white house official says the u.s. plans to consult with ukraine during the talks. for more on all of this, were joined by nic robertson, who joins us live from moscow. these are significant talks, of course. theyre on schedule now, and the u.s. continues to say that this is a two-track approach -- deterrence and diplomacy. yet, i th...

Cnns nic robertson joins us from moscow this morning. nic, good morning. why would troops leave now after ratcheting up tensions were ukraine? >> reporter: well, russias perspective on this is that all of those troops are not there to ratchet up tensions with ukraine. theyve been there for regular routine military exercises on russias territory, which they say is their prerogative, and is not designed to send, you know, a threatening message to ukraine. so what russia is saying right now is 10,0...

Have membership. and nato not to base military forces on the territory of ukraine. a very steep ask of the united states and of nato. this now appears that the diplomatic track is opening up. all of the tracks are still possible. >> yeah, nic, a lot to try and figure out over the coming weeks with this. im glad youre there for us live in moscow. nic robertson for us, appreciate it. coming up, the u.s. is seeing record low and high temperatures from coast to coast. well have the latest forecast...

Developing this morning, the united states and russia are confirming that they will hold security talks next month. the announcement comes amid heightened tensions over ukraine. cnns nic robertson live in moscow with details. hi, there, nic. what does putin want? are his demands really under consideration? >> reporter: well, what the united states is saying is that russia can put what it wants on the table and the united states is going to put its concerns on the table as well. theyre saying ver...

That is an open question. >> all right, nic, always great to have your analysis. thank you. in china, a city of 13 million people is under lockdown purporting the most daily covid cases in the city of china since the pandemics original epicenter in wuhan in 2020. steven zhang is in wuhan. what are you learning? >> reporter: paula, just to put things in perspective, the record breaking was 175 locally reported cases in xian. here in this country its a huge deal because of their continued insist...