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White house, theyre waiting to find it. they dont know what putin is thinking either. but it is clear from the comments and the disparity in how both sides are presenting this publicly for domestic audiences that putin wants russia to see him as drawing a very clear red line and making his own threats and ultimatums to the united states. that doesnt mean hes not looking for some sort of off ramp, some sort of way out of military escalation. but the white house is not going to just sort of assume...

Anniversary of the fall of the soviet union and putins clear ambitions to reconstitute that fallen nation. really, what is the off ramp that you think the united states could diplomatically steer the situation towards, because, you know, nato is not going to abandon the former baltic republics, and i cant imagine we would let ukraine be invaded. >> were certainly not going to abandon any nato ally. that is absolutely true. were not going to abandon an independent sovereign ukraine. whether were ...

Or even vladimir putin himself. the question of putins intention is a little bit murky. he is, of course, claiming that the united states and nato are aggressing against ukraine, excuse me, against russia by moving closer and invading its sphere of influence. ukraine is trying to move closer to the west. the -- there is a potential for some sort of diplomatic off ramp with a -- if not a promise that ukraine will not join nato, which is what russia is demanding, perhaps some sort of neutral arbit...

Test. these are places, every place is trying to do the best they can for kids. thats why we just need the testing, and we also need to make sure that people are wearing well fitted masks and for those who can, please get a vaccine or get a booster, that will help you make sure that you dont get seriously ill. >> you called this, i mean, even before omicron, you said this, what were heading into is going to be the hardest school year ever. i think thats so hard to imagine given how hard it was a...

>> well, you cant have an off ramp for masks in the middle of this hugely transmissible moment. but i think that parents and educators need to know that the metrics that people are thinking about metrics about how to ultimately unmask kids. and there are some ideas about how to do that, which is, you know, massachusetts had an idea about how to do that, there is a few epidemiologists that have ideas about how to do that, but at the end of the day, we need to -- everybody yearns for normalcy. you...

And now 100,000 troops on the ukraine border. no serious sign of december escalation. but there are talks in geneva last week between the u.s. and russian counterparts involving nato. all of those entities will be participating in discussions. so it is possible that vladimir putin wants to explore a diplomatic off-ramp that president biden may be offering to de-escalate tensions, to provide some assurances to russia that nato is not seeking to encroach on russian sovereignty. but we simply dont ...

They said they pulled back and werent near the border. theres that. you still think the u.s. and nato have been quite successful to date. >> given the options available, given what putin wanted to do, the fact that there has been at least a status quo for some time is good. thats actually success, is that youre going to delay the possibility or delay any move on his part, bring him to a moment where he realizes his options are relatively limited. then the responsibility of the white house as one...

Earlier with moscow now insisting on certain security guarantees. cnns nic robertson has the details. >> reporter: so these january 10 talks could be the first opportunity for a diplomatic off ramp for the growing tensions of russias troop buildup along the board we are ukraine. vladamir putin want binding guarantees to stop natos expansion, that he sees as a security threat to russia. he says snato should not take in ukraine as a full member. those are some of the guarantees he wants. u.s. offi...

The first place. so in a sense, theres this dual track strategy, which is to offer him diplomatic talks about his complaints and his insecurities, a kind of diplomatic off-ramp for de-escalation on the one hand while at the same time saying to him publicly and especially privately, if you do this, you will suffer. you will not like the consequences. so this is all about trying to deter because once he gets going, if he does get going, its going to be very hard for him to walk it back. >> but the...