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>> i mean, where else could it get done? i think that there are a number of pathways, but heres the other thing. im not a united states senator, im not the president of the united states. what i am is an organizer. what i do is organize people and we organize resources to fight for the things that georgia family cares about. and what were doing today is were working to sustain the demand for immediate action on passing federal voting rights protections. so what we want to hear from the president...

And a game plan about cannette get done. >> the president also called harry reid a giant of our history. jon, lastly, here is part of the statement from senate ma north leader mitch mcconnell. he writes nevada and our nation are mourning a dedicated public servant and a truly one-of-a-kind u.s. senator, my former colleague harry reid. the nature of harrys and my jobs brought us into frequent and sometimes intense conflict over politics and policy, but i never doubted that harry was always doing ...

Weve offered him two paths forward. one is through diplomacy and dialog. the other is through deterrence and massive consequences for russia if it renews its aggression against ukraine. this goes to some basic principles of international relations that are what guarantee peace and security. the principle that one nation cant simply change the borders of another by force. >> reporter: as these talks are about to get started, alex, the white house is really trying to downplay expectations for it, ...

American and russian officials will hold talks in geneva later at the start of a crucial week of diplomacy that could shape the future of ukraine and the security of europe. western allies want to stop russia from invading ukraine, but moscow is looking for concessions from nato. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has this report. the stakes are high. russia has massed 100,000 troops outside ukraine. the united states has threatened severe economic retaliation if they cross the border, a...

Territory. the specifics on that are unclear. the white house is also threatening unprecedented sanctions. this is all ahead about the next week and a half or so top american and russian officials will be meeting in geneva to discuss these issues. presidents biden and putin according to white house officials will not be directly involved in those conversations. rich, im just seeing some of these highlights from the senior administration official saying that the tone of that conversation substant...

Going to have? did you know the legend that it would become? >> we had no idea. we just knew -- not knowing what it meant at the time but we all know what it is. >> yes, we do. >> oh, wow. >> miss patty, you have really lived, and i want to play a game thats kind of a "watch what happens live" classic. its called have you met them. i want to just run through various celebrities that you may or may not have met and just tell me if you have an anecdote about people you may have crossed paths with....

Describes the choices. >> i dont if the decision has been made its clear we have offered them two paths forward. one is through diplomacy and dialogue, the other is through deterrence and massive consequences for russia if it renews its aggression against ukraine but were about to test a proposition which path president putin wants to take this week. >> according to the u.s. the demands being made are really non- starters for the u.s. threatening serious consequences including toughening of sanc...

To make some compromises, like more notification about military exercises, potentially limiting the scale of nato exercises near russias border. and russia demanding far more, that there are guarantees that ukraine never become part of nato, and that nato dramatically scale back and effectively shed a lot of the countries that nato expanded into after the collapse of the soviet union. those talks seem to be going nowhere. and then, over the weekend, there was a -- not sure if it was a breakthrou...

During his christmas day speech. translation: sisters and brothers, what with the world be _ like without the patient dialogue of the many generous persons who keep families and communities together? in this time of pandemic, we have come to realise this even more. 0ur capacity for social relationships is sorely tried. there is a growing tendency to withdraw. to do it all by ourselves, to stop making an effort to encounter others and to do things together. 0n the international level, too, there ...

That is something that we are far more dependent on — peace — then gas. kristina, i mean come on this issue of sanctions, yes, carry on talking, you are all saying. but you have got to have a threat of "or else" and the sanctions path. i mean, do you see unity between washington, which isnt dependent on russian gas, with the europeans on this? yes, we have actually seen very good unity. first of all, in nato, all 30 members together on wednesday said the same thing. that is that they are not...