left in afghanistan and that number has fluctuated as the withdrawal has gone past four months ago. >> bill: listen early december. see what gives. rich edson on that today in washington >> dana: a long winter ahead. right now president biden and president putin are having the video teleconference happening. the russian side state tv putting the meeting out for all to enjoy. we don't have any coverage yet from the white house side. you can see the two leader talking about. lots to talk about. there are nearly 100,000 russian troops on the ukrainian border. biden will try to dissuade him from that with possible threat of sanctions. >> bill: a wave and a wave. >> dana: white house under fire for its response with smash and grab robberies. administration calling it a result of the pandemic. here to talk about it is congressman ro khanna.