as is evidence by the presidents call this afternoon, with our european partners as we work to ensure we're in lockstep as we approach the next stage and anticipate where president putin may or may not do. >> so, that's where we are right. now we're at the next stage where we're trying to anticipate what the president of russia, vladimir putin, might do. will he mountain invasion of ukraine? if that if he does that, what happens after that? today, the biden administration sought to show a unified -- against vladimir putin. the white house panic on state department held briefings as addressing the escalating situation ukraine. presidential biden held an 80 minute video call with allies this afternoon, briefly telling reporters a torrent time ago, there was unanimity on the call but not getting into details. there were over the weekend, there were weekends -- biden's considering sending troops to eastern your. those reports were confirmed today. the picketing pentagon announced as many -- are now on the high alert and ready to deploy within days. yesterday, the state department