the situation. certainly a cold wind blowing from the east at this point and a lot of concerns about the russian expansion. >> obviously geneva where you are now is the site where president putin and president biden met. is there any sense on the talks coming up later in the week and coming months? >> reporter: they've been speaking by phone as well. the bigger question, why would president putin sent a deputy foreign minister if he could have come himself. he has over 100,000 troops on the border of ukraine. they've been there for weeks. it's been suggested if there were to be an incursion, it would happen in mid-january or end of the month, survivorly before the ground gets too soggy for it to work for the russians. a big question on whether president putin wants to move on