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us the latest. he has all the details tonight. but tonight we begin at 1600 pennsylvania avenue where your buddy joe biden is heading back to the basement. his 2024 reelection bid is officially now under way so i guess that means we can expect to see a lot less of joe than usual and come up by the way, it's official. he has given fewer press conferences than any other president in the last 40 years and according to nbc news, it'll be several months before he even holds one single campaign event and no doubt those events will be you and far between. didn't even hold a rally to kick of...

House. that's all on the table going into this phone call. but the reality is the tough negotiations doesn't begin until 10th of january? geneva. >> thank you. joining me is leon panetta, the former defense secretary and former cia director during the obama administration. secretary, than for your time. first off, you know, we were saying this call came at the request of putin less than two weeks before these security talks. what's putin's calculus, do you believe, and why now? >> well, i think it follows a pattern that putin has used in the past of ratchetting up pressure when he's trying to ...

Going back to russia as a result of a war in the ukraine is not exactly something that putin would like to see happen as well. so i think there is room here for negotiations between the united states and russia. >> glad to hear your optimism, secretary. the u.s. in a delicate position striking a balance between helping ukraine and not threatening russia in a way to force them to act. thank you so much, former secretary of defense leon pan panetta. appreciate your time. coming up, survivors of jeffrey epstein's abuse are reacting to the continue vision of ghislaine maxwell. while they say jus...

Thing. russia is aiming to take over ukraine and make it part of russia. that's the goal and i think it's pretty clear that whatever we try to do right now is not going to deter putin and russia. >> and so to that end, last question, i asked you about the defense secretary role and the cia role. what would the white house chief of staff leon panetta be telling president biden right now? what must he say, what must he do at this moment? >> i think it's extremely important because i think this is a pivotal moment in history in the 21st century that's going to tell us a lot about the future. the ...

From those forward positions. the russians will want darkness to begin this invasion. they will also want good weather. they do not want to move in the rain because their heavy vehicles can get readily bogged down in the mud. that's the u.s. assessment. so they're going to want it as dry as it can be and they're going to want darkness and that, this hour, is causing tremendous concern not just at the pentagon, not just in washington, but i would venture to say across the world, john. >> barbara starr, grateful for the important new reporting. keep us posted throughout the hours and days ahead....