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Covers the white house. josh, good morning. so you had president macron come out sort of trumpeting he had brokered a summit between putin and the white house. the white house said we have agreed in principle and it is contingent, of course, on putin not going into ukraine so let's wait and see what happens there. this morning, putin himself saying, well, not so fast. we will see if we're going to have the summit. what is the white house saying this morning? >> reporter: this was a remarkable bit of shadow diplomacy by the french president with president macron speaking to putin for what we be...

Just before the top of the hour, the united states capitol, a live look on this monday, february 21. katty kay is still with us. joe and mika have the morning off. we begin with the situation playing out overseas. u.s. intelligence shows russian military officials have been given a green light to invade ukraine, but america's leaders are trying to buy some time. president biden and vladimir putin have agreed in principle anyway to a summit to discuss the situation as long as moscow does not go ahead with an invasion. the white house already pouring a little cold water on that. this morning the...

Ukraine. meanwhile, what we're saying is you preparing to go into ukraine. >> reporter: yes, there's already a meeting on the books between tony blinken and foreign minister of russia, sergey lavrov. they want to get that one out of the way first before they commit to anything from the white house's point of view. i mean why commit to a summit if the russians really are in a position where they're going to go in. there is a difference of opinion i think to some degree here in europe where they want to push for diplomacy more. there's a resistance to the idea that war is inevitable. i spoke to ...

Washington and its NATO allies have targeted Russian financial institution, high net worth individuals, with sanctions and asset freezes, while Germany has put the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline on hold.

One is cold, one is hot. A mitigation, A Ignition exists in the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. Something like a Scottish shower. Yesterday's bombings in