our white house correspondent kimberly hallett joins us now live from washington. kimberly the talks for frank and business like, according to the secretary of state, nothing was resolved, but it looks like they are going to continue to tour. what's the u. s. strategy here? well, the u. s. strategy is to kind of let this simmer for a few days. they want to see what russia will do in terms of responding to the proposals that have been put forward by antony blank. and russia for its part is looking for some sort of written response by the united states. we know that antony blinkin wants to speak with the national security council back here in washington. so presumably that process will play out. now the u. s. president joe biden, for his part, was just speaking in front of reporters reporters attempted to ask him about russia . he acknowledged that they had questions, but walked away from the microphones instead of answering. so it's clear he does not want to speak before. there has been an opportunity to chew over what has happened in the this meeting that has taken

white house correspondent kimberly hallett has more from washington d. c. but there is no doubt, let me know down at all that makes this choice. russia will pay a heavy.

kimberly hallett reporting from washington dc. the office for the u. k. prime minister wars johnson has apologized to the queen officer to merge the party was held on the event on the eve. excuse me, off her husband's funeral to gatherings were reported to have taken place in downing street during a corona virus lockdown on april 16. the next day, the queen attended the socially distant funeral of prince philip, and on wednesday, for his johnson apologized for attending a separate drinks events. the barker has the latest from london. the government's bois on some already very much in crisis mode. and now this which isn't going to do the prime minister any favors. i mean, picture the scene, it's april. the 16th 2020 talk 2021. it was a warm evening. i know where i was that evening. i and inside the doors of number 10 downing street in the basement, we believe a come to report in the telegraph newspaper around 30 people had gathered for a double good by bash, there was drinking, there was dancing. and according to that telegraph report, at least one offi

our white house correspondent, kimberly hallett reports not for washington, d. c. but there is no doubt, let me, no doubt all that approved makes this choice. russia will pay a heavy price. speaking from prepared notes on the anniversary of his 1st year in office, president joe biden sought to clarify the u. s. position on a russian invasion into ukraine. i've been absolutely clear with president putin. he has no misunderstanding. addie any assembled rushing units, move across ukrainian border. that is an invasion but, and only met with severe and coordinated economic response to quench it comes as the white house spent the day cleaning up his wednesday night remarks. stunning european allies by suggesting a lesser response to a smaller scale invasion. if it invades, it depends on what it does. it's one thing if richer, minored, corrosion, and then we end up having to fight about what to do and not to which cetera will not gonna brains president vladimir zalinski fired back on twitter, lasting biden's comment. we want to remind the great powers that there are no mi

what has correspondent kimberly hallett has more on what the secretary of state is expected to say at those talks? well, he's trying to send a message and that message that he will be sending to the russian foreign minister is one that has been repeatedly underscored by the west, whether it be through telephone calls, between the various levels of government between the united states and russia. whether it be in consultations that have taken place between european partners. but the message has been consistent. that is that the u. s. believe that the only way to resolve security differences with respect to concerns about russia invading ukraine is through diplomacy. and should russia choose an alternate path? there will be severe financial consequences. now, the reason that the united states is so gravely concerned is because there is u. s . intelligence that has been in place for months that russia is preparing for some sort of imminent attack. not only because there are tens of thousands of troops. russia has a mass along the border near ukraine, but also because there has been an up

you so much. dorothy jabari is giving us the point of view for moscow, let's know a, bring in kimberly hallett, who's joining us from washington dc. to tell us what we're hearing from the blinking camp on all of those. kimberly. well, the biden administration has been very clear of its position, whether it be the secretary of state entity blanked him, the u. s. president joe biden, or even his press secretary, gen saki, who, oh, very recently of the last 24 hours, reiterated once again that the united states believes that the only path forward to resolving the security differences between the united states and russia is diplomacy. and to that, and that is what the biden administration will continue to push as it re reviews and continues to discuss the various positions it's position has not changed. it believes that it needs to respect the sovereignty of ukraine, and it expects that russia needs to do the same as to how russia proceeds moving forward. how the united states moving moves forward. there is still room for diplomacy, including high level discussions between not only the u. s. presi

kimberly hallett reporting from washington d. c. now, the philippines has extended measures in combating a covered 1900 surge until the end of january. the country is experiencing its highest infection rates in the pandemic began restrictions now include a ban on unvaccinated people using public transport in the capital. manila schools have also in order to suspend classes for a week. new cases had a record of more than 34000 on thursday. and cambodia is launching its 4th round of current virus vaccinations after recording its 1st on the call in case last month. the country has a high and i'll put a knock, elation rates with nearly 90 percent of the population having had at least one dose . cambodia is campaign, has largely been made possible by vaccine donations from china. meanwhile, china's government is ramping up checks for all inbound travelers ahead of the beijing winter olympics in 3 weeks. time. officials are concerned and outbreak of coven 19 in the nearby port city of chen gin could spread to the capital for credit report

if a confrontation, let's go live to our white house correspondent, kimberly hallett. so what is blinking, hoping to achieve with this meeting, given that last week's diplomatic talks ended without a de escalation commitment from russia or get a clear picture of the message that is likely to be conveyed by the u. s. secretary of state. when he meets with his russian counterpart engine, they neva on friday, the white house press secretary, jen saki speaking in the last hour, telling reporters that it is the belief of the united states of vladimir putin created what she called this crisis. in other words, the tensions that result from the russian troops that have been amassed along the border with ukraine and the fears that it could at any time. c invade ukraine and so as a result of the feeling of the united states is that russia now has to make a choice and that there really are 2 pathways they can move forward militarily, or there is the diplomatic path forward. now the united states is of the belief, given us intelligence and also activity of social media that russia