we thank the both of you, faiz shakir and matt bennett. we appreciate it. matt: thank you.y: today, president biden clarified and corrected comments he made yesterday and said any russian incursion into ukraine would lead to a severe and united response by the u.s. and its allies. in berlin, secretary of state antony blinken also presented unity. but, as the president himself acknowledged yesterd, the transatlantic alliance is not unified over how to punish russia. nick schifrin explains. nick: in the city once-divided by the cold war, america's top diplomat warned a that new war risked the values the west had won. sec. blinken: to allow russia to violate those principles with impunity would drag us all back to a much more dangerous and unstable time, when this continent and this city were divided in two, separated by no-man's lands. nick: secretary of state antony blinken met with german foreign minister annalena baerbock and french and british diplomats to try and present a united front. minister baerbock: any further aggressive behavior or aggression would result in seri

we thank the both of you, faiz shakir, and matt bennett.e appreciate it. >> thank you. >> woodruff: today president biden clarified and corrected comments he made yesterday, and said any russian incursion into ukraine would lead to a severe and united response by the u.s. and its allies. in berlin, secretary of state antony blinken also presented unity. but as the president himself admitted yesterday, the trans- atlantic alliance is not unified over how to punish russia. nick schifrin explains. >> schifrin: in the city once- divided by the cold war, america's top diplomat warned a that new war, risked the values the west hadon. >> to allow russia to violate those principles with impunity would drag us all back to a much more dangerous and unsble time, when this content, and this city, were divided in two, separated by no-man's-lands >> schifrin: secretary of state antony blinken met with german foreign minister annalena baerbock, and french and british diplomats, to try and present a united front. >> ( translated ): any further aggressive b

this is not from you, but from somebody else this morning this is matt bennett, the co-founder of whatk tank third way. he said, quote, if trump had this economy, he'd be calling it the greatest ever. yes, there is high inflation low unemployment and a booming stockmarket. i think they, meaning the administration need to be more aggressive of addressing things people care about and know what the biden administration has achieved do you think that's right? >> not necessarily first, andrew, good to see you, happy new year thanks for having me back. >> happy new year to you. >> look, the problem is in the biden messaging. the problem is biden's policy, themselves look, i believe he fumbled this economic recovery. he inherited a better than expected recovery from 20. there were trillions of dollars of stimulus, a life saving vaccine and much of the regions finally reopening as a country, it should have been a very strong year. he's missed all three quarters of the economic projection he's a million jobs short of his promises from the covid stimulus you know the wage increases or the inflat