emmanuel macron. he said we should be talking with prudence when it comes to nuclear weapons. listen to what the white house press secretary karine jean-pierrealked about yesterday. >> reporter: talking about nuclear weapons is irresponsible. there's no way to use them without unintended consequences. it cannot happen. we won't be intimidated by putin's rhett rinne. we have not seen any reason to adjust our own nuclear posture, nor do we vacations they are preparing to use them. but putin can de-escalate this at any time, and there's no reason to escalate. >> reporter: now t other very important thing that the president said in his comments to those donors in new york city was that he was trying to figure out an off ramp for president vladimir putin, asking how does he find a way out? and this is a question that the president, his top aides, western leaders have been weighing very heavily for the last several months. it's not clear at this point whether they have an answer. >> it there's no diplomatic off-ramp, and that's very concerning right now. >>> new vems coming four months after the uvalde, texas, massacre at robb elementary school th