position. >> exactly. russia is saying we're not planning to invade, we find you a threat. nic robertson international diplomatic editor. great to have you with us. thanks so much. and we're not done with ukraine, in less than half an hour, i'll ask a russian expert if there's appetite inside russia for a war with ukraine. well, across the u.s., more than 160,000 people are in hospital with covid. that is a record high. but there is some hope. according to health and human services data, daily admissions have started to drop. and that's a promising sign that total hospitalizations will follow. even so, some hospitals still grow more crowded by the day. cnn's omar jimenez reports. we're going to take a quick