2022 now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Okay, rachel, first of all it is not weird at all. You have done two hours now, two consecutive nights and that set up where we all were used to it at the end of minute one of last night. So, i mean, you can keep talking about it, but its just you, everyone else is just taking in the show as usual. You are very kind to say that. Last night, i had the audio so screwed up, it was totally me trying to do it myself. I sounded like i had a kazoo wedged in my with pipe or the first 15 minutes of the show. Until somebody was finally like you need to spin the dial about 180 degrees. And i was finally able to talk through sound like it wasnt beamed in from mars. But you are being very nice to me in any way. To me in any way. Rachel, it is now 3 01 am in ireland where Patrick Murphy lives, the leader of the Irish Fishermen who got my guy. But ive got Vladimir Putin to say your guy. The story that you delivered to
Senator chris coons joins us what it means for the party and ahead. And new fbi warnings from director chris wray, as he tells my colleague Pete Williams he was, quote, blown away by the state of espionage inside the United States. Well have more of petes exclusive interview coming up. Exclusive interview coming up. Welcome to meet the press daily. Im chuck todd, the u. S. Has put itself on firmer war footing as ukraine and our nato allies brace for this possible russian invasion of ukraine. The pentagon announced its deploying thousands of troop to Eastern Europe, Repositioning Thousands of troops already in the region as well. Heres where the new deployments are going, romania, poland, germany. Include a mounted cavalry and brigade teams. In total, it adds up to 3,000 soldiers. This is in addition to the 8500 troops placed on alert to deploy. This is in addition to nato troop already there. This morning, pentagon secretarygeneral john kirby addressed it. I want to be clear about some
Putin breaks his silence. Why the russian president says the west is ignoring his demand. And cbs Holly Williams is in the trenches tonight on ukraines eastern border. The search for a nominee. Tonight, the president lobbies u. S. Senators as he nears a Supreme Court choice. Could his pick get republican support . Trumps tornup documents. Why some of the former president s records central to Congress Investigation had to be taped back together. And an american kindness. How one teenager is giving thousands of Sick Children the gift of reading. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are approaching the point in the pandemic where everyone in america who wants a Covid Vaccine will be eligible to get one. Tonight, pfizer asking the f. D. A. For Emergency Use Authorization for its vaccine for children ages six months to four years old. Now, this comes earlier than expected. The company say
Democratic senate as a health scare leaves democrats one vote short for the next few weeks. To begin the hour, though, a major escalation. President biden now sending thousands of american troops to Vladimir Putins doorstep. The Administration Says it is a necessary step because russia is increasing its buildup along the Ukraine Border and because did i mr diplomacy so far has produced nothing. Cnn is following all of this mornings Breaking News. Our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. Its a big deal. Reporter it is a very big deal, john. I think you characterized it right. Right to putins doorstep but not crossing the threshold. Approximately 1,000 u. S. Troops already in germany will move further east to romania, another 2,000 troops in the United States who regularly operate on very short notice, they are going to go to europe, poland and germany. They will be ready to work their mission, to reassure the nato allies, to make them feel they are capable of resisting any russian agg
Putin breaks his silence. Why the russian president says the west is ignoring his demand. And cbs Holly Williams is in the trenches tonight on ukraines eastern border. The search for a nominee. Tonight, the president lobbies u. S. Senators as he nears a Supreme Court choice. Could his pick get republican support . Trumps tornup documents. Why some of the former president s records central to Congress Investigation had to be taped back together. And an american kindness. How one teenager is giving thousands of Sick Children the gift of reading. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are approaching the point in the pandemic where everyone in america who wants a Covid Vaccine will be eligible to get one. Tonight, pfizer asking the f. D. A. For Emergency Use Authorization for its vaccine for children ages six months to four years old. Now, this comes earlier than expected. The company say