this is kind the false flag operation that ukrainian officials are warning about. so, there s a high degree of agreement between the ukrainians and the u.s. side about the nature of the threat facing from russia, at the moment. what a senior u.s. official tells cnn is that russia plans to fabricate a pretext for the invasion of russia, and will do that by blaming the ukrainian military for carrying out an attack they would stage against russian-backed rebels or against russia itself. the official said that the plan would be to make some propaganda video. and there s details that they have identified. the video would contain explosions, corporations, actors that depicted mourners. nato drones to make a link with the western military line. it will be quite a production worthy of hollywood. the caveat, according to u.s. officials, it is just one of the
science from american civics and in addition summer school. it will be a camp to get these kids caught up. we will not let the biden administration get an hour away. when they try to bully us, we will take them to court and i m confident we will be successful. todd: governor y has everything when it comes to covid a power play from the biden white house? i think the biden white house loves the top down, one-size-fits-all, federal strategy. and it is obviously failed. if we truly want our states to be laboratories of democracy, give them the latitude appeared look at places like arizona, texas, florida, tennessee. every republican state has handled this differently. they have protected lives, livelihood and individual liberties. it is working. there is an accident from the blue states where they were his failed policy. americans are voting and coming
hospitals to have around 75 or 80% capacity in their icus, combined with overall hospitalization rates, combined with levels of covid in the community, and of course, local vaccination rates make a difference. we know over and over again, i feel i can t say it enough, if you are vaccinated and boosted, if other people in your community are vaccinated and boosted, you are going to be in a much better place. we are going to be able to unmask safely indoors, much more quickly. so, so critical indeed. all right. dr. ranney, thanks as usual for joining us. just ahead. the 2022 winter olympic games are about to kick off. we are going le to beijing for a preview of the opening ceremony. and when this line was drawn. oh and when this stitch was sewn. you inspired the new lexus es to be, well. .more you. so thank you. we hope you like your work. get special offers on the 2022 es 350.
flexibility and ability to shape our states own future. so, stop trying to help us, president biden. if there are resources available, send them to the states pro rata. stop paying people to not work, stay home and self medicaid. let s get the economy going again and get the national dynamism and lets secure the border and protect american spirit that is the role of the federal government, greg abbott and i will do what we can in arizona and texas. we are doing everything we can for the entire southern border if it is not secure, neither is our nation. the federal government needs to step up and do its job. todd: governor ducey, we appreciate you being our eyes and ears in that meeting and we appreciate your time today. thank you very much. ashley: gavin newsom says he only took off his mask for a photo with friends at the rams game. turns out, that is not true and
without power and thousands of flights canceled. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the death of the brettal leader of isis, targeted during a dramatic raid in syria overnight. the biden administration said the operation dealt a catastrophic blow to the terrorist group. oren leibermann has more from the pentagon. a u.s. raid shattering the overnight hours in northwest syria. special courses going after the leader of isis. last night s operation took a major terrorist leader off of the battlefield. and sent a strong message to terrorists around the world we will come after you and find