after a battle with pancreatic cancer. the president will deliver remarks and former president obama is expected to deliver the eulogy. the biden administration is warning of severe consequences if vladmir putin launches an invasion of cukraine. white house officials are issuing sanctions. some say it could damage the economies of the united states and its allies. cnn white house reporter joins us now live. walk us through the sanctions that the administration is considering using against russia. it s a whole range of potential penalties that the administration is considering right now. those range from sanctioning russia s energy sector which is major part of their economy to blocking them from the swift international payment system to denying them access to bond markets. a whole range of considerings
we re grateful it went forward. very impressed with the case they pulled in and more than anything that the country got to see all of the evidence, as you said, that made clear what the motivation of this was. we wouldn t be able to see that if the trial had not gone forward. regardless of whatever their considerings are, we re grateful that all of this has come to light. mark, let me stay with you. all three were sentenced the life in prison with one having the possibility of parole. all we wanted is they di nod get any special consideration. the sentencing guidelines, we assume will be followed.
mentioned in the introduction, there have been a lot of discussion about whether the administration jumped the gun and whether there is enough evidence. however, there has been conflicting advice and another study published later in the week did say that these boosters are effective. so right now the medical community is discussing this and it is rare, andrea, to have the medical community on one side and political considerings and perhaps moral considerations and equity around the world and that s all coming to a head right now at this advisory panel and in addition to this meeting, also cdc advisors are set to meet next week to discuss this booster shot issue. certainly far from over, but more immediately, andrea, we do expect some sort of clarity and some sort of vote, discussion, later on this afternoon potentially as early as 4:00 or 5:00 eastern time. that s assuming it doesn t run
legislature is considerings. what, if any, steps are taken will depend on what, if any, proof this investigation bears. let s see what the substance of it is. if there s substantively something amiss for the governor, it could spell trouble for him in some court of law, whether that be civil rg criminal or otherwise. errol, to you, politically speaking, it seems that cuomo, the governor, has been able to weather this pretty well. does what s happening today change any of that? potentially, amara. the governor has been in a very odd kind of limbo for the last few months. the public opinion poll, the most recent one, shows a little over 60% of new yorkers want him to resun or not run for re-election. his re-election would be happening next year. at the same time, about the same percentage, around 60%, think he s doing a pretty good job. so he has been kind of going about the business of being
that are still being discussed and debated. here s a look at some of the considerings and these are challenges for the administration to work through this in the remaining time. one, the administration is considering raising the bar for carrying out the sorts of strikes. the levels, the discussions, the risk posed by these, raising the bar for when they re carried out. beyond that, they re debating whether to remove afghanistan as a combat zone. now that the fighting in afghanistan is over, should it be labeled a combat zone? and that affects the approvals and considerings about when and where to carry out strikes. there s looks at the approvals process around an interagency dialogue. a political decision that requires a approval at higher levels. because the cia lost bases in afghanistan, it s difficult to intelligence gather and carry out strikes.