my name is nilson. i m originally from honduras. my fathersa citizen. my wife is a citizen. my son has been born here. my mom is a legal resident. i ve been here for 20 years. so what is the point of i.c.e. having me here for? . [ speaking in foreign language ] covid-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. all of italy, a country of 60 million people is now effectively a red zone. covid-19 is sweeping through the country s jails. they have proven to be a breeding ground for contagion. how s everybody doing? how are you thinking about what s happening out here with this coronavirus thing? everybody is here under a lot of stress. we see what s happening outside, how fast it s been moving. once it gets in here, we all will be at risk. [ speaking in foreign language ] because they only wear the face mask on monday, and now they don t even have it on at all. you see up there, checking the room. it is not practicaling social distance. six feet, there is no way we r
death of george floyd. what we know about how this is going to play out. and desperately needed aid is now arriving in tonga, more than a week after a volcano eruption and tsunami there, but volunteers say there are still major challenges ahead. we are so grateful that you re joining us this sunday, january 23rd. thanks so much for waking up with us. good morning to you, christi. good morning, boris. good to see you. of course. let s talk about what we re learning out of new york this morning. yeah, really a tragic story. new york city police officer jason rivera, the deadly shooting that claimed his life, the 22-year-old was killed friday night when he was responding to a domestic violence call. his partner, 27-year-old wilbert mora, was critically injured. the rookie cop grew up in an immigrant community where he said relations with police were strained and that s why he decided to join the force, to help. yesterday mayor eric adams honored rivera and the ot
all right. good morning, everybody. welcome to the cross connection. i m tiffany cross. you heard some of the black voters who put joe biden in office weighing in on his myers i first year with mixed reviews. biden gave himself high remarks in what turned out to be the longest press conference in presidential history. it was a quite informative one. now, there have been many successes that you don t often hear about in the biden administration. over three-quarters of americans have finally received one jab. that s something and free home tests are now on their way to your mail books, not to mention the pass annual of the american rescue plan. we put more change in your pockets. we appreciate that and a massive infrastructure bill. but we do have to be honest. there have been many challenges, excuse me, ballooning inflation. the social spending bill nope as build back better, it s pretty much stalled indefinitely now and, of course, the big unanswered question, that is, of
adverting a potential russian invasion of ukraine. later this hour, we ll talk with a journalist in ukraine about a move on the ground. the house january 6th committee is asking ivanka trump to cooperate with its investigation. as a georgia prosecutor seeks a special grand jury to help investigate a call trump made during the elections process trying to overturn results of the 2020 election. meantime, one major city tries a new approach to reducing the sufrmg in covid cases. and out west, california is about to get more help from the federal government to fight wildfires. and we begin with the urgent diplomatic efforts aimed at averting a potential russian invasion of ukraine. secretary of state antony blinken and russian foreign minister sarah guy lavrov met in geneva today for nearly 90 minutes, but there was no breakthrough in the standoff. after the meeting, secretary blinken said the two sides agreed to keep talking and made it clear there would be a strong r
week as part of a congressional delegation. and we begin with the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. right now, the biden administration s website to request free at-home covid tests is up and running. americans can visit covidtest.gov to place an order for four tests to be delivered to their door by the united states postal service. the administration also says it will begin distributing 400 million n95 masks from the national stockpile to thousands of locations across the country. joining me now is nbc news correspondent heidi przybyla. also with us is dr. joseph varon, the chief of critical care at united memorial medical center in houston. thank you for being with me. heidi, you spoke exclusively with the new testing coordinator at the white house. what did he tell you about what he can expect from this new program? reporter: jose, i just wanted to point out that the reason why these new programs are so significant is that for the first time, the federal government i