rising possibility of russian military action at any time. at the same time, president biden is considering moving troops within europe closer to russia s border as well as in the black sea and increasing bomber flights over the region. even as we re building up deterrence, even as we re building up defense for ukraine, we re also engaged in diplomacy and dialogue. that s the preferable path forward for everyone. it s the responsible thing to do, and we ll pursue it as long as we can. at the same time we ll continue to build up the defense and deterrence that is necessary. the optimism, the fight against the omicron variant is growing in the u.s. across the country as the national 7-day average of confirmed cases finally begins to shift downward after a record setting surge. there is still pressure on hospital workers in some western is southern states where omicron cases are at their peak, and vaccination rates are low. our nbc news poll contains bad news for democrats w
significant response if a single russian force enters ukraine in an aggressive way. we ve also learned of a kremlin plot that vladimir putin is planning to install a puppet government in ukraine. waiting in the wings, an estimated 100,000 russian troops already stationed at the ukrainian border. with fears of an invasion growing, president biden held a meeting with his security team at camp david this weekend. for the very latest let s go to cnn s clarissa ward in kiev, she s live there for us. clarissa, how much power does the u.s. have right now to stop what seems like a steady drumbeat for war? our top diplomats in washington are making all kinds of warnings but it doesn t sound like the message is getting across. reporter: well, i think at least the diplomatic process has not reached a total dead end, jim. we saw those talks in geneva between secretary of state anthony blinken and his russian counterpart seg rgey lavrov. they at least agreed to keep talking. it s hard t
comforting in boston and they were ready to do business. they were ready to do civil war which is what this fellow was talking about. and you know we ll talk about the actual statutes in a second. you tell us a little bit more about this you read the statue. it s such a tight fit legally on the fact pattern it s such a tight fit to what they did and what sedition is. if this were a law exam question, you can write it and you can attach the actions to the statues in about well, federal prosecutors filed new charges against 11 members of one of the groups of playing essential roles of the january 6th attack of the u.s. capitol. as pete williams reports, investigators say they were planning for even more violence after the siege. reporter: the most high profile t charges, the leader o the far right oath keepers accused of conspireing ten other members in the group tod carry out g acts of violence to stop congress from formally counting the electoral college vote for the
fate in the australian open could come at any moment. hello and welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin in our health lead. a new warning from the top health experts. today dr. anthony fauci, and the acting fda commissioner say omicron is so efficient at spreading that almost everyone in the u.s. will at least be exposed to it. even if you re vaccinated and boosted. that does not mean, of course, that everyone is going to get infected or get sick. just exposed to it. the biden administration says it will send 10 million test kits to schools every month to help keep classrooms open. and the white house is actively exploring, we re told, making high-quality masks more available to americans. those efforts all could make a critical difference. right now a sliver of good news as cnn s nick watt reports. cases appear to be peaking in some places such as new york which means case counts could soon be coming down. omicron, with its extraordinary, unprecedented degree of
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is tuesday, january 11th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. new this morning, voting rights advocates in georgia are speaking out on their plans to boycott president biden s speech today in atlanta. they say without a concrete plan to pass election reform laws that have, so far, been blocked by republicans, and also some resonant democrats, the president shouldn t bother coming. here s what the founder of black voters matter told us here on new day just moments ago. he gave a very passionate speech, not only the one he gave for the commemoration last week of january 6th, but, remember, he gave a very passionate speech back in philadelphia, back in july. but then literally for seven months, we heard nothing else about voting rights from him. so now is not the time for another speech. and to be clear, we believe in using the presidency as a bully pulpit. we would have loved that the president use the pr