backtracks. good morning, welcome to way too early. will we ll begin with a stark new warning from the president of the united states when it comes to the threat of nuclear war. last night in new york city, president biden said the risk of nuclear armageddon is the highest it has been in roughly 60 years. since president kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. it all stems from russia s flail invasion of ukraine. biden said his russian counterpart putin is not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons. because his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming. russia has faced huge setbacks on the battlefield as ukrainian forces continue to take back land illegally occupied by moscow. there has been widespread concern that kremlin could use a weapon of mass destruction to regain some footing in the war. but in the words of president biden, i don t think there is any such thing as the ability to easily
dream. that a few hours ago was getting ready to play the biggest game of his nfl career. and probably nowhere else in the world he wanted to be. and now he fights for his life. we forget that part of living this dream is putting your life at risk. and tonight we got to see a side of football that is extremely ugly. shock and sadness during monday night football. buffalo bills safety hamlin is in critical condition in a cincinnati hospital. he suffered cardiac arrest during last night s game. also on capitol hill this morning, kevin mccarthy already moved into the speaker s office despite an influential group of republicans who vowed to vote against him today. plus, moscow says dozens of russian soldiers have been killed during a massive missile strike in an occupied part of ukraine. we ll take a look at what that means for the on going war. zbloom, we begin with that scary moment last night in the nfl. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the field
so this is the date that january 6th committee has circled on its calendar. tonight, in primetime, i m john berman, brianna is off, chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is here. it is the morning before this primetime hearing. and committee members have said there will be more hearings potentially, one or two down the road, but nothing immediate. so it is kind of seen as the closing arguments they re going to be making. i think people will be watching to see how effectively the committee does tonight. and they want people to be watching tonight, which is why they re putting it in primetime. the committee s focus will be, we re told, on the 187 minutes from the end of former president trump s speech on the ellipse, on january 6th, when he sent people to the capitol, to his video asking the rioters to go home. those 187 minutes. they will say that his action or inaction during this time period points to a dereliction of duty. he was, they say, resisting pleas fro
Overdosed, we got them on friday. Reporter also among those arrested the father of barry baker, junior. He made headlines last month for an under provoked attack against a man with cerebral palsy. While his son was beating up a man, with a disability, barry baker, senior was settling as morphine, heck of a family. Reporter officials are working to quantify the drugs, seized most of which is believed to be laced with the deadly chemical fentanyl. The d. A. Demonstrated just how deadly that chemical could be. Have a saltshaker, all right. Take a little bit of salt out into my hand. If that is was fentanyl, that would be enough to kill four or five of news this room. Reporter again, while operation wild fire was sparked as a way to get that snapshot in the heroin, Opioid Epidemic here Law Enforcement says it should send a message to drug dealers about just how aggressive Law Enforcement is in combat ago this drug problem. Reporting live from west chester alycia nieves cbs3 Eyewitness News
But recently mayor jim kenney and others received official notice from the government that their conversations with John Dougherty were wiretapped it is a standard pro forma i dont know how you cannot talk to John Dougherty or majority leader of council over a two year period and not be recorded. Reporter we caught up with the mayor following a news conference, highlighting new programs to put people to work in the philadelphia building trade industry. Kenney said he is not concerned about being recorded maybe i was a little profane here or there but nothing im worried about from a local perspective. Reporter also, philadelphia councilman bobby henon who was at todays news conference. He left a few minutes early and in the hallway he indicated he had no comment. John dougherty known as johnny dock was with his wife who is dealing with medical issues according to spokesmen frank kiehl. He says that the letter is standard procedure, and dougherty with the men and women of local 98 are no