3,000 u. S. Troops to europe as the threat of a russian invasion looms over ukraine. Hello, welcome to America Reports for a wednesday, john roberts in washington. Sandra, good to be back with you. Sandra great to see you. Welcome back. Sandra smith in new york. Additional forces are deploying to poland, germany and romania, all of which are nato members, on top of the 8500 troops already on high alert and ready for deployment if needed. John the pentagon says the u. S. Is committed to defending nato allies as tensions rise, and new Satellite Images reveal the extent of russias military activity in the region. Sandra steve live in kyiv, what is putin doing now . Whats he doing now and whats he going to do, the question many World Leaders are asking themselves. Putin kept quiet about ukraine for a month, he broke the silence yesterday in classic passion. Twisted it around saying the u. S. Was trying to drag russia into war in ukraine, not mentioning the massive buildup of Russian Forces
Are you in the path of the storm . More on when and where were going to see the snow and ice coming up. Also this morning, the Washington Football Team just revealed its new name. Its commanding attention. Im going to talk with the group spearheading that movement. We have our team covering the crisis in Eastern Europe. Courtney kube, Richard Engel and michael mcfaul, former ambassador to russia. Courtney, let me start with you as you were in the room for the pentagon briefing. We know french troops are also being sent to the region. Talk you through what more we learned today during that briefing. Theres even some other allies that are considering sending some troops, the british, theyve sent assistance, the dutch, among others. We heard from press secretary john kirby a very key words. The military and pentagon are making it very clear that they look at this as a temporary deployment, not a permanent deployment and the ultimate goal is to deter russia from making an incursion into uk
Eastern and northern borders. Cyber, Electronic Warfare grand and control, Logistics Engineers and other capabilities along ukraines borders, putting russia in a position to move quickly if Vladimir Putin wants to. Joining me is Erin Mclaughlin in kyiv, and Courtney Kube at the pentagon. This is not the totality the pentagon had at its disposal but they are moving them, and there was a moment in the News Conference today where they talked about how they would protect the pentagon, protect u. S. Nato allies. You mentioned that caught your attention during the last pentagon briefing. What did you make of that today . Right. Theres two groups of troops that would be moved here. The 3,000 we heard about today, 2,000 from the United States and 1,000 already there in europe. Its important to point out, the u. S. Military has between 75 and 8,500 troops to move, and this is the u. S. Moving these troops into poland, romania and germany at the request of those governments, so to go in and try
Sandra Fox News Alert, the pentagon is set to brief as marines arrive in haiti to secure the u. S. Embassy there. As violent gangs take over the nation. John a gang leader nicknamed barbecue may be the most powerful man in haiti and americans are trapped there under his brutal watch and they are begging to get out. Sandra we are cruising. This is a big day indeed. A lot of news to get to. Hour two, im sandra smith in new york. Hi, john. John john roberts in washington. Good to be with you for another hour, its going to be a busy one, sandra. Watching the Pentagon Briefing for any updates on the situation in haiti, including the marines just arriving there. Sandra and now this. The tiktok ban moving through congress is zeroing in on National Security concerns. They are big ones, but there are still major questions about the dangers of the platform and social media in general, of course, and what they do pose to children. Heart broken parents have been some of the biggest lobbyists for a
Across the board on issue after issue, he laid out both achievements and an agenda for the future. The average American Household is better off in real terms. The white house touting the resiliency of the biden economy and the president is getting ready to head to philadelphia to kick off a 20state blitz to tout the economic record. Hello, on this friday afternoon. Great to have you here today. Thank you for having me. Aishah hasnie in for john roberts on this friday. This is America Reports. The president is using the address to the nation to try to win americans back on the economy, calling it not inflation, its corporate shrinkflation. But we caught up with americans at a diner in the last hour and theyre not buying it. Frankly, when i see a difference in the total at the bottom of my receipt at the Grocery Store and the gas station, thats when ill start feeling better about the economy. We might want something really bad but its four more dollars more expensive, so we get the cheap