the top of the hour just a completely horrific, horrible fire in the bronx. we saw something similar, i believe it was in philadelphia a week or two ago. some really heartbreaking stories, we ll be getting to that. also, getting to just a build-up and tensions between russia and the united states and u.s. allies on whether russia really is going to move into ukraine with an invasion or whether they re playing a very, very dangerous hand? we ll get to all of that. also, mika, breaking news over night regarding tennis and crowe covid. yes, djokovic, australian has cleared the way. the judge this morning
pieces of paper and it becomes very awkward and difficult to do that if you just accused him of being a war criminal. so my guess is what the administration is trying to do is balance the understandable desire to express outrage, moral outrage, but at the same time recognize that he is the ruler of russia. it s a very powerful country. it is going to have to be a part of the eventual solution and end of this war. the russian foreminter sergei lavrov you interviewed. i have interviewed. he says talks are not easy, but there is hope for a compromise. how do you assess that when putin is smearing quote national look, the russians are playing a very, very brutal game in ukraine, but within russia as well. hundreds of thousands of people
president putin is playing a very, very important role, frankly a far more important role than president trump or vice president pence is playing. and if there is a chance that this will not dissend into a battle between demass discuss then i think a lot of that will depend now on president putin. and i think you have seen the sign, the indication, that maybe president putin will be able to adjudica adjudicate, if you like. thank you so much. all right, moving on the controversy between the nba and china is not going away, now nba super star lebron james is getting criticized for saying he was misinformed for tweeting his
to accident, particularly when you have people who are interested in accidents. so, extreme prudence is required and we believe the united states is playing a very, very dangerous game. reporter: wso, what patrick shanahan said is how they are playing to a domestic audience in iran, perhaps as much as president trump is trying to deliver on his own domestic messaging on iran. what rouhani, the iranian president said is when president trump threatened iranians they should be afraid of u.s. military assault, according to the iranian president, then president trump s military advisers called him to back down on that. that shows the power of iran and the region and what is actually happening here is managing the tensions. the united states and gulf
dhabi with the latest. good morning. reporter: if you listen to the foreign minister, he would have the world believe the united states is at fault here. he says the u.s. naval presence in the persian gulf is a dangerous situation. having all these military assets in a small area is in and of itself prone to accident, particularly when you have people who are interested in accidents. so, extreme prudence is required and we believe the united states is playing a very, very dangerous game. reporter: well, patrick shanahan doesn t take it that way. he says iran is the threat. we are managing the threat. a lot of what we are hearing has a lot to do with trying to appeal to a domestic audience, remembering they are under tough sanctions. the iranian president said when president trump threatened iran with military action, he said that in the united states,