he was certainly at this gathering. pictures released by itv news show the prime minister at a leaving party in november 2020. at least one person who attended was fined, but borisjohnson wasn t. a staffer who was there described the do. there was about 30 people if not more in a room. - everyone was stood l shoulder to shoulder. some people on each other s laps. people were sitting on each other s laps? yes, one or two people. a government source said the prime minister attended that event in a work capacity, a message repeated by ministers this morning. he probably was coming out of his office, carried the red boxes in, raised a glass to say thank you to a leaving member of staff who he would have been working closely with all the way through, and then presumably left. and the police will have had all of that information, which is why they didn t issue him a fixed penalty notice in this case. unemployment is now down. to its lowest level since 1974.
this is an evil that has no limits, and if it is not punished it will never stop. it s true. he understands this is a strategy for the russians. let s bring in nbc news correspondent dasha burn in warsaw, poland, of a story with olympians who have opened their doors in this crisis to an opponent. good to see you. reporter: good morning. a little silver lining for you this morning from windy warsaw where poland s olympians are putting competition aside and welcoming their hurting neighbors, polish and ukrainian athletes sharing a story that s shining a little bit of light in dark times. the united states, poland, ukraine. reporter: on the water, they are rivals, neck and neck in competition. elena for ukraine, and another for poland. today they sit shoulder to shoulder, brought together by a war that has torn so many apart.
if alvin bragg releasing a statement reading in part: violence against police officers will never be tolerated. my office will vigorously prosecute cases of violence against police and work to prevent senseless acts like this are from ever happening again. so that is the statement from the district attorney but, tyrus, you look at the footage of these thousands of police officers stand ising shoulder to shoulder standing shoulder to shoulder outside for hours yesterday, it felt like a turning point, didn t it? of course it s a turning point. please forgive me, i get so emotional about this because he was 22 years old. this brother was one of the good ones. this is the police officer that you hope for. this is the one that you want to show up at your door to protect you and help you. and he was, he was gunned down, and they talk about we re going to prosecute to the fullest extent? it s not about the prosecution. it s not about the court trial, it s about protecting our officers whe
naval exercises in the black sea. but so close to ukraine s southern coast, and much bigger than ukraine s home fleet. a shot across the bow to kyiv. and a country now surrounded by moscow s military might. 0n the northern border, another show of force. exercises with belarus. today in moscow president putin met the belarusian leader, closest of friends. the long table used for visiting western leaders is gone. president putin tells him they will both participate in new drills tomorrow, and sends a message to nato too. translation: i must state that these exercises - are purely defensive in nature and do not threaten anyone. a much different message here in munich. us and nato allies shoulder to shoulder, condemning what they call russian aggression. no wonder russia s foreign minister stayed away this year.