going republican but the senate seems to be more of a toss up. that s where democrats need to put their energies. back to the tensions between russia and ukraine. the u.s. state department is ordering all family members of american embassy staff in kyiv to leave ukraine now. they say security conditions along ukraine s borders are unpredictable and can deteriorate with little notice. it is also urging u.s. citizens in ukraine to leave. it is asking americans not to travel to russia. this as president biden is considering deploying several thousand u.s. troops and war ships to nato allies in the baltics and eastern europe. new this morning, nato now says it is sending additional ships and fighter jets to eastern europe amid the russia troop buildup near ukraine. joining us now, president and founder of eurasia group ian bremmer and president and ceo of
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he was sort of saying to everyone, michael, calm down . joe biden is still saying he expects military intervention by russia, he now thinks next month. has he kind of positioned things well in this particular crisis after the embarrassment of afghanistan? he does at least seem to have got almost all the allies singing from the same hymn sheet. even germany, that we thought would be an outlier, was saying, no, no, we re pretty much going to back the americans on this. well, you know, this is very. let sjust go back in this crisis. it s two months, which is a long time in twitter time. the first anybody heard about it were unattributed briefings - in the washington post, new york times about l this troop buildup. this was not coming from kyiv. i mean, we didn t hear cries - for a little international support because the russians . are going to grab.look like they want to grab some more of our country. - and i think people need to remember about whojoe biden is. this year marks the
seditious conspiracy in connection to the capitol riot. nbc news reports that, in fact, he spent six hours talking to the january 6th committee. and roads, quote, invoke his fifth amendment rights 20 to 30 times but ended up talking extensively about the history of the oath keepers organization. investigators are also waiting to hear from ivanka trump. the committee had invited her to voluntarily appear tomorrow or thursday. this afternoon, chair benny thompson was asked about that. any plans for her to appear? we don t know. we make preparations but sometimes things slide another day or another week. [inaudible] as for the panels overall progress, since its creation in july, investigators have now interviewed more than 475 witnesses, received 60,000 pages of records, along with more than 700 pages from the national archives that donald trump tried to keep hidden. we are also following tonight the latest on the russian troop buildup on ukraine s border.
border. we know 5,000 troops in belarus which is about 140 miles from kiev, the capital of the ukraine. at the u.n. security council meeting, he said we might see 30,000 troops going into belarus by mid-february and this is an extraordinary department. harris: is what you said is really critical previously. you said, before all of this, what we knew from the president of the united states was, there wouldn t be any punitive action taken for a minor incursion. i think he still feels that way. how do i know that? because originally, it was 8,500 united states troops that we were going to mass and potentially deploy. now it s a number much smaller than that, less than half. so what does that tell you? russia s troop buildup is getting bigger, as you just pointed out, and ours is just like a toe in the bucket. now two things, our military is amazing and we could accomplish