places that have seen a fierce battle. it s one of the longest enduring battles, and the russians and ukrainians are pouring tons of material into this battle. putin might believe the newly mobilized troops could turn the war in russia s favor. when you talk to ukrainians here, they don t necessarily think that. they think vladimir putin and the russians are just throwing kind of more guys at the problem. the real issue with the russian military is lack of ability to fight, lack of morale, and lack of strong equipment that could actually take on all of this u.s. and western-provided gear that s been flowing across the ukrainian border since the beginning of the war. andrea. ambassador, we saw these weekend attacks against kyiv. one of those drones actually said, you know, happy new year on it, in a really offensive message to the people of kyiv. is there any kind of diplomatic
It’s official: U.S. markets have entered bear territory. The House probe into the Jan. 6 insurrection treated us to more prime-time viewing and Trump dismissed it as a “kangaroo court.” The last bridge connecting the besieged Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk to the outside world has been destroyed. And militant attacks in Burkina Faso over the weekend killed at least 55. All this and more in today’s PDB.
bill: unhinged man punched a a 4-year-old boy in broad daylight. his mother tackled him until officers arrived. the nypd says there were at least eight attacks on people in the new york city subway over the weekend. part of a trend. crime in the city is up more than 70% in the subways. 30% overall from this time about a year ago. david lee miller covers that for us in new york city today. david lee, good morning. good morning from the crossroads of the world, bill. new york s times square. new york city is deploying police and mental health workers into the subway system to try to do something to reduce the city s surging crime rate. but if this weekend is any indication, the job ahead is going to be a difficult one. as of this hour, three people have been arrested following the eight weekend attacks in the subways. the search for other suspects
they do their work, they have families, they are alienated, to be sure, as we can see as a common denominator, but still, there are people. their behavior. they are clearly identifying themselves as to who they are to us. bill: thank you, general. jack keane in washington. we will get some press conferences out of those towns and bring them to you. thank you, sir. take care, bill. sandra: new video coming into our newsroom right now, showing the terrifying moments out the gunman opened fire in that texas walmart. you can see a man they are laying down, hiding from the shooter, as shots rang out. less than one hour from now, president trump will be addressing the nation, following those weekend attacks. we will bring that to the unit