and -- the world's number one male tennis player may not even get a chance to play. novak djokovic is once again on the verge of being kicked out of australia. he's meeting with immigration officials right now and is about to be detained. hello. happy friday. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. a bruising week for president biden. nearly a year into his presidency, he's surrounded by dead ends and crises, the fate of his economic agenda uncertain, his push for election reform appears to be withering on the vine. the u.s. supreme court swatted down his vaccine mandate for big businesses. the pandemic is continuing to rage. inflation is soaring. north korea is firing missiles eastward. russian troops are poised to move westward as talks to de-escalate around ukraine went nowhere fast. as kaitlan collins reports, president biden who in one poll this week stood at only 33% approval. desperately needs a reset as he embarks on his second year in office. >> reporter: president biden's week going from bad to worse. >> there's a lot of talk about disappointments and things we haven't gotten done. we're going to get a lot of them done, i might add. but this is something we did get done. >> reporter: biden highlighting his infrastructure bill after being forced to confront one setback after another, putting his presidency in a perilous position as he approaches one year in office. >> the truth is an agenda doesn't wrap up in one year. >> reporter: a key component of the legislative agenda was brought to a halt after two democratic senators rejected his call to overhaul senate rules to pass federal voting laws. >> right now we are dealing with the realities of the fact that we have a very slim majority in the senate and in the house. that makes things more challenging than they have been in the past. >> reporter: senate democrats also going after the white house on testing. asking in a new letter why officials didn't act sooner to ramp up supply amid the omicron surge. starting next week, the administration will distribute half a billion tests for free nationwide which are expected to take seven to 12 days to ship and are limited to four per household. this week the centerpiece of biden's effort to mandate vaccinations was also dismantled by the supreme court, alongside a blistering opinion. >> we are, of course, immensely disappointed by that decision. it's up to the states and individual employers to put in place vaccination requirements. >> reporter: on the foreign policy front, biden's top aides were also unable to convince their russian counterparts to withdraw troops from the ukrainian border amid concerns of an incursion. >> it's certainly the case the threat of military invasion is high. >> reporter: meanwhile, the white house is pointing to other markers of a successful first year. >> the other way to look at the last year is that 200 million americans are now vaccinated. more than 80% of americans have received at least one dose. if you look back to a year ago, only about 35% of people were willing to do that. >> reporter: coming off this challenging week for president biden, press secretary jen spsai did confirm he'll hold a press conference next wednesday at 4:00 p.m. where he'll face questions on this from testing to what's happening in ukraine. that will come one day before he marks one year in office. >> that will be during a special edition of "the lead" next wednesday at 4:00. the pentagon says it has very credible intelligence indicating yaush has prepositioned a group of operatives ready to conduct a false flag operation in eastern ukraine. this kind of operation in which an attack against russia is faked by russians would, therefore, create some pretext for putin to order a russian invasion of ukraine. natasha bertrand joins me live. what more do we know about this group of operatives, and what does it mean for the standoff at the ukrainian/russian border? >> what we know according to u.s. officials is these operatives who russia has allegedly prepositioned in eastern ukraine are trained in urban warfare. and using explosives. they are potentially preparing to carry out attacks of sabotage against russia's own proxy forces. and what u.s. officials are telling us is that would preface any invasion using the russian forces stationed at ukraine's borders right now because it would give the kremlin an excuse to say that it was only acting in self-defense and, thereby, justify an invasion. notably, the administration now believes this could lead to that russian attack and it could result in widespread human rights violations and even war crimes should diplomacy fail to meet their objectives. according to all u.s. officials who have spoken to cnn this week, adding to the apprehension is the fact these diplomatic talks, this week between the u.s., russian and nato officials in europe that have been aimed at de-escalating, as russia has continued to build up the forces have yielded no breakthroughs. there's been no agreements by the russians to pull back those forces. alongside all of this, the u.s. has seen russian influence actors prime russian audiences for this kind of intervention and that includes by emphasizing narratives about the deterioration of human rights in ukraine, increasing militancy of ukrainian leaders, creating this perception that it's dangerous right now in ukraine for ethnic russians. all this is adding up to u.s. officials as an ominous sign of where things are heading. >> the biden administration says this is the same playbook russia used in 2014 for their invasion and annexation of crimea. how similar is this operation? >> u.s. officials are comparing this to 2014 because russia used the politically chaotic situation in ukraine following the ouster of the pro-russian president yanakovich in 2014 to justify that incursion into crimea. russia had a duty protect ethnic russians from the dangerous vol fit ukraine was experiencing at the time and vladimir putin is using similar justifications right now, jake. >> all right, natasha bertrand, thank you so much. joining me to discuss is the national security adviser, jake sullivan. thanks for joining us. i want to start with your reaction to cnn's reporting that the u.s. has very credible intelligence indicating russia is preparing a false-flag operation in order to create a semblance of a justification for a russian invasion of ukraine. you hinted at this during a briefing yesterday. how can you be confident the intelligence here is accurate? this is a very strong claim to make about russia. what's the proof? >> well, first, i'm not going to get into the details of the intelligence beyond what has been reported in the press. but i think the most compelling thing, jake, which anyone who has watched closely in ukraine or with russian activities elsewhere on his periphery would tell you is that this is straight out of the russian playbook. this is what they did in ukraine in 2014. they've done it in other contexts. and so it comes as no surprise that they would be planning for the possibility of creating a pretext. now i say possibility because, of course, the intelligence community does not yet assess that president putin has made his decision but they're putting themselves in a position to try to create a circumstance in which they try to put the blame on the ukrainians when in fact, it's the russians causing the escalation in this situation. >> ukrainian government website says were targeted in a massive cyberattack overnight. it's not clear yet who is behind the attack. ukraine is pointing a finger at putin and russia. do you believe the kremlin is to blame? >> we haven't made an attribulation on that and we'd like to be disciplined in the way we go through the technical specifications of the attack and trace it back to where it came from. as soon as our experts have done that, we'll be prepared to attribute. i will also say this, too, is part of the russian playbook to engage in cyberactivity of this kind. this was a relatively sophisticated attack. we don't think some of the claims made on the website about all the data getting grabbed and leaked and so forth have borne out yet so we're still getting to the bottom of it. >> the former ukrainian defense minister wrote in an op-ed for the atlantic council this week that, quote, given the right equipment and tacts ukraine can dramatically reduce the chances of a successful invasion, unquote. at what point is the biden administration prepared to offer military support to ukraine that goes beyond just defensive capabilities? >> the focus of our defensive capability equipment, the focus of the assistance that we've provided and that we continue to provide, week by week, is to help the ukrainians defend themselves. and we believe that that does have a deterrent effect. does put them in a position, if russia attacks, to be able to capably and successfully defend themselves. that's the whole point, jake, is to put the ukrainians in a position, not to attack russia but to defend themselves in the face of a russian attention and that's the focus of our assistance. >> i want to read a quote from "the new york times." this is by russia expert, western partners clearly have yet to work out how to respond to the kremlin's policy of suspense by forcing the world to guess what russia is up to and pursuing mutually contradictory policy lines simultaneously. the kremlin keeps the west disoriented. accustomed to functioning in rational, risk-averse ways. the west doesn't know how to react to such organized chaos. it's a well-written argument about the fact that we're living in one world determined and predicated on rational acts that putin is not necessarily in. and that creates a situation where it seems like the u.s. is constantly a step behind russia and the biden administration in this case playing defense. what's your response to that? >> look, i think if you go back to october and november, weeks and weeks ago, when we started talking about this, we laid down a very clear, straightforward line and we have stuck to that line day in, day out, week in, week out, no matter what the russians say or do. and that line involves two basic thrusts. one thrust is to indicate to the russians that there will be severe cost to pay if they go ahead in ukraine, including economic costs, force posturing, capabilities moving east and support to ukraine. the other thrust is a diplomatic thrust to say that we are prepared, along with our allies and partners to talk about i issues related to european security. at this point, we're ready either way. if russia wants to continue on the path of diplomacy, we're ready to continue on it. if russia wants to move forward with a military escalation, we're ready to respond. so my view is that we've had a clear, firm and consistent policy and, in fact, have been out front in raising the alarm about what russia is doing and clarifying ourselves and our allies what we would do in response. >> texas republican senator ted cruz's legislation to sanction the nordstream 2 national gas pipeline from russia to western europe was defeated in the senate, even though a majority of senators supported it. it did not break essentially a democratic filibuster. ukraine wanted that bill to pass. how has the administration defended its decision to ukraine because we know the state department was lobbying democratic senators to vote against the sanctions. >> i have spoken with my ukrainian counterpart, the national security adviser of ukraine seven times in the past month. we've talked about every aspect of this crisis, including nordstream 2. and the answer is simple. we need trans-atlantic unity in order to stand up effectively to russia, no matter what they do. and that trans-atlantic unity rests in no small part on the united states and germany coming together around a package of severe economic measures if russia invades. what kind of sense does it make for us to undermine our relationship with germany in a decisive way right now when we're trying to build that unity? it makes no sense. and secondly, and this is a critical point for your viewers to understand, there is no gas currently going through the nord stream 2 pipeline. there will not be for months at least. and we've made clear to the russians that pipeline is at risk if they move further into ukraine. that is leverage for us. you slap sanctions on it right now you take that leverage away. so from our perspective, the right thing to do is to continue on the course we're on right now. there isn't gas flowing through the pipeline. it sits there as leverage for the united states, for europe and frankly for ukraine and we are unified with germany, our european allies speaking with one voice against russian aggression. >> while i have you, i want to turn to north korea in the little time we have left. south korean officials say the north fired two suspected ballistic missiles early today. this comes just days after another ballistic missile launch caused a temporary scramble when it appeared briefly the missile could hit the u.s. the faa grounded some airplanes on the west coast. was that urgency just precautionary or is there something new in the intelligence that sparked something as drastic as a ground stop in the u.s.? >> it was purely precautionary. there was nothing in the information that we have with respect to that launch or any launch that we've seen of late that it threatened the united states. these launches do threaten republic of korea, south korea and japan, our allies. and we're in close coordination with our allies to make sure we have a firm response, including sanctions we impose this week. look, our goal here, jake is the complete dedenuclearization of the korean peninsula. we're prepared to engage in diplomacy to get there but we'll respond firmly if there continue to be these missile launches. >> jake, i have lots more questions about iran and china and the middle east but i know you have to go. please come back soon so we can talk more substance. national security adviser jake sullivan, thank you. some small signs the omicron wave may be retreating from parts of the united states. that's next. plus, off the court and on the verge of being kicked out. tennis star novak djokovic is meeting with australian immigration officials right now after being told to pack his bags. r vending machines and buying a car 100% online. now we've created a brand-new way for you to sell your car. whether it's a year old or a few years old. we wanna buy your car. so go to carvana and enter your license plate answer a few questions. and our techno wizardry calculates your car's value and gives you a real offer in seconds. when you're ready, we'll come to you, pay you on the spot and pick up your car, that's it. so ditch the old way of selling your car, and say hello to the new way at carvana. why choose proven quality sleep from sleep number? 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>> nick watt, thanks so much. joining us to discuss, michael osterholm. thanks for joining us. so you've developed a bit of a reputation for being the voice of doom and gloom. not that i should note -- not that your dire predictions have been proven wrong throughout this pandemic. let me ask you. are you seeing any signs of hope at this stage of the pandemic? >> well, of course, the news of the cases peaking out and potentially starting to drop in the northeast is very good news. but i think, if anything, i hope my predictions have been reality based and time tested. and i said five weeks ago that we'd be hitting this viral blizzard, which as we are now in. and i think we still have four more weeks probably as a nation where we're going to see very high levels of cases. we'll see major, major challenges in our health care system and as a country, the economy, as we know it. i'm not talking about money economy. i'm talking about critical services, food, pharmaceutical drugs, et cetera will be severely challenged. >> you know that there are many states in the country, generally red states, where people, adults, got vaccinated and now are just living their lives. they're not masking. they didn't get their kids vaccinated and they look at people like you and me who see more urgency in this and think we don't know what you're going through or why you're freaking out about this. what do you say to those people? >> well, first of all, let's divide the country into two parts. those that are vaccinated and those unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated. the data are clear and compelling with omicron that nose who are fully vaccinated are having a much, much lower risk of either being hospitalized, serious illness or death. those not vaccinated, we are still seeing major challenges. right now we see in this health care system and in this country, literally challenges, more than we saw in the early surges of what's happening or has happened with covid. so it's not as somehow omicron, while often thought as a milder disease, it is on an individual basis, but the overall number of people being infected is so high that we're actually, right now, seeing as many hospitalizations, as many icu admissions, as we saw during the worst surge that we've had. >> so you co-wrote an op-ed in "the washington post" about in-person learning for kids. you wrote, safety implies an absence of risk. while we can and must implement tools to make schools safer, we know transmission can and will occur in these settings, particularly with omicron. existing recommendations from the centers for disease control and prevention will not remedy the situation especially the notion that three feet of distancing can prevent the spread in educational settings. so assuming that we all agree that it's important for kids to learn in school, given the emotional, psychological and academic damage we saw in the first year or so of the pandemic, what do you think the cdc should be telling schools to do so kids can learn in person in a safe a way as possible? >> again, let's take a step back. we all want kids in school. that's not a debate. we do know that transmission of this virus will occur to kids, by kids, with kids, whether they're in school or at home. the whole point of what we emphasized there is how do you actually safely run a school if you have 30 to 35% of the teachers, the support staff and the bus drivers out. and that's what's been happening all across the country. and so what we said is just give it three to four weeks. and understand that this is not a semester. this is not for the rest of the year but just common sense should say, if nobody is going to be there in the school to watch over my kid, is that really a safe environment to put them in? and just know we just have to get through this surge. >> you mean you have it be virtual for three to four weeks? >> virtual, however we can. there are those who don't do virtual because they believe that gives into their promise that they basically would not hold online learning classes. i think too many politicians have made too many statements. knowing under any condition will we have schools. if we had a big blizzard like we're going to see in large parts of the country, people shut down and feel like somehow that they violated the children's learning experience. i'm just saying for the next three to four weeks when you have so many teachers, support staff and bus drivers, we don't have any choice. and for parents who say, but i got to work, which i understand, just know we're going to continue to see more and more of the kids sick themselves who will be home with likely sick parents during this next three to four weeks anyway. >> michael osterholm, thank you. stay warm during the blizzard. >> thank you. we'll talk to the governor where the federal government is sending military medical teams to help hospitals. they with us. ♪ smooth like butter, like a criminal undercover ♪ ♪ gon' pop like trouble ♪ ♪ breaking into your heart like that ♪ ♪ do the boogie, like ♪ ♪ side step, right-left, to my beat ♪ ♪ high like the moon, rock with me, baby ♪ ♪ know that i got that heat ♪ ♪ let me show you 'cause talk is cheap ♪ ♪ side step, right ♪ ♪ get it, let it roll ♪ ♪ ♪ do your eyes bother you? 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>> listen, jake, good to be back. first of all, you're getting me after a good couple of days. good in the context of still 20 odd,000 positive tests. just under 6,000 hospitalizations but it's begun to creep down. two days in a row with 100 fewer folks in the hospital than the day before. we've been clobbered but it feels like we may be seeing early signs of that light at the end of the funnel. >> you've already deployed your state's national guard to support long-term care facilities and vaccination sites deal with the staffing shortages brought on by the covid wave. fema is expanding flexibility for governors such as krours to deploy the national guard to also support hospitals. what other options might that give you? >> well, the national guard, for moment one in this pandemic has been indispensable. as you rightfully point out, they're now in long-term care facilities and helping vaccines, but the more flexibility you have to deploy the outstanding members, the more alternatives you've got. and as you rightfully also point out, staffing -- early in the pandemic, in new jersey at least, the constraining factors were beds, ppe, ventilators. today, as we sit here, while the bed numbers are up and all of that is a reality, staffing is the big challenge. so any amount of resources we can get to come in and backfill is welcome. and we're doing just that. >> today several senate democrats sent a stinging letter to the white house saying the biden administration has fallen short in making testing readily available. president biden says he's going to purchase an additional 500 million tests, but the tests are needed now. why do you think the biden administration has been so slow on this? >> i can't give you an assessment necessarily of that, jake, but they have been, as far as we're concerned, very reliable partners across the whole spectrum, including testing. but clearly, listen, omicron is -- every time you think you have this thing figured out, you're humbled. it takes a turn you don't expect and 8 out of 10 of them are negative. and omicron just drenched the country in this disease. perhaps less -- thankfully less lethal but with a lot more cases. and i suspect that has a lot to do with it. but we welcome whatever steps they're taking right now to get us more tests. we'll take them. i promise you. >> president biden also says he's going to deploy military medical teams to six hard-hit states, including new jersey. is the biden administration doing enough to right now in the middle of this wave? >> i think so. they're one of the hospitals they're going to is university hospital in newark, new jersey. theets one hospital that the state actually operates. we needed that help and we deeply appreciate it. so whether it's loosening of the national guard restrictions or that strike team, as you mentioned, testing, vaccine supplies, fema has been a great partner. and we needed it, by the way. god knows from moment one would be a strong, robust federal response and for the most part we're getting it. >> so the u.s. supreme court blocked president biden's vaccine mandate for large businesses. you have a vaccine mandate in new jersey, i believe for state employees and for teachers and staff at schools. do you have any plans to push a vaccine mandate for private businesses or any other group in new jersey? 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