ukrainian soil. right now fears are mounting an invasion could come at any moment while an estimated 100,000 troops sit along ukraine's border. cnn's arlette saenz is at the white house keeping a close eye on the u.s. response. let's begin with cnn's clarissa ward in the ukrainian capital of kiev. clarissa, what's the latest on the ground? do you get the sense at this point that this could be escalating to a breaking point? >> reporter: i think at this point people are waiting to see how the diplomatic process plays out. it's significant that those talks didn't reach a dead end. at the same time no one here in ukraine is counting on anything substantial coming out of those talks. and so we have continued to see ukrainian leaders really lobbying for as much support as they can get. and that did arrive tonight in the form of 198,000 pounds of american weaponry, which arrived, this is the second shipment, there was one just a couple of nights ago, and they will continue. they're part of that $200 million in lethal aid that has been promised to the ukrainians. much of that will be heading to the front lines, because as the diplomatic process plays out, the ukrainians want to ensure they are ready for all eventualities and that includes the possibility of a military invasion or even a smaller incursion, jim. >> all right, clarissa. arlette, secretary of state blinken's warning today comes after president biden met with national security advisers over the weekend. what came out of that meeting? what's the latest? >> reporter: jim, secretary of state antony blinken was really doubling down on the united states' warning to russia that an invasion into ukraine would result in the swift and severe consequences from the u.s. and allies. this comes as president biden kind of muddled the message a bit earlier in the week when he had suggested a minor incursion would draw personnotentially lef a response from nato. but today and over the course of the last few years top white house officials have tried to make clear that russia would face severe consequences. >> if a single additional russian force goes into ukraine in an aggressive way, as i said, that would trigger a swift, severe, and united response from us and from europe. and again, there are other things that russia could do that fall short of actually sending additional forces into ukraine. and again, across the board, we're prepared with europe for a swift and calibrated and great united response. we're looking at every single scenario, preparing for every single one. >> reporter: and those scenarios were on the agenda for president biden as he met with his national security team from camp david yesterday. he was joined in person by his national security adviser jake sullivan and a top counselor, steve rashetti. the white house says they updated the president on diplomatic efforts to reach de-escalation with russia but also on a deterrence measure the u.s. is trying to put in place with their allies. the white house is trying to show the president is highly engaged on this matter even while he's away from the white house at camp david as they're trying and hoping that that diplomatic solution could be reached regarding these tensions. but they've also said any invasion by russia would simply mean that diplomacy is over. >> no question about that. arlette saenz, clarissa ward, both waiting for developments in this very important story. thank you so much to both of you, we really appreciate it. now to a major development in the january 6th investigation. the house select committee met with trump's former attorney general william barr. here is committee chairman bennie thompson earlier this morning. >> to be honest with you, we've had conversations with the former attorney general already. we have talked to department of defense individuals. we are concerned that our military was part of this big lie on promoting that the elec election was false. so if you're using the military to potentially seize voting machines, even though it's a discussion, the public needs to know. >> that last part based on a december 2020 draft executive order first reported by politico that would have had the pentagon seize voting machines. a frightening detail that appears to be one piece of a highly orchestrated, multitiered coup plot involving trump allies. now house investigators have their hands on hundreds of white house documents that trump tried to keep secret. the question is what more will come to light. let's ask somebody from the january 6th committee, democratic congresswoman zoe lofgren of california. congresswoman, we really appreciate your time, thanks so much as always. how many times did the committee speak with former attorney general barr? did he come in voluntarily? and did he do more than i guess offer mono syllabic responses to your questions? >> let me just say it was more than once. and it was a voluntary discussion with our staff attorneys. and we appreciate his willingness to help us find the truth. >> and as you know, congresswoman, barr resigned the same month that that draft order on seizing votingnesing machine appointing special counsel to oversee the election was written. >> one of the things as a committee rule, we don't discuss interviews unless we have a vote of the committee to release information. so i'm afraid i'm not able to go into any of the details. but let me just say, we're very concerned about that memo. it was not sent, issued, but it does show a very wide ranging plot. of course now we are getting with the supreme court's overwhelming decision, we're getting information from the archives that will help fill in some of the blanks, some of the material, the 700 pages we got late last week, some of it is routine, some of it is of greater interest. but there's a lot more that we expect to get in the coming days and weeks. so this is very much an active investigation. >> and congresswoman, last week we learned that you did not get those outtakes, as they've been described. >> right. >> from that january 6th video where trump told rioters to go home. how confident are you that these clips continue to exist and might that be sent over by the national archives in one of these upcoming tranches of information that you're hoping to get? i mean, i suppose you should be getting another delivery, what, this week? is that your expectation? >> yes. yes, and let me just say this. we know that everyone in the white house was admonished by their legal staff that they had to turn everything over to the archives to comply with the law. so if they followed the law, those outtakes will be in the possession of the archives. we have asked for the outtakes. and if they exist, if the trump administration complied with the law, then we will get them. and we think it will provide some insight into what was going on the day of the riot, what the president's intentions were, what his state of mind was. >> and the committee is now asking ivanka trump to voluntarily cooperate. the former president was complaining about this move in a call with "the washington examiner," saying it's a very unfair situation for my children, is the word he used, very, very unfair, they're using these things to try to get people's minds off how incom incompetently this country is being run, they don't care, they go after children. ivanka trump is not a child, his children are adults now. what is your response? >> first, we're not going after anybody. we're just asking for information. number two, as you pointed out, ivanka trump is 40 years old, she is not a child. and three, the reason why we want to talk to her is that she was given a position by the former president in the white house as a senior adviser. she was there and talked to the president on the day of the riot. we understand from testimony of others she was asked to convince the president to call the riot off. we would like to know about that. it's not because she's the daughter of the president. it's because she had an official role in the white house that the president appointed her to. >> right. and this morning on fox, i wanted to get your response to this, the former house speaker newt gingrich suggested that you and everyone else on the january 6th committee are criminals who should be put behind bars. he was saying that the republicans when they come back into congress should be threatening you and your colleagues on the committee with jail time. let's watch. >> these are people who are literally just running over the law, pursuing innocent people, causing them to spend thousands and thousands of dollars in legal fees for no justification. and it's basically a lynch mob. i think when you have a republican congress, this is all going to come crashing down and the wolves are going to find out they're now sheep and they're the ones who in fact are going to i think face a real risk of jail for the kind of laws they're breaking. >> what is your response to that, congresswoman? >> that's just bizarre. i think newt has really lost it. you know, it leaves me speechless. i mean, unless he is assuming that the government does get overthrown and there's no system of justice, just random arrests. i mean, it's just a bizarre statement. and he looks terrible. >> and it sounds like something out of an autocratic government. you and your colleagues are attempting to conduct an investigation, something that was supported by many republicans up on capitol hill in the days following january 6th, they wanted to get to the bottom of it too. unfortunately their tune has changed over the last several months. >> that's true. and mr. mcconnell said that the president bore responsibility, so did the republican leader in the house, mr. mccarthy, and many others. we are uncovering a plot, it looks like, to overturn the peaceful transfer of power, to essentially overturn our system of government. i think that's pretty serious. and i think most americans would agree. we're going to do our job despite bizarre threats such as newt gingrich's weird comments. and we're going to get all the information. and we're going to make it known to the american people. and we're going to look at what could be changed legislatively. we're a legislative committee. we're not going after anybody. we're going after the truth. and it will give us some insight into laws that should be changed, perhaps, for example the electoral count act that liz cheney and i are working on. i personally think that we should revisit the elements of the insurrection act that the former president threatened to use repeatedly for no reason that was legitimate. there are a lot of things that i think we need to tighten up, to protect our law and order society, and to avoid the kind of chaos that woe se saw in the prior administration. >> might other trump cabinet members testify as part of this investigation, might we hear about other cabinet members who are cooperating with this investigation? >> it is possible. but let me just say that at the investigative stage, you don't necessarily telegraph everything that you're doing. for example, there are some witnesses who, based on their prior conduct, we might wonder about their veracity. if they don't know what we already know, i think it might encourage them to be more honest with the committee, because it is a felony to lie to congress. so we are in the investigation stage. and when we have put the entire picture together, we will begin reporting that out to the american people. >> all right, congresswoman zoe lofgren, thanks so much for your time, we appreciate it. >> thank you, take care. >> have a good night. thank you so much. coming up, rudy giuliani selling autographed 9/11 shirts for $911? plus florida governor ron desantis wants to shield people from feeling guilty when talking about discrimination. we'll discuss that, next. it's innovative. my go to toothpaste is going to be pronamel repair. at fidelity, your dedicated advisor will work with you on a comprehensive wealth plan across your full financial picture. a plan with tax-smart investing strategies designed to help you keep more of what you earn. this is the planning effect. okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete balanced nutrition for strength and energy. woo hoo! ensure, complete balanced nutrition with 27 vitamins and minerals. and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. ♪ ♪ (vo) this year, t-mobile for business is here to help you hit the ground running. when you switch to t-mobile and bring your own device, we'll pay off your phone up to $800. you can keep your phone. keep your number. and get your employees connected on the largest and fastest 5g network. plus, we give you $200 in facebook ads on us! so you can reach more customers, create more opportunities, and make this the best year for your business yet. visit your local t-mobile store today. psoriasis really messes with you. try. hope. fail. no one should suffer like that. i started cosentyx®. five years clear. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infection, some serious and a lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. tell your doctor if your crohn's disease symptoms develop or worsen. serious allergic reaction may occur. best move i've ever made. ask your dermatologist about cosentyx®. ever wonder what everyone's doing on their phones? 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you can't legislate feelings when it's only convenient for your side. that's exactly what he's trying to do. >> and john, i know you used to work for rudy giuliani. i have to show you this and get your take on it. our staff has been talking about this. i wonder what you think of this. rudy giuliani is selling autographed 9/11 t-shirts for $911 through his radio station. has this been going on for a while and we're just seeing it now? >> no. >> it's so bizarre. >> it is loathsome. it's a total disrespect for the dead. it has not been going for a while. this is a departure and a further descent by rudy from principles that he once would have held in crystal clear context. while he says a portion is going to charity, that portion is obviously highly fungible. this is just absolutely loathsome for him to do and contradicts the values he used to have. it might frankly also reflect a need for money. >> margaret, i need to ask you about this newest obsession over at fox. first it was dr. seuss. now i guess the trigger is m&ms. let's watch. >> bet you didn't think m&ms were pushing intolerance but they were, they've been changed, you're seeing the change on your screen. the green m&m is no longer wearing sexy boots. now she's wearing sensible sneakers. according to m&ms, we all win when we see more women in leading roles because leading women do not wear sexy boots. leading women wear frumpy shoes, the frumpier the better. that's the rule. >> okay. this is so strange. i thought tucker was going to have a problem because they were coming out with a version in white chocolate, which maybe that was the issue. maybe tucker should know about the skittles ad, in their ad campaign, "taste the rainbow." anyway, putting that all to the side, what is going on here, margaret? >> jim acosta, you have thrown me back to a previous life where i used to have to tell bill owe r o'reilly things about culture. fox news has been doing the same play for 20 years. find wa cultural issue and play it on a loop. it appeals to their viewership, which is older, quite older, and mostly men, and it's a generation apart, right? he's just detached from i think where the country is. >> who was looking at the old m&ms and being like, that's an attractive m&m? this is so bonkers. first of all, it's a private company, i don't know why they rebranded it, this is a typical cultural thing that drives folks a bit batty. but really? is this any kind of -- was he that wedded to the thigh-high boots on the m&m cartoon character before and if so, why? and maybe he should talk to somebody. >> they do hand out m&m's on air force one, here is the trump one i got after trump's last ride on air force one. honestly, we can send some to tucker if it will make him feel better. >> do you think they taste any different, jim? >> i don't think so. not all m&ms are bad, that's the moral of the story. and we have to talk about this very bizarre anti-vaccine rally in washington today. just strange stuff happening here in washington, strange things afoot. here is rfk jr., the son of the former attorney general. he is an anti-vaxxer, making some incredibly offensive comments earlier today. let's watch. >> what we're seeing today, what we're seeing today is what i call turnkey totalitarianism. they are putting in place all of these technological mechanisms for control we've never seen before. it's been the ambition of every totalitarian state from the beginning of mankind to control every aspect of behavior, of conduct, of thought, and to obliterate dissent. none of them have been able to do it. they didn't have the technological capacity. even in hitler's germany, you could cross the alps into switzerland, you can hide in an attic like anne frank did. i visited 1962 east germany with my father and met people who had climbed the wall to escape. it was possible, many died doing it, but it was possible. >> this is just insanity. i mean, first of all, we should point out auschwitz put out a tweet, you know, explaining that exploiting the tragedy of people who suffered, were humiliated, tortured, and murdered by this totalitarian regime of nazi germany including children like anne frank and a vaccine during the global pandemic is a sad symptom of moral and intellectual decay. that from the auschwitz museum. john and margaret, it just boggles the mind, i think there's something wrong with him. there's no comparison. >> no. and yet we hear the comparison made over and over again by anti-vaxxers and folks on the right. and of course there's just no comparison in any sane reality-based world yet they keep being aattracted to it. you want to talk technological surveillance state, don't talk about a vaccine in a pandemic. he's talking the same points as lauren boebert and marjorie taylor greene. what his father said, what we need in the united states is not division or lawlessness but is love. and focusing on facts and unity. rfk jr. on this particular point has lost the plot for a long time. this is just a sickening sign of it. >> margaret, i mean, it's just disturbing to see, this has come up time and again, we see marriage imagmarjorie taylor gr making these same comparisons. >> john quoting robert kennedy was beautiful. bobby's son, rfk jr., has long been associated with the far left anti-vaxx fringe. and you're right, he's saying the exact same things as marjorie taylor greene and the folks on the right. this is not a totalitarian state. we, thank god, live in the greatest representative democracy in human history and we're fighting to keep it exact that way. nobody is forcing you to get a vaccine, all right? but we do need to implore people's individual choice and we need to do a better job persuading people to be comfortable so they can shed that hesitancy so they can get vaccinated for their friends, their family, their communities, and we can move on. >> the right to swing your fist ends at someone's nose. there are good reasons during a global pandemic to encourage people to get vaccinations. and this kind of dial to 11 insanity, insulting comparisons to anne frank and auschwitz and the nazi regime which we hear over and over again, it indicates just how these folks have lost the plot. it's worse than intellectually lazy. it's fearmongering from the right wing of the worst sort. >> and it's getting people killed. it's sickening and it's just getting people killed and it's just making this pandemic last longer and longer. john avlon, margaret hoover, thanks so much, we appreciate it as always. >> be well. >> you too. coming up, a statue of theodore roosevelt comes down after criticism of how it depicted black and indigenous people. what roosevelt's family is saying about it, next. a quote t. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? 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other stores have had problems with cream cheese, pasta, pet food. what's the experience been like for you? >> every morning when we wake up, something new. and a lot of it has to do, like you mentioned, with workers being out. they just don't have enough people. even truck drivers, sometimes. what happens with trucks from california, they don't have the drivers because covid may have hit that one area. there's a lot of reasons that we're getting it. i hear new york is like two weeks late at the port. in l.a., i was talking to my nephew that gets stuff out of long beach, at the port he says it's four weeks. i went to get some vegetable oil to today, our stu leonard jug of olive oil, we were out of them, we had to get wesson in a smaller container. we have to bob and weave every day to try to figure out how to get the product. luckily we've been able to keep our shelves full because we're a smaller company. >> and grocery store workers have been through a lot during this pandemic. how has your staff fared with omicron being as transmissible as it is right now? have you had labor shortages? >> well, we have. and, you know, we've had to raise our starting rate up a couple of bucks an hour to get people. we have a buffer of people we have now just because every day you may get a call that you have to quarantine some people because they don't feel well. we did have at one point 209 people out on quarantine here. and that's down to a little over 60 right now. so just like the country, we're seeing a drop in new york, connecticut, new jersey right now. and that's helping the labor output. you've got to keep morale up. we try to let our people know that, you know, we're doing this for the community, we're helping people get food to feed their families and everything. and we want to focus on the big picture here. and we've got to keep everybody motivated. we're working on giving them time off and letting them -- you know, they've got their own lives too besides work. >> and grocery store workers are so important. they're our relatives, our neighbors, our friends, always a happy face when you go to the store. stu, thanks as always for being with us, we appreciate it, always nice to come in to one of your stores. >> jim, i heard you talk about vaccination too. and we're up to 90%, but we're trying to get that last 10% vaccinated. and -- >> good for you. >> you know, it's like asking your kids to wear a seatbelt in the car when they get in it. we're protecting the customers we work with but also the people at the store. >> thanks for getting that message out, we appreciate it. >> i'm watching the game now. take care. >> all right, take care, have a good night. here is christine romans with your before the bell report. >> hi, jim. on inflation watch, attention turns to the federal reserve and its plan to fight rising prices. the fed has already started winding down its emergency stimulus and has hinted at three interest rate hikes this year. no hike is expected when the central bank meets this week. instead wall street is betting the first one comes in march. but how big will it be and how many will follow? 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