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we >> reporter: we're hearing the lines coming out. they have been celebrating friendship, deepening security ties and also a statement that is certainly going to be celebrated by kremlin which china agrees with russia and has spoken out against any further expansion of the nato military alliance. this is something that russia perceives as a threat and part of the whole standoff. putin has traveled to beijing, vladimir putin, and has gotten the chinese leader to agree with him on this key point. so a sign of solidarity between two key authoritarian leaders whose relations with washington have deteriorated in recent years. this before china hosts -- has the world's eyes on it for the winter olympics. so it's a welcome moment for both of these leaders. >> ivan watson in hong kong. thanks, ivan. to russia where the kremlin is denying a pentagon claim that russia plans to stage a fake attack to create a pretexts for invasion. >> as part of this fake attack, we believe that russia would produce a very graphic propaganda video which would include corpses and actors that would be depicting mourners and images of destroyed locations as well as military equipment at the hands of ukraine or the west. >> cnn's nic robertson is live in moscow. how confident is the u.s. in making that type of serious claim and what is the kremlin saying? i see the russian foreign minister spoke out just a short time ago. >> reporter: yeah. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov called it dedelusional. they say it didn't make logical sense. all of these claims that we've heard of russia, you know, planning false flag events to trigger a conflict and trigger their entry to a conflict in ukraine. the russian officials have been knocking down. we've heard from u.s. officials that there were other false flag operations that might be being planned that didn't have this sort of specificity. they said that was untrue. the british government said that russia was trying to put in a puppet government in ukraine after they moved in and tried to occupy ukraine. so -- and, again, on that russia denied that as happening. here we have a lot more specificity coming from the pentagon and other officials. the state department, ned price there the spokesman, declined to get into details about the claim that's being made. not unusual to want to give away details that might then, you know -- might then give russian officials an opportunity to understand where the information came from but here, you know, absolutely categorical denial that that's about to happen. we also had push back against the under secretary of state victoria newland who tasked the state news agency here in an interview with them, she said -- and she has publicly said that it was russia that was responsible for leaking the document to the spanish new hampshire, leaking the united states and nato's response to russia that were private and the united states asked to be kept private. russia was responsible for that. russian officials are coming back and saying that is not correct. obviously they're claiming it's propaganda so, you know, a lot being said on these topics here. >> sure. nick, thank you for your reporting. we're getting new details this morning on the dramatic u.s.-led raid in syria thursday that left the leader of isis dead. the white house calls the leader's death a catastrophic blow to isis. jomana has more. we know u.s. intelligence gathering gave momentum this fall. we know the president was briefed just before christmas. >> reporter: well, you know, christine, this is one of the most -- it is the most significant operation carried out by u.s. special forces in syria since 2019, since the killing of isis's former leader. as you mentioned, we understand that the u.s. military intelligence had been watching this location in northwestern syria for months waiting for that right opportunity for them to carry out this raid. the opportunity presented itself on wednesday when this happened. now one major issue that everyone is looking at right now is this discrepancy we're getting into the count of civilian casualties. the u.s. forces are saying as they approached the three story building, the house where the isis leader was, he pretty much straightaway detonated explosives killing himself, his wife, his children. on the second floor there was a lieutenant, deputy with his wife and he engaged u.s. forces. he was killed, his wife was killed and we understand a child on that floor was killed. the u.s. military has not clarified how that child was killed. they say members of an al qaeda affiliate approached that building and they described them as whose tiles, engaged them and they were killed. the u.s. says that in total four civilians were killed in this operation and five combatants. what we're getting from syrians on the ground, from rescue workers, they are saying that 13 people were killed including 6 children and 4 women and the u.s. is saying that they are looking at these reports. they are reviewing this operation. we've heard from president biden and the secretary of defense saying they did opt for a special forces operation to try and minimize civilian casualties and at the same time the secretary of defense, christine, saying that given the complexity of this mission, we will take a look at the possibility of our action may have also basically led -- may have possibly led to harm to innocent people. so everyone is going to be waiting to see what the conclusion, what the outcome of this review is going to be. this is coming at a time when the u.s. military is under a lot of scrutiny for civilian casualties in afghanistan and also in syria where civilian casualties in airstrikes, something that has only come to light in recent months, christine. >> jomana, thank you so much for that. laura? also this morning, we are learning more about the tense moments inside "the situation room" as president biden and his team watched the raid that killed the isis leader in real time. let's go live to washington and bring in cnn's jasmine wright. good morning. the reporting here is pretty incredible from the white house team. it also has shades of the raid that killed osama bin laden. >> reporter: yeah, stunning amount of detail from officials who over the last 24 hours have given more and more detail about some of those really tense moments in "the situation room" as the president monitored this raid in real time. he was joined by his vice president and other national security officials. they described moments filled with anxiety when they watched the helicopter on the ground malfunctioning. we learned that was destroyed by u.s. special forces to moments of levity when they saw children coming from -- coming safely outside from the first floor of the building. remember, the u.s. -- the isis target lived on the third floor above families and so that was the reason why as we heard jomana say, the president opted for a special forces mission. to of course another tense moment when that initial bomb went off, the isis target killing himself and his family in that suicide bombing at the third floor. so really some tense moments here. and of course we are learning all these details, laura, because the administration officials view this as a success and are detailing it as so he and are taking a victory lap. president biden joined in on that yesterday when he spoke at the white house talking about this mission and really offering a grave warning. take a listen. >> this operation is testament towards america's reach and capability to take outer or list threats no matter where they try to hide anywhere in the world. we will come after you and find you. >> so we are also learning of just how much detail went into planning this. months and months of course. the president was briefed late december. making the final decision on tuesday. in december when they were going through the painstaking details, even bringing a tabletop model of the building so the president could see exactly how this plan would lay out. but, yes, laura, lots and lots of detail as we come from hours and hours after this raid. >> yeah. just amazing to get the hindes the scenes story. to cnn business now. the january jobs report in just a few hours. president biden will speak about it afterwards. the white house has been warning us for days don't get your hopes up for a good report here. you had millions of people out sick and some businesses temporarily closed because of omicron. that will hold back the numbers. we'll talk more about that with mark zandi, the chief economist at moody's. u.s. oil prices jumped above $90 a barrel. just one day after opec plus decided not to ramp up production more aggressively to ease those energy prices. add to that new pain on your porch. amazon is hiking the price of its prime service by 17%. it will be $139 a year. it's to pay for expanded prime membership. added video content and more expanded free shipping. march 25th for existing prime members. right now a live look in dallas with almost 100 million people in the path of a major winter storm coming. two top aides to the former vice president talking to the january 6th committee but not telling all. and how rich is too rich? 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investigating the january 6th insurrection. we understand the censure resolution, it's actually been watered down from the original version. why? >> reporter: christine, well, that came after committee members decided to water it down. one committee member told us they're concerned that by the original resolution, which was to expel congresswoman liz cheney and congressman adam kinsinger from the house gop conference would make it and set precedent for the rnc to continue doing something like this in the future if there were any republicans that went against or were criticizing the party but, look, this censure was voted out of the resolutions committee yesterday. now the whole 168 member rnc is going to vote on this later today. but i want to emphasize that these two lawmakers, congresswoman liz cheney and congressman adam kin singer, both of these members who sit on the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection, they shrugged this off. they are not concerned about this resolution at all and in different statements they both said they stand by their decision to be part of this panel to investigate what happened on january 6th and to continue to call out that big lie that republicans keep pushing that the election was stolen from former president donald trump. christine? >> daniel, thank you so much. jumping overseas now. a new blow to brittain's boris johnson. four of his top aides just quit as his lockdown party scandal rages on. scott mcclain has the story. who's gone and what did they say on their way out the door? >> reporter: hey, laura. the government is trying to frame this as an expected staff shakeup. the optics of four top aides leaving all on the same day doesn't do much to dispel this situation that things are looking a little bit chaotic at downing street. boris johnson is losing his chief of staff, communications chief and private principle secretary. the same man that invited people to a byob party at downing street in the lockdown. minera myrza, she's been with him for years and she's highly influential. the leader of the opposition said they personally failed to prosecute one of the pedophiles when he was england's top prosecutor. the prime minister clarified his remarks but he didn't clarify. she said you are better man than many of your detractors will ever understand which is why it is desperately sad that you made a scurrilous accusation. a man who is widely seen as a contender to take johnson's job if he is forced out of office. he said yesterday he wouldn't have said the same thing that johnson said, repeated that accusation. that is widely being seen as a swipe against his boss, laura. >> scott, thanks for staying on top of that one for us. a dog in colorado lucky to be alive this morning after being trapped in a car fire. dramatic video shows the moment police arrived when a man was screaming for someone to help save his pet. >> my dog is in the car. >> dog in the car? 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>> yeah. christine, i think the odds are pretty good that we could actually see a decline. according to the bureau of census that conducted the survey right when omicron hit its peak a few weeks ago, 12 million people who said they weren't working weren't working because they were sick because they were fearful of getting sick. all of those folks out of the workforce can't work because they're ill, i think odds are pretty good that we'll see a decline. unemployment may take a notch higher as well. >> that's remarkable to think 12 million people were side lined for whatever reason because of omicron. that shows you that the recovery in the economy depends on the virus. i think we can assume that january's job losses if that happens was temporary, right? this is a rear-view mirror now. >> yeah. i think the timing is clearly still two years into this tethered to the pandemic and the waves of the pandemic. when the waves are washing over us, it's tough. it hurts the economy. fortunately you have a resilient economy. it looks like omicron is passing through. the economy crashes. we created 6 million jobs last year. we're within spitting image of getting all the jobs back we lost in the recession. continuing omicron fades away the economy will continue to recover. >> the headline is the inflation number. i know last year you said the typical family is paying something like $200 extra a month because of higher costs for just about everything. we're seeing wages rise but is inflation still that big consumer real feel story to you? >> yeah. i think that's really what's stinging people. i mean, the last time we saw inflation like this was four years ago. two generations ago. a lot of americans have never seen anything like this. it hurts. christine, it's actually up to $250 a month more now to buy the same kinds of goods and services folks were buying a year ago. really stings. again, i think right back to the pandemic, which has disrupted goldman's supply chains, messed up the labor market, caused all these labor problems and forcing businesses to raise prices. so, again, i'm optimistic that as the pandemic winds down here that inflationary pressures will evade. that's key to getting people feeling better about how the economy is going. >> yeah. we heard senator joe manchin say build back better? what's that. it's dead basically. is there anything the white house and congress can do to help people right now? >> well, i think the most immediate thing is getting the pandemic behind us which means making sure everyone gets all the things they need, masks, vaccines, test kits and then just working through all the issues in the supply chains and the labor market. it's going to take time. not going to happen very quickly because there's no smoking gun solution. all of these things add up. >> we know the economy nerds are going to have fun trying to make sense of what all of these numbers mean in the jobs report. mark zandi, moody's chief economist, thank you very much. >> thank you. the olympic games officially kick off in a little over an hour now at the opening ceremony but how many athletes will we actually see walking? coy wire is there in beijing for this morning's bleacher report. coy, some people deciding to stay safe and not walk at all? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, laura. good morning to you. frustrating juxtaposition for the athletes. they want to get excited but it is tough. geopolitical rhetoric swirling around. there were two chain link fences around the figure skating arena. threat of covid. one of the biggest names deciding not to walk. team u.s.a.'s star figure skater nathan chen told me earlier he is not participating in part because of the close proximity to so many other people just days before his individual competition begins. it makes you wonder, laura, how many other athletes might follow suit. for team u.s.a. at least, a team official said 177 of the 224 olympians will be walking. that's a higher number percentage wise than the tokyo games. they should be in for quite the show. beijing in 2008 had an opening ceremony that's generally regarded as the greatest of all time. same venue. iconic bird's nest. same director, chinese filmmaker and it will be simpler. 3,000 performers versus the 15,000 from 14 years ago. here's what one of the olympians said about what it means to be able to walk in the opening ceremony. >> opening ceremony is my favorite experience of the olympic games. i think that it's a really important experience for the athletes because we're so used to being in the zone and being competitive and opening ceremony is the one moment during the entire process when you get to just kind of let go and enjoy your accomplishments in getting this far. >> reporter: all right. here is the opening ceremony gear that we are going to see. ralph lauren, the official flag bear jerel jacket i am told that we will see. they will definitely be warm. this is one of the most comfortable and coolest coats i've ever seen. considering putting it on and trying to sneak on in there and make my way into the opening ceremony through all the fences, through all the security. if you see me back in the states tomorrow, you'll know why. >> you are an olympian in our heart, coy. thank you. appreciate it. >> reporter: thank you. colin kaepernick's story expected to become a spike lee venture. >> chloe, the nfl is facing this pretty stunning racial discrimination suit from this coach, brian flores. >> yes. >> now at the same time as this kaepernick story coming out. kind of amazing timing. >> not a good time for the nfl right now, but this is a really great opportunity for colin kaepernick. it's been announced spike lee is going to direct this dock cue series. no date yet. it will include new interviews, new series. colin kaepernick saying it's time to correct the narrative. he did do a documentary called colin in black and white last year. they say this is going to be different. it's part of his first look deal with disney. it's really exciting. going to be produced by gentjamele hill. they were sitting courtside at the lakers game. they're all excited about it. i'm excited to see. he was released from the 49ers in 2017 for kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality. he still has never received another contract. >> let's talk about super heroes. >> i have my madam webb notes. >> we had scarlet johansson. this is sony's first deal. >> dakota johnson, love her. she is doing indie movies. she is madam webb. madam webb first came about in the 1980s. she is a blind paralyzed character, elderly woman. some people are criticizing the fact that they cast a younger, able-bodied not blind person. anyway, so i'm excited. it's going to be a great role for her. this is coming off of spider man no way home making over $1 billion in the box office. >> she has come a long way from "fifty shades of gray" which is how i remember her. >> me too. >> little early. >> i've got to say a little early in the morning. nice to see you. >> thanks for joining us. >> it's friday. thanks for joining us, i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. 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