britons were under lockdown. spotify and podcaster joe rogen respond to growing backlash in their role over spreading covid misinformation. and a very exciting nfl playoff season ends with the bengals and the rams punching their tickets to the super bowl. and we begin with the latest on the escalating tensions between russia and ukraine. at this hour, the united nations security council will hold its first meeting on russia s threatening actions against ukraine. u.s. ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas greenfield talked with abc news about the u.s. expectations for this session. we re going to go in the room prepared to listen to them, but we re not going to be distracted by their propaganda. and we re going to be prepared to respond to any disinformation that they attempt to spread during this meeting. this comes as a russian news agency reports russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and secretary of state tony blinken will speak by phone tomorrow. days after the u.s
is he putting pride over party? and escalating tensions on the border between russia and ukraine. right now the u.n. security council is holding an urgent meeting at the request of the u.s. ambassador. the purpose publicly confront russia as they face, quote, the mother of all sanctions. and in just a few minutes we re going to share a message from former first lady michelle obama. the major announcement from her nonpartisan group when we all vote. you ll hear it first first. let s jump right into the search for the next supreme court justice. carol lee is covering the white house, ali vitale is at her post and i m joined by kimberly atkins-storr. carol, nbc news is learning new details about the president s list of candidates. what more can you tell us about that? that s right. two sources are telling us that the president is really widening the net when it comes to who he s looking at to potentially fill this vacancy. the white house is saying this is something that the