yesterday said bonds and clemens should be in the hall of fame. let s get to that in one second. i definitely want to talk about that, especially with barry bonds. you know, mike barnicle, bill simons, when asked, you know, the greatest athlete he d ever seen in boston, you know, he said, well, i d love to say larry bird. as far as clutch, it was larry bird. when you have a 98 mile an hour fastball at the plate or 81 mile an hour slider coming at you, the fact that ortiz could pick it up, bill simons said, that s the greatest clutch athlete i ve ever seen. that s an incredible thing, how hard it is to put your bat on the ball, especially in the ninth inning or in extra innings. that guy always did it. yeah. he always did it, consistently. you re right when you nailed him in terms of 04. 04 changed boston. it changed new england. it was all due to david ortiz s ability to perform under pressure, as you just pointed out. plus, joe, the idea of hitting a 98 mile an hour
are they the next step that would push the united states and its presence out of europe altogether? general jack keane, former secretary state and mike pompeo and senator tom cotton on board with us with these difficult questions that america faces in an urgent situation as 8,500 u.s. troops get ready for action. all that as we await a live update from the state department. a lot of focus there, a controversial move to pull americans out of ukraine leaving them in some cases to their own devises to get out. is this like afghanistan? we ll take you live there next. national security correspondent jennifer griffin joins us live with the pentagon with the latest. good afternoon, jennifer. it s very important to reiterate that none of the 8,500 troops on alert by the pentagon would be going to ukraine. none are going to be fighting russian troops, in other words. if they are called up and they haven t been so far, it would be to defend article 5, nato allies like romania, polan
in the near future. but tonight this show will be the very last watters world. if you watched from the beginning as we transitions from the factor to the studio. you know how much the show has grown and as how much i have gone as a host than as a person. i m not saying i put on weight which i did for a while. what i m saying is my world has gotten a whole lot bigger. i spoke about this in my book how i saved the world which was number one. but i really saved myself and by doing so made the world around me a better place. i formed an unbreakable connection with you the viewer. when i did my book signings i promised people they could touch me. just not the hair. you and i will always know and love each other. we are pay the brought. and we protect each other. this right here is special. and everybody knows it. so before i start to try, let s memorialize our weekend running to the. this won t be your typical show. no news tonight except what i just announced. i will be lookin
approach. i think there is widespread understanding that what we have done for the last six months has failed, from a policy point of view, it has failed politically. we need to change course. we need to have the courage to take on the republicans and let manchin and sinema decide which side they are on. meantime, a glimmer of hope on the pandemic front. dr. fauci saying he s confident omicron s peak is in sight. but if the pattern follows the trend that we re seeing in other places such as the northeast, i believe that you will start to see a turnaround throughout the entire country. we don t want to get overconfident, but they look like they re going in the right direction right now. and as tensions between russia and ukraine intensify, the united kingdom is accusing vladimir putin of plotting to install a pro moscow leader in ukraine. joining us right now, nbc s josh lederman at the white house. raf sanchez joins us from london. guys, welcome to you both. josh, whe
his national security team at camp david this weekend. meantime back at home, one nypd officer is dead, another fighting for his life. they re both shot last night at new york city s harlem neighborhood. the suspect is also critical condition for a fox team coverage on both stories. lucas live at the white house and greg in ukraine with the rising tensions overseas, alexander with more on president biden s reaction to last night s deadly shooting. and his pledge to support local police. but first to alexis mcadams live in new york city with the latest. jott a very tragic to hear new york city especially here in harlem was actually a memorial set up behind me in the present of those officers work for an investigator saying this was an ambush particular get the videos where it all unfold at last night in harlem. it happened around 6:00 p.m. three nypd officers called out on the scene from a woman said fighting with her adult son that s when two officers said they tried to spe