i want to start tonight s show, by asking you at home, to take a look at where you are in this very minute. where are you sitting? what are you doing? are you sitting on the couch tucked under a blanket, maybe you will doze off there before you can make it to bed. look, honestly, we have all been there. now imagine that in the comfort of that moment, you wake up in the early hours of the morning to a group of armed men barging into your home. you are confused, you are scared. what are you going to do? how are you going to react? for 22-year-old amir locke, a black man in minneapolis, this was not some imaginative scenario. no it was not. early wednesday morning, police killed lock well executing a no knock warrant. and until we get into the circumstances surrounding his death, i want to take a step back for a moment. i want to tell you a little bit about his life. because once again, we have to learn about another black man in america, not because of how he lived, or what he
and if russia does invade, 50,000 could be killed within weeks. national security adviser jake sullivan is out with a warning. we re in the window where something could happen at any time. it certainly dials up the stakes of the diplomatic chess game. france s president is meeting with vladimir putin in moscow and president biden will meet with germany s chancellor in just a few hours at the white house. what will it take to reach a diplomatic conclusion to this crisis and avoid invasion? also right now, jury selection under way in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men convicted of killing ahmad arbery. the latest from that courthouse in georgia. plus, the grand old party going after its own. republicans kra cracking down on dissent in the ranks, censuring liz cheney and adam kizinger. we start with courtney kube at the pond and matt bradley is on the ground in kyiv and i want to bring in ellen farkas as well, former us assistant deputy of defense for russia, u
entire country and seize kyiv in a matter of days. later today president biden will meet at the white house with the new german chancellor who faces criticism for not be more outspoken in the aggression against ukraine. and emmanuel macron is meeting with vladimir putin to deter him from invading his neighbor. the white house says both leaders discussed deterrence efforts. kelly o donnell asked the president yesterday what he thinks putin is looking for in order to de-escalate tensions. reporter: do you think there s any particular thing that vladimir putin is looking for, sir, in order to make this decision? i think things he cannot get. things he cannot get. well, all of this comes as russia continues to build up troops along its ukraine border. according to a u.s. intelligence assessment, russia has already assembled 70% of the forces it will need to launch a full-scale invasion with estimates that as many as 50,000 civilians could be killed or wounded in a matter of
long table thanks to covid restrictions. macron beliefs russia has a right to ask questions about its security and seek guarantees, a statement that seems to be add odds with the united states, and putin did not offer to de-escalate in the meeting with macron, and russia does continue to deny any plans of an invasion, but should russia decide to invade, russia intelligence warns there s enough work done for a full scale invasion, and they offer a look at what it could look like of an invasion, and kyiv would be taken within 48 hours, and 50,000 civilians could be killed or wounded in just the first week and 5 million people could be refugees. joining me now is nbc news correspondent, josh letterman, and erin mclaughlin in kyiv. read off what could happen if russia decides to invade, it s scary. what are you hearing and feeling inside the capital right now? is anything changing despite the reports and all of the intelligence we keep getting snippets of here in the united sta
the new german chancellor today, who fills angela merkel s shoes for 14 years, the glue that held europe together on so many critical issues, military, economic and otherwise. so as we confront the new threat with russia and ukraine right now, obviously, it s important for the president to be sitting down with olaf scholz, especially when you consider germany has been seen over the last few weeks as really the weak link in efforts by the u.s., by the west, to deter russia from the invasion. that couldn t be more important given the assessment that we saw reported by our colleague courtney kube over the weekend. let s run through some of the numbers. 83 combat deployments ready on ukraine s border, another 14 on their way. that s 70% of what they re going to need for a full-scale invasion, potentially on pace to be ready for that on february 15th. this is also important when you consider the weather as a factor. that s one more sort of at the best space in terms of the ground