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now learning. the deadly drive-by shooting while students were waiting for the bus to go to school. one student did not survive. police in louisville calling the scene, quote, horrifying and devastating. this scene along the southern border tonight. texas governor greg abbott using state-owned vehicles to create what he s calling a steel barrier, with the migrant crisis on the border. and there is news tonight involving some of those border patrol agents seen on horseback, confronting migrants. the crucial meetings at the white house. will president biden be able to unite democrats behind his sweeping infrastructure and spending plans? cecilia vega tonight with what speaker pelosi said today. overseas tonight, our reporter and what he witnessed. the lava destroying hundreds of homes, forcing mass evacuations tonight. james longman on the scene. here at home, we re tracking severe storms from detroit all the way to the northeast. heavy rain, wind gus up to 70 m ....
and nancy pelosi firmly believes that she believes it so strongly she s directing the biden administrationn to develop an urgent new plan to keep the border secure. in fact,t,ve not simply secure,t in the words of the new legislation section to wait invaluable meaning impossible toecti breach , walled up and buttoned down, bulletproof. that s quite a border . but why wouldn t it be when it comes to borders? nancy pelosi isn t messing aroundwhen. are you surprised to hear this ? well, he may have misunderstood . pelosi isn t talking about the u.s. border, the one that s currently open. she s talking about the ukrainian border, the one that actually mattersrs. the bill pelosi is promoting isk called the defending ukraine s sovereignty act. its purpose is to guarantee, quote, ukraine srain sovereignt, independence and territorial integrity. these are the things ukra that l countries need. we d love to have them here. but no, we re going to have tot wait. ukraine is ahead o ....
of staff and the us special envoy to northern ireland. hello, and welcome. joe biden says he will talk to vladimir putin on friday, to try and persuade him to step back from conflict in ukraine. the united states is preparing to send 8,500 troops to eastern europe to bolster nato defences. on top of that, the administration has signalled it will retaliate by cutting energy exports to europe, should russia invade, and they will consider imposing santions on president putin himself. there will be enormous consequences if he were to go in and invade, as he could, the entire country. or a lot less than that, as well. for russia, not only in terms of economic consequences and clinical consequences, but enormous consequences, but enormous consequences worldwide if he were to move in with others forces, it would be the largest invasion since world war ii. it would change the world. move in with those forces. let me bring you up to speed with some the other development. in ....
u.s. supreme court could, should tell you about the direction america is heading. thanks for being here, everybody. we begin with the growing threat of war in eastern europe. heightened alert for possible deployment as there is real fear a russian invasion in ukraine could be imminent. the pentagon said the u.s. troop that would be sent would be in support of nato s response force. the pentagon spokesperson is our guest this hour. for russia s part, they re now launching new military drills and the kremlin now blaming washington for increasing tensions. the greatest threat in the region since the cold war. let s begin with cnn s barbara starr live at the pentagon for us this hour. what more do you learn about these troops on heightened alert? reporter: good morning, kate. right now, the pentagon very clear that these troops are not on dpleployment orders yet. heightened alert, more ready than you ve been in case you get deployment orders. how would they go and who w ....
we ll discuss the pushback we re seeing on covid restrictions. as we count down to the beijing olympic games, we ll look back on the two years since the chinese authorities locked down the city of wuhan . thanks for joining us. we are following developments in ukraine this hour as fears mount over a possible russian invasion. the u.s. state department says it will be reducing staff levels at the embassy in kyiv starting with nonessential staff and family members out of an abundance of caution. ukraine says russia has now deployed more than 127,000 troops in the region. amid the heightens restrictions, antony blinken is set to meet with eu foreign ministers virtually today and brief him on his meetings with russia s foreign minister. ahead of that, u.s. s top diplomat issued this warning. if a single additional russian force goes into ukraine in an aggressive way, as i said, that would trigger a swift, aer is vee and a united response from us and from europe. and, ....