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the ukrainian capital kiev. according to the times, dozens of people, mostly russian wives and children of diplomats have been boarding buses for a 15-hour ride back to moscow. a bipartisan delegation of seven senators met with ukraine s president, zelensky, as troops stand ready to potentially invade along the border. zelensky telling the senators, quote, it is important for ukraine that you are with us today. joining us now is national security analyst david tsesange also the correspondent for the new york times and part of the team behind this new report. david, the russians, of course, are out denying that this is true. we just wanted to put that to you, as i know you and your colleague have this lengthy story about the state of play. sure. thanks, kasie. welcome. so the russian statement said that their embassy is still operating, which is true. our story said that, as well. the ambassador is still there and so forth. but american officials heard and pick ....
calling in bruce willis or what nasa is doing with this dart mission where they re trying to crash this spacecraft into an asteroid. they called bruce willis and said hey, do you want to come down for the launch and he said no. so we re on our own, john he ll be surprised by the asteroid that sneaks up on us but nasa, hopefully will not be. come on, bruce. we need you. america needs you. things to do. i think he s free. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world and perhaps on asteroids flying near earth. who knows? it is tuesday, january 18th. i m john bedrrman. brian is on at 9:00 p.m. to tonight. casey hunt waking up early. and i am will be li a morning person. a huge hometown in washington today. the formal process of voting on voting rights legislation begins in the senate because of unanimous opposition from republicans and the unwi unwillingness of two democrats to change the rules. th ....
germany this week to meet with leaders there. this comes among increased drills near the ukrainian border and the kremlin is denying a report that they re emptying their embassy in the ukrainian capitol. also this morning, former president trump could be gearing up for 2024. we have new details about how his political operation is already organizing and how some former administration officials hope to stop him. also this morning, an urgent call for a delay in the rollout of 5g cell technology. airlines warning of possible devastating impact. lawmakers have serious safety concerns as well. what, if anything, will be done ahead of tomorrow s planned launch? lots of news that we are covering this morning. we are beginning with the growing global tensions over russia s increased military action near and around ukraine. our reporters are covering all the angles. let s begin with cnn s senior international correspondent, matthew chance, in ukraine s capital kiev. secret ....
to block any trump comeback. we begin though with the looming moment of truth for voting rights. the senate will be gavelled into session momentarily, and we will hear from the democratic majority leader, but the more critical action today will be in private. democrats caucus tonight and the current explain for a vote tomorrow. the current math adds up to a stinging defeat for the president and his party. let s get straight to our chief congressional correspondent manu raju. a big day for the democrats, but math isn t changing, is it? reporter: it s not changing, and the question is how far do democrats continue to push this issue and try to set up future votes once this certain-to-fail vote happens which will occur tomorrow. now, the way it will play out is this. in a matter of moments chuck schumer will address the senate and talk about what he views as the way forward, and the way forward tomorrow, a key vote to try to overcome a republican-led filibuster to pass t ....
major obstacles stand in the way of passing new voting rights protections, namely democratic senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, who refuse to change senate filibuster rules. overseas, tensions continue to grow between russia and ukraine and the west. secretary of state antony blinken urged diplomacy on a call he just held with his russian counterpart, this as a bipartisan group of senators return from a trip to ukraine where they met with the ukrainian president zelensky. we ll have more on that story in just a moment. we begin with cnn s manu raju joining us from capitol hill. manu, has chuck schumer given any indication of what he will do if and when these votes likely fail? reporter: he needs all 50 senate democrats to weaken the senate s filibuster, which now requires 60 volt0 votes to over filibuster. they want to change that so a simple majority, 51 votes, 50 democrats with. have the harris breaking the tie could be enough to get this bill to the presi ....