nato is not threatening russia. reporter: russia amassing more than 100,000 troops near ukraine s borders, including fighter jets and tanks, the tools for a massive military offensive. russian weapons have been rolling into belarus ahead of joint exercises there next month which some analysts worry could be the cover for an invasion of ukraine. the kremlin spokesperson said the risk of couldn t afflict is very high. higher than before. but blamed the west for the tension. the map looks set for war. even with diplomacy still on the table. france, germany, russia and ukraine are set to meet for talks on wednesday. the u.s. has been in near constant communication with its european allies. but concerns of conflict are growing. the state department authorized the depart you of nonessential u.s. person and he will families from ukraine. england did the same one day later. ukraine said the move is premature while russia has accused the west of hysteria. the pentagon has made clear
united states and all around the world. we will have some extraordinary reporting this morning from the poland belarus border this hour. we start with breaking news overnight from washington. the january 6 committee giving a top aide in the trump white house an ultimatum. the panel is now demanding former chief of staff mark meadows show up for a deposition and hand over documents today or risk criminal contempt. this after his attorney made it clear that meadows had no plans to cooperate until the courts ruled on trump s claim of executive privilege. and that, by the way, is now delayed as well. a federal appeals court has paused the release of trump white house documents to the select committee. the national archives was supposed to start handing them over today, including handwritten notes from meadows himself. cnn s daniela diaz is live on capitol hill with more for us this morning. good morning, daniela, what do we know? reporter: this is what we know, guys. the sele
clever. it is reporting 2000 children have been flown from southern border and sent to drop-off points in new jersey, and connecticut. good story for peter doocy to ask the white house is. pete: why is the administration flying migrants from the border to florida and new york in the middle of the night? well, i m not sure it is the middle of the night, what is happening 2:30 in the morning. earlier than you might like to take a flight. unaccompanied children passed through the airport en route to final destination to be unified with their parents or vetted sponsor. ted cruz has idea why to put the massive influx of migrants. entire political strategy sebased on secrecy, what is happening at the southern border is tragedy. stop the surge act, rich democrats can be sitting there and see 10, 20, 30, 50,000 illegal immigrantss like we re see og a daily basis and envision them in nantucket, goodness, they want to come to our clubs. they would be horrified. greg: dana
that s something you need to decide with your doctor. alisyn, victor. elizabeth cohen, thank you very much. top of the hour, i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. republican governor greg abbott is facing push back on his controversial and broad band on covid vaccine mandates, including private businesses from enforcing vaccination mandates. american and southwest airlines both based in the lone star state vowed to continue requiring their employees to be vaccinated. abbot is up for reelection next year. he has been on a bit of a collision course with president biden who just last month announced that all employers with 100 or more workers should adopt vaccine mandates or covid testing regimens. ed lav reporter: i think everybody in texas is looking at abbot t s move through the prism of politics he finds himself in the middle of, and that is he is facing a primary challenge to be reelected next year. that primary is coming up in the spring
to please members and committed to voting for it resolving issues from policy to price tag. the $3.5 trillion is almost certain to come down. speaker pelosi talked about the need to find agreement on this before infrastructure will move. may be tomorrow. may be tomorrow. right. in order to get the votes to pass it it sounds lie you need absolutely. you re right. that will happen this week? let me just say we are we paired, ready. the target is to reach an agreement this bill so the house can vote to pass the senate approved infrastructure bill but there s so much to resolve in a short period but this is the goal. the reality is contextually there s a lot at stake for the president. how s the president preparing for the days ahead? reporter: the president tried to bring together the left and the moderate wings of his party to find common ground to be built on. as well as speaking both with pelosi and with majority leader schumer in the senate but this poi