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of lethal aid arrived in ukraine. 80 tons of weapons reinforcing the country s defenses against the russian forces amassing on the border. also top brass presented the president with the option to bolster forces in the baltics and eastern europe. repositioning 5,000 u.s. troops. cnn is covering the story from every angle as only cnn can. nic robertson in russia, jasmine wright in washington, d.c., and melissa bell in paris. we begin with nic in moscow. good morning. how is the kremlin responding to all this? reporter: i think we re going to get an update on that in the next hour or so. the kremlin spokesman is due to speak. there is so much has happened. russia has been accused of backing a former, a former ukrainian member of parliament to become the new leader in kiev. that s something we can expect to hear more about. but i think the announcement from president the announcement over the weekend that president biden is considering sending up to 5,000 troops is ....
and now the pressure in just hours president biden convenes a secure call with european leaders, and the president weighs on deploying military to europe. the hope that new pressure forces putin to back off a potential invasion, the risk that the are you familiar leader uses more forces as a pretext for invasion. reporter: this call will be president biden and the leaders of europe to talk about the standoff, that it it has escalated in recent days. you now leads us up to this call. it s equally important are now reporting that president biden is considering sending additional troops in the thousands to the baltic states, other allies in europe to increase the troop presence. you can see, of course, where it will be a big deal. he said this would seem to be a shift in how the administration is viewing this increasingly delicate situation. these were decisions that the president was briefed on while at camp david this weekend. 2 doesn t appear he s made a final d ....
violence call. prompting a new focus on rising violent crime in america s largest cities. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. president joe biden talking with world leaders about the very real chance of russia in 58ing ukraine again. underscoring how it has escalated in reason days. the pentagon announcing this afternoon, as many as 8,500 u.s. service members are now on heightened alert and have been told to know ready to deploy at any moment. if necessary, they will join nato forces in eastern europe and the alliance s effort to deploy the troops near ukraine. we re covering this escalating tension, even a crisis on multiple fronts. let s start wat the white house. do we know about whether or not to send u.s. forces to eastern europe? it s a decision that could come as soon as this week. what we do know, as of today, president biden hasn t made a final decision about that. behind the scenes they are getting the specifics ready in case he makes call to bolster u.s ....
face a test of wills. we ll cover the standoff from kiev to moscow to washington and ask former secretary of state mike pompeo about the huge political stakes. plus, 49 years after roe v. wade, the future of the landmark decision is uncertain as the supreme court weighs a case that could change the abortion landscape in america. we ll discuss with south dakota governor kristi noem who s pushing for even more restrictions in her state, only on fox news sunday. shannon: then he absolutely is not predicting that the 2022 elections would be illegitimate. shannon: the white house pushing back on the president s comments that the fate of the midterms rests on democrats passing voting laws. we ll ask our sunday panel about new fox polls about the state of elections. all right now on fox news sunday. shannon: and hello again from fox news in washington. president biden is huddled this weekend with his security advisers at camp david as he faces a full-blown stan ....
one the bengals won. bill: how big is my smile? dana: big. strong feelings i m supposed to have feelings on the overtime. ukraine, the u.s. deployment is to shore up defenses. the alliance is sending ships and fighter jets as russia amasses thousands of troops along the ukraine border. bill: state department evacuating staffers families from the embassy in kiev. it is also issued a do not travel warning for americans in that country. dana: a second shipment of u.s. weapons has arrived in ukraine. this as british intelligence warns that the kremlin is plotting to replace the ukrainian president with a puppet leader loyal to moscow. bill: the situation evolving by the moment. republicans say one thing is clear. president biden is not going to deter vladimir putin. putin believes he can reconstitute the old soviet union and challenge the united states on the world stage. right now he has more to gain than he believes he has to lose. so far with this administ ....