relentless lies leading some americans to lose faith in our elections and institutions. i want to live i want to give i ve been a miner for a heart of gold wow, what a great song. rock n roll icon legend neil young laying down an ultimatum telling spotify they ve got to choose between his music or vaccine denying podcast host joe rogan. and out of control crime in los angeles. what the hell is going on? looks like a third world country. the l.a. district attorney under fire for a criminal justice reforms that critics call an absolute disaster. let s talk about the news of the day now and bring in cnn s white house correspondent mr. john harwood and cnn s senior legal analyst laura coates the author of the new book just pursuit, a black prosecutor s fight for fairness. good evening to both of you. john, this new video is astounding. it s stunning. we shouldn t be surprised. we ve seen so much of it. every time i see another video coming out, it is even worse t
we are live in kyiv this morning. a post party hangover. boris johnson, fighting for political survival. we ll take you to downing street. plus, israel says a fourth covid vaccine dose offers better protection. the country s new booster recommendations. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is wednesday, january 26th. world leaders are pushing the tariffs and diplomacy of the tension on ukraine s border. they re preparing for a possible russian invasion. the white house says the threat is imminent though acknowledges russian president vladimir putin knows what he will ultimately do. president joe biden says he s made it clear there will be severe consequences if russia takes military action. have a listen. would you ever see yourself personally sanctioning him if he did invade ukraine? yes. you would? i would see that. there would be enormous consequences if he were to go in and invade the entire
after turning to the democratic congressman of colorado led a congressional visit to ukraine in december and is fully briefed on the situation. so happy to have you on. good evening to you. you just came back from ukraine. a lot of americans may be wondering exactly how this could affect us here in the u.s. how would you explain that? what is the situation? thanks, don. i sit on both the armed services and intelligence committee and house of representatives and i did lead a bipartisan delegation to ukraine. i met with senior defense officials, ukrainian defense officials. the situation is very dire. i don t think we can under state that. we are on the brink of an eastern european war here and nascent democracy, a democracy that s been building, growing, been moving to the west and wants to continue democratizing is really at risk here. why this is important number one a threat to democracy anywhere is to democracy everywhere. no doubt about that. this is not an isolated cas
border. we re live for you in moscow on this order. plus another party hangover for boris johnson. new reports the prime minister attended his own birthday party during lockdown. and inflation has the u.s. president hot under the collar and caught on a hot mic. we ll explain. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it s tuesday, january 25th. we begin with a significant step by the u.s. as fears that russia could be on the verge of invading ukraine. the pentagon has announced that as many as 8500 american troops are now on heightened alert for possible deployment to eastern europe though no final decision has been made. have a listen. in the event of nato s activation of the nrf or deteriorating security environment, the united states would be in a position to rapidly deploy additional brigade combat teams, logistics, medical, aviation, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, transportation and addit
russian invasion. we are live in moscow this hour. anti-vaxx and antimandates. thousands take to the streets from d.c. to brussels. we have the very latest on the state of the pandemic. and with less than two weeks to go before the winter olympics and just days before the chinese new year, we look at china s covid policy two years after wuhan. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is monday, january 24th, and u.s. president joe biden is set to be considering option to bolster troop levels in eastern europe amid fears of a possible russian invasion against ukraine. now, according to ukrainian intelligence, russia has now massed more than 127,000 troops in the region, and as tensions remain high, america s top diplomat has issued one of the strongest warnings yet. have a listen. if a single additional russian force goes into ukraine in an aggressive way, as i said, that would trigger a swift, a severe an