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
there are thousands of people in lockdown in apartment buildings where there have been hundreds of covid cases detected. all the schools in the city are closed right now. and the restaurants are closed after 6:00 p.m. soccer fields are shut down, outdoor soccer fields, just some of the examples of what the government is doing to try to keep covid out even though it s clearly in this crowded city. brianna? ivan, thank you so much for that unusual, alarming report. ivan watson. and new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, it is tuesday, january 25th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. and we do have breaking news this morning. pfizer just announced the start of a clinical trial for a new vaccine engineered to specifically target the omicron variant. the company has already started manufacturing doses and plans to have the new vaccine ready in march. joining us now is cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanj
officers charged with civil rights violations in the killing of george floyd. and in arizona, why one voting rights group is investing six figures to unseat democratic senator kyrsten sinema. uh. and we begin with the latest on the rising tensions between russia and ukraine. democratic aides tell nbc news there will be two classified briefings today for congressional leadership aides and committee staff on the situation in ukraine. full briefings for lawmakers are expected next week, as the house and senate are on recess this week. this comes one day after the u.s. put 8,500 troops on heightened alert, ready to join a nato response force at a moment s notice, but the pentagon says no troops have been deployed just yet. 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, t
investigation made by a muslim mp that was act as a minister because of our faith. and that was act as a minister because of ourfaith. and in the that was act as a minister because of our faith. and in the last hour there are new reports that boris johnson had a birthday party when england was in its first lockdown with up to 30 staff allegedly celebrating with him in number ten. we will also update you where the army seized power, ousted the president and dissolve the government 2a hours after launch achoo. let s begin with this new report of a party in downing street when england was in its first lockdown. i tv news has tweeted. he reports two downing street has admitted the staff to gather to which the prime minister a happy birthday that day. let s get further details. chris mason is live from west minister. details. chris mason is live from west minister. hello. this latest exclusive from west minister. hello. this latest exclusive from itv west minister. hello. thi