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john eastman s work on behalf of the former president in the days leading up to the insurrection. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the threat of an imminent war in ukraine. president biden is sharing new information about u.s. moves to deter a russian invasion as 8500 american troops are now on a state of heightened alert. our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins spoke with tpresident today. kaitlan, what is the white house saying tonight about predicting putin s next move? wolf, president biden spent the morning meeting with his national security team. and afterward he told us just how difficult he believes it is to predict what president biden is ultimately going to do. something that president biden says he doesn t even believe the russian leader s top aides fully understand what he is thinking on this. still, president biden did warn if presiden ....
american military forces? plus, georgia judges clear the way for a special grand jury to help investigate if donald trump illegally pressured officials to overturn the election loss in that state. and president biden caught on a hot mike, this time, using the language to in sult a fox news reporter. the question, what did they discuss in the follow-up phone call? it s way too early for this. good morning. welcome to way too early the show knows all too well the dangers of a hot mic. i m jonathan le mire. we ll start with the news. the pentagon has put thousands of u.s. troops on high alert as fears increase that russia may invade ukraine again. chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitch am has the details for us. reporter: with fears rising that russia could invade ukraine, president biden considering a major show of force near russia putting up to 8500 u.s. troops on heightened alert mostly as part of a nato response force. military action from russia ....
it will be used to compel witness testimony and may make recommendations concerning criminal rgs. that s what make it is a potentially legally serious move ask why famously bob mueller worked through the grand jury system. all of this comes as a trump aid admits involvement in a plot to put forward fraudulent or alternative electors. that happened here on msnbc on the beat and we have more on that ahead, including my breakdown dealing with some of the questions i have heard from viewers about what happened on friday. but the top story now is president biden dealing with these world threats on multiple fronts. a political opposition that is brazen about its lack of an agenda other than saying it will obstruct or even try to jail the opposition party. we have fears that are very real over russia invaiding ukraine, putting troops on high alert for possible deployments. the state department evacuating staff from ukraine, which is one sign of what they are worried about. and ....
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 ....
jets to the region and they will reduce staff at the american embassy in kyiv, because of quote, continued threats of significant russian military action. so let s begin with kaitlan collins. so what is the plan for the video call next hour? well this is a call that has about nine leaders on there from europe. ukraine is not on this call. we just asked the white house about that. they poipnted to other conversations the biden administration has had with them, and including tony blinkent, but this is not on this call that will happen this afternoon from the situation room and a call scheduled as we know president biden is considering sending more u.s. troops in the sense of deterrence as they wait to see what the russian president is going to do and they don t know what move the russian leader wants to take next and they are watching. there was a report over the weekend after they believe russian was trying to install a pro-russian leader in ukraine. all of that is on ....