economists. sandra: and the ukraine, a russian invasion could come at any moment. the state department is warning americans in ukraine to get out now before it is too late. sandra smith in new york. hello. john: good to be with you another week, sandra. state department says families of u.s. diplomats at the embassy in kyiv need to leave now and other americans in the country should go as well. the u.s. military sending nearly 200,000 pounds of lethal aid to ukraine over the weekend and fox news confirming president biden has been given options for u.s. troop deployment in support of nato allies in eastern europe. sandra: comes as the russian troop build-up continues. 137,000 russian troops are posted at a dozen points along the border. a former state department spokesperson will join us. john: greg palkot has a view from the ground there. we are in the capital of kyiv, and it is on edge. looking at the russian troops around the borders, and neighboring belarus, les
liberal progressive agenda being pushed down our throats. the very last minute switch. this race now leans republican according to larry sabatose in part because of biden s sagging approval rating creating an environment that is frankly horrible , he says. we have special coverage of the race throughout the hour beginning with team coverage of the mcauliffe and youngkin campaigns. we go to rich edson in mcclain, virginia at the mcauliffe headquarters. hi, rich. good afternoon. they re setting up a major campaign event this evening here at a hotel in northern virginia. the final event that they have as part of this campaign. it s the election night watch pear. the democrat has spent a lot of time in this region along with the other democratic cities and areas in the commonwealth trying to turn out democrats and get them to the polls ahead of election day and now on election day. last evening, he was at an event in nearby fairfax, virginia. also there was randi weingarte
and late-breaking tonight, white house press secretary jen psaki testing positive for covid. the details just coming in. the other major developing nightmare at major airports. american airlines grounding more than 1,800 flights since friday. thousands of passengers stranded. what we re learning tonight. also tonight, the challenges facing the vaccine roll-out for children. the new reporting on preparations for those smaller pfizer doses, when the first shots could be administered. phil lipof seeing how this hospital is gettin ready firsthand. plus how the vaccine battle is heating up nationwide. firehouses left short-staffed. what s next in the showdown? the final sprint in the virginia governor s race, a major test for democrats ahead of the midterm elections. the race now neck and neck in a state president biden won by ten points. the deadly shooting on the set of the movie rust. cinematographer halyna hutchins laid to rest tonight, and alec baldwin speaking ou
that biden is declining trump s request to withhold records from the january 6th committee. nbc obtained a letter saying, quote, an assertion of executive privilege is not in the best interests of the united states. trump is now formally exerting executive privilege over the documents. biden is expected to reject it setting up what could be a legal showdown. trump could sue biden or congress or both and try to keep those records hidden. remember, trump and his allies tried to bury this probe and the question is why? why are they hiding from fact finding if they didn t do anything wrong? after he told them to defy the speems, it appears one lawyer is listening. steve bannon saying he won t comply with the request. his lawyer writing, we must semitrump s direction and honor his invocation of executive privilege. committee responding, they will swiftly consider advancing a criminal contempt of congress referral. bannon calling the committee a, quote, charade today. the democra
hundred his of civilians are believed to still be trapped there, including 30 children. meantime, more than 150 civilians who evacuated from mariupol have now arrived in the city ap zapporitzia. the others were sent to the donetsk region, according to his separatist government, which ukraine regards as a terrorist group and europe is going further than ever to strangle russia s economy. u commission president is proposing a ban on all russian oil by the end of the year along with additional sanctions. a kremlin spokesman says the moves would punish european citizens as well. scott mcclain is joining us, what are you learning about the fighting that a steel plant in mariupol? reporter: it is not looking good for any kind of evacuation efforts out of that steel plant. anna, you mentioned those images, which are absolutely terrifying to look at where you see that plant getting smothered in smoke, suffocated in smoke, it seems. so i am distracted only because the air raid siren