it is still his responsible as president to defend american interests for the next four weeks. but rest assured, even if he does not take it seriously, i will. and when asked about trump claiming that the situation was under control, biden had this to say. i see no evidence that it is under control. i see none. i ve heard of none. defense department won t even brief us on many things. and while the trurump administration appears to be putting politics over national security, nbc news is reporting on biden s plans to hold putin accountable, quote, biden has no plans to try to forge a close relationship with putin as trump attempted, instead biden is sgeksed to quickly work expecte renewed scrutiny of reports of bounties offered to extremists to kill u.s. troops. biden is position likely to put more sanctions on russia. joe biden taking up the mantle as the current occupant of the white house has all biabdicated leadership in the face of crisis focusing on solely on rever
elsewhere against strict vaccine rules. and he was spinning records in a nightclub just four years ago. now this alpine skier from jamaica is looking to make history at the winter olympics. so with russia s military looming over ukraine from multiple directions now, the british foreign office claims to have information about an alleged plot by the kremlin to install a puppet leader in kiev. now, the foreign office goes on to name a number of former ukrainian officials, allegedly in contact with russian intelligence. now, a source tells cnn that u.s. intelligence does, in fact, have the same information as the uk. the kremlin angrily dismissed the plot accusation as misinformation and demanded the uk, quote, stop engaging in provocations. we want to go straight to our cnn chief international correspondent, clarissa ward. she is on the ground there in kiev for us now. and, you know, clarissa, we just read the statement, right, from russia, calling this a provocation. and it
calling in bruce willis or what nasa is doing with this dart mission where they re trying to crash this spacecraft into an asteroid. they called bruce willis and said hey, do you want to come down for the launch and he said no. so we re on our own, john he ll be surprised by the asteroid that sneaks up on us but nasa, hopefully will not be. come on, bruce. we need you. america needs you. things to do. i think he s free. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world and perhaps on asteroids flying near earth. who knows? it is tuesday, january 18th. i m john bedrrman. brian is on at 9:00 p.m. to tonight. casey hunt waking up early. and i am will be li a morning person. a huge hometown in washington today. the formal process of voting on voting rights legislation begins in the senate because of unanimous opposition from republicans and the unwi unwillingness of two democrats to change the rules. this is
5g interferes with the technology planes use to land in bad weather so now verizon and at&t are responding. plus, a woman pushed to her death off the subway platform in front of the train. another young woman stabbed to death by a stranger inside a furniture store. the deadly and random attacks plaguing major cities on both coasts of the u.s. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our health lead. free tests for everyone with a catch. today the white house quietly launched its beta version website for free at-home rapid tests. just go to covid tests.gov, but tough luck if you re a family of five. there s a limit of four per household. do not expect to see them on your doorstep tomorrow like an amazon prime delivery. they ll start shipping out at the end of the month. still, it s worth getting your name on the list because as cnn s nick watt reports for us, covid cases are still skyr skyrocketing in most of the united states and it is best to have a test on
biden s desk with just days to spare before the default deadline. and breaking this morning, the latest monthly jobs report is out and the news is beating expectations. we ll break this down with senior biden adviser jean sperling. new video of the moment an apartment building partially collapsed in iowa. engineers warned the building could crumble days before it actually fell. and the death of an 8-year-old girl in border patrol custody now being called unacceptable by the acting cvp commissioner, an internal review showing multiple failures leading up to the child s death. and we begin with breaking news. the justice department has closed its investigation into classified documents found at the home of former vice president mike pence, according to a letter obtained by nbc news. this comes days before the former vice president is expected to announce his run for president. with us now to talk more about this, nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett and msn