Convinced it is, even though blinken and lavrov agreed to have the meeting for now, diplomacy still seems to be alive, what they want is more american military aid and the general i met today thinks it s u.s. military aid that s the best deterrent against a russian attack. david? ian pannell and our team in ukraine again tonight. ian, thank you. this evening, the u.s. confirmed it s conducting air strikes in syria to help kurd i ish forces put down an assault on a prison there. the prison houses some 5,000 isis fighters, some attempting a jailbreak as a car bomb went off and isis fighters attacked. syrian kurd traps are working. causing those to flee. news coming in late today, what the nib revealed in the gabby petito case. what they now say they discovered from brian laundrie s notebook. here s victor oquendo.
Gun, loaded and ready. i ll see y all on monday. reporter: police say that mother later apologized. the incident under investigation, but no arrest has been made. marcus moore with us tonight. the cdc also revealing what we thought for some time here, that omicron has brought more breakthrough infections than delta did, but the vaccines and boosters significantly helped knock this down. reporter: yeah, david, researchers found that omicron is more likely to cause breakthrough infections than delta, even among people who were boosted but that protection from more serious illness remain high. that s been a good thing. marcus, thank you. as i mentioned off the top tonight we re also tracking that dangerous ice storm. freezing rain, sleet, and snow, treacherous weather from the texas to virginias and carolinas. carolinas, a half inch of ice could accumulate on roads, trees and power lines. power companies are on stand by
[ gunshots ] reporter: the general commands 50,000 soldiers and takes issue with biden s comments. i don t know what a small invasion could be, he says. any russian invasion would come straight through here, and for the front line soldiers, putin can t be trusted. vladimir putin says he s not going to invade, he s not going to attack. do you believe him? i can t believe him. ! you don t believe him. because you can say anything what you want. let s bring in ian pannell again tonight, reporting from eastern ukraine. ian, as you reported there, it would appear both sides, the u.s. and russia, appear to have taken a step back from the brink. on the other hand we saw you witness gunfire in your interview with the general. what is the real level of tension along the front lines there? reporter: that s right, david. in my ways it feels more tense than when we were here in december. one officer telling me last month he didn t think an invasion was likely. i met him today and now he
To the canadian border. david. ginger zee doing double duty. we appreciate it. we turn overseas to the high stakes along the border. russian troops positioned nearby. he was interviewing a ukrainian general when gunfire went off, just underscoring the growing tension there in the region. meanwhile in geneva, what was said after the u.s. secretary of state met with russia s foreign minister. here s ian pannell again tonight from ukraine. reporter: tonight, no breakthrough in these high-stakes talks, but the u.s. and russia appearing to take a step back from the brink in the standoff over ukraine. secretary of state blinken offering to send american proposals in writing to russia s foreign minister lavrov next week and even opening the door to a possible summit with putin. if it proves useful and productive for the two presidents to meet, to talk, to engage to try to carry things
As we go into the night. a ambulance slid down an icy road. the patient who was already in cardiac arrest did not survive. two others were injured. the brutal cold moving in across several states as we start this weekend. ginger zee back with us again tonight. she s tracking it all for us. hi, ginger. reporter: hi, david this. savage cold that we are enduring here has made it to the ground level down in south carolina and north carolina. but up higher, it s warmer, so rain is falling, but it s into this freezing surface, so it s freezing on contact, and that s where you get that ice. you can see it on the radar. from maryland back to georgia there were alerts. b ttce we about taking down power lines, obviously covering roads. the bulk of the storm happens t people are awake, but unfortunately, if you were to lose power, look at the wind chills. it will be single digits up here and sub zero as you get closer