3,000 u.s. troops to europe as the threat of a russian invasion looms over ukraine. hello, welcome to america reports for a wednesday, john roberts in washington. sandra, good to be back with you. sandra: great to see you. welcome back. sandra smith in new york. additional forces are deploying to poland, germany and romania, all of which are nato members, on top of the 8500 troops already on high alert and ready for deployment if needed. john: the pentagon says the u.s. is committed to defending nato allies as tensions rise, and new satellite images reveal the extent of russia s military activity in the region. sandra: steve live in kyiv, what is putin doing now? what s he doing now and what s he going to do, the question many world leaders are asking themselves. putin kept quiet about ukraine for a month, he broke the silence yesterday in classic passion. twisted it around saying the u.s. was trying to drag russia into war in ukraine, not mentioning the massive bui
sacrifice themselves on the basic principle that we should live free. while the cause is the same everyone has a different reason for serving. maybe they are following in their father s footsteps or felt a calling after the terrorists tore down the twin towers. for me it was a patriotic parade or a series of them in a small town. motherly day and fourth of july parades in a tiny town in southern minnesota where my parents grew up. the whole town lined up on the tree sign side of the main street waiting for the veterans to walk by and when they came older vets and younger vets, crowd clapped and saluted. the reverence that town had for the veterans made me say, wow, those men really did something special. something bigger than this town. something bigger than themselves. these men were willing to put on a uniform and face danger for me, a kid they never met. it was just a handful of veterans, from one town. but every town in america gave men like that. out of sheer patriotism
outside in brooklyn. school is still in session. prompting parents to keep their kids home. bill: nate foye is live in brooklyn. what are you hearing there? good morning. good morning. you can see parents are protesting at ps172 for a second straight day. after a pta meeting last night, many parents are holding a no-show protest holding kids home from school until this policy is reversed. this comes after yesterday where the pta co-president tells me 30% of the school was absent. 142 kids did not show up to school. i m joined now by rosie. she is a concerned grandmother. you have a grandson that goes to the school. you were at the pta meeting last night. what happened at that meeting? many questions were asked by the parents. we didn t get no concrete answers at all. we don t have no information. the mayor s office had a representative at that meeting. what did he say about your concern? most of the time he said he didn t know. he was not sure. no answers at all.
manhattan courthouse yesterday pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records that is typically a misdemeanor. alvin bragg s strategy for elevating those charges appears to be a stretch legally and the case may not make it to a full trial, even the liberal media are seriously questioning the strength of this case. watch. if i had to characterize it it s disappointment. in terms of a case this being brought against a former president, it s a little underwhelming. there is not more to it. this is even weaker than i feared it would be. and i think it s easily subject being dismissed or a quick acquittal to trump. the fact the in the law, what is the crime that prosecutors are alleging escalated this from a misdemeanor to a felony? if this is the only pebble that gets thrown at donald trump, it s a very small pebble. and i do think it could the backlash against this pebble might cow other people who might otherwise have been courageous enough t
Officers are killed in the line of duty or for those officers facing life-threatening illnesses. the founder says that these past few years have been some of the hardest to be an officer in this country. but that hasn t stopped anyone from putting on their uniforms of pride and doing the job to the best of their ability every day. sergeant, it s such an honor to have you here with me and it s a deep honor to be your friend. i have witnessed so many of the incredible works that they do and it s so varied. share with us a few of the examples of the leaves you have impacted, blue lives and other lives. this past year you attended the gala and you honored detectives mora and rivera. in the amount of 30 days we raised $60,000 which goes a long