hold two classified briefings for congressional staff later today. we ll have more on that in just a moment. you ll hear the latest intelligence. also ahead here at home, extremism on the ballot. a new report released just moments ago shows that dozens of far-right candidates are endorsing qanon conspiracy theories ahead of this year s midterms. what we re learning about the connections those candidates have with white supremacists, anti-government exsttremists an the proud boys group on january 6th. an important conversation to be having now but we begin our top story. international diplomatic correspondent nic robertson and international correspondent sam kiley on the scene in ukraine. nic, we ll start with you. how is the kremlin responding to the news that u.s. troops are put on high alert and ready to go at a moment s notice? reporter: the kremlin