better? we ve got to revive it, but we have to pare it down. plus president biden to speak with the leader of ukraine just days after his call with vladimir putin. and the first anniversary of january 6th. the fight for democracy and the big lie that continues to grow. this year they rigged an election, they rigged it like they ve never rigged an election before. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. welcome to inside politics sun sun sunday . it s been a challenging 2021 beginning with an attack on the u.s. capitol and ending with a record breaking covid surge. over the holiday break, cases have skyrocketed with the latest numbers approaching 400,000 a day. omicron s transmissible rise has some businesses and schools scrapping their return this month. omicron is truly everywhere. what i m so worried about over the next month or so is that our economy is going to shut down not because of policies from the federal government or
delaware. it was vladimir putin that wanted this call. it is, jackie. that call has been underway about 25 minutes according to a senior white house official. it s unclear why russian president vladimir putin wanted this call today. white house officials say this is a moment of crisis between russia and the west. tens of thousands of russian troops are massed on the border with ukraine, which is something that the u.s. tried to pull russia back from. russia han annexed part of ukraine and did the same with georgia in 2008. a call request from the kremlin likes this is a rarity. no, it s a good sign. president putin rarely asks for calls. i worked in the obama administration. i remember one time that he asked for a call. usually the other way around. that means there s a message that he wants to send to the president. the republicans have criticized the president s strategy for waving sanctions on the nord stream 2 pipeline. they said the white house should more aggressi
sister s husband disappear. they said lesley didn t show up for work. lesley s life had seemed perfect but maybe that was an illusion. she mentioned going underground. yes, she did. had something driven her to leave town or had something very different happened? they told you a dead body was in the back of the car? correct. but with few clues, hollywood would stage a dramatic press conference hoping to bring out the killer. i was just floored by what was happening. hello and welcome to dateline. aasha davis moved to hollywood with big dreams and her sister lesley. in a town built on deception, the police came one a plan. it was a dramatic stunt scripted to smoke out a suspect and the stakes were high. here s josh mankiewicz with a sister s search. in the movies and on tv, people can disappear without a trace leaving family and friends with nothing more than memories and worry. in real life, vanishing is more a magician s trick than an everyday occur
most extreme political organization that s existed in recent american history. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. hello, and welcome to inside politics sunday, i m abby phillip. we begin this morning with a stunning supreme court leak. according to a draft decision by justice samuel alito the conservative majority is on the verge of overturning roe versus wade. politico obtained the draft opinion dated february but we likely won t know if it s final until the ruling is released next month. anti-abortion activists aren t ready to celebrate just yet, but supporters of abortion rights took to the streets to protest, and it hassh shaken democrats t their core. how dare they? how dare they tell a woman what she can do and not do with her own body. this is going to fall hardest on, is going to be on poor women, it s going to fall hardest on those who have been molested. it s going to fall hardest on women who ve been raped. in the
court, rachel scott traveling the country. the states where the changes could be immediate. president biden calling this draft ruling radical. if the supreme court strikes down roe, the president with an urgent warning, saying this will go beyond the right to choose to other basic rights. the right to marry, he said, would be in jeopardy next. mary bruce at the white house. the war in ukraine tonight. russian air strikes knocking out power to parts of lviv. russian forces also launching an assault on that massive steel plant. and what s happened now to the 100 civilians including children who got out of that plant? ian pannell in ukraine. here at home tonight, the newly released surveillance video showing an escaped murder suspect and corrections officer leaving the jail together, triggering this nationwide manhunt still under way. what the sheriff tonight has now revealed. the car they might be in. news on the pandemic tonight. this new omicron subvariant. what they