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u.s. troops have been placed on heightened alert for possible deployment to eastern europe. pentagon spokesperson john kirby says despite calls for russian president vladimir putin to step back from ukraine, he s actually sending new troops to the border. they continue to add tactical groups to their western border, to the border with ukraine. and in belarus as well. they ve shown no signs of de-escalating but they are adding more force capability. president biden held a conference call on the crisis and touted total unanimity. hi, nic. hi, christine. we ve just heard from dmitry pes could have, president putin s spokesman talking about that potential deployment of 8500 u.s. troops towards eastern europe. the kremlin s position on this is they are concerned because this is building tensions. this is what they ve heard in the last month or so, that it is the western allies. nato, the united states who are essentially trying to build up a pre pretext. they say the ukrai
dead in the tub who s in the bathtub? my wife. set a mystery in motion. my father said, rachel, come home. and then he just hung up. so many secrets locked tight for so many years uncovered by daughters turned detectives. you hacked into his phone. yeah. there was a lot of different things that came out. things like a mistress named gypsy. was she a motive for murder? in court, an epic showdown. father against daughter. and daughter why were you seeking information as to your mother s death? because i believed my father killed her. but was the evidence on his side? the medical examiner s report listed it as a natural cause of death. who will you believe? hello and welcome to dateline. martin and michele macneill were a dream couple. he was a handsome doctor, she was a whip-smart former model. together they built a loving home and filled it with eight children. but the seemingly happy family would be torn apart by a sudden death and suspicion
democratic leadership. can moderates trust her? this hour i ll ask congresswoman clarke that very question. meantime you got fears of an ecological disaster off the coast in california as an oil spill continues to grow. we are on the ground with the very latest from there. plus covid aiming the wrath on rural america. what is behind that frightening statistic? can it be reversed? also the return. it s one of the most anticipated matchups in nfl history. quarterback tom brady going up against bill belichick. after winning six super bowls together. we are live at gillette stadium for that. but first political wrangling amongst democrats on capitol hill this weekend as progressives and moderates but heads over the bipartisan and infrastructure bills. progressives say they re open to lowering the $3.5 trillion price tag but are not giving specifics. what we have said from the beginning is it is never about the price tag but what we want to deliver. i don t feel the need to give
cloudier day tomorrow, that s because we change wind direction. a milder couple of days but it does not last, towards the end of the week it gets colder again. rather more cloud than today, it is clearing out into the north sea through the morning but we keep more drizzle, low cloud across hills in the north and west, round the coast as well. some sunshine coming through, not a drab day for all, 11th and 12th, quite mild. and it will stay pretty mild into thursday, still with the weather front close by, still a breeze in the north and west, not as windy as it has been but a notable breeze. another weather front is looking to the west, mild night on wednesday and thursday, thursday starts to bring more significant rain into the north and west, still a lot of dry weather but rather cloudy elsewhere, and it s behind that weather system as we get towards the end of the week where you can see the snow showers waiting in the wings. we once again tumble back into north westerly wind