adverting a potential russian invasion of ukraine. later this hour, we ll talk with a journalist in ukraine about a move on the ground. the house january 6th committee is asking ivanka trump to cooperate with its investigation. as a georgia prosecutor seeks a special grand jury to help investigate a call trump made during the elections process trying to overturn results of the 2020 election. meantime, one major city tries a new approach to reducing the sufrmg in covid cases. and out west, california is about to get more help from the federal government to fight wildfires. and we begin with the urgent diplomatic efforts aimed at averting a potential russian invasion of ukraine. secretary of state antony blinken and russian foreign minister sarah guy lavrov met in geneva today for nearly 90 minutes, but there was no breakthrough in the standoff. after the meeting, secretary blinken said the two sides agreed to keep talking and made it clear there would be a strong r
week as part of a congressional delegation. and we begin with the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. right now, the biden administration s website to request free at-home covid tests is up and running. americans can visit covidtest.gov to place an order for four tests to be delivered to their door by the united states postal service. the administration also says it will begin distributing 400 million n95 masks from the national stockpile to thousands of locations across the country. joining me now is nbc news correspondent heidi przybyla. also with us is dr. joseph varon, the chief of critical care at united memorial medical center in houston. thank you for being with me. heidi, you spoke exclusively with the new testing coordinator at the white house. what did he tell you about what he can expect from this new program? reporter: jose, i just wanted to point out that the reason why these new programs are so significant is that for the first time, the federal government i
the show must go on as west side story is one of hollywood s big winners at this year s scaled down golden globes awards. well, it s not the court novak djokovic had in mind when he headed to melbourne for the australian open. but a judge in the city is now sitting to determine if the nine time winner of the event gets any chance at all to defend his title. or if he decides the world s number one tennis player should be deported in keeping with the decision of australia s border force. djokovic arrived last week with a medical exemption from entry rules over covid vaccination, but his visa was cancelled at the airport. tennis australia chief craig tiley on monday defended his organisation from criticism and said rules and regulations were changed repeatedly. well, we re not going to lay the blame on anyone. on the course of this journey, there was plenty of contradictory information, and we constantly were seeking clarity from day one to ensure that we did the right thing and
of removing unsafe cladding in england sparing flat owners. reports the prime minister is working on a plan for how the uk will live with covid by march. also a pudding fit for a queen a new nationwide competition to mark the platinum jubilee. hello, a very good morning to you and welcome to bbc news. the tennis world number one, novak djokovic, has won his court battle to stay in australia and defend his grand slam title but ministers have threatened that they might exercise powers to cancel his visa anyway. there are reports of a significant police presence at the office of his lawyers in melbourne. earlier, a judge in melbourne ruled that he must be released immediately from immigration detention. djokovic arrived at the airport last week to defend his australian open title, which begins next monday. he was initally granted an exemption from covid vaccination rules, after recovering from the virus last month. djokovic s lawyers argued that cancellation was unreas
one supermarket help to save that? a pudding fit for a queen a nationwide competition is launched to mark the platinum jubilee. abysmal arsenal. manager mikel arteta apologises after they re dumped out of the fa cup by championship side nottingham forest. good morning, a fairly cloudy start to the day. we have rain and drizzle in the west heading east through the day. the highest temperatures will be in the west as a result. all the details throughout the programme. it s monday, the 10th of january. overnight, novak djokovic s lawyers have spent hours challenging the australian government s decision to deport him. the world tennis number one has been held at an immigration hotel since his arrival ahead of the australian open, where djokovic will be hoping to win a record breaking 21st grand slam. so what s happened so far? novak djokovic landed at melbourne airport on wednesday, where he was dramatically denied entry into the country. djokovic is unvaccinated, but his legal