levers it can right now. the pentagon says we have roughly 8,500 troops on heightened alert. president biden and our european allies have been communicating about countermeasures to any russian aggression. we re going to have more from the white house, more from the pentagon and ukraine in just a few moments. also, in just the last few hours, pfizer announced that it is testing a vaccine tailored specifically to protect against the omicron variant, and we re watching the markets very closely again this morning. right now, as you can see, the dow down once again, down almost 420 point, things once again quite volatile there on wall street raising a lot of questions. so stephanie ruhle is going to join to us try to help answer some of them. also this hour, our country s crisis of conscious. after january 6th laid bare this morning. you know capitol police officer eugene goodman right there, you ve seen the video. the man facing down the mob there on january 6th and you ve never
territorial integrity. today s meeting also comes a day after president biden clarified his comments about a minor incursion, insisting that any russian troop movement inside ukraine would be considered an invasion. i ve been absolutely clear with president putin, he has no misunderstanding. if any any assembled russian units move across the ukrainian border that is an invasion and it will be met with severe and coordinated economic response. let there be no doubt at all that if putin makes this choice russia will pay a heavy price. let s go right to richard engel in ukraine. good to see you. what more can you tell us about what went on during this meeting between secretary blinken and the russian foreign minister and is there any early reaction there in ukraine? reporter: well, this negotiation suddenly became much more complicated for the u.s. side. sergey lavrov, the russian foreign minister is a skilled diplomate, he s been doing this for many years, he is a ver
all in starts right now! good evening from new york and the bipartisan committee investigating the january 6th insurrection just released a report in the last hour, recommending that former department of justice official jeffrey clark, be held in contempt over his refusal to cooperate with dhs subpoena. caucus had lengthily career, a kind of archetypal in the government he worked with the prestigious law firm kirkland analysis. which is perfectly fine for judges and lawyers. he also worked for the george w. bush administration. honestly, kind of nondescript bureaucrat political appointee not a household name. washington ones on the people, more that. except this guy this under the radar guy, this man and we showed you on the screen, he s the single person when except for anyone other than donald trump himself comes closest to come polling off an actual coup this year. jeffrey clark. he served as the acting head of the civil division of donald trump, of positioning
johnson has submitted data from the fda requesting authorization for a booster shot of its covid vaccine. we ll discuss what that could mean for the fight against the virus. we begin with what is happening on capitol hill. any moment, members of congress will get their first opportunity to question frances haugen, the facebook whistle-blower who went public on sunday during an interview with 60 minutes. haugen has called steps facebook took after the 2020 election a, quote, betrayal of democracy. haugen s testimony comes less than 24 hours after facebook faced another crisis, when its site along with several of its apps were knocked offline around the world for hours. by monday night, facebook sites returned online, but no explanation as to what happened has been given. joining me now is capitol hill news correspondent leann caldwell and jacob ward in menlo park, california. leann, i want to start with you. we ve received an early look at haugen s opening statement. what
consequences. last night, there were consequences. also this hour, the iowa caucus campaign blitz with haley and desantis battling for second place. if the latest polls are correct, donald trump has a 30-point lead. kristin welker joins me live from des moines to break it all down. former president trump refocusing on iowa after his fireworks during closing arguments at his civil fraud trial in manhattan. the judge promising his decision on how much to fine the former president and his adult sons before the end of the month. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell back in washington. while u.s. forces in the wider middle east are bracing for retaliation after they struck back at houthi rebel forces in defiance of the ultimatums keeping up their attacks. the pentagon and british allies bombed more than 60 targets inside yemen overnight that they say were used by the rebels to plan and launch dozens of attacks against commercial shipping routes vital to the world econo