are you in the path of the storm? more on when and where we re going to see the snow and ice coming up. also this morning, the washington football team just revealed its new name. it s commanding attention. i m going to talk with the group spearheading that movement. we have our team covering the crisis in eastern europe. courtney kube, richard engel and michael mcfaul, former ambassador to russia. courtney, let me start with you as you were in the room for the pentagon briefing. we know french troops are also being sent to the region. talk you through what more we learned today during that briefing. there s even some other allies that are considering sending some troops, the british, they ve sent assistance, the dutch, among others. we heard from press secretary john kirby a very key words. the military and pentagon are making it very clear that they look at this as a temporary deployment, not a permanent deployment and the ultimate goal is to deter russia from making an
robust offense of our nato allies. all of these are in addition to the 8500 personnel on heightened alert poster i announced last week. those 8500 are not currently being deployed but remain ready if called for the nato response force. and president trump taking it to the fellow republicans coming to the defense of mike pence. lindsey graham after days of admitting he believed pence could have overturned the 2020 election. of course, that is false. on the coronavirus, pfizer s request for emergency use authorization for children under five years of age is getting a mixed reaction from both vaccinated and unvaccinated parents. i ll speak to dr. zeke emanual about their concerns this hour. and millions americans are in the path of a massive winter storm. by far the biggest of the season so far. the three-day weather event will slam states with sleet, freezing rain and potentially record-setting snow totals along the rust belt. we begin this hour with the crisis in ukraine
Right at the start of black history month. thank you, ron, for bringing that to us. coming up, everybody, the washington commanders. that is the official new name of the nfl team. i m going to talk to one of the native american activists who pushed for the change. we ll be right back. o pushed for the change. we ll be right back. limu emu and doug. we gotta tell people that liberty mutual customizes car insurance so you only pay for what you need, and we gotta do it fast. [limu emu squawks] woo! thirty-four miles per hour! new personal record, limu! [limu emu squawks] he ll be back. only pay for what you need.
Or donate at mercyships.org. yes welcome back, everybody. for it s official the nfl team in washington has a new name. the washington commanders. craig melvin was on hand as the team made the anticipated announcement. watch this. how do we settle on the commanders? it s a name that has the weight and meaning befitting a 90 year-old franchise. it s something that broadly resonated with our fans. and it s something that we believe embodies the values of service and leadership that really define the dmv in this community. and it s something importantly that we could own and grow for the next 90 years and something that can allow us to tie the rich history and championship legacy of the franchise to new
Calls were made by then president trump. we ll have more on this developing story ahead with a big panel. also on the hill, one congressional committee opening an investigation into the former president s handling of white house documents. new details coming in about what lawmakers want to know and who they ll be talking to. our capitol hill team is standing by live with all of it. at the white house, president biden getting ready to host democratic senators on the judiciary committee. a key meeting ahead of his announcement on whom he will be nominating to the supreme court. here with us live this hour the head of that committee, senator dick durbin. plus new msnbc news reporting on those tensions overseas. what our intelligence sources are now telling us on how russia plans to invade ukraine if it happens and the kremlin has plenty of options on the table. i m kristen welker in washington in for my friend hallie jackson. congressional reporter for new york times luke broadw