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to moscow later this week and talk to vladimir putin. the white house is said to greet congressional aids. they re expected to give briefings when they return to congress next week. the stand off sending jitters across the u.s. and global economies, adding to white house worries about inflation. and now soaring prices for food and gas. this as we await policy announces from the federal reserve after they conclude a two-day meeting starting today in washington. in covid, major setbacks for mask mandates. in virginia, 7 districts are suing governor youngkin after he made masks optional and in new york, the court shut down the indoor mask mandate. the escalating tensions for russia and ukraine. the senior white house correspondent, o donnell and kelly, first to you, what might the president s decision be? when might he make it? we know the troops are on standby in the u.s. we know the president has made one decision already and that s to accept the decision of deputy ....
officers charged with civil rights violations in the killing of george floyd. and in arizona, why one voting rights group is investing six figures to unseat democratic senator kyrsten sinema. uh. and we begin with the latest on the rising tensions between russia and ukraine. democratic aides tell nbc news there will be two classified briefings today for congressional leadership aides and committee staff on the situation in ukraine. full briefings for lawmakers are expected next week, as the house and senate are on recess this week. this comes one day after the u.s. put 8,500 troops on heightened alert, ready to join a nato response force at a moment s notice, but the pentagon says no troops have been deployed just yet. in the event of nato s activation of the nrf or deteriorating security environment, the united states would be in a position to rapidly deploy additional brigade combat teams, logistics, medical, aviation, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissa ....
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 ....
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investigation into the attack on the capitol. president trump s former attorney general william barr now talking to the january 6th committee, according to the committee s chairman. investigators are now pouring through hundreds of documents from the national archive. what we re learning tonight. an arctic blast targeting millions. bringing bitter cold but for how long? as a rare winter wildfire rages in the west. rob marciano standing by. tonight, with hospitals and staff still feeling the strain, and 80,000 confirmed covid deaths just since thanksgiving, dr. fauci today sounding more optimistic about the weeks ahead, saying omicron could peak in february. testing supplies, a tool in the fight, still hard to come by. new images tonight of that backlogged california warehouse where millions of covid tests are slowly going out for delivery. and overseas tonight, beijing olympics organizers confirming 72 positive cases with the winter games less than two weeks awa ....