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u.s. supreme court could, should tell you about the direction america is heading. thanks for being here, everybody. we begin with the growing threat of war in eastern europe. heightened alert for possible deployment as there is real fear a russian invasion in ukraine could be imminent. the pentagon said the u.s. troop that would be sent would be in support of nato s response force. the pentagon spokesperson is our guest this hour. for russia s part, they re now launching new military drills and the kremlin now blaming washington for increasing tensions. the greatest threat in the region since the cold war. let s begin with cnn s barbara starr live at the pentagon for us this hour. what more do you learn about these troops on heightened alert? reporter: good morning, kate. right now, the pentagon very clear that these troops are not on dpleployment orders yet. heightened alert, more ready than you ve been in case you get deployment orders. how would they go and who w ....
omicron variant. then the one test that could derail olympic dreams. athletes take us there you the intense covid protection process that one doctor calls a public health extreme. welcome to the lead. we start with the world lead. president joe biden saying he would consider leveling personal sanctions on russian president vladimir putin if putin gives the order for russia to invade ukraine. sanctions directly on putin himself, he means. this as the kremlin maintains some 100,000 russian troops strategically positioned near its border with ukraine. the white house says a russian invasion appears imminent. in the meantime, russia is accusing the u.s. of escalating tensions by putting 8,500 u.s. service members on heightened alert. they re on stand by. not ordered to deploy. though the biden administration says two factors could quickly change that. one, if nato decides those u.s. service members are need in the eastern europe, and two, the actions, of course, of vlad ....
can all move on now. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 25th. with us we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico , jonathan lemire. and president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass is with all of us this morning. i m in warsaw, poland, again this morning where there continues to be grave concern over what russia will do with its troops on the ukraine border. the pentagon says it has put thousands of u.s. troops on high alert as fears increase that russia may invade ukraine again. nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell, has the details. reporter: with fears rising that russia could invade ukraine, president biden centering a major show of force near russia, putting up to 8,500 u.s. troops on heightened alert, mostly as part of a nato force. military action could come at any time. reporter: the president at camp david this weekend, reviewing pentagon proposals to ....
computing. beyond and potentially in addition to those sanctions the biden administration is preparing to send u.s. troops to the region. none have been deployed yet. american military aid is already on the ground in ukraine. a shipment of u.s. supplies arrived at the airport outside kiev just a few hours ago including what they re calling lethal aid. that s anti-tank and antiaircraft missiles from the u.s. government along with equipment and ammunition. our message is clear, the united states stands with ukraine, our allies and partners. if president putin decides to make this reckless choice twel provide additional defensive material to the ukrainians above and beyond what we ve already sent. again, no troop deployment orders have been given but the pentagon says 8,500 american troops remain at heightened alert alongside nato allies which have sent fighter jets and ships to the region, the west trying to show any escalation will be matched. the russian military co ....
is that even though so much has been looked at, a steady drip of what we know might be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the ex-president s efforts to overturn the election result. the latest bombshell coming from conspiracy theorist, alex jones, who was at the capitol on january 6th. during his broadcast monday, he said he took the fifth more than 100 times in his interview with the select committee. politico reports on what jones referred to as the quote, unofficial testimony that he delivered on his show, quote, jones described the questions the committee asked him about his contacts with gop fund-raiser, carolyn wren. who he described as a liaison for logistics relating to trump s rally. quote, my contact for the fifth and sixth was carolyn wrenn, he said. all this comes as focus by the committee on recently revealed plans to get the u.s. military to seize voting machines. plans that resulted in an executive order being crafted. one that was not signed and ult ....