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fight for higher wages for workers. thanks for being here, everyone. big developments and growing fears that europe is closer to the brink of war. this morning, the state department is reducing personnel at the u.s. embassy in kyiv, ukraine, starting with the departure of non-essential staff and family members. nato allies sending additional ships and fighters, a move kremlin is slamming as hysteria. president biden is considering deploying several thousand u.s. troops to the region to mark a major escalation from him. secretary of state tony blinken now is also warning that if a single russian unit enters ukraine, it would trigger a swift, severe and united response from the u.s. and europe. we have every angle covered on this rapidly developing story with reporters in ukraine, russia, and washington at this hour. let s begin with cnn s matthew chance in kyiv. matthew, what is the latest there? reporter: the latest, kate, it s been quite a strong reaction from the ....
time for family members of u.s. embassy personnel in ukraine has in order to get out now for additional personnel there being authorized to leave. the state department really raising the alarm if you are an american in ukraine, it is time to get out now. if there is a russian impatient, there won t be an opportunity to air lift people out. in the meantime, president biden with a range of options including deploying 3,000 to 5,000 in eastern europe. this is a real shift in posture from just economic sanctions. here in ukraine the second shipment of american ammunition and weapons arrived. ukrainian officials but that total at more than 80 tons. the administration continues to and says no preemptive sanctions against russia. here is the secretary of state. the purpose of those is to detour russia aggression. so if they are triggered now, you lose the deterrent effect and the alliance is looking at very practical and important measures in the event of the russian impre ....
the polling also shows big erosions in president biden s approval within key parts of the democratic base. and a major nearly double digit enthusiasm gap between democrats and republicans about the midterm elections. democrats are looking for ways to jump start biden s stalled domestic agenda on capitol hill, and gin up some excitement around the midterms, like divvying up the build back better social spending bill into smaller arguably more passable pieces of legislation. i m confident we can get pieces, big chunks of the build back better law signed into law. and once again, joe manchin will be calling the shots, telling reporters on thursday that when it comes to negotiating build back better, the democrats will, quote, be starting from scratch. joining me now to help understand the road ahead for democrats, congressman james clyburn, house majority whip and chairman of the house select committee on the coronavirus crisis. whip clyburn, as always, thank you very ....
this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone over 60 million of us woke up this morning to windchills at or below zero this evening, two-thirds of the country suffering beneath an arctic air mass and heading into a brutal night, including rare ice storm warnings this evening in parts of the eastern carolinas. places that rarely see such a threat. the weather service pulling no punches widespread power outages likely further south, cities including baton rouge, new orleans and boloxie under freeze warnings our emilie ikeda has details. reporter: tonight another winter wall line up pummelling the northeast. a january freeze in half the country sends temperatures plummeting 20 degrees below this time of year s average. i need all of my layers up, even the mouth and nose. reporter: 12 million are under winter alerts. a rare ice storm taking aim at weather weary residents in the carolinas, with dozens of utility crews preparing for the wors ....
will be here with a full round up of the days news. first, it s newcast. hello, it is adam in the studio. and laura in the same studio. and chris in the same studio for now. until i vacate the spot for a guest in a bit. so, actually, we have got less covid rules, but we have still got some covid rules, which is actually quite a good summary of whether a plan b still exists or not, because some bits of plan b in england still exist, but some bits of plan b disappear next week. but, it has been quite a dramatic week, where the prime minister s fortunes have ebbed and flowed and then they have relatively flowed, compared to where they were ebbing before. it has all been quite up and down. it has been really up and down. you know, downing street is still in a pretty precarious position, no doubt about that. if i choose my normal metaphor of choice, thejenga tower is very wobbly, some big pieces have been taken out, a few more may be crammed back in, maybe a little bit of sc ....