economists. sandra: and the ukraine, a russian invasion could come at any moment. the state department is warning americans in ukraine to get out now before it is too late. sandra smith in new york. hello. john: good to be with you another week, sandra. state department says families of u.s. diplomats at the embassy in kyiv need to leave now and other americans in the country should go as well. the u.s. military sending nearly 200,000 pounds of lethal aid to ukraine over the weekend and fox news confirming president biden has been given options for u.s. troop deployment in support of nato allies in eastern europe. sandra: comes as the russian troop build-up continues. 137,000 russian troops are posted at a dozen points along the border. a former state department spokesperson will join us. john: greg palkot has a view from the ground there. we are in the capital of kyiv, and it is on edge. looking at the russian troops around the borders, and neighboring belarus, les
you put up with me. i did text you that. more than 50 million people facing winter weather alerts as a powerful and dangerous winter storm batters the east coast this morning. thousands without power. freezing rain, ice, snow stretching as far south as florida. governor kemp is pleading with georgians to stay off the road. high wind and sleet making driving treacherous. more of the same in north carolina where conditions have turned deadly. a tractor trailer slid off a highway, killing two people, multiple tornados touched down in southwest florida. in lee county, 28 homes were destroyed and dozens more declared unlivable. in south carolina, the national guard had to be called in to assist stranded drivers. black ice and snow in the state remain a threat this morning. and the storm is expected to hit the northeast next. nearly 3 million people under high wind warnings, including here in new york and boston. philadelphia could get some snow. and travel disrupted. 1,200 f
the last 24 hours, as you know, the senator buffered his own party and killed the build back better act. manchin said he was at wit s end with negotiations and something specific pushed him over the edge. listen. we know the real reason what happened. they won t tell you and i m not going to. we ll find out more about that, and we ll get to new reporting from our sources saying manchin is a no partly because of concerns that parents might use the child tax credit to buy drugs or use paid family leave time to go hunting. we ll have his office s response to that as we go live to the white house and capitol hill. we ll also hear from the progressive caucus who insists that build back better will be back. i m hallie jackson as we juggle all of this this afternoon. we re also joined by marietta mayor and congressional reporter for the washington post. mike, let me start with you. we thought we were going to see jen psaki about an hour ago. these things happen, i get it, but
shelling leaving that town in ruins. state department saying the suffering there could exceed the atrocities we ve reported on in the northern town of bucha. stand by for more on that. dana: russia is raising the specter of nuclear war. yesterday it test fired a new ballistic missile. putin claims it can carry multiple nuclear war head and should make russia s enemies think twice. bill: trey yingst back in kyiv. we begin with the news at the white house and jackie heinrich. good morning. good morning. bill. the remarks from the president 45 minutes away now. white house official is confirming that we ll hear from the president about a new security assistance package similar in size to the one that came out last week that was $800 million included also heavy artillery and ammunition. cnn is also reporting we ll hear about a humanitarian entry plan for those ukrainian refugees that the biden administration promised we d take in up to 100,000 and followed that pledge from
the commander saying that they may have hours or days left to live. he adds there are about 500 wounded troops and hundreds of civilians there. nbc news cannot verify those numbers. ukraine s president zelenskyy calls the situation in the city, quote, extremely severe and is calling on allies to send more weapons now. what could the u.s. send? a new aid package the administration is apparently getting ready to announce. i ll be acting the current acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine about that and more in just moments. plus, maybe don t put away those masks just yet. the biden administration is leaving the door open on bringing them back on planes, trains and more. what they re waiting for as a new version of omicron gains a foothold in the united states. and a redistricting legal fight in new york that could have major implications for voters just 69 days from primary day. raf sanchez is in lviv. kelly o donnell is at her post. and we re joined by admiral james stavridis. presi