elector scheme that took place in seven swing states as the trump campaign tried to overturn the election results. what it signals about the state of the investigation. and we re live on the ground in kyev as russia s military build up on ukraine s border intensifies. president biden announcing he s moving troops to eastern purp plus this warning from america s top general. this is larger in scale and scope in the massing of forces than anything we have seen in recent memory and i think you d have to go back quite a while into the cold war days to see something of this magnitude. censorship in the polar classroom, an upstick of conservative-led bills aimed at limiting discussions on race and sexuality in schools and punishing violateors. we ll look at one in florida critics are calling the don t say gay bill, moving closer becoming law. it is saturday, january 29th.
president biden spoke with ukrainian president zelensky for just under an hour from the presidential retreat at camp david as they talked about the threat of that possible russian invasion into ukraine. the white house released a statement read out of that phone call saying that president biden made clear that the united states would respond swiftly and decisively, together with its allies and partners to any further russian aggression against ukraine. they added the two leaders agreed on the importance of continuing to pursue diplomacy and deterrence in response to russia s military build up on ukraine s borders. now this phone call with zelensky follows president biden s phone call yesterday with russian president vladimir putin. and officials have told us that there were no major breakthroughs in that call. but that the president made clear to putin that there would be swift and severe cost if he moves forward with a russian invasion. now this morning, national
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. us presidentjoe biden has spoken to the ukrainian president volodymr zelensky by phone in the past few hours, as efforts to de escalate the crisis over ukraine continue. the two agreed to pursue diplomacy and deterrence in response to russia s military build up on ukraine s borders. but mr biden made it clear that the united states would respond swiftly and decisively to any further russian aggression. earlier, white house national security adviserjake sullivan repeated his warning that a russian invasion could begin any day. moscow denies it has plans to invade, but has positioned over 100,000 troops along its border with ukraine. in other developments on sunday, more than a dozen countries have now urged their citizens to leave the country. us members of an international monitoring mission in eastern ukraine have begun withdrawing.
spoke with russian counter part today, and said they conducted an assessment of air defense needs in the ukraine. obviously you ve said you re monitoring this. is u.s. intelligence picking up something new? let me first say that the travel advisory for ukraine remains a level four. do not travel due to covid-19. the state department updated it to include information on russia s military build up on ukraine s border, just to provide additional information but it has been at a level four. so nothing new otherwise? again, the state department provides additional information through travel advisories to make sure they are being transparent with american citizens in different countries, and that s exactly what they did in this case. and we have historically seen large numbers of americans, and others traveling to ukraine during this time of year and the holiday season. it was just an effort to provide that information directly. go ahead. and your statement yesterday alluded to worki