russian invasion. we are live in moscow this hour. anti-vaxx and antimandates. thousands take to the streets from d.c. to brussels. we have the very latest on the state of the pandemic. and with less than two weeks to go before the winter olympics and just days before the chinese new year, we look at china s covid policy two years after wuhan. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is monday, january 24th, and u.s. president joe biden is set to be considering option to bolster troop levels in eastern europe amid fears of a possible russian invasion against ukraine. now, according to ukrainian intelligence, russia has now massed more than 127,000 troops in the region, and as tensions remain high, america s top diplomat has issued one of the strongest warnings yet. have a listen. if a single additional russian force goes into ukraine in an aggressive way, as i said, that would trigger a swift, a severe an
good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is monday, january 24th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. you re back! here i am. and it s lovely to be back. . you are big-timing us for a whole week. now you re back in the mornings, which is just one of the major stories developing overnight, right? also overnight, we saw something honestly you will never see anyone. you are not supposed to be able to go the length of the football field in 13 seconds. you re just not. not against the best defense in football. it s basically impossible, or supposed to be. that was just one part of the ridiculous bills/chiefs game. that was the best, if not the best played game i have seen. patrick mahomes to kelce. the bills and quarterback josh allen never got to touch the ball in overtime. but to even get there. the team scored a combined 25 points in the last two minutes, which is ridiculous. that capped a weekend of almost as ridiculous football
that s what we are seeing. josh, great to see you. thank you. reporter: any time. and new day continues right now. very good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is monday, january 24th. i m brianna keilar along with john berman. we begin with the wildest divisional playoff in history. four absolute nail-biters. every game coming down to the final play. two number one seeds sent home for the first time in 12 years. the rams, 49ers, chiefs, bengals advancing to next week s championship round, just one win from the super bowl. in 11th super bowl for tom brady in year. they lost on sunday, the final play of the game. when asked about his future, he said he will take it day by day. that s what he always says, honesty. no reason to think he is going to quit. brady nowhere near the most interesting or most important story this football weekend. andy scholes, i think you will start with what is probably the greatest or one of the greatest foot
i can t even understand what happened this weekend, but, yes, all of us were losing our minds. we were looking her in the eyes. you could tell she hated the situation. i don t speak for everyone. i forgive her. it s just money. that was an experience of a lifetime that surpassed any financial meaning. you got invited to this popup, it seenls like someone from her staff holding this message up to you or maybe a few other people. it seems kind of wild. could you make out what she was saying? not really. all i really heard i was checking out at the time. i was so bombarded, trying to figure out what was happening. i was so shook. all i heard was, this is not how i wanted it to be. it was more about the look on her face. you can tell she was hurting so much than any of us were. i forgive her. i ll be back in vegas once she reschedules, just vibing. just vibing. i love it. i love it, james. you have such a good attitude about all of this. we really appreciate you talking
of lethal aid arrived in ukraine. 80 tons of weapons reinforcing the country s defenses against the russian forces amassing on the border. also top brass presented the president with the option to bolster forces in the baltics and eastern europe. repositioning 5,000 u.s. troops. cnn is covering the story from every angle as only cnn can. nic robertson in russia, jasmine wright in washington, d.c., and melissa bell in paris. we begin with nic in moscow. good morning. how is the kremlin responding to all this? reporter: i think we re going to get an update on that in the next hour or so. the kremlin spokesman is due to speak. there is so much has happened. russia has been accused of backing a former, a former ukrainian member of parliament to become the new leader in kiev. that s something we can expect to hear more about. but i think the announcement from president the announcement over the weekend that president biden is considering sending up to 5,000 troops is somet