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a torch for free speech? what can and can t be said by olympic athletes in beijing. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest on the ukraine crisis and the news that president biden has approved the deployment of 3,000 troops to bolster nato allies in the region. this would be the first major movement of us forces in russia s military stand off with ukraine. 2,000 will be sent to poland and germany and a 1,000 strong squadron will be redeployed from germany to romania. a pentagon spokesman said the deployments were a signal that america was ready to defend its allies, but he was keen to stress the troops were not going to fight in ukraine. the united states stands shoulder to shoulder with our nato allies. the current situation demands that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on nato s eastern flank. president biden has been clear that the united states will respond to the growing ....
places people are under attack. i am harris faulkner and you are on the faulkner focus. he is getting to come here and the president will soon meet with mayor eric adams. and in just the past week we have seen our cities seek streets turn into a sea of blue surrounding the iconic st. patrick s cathedral. for the funerals of two police officers who were murdered. today could be a chance for president biden to shake off his crime soft on crime image with a boost that he might get from mayor adams who is a former cop bringing back the nypd anti- gang units. the president s own words and lackluster action on the crime crisis may do little to satisfy these critics or voters. i think we all know this is basically a photo up for joe biden. he is cratering in polling so i bet there s a bit of a panic going on at the white house and they are saying how can we salvage anything great will send him to new york city now that there are two more cops that have been slain and murdere ....
alert. elite american commandos taking on isis near the border of syria. no american casualties in the two-hour raid. good to be with you on this friday eve. sandra: and big news day, indeed. aftermath of this raid shows heavy damage on a multi-story home. sources telling fox news abu ibrahim al-hashimi al-qurayshi blew himself up as special forces moved in. the terror leader killing his wife and several children in the attack. complete coverage begins now. florida congressman and former green beret with more on that in a moment. john: jennifer griffin at the pentagon with the latest from there. jennifer. john, i just came out of the pentagon press briefing, we learned the elite american commandos on the scene were able to collect d.n.a. and fingerprints identification of the head of isis that they killed overnight in the daring raid. they describe it as incredibly dangerous, and reminiscent of the osama bin laden raid. intelligence in early december. calculated ....
in beijing can and can t say. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest on the ukraine crisis and the news that president biden has approved the deployment of 3,000 troops to bolster nato allies in the region. this would be the first major movement of us forces in russia s military standoff with ukraine. 2,000 will be sent to poland and germany, and a 1,000 strong squadron will be redeployed from germany to romania. a pentagon spokesman said the deployments were a signal that america was ready to defend its allies but he was keen to stress the troops were not going to fight in ukraine. the united states stands shoulder to shoulder with our nato allies. the current situation demands that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on nato s eastern flank. president biden has been clear that the united states will respond to the growing threat to europe s security and stability. our commi ....
little to stop covid deaths, and instead wreaked havoc on every aspect of our lives. johns hopkins with a bombshell study that shows restrictions only reduce deaths by .2%. at the same time, the lockdowns devastated our economy, education system, and damaged our mental health. all the while fueling major political unrest. many of us were never given an option. remember president biden and top health officials told us lockdowns were our only choice. president biden: statewide, lockdowns that so many americans lived under for months were intended to buy us time to get our act together. when you have an acute situation, and extra ordinary number of cases the answer is to close things down, go back to our basics, to shut things down, the flatten the curve. the fact that we shut down when we did, and the rest of the world did, has saved hundreds of millions of infections, and millions of lives. now, s before now, while their policies have been proven wrong once ....