why? let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, on the brink. president biden holding a call with key u.s. allies for roughly 80 minutes tonight over growing fears russia is on the verge of invading ukraine. the president saying everyone is on the same page. the call comes as 8500 u.s. troops are now on heightened alert to possibly deploy. as president putin shows no sign of backing down. as their presence on the border enlarged or changed in a qualitative way that ises ses escalating? yes. they are continuing to add battalion troops to their western border, to the border with ukraine. and in belarus as well. the numbers there are increasing. so they have not only shown no signs of de-escalating, but they are in fact adding more force capability. they are in fact adding more force capability. this is just how fast the situation along the ukraine border has deteriorated over the past few days. i want to show you this new video tonight. okay, s
committee s talks with former trump attorney general, bill barr. and new york s mayor unveils an ambitious plan to crack down on gun violence after another weekend of senseless shootings, including the killing of a rookie nypd officer responding to a domestic dispute. we want to welcome our viewers here in theni united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with new diplomatic moves by the united states amid fear that an attack could be imminent. president biden spent about 80 minutes in talks with european leaders and is declaring they re all on the same page. mj lee is covering this brokeakg story. tonight, president biden assessing his options for turning up the pressure on russia. i had a very, very, very good meeting with the european leaders. the president meeting with european allies on a secure video call from the situation room on the escalating crisis at the russia ukraine border. after huddling with his to
Saw george floyd in clear need of medical care and did not act. tomorrow we ll be back in court resuming testimony in what is expected to be a four-week trial, wolf. we ll stay in close touch with you, omar. thank you very much. omar jimenez in st. paul, minnesota. to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, president biden says the u.s. and its al i say are in, quote, total unanimity when it comes to a russian invasion. this as we are seeing new video from putin showing russia beefing up its presence even now as we speak along the ukrainian border. plus a georgia prosecutor getting the green light to intervene a grand jury in trump s efforts to overturn the election. and the great escape. people now paying upwards of $22,000 to get their pets, including dogs and hamsters, out of hong kong.
But pleaded guilty to his charges last month and now his proceedings will be happening separately. omar, do we expect any of these three former police officers to testify during the course of this federal trial? reporter: as we heard from thomas lane s attorney in opening statements, lane is expected to testify in his own defense over the course of this. remember, he s not charged with failing to intervene and stop chauvin, because as his attorney argued, there were multiple points where he tried to intervene. for one, suggesting to chauvin that they put an added restraint, a hobble on floyd that would have propped him up on his side and chauvin said no. his attorney also argued there was another point where he asked chauvin if they should turn floyd on his side and chauvin said, no, he s staying put. that s likely why they want him on the stand. the prosecution will likely try to paint him into a corner, back him into their bottom line as part of their argument that you
That the officers face state charges for aiding and abetting murder, tied to george floyd s murder. that trial is set to happen later on as well. and all of those things, of course, are on going, but today the big moment, the conviction of the three former minneapolis police officers. breaking news from omar jimenez in st. paul, minnesota. thank you very much. putin s war is raging on. will the new sanctions from the u.s. and european union do anything to stop the barrage of rockets raining down on those in ukraine. we re live in russia and ukraine, that is next. stay with us.. i have friends. [ chuckles ] well, he may have friends,s, but he rides alone. that s jeremy, right there! we re literally riding together. he gets touchy when you talk about his lack of friends. can you help me out here? no matter why you ride, progressive has you covered with protection starting at $79 a year.