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
scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon is to update msps about coronavirus rules shortly we ll have live coverage from holyrood. huge crowds gather for the funeral of ashling murphy, the primary school teacher killed while out running in county offaly in ireland. britain s emma raducanu wins through to the next round of the australian open, on a good day for british players. good afternoon. borisjohnson has rejected a claim by his former chief advisor that he was warned in advance about a drinks party in the downing street garden during lockdown in may 2020. dominic cummings has said that he s certain he d told the prime minister that it might break covid rules, but he claimed mrjohnson waved aside the concerns. mrjohnson also revealed that he s already been interviewed by sue gray, the senior civil servant investigating parties in downing street. in response, labour have said the pm set the rules he didn t need anyone to tell him that the party he attended broke the
hello and welcome. the world s number one tennis player, novak djokovic, has begun his appeal against his deportation from australia. the government says that djokovic, who hasn t had a covid jab, is a threat to public order and might foster anti vaccination sentiment . his lawyers say the decision to throw him out the country is irrational. djokovic still hopes to begin defending his australian open title on monday. judges from the australian federal court are hearing the appeal via video link. our correspondent, phil mercer, is outside the court in melbourne. he s scheduled to play his opening round match against a fellow serbian on monday as well. time is of the essence. we know that he left he is following proceedings that his lawyers office, so he should know sometime today whether he is free to compete in the australian open or will be forced to depart, be deported from australia. obviously, he has had his supporters throughout all of this there in australia, but how w
you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the omicron surge taking a toll on school, hospitals and businesses. we re following it all. so many organizations and institutions are over burdened and in some places like chicago t situation is clearly boiling over. reporter: that s right. stress delays, frustration, cancellation it s all part of the omicron surge and all parts of the country. in chicago they are locked in debate. in so many places we re seeing a will we haven t seen before to keep moving forward through covid. parents are outraged and making their outrage known to the teachers union in is a very different dynamic than ever before. reporter: tensions mounting in chicago. more than 340,000 students missing school for a fourth day. teachers refusing to return to the classroom. we re very frustrated that there are no public health leaders standing up and saying we should be moving to remote learning environment especially for a district of this
russia, as well as more military assets moving into eastern europe and ukraine. while both sides emerged without any real victory, discussions did move forward on other issues. including the positioning of missiles that point at each other and how the two countries could carry out military exercises with more transparency. but it remains to be seen whether russia is taking this diplomacy seriously. or intends to invade ukraine regardless. we have to be prepared that russia was using this week of diplomacy and the meeting with the united states as a pretext for conflict. that they very well may walk away from these discussions and declare that diplomacy has failed. reporter: jake, we have just learned from numerous sources speaking to our colleagues that in the lead up to these talks just a few weeks ago in late december, the biden administration released another $200 million in military aid for ukraine. of course, that could go way up if russia decides to invade ukraine.