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address, including russia s continuing cyberattacks on the u.s. its detainment of several americans in russia. its continuing interference in u.s. elections. so many issues. president biden promising to challenge putin on those issues directly, poppy. ahead of his trip to geneva, biden was in brussels where he reaffirmed the united states commitment to strong transatlantic ties at the eu/u.s. summit. our team is following all of these crucial angles and sit-downs. let s start in brussels. arlette saenz is there. president biden spent the morning working with eu leaders. do we know their focus? president biden had this morning really caps off his tour of assuring allies that the united states is back and will continue to support them. this coming, of course, after those four years of president trump really testing and putting a strain on many of the united states relationships with allies. and in a series of meetings this morning that the president had with eu leade ....
next elections would be legitimate. the most immediate concern for the white house this morning is clearly ukraine. and the president s comments come at a tipping point in that region as russia nearly completes its buildup of forces along the ukrainian border, an invasion biden suggests is all but inevitable. russia will be held accountable if it invades. it s one thing if it is a minor incursion and we end up having to fight about what to do or not do, et cetera. but if they actually do with their what they re capable of doing with force amassed on the border, it will be a force for russia. my guess is he will move in. he thats to do something. less than an hour later, the white house trying to clean up the remarks saying in a statement, president biden has been clear with the russian president. if any russian military forces move across the ukrainian border, that s a renewed invasion, and it will be met with a swift, severe, and united response from the united s ....
be met with a cost that will be severe. here at home, after biden s domestic agenda takes a hit again, the president is now considering changes to his economic strategy, including breaking up the build back better plan into what he called chunks. will senators manchin and sinema get on board? and a brand-new report released just moments ago, states with weaker gun laws have higher rates of firearm-related homicides and suicides. we have those numbers ahead. but we begin with what by all accounts could be an impending invasion. joining us now is cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson live from moscow and cnn national security correspondent kylie atwood at the state department. nic, let s begin with you on the latest, that russia says that it would welcome another call between biden and putin. of course, this coming after president biden saying yesterday that he would be open to perhaps another summit between the two leaders as well. what more are we hear ....
you put up with me. i did text you that. more than 50 million people facing winter weather alerts as a powerful and dangerous winter storm batters the east coast this morning. thousands without power. freezing rain, ice, snow stretching as far south as florida. governor kemp is pleading with georgians to stay off the road. high wind and sleet making driving treacherous. more of the same in north carolina where conditions have turned deadly. a tractor trailer slid off a highway, killing two people, multiple tornados touched down in southwest florida. in lee county, 28 homes were destroyed and dozens more declared unlivable. in south carolina, the national guard had to be called in to assist stranded drivers. black ice and snow in the state remain a threat this morning. and the storm is expected to hit the northeast next. nearly 3 million people under high wind warnings, including here in new york and boston. philadelphia could get some snow. and travel disrupted. 1 ....
plus, if you haven t seen these pictures, you want to. and underwater volcano near tonga has ree resulted for the third time in four days, those pictures captured by satellite. a massive eruption over the weekend sparked tsunami advisories across the u.s. west coast. and in china, major changes now to the winter olympics, which are less than three weeks away. amid coronavirus concerns tickets will not be sold to the general public but distributed by authorities instead. the country s zero covid policy has meant stringent restrictions, new lockdowns, beijing reporting its first case according to its numbers of the highly transmissible omicron variant just this past saturday. we begin first with the winter storm wreaking havoc across the eastern united states this morning. cnn s dianne gallagher is in charlotte, north carolina. polo sandoval is live from pittsburgh. we begin with polo. it s a tough mix, right, because you have the snow, it melts, turns to ice. tell us ....