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after turning to the democratic congressman of colorado led a congressional visit to ukraine in december and is fully briefed on the situation. so happy to have you on. good evening to you. you just came back from ukraine. a lot of americans may be wondering exactly how this could affect us here in the u.s. how would you explain that? what is the situation? thanks, don. i sit on both the armed services and intelligence committee and house of representatives and i did lead a bipartisan delegation to ukraine. i met with senior defense officials, ukrainian defense officials. the situation is very dire. i don t think we can under state that. we are on the brink of an eastern european war here and nascent democracy, a democracy that s been building, growing, been moving to the west and wants to continue democratizing is really at risk here. why this is important number one a threat to democracy anywhere is to democracy everywhere. no doubt about that. this is not an isolat ....
emphasize that no final decision on deployment has been made. we should be clear these are not u.s. forces going to ukraine to fight russia, but to bolster existing deployments among nato allies. white house deputy national security adviser jonathan finder told cnn last hour that all systems are go. the alliance will make decisions about force posture adjustments, but they re ready to go at a moment s notice when the alliance decides. and, you know, the important thing to point out, this is not an aggressive step by nato, this is a defensive step. the question is how will russia view this step? the latest step to reinforce security on nato s eastern flank comes after president biden held a video call with european leaders on monday. the president stressing there was unanimous resolve among allies on that call. on the ground in ukraine, cnn has learned that the u.s. marine corps has bolstered security at the u.s. embassy in kyiv. the move comes days after the state d ....
omicron variant. then the one test that could derail olympic dreams. athletes take us there you the intense covid protection process that one doctor calls a public health extreme. welcome to the lead. we start with the world lead. president joe biden saying he would consider leveling personal sanctions on russian president vladimir putin if putin gives the order for russia to invade ukraine. sanctions directly on putin himself, he means. this as the kremlin maintains some 100,000 russian troops strategically positioned near its border with ukraine. the white house says a russian invasion appears imminent. in the meantime, russia is accusing the u.s. of escalating tensions by putting 8,500 u.s. service members on heightened alert. they re on stand by. not ordered to deploy. though the biden administration says two factors could quickly change that. one, if nato decides those u.s. service members are need in the eastern europe, and two, the actions, of course, of vlad ....
ridiculous given that biden own week into mental abilities in a moment we will play the tape. and peter doocy will respond. also, we are just learning at this second but biden apparently called peter doocy just a short time ago and we will find out how that went. but first night, major cities all around the country, they are now reeling from a another weekend of violence. a criminal targeting two nypd officers, killing one, critically injuring another. alverson jason rivera it was only 22 years old. officer wilbert mora was only 27 years old. he is fighting for his life tonight. and according to reports, the deranged killer kept firing at the wounded cops even as they lay helplessly on the floor. the complete execution. sadly as we speak, cops all across the country are being targeted at an alarming rate according to the fbi. intentional police killings have now reached a 20 year high. 346 officers were shot in the line of duty in 2021 alone. another multi-year high ....
that we moved beyond that. i will pick it up where you left off. all rights. i am laura ingraham. this is the ingraham angle. last week, glenn youngkin signed an executive order, you might have heard about her, he ended mask mandates and schools. but that did not stop the covid crazies and some of the school districts in virginia. they have begun suspending kids and teachers who refused to play their game. we speak to two of them exclusively tonight. and my response to saturday night live later in the show. you don t want to miss it. but first, stumbling on the warpath. that is the focus of tonight s angle. over a month ago, president biden assured a very war weary nation that putting troops in or around ukraine was not on the table. now it looks like that is right up there with the other promises he made like if you get vaxxed you can go back to normal and just 100 days of masks. hours ago, the pentagon put 8500 troops on high alert for possible deployment to easte ....