even though she didn t want to get into the details until breyer announcing this decision that it s a hypothetical, she did appear to confirm the big looming question, whether or not president biden intends to stand by his campaign pledge to nominate the first black woman to serve as a justice on the supreme court when that vacancy becomes official. just to give you a sense of how much the president s day has been up ended by this news, he was meeting with a number of ceoearlier today. we were in the room. all of the reporters in the room trying to get a quick reaction from the president to this news. take a listen. as the opportunity to decide what he or she will do and announce it on their own. there s been no announcement from justice breyer. let him make whatever statement he will be make. i ll be happy to talk about it later. thank you so much. you really can t underscore enough what a momentous decision this is for a sitting u.s. president to make. now president bid
heightened alert to deploy to europe. the pentagon says it s part of an increased effort to prevent russia from invading. hello, sandra smith in new york. john, great to be with you. john: john roberts in washington. defense officials suppress u.s. troops would support a nato response force and not sent to ukraine. the who us says the national security team is finalizing plans for all military scenarios. this as the biden administration faces growing calls to sanction russia now before putin makes his next move. sandra: more than 127,000 russian troops continue to operate along the massive border there with ukraine, but ukraine s president is trying to reassure the public and world there is no reason to panic. john: is there reason to panic or not? former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley in moments. sandra: and greg, what is the latest you are hearing about the russian threat there? as the u.s. leads efforts to try to head off the invasion, we are
news. pfizer now testing an omicron-specific vaccine, this as schools are struggling with how to handle high amounts of positive cases among students. we ll be speaking to one superintendent whose district has gone remote indefinitely. is this doing more harm than good? and we ve got other breaking news this morning. after decades of status quo, the s.a.t. exam making a huge change that could impact millions of high school students across the country. it might be time to toss your number 2 pen similars. we start with the tense standoff between russia and ukraine, tensions growing more urgent by the hour, the pentagon putting 8,500 troops on heightened alert as the u.s. weighs military action. none have been deployed as yet. but they could be moving from other parts of europe to neighboring countries like poland and romania. this comes after president biden joined a 90-minute video conference about the crisis with european leaders. the white house posting this photo of the p
nato is not threatening russia. reporter: russia amassing more than 100,000 troops near ukraine s borders, including fighter jets and tanks, the tools for a massive military offensive. russian weapons have been rolling into belarus ahead of joint exercises there next month which some analysts worry could be the cover for an invasion of ukraine. the kremlin spokesperson said the risk of couldn t afflict is very high. higher than before. but blamed the west for the tension. the map looks set for war. even with diplomacy still on the table. france, germany, russia and ukraine are set to meet for talks on wednesday. the u.s. has been in near constant communication with its european allies. but concerns of conflict are growing. the state department authorized the depart you of nonessential u.s. person and he will families from ukraine. england did the same one day later. ukraine said the move is premature while russia has accused the west of hysteria. the pentagon has made clear
life. in a chilling detail the gunmen reportedly kept shooting at the two officers even as they lay motionless on the ground. in texas, a manhunt is underway for a suspect who murdered a deputy during a traffic stop near houston. and in washington, d.c., a police officer shot and wounded, but was thankfully released from the hospital. democrats in new york being pressed for solutions and here is how they are responding. we have to do more to fight the scourge of the illegal guns on our street. illegal guns is an important first step but we must also adjust a bail reform. new york is the only state in the country that does not allow a judge to detain and defendant who poses an immediate threat to the community. dana: and the white house confronted over how it plans to keep americans safe. does he know that after a year in office, people do not feel safe in this country? we seen a surge in crime of the last two years, would you agree with that? the murder rate is a