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now it is vladimir putin s time for choosing. invade ukraine or back down. plus, a cnn exclusive. senator mitch mcconnell prefers he and donald trump just ignore each other, but a new interview highlights a likely mcconnell/trump midterm crash. the republican leader says it s critical gop candidates avoid trump s big lie. and spiking crime is an every city challenge. the new york mayor vows to lead the fight and his plan relies on reviving a controversial police unit. we begin with the ukraine standoff. the white house holds two classified briefings to brief lawmakers and bring them up to speed on the security situation in ukraine. president biden says he is now ready to send 8500 more american troops to eastern europe. nato has put more assets in the region. the intent? to add military muscle to the diplomatic pressure and get vladimir putin to back down from a potential ukraine invasion. whether the russian leader takes that off ramp, though, is an open question ....
putting american forces, nato forces in ukraine. reporter: a frenzy of activity this week. national security official holding classified briefings with congressional staffers on the situation in ukraine. we re working all member briefings for the house and the senate in the coming days. reporter: american citizens in ukraine including nonessential staff at the u.s. embassy urged to leave the country. the u.s. prepares to share its concerns with russia in writing. and a warning from the department of homeland security that if provoked, russia could launch a cyber attack against the u.s. broadly, we are always preparing for any action that related to cyber or any other activity that any country could take. reporter: the president in close consultation with world leaders. we re all on the same page. we have to make it clear that there s no reason for anyone, any member of nato to worry whether or not we, nato works come to their defense. reporter: it continue ....
our panel weighs in. and forces put on high alert. russia and nato over the potential invasion of ukraine. can diplomatic talks bring the party back from the brink or is an attack by vladimir putin all but certain. breaking news out of the shark as the state supreme court judge strikes a mask mandate for schools in public places. the near department of education defiant tonight saying that schools will real require those mass. breaking details on that case coming up. we begin with the crime crisis making the streets as dangerous as ever for those who protect and serve. greg gallagher is taking a closer look tonight. good evening. from the killing of cops two kids, forcing a stunning rush of violent crimes across the us for the politicians disagree and solutions, but it is getting tough to find anyone who doesn t think that we has a country have a major problem. already in 2022, five. city police officers have been shot. this weekend 22-year-old officer jason ribera ....
about peter doocy arees especially ridiculouspe given that biden s own weakened mental abilities in a moment we re going to play the tape and peter doocy will respond. also, we re just learning ofis this second that biden apparently called peter doocy just a short time ago and we ll find out how that went. all right. but first tonight , major cities all around the country, they are now reeling from another weekend of violence in new york city. a career criminal viciously targeting two nypd officers, killing one , critically injuring another. officer jason rivera was only twenty two years old . officer wilbert mora,cer he was only twenty seven years old . he s fighting for his lifeist. tonight and according reports the deranged killer, quote, kept firing at the wounded cops even as they lay helplessly on the floor. complete execution now sadly as we speak, cops all across the country, they re being targeted at an alarming rate the fbi. to well, intentional police killing ....
as the crisis in ukraine escalates, president biden s frustration with the media is on full display. the president held an event yesterday on inflation and refused to take questions on ukraine so peter doocy stayed on topic and got a bit of a salty response. president biden: that s a great asset. more inflation. what a stupid son of a [bleep]. bill: peter came on our air last night and hour later. the president called him to smooth things over. his description of that. within about an hour of that exchange he called my cell phone and he said it s nothing personal, pal. and we went back and forth and we were talking about just kind of moving forward and i made sure to tell him i am always going to try to ask something different than what everybody else is asking and he said you ve got to. and that s a quote from the president. so i ll keep doing it. dana: sure he will. team fox coverage. karl rove in a minute. let s go to the white house where jackie heinrich is ....