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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 ....
contained in a draft executive order which was obtained by politico and appears to be part of the massive batch of documents now in the hands of the house select committee on january 6th. the committee says it now has all the white house records that the former president tried in court to keep secret. according to court filing by the national archives, which handed them over last evening, they also include, among other items, working papers from then chief of staff mark meadows, who the press secretary as well, and a white house lawyer who had notes and memos about the former president s everyday to undermine the election. but it is that draft executive order which politico published which is so potentially telling in part because the day, which was december 16th, fits pretty neatly into a series of related events that we watched play out at the time. and in addition, it meshes neatly into other reporting about testimony other testimony as well about what was happ ....
hard to hide these documents. politico obtained one of them. an unsigned draft of an executive order that directed the department of defense to seize voting machines. the order, which was never signed, is issued is dated, december 16th 2020. it would allow the defense secretary to, quote, sees collect, retain and analyze all machines, equipment, electronically stored information, and material records required for retention under u.s. law that relates to the preservation of election records. the order also sites to classified documents, suggesting that the author had access to information about the government secrets. this wasn t just some kook with no connection to the trump administration. in addition to new documents like that, political reports of the january six committee is investigating efforts by state level republicans to send republicans alternative slates of 2020 presidential electors. in december of 2020, illegitimate republican electors submitted, forged d ....
ukraine. and you re grounded. how one woman s anti-mask moves changed the travel plans for more than 100 others. hello and welcome to the lead. we begin with our health lead and the strongest case yet for getting a covid booster shot or should i say strongest cases yet. three new cdc reports show that adults who had gotten their booster shot had the best protection against hospitalization because of covid and against emergency room and urgent care visits. the new data suggesting getting a booster in the age of the omicron variant is now less of a nice to have and more of a must have. this as we are learning that unvaccinated adults over the age of 65 are nearly 50 times more likely to be hospitalized for covid than their fully boosted peers. across the u.s. today, more than 160,000 people are hospitalized with covid right now. that s a record high. but as cnn s omar jimenez reports, the number of daily cases are actually trending down, even as some hospitals are g ....
the last 30 minutes. literally stormed in outer oval to get him to put out the first one. it is completely insane. it was also insane in trump s white house when it s. when the president called them in a conspiracy to illegally change the vote count. recording of that oval made by georges secretary of state is in full and complete pleat indictment of donald trump. the district attorney in atlanta asked the judge today to convene in a special grand jury that cannot be defied by anyone named trump or anyone else. that is real prosecutorial subpoena power. we will have more on the georgia administration investigation later in this hour. donald trump s life as a defendant began in earnest. he was already that claims donald trump raped her in new york city in the 1990s, but he was soon on the way to be a criminal defendant with a criminal investigation in new york city and criminal investigation of georgia states, he is soon going to be coming a donald trump head use ....