that some of them patriot unit. it matters because this relates not only to whet a few indicted criminals are doing, some of play guilty, some of, not in matters because we are seeing the main line of this talk and belief system in the republican party and on the right. it also includes some elected officials in the republican party claiming that these individuals who are defendants, presumed innocent, but defendants in a criminal process involving violence on tape, are now being told by we are being told by republicans that they are automatically legally innocent. that they are political prisoners. that it is a shame. six this should be scrutiny and advance, the justice for january 6th, on september 18th. this has the capital on highlight. there s a bulletin saying that they have a bust security posture planning for september 18th and all available staff will be working. it is a kind of statement that makes you think that they want everyone to know, including anyone show
also in the programme. the former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin chooses not to give evidence in a dramatic final day of testimony in the george floyd murder trial. and the food fight over a childrens birthday cake. m&s are going to court over colin the caterpillar and the aldi knock off. we will get an early adjudication from celebrityjudge rob rinder. hello, i m laura trevelyan in washington, christian fraser is in london. when president biden talked on the phone to president putin two days ago, he warned him that the us was going to respond to russia s provocations from cyber hacking to election interference. us officials said the retaliation would be seen and unseen. well today we got the seen part of it. in the next half hour the president will set out new sanctions that blacklist russian companies, make it harder for moscow to borrow money and the us is expelling ten russian diplomats accused of spying. the biden administration says the sanctions are retalia
minister lavrov made no commitments about where the diplomacy will lead. translator: i can t say whether we re on the right path or on the wrong path. we will understand this when we get a written reaction from the americans to all our proposals. reporter: the stakes are high. russia planning to deploy s-400 anti-aircraft missile systems in belarus. and continuing to bolster its troop presence of more than 100,000 soldiers along all of ukraine s borders. and ukraine s defense minister is now accusing the kremlin of sending tanks and artillery to pro-russian separatists in the country s occupied dombas region claiming they re actively recruiting mercenaries and sending them to the temporarily occupied territory. cnn learned the pentagon is working on a series of military options for president biden to beef up the u.s. military presence in eastern europe as a deterrent. the two foreign ministers committed to meet again and either side counted out the possibility of another
bumps and grand promises of u.s. support. on wednesday, secretary of state blinken visits kiev, but earlier this week a congressional delegation was here. i think vladimir putin has made the biggest mistake of his career. reporter: vowing more tough action in washington against russian aggression. we will impose crippling economic sanctions, but more important, we will give the people of ukraine the arms, lethal arms, they need to defend their lives and livelihoods. reporter: it certainly doesn t look deterred. these are the latest images of russia s live-fire military exercises near its border. where the latest ukrainian defense intelligence assessment obtained exclusively by cnn says russia has almost completed its military build up. the assessment says there are now more than 127,000 russian troops poised to invade. including russian infantry units seen here practicing urban warfare. the kind that may play a major role if any potentially messy incursion into ukrain
it gets underway. right now at the white house, president biden is about to make a high-stakes video call with russian president vladimir putin amid an alarming buildup of russian troops along the border with ukraine. with me now to start off our coverage this hour, nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent, garrett haake, and nbc news white house correspondent, mike memoli. good morning, garrett. let me start with you. what can we expect to hear prosecute capitol police inspector general today? jose, the inspector general is going to say that the capitol police department, which secures this entire complex, has come a long way from january 6th, that they still have a long way to go. he will say that of the 200 or so security recommendations put in place for the department, only about 60 have been fully funded and taken care of, and that the department still has work to do to improve its training, to improve the morale among the officers, and improve the overall culture. h