palkot in kyiv where the government is now saying it does not believe a russian incursion is imminent. we begin with white house correspondent peter doocy live on the north lawn, good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. president biden took ice cream parlor and retail shop. while he was there standing beside a rack of long sleeve t-shirts emblazened with ruth bader ginsburg made international news with a new assessment of vladimir putin. if he were to move in with all those forces it, would be the largest invasion since world war ii. peter: officials say it s coming. when we said it was imminent it remains imminent. peter: before a physical attack there could be a cyberattack on critical u.s. infrastructure according to a warning dhs officials are circulating to u.s. companies. we are always preparing for any any action that related to cyber or any other activity that any country could take. any biden order will be in consultation with nato partners.
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
countries in southern africa, leaving some passengers stranded at various airports. john: although the administers and concedes that the travel ban will not stop the spread of the fast-moving omicron variant, the president says it ll buy them more time to respond to it. here is the president addressing the nation earlier telling americans to remain calm. this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. we have the best vaccine in the world, the best medicines, the best scientists, and we are learning more every single day. sandra: that was just a couple minutes ago. we ve got reaction, sox coverage begins now kicking off a brand-new hour for us. dr. nicole saphier is here. she will join us in moments. but first let s get to the white house and david spunt. and president biden became president almost one year ago he said we would go through a dark winter. certainly different words today in the roosevelt room. he said we could do this as a country and he said
propagating. we don t know what means for the number of people getting hospitalized. we re still not seeing those numbers go up significantly, those vaccinated people getting extremely sick. you know, they may be testing positive, they may get minor symptoms, and that s largely okay. it would be nice, though, to get everyone boosted if we could. so that we can avoid that of people taking time off work and kids missing school. speaking of everybody being boosted, let s go to colorado where the governor of colorado has now said it s okay for everyone six months out from their last shot, 18 and older to get a booster shot. that s ahead of the cdc guidance, ahead of the fda that has it for 65 and older in specific categories. is that a good thing? i complete support that. i really do. again, i think it s one thing to say we can avoid hospitalization, and severe illness. that s critically important. even vaccines six, eight, ten months out are still doing that, the disruptions
of this fiscal year. the news comes as pressure mounts from an activist investor who s been critical of the company, including its disappointing stats at the box office. the company also narrowed its losses specifically in streaming. disney plus increased prices this fall and lost subscribers over that. but because each subscriber is paying more for the service, its average revenue per user went up. disney plus is streaming offerings include espn plus the focus of a lot of attention this week. the company announced earlier this week that it s partnering with fox and warner brothers discovery to launch a new sports streaming operation with espn this year. and ceo bob iger said wednesday that the company is taking a $1.5 billion stake in epic games. it s disney s biggest move in the game space, yet. another focus of attention, disney and politics again after a very public, multi year spat with and lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis, who accused the company of being l