Underway. And new details from the pentagon on the isisk bombing at the Kabul Airport that killed 13 american soldiers and at least 170 afghan civilians in august. Arthel Alexandria Hoff is at the white house, Christina Coleman is in los angeles on the olympic outcry, but first, Lucas Tomlinson live in the ukrainian capital of kiev. Lucas. Reporter Russian Forces have fully assembled all their personnel to launch a full scale invasion if russian President Putin gives the order. This as Secretary Of State tony blinken hosts his polish counterpart as nearly 2,000 paratroopers arrived in poland. [inaudible conversations] but if it does not, we are fully prepared for the alternative. Reporter keep in mind when Russian Forces invaded georgia in 2008, they used half the number of troops they now have massed this evening. These forces are much more modern and capable. Jennifer griffin reports 70 of russias forces are now in place to launch that invasion, likely to cost thousands of casualties
women and men all across this great country. america is back to work. reporter: wages grew 5.7% in january, they have been more than canceled out by rising costs. inflation remains at historic setback, president biden vowed yesterday to get a handle on food ask gas prices. but you know, arthel, the largest gains were seen in the hospitality and leisure industry showing americans are out and about despite the ongoing pandemic. arthel: alexandria hoff live at the white house, thanks. rich: the stunning about face by embattled manhattan district attorney alvin bragg after create critics a accused him of being soft on crime. he s now walking back some of his more controversial policies. crime continues to surge as new mayor eric add also finds himself this trouble. bryan llenas is live with more. reporter: mayor eric adams is just the second black mayor in this new york city history,
second year and showing no signs of slowing down. a large percentage come from countries beyond mexico and the northern triangle of central america. william la jeunesse with more from hidalgo, texas. reporter: hey, rich. for perspective, when president trump finally got all his immigration policies in place, illegal traffic across the border was down to a thousand apprehensions each year, thousand a year. now sorry, a thousand a day. now illegal traffic is 6,000 apprehensions a day, and 60% are being released. so we are at the port of entry in the rio grande valley right across from a migrant camp in rinosa, mexico, where migrants gather. to most americans, the border is a place. but to the people you see here,
the water s edge. he didn t like truman s policies, but he supported them because he felt that we needed to show unity to moscow. and that s exactly what we need today. arthel: okay. gordon chang, we ll leave it there. thank you, gordon. thanks very much. thank you, arthel. rich: the publishing world is mourning the loss of editor jason epstein. he died yesterday of congestive heart failure, credited as an innovator helping put literary classics in paperback. he also assisted in creating and launching the new york review of books in the library of america. his wife, to have judith miller, says he passed away at his long island home surrounded by his books. jason epstein dead at age 93. we ll be right back. [ ] if you have diabetes, it s important to have confidence in the nutritional drink you choose. try boost glucose control®. it s clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels
so whatever he wants to do, he wants to throw money at the problem, let s sit down, let s have real conversations, and let s all work together. that s the only way we re going to fix our streets. rich: if you could tell the president one thing, one thing that you would want police departments to do in this country and one thing you want him to get behind, what would it be? well, first off, i would want him to recognize the dangers of being a police officer. i would want him to recognize whenever we have a police officer murdered in the line of duty, okay, recognize that. because a lot of politicians are very quick to jump on the bandwagon when the things go wrong and when it s against the police. we need them to come back, and we need to start fresh moving forward together. rich: tommy shelf linker nassau county benevolent association, thanks very much for joining us. arthel? thank you for having me. arthel: okay, thank you. well, a days-long effort to save a 5-year-old boy who fel