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the winter olympics amid some of the world s toughest covid restrictions? it s 9:00am in singapore and eight in the evening in washington where president biden has placed more than 8,000 us based troops on a heightened state of alert, as russia continues to mass soldiers near its border with ukraine. the pentagon spokesman said that if deployed, the troops would be sent to bolster nato s presence in eastern europe. mr biden has been holding talks with key european allies over a common strategy towards russia over ukraine. moscow denies planning to invade. 0ur correspondent gabriel gatehouse sent this report from the ukranian capital kyiv. bell rings this is a country in limbo, waiting for an invasion that looks more likely with every passing day, but may yet never come. to the east, 100,000 russian troops are massed, but the kremlin says talk of an invasion is hysteria. facing them are ukrainian soldiers who hear western leaders sounding the alarm in ever starker tones. ....
and cyclists, but the aa says a third of drivers don t know about the changes. the great escape is on for norwich. they re out of the relegation zone for the first time this season, after a thumping win at watford, who now find themselves in the bottom three. it s saturday, the 22nd of january. a quiet start to the weekend in weather, not quite as cold but not quite as sunny either. i will have all the details shortly. it s saturday, the 22nd of january. our top story: five of the uk s leading business groups have called on the government to act now to support both businesses and consumers, who they say face spiralling energy bills. they ve written to the chancellor, rishi sunak, demanding urgent action to tackle the ongoing crisis. here s our business correspondent, ramzan karmali. these five prominent business groups have warned the chancellor that energy price rises on the horizon could push millions of people into fuel poverty. in a letter sent to rishi sunak, they say th ....
approaching 200,000. the new york times reports the now-dominant omicron variant is spreading faster than any variant so far and daily case counts surpassed those at delta s peak. experts who ve been watching this latest outbreak expect invocations skyrocket, and many fear we may be looking at an unprecedented winter surge. it s going to be quite an ordeal. the virus is leading everything. we re in reactive mode constantly. there are now growing concerns about shortages of health care workers. late today the cdc revised its guidelines saying those workers who tested positive who are asymptomatic can come back to work after seven days and a negative test, adding that isolation time can be cut further if there continue to be staffing shortages. in many parts of the nation, lines to get a covid test continue to stretch for blocks ahead of the holidays. and supplies of at-home tests continue to run out. nbc news reports the dozen or so companies authorized to make tho ....
court. the committee is asking the supreme court to make a quick decision on an appeal, to the supreme court filed by don trump today. seeking to overturn a unanimous opinion of the federal court of appeals that denied donald trump s attempt to prevent the national archives from handing over documents from the trump white house to the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol. the first decision, the supreme court has to make, and possibly the only decision, is whether to hear the case at all. most appeals filed with the united states supreme court are rejected without a word of explanation from the court. the supreme court only years appeals cases in which at least four justices decides it if the case is worthy of hearing in the supreme court. the committee is asking the supreme court to reject the trump request for a hearing, and is asking the supreme court to act as quickly as possible in a filing with the supreme court today, the c ....
to combat the surge fueled by the omicron variant. nbc news has just confirmed at least one case of omicron in all 50 states, all of them. that plan includes expanded testing to address scenes like this throughout the country, people waiting for hours in line to get tested. the spike in cases forced the nhl to announce this morning its players will not participate in the winter olympics in beijing. the league says it will need that time to make up the 50 games recently postponed because of covid. but potentially encouraging news from south africa, where omicron originated. there are signs new infections may have peaked. we ll ask our medical expert what that could mean for the united states. joining me is josh lederman from the white house, nbc news correspondent steve patterson from los angeles international airport, nbc news producer gary grumbach in washington, dc and the co-director for the center for vaccine development at texas children s hospital, dr. peter hotez ....