A torch for free speech . What can and cant be said by olympic athletes in beijing. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news its newsday. Welcome to the programme. We start with the latest on the ukraine crisis and the news that President Biden has approved the deployment of 3,000 troops to bolster nato allies in the region. This would be the first Major Movement of us forces in russias Military Stand Off with ukraine. 2,000 will be sent to poland and germany and a 1,000 strong squadron will be redeployed from germany to romania. A pentagon spokesman said the deployments were a signal that america was ready to defend its allies, but he was keen to stress the troops were not going to fight in ukraine. The United States stands shoulder to shoulder with our nato allies. The Current Situation demands that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on nato s eastern flank. President biden has been clear that the United States will respond to the growing threat to europes se
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tonight straight ahead. also congressman james comer with an update on the latest on the biden syndicate and the family business dealings. this is getting very interesting, the walls are beginning to close in on joe biden. we ll explain. but first, is biden in danger of losing the first two primaries, or the first caucus and the first primary in 2024? now, while he does hold a lead over the rest of the democratic field in national surveys despite a tougher than expected challenge from rfk jr. he is regularly now polling at 20, 21%. that s a real number. and marianne williamson is at 10%. that s a lot of democrats that don t like joe biden. new axios report saying the president is in danger of losing both iowa and new hampshire. now, this is self-inflicted after his team indicated he might not even appear on the ballot. biden wants the first primary to be in south carolina, obviously to me a middle finger in the face of the first caucus state, iowa, the first primary state, ne
john: brand-new at 2:00, america s crime crisis kids edition. cities across the nation seeing huge spikes in violent crime committed by children and teens. sandra: instead of cracking down, democrat-led cities and states are making it even easier for teens to do the crime and serve no time. the same progresstive prosecutors for things like no cash bail in new york are branching out, bringing similar soft on crime policies to teens. critics ask why would this time be any different. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour on this friday eve. hi, sandra. john: john, great to be with you. so-called juvenile justice reforms have a lot of people scratching their heads. a 12-year-old brought a gun to school without fearing any criminal charges as a result. lawrence jones is one of the people asking how that is justice for anyone. he ll join us ahead. fox news alert. can you say how many people the white house counsel s office added to prepare for t
punxsutawney, pennsylvania. get your arms around that. they re waiting to see. i love it. will the groundhog see his shadow? fantastic. band is on stage. everyone is ready to go. we have to do the show live from there sometime. oh, my god, i d love to do that. can we do the show live from punxsutawney? groundhog day for me is one of those things, i can never remember whether the groundhog sees its shadow, it s good or it s bad. it just doesn t stay with me. maybe because i don t care. i don t know. i don t know. but that would be fun. yeah. gobbler s knob. exactly. that s where we all want to go. we have a lot to get to this morning. i really want to hear that. including president joe biden s meeting at the white house with speaker kevin mccarthy. both sides were upbeat about their conversation. it appears we re not any closer to a deal on the debt ceiling, but we will follow the developments there. gave him a box of white house m&ms, and mccarthy le