democracy. today maybe it is battling gun crime in the city. but every single day, there are challenges out there and we re not in the business of failing. there you go. the truth and the facts about what happened on that day one year ago. let s bring in our chief political correspondent and co-anchor of cnn s state of the union, dana bash, and senior law enforcement analyst, former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe. thank you both. good evening to you. i m sure you both agree, heroes, all of them who saved our democracy and lives a year ago today. it really hit me when i saw how close rioters were to a complete break of the capitol. those officers risked their lives defending our democracy. somehow the threat to our democracy, the big lie, has only gotten worse from that day, a year ago. absolutely. first of all, that was extraordinary. i m so glad you did it and you were absolutely right. those are two heroes. i was on the hill today. i covered the hill for two decade
you know, each and every day we re out here and, you know, we come to work just like we did on that day. we came to work. we re always ready for whatever happens. why would you do it all over again? it s what we do. i m glad that you finally spoke out, and i think, you know, the one-year anniversary is the perfect time for you to talk about it. what do you want people to know after a year, commander kyle? i want them to know that the metropolitan police, we come to work every single day. every single day whatever the challenge is, we meet it. you know, on january 6th, it was to save democracy. you know, today maybe it s battling gun crime in the city. but every single day, there s challenges out there, and we re not in the business of failing. and there you go. the truth and the facts about what happened on that day one year ago. let s bring in our chief political correspondent and co-anchor of cnn s state of the union, dana bash, and former fbi deputy director
i want to ask a question. i haven t seen you in a minute. my question for you is, just how were your holidays, nicolle? i ll tell you honestly, they were harrowing. i left northern as this omicron thing that seems to be smothering our city. i was scared that i was going to bring omicron out to where my folks live, out west. we tested. my son sneezed for the first time in 20 months, i had a hard attack, we all tested, everybody was negative, but it was worth it. i think the tricky thing is to take all these smart great scientists and doctors, and all of them said if you re vaccinated, you test before you go, your family is vaccinated, it s safe to gather, but it s still a harrowing moment. even if you shut off your phone, you re aware of this omicron thing. it was great. i m glad i listened to all the smart people, by i have to say it wasn t without worry. how about you? thanks for asking. that makes total sense, and i think that s what we re living with. thank you for askin
200,000 troops on the ukraine border. the u.s. and russian leaders speaking today for two hours and one minute amid escalating tension as biden weighs new sanctions against putin s inner circle. the kremlin, meantime, quickly releasing video of the first moments of the call. hello. good to see you, again. and the biden administration, quickly, claiming that russia will be held to account in ways that it was not when president biden was vice president biden and putin annexed part of ukraine with zero force from the u.s. here is biden s national security adviser jake sullivan. the president was crystal clear about where the united states stands as we pursue diplomatic channels, we will also prepare for all contingencies just as we have been doing for weeks now, including through the preparation of specific responses to russian escalation, should they be required. specific, robust, clear responses should they be required. as president biden looked president putin in the ey