u.s. troops have been placed on heightened alert for possible deployment to eastern europe. pentagon spokesperson john kirby says despite calls for russian president vladimir putin to step back from ukraine, he s actually sending new troops to the border. they continue to add tactical groups to their western border, to the border with ukraine. and in belarus as well. they ve shown no signs of de-escalating but they are adding more force capability. president biden held a conference call on the crisis and touted total unanimity. hi, nic. hi, christine. we ve just heard from dmitry pes could have, president putin s spokesman talking about that potential deployment of 8500 u.s. troops towards eastern europe. the kremlin s position on this is they are concerned because this is building tensions. this is what they ve heard in the last month or so, that it is the western allies. nato, the united states who are essentially trying to build up a pre pretext. they say the ukrai
border. we re live for you in moscow on this order. plus another party hangover for boris johnson. new reports the prime minister attended his own birthday party during lockdown. and inflation has the u.s. president hot under the collar and caught on a hot mic. we ll explain. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it s tuesday, january 25th. we begin with a significant step by the u.s. as fears that russia could be on the verge of invading ukraine. the pentagon has announced that as many as 8500 american troops are now on heightened alert for possible deployment to eastern europe though no final decision has been made. have a listen. in the event of nato s activation of the nrf or deteriorating security environment, the united states would be in a position to rapidly deploy additional brigade combat teams, logistics, medical, aviation, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, transportation and addit
world, it is tuesday, january 25th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. we do begin with the drum beat of war. the united states placing up to 8,500 troops on heightened alert for possible deployment to eastern europe. a russian invasion of ukraine appearing all but certain and imminent, and according to the pentagon, the u.s. troops will be ready for any contingencies. president biden held an 80 minute secure video call with european leaders. we are told they discussed preparations to impose, quote, massive consequences and severe economic costs on russia if it invades ukraine. again, that s after the fact. the president said there is total ewe nam anymorety the u.s. and its allies frankly there s been questions about ancon september that vladimir putin has been testing. the world seems to be testing president biden. breaking this morning, north korea test fired two cruise missiles. this is according to the south korean military. this is the fifth such action this year by
there are thousands of people in lockdown in apartment buildings where there have been hundreds of covid cases detected. all the schools in the city are closed right now. and the restaurants are closed after 6:00 p.m. soccer fields are shut down, outdoor soccer fields, just some of the examples of what the government is doing to try to keep covid out even though it s clearly in this crowded city. brianna? ivan, thank you so much for that unusual, alarming report. ivan watson. and new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, it is tuesday, january 25th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. and we do have breaking news this morning. pfizer just announced the start of a clinical trial for a new vaccine engineered to specifically target the omicron variant. the company has already started manufacturing doses and plans to have the new vaccine ready in march. joining us now is cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanj
boris johnson s brand has been badly damaged. and the reason why it has struck such a nerve here in particular is because, of course, people were canceling a lot of their own personal events, their own personal birthday parties. in fact, back in march of 2020, a 7-year-old girl wrote to boris johnson to explain her parents would likely have to cancel her birthday party. he wrote back and published his handwritten response on twitter and said he was sorry to hear about the birthday, but, of course, we all got to do our bit. so, most people in this country did their bit. question now is did the prime minister. brianna? we did just get word during your live shot, scott, that the prime minister says he s going to cooperate with that investigation. he doesn t have a choice, really, i would say. we re going to see how brits are affected by all of this. scott, thank you. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is tu