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attorney generals in two states, as a matter for federal criminal prosecution. well, tonight, the story moves forward, thanks to a very rare interview that cnn scored with deputy attorney general lisa monaco. cnn has not now the u.s. department to investigate, to investigate the forgeries to investigate the republican electoral forgeries as potential federal crimes. quote, federal prosecutors are reviewing fake electoral college certifications that declared former president trump the winner of states that he lost according to deputy attorney general lisa monaco. the federal prosecutors are looking at those and i can t say more about ongoing investigations. if the only people are only going to be investigated for that plot to overthrow the u.s. government were the low-level people who took part in the smash and grab violent part of the scheme that played out at the u.s. capitol on january 6th last year. well, now, we know there are ongoing investigations into another pat ....
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 ....
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 y ....
and prosecute potential election election-related crimes which trump s outgoing attorney general said were inconse inconsequential. it s the blueprint for a coup laid out in three pages. cnn has not been able to independently verify this draft, and it s not clear who wrote it, but it is believed to be part of a massive batch of documents, about 700 pages now in the hands of the january 6th house select committee. let s go to cnn s senior legal analyst elie honig, former federal prosecutor for the southern district of new york. this is just bonkers stuff. if the former president had actually gone through with this executive order back in december of 2020, it would not have been remotely legal, right? no, jim, n-0, no way. absolutely not. everything in this memo is wrong, dangerous, not remotely legal. if you look at this draft executive order it s dressed up with legal language, heretofores there, citations. it is all bunk. first of all, the military, the department of ....
latest. plus, from georgia to maine, americans brace for a dangerous winter storm that could leave millions stranded and without power. details from the cnn weather center. serbian tennis star novak djokovic is spending the night in immigration detention in melbourne, once again, as he fights to stay in australia. now, this is video of him arriving there earlier, following his second visa cancellation. his appeal will be heard tomorrow by three judges in federal court. top-ranked player is hoping to get the visa restored in time to play that grand slam event, right, the australian open on monday. but he will have to defend against the claims that his presence could hurt australia s vaccination efforts. meantime, fellow tennis star rafael nadal spoke to cnn s phil black and said the focus should be on the sport, not jodjokovic. it s important to come back to tennis conversations, in my opinion. there s nobody in the history of our sport more important than the spor ....