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Here in washington, president biden held a video call with european allies this afternoon to discuss a common response to russia s continued military buildup around ukraine s border. n.a.t.o. announced that it was putting forces on standby and is reinforcing eastern europe with more ships and fighter jets, moves russia denounced, and the biden administration is considering whether to send several thousand u.s. troops and equipment to reinforce n.a.t.o. meanwhile, the state department has ordered the families of american diplomats to leave the country, and they ve advised nonessential american embassy personnel and private u.s. citizens should do the same. also tonight, speaker nancy pelosi wants a white house briefing on the ukraine situation for congress. so we have two reports tonight from washington and inside ukraine. cbs s ed o keefe will start us off from the white house. good evening, ed. reporter: good evening, norah, a major shift in the white house on russian shift ....
reporter: thomas lane and alex koenig were relatively new to the minneapolis police department and on duty for less than a week when floyd was killed. lane will testify in his defense. it is unclear whether this two other officers or derek chauvin will testify during this trial. o donnell: thank you. washington is buzzing over the bombshell announcement on face the nation that the trump administration had a plan that would have authorized the department of defense to seize voting machines in several battle grounder mistakes. scott macfarlane has that. reporter: in plano texas at the courthouse prosecutors accused oath keepers stewart rhodes. the alleged coordinator of the suit of the capitol the cooperating with the january 6th committee making him the latest key figure to do ....
Political witch hunt. norah. o donnell: scott macfarlane, thank you. today the mayor of new york city announced a crackdown on illegal guns like the one used to kill a rookie officer and critically injure another officer in harlem friday night. tonight police in washington and texas are searching for gunmen who targeted officers as well. we get more from cbs s jeff pegues. reporter: when new york city police officer offers responded to a domestic call in harlem, a barrage of gunfire greeted them in an apartment hallway. rivera was killed and mora is in critical condition. in houston corporal charles dharls was ambushed during a routine traffic stop after a suspect who is still on the run emerged from a vehicle firing a gun, riddling the squad car with bullet holes. this is a ruthless, savage execution. reporter: a manhunt is also underway in washington, d.c. for ....