tonight, as this system now continues to dump snow and bring damaging winds overnight. also tonight, concern over vaccinations halted because of this. and now the warning about what we could soon see here in the u.s. when the uk variant likely becomes the dominant strain here by march. and what dr. anthony fauci is saying about the importance of getting that shot, if the u.s. has any hope of stopping these variants and keeping them from changing to get around thet,hees presidtiden and ten republican senators discussing the president s $1.9 trillion covid relief plan. he wants for most americans, money for vaccinations. what the republicans are now proposing. so, will this be bipartisan or will democrats go it alone? mare rip bruce standing by with late reporting. former president trump s impeachment trial. a week before his senate trial begins, the former president s legal team, we learned over the weekend, leaving. tonight, two new lawyers instead. so, what s behind this
interference into the 2020 election is meeting right now. this could mean 1/3 indictment for the former president. we are following these major developing stories and many coming in right here to cnn news central. [music] cnn has learned that ukrainian combat troops are now hiring this controversial cluster munitions that the u.s. gave them. sources telling us that tactic is part of ukraine s counteroffensive and the pentagon officials are waiting to hear how effective they are in combat. cnn pentagon correspondent lauren lieberman is joining us on this.oren ããtell us what you are hearing. breonna, is only about last week that ukraine began receiving the u.s. provided cluster munitions. and part of the purpose of this was first to make sure that ukraine had enough artillery ammunition with its counter offense of going slower than anticipated and slower than both ukraine and the west would like to see. but also to be able to use the effect of the cluster munitions to sat
Ifif we comen my back and it do happen to discscuss further. dave ehrenberg, thank you so much. thank you for having me. of course, breanna? the by demonstration expressing concern over greg abbott sba measures over the u. border with mexico. we are live with more on that. plus educators and civil rights advocates are slamming florida s new aching standards on black htory. weill be speaking to the president of the teachers union about that just ahead. and later ããthe chronic shortage of cancer drugs. it is not only putting lives at risk. it may also affect research for years to come. your watching cnn news central and we will be right back. [music] subway s now slicing their meats fresh.