that s happening tomorrow. and then on to germany to meet with the european allies in search of a way to avoid war. world leaders are on edge amid increased russian military drills near the ukraine border. cnn s natasha is in washington for us. you have information on the options the u.s. is considering. reporter: as the u.s. has gotten more and more pessimistic about what russia s plans actually are, the possibility of an invasion becoming more and more likely, they have begun to kind of shift their thinking from how to deter that invasion, which, of course, is still very much part of their deliberations, but also how to bolster the ukrainian military in order to sustain an ongoing resistance to a russian occupation if it does come to that. now, this is a recognition that if russia is going to invade, there s very little leverage that the united states has to stop that, even with the threat of very punishing sanctions that the administration has been threatening for the
and virgin galactic released a similar statement, saying he does not reflect that company. the u.s. is staging a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics. it s a brand new hour. we are happy that you re with us. i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. the u.s. is trying to deter russia from invading ukraine. cnn has learned that the biden administration is considering new military options to help ukraine defend itself from a possible russian invasion. secretary of state antony blinken will meet face-to-face with his russian counter part in geneva. in a few hours, he ll travel to kiev to meet with the ukrainian president tomorrow and on to germany in search of european allies to avoid war. world leaders are on edge because of increased military drills near the ukrainian border. frederik pleitgen is in moscow. what are the russians saying about all of this. reporter: the russianings continue to say they believe they are not the ones threatening anybody. one o
ukraine foreign minister says the attack happened with un secretary general still in the capitol. earlier in the day the secretary general visited bucha and both sites of widespread atrocities during the russian occupation. tonight ukraine president zelenskyy said investigators have already identified ten russian servicemen as suspects in connection with with killings in bucha. president zelenskyy said their names are known and about to find them and anyone else responsible for atrocities in the invasion. the war goes on. american defense officials say russian and/or those forces made some progress in the east and signs they are getting somewhat better at certain operational and logistics scales. western officials familiar with the latest intelligence say it s not clear moscow will be able to implement changes needed to dominate there. they are however trying to impose whatever political and economic control they can in places that they do occupy. a newly installed russia f
proceedings. it will also be live streamed on the court s you tube channel, and it s not just the trial. next week s arraignment is not viewable to the public, donald trump plus nine codefendants and counting have already waived their appearances for next wednesday and pleaded not guilty, so when could the public actually see them? and does the judge s ruling on camera still apply if some defendants manage to get their cases transferred to federal court? mark meadows still has not gotten an answer from the judge overseeing his attempt to toss the charges from state court. right now, he has yet to enter a plea or waive his arraignment. now, in the meantime, some of those hoping for a speedier trial are now trying to separate themselves from each other. why kenneth chesebro filed his second severance motion of the week. lots to get to. we re going to start with the reporting. joining me from the fulton county courthouse is nbc news correspondent, blayne alexander, and former fe
damming assessment of the police response to the uvalde school shooting, what a newly released report reveals about cascading failures of leadership and decision making as 21 students and teachers were murdered. breaking news in donald trump s georgia election case. the hearing just scheduled on the misconduct allegations involving fulton county d.a. fani willis, and the special prosecutor she hired. also breaking news on the crisis in the red sea, we have just learned that the u.s. has launched a fifth round of strikes on the houthis as tensions rise in the region. and ready for launch, we are live at kennedy space center as four astronauts prepare to blast off. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, but we begin on the ground in uvalde with nbc justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. i want to get into this extensive report from the justice department about the failures inside the walls of robb elementary. what more can you tel