to moscow later this week and talk to vladimir putin. the white house is said to greet congressional aids. they re expected to give briefings when they return to congress next week. the stand off sending jitters across the u.s. and global economies, adding to white house worries about inflation. and now soaring prices for food and gas. this as we await policy announces from the federal reserve after they conclude a two-day meeting starting today in washington. in covid, major setbacks for mask mandates. in virginia, 7 districts are suing governor youngkin after he made masks optional and in new york, the court shut down the indoor mask mandate. the escalating tensions for russia and ukraine. the senior white house correspondent, o donnell and kelly, first to you, what might the president s decision be? when might he make it? we know the troops are on standby in the u.s. we know the president has made one decision already and that s to accept the decision of deputy assis
levers it can right now. the pentagon says we have roughly 8,500 troops on heightened alert. president biden and our european allies have been communicating about countermeasures to any russian aggression. we re going to have more from the white house, more from the pentagon and ukraine in just a few moments. also, in just the last few hours, pfizer announced that it is testing a vaccine tailored specifically to protect against the omicron variant, and we re watching the markets very closely again this morning. right now, as you can see, the dow down once again, down almost 420 point, things once again quite volatile there on wall street raising a lot of questions. so stephanie ruhle is going to join to us try to help answer some of them. also this hour, our country s crisis of conscious. after january 6th laid bare this morning. you know capitol police officer eugene goodman right there, you ve seen the video. the man facing down the mob there on january 6th and you ve never
computing. beyond and potentially in addition to those sanctions the biden administration is preparing to send u.s. troops to the region. none have been deployed yet. american military aid is already on the ground in ukraine. a shipment of u.s. supplies arrived at the airport outside kiev just a few hours ago including what they re calling lethal aid. that s anti-tank and antiaircraft missiles from the u.s. government along with equipment and ammunition. our message is clear, the united states stands with ukraine, our allies and partners. if president putin decides to make this reckless choice twel provide additional defensive material to the ukrainians above and beyond what we ve already sent. again, no troop deployment orders have been given but the pentagon says 8,500 american troops remain at heightened alert alongside nato allies which have sent fighter jets and ships to the region, the west trying to show any escalation will be matched. the russian military conducte
it will be used to compel witness testimony and may make recommendations concerning criminal rgs. that s what make it is a potentially legally serious move ask why famously bob mueller worked through the grand jury system. all of this comes as a trump aid admits involvement in a plot to put forward fraudulent or alternative electors. that happened here on msnbc on the beat and we have more on that ahead, including my breakdown dealing with some of the questions i have heard from viewers about what happened on friday. but the top story now is president biden dealing with these world threats on multiple fronts. a political opposition that is brazen about its lack of an agenda other than saying it will obstruct or even try to jail the opposition party. we have fears that are very real over russia invaiding ukraine, putting troops on high alert for possible deployments. the state department evacuating staff from ukraine, which is one sign of what they are worried about. and again
i can t even understand what happened this weekend, but, yes, all of us were losing our minds. we were looking her in the eyes. you could tell she hated the situation. i don t speak for everyone. i forgive her. it s just money. that was an experience of a lifetime that surpassed any financial meaning. you got invited to this popup, it seenls like someone from her staff holding this message up to you or maybe a few other people. it seems kind of wild. could you make out what she was saying? not really. all i really heard i was checking out at the time. i was so bombarded, trying to figure out what was happening. i was so shook. all i heard was, this is not how i wanted it to be. it was more about the look on her face. you can tell she was hurting so much than any of us were. i forgive her. i ll be back in vegas once she reschedules, just vibing. just vibing. i love it. i love it, james. you have such a good attitude about all of this. we really appreciate you talking