>> 1700 soldiers with 82nd airborne loaded up, shipped out to poland which shares a border with ukraine. they were given less than 18 hours to get ready, say good-bye to their families, with no indication when they'll be home. the pentagon called the deployment temporary. >> reporter: tomorrow, putin travels to china to visit president xi and attend opening ceremony. last time, he carved off a piece of georgia on the black sea claiming he was defending the pro-russian community there. >> thank you. now to a surge in violent crime. president biden under pressure to do more to stop it. today he came here to new york city to highlight plans to reduce gun violence. here is gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: under pressure to do more about surging crime, president biden today in new york city meeting new mayor eric adams and others. >> we want to crackdown on flow of firearms used to commit violence, that includes taking on and shutting down rogue gun