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Intended only for deployment as part of an activation of the rapid response force or might they be sent for other reinforcement purposes in east eastern europe and lastly why did the secretary and the president decide to do this now, what has changed just in the last few days since on friday you mentioned as you had many times before that the u.s. was prepared to reinforce in eastern europe if there were a russian incursion only. >> okay, think i remembered all three so let me try. first, yes, t...

To prepare if and only if they are deployed. then you had when will you no success. again, theres been no activation, so theres been no mission assigned, so it is very difficult for me to give you an object or a down cheque on what equates success. what this is about, though, is reassurance to our nato allies. we have been talking about that for quite some time. we are going to be ready, we are going to be prepared to help bolster our allies with capabilities they might need, and we are going to...

Activation of the nrf or a deteriorating security environment, the united states would be in position to rapidly deploy additional brigade combat teams, logistics, medical, aviation, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, transportation, and additional capabilities into europe. again, i want to reinforce that as of now the decision has been made to put these units on higher alert and higher alert only. no decisions have been made to deploy any forces from the united states at this time,...

Fbi saying that they did not believe anything specifically related to the jewish community was related to the demands of the hostage taker and of the suspect. there of course will be lots of questions around all of this. i believe we still do have jim kavanaugh with us, and if we do, jim, what do you make of the details? you talked about the hostage team before and the sheer skill they bring to situations like this. seems at the end of the day, they made the tough decision about an hour ago. >> ...

This is about the secretary wanting to get ahead of the potential activation and making sure that these units have the time to prepare if and only if they are deployed. and you had -- when we know success, again, theres been no activation, so no mission assigned. difficult to give you an up-check or down-check on what equates success. what this is about, though, reassurance to our nato allies and we have been talking about that for quite some time, that we are going to be ready, we are going to ...

Activation would be a nato decision to make and that would be up to the secretary general, of course, in consultation with the commander of allied forces in europe, general walters, president biden has agreed to make these troops available to the task force, if, in fact, its activated but not all of the troops we were talking about yesterday are, in fact, designated just for the readiness force for nato. some of these are also being told to be on a heightened alert just for our own united states...

Causing mischief and, in fact, annexed part of ukraine, just doesnt hold water. >> okay. ambassador ivo daalder, we always appreciate talking to you. thank you. >> my pleasure, alisyn. minutes ago, verizon joined at&t and delayed the activation of 5g on some towers around certain airports. airline executives have voiced safety concerns and predicted catastrophic disruptions to travel and commerce with the launch. >> cnns aviation correspondent, pete munteen is here with us. pete, explain the p...

Border. were live for you in moscow on this order. plus another party hangover for boris johnson. new reports the prime minister attended his own birthday party during lockdown. and inflation has the u.s. president hot under the collar and caught on a hot mic. well explain. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. its tuesday, january 25th. we begin with a significant step by the u.s. as fears that russia could be on the verge o...

Components. i want to provide some facts on these preparations that will reinforce our commitment to nato and the nato response force and increase our readiness. secretary austin has placed a range of units in the united states on a heightened preparedness to deploy, which increases our readiness to provide forces if nato should activate the nrf or if other situations develop. all told, the number of forces that the secretary has placed on heightened alert comes up to about 8500 personnel. well ...

Standing commitment to the nato response force. we are just one of many nations that will contribute to it. this is very much in keeping with the policies and procedures that have been laid down for activation of the nrf. again, if its activated and it has not been, david. >> are most of these 8500 ground forces, would they go to the eastern flank, and have you put any units in europe on alert? >> so i think again yes, i think the bulk of them would be considered ground forces, david. as for eur...