more than half a million in just the first week of january. and news on pfizer s omicron-specific vaccine. and when insurance will start covering at home tests. also tonight the u.s. and russia holding high stakes talks as russian troops amass on ukraine s border our richard engel inside ukraine with soldiers bracing for war. and my interview with president biden s national security adviser. what will the u.s. do if russia invades ukraine? the investigation into new york s deadliest fire in decades. the death toll now 17, including 8 children what started it and how an open door added to the tragedy the autopsy of comedian bob saget after his sudden death and the tributes from his full house family. convicted murderer robert durst dying in a prison hospital. the arctic blast of cold and up to two feet of snow al roker is here. the amazing medical breakthroughs. the first successful
white house national security adviser, jake sullivan but first to the front lines where we start with richard engel. reporter: you can see how confident ukrainians are in diplomacy with russia, with every scrape and swing of their shovel. today troops are digging new defensive trenches in the frozen ground close to russian forces ukrainian troops are preparing for the worst because they worry that russia is not negotiating in good faith and is just going through the motions of diplomacy so it can say it gave peace a chance and then invade anyway senior american and russian diplomats met for nearly eight hours. no breakthroughs though russia s lead diplomat today insisted it has no plans to invade, he added a warning. after every mistake, every miscalculation with respect to what should be done in your atlantics, security of
that the u.s., russia and nato have all agreed to keep talking, with more negotiations later this week. lester richard engel, thank you. for more on how the u.s. is viewing this tense standoff, i spoke late today with jake sullivan, president biden s national security adviser. mr. sullivan, thank you for joining us russia s opening message today was essentially we have no interest in invading ukraine. do you believe them? we believe the russians have positioned tens of thousands of troops and advanced military equipment on the border with ukraine and that they have done so with at least the capability, if not the intention to invade we believe the threat of invasion is real and we are determined through a combination of deterrence and diplomacy to divert that circumstance, to defend ukrainian integrity and sovereignty. the u.s. position is that some things are on the table, including limiting the size and scope of military exercises as long as russia reciprocates will that be e
continuation of his father s mission and his legacy, and that is the message that they want to take away and to impart for people today. poppy? to that point that from all casualties it is expected this legislation when taken up in the senate on tuesday will fail, what is the biden administration s plan to keep pushing forward? reporter: well, the messaging is critical and key. and one of the things the king family is asking for is that it is a top priority, that it is something that they continue to discuss. as you know, poppy, over the weekend, there was some news made. we saw senator mitt romney in an open invitation to the president saying come to me, let s discuss some alternatives to the civil rights legislation that is very likely to fail. are there other different ways, avenues that perhaps the administration and the senate can find some common ground. less ambitious, however, in
piece over the weekend speaking with his family at his childhood home. and now today is really a day of action for them in the nation s capital. reporter: poppy, you re absolutely right because one of the main focuses and really the key message of martin luther king iii and speaking with him and his family in atlanta, is that this day must be recognized for his father s legacy and linked to voting rights, that it was integral to his mission when it comes to the civil rights passage of 64 and the voting rights act of 1965. that is why they re here in washington. they crossed the frederick douglass memorial bridge in southeast washington to make the point that the president and congress had put all of their might behind that and were able to get something done. they want something done here for voting rights legislation. just moments away, we will see the king family here along with house speaker nancy pelosi to continue to try to push that political pressure on getting voting rights