3,000 u. S. Troops to europe as the threat of a russian invasion looms over ukraine. Hello, welcome to America Reports for a wednesday, john roberts in washington. Sandra, good to be back with you. Sandra great to see you. Welcome back. Sandra smith in new york. Additional forces are deploying to poland, germany and romania, all of which are nato members, on top of the 8500 troops already on high alert and ready for deployment if needed. John the pentagon says the u. S. Is committed to defending nato allies as tensions rise, and new Satellite Images reveal the extent of russias military activity in the region. Sandra steve live in kyiv, what is putin doing now . Whats he doing now and whats he going to do, the question many World Leaders are asking themselves. Putin kept quiet about ukraine for a month, he broke the silence yesterday in classic passion. Twisted it around saying the u. S. Was trying to drag russia into war in ukraine, not mentioning the massive buildup of Russian Forces
New jersey, new york, all over. The Philadelphia Police officers were there out in force. They were there for if funeral of wilbert mora. It was officiated by cardinal dolan. Mayor adams, a former nypd officer he was and his Police Commissioners and said we have your backs to the Police Officers of this city. They pledged a partnership to make this city safe once again. This execution devastates a family, rocks the soul of a department, touches heart of a nation. Tests the faith of this city. The nypd stands tall. We always do. We are going to give you the resources to fight this senseless violence. Its New Yorkers Tag killers, and we will not lose. Martha a heart breaking jump in the number of officers killed in the line of duty. Last year, the defund the Police Movement and at that point you had many of these same officers that were out there today, back then they turned their backs on mayor Bill De Blasio in protest because they felt like they didnt have support from the mayor in th
Forces on the Ukraine Border. 2,000 u. S. Forces will be sent to poland while another 1,000 american troops will be shifted from germany to romania. Republican senators josh hawley calling this a mistake. Well get reaction from Nebraska Republican deb fisher a member of the Senate Armed Services committee. Welcome. Im Charles Payne in for neil cavuto, this is your world. For to Jennifer Griffin at the pentagon with the very latest. Jennifer . Charles, todays announcement is separate from the pentagons announcement last week that 8,500 troops had been given prepare to deploy orders in the event that ney though calls up the 40,000 response force, this is a separate Deployment Order that President Biden authorized to send 3,000 troops to bolster natos eastern flank. Nato will move forces to romania, poland and germany. These are not permanent move. 1,000 troop from a Striker Squadron will be moved to romaine yo to augment the troops there on rotation. 1,700 troops from the 82nd Airborne w
Ignored but he also said diplomatic talks should continue. As we speak, members of two key Senate Committees are gathering for a closed door briefing by defense secretary lloyd austin, and secretary of state, antony blinken, were expecting russia to be a very big part of it. In ukraine, the countrys Foreign Minister is kicking off a news conference, one day after president zelensky warned if a conflict breaks out, it will not be just between ukraine and russia but a full scale war in europe, the likes of which we have not seen in 80 years. I want you to look at this new satellite imagery, it shows the build up of russian forces. This shows tents and equipment in belarus, to the north. And this one in crimea, you can see the massive numbers of fighting vehicles lined up, ready to go. On the other side of the border, Ukrainian Forces are digging in, getting ready for a fight. I want you to look at this picture, it says it all. The ukrainians are now using Vladimir Putins face for their t
Eastern europe. About 2,000 troops are going to poland and another 700 are going to rumania as well as other countries in the southEastern Flank of nato. The reason for this is because of the anxiety these allies are feeling in the midst of this massive russian troop buildup in ukraine. The president did hint at this last week. He said he would be moving those troops to Eastern Europe in the near term, but he did not say when that would be happening. We are told these deployments could be coming in the coming days. What were told is this is coming at a time when these allies are feeling very, very anxious about this russian aggression there, and this is a show of support for those allies. This is not a precursor to any kind of u. S. Troops on the ground in ukraine. This is just those troops going to Eastern Europe to shore up that flank and reassure them that the u. S. Is there in the event that russia does invade ukraine and tries to move even further west, jim. Ambassador, let me bri