Democratic senate as a health scare leaves democrats one vote short for the next few weeks. To begin the hour, though, a major escalation. President biden now sending thousands of american troops to Vladimir Putins doorstep. The Administration Says it is a necessary step because russia is increasing its buildup along the Ukraine Border and because did i mr diplomacy so far has produced nothing. Cnn is following all of this mornings Breaking News. Our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. Its a big deal. Reporter it is a very big deal, john. I think you characterized it right. Right to putins doorstep but not crossing the threshold. Approximately 1,000 u. S. Troops already in germany will move further east to romania, another 2,000 troops in the United States who regularly operate on very short notice, they are going to go to europe, poland and germany. They will be ready to work their mission, to reassure the nato allies, to make them feel they are capable of resisting any russian agg
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
israel is hitting what it says are hamas targets across gaza. it s unclear if palestinians are receiving warnings to leave certain areas. a stunning downfall. the president of the university of pennsylvania resigns amid public outrage over her testimony to congress about anti-semitism on campus. leaders of venezuela and guyana have agreed to meet because of a dispute over land. we begin this hour in gaza where israeli air strikes and ground operations are ongoing against what israel says are hamas targets across the strip. some of the fiercest battles are said to be in and around the southern city of khan yunis which the idf has described as a hamas stronghold. due to poor communications, it isn t clear if palestinians are able to receive warnings. two large explosions are building in central gaza early saturday setting off a scramble to pull victims from the wreckage. residents say at least 150 people were thought to be sheltering inside. the hamas-run health ministry
fight directly to donald trump. he doesn t know what the hell he s talking about. trump looks to cement his hold on the gop. no, i m not a threat. ly save democracy. what would a secondary trump term look like. j.d. vance of ohio is ahead. plus on the line. a split over foreign aid divided congress as world pressure grows over the civilian death toll in gaza. there is more that has to happen. does the united states have any requirements. and anthonyony blinken is next. and will they go far enough. if there is an agreement to phase out fossil fuels, it is a success. if it is not, it is a failure, former vice president al gore joins me exclusively. hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of the union is preparing for what it looks to be a ugly 2024. we re closing in on a presidential year and america already feeled divided of the last night we saw donald trump leaning in his new argument that despite the allies to overturn the 2020 election it i
who have been crushed by this pandemic. also new today the department of justice dubbing the investigation into the capitol hill riots, one of the largest in u.s. history. so far more than 300 people have been charged and prosecutors are expecting at least 100 more. and the city of louisville is gearing up for a rally marking one year since the fating police shooting of breonna taylor. her mother speaking out this morning in an emotional interview with msnbc, talking about the hurt she still feels one year after the loss of her daughter. her life was taken away if her for no reason and it still don t make sense. there will still be no justice for that. i m sure those sentiments are felt every single day. for all of you, we re going to take you to a live briefing by breonna taylor s family. that will happen about an hour for now. you see the other things over the next three hours, remarks by senator ron johnson over black lives matter protesters versus capitol hill rio