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talk to us about this new development as it relates to the january 6th committee and this intent to respond to this doj request for transcripts. it was something the department of justice had to ask for twice to this point. >> yeah, had to ask for twice. and you saw in the letter that came yesterday, as hearings were ongoing, that the justice department said that by not having this, it could also be hampering some of the investigations that they are already ongoing with. that's something that i posed to chairman bennie thompson yesterday after the hearings were over. he said, basical...

In ukraine. watch. >> we don't know where they are, but i want to reiterate, americans should not be going to ukraine now. say it again. americans should not be going to ukraine now. >> the families of the two men in question say they were fighting on behalf of ukraine and according to them have not been seen from or heard from last week. the state department said yesterday it was looking into the possibility of a third u.s. citizen who may have also gone missing. meantime, in st. petersburg, russian president vladimir putin speaking today and addressed the kremlin called in their view extreme...

There are even more images of the devastation in that city. we're going to take you live to ukraine. for more on the situation on the ground in ukraine, i want to bring in nbc news correspondent, ali aruezi live from lviv. what are ukrainians saying and feeling about what's going on in their homeland, and this conflict, which seems to be changing? >> good morning, jose. well, you know, 42 days of relentless attacks by the russians has taken a toll on the ukrainian people. they have seen their cities destroyed, they have seen their brothers and sisters killed in this battle. we have seen those ...

All of those memories, it's just -- it's the place where i -- where i was born and where i grew up and where i had been living all of this time. >> reporter: and you know, she's from that area. and it's so devastating to hear her say, look, i just want to go back to my beautiful park in bucha. i want to go back to my old memories. but, of course, these places have changed dramatically. that is the scene of some horrifying crimes in bucha. so it will never be the same for any of those residents, even when this is all over, jose. >> ali aruezi in lviv, thank you for being with us this morning. ...

Sanctions could result in a complete corruption of powers. russia has amassed nearly 100,000 troops along the ukrainian border, earlier this week, russia announced it would withdrawal 10,000 troops back to their regular barracks, but u.s. officials have suggested that move does not amount to a major de-escalation. let's go now to nbc's ali aruezi in london. what can we expect from today's phone call between biden and zelensky? >> happy new year. i think we can expect biden to give zelensky assurances that the united states, that nato, that european countries have ukraine's back and they're not...