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Stuck outside in the rain due to a lack of hospital beds. so, let's turn to kristie lu stout. she joins us now live from hong kong with more on all of this. good to see you, kristie. police are mobilized. what are they doing? >> reporter: the situation is getting desperate, rosemary, hong kong is mobilizing the police force to help with the yua outbreak of covid-19. they are helping to work with the anticipated mass testing of the population here. right now hong kong government authorities are considering mandatory mass testing of 7.4 million residents of hong kong. now, this development comes...

>> we'll see you then. thanks so much, michael. arctic-like temperatures will hit parts of the u.s. this week. we will get the latest details from the cnn weather center. that's ahead. but first, an update on the british monarch after buckingham palace announces the queen tested positive for covid-19. we're live in windsor next. adding lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria detetergent alone, can't.

Criticism from some republican senators for his handling of the ru russia/ukraine crisis. ron brownstein said the u.s. president has been a reliable partner for western allies. >> for the most part, this has been the biden that he promised the voters. steady, firm, and very capable at holding together the western alliance. i think that has been the biggest surprise of this entire, you know, unfortunate and dangerous episode, which is that despite the reliance of western europe on russian energy supplies, biden and the western european leaders had been really shoulder to shoulder in sending an ...

That are amassed around ukraine, michael. >> all right, fred pleitgen there in moscow, appreciate it. sam kiley speaking of donbas in that region, there's been a lot of activity, ukrainians say the separatists are firing on themselves to try to provoke things. give us a lay of the land where you are. >> reporter: well, here about 25 miles from the russian border, a few miles beyond that, we are seeing a continued increase in the russian presence. not that that's causing any significant conniptions here. the second biggest city in ukraine. very much the center of its intellectual life. yesterda...

Your screen right now, they're being built right now, are simply not enough, rosemary. >> unbelievable. kristie lu stout joining us from hong kong. many thanks. a 23-year-old won a bumpy and crashed in daytona. he edged out bubba wallace to claim his first-ever nascar cup series victory. the race was filled with red flags and multiple crashes, but sin drake was able to steer his way through and earn the checkered flag. well done. thank you so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. be sure to connect with me on twitter@rosemary cnn. "early start" is coming up next. have a great day.