dawn of the ian vurs. for more, downloa the app on your it's tuesday, january 25th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." heightened alert. the standoff between russia and ukraine is intensifying. the newest developments involving thousands of u.s. troops. >> from this moment we will honor those who lost their lives today. >> tragedy in baltimore. three firefighters die after a partial building collapse. how a fourth firefighter is doing this morning. aid in jeopardy, how a covid outbreak is threatening recovery efforts in tonga following that volcanic eruption. good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning u.s. troops are

standing by for possible deployment to europe in case russia invades ukraine. president biden talked with european leaders yesterday about diplomatic solutions, but more than 8,500 troops could be deployed at a moment's notice to show support for nato. laura podesta is in new york following the latest developments for us. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the penalty gone's preparation is in tandem with other countries like france ready to sent troops to countries that border ukraine. but it is notable that nato has not yet made a decision to activate its response force, which consists of 40,000 troops from moim u countries. the u.s. and itself nato allies are showing a united front in the face of russian hostility toward ukraine. >> i had a very, very, very good meeting with all the european leaders. >> reporter: president biden later tweeted in an 80-minute

call they discussed efforts to deter further aggression like severe economic costs on russia and to reinforce security on the eastern flank. >> it will be swift, it will be severe, in the event of an incursion, it will be unprecedented. >> reporter: today 8,500 troops are ready to deploy to europe within five days if the situation deteriorates. >> we're not deploying them now. we're not saying deploiplomacy dead. >> reporter: the french, dutch, and danes are already sending troops. >> we always do what is next to protect france and our allies. >> reporter: russia denies it has any plans to invade ukraine, but the superpower has nearly 130,000 troops along the border. russia wants assurances that ukraine will never be a member of nato, something mr. biden addressed last week. >> the likelihood that ukraine

is going to join nato in the near term is not very likely. >> reporter: biden also wants a promise russia won't put strategic weapons in ukraine. one thing that is temporary is the beijing olympics that starts next week. experts say putin wouldn't want to take attention away from his alley as china would have a moment to shine on the world stage. >> thank you very much. breaking overnight, north korea fired two suspected cruise missiles into the sea. this would be north korea's fifth round of weapons tests so far this month. last week north korea issued a veiled threat to resume its nuclear weapons and long-range missile programs. its leader suspended it in 2018 while in negotiations with the trump administration. an investigation is under way in baltimore to determine what started a fire in a vacant row home that killed three firefighters.

a lieutenant and two others were inside the burning building when it partially collapsed yesterday. a fourth firefighter is in critical condition on life support. they were all trapped inside when the home collapsed. >> this is a gut-wrenching tragedy for our city, for our importantly for the families of our firefighters. there are no words, none, to describe the pain and the severity of the losses that we suffered today. >> fire officials say the firefighters went into the vacant building to battle the fire because there were people inside adjacent homes. witness testimony begins today in the federal civil rights tries for three former minneapolis police officers. they're accused of violating george floyd's civil rights by failing to intervene during his deadly arrest. here's mola lenghi. >> i can't breathe. >> you're doing fine. you're talking fine. >> reporter: prosecutors say the

three officers didn't lift a finger when george floyd said he couldn't breathe at least 25 times while derek chauvin kneeled on floyd's neck for nine minutes. during opening statements prosecutors insisted it was more about what the three minneapolis officers did not do than what they did. two officers, they stopped from there being force used. they're charged with denying floyd's civil rights by not denying the first aid that could have kept him alive. >> what they're trying to say is chauvin did it all on his own and they, meaning the other defendants, were not trying to help mr. chauvin violate mr. floyd's rights. >> reporter: prosecutors allege during floyd's arrest in 2020, tao held floyd's back for

another eight minutes and lane held down lloyd's legs. lane can be heard twice asking derek chauvin if they should reposition floyd. another defensive attorney thomas plunkett called floyd's death a failure by the minneapolis police department and a lack of adequate training. >> when you use that argument it's almost like you're saying, yes, this is true, he did it, but he wasn't properly trained. >> reporter: thomas lane and alex king were relatively new to the minneapolis police department. they had been on patrol less than a week when floyd was killed. thomas lane's attorney said lane will testify in his own defense, but it's unclear whether the other officers or derek chauvin will testify in this trial. the effort to deliver aid to tonga has been delayed by covid. nearly two dozen sailors on an australian ship bringing supplies are infected with the virus. there are fears they could bring covid to the pacific island

nation, which has avoided any outbreaks. the ship is being kept at sea now. meanwhile the head of the world health organization says that it would be dangerous to assume the highly contagious omicron variant will be the last covid variant to emerge. during a w.h.o. meeting yesterday, he said the world should not think we are in the endgame of the pandemic. >> globally the conditions are ideal for more variants to emerge. to change the course of the pandemic, we must change the conditions that are driving it. >> he also said that we can end covid as a global health emergency things as vaccines and. ing are widely used. and a panel in a grand jury is part of the prosecutor's investigation in trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. the investigation is centered on

trump's 2021 phone call to the georgia secretary of state urging him to find more than 11,000 votes to overcome joe biden's win there. the prosecutor's also looking into other possible election interference including a call between senator lindsey graham and georgia's secretary of state. well, coming up, welcome home. the james webb space telescope successfully arrive at its destination. and later, what's up is down. we take you inside a house that offers a dizzying perspective. this is the "cbs morning news." . this is the "cbs morning news." . yardwork... teamwork... long walks.... that's how you du more, with dupixent, which helps prevent asthma attacks. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. it's an add-on-treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma that can improve lung function for better breathing in as little as two weeks.

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home, and why sarah palin's lawsuit was delayed. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. "the new york times" reports alaska governor sarah palin tested positive for covid, delaying her liable trial against the newspaper. jury selection in the defamation case was supposed to begin yesterday in federal court in new york. palin is not vaccinated. she sued the times after an editorial incorrectly asserted a link between her rhetoric and a mass shooting. the paper later corrected the editorial. six people were killed in the attack and then congresswoman gabrielle giffords was seriously wounded. "the boston globe" says the supreme court agreed to hear a case challenging the use of race in college admissions, which could have an impact on affirmative action in higher education. a group called students for fair admissions filed lawsuits claiming harvard university and the university of north carolina discriminated against white and asian american applicants.

two lower courts have sided with harvard. this will be the supreme court's first affirmative action case since then president trump appointed three conservative judges. and the "associated press" says nasa's james webb telescope arrived in its new home 100 million miles from earth. it fired its rocket thrusters yesterday to go in orbit around the sun. it launched from south america on christmas day. once the telescope's mirrors are properly positioned later this year, it should be able to see light from when the very first stars were formed almost 14 billion years ago. >> we will be looking at things in the universe ranging from objects within our own solar system all the way out for searching to the very first gal actionies to be born after the big bang. >> the first images should be available in the next couple of months. and still to come, a dozen

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. our top stories this mornin our top stories this morning, u.s. troops are stanning by for possible deployment to eastern europe in case russia invades ukraine. the pentagon put 8,500 troops on alert as part of a possible nato response force. president biden talked with european allies yesterday about ways to deter further russian aggression. >> and three baltimore firefighters were killed when a vacant row home partially collapsed yesterday while they were inside battling a fire. a fourth firefighter was critically injured. they were all trapped inside the home when it collapsed, and the cause of the fire is under investigation. the mayor of new york city announced a crackdown on illegal guns like the one used to kill a

rookie officer and critically injured another on friday night. jeff pegues has more. >> reporter: when new york city police officers wilbur mora and jason rivera responded to a domestic call in harlem, a barrage of gunfire greeted them in an apartment hallway. rivera was killed and mora is in critical condition. in houston corporal charles g galloway was ambushed after a routine traffic stop when the suspect riddled the squad car with bullet holes. >> this is a ruthless, savage execution. >> reporter: a manhunt is also under way in washington, d.c. under way for a man who, d.c. officer sunday night. >> he pulled a firel shs on our. >> is there such a thing as a routine call? >> no, not at all. every single incident has the capacity to turn deadly.

>> reporter: deadly violence sparked by illegal guns, striking down officers and people on city streets. a steady flow of weapons into major cities. new york's mayor says police took more than 6,000 guns off the streets last year. >> it is illegal to carry a gun in our city, yet our police officers take them off the streets every day in record numbers. >> reporter: the suspect accused of killing officer rivera died after being shot at the scene where police say he was armed with this illegal gun, equipped with a high-capacity magazine capable of holding 40 rounds. police also say they found an illegal loaded ar-15 assault rifle under the suspect's mattress. officer jason rivera, 22 years old. he grew up in new york city. he was asked when he began his career why he was joining the force. he said that he wanted to see better relations between community and police.

jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. well, coming up on "cbs mornings," we'll hit the streets to hear from people about how they choose their masks and also talk with a scientist about what makes a good face covering. plus w. kamau bell talks about his new docuseries, "we need to talk about bill cosby." and in our bill of the month series, we'll meet a man who got a bill for over $1,000 even though no doctor saw his son in the emergency room. that's it for "cbs morning news." thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great morning. "cbs morn news." "cbs morn thanks for news." "cbs morn -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com warning. h i'm anne-marie green. have a great morning.