russia to pull its troops back from the ukrainian border ukraine's president followed him as the lenski proposed a summit that would also include moscow which killed fears is preparing an invasion the conflict dates back to 2014 when ukraine's pro russian president was ousted in a popular uprising moscow back separatists have occupied the eastern donbass region and crimea ever since russia says its recent military buildup is a response to nato threats and ukrainian provocations. ukraine is gearing itself up for battle the country's military is in better shape than it was july war in 2014 but its firepower is no match for russia's military might. move. most of we are preparing we have a saying if you want peace always be prepared for war we are ready to meet an enemy on an island. the current buildup of troops along the ukrainian russian border has been described by the u.s. and nato as the largest there since 2014 a cause of great concern for the ukrainians. because there is no split between danger or intimidation war and danger or physical usually russians combine both surats and now w

reporter: the lenski says he is open to meeting with vladimir putin. the ukrainian leader is accusing him of breaking the cease-fire as thousands of russian troops gathered near the ukraine's eastern border as well as annexed crimea. russia insists the soldiers have been stationed as a are result of threatening nato action, accusing ukraine and its allies of propaganda. [speaking foreign language] reporter: an uptick in fighting since the start of the year has seen moscow and kiev blame each other for fighting in the region where conflict between the two factions have left over 14,000 deaths since 2014. the latest tensions come at a time when relations between russia and united states have become strained. this week, the white house, which has expressed public support for ukraine announced new sanctions against russia and the expulsion of several russian diplomats. russia has promised a swt response. julia: russian actions -- russian actions in ukraine are exacerbating tensions. the biden administration imposed a new round of sanctions on thursday. the

putin to meet him in ukraine's waterborne east to discuss ending the conflict there that means the lenski has to western countries to also support kiev and its standoff with russia us here. they eased medical regulator has backed the johnson and johnson covert 19 vaccine despite a possible link to blood clots last week the company stopped its rollout over concerns of rare but potentially deadly plants the a.m.a. says the benefits outweigh the risks but that a warning should be added to vaccines labels. the european medical agency has given johnson and johnson's one shot called the 9 tame back same the green light despite finding a possible link to rare blood clots the benefits of the virus continue to outweigh the risks and we now have detailed information in the labeling that alerts to these risks we have detailed information for about their professional in case in case there are any issues the e.u. paused its rollout of the johnson and johnson vaccine last week before any shots were administered following reports of blood clot cases in the u.s. of the 7000000 people vaccinated with jane

the ukrainian president followed in me as a lenski sees western troops especially those provided by nato as essential backup for his own forces. on the year. starts now there's an escalation in the donbass region it's a bunch everyone can see it when our soldiers are attached and there are casualties obviously we must retaliate i mean if you put it that. a few days ago zelinsky paid a visit to nato secretary general yen stoltenberg zelinsky stressed that the western military alliance is ukraine's only way to end the war in don't pass experts in moscow say that statement would not have gone down well in the kremlin. certainly any cooperation between ukraine and nato any help from the north atlantic alliance is a red flag for the kremlin. but that doesn't mean that all members of the alliance welcome ukraine's desire to join nato as soon as possible letting right know there are steps towards membership are not on the agenda. a clear statement. that keeps many in russia hope that a war is preventable. the people of donbass are less optimistic though the pro russian separatists insist they d

and ukrainian president following me as the lenski has expressed alarm about russian troop movements his country's eastern border and h.p.t. called moscow's actions a serious challenge to the security of ukraine the kremlin has denied its troop movements near the frontier pose a threat the u.s. sees as a provocation and has asked russia to explain. ukrainian troops that are russian backed separatists of the eastern donbass region both accuse each other of committing deadly attacks rising tensions after a long quiet phase. that just a few days ago kiev accused moscow of moving large numbers of russian troops to the a cranium border. this has awakened grim memories of 2014 when russian troops also amassed at the border. should cease military escalation and immediately and unconditionally reaffirm its commitment to a political and diplomatic settlement and a cease fire regime. the kremlin sees no cause for concern saying russia is free to move its troops within its own territory presidential spokesman dmitri peskov has instead warned the u.s. and nato against stationing their troops in

vladimir putin to meet him in ukraine's war torn east to discuss ending the conflict there a lot of his lenski also urged ukraine's western backers to signal they are willing to support here in its standoff with russia has already. meanwhile vladimir putin has been delivering his annual state of the nation address he warned that moscow would respond in a swift and harsh way to any foreign provocations putin speech comes as tensions with the western creasing over russian military build up near the border with ukraine as also growing international concern about russian opposition leader alexei navalny is deteriorating health but speech focused mainly on internal issues like fighting the pandemic. i'm joined by our correspondent emily sherman who is covering the story for us from moscow emily speech mainly focused on domestic issues there why. well guess what you have to remember the timing of the speech really these federal assembly speeches that putin holds every year take place much earlier in the year but this time the speech kept being moved and now it took place in april much closer to the

ukraine have called on russia to pull its troops back from the ukrainian border for a lot of news a lenski met emanuel met in paris and angela merkel joined by video link so when he called for a summit involving all 4 nations. a gunman has killed 8 people and wounded several more in the latest mass shooting in the u.s. the attack in indianapolis has prompted renewed calls for tighter gun controls vice president campbell harris says the violence must end. it was shortly after 11 pm on thursday night when the police were called out to the indianapolis airports roads were closed and much of the airport placed into lockdown police said officers responded as quickly as they could but they arrived to light at the fed ex building morning. received a call reference shots fired to that location as officers who responded. say they arrived to an active shooter incident. at that location. primary information at this time is that the alleged shooter has taken his own life here at the scene. police say 8 people were killed suffering injuries consistent with gunshot wounds 5 others were taken to hospital

yes in a press briefing the head of the centers for disease control a dr rachel lenski explained that she and other top u.s. public health officials had given the go ahead for the johnson and johnson vaccine to be resumed in administering to patients and that it would be resumed almost immediately likely the 1st doses of this single shot vaccine will be rolled out and given to people in the u.s. on saturday morning local time. the head of the c.d.c. dr alecky explained that they did a risk benefit analysis they found that continuing with johnson and johnson could save thousands and thousands of people from hospitalization and thousands of people from death as well despite the relatively rare risk of blood clots and a low platelet counts and the mechanism for exactly how the. vaccine may have caused those side effects is not at all clear at the moment what is clear however is that johnson and johnson's vaccine does fill an important nisha in the overall vaccination effort in this country it is as people have noted a single dose one and done shot unlike the moderna and pfizer vaccines a

ukrainian president of all the mayor of lenski has visited soldiers on the eastern border his appearance comes at a time of heightened tensions with russia a buildup of russian troops along ukraine's border last week has been causing concerns for kiev and its european allies as well as the united states but russia says its military activity is defensive and has no plans to move into ukraine. i am i. a doctor has rejected suggestions george floyd's drug use and underlying health problems caused his death longer in critical care specialist dr martin tobin testified floyd died from a lack of oxygen while being pinned to the pavement with a knee on his neck alan fischer reports from minneapolis. focus on this this was a significant day in court a phase of testimony covering important medical evidence the 1st witness martin to open a doctor with more than 40 years experience a pulmonologist a breathing expect mr floyd died from a low level of oxygen and this caused damage to his brain that we see and it also caused. a rift that caused his heart to stop how mr floyd pinned to the ground restra

ukraine's president of the autumn is a lenski says he had expected to meet russia's vladimir putin a tension between that it is has been rising in recent weeks russia closed access through the courage straight on saturday there are also reports that he is seeking western help to try to achieve peace in the restive eastern regions charles stratford reports from maria poll in ukraine. ukraine's president followed ms alinsky says it is likely he will meet with russian president vladimir putin to discuss the conflict in eastern ukraine zelinsky also saying that both sides were the finishing line of an agreement for a new cease fire now this comes of last week president putin saying that selenski was welcome any time in moscow to discuss. relations putin said he wasn't prepared to discuss the situation in eastern ukraine instead the russians are insisting that ukrainian leadership speak directly to the separatist leaders in eastern ukraine and that is something that ukraine has so far always staunchly refused to do you know the developments the ukrainian president told financial times new

so the lenski that perhaps similar to what happened in georgia maybe has more support than what many actually does maybe microland and merkel or you you don't hear that same type rhetoric it's basically more. yes. so. dangerous direction and i think he thinks the us whatever is going to go. on the members are. going to be. ok gabriel we were all mentioned crimea ok let's make it very clear to everyone watching us here that is part of russia right now and russia treats it is a part of its sovereignty any military action against crimea russia will unapologetically use all the means available to protect its sovereignty it's not going to be. negotiations and talk it's going to be action and lethal action at that and i think that western audiences do not understand that they don't understand the implications of the illegal overthrow of the democratic elected government in 2014 that is the consequence crimea is one of them and it is irreversible ok and we have to make it clear that that is the ultimate red line in all of this russia has had to put up with the status quo has the people in c

this is the 2nd time as a lensky and don come together after last october and last october in 2022 countries signed many deals many economic cooperation deals and they're in mosig ones over worthy actually defense corp d s ukraine a is purchasing turkey's groans of the drones that turkey has been using in its on to terra peroration is in iraq syria and also in libya and basically at the new generation of drones will be equipped with the ukrainian engines this is also an important defense industry cooperation between the 2 countries but of course it is important the time is this is important because given the latest tension over ukraine between moscow and washington and united states officials pentagon officials announced that they are deploying 2 u.s. navy ships or warships to the black sea and they notified turkey about those vessels and. as per the terms of the monterey groom and that provides turkey give permit to the war vessels those u.s. warships will reach the black sea on april 14th and 15 and russia's also russia sees all these as. as as provocations by ukraine and by united states

ukrainian president saddam is a lenski has urged his troops on the eastern border to stay alert despite russia's ongoing troop withdraw russia began pulling back its troops on friday after weeks of military buildup in the region despite the deescalation russia has warned it will do whatever is necessary to ensure security on its borders fighting between the ukrainian army and russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine has escalated this year since the conflict on the ukrainian border began 7 years ago foreign volunteers have traveled to the region to fight on both sides many georgians supporting the ukrainian cause seeing parallels with russia's actions against them more than a decade ago charles stratford reports from the ukrainian frontline ridge of chirac in a where he met a veteran fighter from georgia gold is a georgian war veteran in eastern ukraine the conflict is something he recognizes because russia has also supported separatists in 2 breakaway regions of georgia. in 2008 the russian army invaded to support their independence bid. the sound of shells exploding reverberates

well ukrainian president followed amir's a lenski has expressed alarm about russian troop movements near his country's eastern border and it's weeks he called moscow's actions a serious challenge to the security of ukraine the kremlin has denied its troop movements near the french you're pose a threat that the u.s. sees as a provocation and has asked russia to explain itself. ukrainian troops that are russian backed separatists in the eastern donbass region both accuse each other of committing deadly attacks rising tensions after a long quiet phase. just a few days ago kiev accused moscow of moving large numbers of russian troops to the a cranium border. this has awakened grim memories of 2014 when russian troops also amassed at the border. should cease military escalation and immediately and unconditionally reaffirm its commitment to a political and diplomatic settlement and a cease fire regime. the kremlin sees no cause for concern saying russia is free to move its troops within its own territory presidential spokesman dmitri peskov has instead warned the u.s. and nato against stationi

be solved through dialogue it came as a good one welcomed his ukrainian counterpart vladimir is a lenski to istanbul for talks russia has dramatically increased its military presence across the border and has said that it is ready to intervene to help separatists in ukraine's donbass region. allergan tina has recorded a record high number of new corona virus infections for the 4th day in a row more than 24000 new cases reported on saturday the government has impose tougher restrictions including a 3 week nighttime curfew in an effort to contain the new wave of infections that's going to desires and people in the highest risk areas are now living under some tough restrictions how is the situation in argentina right now. what the key to all of this i think marion is to try to keep the pressure off of the hospitals argentina has coped relatively well with the number of people using the i.c.u. beds i mean the figures here are as drastic as dramatic as anywhere else 56000 people dead and as you mentioned this record number of infections but the medical services have been coping albeit under p

turkey's president has offered his support against russian incursions of type one told at all to me is a lenski hope that tensions on the disputed border could be resolved if crane's defense minister said a russian troop build up could provoke an armed response. and then argentina has recorded a record high number of new corona virus infections for the 4th day in a row more than 24000 new cases were reported on saturday the government has imposed tougher restrictions including a 3 week nighttime curfew and an effort to contain the new wave of infections several countries in latin america struggling with the local variants of the virus with brazil being very much the epi step at the center of the pandemic in the region well that's it for now i'll have more news for you in about 25 minutes time listening post is next. hello i'm richard gere's bird and you're watching a special edition of the listening post this week we're veering out of the mainstream and looking at journalism that broke the rules pushed around rees and in some cases redefined we're going to explore the work and the legacies of 3

craniums president saddam is lenski says he expects to meet russia's vladimir putin soon in a bid to end the conflicts in eastern ukraine since it began 7 years ago foreign volunteers have traveled to the region to find on both sides john stratford reports on the frontline village of she offered me a where he met a fighting from georgia. gotcha is a georgian war veteran in eastern ukraine the conflict here is something he recognizes because russia has also supported separatists in 2 breakaway regions of georgia. in 2008 the russian army invaded to support their independence bid. the sound of shells exploding reverberates across the fields. says russian banks separatists farrant ukrainian army positions near here almost every day. did you hear that he says they're foreign 120 millimeter caliber weapons he takes us to the frontline village of. every building was either damaged or completely destroyed during fighting in 2015. russia did many bad things to us in georgia they occupied our territory as they have done here in ukraine i'm not against the russian nation or people but that pol

believed to be why prosecutors are asking the court to make that ruling ukraine's president valda mirza lenski says he expects to meet russia's vladimir putin soon tension between the 2 nations has been escalating in recent weeks russia of course closed access to the current straight on saturday and had amassed large numbers of troops on ukraine's border before pulling them back child stratford has an update on the situation he's in mariupol in ukraine. ukraine's president followed made zelinsky says it is likely he will meet with russian president vladimir putin to discuss the conflict in eastern ukraine zelinsky also saying that both sides were at the finishing line of an agreement for a new cease fire now this comes of last week president putin saying that selenski was welcome any time in moscow to discuss lateral relations putin said he wasn't prepared to discuss the situation in eastern ukraine instead the russians are insisting that ukrainian leadership speak directly to the separatist leaders in eastern ukraine and that is something that ukraine has so far always staunchly refused to do

evidence it follows a series of attacks on shipping in the region the ukrainian president volodymyr the lenski has urged his troops on the eastern border to stay alert despite russia's ongoing troop withdrawal russia began pulling back its troops on friday after weeks of military buildup in the region despite the deescalation russia has warned it will do whatever is necessary to ensure its security along its borders fighting between the ukrainian army and russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine has escalated this year. and the u.s. secretary of state has urged african countries to beware of china's growing influence and city blinken gave the warnings are in virtual talks of the presidents of nigeria and kenya he said a number of african states are facing unsustainable deaths from chinese loans there nigerian president mohammad who bihari urge washington to consider moving its military headquarters overseeing africa from germany to the continent palestinians are due to hold their 1st elections in 15 years next month but al-jazeera has learned that president mahmoud abbas will delay the lo

border between the 2 countries with a large buildup of russian troops and have by law to me as a lenski called for a 4 way talks on a visit to paris where he met the french president and spoke to the german chancellor as well talks over the 7 year conflict have been frozen since 2019. there are calls for calm in chicago off to police released footage of an officer shooting a 13 year old boy dead i didn't was killed last month in what police called an armed confrontation that the video shows he was unarmed when he was chased down an alleyway incident comes a time in the country with protests in the city of minneapolis over the death of unarmed black man dante right during a routine traffic stop president joe biden is saying his country must act against gun violence after another mass shooting claimed 8 lives the late night incident unfolded at a facility run by the logistics fund fed-ex near the airports in the city of indianapolis the city's deputy police chief says the assailant took his own life after the shooting which lasted just a few minutes fed ex is saying it's deeply saddened a

well vladimir's lenski is once a meeting with vladimir putin last week invited putin to meet him in donbass this is this region of ukraine being currently controlled by separatists russian backed separatists lansky said to putin come and meet me here and we'll talk putin's office last week said well putin is going to meet him in donbass but he's willing to meet him as a lansky to discuss bilateral issues by saying that that excludes discussion of donbass and crimea but the landscape has moved it forward a bit it seems in the last in this last. in this last half hour by saying he's told his office to contact the kremlin to try and arrange a date and a time and selenski says he's he's got a positive feeling that this meeting will happen. brought us with reporting live from moscow but many thanks indeed some breaking news for you now iran's revolutionary court has sentenced the british iranian woman nuts nene's a gotti radcliff to a year in prison with a ban on leaving the country for a good after that's according to the website the british iranian charity worker was appeared to was ordered to

counterpart to meet in the country's east to discuss an end to escalating conflict in the region of limits lenski invited me putin to the border regions of donbass ukrainian troops and russian backed separatists have been fighting there since 2014 kids have blames rising tensions on moscow's decision to amass tens of thousands of troops on the border russia says it's just a military exercise. a car bomb targeting security forces has exploded in afghanistan's capital of kabul security officials say the blast was aimed at a convoy the interior ministry says it was a suicide attack well the attack comes as afghanistan's peace talks set to take place in istanbul this week were perspired and until after ramadan sources say the talks have been delayed because of the taliban's refusal to participate the discussions were meant to fast track agreements between the taliban and afghan government following the u.s. announcement to withdraw troops by september the 11th in a blunt assessment the top u.s. general for the middle east told congress that would drawing troops from afghanistan will make the fight ag

can be resolved through dialogue it came as a do on welcomed as ukrainian counterpart belgium is lenski to istanbul for talks send us your new has more on this now from istanbul this is the 2nd meeting in 7 months between ukraine's leader volodymyr selenski and turkish president regift so you've bragged on. visits to a stumble comes at a crucial time for both nations but the focus on saturday was largely on trade tourism and defense ties between on current kiev. ukraine has a soviet legacy of producing helicopters aircraft and cruise missile engines turkey's next generation of combat aerial vehicles equipped with ukrainian engines are expected to be introduced later this year c r c this song considering that defense and foreign policies are interconnected we established a platform with our defense and foreign ministries to increase cooperation between our countries this cooperation is by no means a threat to any 3rd country. but tension has been rising in the black sea region in recent weeks russia is amassing troops and a weapons near its western border with ukraine and the fighting in

the ukrainian president a lot of me as a lenski has pressed for 4 way peace negotiations to ease tensions following the build up of russian forces along their shared border during a visit to paris mr selenski help talks with the french president emanuel and the german chancellor angela merkel charles stratford reports now from kiev. emergency talks in paris an effort to deescalate a military situation with russia that many ukrainians fear could spiral into war. germany's chancellor joined her french and ukrainian counterpart on line russia's recent deployment to what's estimated to be 100000 troops along with heavy weaponry to its borders with ukraine has caused alarm across europe and among nato allies we have warm and stronger position in ukraine and france and then germany and i said where directly and there on a sleigh that we we need to move where equate sorry i understand that it's our problem but i think that it's not only our problem that is the safety of you or. russia the 4th member of the so-called normandy format that has for 7 years been trying to negotiate a political soluti

border meant that they actually took it seriously into what was alinsky was doing so whether it's lenski whether it's the only guys with these the military whoever was behind it the whether it was the americans who were egging on the landscape the russians took it sufficiently seriously that they they actually move massive numbers of forces to the border and have said explicitly that this is not just oh wait you know casual military maneuvers long planned in advance they said we are responding to aggressive moves by nato this is said. that we moved our forces the ball that in response to aggression by nato so this was a serious business and now i think heads of prevail now what exactly happened whether it was the intervention of macaroni markel whether. the white house and you realize what what you know they've really bitten off more than they can chew but there seems to be an attempt to walk things back i think that probably explains why so that biden initiated that bizarre phone call with yeah. and this decision not to send the warships of the black sea because that was a very dangerou

there that to me is the lenski also urged western countries to support here and its standoff with russia. and the e.u. as medical regulator has backed the johnson and johnson corona virus vaccine despite a possible link to blood clots last week the company stopped its rollout of the concerns of red but potentially deadly clots the e m a's says the benefits outweigh the risks but that a warning should be added to vaccine labels the european medical and agency has given johnson and johnson's one shot called the 9 tame back same the green light despite finding a possible link to rare blood clots the benefits of the virus continue to outweigh the risks and we now have detailed information in the labeling that alerts to these risks we have detailed information for about care professionals in case in case there are any issues the e.u. paused its rollout of the johnson and johnson vaccine last week before any shots were administered following reports of blood clot cases in the u.s. of the 7000000 people vaccinated with jane j. in the u.s. 8 developed the rare blood clots including one who later

left behind for another exercise later this year they turned ukraine's president look at me as a lenski to welcome the deescalation but both say they'll remain vigilant. and a funeral has been held in the u.s. state of minnesota for dawn to write shot dead by a police officer this month friends and family paid tribute to the 20 year old who was killed during a routine traffic stop in brooklyn centenary minneapolis officer has resigned and has been charged with 2nd degree manslaughter the news hour is up in around half an hour's time for me and. i. the one nation team is back at the national rifle association headquarters. our kind of break coming out of people's reaction to. their meeting place caroline whose role is to galvanize the n.r.a. has 5000000 members to vote for pro-gun politicians. so we're trying to identify that work a secular member or it would look right so we can deliver secular member. specific an amendment to the constitution gives all americans the right to carry guns in many states the a r 15 assault rifle for self-defense or grow up with alcohol for your health. yes

rising on the border between the 2 countries with a large buildup of russian troops nearby villages a lenski called for 4 way talks on a visit to paris where he met the french president and spoke to the german chancellor angela merkel joe biden is saying his country must act against gun violence after another mass shooting kind 8 lives a late night incident unfolded at a facility run by the logistics firm fed-ex near the airport in the city of indianapolis the city's deputy police chief says the assailant took his own life after the shooting which asked him to only a few minutes. to give myself a locker where you can go to the lockers yes the break room get active shooter when it was going on a cable even you know i'm going to word this morning on a way to the word wow did me and organise a big issue. and calls for calm in chicago off to police released footage of an officer shooting a 13 year old latino boy dead adam toledo was killed last month in what police called an armed confrontation but the video shows that he was unarmed when he was chased down an alley the incident comes to feed ti

so joining me now is criminal defense attorney joey jackson and forensic scientist larry koeb lensky.let's see, larry let's talk about what happened today. the defense called a retired medical examiner who testified heart disease, drugs, even carbon monoxide poisoning from the police car. they're all to blame for floyd's death. chauvin's knee on floyd's neck for 9 1/2 minutes not a cause of death. does that make any sense to you? >> to me it does not. there are a couple of crazy things that i've heard. one is the manner of death was considered undetermined. every other expert declared this a homicide. it's death at the hands of another. so that was the first piece of information i thought was a little wacky. then the primary cause of death as you pointed out was a sudden arrythmia and cardiac arrest, but that was george floyd's fault. because he had an enlarged heart. he had a history of high blood pressure, and he had narrowing of his coronary arteries, the arteries that feed the heart itself. one of the arteries was 90% occluded. but the drugs onboard, the fentanyl and methamphetami

comedians' lot of is the lenski is elected ukraine's president he had russian president putin agreed to exchange prisoners and commit to a ceasefire most recently a ceasefire with toilet separatists was agreed to in july but that's close to breaking as ukraine acknowledges that escalation in fighting is there or peter is a political commentator in the care of an executive director of the eurasia democracy in this shit if he says the build appears partly an effort by putin to distract russians from domestic issues. this is we are allowed to distracted by the good genes then there are we saw that in 2013 and 14 and it's happening now again what i'm encouraged by despite the fact that this is a serious escalation and there's no doubt it is the the russians are provoking it but both sides and i mean by both sides russia and nato have been signaling that they're prepared to meet each other by force nato has said that it's bolstered its presence in the black sea area and the russians have massed their troops around and made clear that these are exercises on the east of the northern border

now blimey putin said he was only prepared to meet selenski to discuss bilateral issues now as a lenski wants to discuss donbass this breakaway region of east of ukraine where russian separatists backed by moscow are fighting in ukraine and has been a spike in violence that moscow considers that a sort of a domestic. within ukraine issue so he's not sure whether putin would be willing to discuss that but selenski says he's told his chief of staff to fix a date with the kremlin the news from the kremlin at the moment is they don't know when it's going to happen but they haven't said it's not going to happen. ok ben a smith there very latest live from moscow berna thank you. hundreds of arrest warrants have been issued in terror same connection with an exile businessmen he's accused of attempted coup against president a wretched type errors of i'm back in 2816 brazil serger has more from istanbul. the operation by the security forces just started in the morning as a part of the investigation initiated by the chief prosecutor of istanbul and it is an heiress warantee issued for $532.00 sus

today, president biden had his first call with president ze lenski and it went very, very differently than donald trump's last call, there wasn't threatening, there he was cajoling or an attempt to dig up information but there was apparently some reassurance that america stands by ukraine in its continued efforts for survival particularly under the attack from russia. >> that's exactly right. and it's so refreshing and frankly after four years of something quite different, it's so novel even to get a read-out of a presidential call with a foreign leader and feel good about it. here, president biden, doing exactly what you would expect the american president to do, express solidarity with our democratic ally, in the fight to preserve the geographical integrity of ukraine, with russia occupying large portions of ukraine, a very important show of confidence for ukraine at a time when russians are once again amassing troops in and around ukraine, and so very important message being communicated, and likewise, the president's call with vladimir putin, pushing back against russia's maligned

and a specialist i consider to be the leaders in our field the likes of dr felt cheated dr richelle lenski who is the head of the c.d.c. this is data driven you know we have seen that masking works i'll give you another example influenza which has plagued us year by year by year in february after masking mandates were widely available in the u.s. we saw only one death by february months into the flu season where previously in the year before those numbers were close to $100.00 so mass do work and this is data driven and is it a good idea though because we're still learning more about this virus but still learning more about these vaccines and how effective they are the vaccines seem to protect the person who's been vaccinated but not necessarily people in their percentage see if they're not vaccinated and so it is possible for a vaccinated person to still transmit this fire as do you think this move is a good idea at this time given the uncertainty that surrounds the what we know or but the virus on the vaccines. it's an excellent question you know one thing i've always said is that the va

well ukrainian president vladimir is a lenski says he expects to meet russia's vladimir putin soon and a bid to end the conflict in the east since it began 7 years ago form volunteers have traveled to the region to fight on both sides charles trafford reports from the frontline village of shoe rock into which where he met a fighter from georgia gulch or is a georgian war veteran in eastern ukraine. the conflict here is something he recognizes because russia has also supported separatists in 2 breakaway regions of georgia. in 2008 the russian army invaded to support their independence bid. the sound of shells exploding reverberates across the fields. says russian banks separatists farrant ukrainian army positions near here almost every day. did you hear that he says the foreign 120 millimeter caliber weapons he takes to the front line village of. every building was either damaged or completely destroyed during fighting in 2015. russia did many bad things to us in georgia they occupied our territory as they have done here in ukraine i'm not against the russian nation or people but that p

dan lenski will be joining us on that coming up as well as talking about due process for that officer. president biden meanwhile is set to deliver marks on russia this afternoon, all of this as they declared a sanction. at the move in response to cyber hacks and election interference. we will have a lot more on that coming up, just ahead. >> in the meantime, coming up right here on america reports, some celebrities along with top fortune 500 companies writing an open letter slamming the georgia voting law that there are some noteworthy names that are missing from that list. more on the companies that declined at this time and what it could mean for their business. >> sandra: and a surge in violent crime is gripping major cities in the u.s. up and down the west coast. law enforcement officials blaming the defined police movement as a catalyst for that. more details on that crime surge, coming up. >> we are so understaffed and now being defunded, we are losing resources. i think the criminal community is starting to realize that there's not enough of us out there. refiplus from newday u

this friday, the cdc issued its new travel guidance, director wo lenski, saying fully vaccinated people can travel at low-risk to themselves. the agency went on to say as long as coronavirus precautions are taken, such as a mask wearing, vaccinated folks can travel. now as tempting as it maybe to travel, dr. fauci made it clear on your program, neil, that patience is critical. >> it's very clear what we've been saying all along, and dr. wolenski underscored this today is that if you are un vaccinated you should really avoid any unnecessary travel, only very essential travel. reporter: all this , as european countries are experiencing a serious rise in infections this week. french president macron announced a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread, and italy's prime minister extended limitations on movements in the country and for businesses at least to the end of the month , so neil, you know, some of us are getting there and some of us aren't, a few steps forward, a few steps back we're still in a pandemic. neil? neil: well put, alicia, thank you very much, following all of those devel