daniela is hiding at this safe house in a remote corner of romania. children here have been tricked into prostitution by traffickers pretending to be their boyfriends. this sinister method of recruitment is called the lover boy. i have a 13—year—old girl right here who's desperately trying to get back to her 52—year—old lover boy. when she runs away, she tells the police, "i love him". that's a photo of her with her trafficker? yeah. she calls him iubi. "iubira" means love. the girls are groomed for export. many are brought to the uk, where the big money is. elena was rescued from a flat in the west midlands after being left for dead by her trafficker. how many men used to come each day? police! in birmingham, police are on a rescue mission. inside, they find four romanian women who they think have been trafficked. 2a missed calls. yeah, that'll be their punters. but the women say they're here voluntarily, meaning officers have no choice but to leave them here. this is happening in every corner of the country. sex trafficking is rife in the uk. i don'

daniela is hiding at this safe house in a remote corner of romania.o prostitution by traffickers pretending to be their boyfriends. this sinister method of recruitment is called the lover boy. i have a 13—year—old girl right here who's desperately trying to get back to her 52—year—old lover boy. when she runs away, she tells the police, "i love him". that's a photo of her with her trafficker? yeah. she calls him iubi. "iubira" means love. the girls are groomed for export. many are brought to the uk, where the big money is. elena was rescued from a flat in the west midlands after being left for dead by her trafficker. how many men used to come each day? police! in birmingham, police are on a rescue mission. inside, they find four romanian women who they think have been trafficked. 2a missed calls. yeah, that'll be their punters. but the women say they're here voluntarily, meaning officers have no choice but to leave them here. this is happening in every corner of the country. sex trafficking is rife in the uk. i don't think we've got anywhere near the

but you deploy those and let's say there flying combat air patrols over romania out on the black sea. they're the backstop for nato. you can be sure they would not hesitate to budge romania or slovakia and they did more than that to beat their shifts. the russian military is full of itself because it has new equipment. it has been successful in syria. the u.s. operates this way, it works with the israeli air force. if you want to change the russian calculus, you have to create the ambiguity of having an air capability that is right there, that is first rate, they are not sure that they would not have an encounter with nato and they had better be careful. because if they do, they are going to lose. that is the way you would really change and we have not done this yet. it may be under consideration, i don't know, but we have not done it yet. gen. breedlove: as an airman i'm setting up straighter in my seat. let me ticket different tack, but i totally agree with what was just said. but if you read the documents provided to us russia, what is one of the complaints? what is one of the fear

just last month, american f-15s were operating out of one airfield in romania, while u.s.rs flew into another. some of the many deployments ordered since putin annexed crimea. >> it all started with what putin did in 2014. >> reporter: former nato ambassador douglas lute says the deployments are strictly for defense. there are currently 1,000 u.s. military personnel in romania. >> you would need 10, 20, 50 times the numbers of troops that nato has positioned now to pose any sort of serious offensive threat to russia. and putin knows this. >> reporter: u.s. officials say they are willing to limit nato exercises, as long as the same limits apply to russia. but for now, the russian military buildup continues for a possible invasion that could begin as soon as the ground freezes to give their tanks better traction. norah. >> o'donnell: david martin at the pentagon, thanks. tonight, calls for justice are growing louder in fayetteville, north carolina, where an off- duty sheriff's deputy shot and killed a black man over the weekend. the deputy is on administrative leave and has

and then they're flying combat air patrols over romania out over the black sea.hey are the backstop for nato. you see if the russians did come in with his massive era defensive you can be sure they wouldn't hesitate to buzz romania and slovakia. sort of deep their chests. the russian military is arrogant and full of itself because it's got new equipment. it's been successful in syria. it does have the u.s. air force operates. it works with the israeli air force, and so if you really want to change the russian calculus you have to create the ambiguity of having an error capability that's right there that is first rate -- air -- that they are not sure that they wouldn't have an encounter with nato and the better be careful. because if they do they are going to lose. and so that's the way you really change -- we haven't done this yet. it may be under consideration, don't know but we haven't done it yet. >> i'm sitting up straighter in my seat. let me take just a tiny different tack. i totally agree with what was just said but also if you read the two documents that

we should build our military up in romania and bulgaria. how would that be perceived in the kremlin ball? not, of course. good. there has been nato has plans to reinforce its eastern flank or eastern front. i don't know. i know where the troops, there's their standing plan of 30 plus 30 plus 30 plus $1330.00 days, 30 battalions. 3rd, the war ships and 30 squadrons of warp way and should be moved to poland, the both x and to romania and maybe bulgaria. though at present bulgaria, the defense master said about here is not. we are interested in a stationing nato troops doesn't feel it. so threatened doesn't have a connection really to even meet you. craig, not talk about russia, but they're romania, poland. the baltic states lower gladly accept more troops. and if you begin moving troops, that's a very serious problem. because next will take a lot of time to bring say, a tax division from texas to poland or is tony our romania. it takes a lot of time and effort. it's a long way by c, by land, for russia to move. it's forces from the vulgar reg

romania, poland, the baltic states will gladly accept more troops.u begin moving troops, that is a serious problem because nato would take a vote of time to bring an attack division from texas to poland or estonia order maniac, it takes a lot of time and effort. it is a long way. for russia to move its forces from siberia, it is much shorter. there's going to be a scramble, who deploys first. that is how the first world war began. when troop movements begin, before war is declared and anyone crosses the border, you're getting to a slippery slope from which you cannot easily extract herself or maybe not at all. you get into a spiral of escalation. peter: we are heading towards the end of the program. does mr. putin want to re-create the old ussr in his image? he is not growling at the politics because he can't but if we examine what happened in georgia 2008, the crime area -- the crimea to 14, today in kazakhstan, today just outside ukraine, sounds, look like a sphere of influence. >> we have to the member who putin is, he is a soviet man. he has 70 y

just last month american f-15s were operating out of one airfield in romania while u.s.into another. some of the many deployments ordered since putin annexed crimea. >> it all started with what putin did in 2014. >> reporter: former nato ambassador douglas lieutenant says it's strictly for defense. there are currently 1,000 u.s. military personnel in romania. >> you would need ten, 20, 50 times the numbers of troops that nato has positioned now to pose any sort of serious offensive threat to russia, and putin knows this. >> reporter: u.s. officials say they are willing to limit nato exercises as long as the same limits apply to russia. but for now, the russian military continues its build-up for a possible invasion that could begin as soon as the ground freezes to give their tanks better traction. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >>> coming up on "cbs mornings," former vice president al gore has an update on the fight against climate change 15 years after his landmark documentary "an inconvenient truth." >>> plus, we'll talk with willie o'ree, the first black player

just last month, american f-15s were operating out of one airfield in romania, while u.s. helicopters flew into another-- some of the many deployments ordered since putin annexed crimea. >> it all started with what putin did in 2014. >> reporter: former nato ambassador douglas lute says the deployments are strictly for defense. there are currently 1,000 u.s. military personnel in romania. >> you would need 10, 20, 50 times the numbers of troops that nato has positioned now to pose any sort of serious offensive threat to russia. and putin knows this. >> reporter: u.s. officials say they are willing to limit nato exercises, as long as the same limits apply to russia. but for now, the russian but for now the russian military buildup continues for a possible invasion that could begin as soon as the ground freezes to give their tanks better traction. norah. >> o'donnell: david martin at the pentagon, thanks. tonight, calls for justice are growing louder in fayetteville, north carolina, where an off- duty sheriff's deputy shot and killed a black man over the weekend. the deputy

he's a professor of urology in europe and romania. and you very well. can we appreciate your time this evening bulb. how encouraging are these findings on sputnik because there were fears weren't that so mac or chrome strain could actually avoid most vaccines to correct your mouth for romania from austria. far away from romania, but he's actually vienna, austria. actually the no problem actually. i totally agree with you on the ground has been some kind of a positive negative story. other than a sense of people thought that now that it's not such an aggressive buyer is not such an aggressive, very hospitalizations are still high. however, it is, death rates are not as high as a dollar variance. that was a good message, but the bad message was everybody seems together and the positive that rates are exploding terribly. so that's an issue we have to handle. and right now i think that stephanie way too, and all the officials and sorties are somehow sounding more positively. why do you think that this is all of this study shows that sputnik is more effectiv

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the response france is decided to to reinforce its deployments to romania. so again, there's what guarantees are we going to give? i assume that this paper will outline agreements that the russians have stepped away from confidence building measures the o. s e v n. a document on transparency and military exercises. this isn't news security guarantees. this is getting russia back into agreements that they had already signed and pledged to to follow and that they have violated the united states was very careful to consult it's needed european union allies through each of every step of these past 2 weeks to go. she, asians are transatlantic ties stronger tonight as a result of the past 2 weeks. well, i would say over the past several weeks, and in some ways the irony of all of this is, let him, your putin is the great trans. atlanta says he is pushing nato and us and our european allies even closer together. and you know, if he's, he's trying to pull us apart it's, it's not working. it's reinforcing. this allied unity but, but let's also be clear. we had a setb

i'm thinking of places like russia, ukraine, romania.are all seeing huge spikes in cases, but all have vaccination rates less than 50%. >> interesting. and in israel, they have a very high vaccination rate, hadas, but there we have a leading top health expert there in israel, making this bold claim, despite the fact that cases are so high there, that the country has likely passed its omicron peak. >> there's a combination of sort of bad news, but also good news from this government expert. he's one of the top covid advisers to the government professor, saying that israel has now passed the peak of the omicron wave. he said that peak was last week. there was a day last week, more than 76,000 positive cases, and that's not including the tens of thousands of home tests. actually, the likely number is much higher. but he's saying that is the peak of the omicron wave, and now infections will start going down. he estimates that at the end of this wave, one in two israelis, about 50% of the population will have been infected with omicron. but t

we need a nato air expedition force in romania. that way we can backstop our allies and we can prevent any spillover of russian actions in ukraine. i suspect that will come. i'm sure it's being planned. >> i mean, do you think russia is engaged in diplomacy and good faith? is it a stall for time as they're apparently moving more troops into position? >> i think you can say it's, you know, good faith. but what they have been doing is willing to sit down and talk with first deputy sherman and president biden has been involved, of course. secretary blinken has been there to see the foreign minister. so they've been going through the motions. they've got demands as your report indicated that are untenable. that are not serious. that will violate principles that nato, the united states, europeans have lived by which is a principle of sovereignty. we're talking about ukraine is a sovereign nation. this proposal, these proposals would deny that. >> general, i mean, part, you know, one of rush is a's huge concerns is ukraine joining ultima

would be participating not in ukraine, but in these nato countries in lithuania, estonia, latvia, romania, around ukraine, and nearing russia, of course. this would be bolstering the nato expansion, in the nato countries close to ukraine, exactly what we have warned -- you know, blinken had warned prime minister lavrov of that. what secretary blinken was saying over the weekend on the sunday shows is this is exactly what russia said they didn't want but they've done everything including continuing to escalate. move being belarus with thousands of troops and fighter jets. so russia has asked for this. this is what nato is doing. it's now up to the nato countries to say, estonia, how many do you need? latvia? poland, what do you want? that will determine how many of the 8500 are actually sent but none of these troops are going to ukraine. to your point about the direct question about the nato allies, germany has been sitting on a request from estonia to send artillery that has german equipment, german parts in this are germany dismissed a javelin last week, around the uk to not fly over ger

we need a nato composite air expeditionary force into romania. that way, we can actually backstop our allies and we could prevent any spillover of russian actions in ukraine. i suspect that will come. i'm sure it's being planned. >> ambassador taylor, i mean thus far do you think russia has engaged in diplomacy in good faith? is it a stall for time as they apparently are moving more troops into position? >> anderson, i don't think you can say it's -- they are operating in good faith. um, what they have been doing is they have been willing to sit down and talk with, first, deputy secretary wendy sherman. and -- and president biden has been involved, of course. secretary blinken has been there to see the foreign minister. so, they've been going through the motions. um, they've got demands. um, as -- as your report just indicated that are untenable. that are not serious, that will violate principles that -- that nato and the united states and europeans have lived by, which is a principle of sovereignty. we are talking about ukraine as a sovereign na

why not have more transparent ability to inspect -- that we have in poland and romania? bob gates and i were sent off to moscow to talk to vladimir putin but the fact we were going to deploy missile defense technologies and former warsaw pact states like poland and romania possibly at the time the czech republic. bob gates, vladimir putin shoved at him something that showed the arcs of these missile defense systems that they could intercept russian intercontinental ballistic missiles. complete fantasy that they could do such. they were aimed at the iranians. bob gates pushed it back and said i don't know who is doing your intelligence work, but this isn't what they do. i think that if you wanted to offer packages like that, to tragedy escalate this, the one thing you must be careful of is any implication that nato was going to move back on these principles about the open door, companies -- countries choosing their own alliances. one more thing to be careful of, during the georgia conflict, sergey lavrov told me that it will be between us he said. i said the american secr

is looking at deploying naval vessels that could be additional troops sent to romania and the baltics to send a message to vladimir putin not to move into any neighboring country. putin has not made a threat to neighboring nato countries and ukraine is not a member of nato. orders from our state department for u.s. embassy employees are evacuate ukraine. joining us, jennifer griffin. this was surprising to me, this briefing. it seems to add up to this is the strategy. is this the briefing war? we had the briefing from u.s. intelligence about putin planning false flag operations for a pretext for an invasion. be and knew really open briefings about troop deployments. is that the plan, to deter putin with a media war? >> i don't know that i would assess it that way. i think what you are seeing is these are right now reporters are getting indications from officials about how very serious the situation is right now in ukraine and the intelligence whether intelligence shared with britain or the five eyes. russiaam has 127,000 troops with more on its way to all sides of the border with ukra

we put missile defense in romania. that is as provocative an action to destabilize nuclear parity. it gives us the ability to shoot down their neuk be leer missilen case there was a crisis. we were trying to gain nuclear superiority over them. that is highly provocative, sir. host: go ahead and respond, john. guest: ok. first i think you need to study up on ukraine. what happened with mr. yanokovich is that he rejected under massive russian be pressure a free trade agreement he had been negotiated with the european union. that led to demonstrations, tens of thousands of demonstration -- be demonstrators in the streets of kiev in 2013. he cracked down on those demonstrations with force because he was an authoritarian by nature. as a result he had demonstrations of hundreds of thousands of people in the streets of ukraine. he then either permitted or ordered the use of snipers to fire on those demonstrators in february, at which point the ukrainian people said this man must go and which i understand. a quote-unquote western regime was not installed in ukraine. they rejected an author

>> i think you need to understand that these troops that will deploy in romania, they have troops inhe black sea region, in the baltic region, they are there to defend nato allies, and that's an absolute 100% guarantee from all allies, including of course of germany and france. germany actually leads one of them about the groups in the baltic region, about a group we have in so when of germany cannot be part of that because they are already there. and france is also deployed in eastern part of the alliance and france is considering to add more troops. this is about defending nato allies, and article five, the commitment to defend all allies won one for all come all for one, that's enshrined in our, something we've been committed to almost for more than 70 years. the other issue that's important, that is what support we provide to ukraine? which is not a nato ally fighting highly valued nato partner. they have differences. i don't try to hide that but that's a very different thing than the commitment to protect and defend all allies. so when you speak about the nato response force, ab

denmark's case number's higher than countries that do less testing and less vaccinating. countries like romania were a 5th wave appears eminent, especially after gatherings during the holidays. this in a country that is next to last in europe when it comes to vaccination rates. that means it's near the bottom in what is now the global epicenter of the pandemic. co 19 posed a challenge to the sports world, the right from the start. many events have been cancelled or took place without spectators, floppy army from barion is causing a new headache athletes everywhere. now, testing positive, causing chaos. 40 manages and torment organizes. ah. when the german soccer league starts up again next weekend, only a few people here in the maldives will be tuning in. but one person will be sure to be watching. manuel, no air german national player and byron munich goalie scene here in archive footage . now he's on vacation and must stay here in quarantine after testing positive for the corona virus. europe, soccer events are at the mercy of cove. at 19. recently 5 players tested positive for the corona vir

but of course, if there were any need to allies like in poland, romania countries bordering ukraine, he'd be more than happy to send them there. if there was a need. the u. s. coast guard is searching for survivors. after a boat capsized near florida, a man was found clinging to the vessel about 70 kilometers from port pierce inlet. he told rescuers search 9 others were on the boat when it left the bahamas. on saturday night. the coast guard says they are treating it as a suspected case of human smuggling. there's been international condemnation of the military code book in a fossil, but hundreds have been celebrating and the capital on tuesday in support of the army soldiers say they took power because of the government's failure to contain a tax from armed groups and 7000 residents at the center of recorded 19 cluster in hong kong have been ordered to stay home after cases sprayed to a 1st building, one and 2 and a half fountain residents were supposed to be freed from a 5 day lockdown on wednesday. but it's not been extended until friday on kong 0 cove, it policy is being challeng

denmark's case numbers higher than countries that do less testing and less vaccinating countries like romania we're a 5th wave appears eminent, especially after gatherings during the holidays. this in a country that is next to last in europe when it comes to vaccination rates. that means it's near the bottom in what is now the global epicenter of the pandemic. martin, the key is professor of european public health at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. with studies suggesting army kron cases, a less severe. we asked him if government were overreacting by re introducing such strict measures. no, i don't think that there are on did certainly milder than the delta variant, but i wouldn't say that it's actually a disease that you can just dismiss as being trivial. we certainly are seeing quite number of people being in the hospital not to anything like the same extent as before. also some worrying data from a number of countries that children are being admitted and some of them are getting seriously ill. but the other thing that we need to remember with this is that we've tend to

vessels to make visits to nato allies in the region that could also be additional nato troops sent to romania in the baltics to send a signal to russian president vladimir putin not to try to move into any neighboring countries. putin has not made it a direct threat to nato country and ukraine is not a nato member. all of this comes a briefing from uk intelligence over the weekend that putin is planning to install a progression president and ukraine and orders from her state department the families to evacuate ukraine. joining us with the latest national security correspondent jennifer griffin. this was surprising to me this briefing but it seems to add up that maybe this is the strategy we had these briefings this is a briefing were over the last few days the briefing from u.s. intelligence about putin planning false flag operations for a pretext for invasion and then the ukraine russian president and now open briefing about troop deployment, is that the plan to deter putin with this media war in a sense? >> i don't know i would assess it that way. i think what you're seeing reporters are ge

and that was both bulgaria and romania that have nato forces and nato missile defense systems and theutch have offered to fire aircraft to bulgaria to use in the coming months. the kremlin's position and the foreign ministry's position is that all nato, all foreign troops and military hardware should be removed from bulgaria and romania. and that's just been announced. so that tells you the tough line. going into this today, russia is deploying its defense missile systems, hundreds, to military exercises in belarus. again, officials the signalling of russia's very strong military posture around ukraine. so, you know, the atmosphere is as diplomacy at work, but it's really pro scscribed and contai by experts and military posturing. >> and so many layers, accusations by the u.s. that russians are recruiting officials to taken side, take over the government inside ukraine. so many different things to talk about here for that take stock meeting. nic and fred, thank you so much. >> thanks, guys. >>> grammy award-winning singer meat loaf has died. according to his facebook page he passed aw

they are called up and they haven't been so far, it would be to defend article 5, nato allies like romania, poland, the baltics. also important to point out, none of the u.s. weapons that arrived in kiev are going to do much against the russian air force. the new u.s. weapon shipments that landed at the airport in kiev included 300 javelin anti-tank missiles, part of about 200 million in new mostly defensive security assistance that president biden directed to ukraine. the u.s. embassy envoy spoke as the weapons arrived at the airport. >> our message is clear. the united states stands with ukraine, our allies and partners. let's make no mistake about it. if russia decides to come into ukraine, it was a disaster for russia. >> the pentagon began to notify troops and their families about the move. such a force could be part of 40,000 nato allied troops if mobilized under todd walter, the supreme commander to defend the easter flank. that decision has not been taken. the pentagon was clear. the u.s. troops would not be going to ukraine. >> not ruling out any unilateral u.s. troops. also insid

romania, bulgaria. the eastern flank of nato to bolster their capabilities in their own self-defense. >> but they are combat troops, right? >> well, some troops obviously would be combat capable. combat credible power is what you're looking for here, but there would also be a sizable amount of troops dedicated to medical support and aviation, logicists and sustainment. >> you want to notify their family members before you announce where they're coming from, right isn? >> that's right. we want to let the units know so they'll have time to tell the families they'll be on heightened alert. again, nobody's packing up and leaving today. this is just about telling the units be ready because if you get called, we're going to need you to be able to deploy in a shorter period of time. >> five days. not a long period of time. you want their family members to know about that. i'm sure they're going to start getting a bit nervous. what's your understanding from nato about russian actions? what russian actions would

>> pretty insane video from romania where that huge waterfall froze over creating a dazzling display of. i see daggers temperatures so cold there that the water turn to ice and they say it's rare since the waterfall sits right below a hot spring. and i called google and they say the temperature there and romania's 27 degrees, which didn't seem that call yes at that cold, right? i mean, you tell me are from these but it is cold new york to l a yeah. you know who would now come here lawrence karnow standing by. this is a live look at new york. snow is coming down. lawrence, what's it looking like right now? yeah, they're going to have colder temperatures. there are a lot colder. in fact. >> this storm really now putting itself together. you can see it's making its way along the eastern moving off of the carolinas. that area of low pressure really going to be the driver of this storm system rolls right up the eastern seaboard. and there you see a rotating through some of the winds associated with goes by this nor'easter, maybe some 70 plus mile an hour gust near the coastline. i think y

but of course, if there were any need to allies like in poland or romania countries bordering ukraine, he'd be more than happy to send them there. if there was a need. the u. s. coast guard is searching for survivors off to report sort of boat capsized. the man was found clinging to a boat about 70 kilometers from fort pierce, in that in florida. it ought rescuers that 39 others were on the boat when it left the bahamas on saturday. night the coast guard says they're treating it as a suspected case of human smuggling. there has been international condemnation of the military queue and peculiar paso hundreds have been celebrating in the capital on tuesday in support of the army. soldiers say they took part because of the government's failure to contain attacks from armed groups. the international committee of the red cross, as it is deeply concerned about intense fighting around a prison seized by ice will fight as ne, in syria. about 45000 people have been displaced by the violent and has a city the i. c r. c is calling for immediate humanitarian accent. police in london have opened a

and france vowing to defend romania. all of eastern europe is a potential front. while russia denies it will invade, with new military drills today, it keeps the world guessing ukraine's president is telling people to remain calm and that he's seeking a diplomatic solution but here in the east, some volunteers are already signing up in case they need to fight. lester. >> richard engel in ukraine, thank you. >>> back home, a second nypd officer has died days after a shooting left him with critical injuries 27-year-old wilbert mora was wounded on friday when a gunman opened fire during a domestic call mora's 22-year-old rookie partner jason rivera was also killed the suspected gunman was wounded at the scene and died on monday. >>> a new warning from the government tonight that the global shortage of computer chips is slowing the economy and could force some factories to close. so the supply chain crisis, shortages, and inflation could get worse. here's tom costello. >> reporter: it's not just cell phones and computers microchips today are critical components in an

the options -- the most affective otions would be to move air units, particularly fighters, into romania, poland, perhaps f-18 fighters with harpoon anti-ship missiles into bbulgaria, and get more awax aerial surveillance, so the ukrainians, who are basically blind in terms of long distance identification of where attacks might come from, we pass that intelligence to them. those would be the most significant and fastest things we could do. so far they haven't left yet. and then, of course, there is the option of having ground forces. but the most i think they're talking about is one brigade unit, and that's not very much. so it's -- lastly, there is an ooing naval exercise we're participating in in the metropolitan, so that is helpful. and they're sending some units to the baltics. >> woodruff: philip karber, staying with you for a moment, sending in potentially air support, sending in naval support, in what, surrounding ukraine? how do you see this geographically playing out? >> i do not see naval forces going into the black sea. i think that would be -- it's just too dangerous. and too

any hot war inside ukraine, even though there are 8500 troops on standby, in places like poland and romaniahere were an incursion by russia. so really all the options are still on the table, but a rather chilling phrase from the joint chiefs, the chairman of the joint chiefs when he says this is the biggest build up there has been since the cold war, and if you think about it, that is more than a 30-year time span. lewis: the last couple of weeks, many experts we have spoken to on this program have basically concluded the inevitability that this will happen. has anything shifted there? is there still genuine optimism in washington that a kind of conflict could be avoided? gary: i don't think there's optimism i think there's hope, and i think there's still in view that the decision has not been made. i mean, you heard the defense secretary they are saying look, you have got the capability to do this. we know you can. you are massed on the borders. you have got the planes and the tanks and the bones and all that kind of thing to do what you want to do, and you could take ukraine, you could ta

today it is being a member to berlin, romania, across the u.s. and in the bay area. the whole cost center hosted a virtual event with a local holocaust survivor speaking of his incredible experience. >> i'm last generation of survivors. hopefully, i wanted to make sure the story of survivors will survive. reporter: in the south bay, the rabbi is also marking the day. we first met him in december after a fire or through the congregation and is only been in for three months. officials determined it was not hate crime. the damage was devastating. the rabbi said just as his people did during and after the holocaust, they are pushing through with resilience and optimism. >> a little bit of light dispels a lot of darkness. hiller tried to kill us. we're going to add more light, we are going to make the world a better place. our community has been doing. that community has helped them raise more than $650,000. >> we are going to build something beautiful for community. we are going to rise from the ashes. reporter: this international holocaust remembrance day, rabbi says th

saying if there was an invasion, there definitely would be new tros from nato and the u.s.n poland and romania domestically, president biden said he thought he ought to get a decent report card, but democrats are anxious about the midterm elections in november. the prospect of a real drubbing. >> they are. the pattern is that for a first-term presidentthey do get a bit of a drubbing in the off year elections like that. he says, he is indicating really that the administration hasn't done a good enough job selling its own record, talking about the numbers of jobs created, talking about the numbers of vaccinations delivered, talking about the extent to which america has engaged in the world. he thinks that should happen from now on, but he has acknowledged particularly on parts of his agenda like the build back better legislation stalled in congress, prevented from becoming law i democrats in s own party, that he made only -- may only be able to get pieces of it, but that will be crucial for him in the run-up to those midterms in november because he needs some wins this year. it is all very wello

denmark's case number's higher than countries that do less testing and less vaccinating countries like romania we're a sipped wave appears eminent, especially after gatherings during the holidays. this in a country that is next to last in europe when it comes to vaccination rates. that means it's near the bottom in what is now the global epicenter of the pandemic. the united states has also seen a dramatic spike and the number of corona virus infections, data from johns hopkins university, showed more than 1000000 new cases. on monday, after the holiday weekend over the new year. that figure is double what it was the week before. johns hopkins, calculated that one in 100 americans tested positive for coven 19 over the past week. the on the kron variant accounted for around 60 percent of cases. and the latest available vol. figures for the country also saw just over 9000 deaths of patients with coven 19, and that's 10 percent lower than the week before. harry hyman is a public health professor at georgia state university. welcome to the show professor at this current wave of corona, virus infec