putin at his home in sochi. president biden's warning to putin, do not invade ukraine. what he said would happen if putin does. our cecilia vega then asking, would this involve u.s. troops? and our ian pannell with the flash point on the ukraine border already. and what ian witnessed on the ground there today. >>> amazon tonight reporting a major server outage. what this means for amazon delivery trucks. some halted, weeks before christmas. and streaming services, amazon, netflix, disney plus. and how some of your devices at home have been effected, too. >>> the state of emergency in hawaii tonight. the major storm battering the islands. mudslides slamming into homes. power knocked out to thousands. >>> the dramatic call for help tonight. the plane in trouble in florida. smoke in the cockpit. the enjin failing. and you will hear the pilot. >>> actor jussie smollett takes the stand in his own defense. what he now claims about his alleged attackers, those brothers who he claims shouted racist and homophobic slurs. was there a prior relationship? one of the brothers, when

sochi, you're a democratic strategist.r that as a strategist? >> well, i think that the maga brand won in 2016. but let's remember, it failed to bring the republican party over the finish line in 2018 and in 2020, and we saw even this last year that in 2021 glen duncan didn't win on a far right brand, he won on a more moderate-leaning brand that said he would deliver, and a lot of republicans were looking at that playbook afterwards, thinking through, man, if we are just a little bit more moderate, if we can hold it together for 2022, then we could potentially take back the house and the senate. that's not what's happening here. what's happening here is you have a republican party that is trying to go further and further to the right to embrace trump and, mind you, they are not all embracing vaccines, even though i would love for them to come out just like donald trump did and say that vaccines are safe. they are not doing that. honestly, that is terrible as an american. if you are going to have a republican party going fu

the alpine events will be about an hour or so away, just like they were in sochi.rict covid measures in place. will they be the talking points? we will head south and move to the women's cricket world cup in new zealand. delayed by a year due to the pandemic, $1.5 million more in the prize pot for this one. england are the defending champions. australia and india will expect to be in the mix as well. new zealand the hosts, and england bowler kate cross says some of the returning stars will make them quite formidable. they have suzie bates back, who came back from a terrible injury, i think she had shoulder reconstruction and has been out for 12 months. we missed her in the hundred as well. sophie devine is back and took some time out as well. we were over in new zealand in february, we had three t20s and three 0dis. it was hard fought and england were favourites for most of it, but they are a good team. a busy 2022 in the uk, england hosting the rugby league world cup, the commonwealth games on the women's european championships as well. that was another event push

muirhead won a bronze medal in 2014 in sochi, but finished fourth at the last games.een some great times, but that's also been some very tough times, having a shot to get a medal in pyeongchang in 2018 and missing that was hard and it took me a long time to get over that. i do think we are in a good place now. we have managed to qualify our spot for team gb. we are named as the team. so i would like to think that everything right now is going very well, and ijust can't wait to get out there and start curling again, what i love doing. eoin morgan will captain a 16—man squad for england's t20 series against west indies next month. morgan will have a few new faces and a different coach, with paul collingwood standing in for chris silverwood for the five games in barbados. the squad includes 11 players who were at the t20 world cup in november. uncapped — left arm bowlers george garton and david payne have also been called up. three years after tea rfully suggesting it would be his final appearance at the australian open, andy murray will be back in melbourne for the 2022

christie suffered huge disappointment at the winter games in sochi and pyeongchang.orecast is that the weather is going to be very settled over the next few days, a big area of high pressure is going to establish itself across the uk, and that means settled conditions, i think, in the run—up to christmas. and on the satellite picture, you can that area of high pressure across spain, portugal and france. it's building here, and it's extending northwards. and as it extends northwards, it's going to push the fronts away to the north as well. but for the time being, we still have quite a few isobars, these pressure lines, so a stronger wind and a weather front close to northern ireland and across western parts of scotland and the north, as well, during the course of wednesday. so, here, it will be at times cloudy, but it's mild with that cloudy, rainy weather, around nine, eight degrees celsius. to the south of that, very mild, too. ten degrees, but it is dry. now, the cloud cover on wednesday will vary considerably across the uk. we still have that weakening weather fro

but there are developments they are here to stay makers done of reporting from sochi. oxy. thanks watching us this afternoon. that brings you up to date. the linux is half full in the afternoon in moscow. back again at the top of the oh so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation, let it be an arms race is often very dramatic development only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successfully, very critical of time. time to sit down and talk. the dynamism of the ecosystem of planet earth predictably is dying because there's too much pollution, whether it's landfill pollution, pollution or the river's pollution in the oceans. pollution in the air, chemical pollution, permanent chemical, pollution, all the bio systems are dying. so humans effectively estimating mass suicide from their species is becoming interesting. ah, mm . welcome to the alec sam issue where we examine the consequences of cop 26 in glasgow. was that much delayed and much handle did summit a success or failure and just our planet

a makers dawn of reporting from sochi oxy mil to wraps up our book.

yes, they come and go, but their developments they are here to stay makers done of reporting from sochi. oxy. yeah, that is our team will be used at 8 pm live for moscow reporting for you. my name's kevin owen. thanks so much for checking in the says evening whether you're checking in round the world stand by 2 from these views. here's after this break.

i think that a fair press, is some with between softball in jen sochi gets and tough questions that i why. why is there this perception and or reality that one side gets tougher questions? i think -- whether people like jonathan swan or not he seems to be a equal opportunity tough questioner. lay that aside, republicans get much tougher questions than democrats but why? why do you think that is. >> looking at donations of journalists, the publications, who they give to. it always is democrat over republican. this is a media that has a liberal bent, they exist in confines of manhattan, largely in dc swamp, they rarely get outside of the bubble, i had pleasure to know trump voters from across the country, from texas, and florida and new hampshire. very few reporters get that opportunity, this say liberal profession, unfortunately, the questions don't serve the american people. and you know, i hope it changes, we need young people to go into journalism, those who are equal opportunist questioners. trey: all right. you have a new book out. you have written more books than i have read. i k

he will go back to 2014 to regular on the podium in sochi. since the last games for you as well personally. since the last games for you as well ersonall . , ., , ., ., , personally. yes, to get my metal was somethin: personally. yes, to get my metal was something very _ personally. yes, to get my metal was something very special _ personally. yes, to get my metal was something very special and _ personally. yes, to get my metal was something very special and since - something very special and since then there has been some great times but there's also been some very tough times and having a shot to get a medal in pyeongchang in 2018 and missing that was hard and it took me a long time to get over that. of course covid—19 hit us all pretty hard and lockdown was tough but i think we are in a good place now and we managed to qualify our spot for team gb and now named as a team so i'd like to think that everything right now is going very well and i can't wait to get out there and start hurting again. you mentioned covid-19. start hurting again.

we need to remind folks that putin invaded the ukraine just two months after the sochi olympics in 2014se. a president xi will get reelected in their chinese communist party next summer and between summer and when they knw president biden's out of office will be a very dangerous window they may make a big move big move. it's me. it's me when you mention putin on the current situation with russia along the border with ukraine, it seems like it's getting more aggressive by the day. >> it is, it's alarming, bret. they have over 100,000 soldiers massed on ukraine's border. in bret at this point it's not a matter of if, but one. how far does putin go? it's not a coincidence that he's doing it after north stream two comes online. he knows that when he controls europe's gas, he can fracture you are sidelined them in terms of sanctions or military responses. we need the clarity that the united states will support the ukrainians and send stingers an error defense that the ukrainians have been asking for an other type of legal assets but instead we have seen some speak end as chris wallace said,

then they go back for the winter games in 2022 and in between staged a winter games in sochi. video interview with peng a week or so ago they were giving china cover. it was pretty clear it was coached and all a set up. meanwhile, you've got not just the ioc. you got the nba and nike and various individual sports stars in the united states who have significant investments in chooen where the sport market is huge. some of these people are very out spoken as they have a right to be and sometimes offer sweeping condemnations of their own admittedly when it comes to china, perhaps the world's leading human rights abuser, given its size and its wherewithal, they're mum. very, very few have anything to say. in fact some object to any criticism of china. meanwhile, china's playbook is always to shut down all criticism, to reject it out of hand, and then to exact some kind of price. when darrell morey who was in the front office of the houston rockets tweeted something to the effect of stand with hong kong, all of a sudden rockets games were not on china tv and the rockets were a popu

bide frn the white house, putin from his home in sochi.der chuck schumer says he's confident that democrats can pass their sweeping social safety net bill by christmas. but once again, two key democrats are skeptical they can deliver the bill to the president's desk by year's end. erica, i feel like we've heard this story before. >> i was thinking the same thing, jim. cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju joining us from capitol hill. you know that better than anyone. what is the thinking this morning? is there a real chance that democrats can get over that remaining hurd until the next two weeks? >> reporter: it's very slight. there's a chance but it seems highly unlikely according to multiple democrats just because of the proesz. they need to go through a parliamentary process in the senate that takes about two weeks to ensure this bill conforms with the strict budget rules under the process democrats are going through, trying to cut republicans out and pass it along party lines. then they have to solve the remaining difference

did the same thing about putin and russia when sochi hosted the olympics.decade and a half after -- >> nothing has changed. >> one of the big questions now that you can't evade is what is it with the ioc and their affinity for authoritarian nations? there will be a summer olympics in 20 twathd in los angeles. it will have been since 2002 when the winter games were in salt lake since there was an olympics on american soil, yet american television is the single greatest source of revenue for the ioc. many ioc delegates remain ticked off at the u.s. because a free press blew the cover off the salt lake bidding scandal. mitt romney had to come in and set the thing straight. the whole thing was up in the air. whole thing might have fallen apart. they have long memories about this stuff, and the ioc and many of those delegates act in a high-handed way. and in that sense, you can see where the affinity for authoritarian nations comes in. >> i have another acronym for you. it's not the ioc, it's the nba. i have to believe there are guys holding their breath because

with president biden in the situation room and putin at his home in sochi, the president began the meeting

. >> sochi mendoza and kurt, that is "the last word." >>> good evening once again. i'm chris jansing, day 432 of the biden administration. tonight as the omicron variant drives a hospital surge in cases, the cdc now shortening the recommended time for isolation from ten days to five days followed by five days of wearing a mask. this comes as the latest data shows new cases in this country are now averaging more than 200,000 a day. and the "new york times" says reports from 14 states indicate this current covid surge is now worse than last winter's. earlier this evening, white house medical advisor anthony fauci described the thinking behind the new cdc regulations. >> you have so many people simultaneously testing positive, and you want to make sure that particularly among essential workers that you get people out there much sooner. and by much, i mean cutting it in half, saying that five days of isolation, then come out and wear a mask the rest of the time so you can keep people safe from getting infected from you if you still are infected, but at the same time get

christie suffered huge disappointment at the winter games in sochi and pyeongchang.k, in the run—up to christmas. and on the satellite picture, you can see that area of high pressure across spain, portugal and france. it's building here, and it's extending northwards. and as it extends northwards, it's going to push the fronts away to the north as well. but for the time being, we still have quite a few isobars, these pressure lines, so a stronger wind and a weather front close to northern ireland and across western parts of scotland and the north, as well, during the course of wednesday. so, here, it will be at times cloudy, but it's mild with that cloudy, rainy weather, around nine, eight degrees celsius. to the south of that, very mild, too. ten degrees, but it is dry. now, the cloud cover on wednesday will vary considerably across the uk. we still have that weakening weather front in the north west here, so dribs and drabs of rain. and at the very least, it will be cloudy, but plenty of bright if not even sunny weather around merseyside, parts of the midlands, lin

it happened right after the sochi olympics.eeing today and what's new here is putin is being very, very blunt and obvious. he has some ridiculous demands. mainly, he wants nato to promise that ukraine will never be admitted to the nato alliance, and putin was on the phone all this week with european leaders making these demands. then as you see is, the forces really are ringing the ukraine. so it's a very dangerous situation. putin is really just almost delusional on this point about ukraine and the threats that he's making. molly: you know, the united states has urged putin to focus on what american leaders perceive the russian people want. here's -- this is a quote, this is from an unnamed senior white house official on russia and ukraine just yesterday. he said this. the russian people don't need a war with ukraine, they don't need their sons coming home in body bags. what they need is better health care, build back better roads, school, economic opportunities. that's what the polling is showing in russia. so we hope that pr

nhl players have not played in an olympics since the sochi games in 2014.ed a shutdown of all league operations today until december 26 to deal with the recent surge in covid cases. >>> due to postponements, the rams cooper cup continuing his incredible season. fourth quarter between seahawks and rams. put the rams in the lead for good. they win 20-10. nine catches, 136 yards, two touchdowns. he's had the single season record for catches for the rams of the still have three games left to go. he leads in nfl receptions, yards making the fantasy owners pretty happy this season. the other game the eagles hosting washington, bad luck for the eagles early in this one. dallas goddard drops the pass. watch, it goes right off his foot and landon collins is going to grab it for an interception. washington would lead 10-0 after a quarter. but philly mounting a comeback. jalen hurts in his first game back for the ankle injury ran for two touchdowns. the eagles got the win 27-17. the first black woman to be a position coach during an nfl game, the assistant to running

with president biden in the situation room and putin at his home in sochi, the president began the meeting with a smile as you can see from these images. but make no mistake, the white house says the face-to-face conversation was deadly serious. >> hello. >> good to see you again. we didn't get to see each other at the g20. i hope next time we meet we do it in person. >> while intelligence officials have not determined whether putin has made a final division to invade, nothing is being left to chance. the president has experience with vladimir putin. he was vice president in 2014 when putin's troops marched into crimia and. putin has called the 1991 collapse of the soviet union the tragedy of the century. putin has never accepted the loss of ukraine. but the big question here is does he really want to invade or does he want something else entirely in exchange from the u.s. and our european allies? the president is scheduled to brief world leaders about that call and we are awaiting word from the white house press secretary at any moment. joining me now is nbc chief foreign correspondent ri

i am old enough to remember the 2014 sochi winter olympics and thomas bach -- the ioc president thenputin defending russia's human rights records. and weeks after the games, russia invaded and annexed crimea from ukraine. even more egregious, we learned later that russian intelligence agencies were running a sophisticated doping scheme. doping russian olympic athletes at the games, right under the eyes of the ioc. when it comes to this situation, the ioc, in its defense, says it's engaging in quiet diplomacy. silent diplomacy. and it has managed to have two calls with peng shuai. they say they are going to try to meet with her face to face. but keep in mind that the ioc is partnered with the chinese government right now, very closely. and it is in their interest for the upcoming beijing winter olympics to be a success. they do not want to embarrass the chinese government. >> right. and i mean, even meeting with her face to face in china. you know, given that she is there and can't leave. you know, i mean, i -- i -- it -- i think i'm stating the obvious to say that wouldn't necessaril

in 2014, in sochi, the question of the ioc's strange affinity for authoritarian regimes was also brought up. >> yeah. >> and here they are, back again in beijing. and the ioc now is complicit, to a certain extent. >> so -- so let me ask you about the ioc, bob, because you know, to a certain extent, they are actually disparaging the wta, right? they have had two video calls. >> yeah. >> and they say, oh, everything is fine. and anybody who would say anything else knows nothing. um, they -- they just -- i mean, i don't know how else to say it. sounds to me like they want to brush it all under -- under the rug and keep their relationship with china alive. >> absolutely. that's what they do. um, we might have said in the past that it was questionable and it was discouraging or disappointing. the ioc's affinity for china and for other authoritarian regimes. i think it has now reached the point where it is disgraceful. but this is -- this is tricky terrain now for americans. we don't know what sort of peril anybody might be in if they speak forthrightly. we know what happened when patrick mcen

christie suffered huge dissapointment at the winter games in sochi and pyeongchang.es in her home. they were inflicted by savannah bracco, the partner of star�*s mother, frankie smith, smith was cleared of murder and manslaughter at bradford crown courts but convicted of causing or allowing the time the�*s debt. our correspondent reports. starr hobson, a happy little girl, seen here with her great—grandfather. but over a period of months, she changed from this. you are proud to see a distressing image of start asleep, covered in bruises. she was seen by police and social services but was always allowed to stay with her abusers. david fawcett used to frequently look after her before the abuse began and has been left devastated. i know for a fact we�*ll never, ever get over losing star. i�*m going to work crying some mornings, when i�*m going to work, itjust hits you, and you just get overcome with it, it�*s... you just can�*t believe we�*re never going to see her again, it�*s... her own mother and her partner lied repeatedly about how she had been hurt, while subjecti

the kremlin releasing video of putin dialing into this secure call from his home in sochi.national security adviser jake sullivan called the meeting useful but they say they still don't believe whether putin has decided if he'll go through with this and invade ukraine. so officials are now saying the president laid out the consequences if he does go through with this, everything from strong economic measures to sending more weapons and military supplies to the region. as for american troops, sullivan is telling me they expect allies to request additional support from troops in the region and the u.s. is going to help. so here's where we are right now, george, with the kremlin and white house saying aides on both sides will keep the dialogue open and president biden is speaking to ukraine tomorrow. george? >> cecilia vega, thanks. let's go to ukraine right now. senior foreign correspondent ian pannell is on the scene, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, george. that's right. although many were hoping this meeting would ease the crisis and officials have agreed to carry on

giving china the opportunity to look at soft power propaganda with the olympic games like russia did in sochi we hadn't boycotted the games. let our diplomats speak up and expose the human rights abuses on the ground in china. i think we missed an opportunity. i know it sounds counterintuitive but i wish we would take it to the diplomacy of our own. >> bill: you didn't get your wish but i think the world will be watching to see how the athletes react and i -- some of them will speak out. maybe they are americans, maybe they are from other countries around the world. it will be an interesting dance. dan hoffman with us today. >> dana: this also. we have the live pictures here in mayfield, kentucky where the devastation is terrible. cleanup and recovery underway in several states after friday's tornado out break and also from arkansas. president biden's supreme court commission sending its report back to the white house without reaching a decision on some of the most controversial issues like term limits or court packing. two members of the commission join us in just a few minutes. right, girl?

putin would be looking for after the sochi olympics, with the premise that they were forced out of office. we've seen the buildup. we've heard the belarus, they're hosting a joint exercise with the russians to the north, these are all very significant developments and finally, with antony blinken over in latvia this past week, the threats from the u.s. from n.a.t.o. secretary again are about sanctions. russia's already gone under a lot of sanctions. i don't think that's going to scare off putin. he has a very clear agenda, and unless mr. biden on tuesday gives him what he wants, which is essentially, he wants guarantees that n.a.t.o. won't move forward, that they won't station, now, long range ballistic missiles in that area, then he's probably going to launch an operation late january. neil: you know what? you're the expert on these military matters and i read robert ludlum books. and whether any of this is in coordination, that is the russians, with the chinese. in other words, you could say china tells them you keep them busy and confused over ukraine and we'll continue with taiwan in

hamilton stayed in touch, winning at silverstone and sochi.e when i interviewed lewis hamilton and then i told him i wanted to become a formula one or formula e driver. and when he drives itjust itjust encourages me to pursue my dreams. and even though i'm black, i can still achieve my dreams. and i think he does inspire and motivate other people from different cultural backgrounds to try f1. through all f1 technicalities the equation now is simple. win the race to be the champion. it's going to the line. joe lynskey, bbc news. well, someone who can understand the historic nature of the race this weekend is former formula one team boss eddiejordan, who joins us from london. good morning. there is a line from a movie, anything could happen and it probably will. movie, anything could happen and it probably will-— probably will. what do you think? exactly that. _ probably will. what do you think? exactly that, we _ probably will. what do you think? exactly that, we have _ probably will. what do you think? exactly that, we have all - probably will

she suffered huge dissapointment at the winter games in sochi and pyeongchang.t the amateur boxer beating the toddler. star died aged just 16 months. in the months before her death, david fawcett and his partner anita raised chilling concerns with social services. anita says, well, you don't want another baby p on your hands, do you? she said, how do you mean? so anita says, well, think about it, that little baby p a couple of years ago, he got let down by social services, so we just want you to go see what problems is here. but that was it, we never heard a thing, theyjust said the case were closed, and that was that. ambulance service, is the patient breathing? on september 22nd last year, star hobson was murdered by brockhill. on the day she died, her killer searched the internet for how to bring a baby out of shock. that was 15 minutes before she calmly made this call. she was crying, and then she stopped crying, and then she was sick, and now she'sjust a little bit floppy, to be honest with you. i find it very difficult to believe that somebody could inflic

. >> it was the sochi winter olympics. i talked to european intelligence sources.looking at a matter of weeks of months here but in fact this could happen if you decided on it. >> the bill set up is so excessive. there was another military, it pails in comparisons to what he's move there now. >> michael weiss, thank you so much for jour reporting on this. >>> up next here on "morning joe," have begun the deliberations of maxwell. we'll have the closing arguments from both sides. >>> plus, donald trump files a lawsuit in an attempt to stop the vifl investigation into his company. >> we'll have reactions from the new york state's attorney general. tate's attorney general. superpowers from a spider bite? i could use some help showing the world how liberty mutual customizes their car insurance. ow! i'm ok! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ only in theaters december 17th. i've spent centuries evolving with the world. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ that's the nature of being the economy. observing investors choose assets to bala

the outrage which will russia was given the sochi olympics. look out taiwan after these games.keep russia and furyk they were hosting the games then they would go in. steve: even though our athletes can still go it's just a diplomatic boycott. china is furious. they say the u.s. should stop politicizing sports and hyping up the so-called diplomatic boycott so as not to affect u.s. china dialogue and cooperation in important areas. here's the thing this takes leadership. something like this. when joe biden, the biden administration has been considering this for months. for joe biden not to bring it up hey, president xi, let's talk about this right now. let's talk about now that i have got you face to face on the zoom. let's talk about the human rights violations e didn't do that he didn't talk about covid. some of the problems that we variety now there is nexus between the united states and china whether it's iran or it's north korea or it's a supply chain or it's covid. he didn't bring up covid either. what's going on? brian: tuesday with russia with vladimir putin. is he going

just like he did in 2014 after the sochi olympics.influence over ukraine and compel minsk. it is giving russia a veto to -- >> explain what it is. the peace deal? >> out of 2015, when the conflict kind of simmered down, you had a dynamic in which the russians really kind of dictated a certain set of terms. they're not you lateral. it requires russian pullback forces out of ukraine. ukrainian control of the border. also, a federalization, meaning that different regions in ukraine have a veto over the direction of kiev, the capital's, foreign policy. that would be favorable. these negotiations haven't gotten very far. so he is looking for, you know, something concrete that he is unlikely to achieve with regards to ukraine. the u.s. is not going to push ukraine in that direction. that's not -- you know, this is not yalta. we're not going to go in direct. we don't have the control. ukrainians indicated they're willing to, you know, stand their ground. >> right. >> so i don't see a lot of kind of easy ways out of this. i think the only sur