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i'm yasmin vossoughian, in for my friend.g towards an imminent invasion. this morning one of ours ands said russia has likely between 169 and 109,000 personnel near ukraine. earlier ukraine's defense minister saying the possibility of a, quote, large-scale invasion of ukraine is still relatively low. the dissonance and this crisis is center stage in munich where the u.s. and allies are meeting at a security conference. earlier

i'm yasmin vossoughian in for craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. a number of stories developing this hour. breaking right now, eyes on the white house. the president slated to meet with our allies about the crisis in ukraine any second now. the virtual show of force includes the italy, the eu. >> we continue to see very troubling signs of russian escalation. we're in a window where an invasion could begin at any time. and to be clear, that includes during the olympics. >> it is coming as nbc news has new reporting on nine different routes russian forces could take if it decides to invade. plus any time now, we're waiting for the fda to release data on pfizer's vaccine trials for cages age 6 months to four years. and there's another big challenge facing our nation, inflation. it's the highest since 1982. you're feeling it, your extended family is feeling it and so are small businesses. ahead i'm going to talk with two business owners about how they've had to adapt to keep their businesses open. we want to start with the crisis in eastern europe and

i'm yasmin vossoughian in for my friend craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york. first up, enough developments with the crisis in ukraine. more u.s. troops have been deployed from fort campbell in kentucky to europe. and secretary blinken answered a question that people have been wondering, is russia actually pulling back its troops from the ukrainian border like they say they are? >> there's what russia says and what russia does. we haven't seen any pullback of their forces. we continue to see not only these forces mass, we continue to see critical units moving toward the border not away from the border. what we need to see is exactly the opposite. we need to see these forces moving away. >> the president warning russia has about 150,000 troops massed and that the united states is prepared no matter what happens. ahead i'm going to talk with texas congressman colin allread, who was recently in ukraine, by the way. president biden also warns a russian invasion could affect the u.s. economy, especially gas prices so what is the plan to cut those costs? how does tak

i'm yasmin vossoughian in for craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york city.ed to meet with our allies about the crisis in ukraine any second now. the

good morning everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian. it is 2 am here on the east coast, and nine i am in ukraine, or just a short time ago, we heard a new defiant message from ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. he posted this video to twitter, forcefully denying claims that he has caught with his army to stand down, while showing that he is still in kyiv. he says, in part, this. i am here, we won't put down our weapons, we will protect our country, because our weapon is our truth. this new message coming after a tough night for ukrainians. including large amounts of gunfire, and explosions, that were heard throughout the capital city of kyiv, throughout the night. i want you to take a look at a video from a defense reporter for the kyiv independent newspaper. showing combat fire, near the kyiv zoo, in the city center. happening overnight. despite reports of this heavy fighting on at least three separate fronts, russian forces have not yet succeeded in capturing any major ukrainian city. and that could be because citizens themselve

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>>> hey, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian. we are covering a lot of ground this afternoon as president biden meets with his national security team today. new nbc news reporting on the intelligence that has made him so certain a russian invasion of ukraine is just a matter of time. >>> breaking news from buckingham palace. the queen has, in fact, tested positive for covid. a live report on that in moments. >>> former president donald trump facing scrutiny over the fake elector scheme to overturn the election. >>> how beachgoers reacted to the terrifying scene of a helicopter crashing just feet from a crowded beach, that's coming up as well. >>> we want to begin with breaking new information on biden's assertion that putin has decided, to, in fact, invade ukraine. two sources telling nbc news that biden's comments coming following u.s. intelligence showing russian military had been given an order to go ahead with the invasion. the new development coming amid a rare sunday meeting between biden and his national security council o

i'm yasmin vossoughian in for my friend craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york.

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i'm yasmin vossoughian. if you're just joining us, welcome. good to see you. if you're still with us, thanks for sticking around. a diplomatic race against time to stop what would be a blood bath. so the biden administration releasing new details and new projections about a potential russian invasion of ukraine, an invasion a top u.s. official says could come at any moment. >> we're in the window where something could happen, that is a military escalation, an invasion of ukraine could happen at any time. we believe that the russians have put in place the capabilities to mount a significant military operation into ukraine. and we have been working hard to prepare a response. >> in a moment i'm going to talk to bill taylor, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. few people know as much about this region than he does. also, a republican party attempt to dismiss what happened on january 6th as, quote, legitimate political discourse, is being met with a growing chorus of critics from both sides of the aisle. >> from

>>> good afternoon, i'm yasmin vossoughian. new information today from the biden administration on just how close russia is to having everything they need to invade ukraine and the lives that invasion could likely cost. >> also, growing backlash today to the rnc's censure of two republican members of congress that included a claim that the january 6th insurrection was merely, quote, legitimate political discourse. plus, the january 6th committee facing new pressure to subpoena mike pence after the former vice president's very public break with at least part of donald trump's big lie. all of that, plus the bombshell dropped by queen elizabeth, an announcement of support for camilla to be called queen one day. a notion that would have been unthinkable not that long ago. we are live in london with reaction to that as well coming up. >>> there are dire new warnings today, though, from u.s. intelligence on russia's readiness for a possible invasion of ukraine. the white house says that russia now has 70% of the troops and military e

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i'm yasmin vossoughian in for craig melvin.ite house covid response team to start its briefing on that. but all eyes are on new york this morning. in about 15 minutes, new york's governor is set to make a major announcement and end to the state's indoor mask mandate. one area of her announcement is not expected to change, guidance for kids in schools. we'll talk about that as well. plus, new comments from house minority leader kevin mccarthy. his first significant comments on the rnc censure of liz cheney and adam kinzinger. he made those remarks to our own garrett haake. we want to start with a new escalation on the russia/ukraine border. just this morning russia showed off missile systems arriving in belarus. top navy commanders have also flown to the area, telling richard engel that russian exercises in belarus are set to enter phase two tomorrow and is expected to bring even more military activity into a very fraught situation. mike memoli is at the white house. i'm joined by barry mccaffrey, former member of the national s

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search one and done. >>> hi, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian. developing stories this hour, a dramatic scene in canada as police move in on anti-vaccine protesters who have been blocking a bridge crucial to the u.s. economy. truckers costing other workers money and all but crippling the u.s. auto industry. >>> we are also following the latest developments in a potential russian invasion of ukraine that could come at any any moment now. >>> we are getting more details on the president's phone call with the russian president. >>> also this hour, the latest on the former president, donald trump's mishandling of white house documents, including top secret ones, an issue that once again reveals the former president's hypo

i'm yasmin vossoughian. thanks for joining us.ome at any time. the president speaking with his ukrainian counterpart, trying to bridge a major difference of opinion between the two allies about whether russia is poised for an attack. >> we have good sources of intelligence and they're telling us that things are sort of building now to some sort of crescendo opportunity for mr. putin. >> the truth that we have different information, and now the best friend for enemies that is planning in our country. and all this information that helps only for planning doesn't help us. >> in a moment, i'm going to talk about this with representative jackie speier, member of the house armed

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yasmin vossoughian picks up with more news next. >>> hi, everybody. good thursday morning. a lot going on, the inflation report showing just how high prices have gone. inflation up 7.5%. the last time inflation spiked that much, ronald reagan was entering his second year and dallas was the number one drama. and watch this. >> this inflation challenge is real. we need to address it. we need to provide people relief and we need congress to work on that right now. >> so here's what we're going to do. we're going to dig in to where we saw the sharpest price increases and whether we could be in store for the most expensive super bowl sunday ever. plus, another investigation involving former president trump. the house oversight committee just announced it will probe his handling of presidential records. it is stemming from the 15 boxes retrieved from mar-a-lago by the national archives. that agency now asking the justice department to look into the matter as well. >> and then a critical development near the ukrainian border. we'll go live to ukraine ahead. we want to start with n

i'm yasmin vossoughian, in for my friend. all signs of a high threat from russia, moving towards an imminent invasion. this morning one of ours ands said russia has likely between 169 and 109,000 personnel near ukraine. earlier ukraine's defense minister saying the possibility of a, quote, large-scale invasion of ukraine is still relatively low. the dissonance and this crisis is center stage in munich where the u.s. and allies are meeting at a security conference. earlier secretary blinken emphasized the importance of staying united in the face of russian aggression. >> i think president putin's been a little bit surprised at that solidarity, at the wait way that nato and the european union has come together. we've come together individually as partners and institutionally. as long as we maintain that solidarity, we will either way, which ever path president putin chooses, we'll be ready to respond. >> in moments i'm going to talk with congressman seth moulton, who is in munich right now and is going to speak to secretary bli

i'm yasmin vossoughian in for my friend craig melvin here in nbc studios in new york city. first any minute we are expected to hear from the president. the january jobs report is out and it beat economic forecasts. 467,000 more people have been added to the payroll. and unemployment ticked up just a hair to 6% and we are seeing massive revisions and it means employment is doing even better than we thought. good news for americans and the biden administration as well. we'll take you to the white house live once the president starts speaking about that. our eyes are on, of course, eastern europe. we have a look from fort bragg, north carolina, showing u.s. troops deploying to the region. and u.s. intelligence says russia could fabricate a pretext for an invasion of ukraine. more on all of this in members when i talk with congresswoman miki sherrill. you don't want to miss that conversation. and you thought that was all this hour? we just got news out of brunswick, georgia in the last hour regarding the men convicted of murdering ahmaud arbery. the hate crimes trial against th

yasmin vossoughian picks up with more news next. >>> hi, everybody. good thursday morning.es have gone. inflation up 7.5%. the last time inflation spiked that much, ronald reagan was entering his second year

yasmin vossoughian picks up right now. >>> hi, everybody.few things, the crisis in ukraine. it seems something has shifted. the biden administration appearing to be entering a new phase in what he's saying publicly about russia. here's what the president about 90 minutes ago. >> reporter: how high is the threat of a russian invasion right now? >> it's very high. >> reporter: why? >> because they have not moved any of their troops out, they've moved more troops in, number one. number two, we have reason to believe that they are engaged in a false flag operation to have an excuse to go

i'm yasmin vossoughian. i'm going to turn it over to reverend al sharpton and "politics nation". >>> good evening, and welcome to "politics nation." tonight out of miami, florida. tonight's lead -- in the same boat. right now i'm thinking about solidarity, because while i watch the gop engineered campaign to suppress the voting rights of black americans and i respond to it from that perspective first, i acknowledge that whether it's black atlanta or brown arizona, the result has been the same for the minority voters that largely put joe biden back in the white house last year. republican lawmakers are tempting to restrict their access to the franchise in every state they live in, and even the ones that barely have any people of color in the first place. of course, that's not the case in arizona, where a quarter of the eligible voters is hispanic. many identifying as democrats. and so state republicans have been working overtime to legislate restrictions into law, to the extent that this weekend, one of the s

can, for the foster kids who need it most— at helpfosterchildren.com >>> hi, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughianthank you for being with us. we are going to begin this hour with that breaking news that we have been following over the last hour out of miami beach, florida, that unbelievable video of that helicopter crashing into the ocean narrowly missing swimmers in the ocean there. richard lui has been following this for us, and richard, i understand we have an update on the folks that have been injured and transported to the hospital after a call in to miami pd. what did we learn in this hour? >> a lot to see when we dig into this video and you had a great conversation the last hour, you know, what we're learning right now, two occupants in the hospital, potentially there are three total, according to faa. we still do not have that confirmed as of yet. the video itself, only about 17 seconds long in total. and it's about 8 seconds when you watch that helicopter go, and it's every second counting here. and if you do take a look at it, as it hits the ocean, it appears to miss people in the water

good morning everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian.ne, or just a short time ago, we heard a new defiant message from ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. he posted this video to twitter, forcefully denying claims that he has caught with his army to stand down, while showing that he is still in kyiv. he says, in part, this. i am here, we won't put down our weapons, we will protect our country, because our weapon is our truth. this new message coming after a tough night for ukrainians. including large amounts of gunfire, and explosions, that were heard throughout the capital city of kyiv, th

yasmin vossoughian picks up right now. >>> hi, everybody. we have a lot going on at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we're watching a few things, the crisis in ukraine. it seems something has shifted. the biden administration appearing to be entering a new phase in what he's saying publicly about russia. here's what the president about 90 minutes ago. >> reporter: how high is the threat of a russian invasion right now? >> it's very high. >> reporter: why? >> because they have not moved any of their troops out, they've moved more troops in, number one. number two, we have reason to believe that they are engaged in a false flag operation to have an excuse to go in. every indication we have is they're prepared to go into ukraine, attack ukraine. >> and it's not just the president. we are also watching the u.n. security council meeting, you see it live there on your screen. secretary of state tony blinken is set to talk any moment now. and our secretary of defense just said some of russia's troops are inching even closer to the border. in th

. >> hi everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian thank you for joining us, a crucial call as white house asa is poised for an attack. >> we have good sources of intelligence and they're telling us that, you know, things are sort of building now to some sort of crescendo opportunity for mr. putin. >> the truth that we have different information and now, the best friend for enemies that is penny in our

♪♪ >>> hi, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian on a very busy saturday afternoon.angry condemnation of the global community from the ukrainen president just hours ago in a speech on the world stage.ian president just hours ago in a speech on the world stage. as russia is poised to invade his country at any time. >>> we are following the major developments on the ground in ukraine as russian president vladimir putin ratchets up tensions with nuclear and ballistic missile tests. >>> also this hour, canadian police taking a more in-your-face approach, cracking down on anti-vaccine protesters that have wreaked havoc in the country. >>> and breaking news out of paris. a friend of jeffrey epstein is also facing sexual assault allegations, dead of an apparent suicide in his jail cell, just like epstein himself. >>> plus a judge's decision on a january 6th lawsuit is the latest legal blow to former president donald trump. we're looking at the troubles that he is facing, including a looming deposition here in new york. >>> we are also following some breaking news out of flo

. >> hi everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian thank you for joining us, a crucial call as white house as invasion could happen anytime, speaking with his counter part trying to bridge a major difference in opinion between the two allies whether russia is poised for an attack. >> we have good sources of intelligence and they're telling us that, you know, things are sort of building now to some sort of crescendo opportunity for mr. putin. >> the truth that we have different information and now, the best friend for enemies that is penny in our country, and all that information that helps only for penny doesn't help us. >> in a moment i'll talk with representative jacky speier of armed services committee, and conversations on the other committee she is on, in the mishandling of trump's documents, those 15 boxes recovered, all of these amid reports that the former president's lawyer rudy giuliani is in talks with the january 6th, committee, a development that has to make trump nervous given giuliani was at the center of just about everything that happened leading up to and on january 6th and

>>> hi, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian. if you are just joining us, welcome. if you are still with us, thanks for sticking around. so, we have two big developing stories this hour, a dramatic scene in canada as police move in on anti-vaccine protesters who have been blocking a bridge crucial to the u.s. economy. truckers costing other workers money and all but crippling the u.s. auto industry. >>> we are also following the latest developments in a potential russian invasion of ukraine that could come at any any moment now. >>> we are getting more details on the president's phone call with the russian president. >>> also this hour, the latest on the former president, donald trump's mishandling of white house documents, including top secret ones, an issue that once again reveals the former president's hypocrisy. >> people who have nothing to hide don't bleach. nobody's ever heard of it. don't bleach their emails or destroy evidence to keep it from being publicly archived as required under federal law. >> we want to begin, though, with that breaking news in canad

♪♪ >>> hey, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian. if you are just joining us, welcome.you are still with us, thanks for sticking around. wrong and un-american. that is how mike pence is now characterizing his former boss in a takedown from ticket mates that we've never seen, really, in american politics. the former vice president finally saying, enough is enough when it comes to donald trump. >> president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. the presidency belongs to the american people, and the american people alone. and frankly, there is no idea more un-american than the notion that any one person could choose the american president. >> in a moment, i'm going to talk to olivia troye, former top aide to pence about why he's choosing this moment to break with the former president. >>> the republican infighting does not stop there, though. it includes the gop censure of the two republican house members who refuse to bow to trump when it comes to january 6th. as the party tries to recast the violence that day, by the way, as legitimate political discou

♪♪ >>> good afternoon, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian. a very busy saturday afternoon.s surprising apology from joe rogan today after racially charged comments from the podcaster surfaced online. >>> former vice president mike pence sends shock waves through the republican party with a direct attack on his former boss. >>> this is all happening as the republican party censures liz cheney and adam kinzinger in a statement that called the january 6th insurrection legitimate political discourse, the latest reaction to both of those major political stories. >>> also, plus, the president touting blockbuster new jobs numbers, saying america is roaring back. we'll go inside those numbers. and we'll have the latest fallout from claims of racism against the nfl leveled by former dolphins coach brian flores. that is ahead as well. >>> we begin, though, with, i have to say, a pretty shocking move from controversial podcaster joe rogan. it's an apology. but it's not for the covid content that has prominent musicians leaving spotify. it involves the issue of race. take a listen. >>

. ♪ call one eight hundred, eight million good morning everybody, i am yasmin vossoughian, at msnbc.uing live coverage of the russian invasion. five days after russian forces entered ukraine, ukrainian forces are still holding on to control of the capitol in kyiv. british defense officials are saying that russian forces are still roughly 20 miles outside of their city. their advance is being slowed down but ukrainian resistance and logistical failures. the ukrainian government is saying that there have been new explosions in. keith and in the instant seat -- they said that officials broke into the city only to be repelled by ukrainian troops. as the fighting is continuing, russian president vladimir putin is raising the stakes of this conflict immensely. putting the deterrent forces on high alert after the un security council approved a special section of the un general assembly later today to discuss russians invasion. the un ambassador blasted the russian presidents move. we >> this is another escalatory and unnecessary step that threatens us all. we urge russia to tone down this d