Americans Leave Ukraine, Big Sur Wildfire & Tax Season Begins - Monday, January 24th, 2022
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 24 January 2022
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Monday, January 24th, 2022!
We're talking about new intelligence that shows why Russia might want to invade Ukraine and how the U.S. is taking action now.
Also, an estimated 20,000 people came together for one common cause: to oppose vaccine mandates.
Plus, two companies are promising to address shortages and add jobs, billionaire Mark Cuban could help people get affordable prescriptions, and the snow you see at the Winter Olympics will be different than usual.
Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, January 24th. We're talking about new intelligence that shows why Russia might |
| 0:05.4 | want to invade Ukraine and how the U.S. is taking action now. Also, an estimated 20,000 people |
| 0:11.5 | came together for one common cause to oppose vaccine mandates. Plus, the two companies promising |
| 0:17.3 | to address shortages and add jobs. How billionaire Mark Cuban could be helping people get affordable |
| 0:22.7 | prescriptions. And the snow you see at this year's Winter Olympics will be different than usual. |
| 0:28.2 | We'll explain. Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in about 10 minutes. |
| 0:35.2 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Lacey Evans, filling in for Erica Mandy today. |
| 0:39.8 | Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:46.2 | With help from the U.S., Ukraine is preparing to fight off a potential Russian invasion. |
| 0:51.4 | About 170 tons of American weapons, ammunition, and more tools arrived in Kiev over the weekend. |
| 0:57.6 | Overall, the U.S. has provided $650 million in defense equipment and services to Ukraine in |
| 1:04.1 | the past year. That's the most it has ever given to that country. Other NATO members have sent |
| 1:09.3 | weapons to, and the British government sent in troops to train Ukraine's military. That said, |
| 1:14.8 | the U.S. is still hoping Ukraine won't have to use any of it. American diplomats are still trying |
| 1:20.2 | to convince Russia to de-escalate the situation at the Ukrainian border. Russia now reportedly has |
| 1:25.7 | more than 120,000 troops surrounding Ukraine from the North, East, and West. Remember, |
| 1:32.0 | President Biden has said if Russia really does decide to attack, it will face tough consequences. |
| 1:37.6 | And CNN reports, the Defense Department is now working on a series of military options for Biden. |
| 1:43.1 | Should he need them? Also, the U.S. State Department announced it's starting to clear out the |
| 1:47.8 | American embassy in Kiev. That starts with non-essential staff and family members. |
| 1:52.3 | The State Department is also urging any other Americans who might be in Ukraine to leave the country |
| 1:57.0 | now. But officials say the decision is just out of an abundance of caution, not that there's actually |
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