Russia, Blinken, Cbs Holly Williams discussed on WTOP 24 Hour News
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Would stop Russia We've provided very significant military assistance to Ukraine We've been taking action against Russian nations in Ukraine but as to the sanctions the most important thing we can do is to use them as a deterrent As a means of dissuading Russia from engaging in further aggression Once sanctions are triggered you lose the deterrent effect Blinken will meet again tomorrow with the Russian foreign minister CBS Holly Williams has been talking with Ukrainians about what they'll do if Russia attacks We went to a village under two miles from the border and spoke to people there who are very anxious but also feel very powerless We spoke to one elderly lady Nina belaya who showed us her seller in her farmhouse where she stores food for the winter And she says that if the Russians invade that is where she will hide Strong winds have fueled a large fire in Monterey county California but Cal fire Cecile Juliet says progress is being made The winds really died down and we were able to grow the containment in 20% and also with some updated mapping and we were able to drop the acreage down to 1000 50 acres The fire began Friday night New Zealand's prime minister Jacinda Arden is postponing her wedding because of new coronavirus rules I just joined many other New Zealanders who have had an experience like that as a result of the pandemic and to anyone who's caught up in that scenario I'm so sorry but you are all so resilient And I know we understand that we're doing this for one another New York City mayor Eric Adams is asking residents how to reduce gun violence in the city Doing something the right way starts with communicating with people who are on the ground You know I don't want to go in and attempt to dictate to you when you are on the ground I want to hear your ideas Adam spoke a day after a 22 year old police officer was killed during a dispute between a man and his mother in Harlem Friday night a 27 year old officer who was also shot is fighting for his life today A third officer shot and critically wounded the 47 year old man who police say fired on them with a stolen gun Mexican officials say they've seen a lot of schemes to smuggle Central American migrants to the U.S. border but yesterday they encountered one they had never seen before A fake ambulance carrying 28 Nicaraguans among them 9 unaccompanied children The vehicle had been painted with logos from a government hospital network This is CBS News Never miss a moment top news from 24/7 360 five listen on air on Alexa and on the WTO PF It's 1103 on Sunday January 23rd.