8,500 U.S. Troops are on high alert for possible deployment to Eastern Europe amid Russian threats against Ukraine. The Pentagon says no final decision on American military intervention has been made, but President Biden has warned Russia “will pay a heavy price” if it invades Ukraine.

Plus, the Fulton County D.A. gets the green light for a special grand jury to gather evidence about Trump's 2020 election interference in the State of Georgia, three former Minneapolis police officers' trial begins for allegedly violating George Floyd's civil rights, the NFL's overtime rules come under fire and W. Kamau Bell joins to discuss his new docu-series for Showtime, 'We Need To Talk About Bill Cosby’.

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