Face to face for just over two hours, President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin squared off in a secure video call today as the U.S. president put Moscow on notice that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would bring enormous harm to the Russian economy. South African scientists say the Covid omicron variant significantly reduces antibody protection generated by Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine. However, people who have recovered from the virus and received a booster shot will likely have more protection from severe disease, the South African researchers said. The city council in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota has approved a plan to create an alternative public safety department. City leaders proposed the idea after a former police officer shot and killed Daunte Wright, a 20 year old black man, during a traffic stop in April. Plus, remembering the attack on Pearl Harbor and a state of emergency in Hawaii.