The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says the U.N. Security Council will push Russia on its massive buildup of troops along the Ukrainian border. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said voices are united in calling for the Russians to explain themselves. The Kremlin has said it has no plans to invade Ukraine but is demanding promises including never allowing Ukraine into NATO. The council holds a special session today.
While a new blast of winter weather is about to leave several more states shivering. The next major storm moves in tomorrow, dumping snow on Colorado and New Mexico. Freezing rain and ice are also expected to hit from Missouri into Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. A historic storm already hit the East Coast over the weekend, burying parts of Massachusetts in up to 30 inches of snow and leading to three deaths in New York.
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Here’s Mark Mayfield.
