republican, senator susan collins of maine also supporting her nomination and will confirm her to supreme court. it will take a couple of days. meanwhile, there are other bills the senate is trying to work on and pass including covid aid funding and a russian train bill, have to do simultaneously. one thing about here on capitol hill we know, nothing really happens smoothly between democrats and republicans. so it s likely that the senate will go to resecess april 11th without these two bills passing but, of course, democrats are hoping to work on these and pass these bills before then. we ll see. thank you. thanks. ahead a major step for amazon employees. for the first time ever, workers at one of its warehouses voted for a union. is this a sign of a broader movement? an important discussion, next.
johnson said presidentjoe biden was involved in that. there was a sense involved in that. there was a sense in the great british government of the injustice felt by harry dunn s family, but it was never quite clear how this would be re resolved. it does look as if anne sacoolas will attend a a court here in london, but will do so by video link from the united states. what isn t clear from what the crime prosecution service that today is whether she s faking original start of death by dangerous driving or up with some charge with some otherform. it driving or up with some charge with some other form. it will be very interesting to see how this resolves. at least 64 people have died after tornadoes struck the us state of kentucky and a number of other states in the midwest. over the weekend, president biden declared a majorfederal disaster and aid funding. the exact number of those lost is expected to rise. at this stage, it appears that
u.s. aid funding. if we should be able to get them out. to evacuate as many people as we can including if it goes down august 31, i think does matter in terms of the message we want to send about how we stood by people. i think the bigger play that the biden administration is making, their calculation here, is of course, there will be some kind of u.s. prestige when you see a 20-year. look, we have to be able to focus on the problems of now and the future. that s climate change, china, democracy receding around the world. that s revenge with russia. and we will be better positioned even with the hit we re taking with this withdrawal to have
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