president biden. plus kim jung-un s north korea launching what is thought to be another intercontinental ballistic missile. and homes become islands as devastating floods put some neighborhoods in the northeast under water. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m rahel solomon. up first this morning, president biden and ukrainian president zelenskyy preparing to have a face-to-face on the sidelines of the nato summit in lithuania, this is in the wake of russian airstrikes on kyiv for a second consecutive night. and zelenskyy s frustration over nato s decision to provide guidance but not provide a specific time line on when the alliance will be ready to grant ukraine membership. melissa bell with the latest. what are some ofof the expectations heading into this meeting? reporter: if yesterday was about the frustrations of president zelenskyy on one side and limits of what nato allies can do on the other, today is more about the deliverables, what t
paul: welcome to the journal editorial report. i m paul gigot. we given this week with begin this weeking with a supreme court showdown. the justices set to hear oral arguments on thursday in a case that could upsend the 2024 presidential race as they consider whether donald trump can be removed from the my mare primary ballot in colorado. that state s court ruled the president president is ingel under section three of the 14th amendment which prohibits an officer of the united states who took an oath to support the constitution and then engaged in insurrection from holding office again. let s bring in former attorney general of the united states michael mukasey is. judge, welcome back to the show. good to have you here. you ve written, for us in fact, hat president of the united states is not covered by the disqualification claus. why not? right. first of all, the presidency is not an office a under the united states. s it is, it has an independent source of power. i
but one argument that we heard even on the heel of the summit here yesterday was when you immediately admit ukraine into nato, remember that an attack against one nato member basically is an attack against all. and throughout this entire process, since russia invaded ukraine, the president and the united states has had to walk a really kind of balancing act here of providing assistance but also committing to not sending troops on the ground. when you admit a member into ukraine, one of the primary kind of concerns of the president is to not bring the united states into a direct conflict and escalation with russia. that is on the minds with folks when we talk about the ongoing debate around nato membership. article v i think you mention there. and ukraine would say at least give us the invitation now. great to have you today.
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replacing justice breyer. he s already said he plans to select the next justice based on race and gender, alan. mr. turley, jonathan turley, said it raises a question on whether it s actually appropriate for a politician to use such a criteria that the court itself has found unconstitutional. yeah. i would go even further. i think it may be unconstitutional. if he had said he was going to appoint the first black the first muslim to the court, that would be unconstitutional because the cushion, article vi the constitution, article vi specifically provides no religious test shall ever be required. i think that should be extended to racial and gender texts. nobody should be excluded because they don t fit a racial or gender criteria. there are enormous numbers of qualified black judges and professors who would make great appointees to the supreme court, and i would applaud if the president appointed somebody who also fit those criteria. but to announce in advance no