the timeline of all of this and the diplomatic conversation is less of a concern than the timeline of their constant and continued deployments of forces. we expect the russians to come back some time early next week to talk about next steps. we expect the diplomatic conversations to continue should they choose to go down that path with us. but we re very much preparing for the possibility that they are, as you say, using this only as a pretext. we re going to be ready for that path too. and given the significant amount of coordination we ve done with our allies, we believe we re ready, should they choose to do that, as soon as possible. and finally, could there be another conversation between the two presidents, vladimir putin and president biden? we believe leader-to-leader
house, is going to be a judge. it s a pretty finite universe of people. i agree with michael too. this is straight forward and doesn t need to be over thought. pick a highly qualified nominee and just get 50 votes. and there s two reasons i think democrats should be optimistic. 42 biden judicial nominations have gone through the senate. and not one democrat has voted against one of those nominees. secondly, joe biden used to be the chairman of the judiciary committee. ron klain, the white house chief of staff, helped usher two in to the white house. i think the table really is set for a highly qualified nominee to be confirmed in fairly short order. i was even thinking about lindsey graham, from south carolina, a very large black
and france s president macron speaking with vladimir putin with an understanding there would be no military action while talks with the europeans continue over the next two weeks. according to diplomatic sources, macron will be briefing ukraine s president on that conversation tonight. and on the road again. just hours after a bridge in pittsburgh collapsed but fortunately with no fatalities, president biden is heading to pittsburgh at this hour. critical to the swing state of pennsylvania on a previously scheduled to do tout his build back better bill. we do not know whether the collapsed bridge in pittsburgh, sited in the past for being in poor condition, was one of those to be repaired. and a monster blizzard expect to hit the entire coast beginning overnight from virginia to maine with boston