we re about 21 minutes past the hour. and we are watching an unfolding situation in ukraine. where russia is continuing its invasion. we re told that ukrainians are actively fighting in the streets. president biden is scheduled to meet with his national security team later this morning for an update on the situation. in eastern europe. and we ve got more from the region coming up throughout the morning. so stay with cnn. now, some historic news from the nation s capital. president biden making history by nominating judge ketanji brown jackson as his first supreme court pick. and if confirmed judge brown will be the first black woman to sit on the nation s highest court. she s currently on d.c. s federal appellate court and considered the front-runner for the vacancy since justice stephen breyer announced he s retiring. president is facing pushback from some gop members.
begin to heal and grow stronger. president biden making history this week when he made juneteenth a federal holiday. while nations, great nations may embrace their most painful moments, texas where the delay of informing enslaved people about the emancipation proclamation is the basis for juneteenth, appears to be reluctant to reflect on its own pass. governor abbott signed into bill that limits how critical race theory can be taught in schools. it is the idea that racism is a social construct rooted in laws and policy. it has been part of academia about 40 years, but a lot of conservatives tried to make it a issue here. for more on this i am joined by roland martin, who is host of
in greenwood. greenwood has a very, very rich history before the 1921 massacre, but even after. the community rebuilt in in 1927 and redefined. there were many other national and even worldwide influences that the people of greenwood really deserved their stories to be told, their influences on this city and country, to come out into the light, and for those stories to be just as prominent as any others in our city s history and country s history. thank you so much, carlos. jermaine lee, your documentary is online. geoff, you are on the ground.
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to keep asbestos out of talcum powder. asbestos is a known cancer causer. a complex case but a big impact on the people who were victimized there, the alleged victims as well as a lot of other consumers. thanks very much. thanks, pete williams. and joining me now gardner harris who covered johnson & johnson for about a decade in both the new york times and the wall street journal and is writing a book on the company. let s talk about the origins of this. i am not asking you a legal question, but are we talking about negligence here from johnson & johnson or resistance to being more consumer friendly once they knew of the problem? so the history here, andrea, is the history of the company johnson & johnson itself.