it s an established record ofec being soft on criminalsor, pa particularly child sex offenders, but really criminals of all stripes. so i hopert c republicans will d stand together and i hope the voters like voters will get the chance a to weigh in on, this on when they can say in november. this is the kind of judgege who joe biden wanted on the us t supreme court. another soft on crime judge.rime all right. so let s look at jud biden s but ,the largest tax hike by far in the history of the country. joe biden and the socialist democrats,jo they would like to tax what are called unrealized gains. in other words,xt if you own stock and let s say april 15 comes around and you re going to file your taxes and the stock is worth say s forty dollars. right. okay, but you re not sellingng the stock so it s not a gain t until you sell the stock. now let s say by the time you sell itt it s only worth 20 bucks.t, i don t like the stock market for that reason to me, a lot of gambling involved in t
tomorrow. ginger zee standing by live in the storm zone timing this out. the other major news this tuesday night, the heated questioning on capitol hill. president biden s historic nominee to the supreme court, judge ketanji brown jackson, responding to republicans accusing her of being soft on child sex offenders. telling them, quote, nothing could be further from the truth. judge jackson questioned about defending detainees at guantanamo bay, about critical race theory and children s books. how she answers. rachel scott live on the hill tonight. this evening, chilling new images from ukraine. president zelenskyy warning that the city of mariupol has been reduced to ashes, in his wourds, by russian attacks. verified video on social media showing ukrainian tanks recently firing on the streets of mariupol. and intense fighting near kyiv. ukrainian forces now claiming to have retaken a strategically important suburb of the capital. president biden headed to nato s emergency summit. w
he has to sport russian population. this is all part of his playbook. and it s outrageous. so, you know, mr. putin needs to be stopped. he needs to be stopped, and this campaign against ukraine, and we would hope that the russian people would understand that by following his leadership, they re hurting their country, they are a hurting themselves. and senator, one last question for you, on the supreme court this week judge ketanji brown jackson begins her confirmation hearings in the senate. how much racist dog whistling do you expect? she s already being accused of being soft on child sex offenders.
will not vote to advance jackson s nomination. at some point this evening they will stop the speeches and hold a vote which is expected to be tied right along party lines, but it could get complicated by a delayed flight. joining me now is georgetown law professor and msnbc legal analyst, paul butler, and the host of the podcast, al franken. senator padilla is on his way back and his flight was delayed and he should return at 4:00 p.m. i do want to ask, paul, about some of the arguments from republicans on sentencing. they are trying to go after her saying she s light on child sex offenders, and she s easy on terrorists. explain. katy, you are asking me to make this make sense when it