constitution that they aspire to join nato. and so why now? there s a clear path before they can be granted membership innato. i think you re seeing putin reeling a little bit. i think he felt the west would not be united, that the ukrainians might greet any russian incursion with open arms. both facts have been completely reversed. you see the ukrainian parliament about 85% antirussia. and even parts in the east are showing that they are not favorable towards russia. this is an area, in terms of the west s unity this is where we all give president biden appropriate hits when they make a mistake. this is one where i think he s really stepped up his game and nato, a year ago, was in shambles. the british were with us from the beginning of concerns about putin. our other nato allies were more
with members reaching out in the advice aspect. the senate s role here and these are both in senators durbin and grassley, people biden have known for long time and worked along side, including on the judiciary committee. this is kicking off that process. we ve seen at least some republicans, including senator collins and senator graham vote in favor of democratic supreme court nominees. we ve seen the votes still be close and largely along party lines, which if democrats don t come across any problems, we should have it here as well. absent anything, from what we ve seen from the list, they re very qualified people under consideration. but the democrats want to move quickly and score this political win, especially in the face of a lot of defeats stlat happened legislatively. this is the process. we ll get a pick. we ll have the pick through and meeting with members of the senate and then we move forward.
the votes that blocks the build back better bill. take a listen. all it takes is one democrat to put the brakes on and stop this thing dead in its tracks. is the president meeting again with senator manchin. we are not quite there yet, hence, the conversations will continue. senator manchin can determine the timing here if he thinks it s not ready and he is not ready to go. i assume this will be brought up some other time. the best christmas present the american people could hear was that this bill was going nowhere. bret: kimberley, that s why senator romney called senator manchin president manchin walked into the elevator recently. a lot of scheduling, he can do. yeah, two enormous things happened this last friday. one we got those massive new inflation numbers and as bill bennett said they are going up. they are not getting better. that s been one of manchin s red
policies many legal experts say actually contribute to the problem across the country. white house correspondent peter doocy has details tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. president biden says he supports the police. he does not support defunding the police. so problems with police may not be the reason crime rates are rising. which means it s got to be something else. my career i have been dealing with this issue. that was more than five months ago. not much depth on rising crime rates from the president since july. more than anything right now, he has the ability to use that bully pulpit to call out mayors and governors making the people of this country less safe. large smash and grab retail robberies are being organized, accord guilty to wall street journal on social media app. like snapchat. well, we are monitoring, of course, the staff very closely. so far the white house is not calling out social networks the
you can see they can be anywhere. anywhere under these piles of rubble. as search and rescue teams go door to door or what s left of them, damage estimates range from 3 to $18 billion. pictures and video do not do it justice. being on the ground will take your breath away. but amid the death and destruction, a ray of hope despite fears that dozens were killed in mayfield s disseminated candle factory. rescuers don t believe anyone was left buried inside. we have a high level of cefdz there is no one left in this building. president biden has now included illinois and tennessee in the federal disasters federal funds and resources resources in kentucky that will be included in his remarks as he visits some of the hard hit areas and delivers comments from dawson springs kentucky tomorrow. bret? bret: mike tobin on the ground in kentucky. thank you. now to america s crime crisis. president biden and other democrats are taking considerable criticism over