The Memorial Ceremony for Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg is underway in u. S. Statuary hall. Were going to hear shortly from the speaker of the house, and has noted, Justice Ginsburg is making history even in death because she is the first woman to lie in state, a trailblazer in so many ways. And as jan crawford has reported, this is so rare even for a Supreme Court justice to lie in state. She is the second justice ever following only chief Justice William taft who of course was president before he became chief justice. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the United States house of representatives. It is with profound sorrow and deep sympathy to the ginsburg family that i have the high honor to welcome Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg to lie in state in the capitol of the United States. She does so on the built for abraham lincoln. May she rest in peace. Ladies and gentlemen, ms. Denyce graves, accompanied by ms. Laura ward. Deep river my home is over jordon deep rive
Host a good wednesday morning to you. This story on new Major Economic sanctions leading the headlines. Eu imposed tough new sanctions on russia. Over to the New York Times, the headline sanctions pile up, russian alarm grows over putin tactics. From the Financial Times this morning, the headline u. S. Turns screws on russia. That story notes russian powers presented a united front when the eu and u. S. Agreed to the toughest sanctions against russia since the end of the cold war. The eu announcement intended to cripple the russian economy and convince the kremlin to abandon its actions. Finally, there is the front page of usa today sanctions hit russia, where it hurts. That story noting while previous sanctions were focused on specific businesses and individuals, the new set is designed to hit major pillars of the russian economy, including oil and bass and arms sales. The story notes that earlier sanctions were more symbolic and were short of the bare minimum the eu had to do, accord
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