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Suspended from the view after the comments that the holocaust is not about race. Shes now apologized multiple times but with incidents of antisemitism on the rise some are asking should whoopi be cancelled . And the latest on the russian crisis as Vladimir Putin accusing the u. S. Of trying to push him into war. The question this morning, is a diplomatic solution still possible . Its Way Too Early for this. Good morning. And welcome to Way Too Early, the show that is completely fine with it if tom brady wants to take another day to rethink his decision. Im Jonathan Lemire on this wednesday, february 2nd, Groundhog Day. Well start with the news. Russian president Vladimir Putin is accusing the u. S. And its allies of ignoring moscows top security demands and deliberately trying to pull russia into an Armed Conflict over ukraine. Breaking his silence for the first time in several weeks, putin said fundamental russian concerns were ignored including that ukraine and other soviet nations not join nato. But he indicated hes willing to talk more to ease tensions. Putin said its possible to find an end to the current standoff if the interests of all parties including russias are taken into account. He adds, quote, i hope that we will eventually find a solution, although we realize that its not going to be easy. The white house says that President Biden could speak to putin in the coming days once they receive a reply to their written responses which putin said moscow is still assessing. This as Secretary Of State Antony Blinken spoke to the Russian Foreign minister yesterday and reiterated the american commitment to ukraines sovereignty and territory term integrity. Meanwhile british Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in ukraine yesterday to show the uks solidarity with the Eastern European country. President biden met yesterday, meanwhile in the oval office with Vice President Kamala Harris senate chair dick durbin and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley to begin the Consent Phase of Nominating A Replacement for Justice Breyer. The president reiterated the qualities hes looking for in the next member of the bench. And im serious when i say it, i want the advice of the senators, as well as the consent to arrive on who the nominee should be. What im looking for is a candidate with character, with the qualities of a judge in terms of being courteous to the folks before them. And treating people with respect. As well as a judicial philosophy that is more one that suggests that there are to the constitution. Am i looking forward to the advice and how to proceed and how the hearing will be conducted and the like. President biden also pursued a bipartisan push with a call to Senate Minority leader mitch mcconnell, whose Office Released a statement after the talk that reads in part this, the leader believes the cornerstone of the nominees judicial philosophy should be a commitment to originalism and textualism. He emphasized the importance of a nominee who believes in judicial independence. A group of senators released a draft bill aimed at clarifying how president ial elections will be certified. This comes in the wake of Donald Trumps efforts to get then Vice President mike pence to overturn the election january 6th the bill from Amy Klobuchar and dick dush be would assure that electors are not appointed until after election day. And would clarify that the Vice President has no power to reject the state elects while raising thresholds for congress to raise objections and make it harder to sustain objections without broad support by both members of congress. Senator Richard Blumenthal who is part of a separate Bipartisan Group said this about the need to reform the law. The Public Record is now replete with his attempts to interfere with the election in georgia. In the american capitol. And it shows the need to reform the electoral count act, so there will be no possibility of a future nominee, to this office or any other, interfering with a vote. His actions are beginning to speak for themselves. And theyre fuelling an ongoing and expanding investigation which is absolutely appropriate. The more he speaks, the more this revealed the more of his actions that become public, the more americans are going to want full investigation and disclosure. Turning to the president s build back better bill where weeks after declaring the package dead, democratic senator joe manchin of West Virginia is calling on his party to start from scratch, right down to the name of the legislation. So does it not belong to the build back better bill . What build back better bill . What are you all talking about . You havent had any talks about that . No, no. Im saying, whatever we come up with anything you want to put on the table you talk about but understand. The senator later clarified his comments saying that build back better was dead in its current form. Last month, President Biden raised the option of breaking up the bill in separate pieces of legislation as a way to possibly get manchin and senator Kyrsten Sinema of arizona on board. Joining us now cofounder of Punchbowl News jake sherman. He is an msnbc contributor. Good morning, jake. Thanks for being here. In truth, build back better has been said dead since december. When pronounced as such on fox . Is it going to be a separate Patchwork Legislation . Give us the State Of Play . There is no State Of Play, jon. I mean, there are no discussions. There are no discussions with manchin in the white house. There are no discussion with manchin and his leadership. There are no serious discussions about reviving the build back better act, or anything close to it. Thats just thats just the reality. Now, could that change . Sure. But the added complication here, jon, moving on, the democrat from new mexico had a stroke yesterday and that robs democrats of their majority. No other way to put it that it robs democrats of that 50th vote. So anything they want to do, theyll have to rely on republicans to do it. So, thats the situation that the democratic leadership faces right now. Any, again, if they want to revive something that looks like the bbb, it will take weeks if not months. It will have to go through the House Of Representatives again. I dont see this in the short term on capitol hill. Now, the senator recovered from the stroke had surgery is expected to be fine. But its unclear what sort of timetable. First and foremost, of course, our thoughts are with he and his family that he recovers. Youre right, theres a political rally here. Its a 50 50 senate and the democrats are down a vote. Beyond the build back better of course taking up the oxygen on capitol hill, as you well know is going to be the president s search for a new Supreme Court justice. And he has already faced some backlash for his promise to choose a black woman to replace Justice Breyer on the Supreme Court. Theres an effort, hes making an effort to reach out to republicans to gain some support. We saw him court some yesterday. Whats the early take to this outreach with republicans . Do you think hell end up getting any votes . Yeah, i do. I think at a minimum, Susan Collins has voted for every Supreme Court nominee that either party has put forward, except for Amy Coney Barrett during the trump administration. She was up for reelection. Susan collins was, but she had suggested it was a little too close to the election to vote for it. So, at a minimum, i think shell vote for it. If you look at kind of the broad landscape, Lindsey Graham has suggested that he would vote for Michelle Childs, a judge in South Carolina. There should be other people interested in Michelle Childs as well. The interesting thing to me with lujans absence, is the white house forced to recalibrate, is the white house forced to pick a more palatable choice to get a is Supreme Court justice through. Thats yet to be seen we dont know how long lujan will be gone for. To get them through and need to calibrate that suggestion to that reality. Smart analysis and context as always from jake sherman of Punchbowl News. Thanks, sir. Still ahead, the latest on a string of bomb threats that have shut down several Historically Black Colleges And Universities this week. Plus, a former nfl coach takes a stand on what he calls systemic racism in the National Football league. Well dive into those explosive lawsuits when we come right back. 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A month that usually celebrating innovation of our community and celebrating the valor of black people has now been tainted because we have such a significant threat against our hbcu community. Reporter at the white house, aides say the president is getting regular updates. It is scary, its horrifying, it is terrible that these students, these faculty, these institutions are feeling under threat. Reporter the fbi saying theyre working with our Law Enforcement partners to address any potential threats. Now, students like Ashley Fields are back in class with a lot of questions. Weve not received any word whether the two have been connected or where the threat has come from. Not the Ideal Environment for students trying to learn. Whoopi goldberg, cohost of the view has been suspended over her comments about the holocaust on mondays show. Lets be truthful about it, because the holocaust isnt about race. Its not about race. Its not about race. What is it about . I said something that i feel i a responsibility for not leaving unexamined because my words upset so many people which was never my intention. And it is indeed about race, because hitler and the nazis considered jews to be an inferior race. Words matter and mine are no exception. I regret my comments and i stand corrected. In a statement, kim goodwin wrote, effective immediately, i am suspended Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks for her wrong and hurtful comments while whoopi has apologized ive asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments. The entire abc News Organization stand in solidarity with our jewish colleague Friends Family and communities. Still ahead, serious talks about Baseball Owners and the union drags on. Also ahead, the greatest champion the nfl has ever seen is retiring. A look at tom bradys past. When Way Too Early comes right back. When Way Too Early comes right back its not approved for use in children. 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The only thing stronger than us, is you. ™ the greatest quarterback in the history of nfl is retiring. Tom brady made the announcement this morning on instagram. Right after the announcement, tom brady took gronk outside, told him he was free and stood there just wiping a tear from his eye as gronk bounded into the woods. [ laughter ] bradys now in his mid40s. Hes jobless, has no real traditional work experience. Hes going to fit right in, in florida. [ laughter ] yep. Tom brady is officially retiring from the nfl. The 44yearold legend gary quarterback made the announcement on social media yesterday. The morning after he had said on his podcast he was still going through the process of the decision. In part of a lengthy statement written on instagram, brady posted this, i have a