for optimism. that s the line from the kremlin this morning after the u.s. offers a diplomatic off ramp to the standoff off ramp. and the u.s. blows past 73 million covid cases suns the start of the pandemic. but we start with what happens now that justice breyer is retiring. peter alexander is standing by. leann caldwell is with us and also joining us aaron haynes, an msnbc political contributor. peter, do we have any word yet about when we might see the president and justice breyer today? and what can you tell us about where the white house is in terms of choosing a nominee? yeah, chris, no official guidance from the white house. in fact, this gathering with both justice breyer and president biden is not even on the official white house schedule but we are getting indications that this could happen within the next several hours here at the white house. and it is a significant moment for president biden. it s also a rare one. very rarely do you see a sitting president ev
extent during the early days i guess during most of the trump administration in part because of what we ve been talking about for the last hour. you know, we are facing a crisis in this country. if we have a situation come november where you have elections all over our country thrown into chaos because everybody wants to act like donald trump and not accept the fact that they lost an election i think, yes, we could have a serious breakdown in our democracy. to some extent things are better. i mean, today we had the president of the united states refer to a reporter as an s.o.b. you know, don, you and i got called a lot worse back in the day. we never got an apology. i don t remember that from the commander-in-chief. no. maybe things are a little better to some extent. no. just check social media and look. things were worse. listen, it was unfortunate the president shouldn t have said it. there is an update on it. we ll talk about it. jim acosta, thank you very much. we
the entire trump rein. yeah. and i have got the marks on my back to to prove it, don. um, yeah, you know, i i think we are in worse shape than we were to some extent during the early days, i guess, during most of the trump administration. in part, because of what we have been talking about for the last hour. you know, we we are facing a crisis in this country. if we have a situation, come november, where you have elections all over our country thrown into chaos because everybody wants to act like donald trump, and not accept the fact that they lost an election, i think, yes, we could have a serious breakdown in our democracy. to some extent, things are better. i mean, today we had the president of the united states refer to a reporter as an sob. you know, don, you and i got called a lot worse back in the day. uh, we never got an apology. i don t remember that from the commander in chief. no. so, maybe things are a little bit better, to some extent. not at all. i
ukrainian soil. right now fears are mounting an invasion could come at any moment while an estimated 100,000 troops sit along ukraine s border. cnn s arlette saenz is at the white house keeping a close eye on the u.s. response. let s begin with cnn s clarissa ward in the ukrainian capital of kiev. clarissa, what s the latest on the ground? do you get the sense at this point that this could be escalating to a breaking point? reporter: i think at this point people are waiting to see how the diplomatic process plays out. it s significant that those talks didn t reach a dead end. at the same time no one here in ukraine is counting on anything substantial coming out of those talks. and so we have continued to see ukrainian leaders really lobbying for as much support as they can get. and that did arrive tonight in the form of 198,000 pounds of american weaponry, which arrived, this is the second shipment, there was one just a couple of nights ago, and they will continue. they re
one of the doctors who helped develop the new treatment joining me live. in indonesia, a volcanic eruption forcing people to outrun huge clouds of hot ash. a statewide man hunt, overnight arrests and finally a virtual arraignment of the parents of the accused michigan shooter. james and jennifer crumbley entered not guilty pleas to the charges files against them. the sheriff held a news conference a short while ago. what did he have to say about what s transpired the last 24 hours? reporter: we learned a few things. we learned james and jennifer and ethan crumbley are all being held in the same place not far from here. they are in isolation. the sheriff said it s likely ethan doesn t know his parents have been arrested because they re held in isolation. we heard about a thuird person who helped james and jennifer get into that warehouse where they were hiding. here s what michael bouchard had to say about that. we believe they were assisted in that location to get there,