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after his partner was killed during a shooting over the weekend in harlem. we ve got the latest on the violent crime wave sweeping this country, and what lawmakers and law enforcement are doing about it. we start this morning s broadcast with president biden warning that a russian invasion of ukraine would quote change the world. this morning, he is weighing new steps to make sure that does not happen. on tuesday, biden says he s considering hitting vladimir putin himself with sanctions a move the kremlin says would effectively end relations between washington and moscow entirely. on the military side, the pentagon is in the process of identifying 8,500 u.s. troops that could be sent to europe. the united states has already sent its latest shipment of grenade launchers and anti-tank launchers to ukrainian forces. there is still hope that diplomacy can save the day. political advisers from russia, ukraine, germany, and france are meeting in paris. the first time russia a ....
supreme court. for 27 years, justice stephen breyer, is retiring, paving way for president biden s first supreme court appointment. and it couldn t have come at a better moment. liberals have been pushing hard for breyer to retire before the mid terms, to ensure biden would have the democratic votes in the senate to get a more liberal nominee through the process. breyer said in an bur view, it was on his mind. it was clear he wanted a successor to continue his legacy on the court. the white house said it had nor mo details to share, but during the campaign, one of the biggest promises biden made on the trail was on this very topic. we talked about the supreme court. i m looking forward to making sure there s a black woman on the supreme court to make sure we, in fact get equal representation. it s not a joke. it s not a joke. i would push very hard for that. politically supreme court nomination fights can come with huge risks, but they also present big opportunities ....
process. that confirmation will be with us, elizabeth warren. and fed chairman jay powell speaking now. what this means, and what this says about the economic recovery in our country. i m halley jackson, along with pete williams, kelly o donnell, garrett hake, eugene robinson, melissa murray, and a former clerk to justice sandra day o connor. i m glad to be with all of you. i want to set up how this is going to go. there is a process that will need to unfold as it relates to the retirement of justice breyer. the justice needs to announce the retirement officially. then president biden will lay out who he would like to choose to replace the justice. then, the ball goes to capitol hill with back and forth on the senate. we know there will be a bunch of meetings with senators, there will be a hearing with the judicial committee, then they vote to send the nominee to the full senate. that only needs a simple majority. if it s tied, it can be sent to the full senate. then a ....
breyer who was appointed in 1994 has served longer than anyone currently on the bench other than clarence thomas and for decades a stalwart of the liberal wing. just last week he krafrtded the majority opinion rejecting a challenge to the affordable care act ensuring the survive of law. he s faced pressure. while breyer resisted the notion that judges are political appointees saying in a speech in april that they are quote loyal to the rule of law not to the political party that hemd to secure the appointment. he told the new york times last summer the person who will be named as a successor was a factor when to consider to retire and recalled something justice scalia told him. i don t want somebody appointed to reverse everything i have done for the last 25 years. this gives joe biden a chance to make the mark on a court likely to take up some of the biggest issues facing the country. it also gives the president a chance to inject a fresh face to the liberal wing and ....
the front doors of the harry s. truman presidential library were made of glass. while that security guard was at the back of the library at the other end of the building looking out this woman in the parking lot apparently there to create a diversion while he was on the other side of the building, two thieves came and smashed in the glass of the front doors of the library, it was very large, it caused a huge commotion, the security guard camea running and the security guard heard more glass smashing and they apparently knew what they werela after. and it went very fast. they were in and out before anybody could catch eythem. the curator later told the kansas city star the whole heist took less than a minute by the time the security guard got back to where those guys had broken in, all that was left was a bunch of broken glass and footprints in the snow. turns out what they were after were these. look at all of these big old swords and daggers. a little known fact about ....