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the top name in speculation right now judge katanji brown jackson, joe biden recently appointed to the d.c. circuit court of appeals to replace merrick garland. jackson is a former clerk of justice breyer, confirmed in a 53-44 majority by the senate. joining me is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams, chief legal correspondent and host of the beat ari melber, kelly o donnell and slate legal correspondent dahlia lithwick. pete, you broke this news. justice breyer himself has not announced it or made it official but can you tell us anything about the decision-making process behind his decision to retire? well, our understanding is he came to this decision within the last several weeks. he s obviously in good health. he is 83. he s the court s oldest member but that apparently did not his age or health did not play a part in this. we re told he s well aware of the current political climate. in the past supreme sort justices did not time their decisions in t ....
of staff and the us special envoy to northern ireland. hello, and welcome. joe biden says he will talk to vladimir putin on friday, to try and persuade him to step back from conflict in ukraine. the united states is preparing to send 8,500 troops to eastern europe to bolster nato defences. on top of that, the administration has signalled it will retaliate by cutting energy exports to europe, should russia invade, and they will consider imposing santions on president putin himself. there will be enormous consequences if he were to go in and invade, as he could, the entire country. or a lot less than that, as well. for russia, not only in terms of economic consequences and clinical consequences, but enormous consequences, but enormous consequences worldwide if he were to move in with others forces, it would be the largest invasion since world war ii. it would change the world. move in with those forces. let me bring you up to speed with some the other development. in ....
could cross the alps into switzerland. you can hide in an attic like anne frank did. there is a lot wrong with that. we ll talk about it. and calls to change the nfl s overtime rules after a coin toss leads kansas city s victory over buffalo. what a great game, right? we ll discuss that with the legendary sportscaster bob costas. really great football weekend. we ll discuss that coming up. after turning to the democratic congressman of colorado led a congressional visit to ukraine in december and is fully briefed on the situation. so happy to have you on. good evening to you. you just came back from ukraine. a lot of americans may be wondering exactly how this could affect us here in the u.s. how would you explain that? what is the situation? thanks, don. i sit on both the armed services and intelligence committee and house of representatives and i did lead a bipartisan delegation to ukraine. i met with senior defense officials, ukrainian defense officials. the swag i ....
world, it is tuesday, january 25th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. we do begin with the drum beat of war. the united states placing up to 8,500 troops on heightened alert for possible deployment to eastern europe. a russian invasion of ukraine appearing all but certain and imminent, and according to the pentagon, the u.s. troops will be ready for any contingencies. president biden held an 80 minute secure video call with european leaders. we are told they discussed preparations to impose, quote, massive consequences and severe economic costs on russia if it invades ukraine. again, that s after the fact. the president said there is total ewe nam anymorety the u.s. and its allies frankly there s been questions about ancon september that vladimir putin has been testing. the world seems to be testing president biden. breaking this morning, north korea test fired two cruise missiles. this is according to the south korean military. this is the fifth such action this y ....
boris johnson s brand has been badly damaged. and the reason why it has struck such a nerve here in particular is because, of course, people were canceling a lot of their own personal events, their own personal birthday parties. in fact, back in march of 2020, a 7-year-old girl wrote to boris johnson to explain her parents would likely have to cancel her birthday party. he wrote back and published his handwritten response on twitter and said he was sorry to hear about the birthday, but, of course, we all got to do our bit. so, most people in this country did their bit. question now is did the prime minister. brianna? we did just get word during your live shot, scott, that the prime minister says he s going to cooperate with that investigation. he doesn t have a choice, really, i would say. we re going to see how brits are affected by all of this. scott, thank you. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it ....