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moment. we will talk to tom homan about that. sandra: alert to a city in mourning. a wake is underway for one of the two new york city police officers murdered in an ambush last weekend. and funerals for both officers are scheduled in the coming days. hello, sandra smith in new york. great to have you here. it s great to be with you, i m in for john roberts, a solemn site. fellow officers carrying the casket of 22-year-old jason rivera into st. patrick s cathedral this morning. he and his partner were ambushed inside an apartment last week after responding to a mother s call for help. as funeral services get underway, attention now turning to manhattan s far left d.a. and the soft on crime policies. now alvin bragg says he will attack gun violence at every angle. deadly and dangerous start for the nation s police officers. 24 have been shot and four killed since just january 1st. brian will kick things off outside st. patrick s cathedral. is the public allowed i ....
arose. with justice breyer expected to announce his retirement, president biden might just get that opportunity. tonight president biden confronting a major decision about the supreme court. justice stephen breyer expected to retire, paving the way for the president to nominate his replacement. there has been no announcement from justice breyer. let him make whatever statement he s going to make. i ll be happy to talk about it later. reporter: biden now getting the opportunity to fulfill this 2020 campaign promise. i m looking forward to making sure there s a black woman on the supreme court to make sure i committed that if i m elected president, have an opportunity to appoint someone to the courts, i ll appoint the first black woman to the courts. we are putting together a list of a group of african american women who are qualified and have the experience to be in the court. reporter: the white house reiterating today biden s position on this front remain ....
in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 11pm in the evening in london, where the metropolitan police is now investigating multiple events since 2020 at downing street and across government to see whether there were breaches of covid restrictions. the commissioner of britain s biggest police force confirmed that her officers are now looking into potential rule breaking as a result of information provided by civil servants who are also compiling a report on what happened. the bbc understands the met police has no objection to that report, by sue gray, being published while their investigation is ongoing. here s our political editor, laura kuenssberg. the law applies in every town, every city, every road and every house, and in the sm postcode of number 10. and the police have concluded they ve seen enough about what happened behind closed doors when the law was lockdown that it merits a full and proper look. i can confi ....
grand jury has been given the green light? well, you know, this investigation has gotten as much attention as january 6th in washington or the manhattan district attorney, but this is a very serious criminal investigation, and the fact that the district a grand jury has been impanelled means there will be subpoenas and possibly search warrants, and this is a big problem for the former president because it all starts with that highly incriminating tape where he appears to be trying to coerce the secretary of state of georgia to commit the crime of election fraud. part of the initial investigation was centered on that phone call, which took place january 2nd. now that a special grand jury has been granted, i mean, do they go wider than that? do they still focus on that? are there other investigative avenues they go down? well, there it has to be broader. because there have to be other people who have talked about the effort that the president made to corrupt the ....
good evening. tonight, president biden talks to nato allies about imposing massive consequences if russia invades ukraine as 8,500 american troops go on heightened alert for possible deployment to eastern europe. we have hive reporting from ukraine and washington tonight. first, though, there is breaking news on a story that was big from the start. when a georgia district attorney requested a special grand jury to investigate possible election-related crimes by the former president. well tonight, we have just learned that that request is now approved. here with more, cnn chief legal an list jeffrey toobin. so how big a deal is it the special grand jury has now been given a green light? well, you know, this investigation his hasn t gotten as much attention as january 6th in washington or the manhattan district attorney but this is a very serious criminal investigation and the fact that a district that a grand jury has been impaneled means there will be subpoenas, pos ....