we don t talk about specific force protection. i will let you know that the u.s. forces there in remain at a heightened straight of alert. that s as far as i will go. as for any changes going forward, we will rely on the good judgment of general mckenzie and his chain of command in terms of specific changes they need to make in terms of defenses. we don t detail that from the podium. luis martinez? john, earlier this week there was a crash of an f-35 air craft carrier. are they trying to recover it? anything new on that? you can address any concerns about trying to protect the waters where this plane may have fallen into so other nations like china don t get their hands on it? you have probably seen the navy s statement. they intend to attempt to recover the air craft. i want to say right off the top that we have received word that those who were injured are doing better and we are absolutely delighted to hear that and continue to hope for a speedy and safe recovery for t
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 inside?
the house of commons has finished for the day so it s now highly unlikely we will get to know the findings of sue gray s report this evening. and more controversy for the prime minister foreign office emails leaked by a whistleblower appear to show the prime minister did approve the evacuation of pen farthing and his animals from afghanistan in august which mrjohnson denied at the time. i ll be bringing you all the latest developments on that report into downing street parties as they happens. the as they happens. us embassy in the ukraine urges citizens the us embassy in the ukraine urges citizens to consider departing now as russia maintains a large military presence on the border with ukraine. it comes as advisers from russia, ukraine and germany and france continue talks to try to diffuse tensions. pcr test of around 100,000 volunteers in their react study also showed that one in 23 people had covid in the first three weeks of january. i m ben brown live in downing st
the senior liberal justice followed by sotomayor and kagan. gives biden the first supreme court opening of his presidency. they have urged him to retire ahead of the fall s midterm elections. sandra: shannon bream, big questions whether or not he s choosing to retire now or forced to. well, we all remember over the last few years what happened with justice ginsburg, there was enormous pressure on her, op-eds, legal pundits, professors, law schools, people calling on her to resign so that her seat could be filled by somebody who was like-minded. she resisted the pressure. if anything, we thought it made her more resistant. i think justice breyer has much the same attitude. he s 83, leaves a legacy to be proud of on the court. many other interests, and he gets it. this is a smart, smart individual who is aware of the political climate. i think if he felt he was being forced into it he would not do it. if it feels like his own decision, and yes happens to be political pressu
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 to un