hopeful for your state, considering the last two years of unrest there? well, the tragic death of amir locke, asleep in a blanket on a couch when he was killed. in just a matter of seconds, he was gone. i have to say the minneapolis police department, which i consider to be out of control, not only did this happen, not only did it happen after the mayor had said no-knock warrants had been banned, but they were not truthful about what actually had happened. in fact, call amir locke a suspect in their initial in their initial reports of what happened. it is essential we get reform in the minneapolis police department. i m grateful the president will issue an executive order, as we understand, soon. i m looking for that to be strong, around creating, i hope,
latitude to but reps, talking heads, all of them are ignoring that because they re having too much fun. cheering for economic mayhem and begging for an invasion from our other border, the election year war on progress escalates, and we cover it all tonight. let s begin. joining me now, senator tina smith, democrat of minnesota. senator, first of all, thank you for joining us tonight. we are here, and we are let me ask you. how have senate democrat it is preparing for an inevitably nasty nomination battle over the president s pick for outgoing supreme court justice stephen breyer s seat. republicans like ted crew, marco rubio have been tripping over themselves to cast the
challenge the status quo had everything to do with the fact that a black woman was making the decisions. it s the lived experiences, jane bowlen had with children and adults in her community that allowed her to become a compassionate leader during domestic disputes, cases. the next supreme court justice will carry on the legacy of jane bowlen, and a beacon of hope. president biden said this week he is focusing in on about four people to the nomination and predicted his pick would get bepartisan support. some have already suggested that this is a gross misuse of affirmative action. nothing could be further from the truth. the short list the white house
nato allied countries. i think what is telling here is the language that the president is using, talking about explicitly the reality that this could happen within the next few days, russia taking this action. it s obvious, with what we have seen happen in plain sight, right? russia has been ramping up troop levels around the border of ukraine for months now. i think what is contrasting to what we re hearing from the president, though, is what president zelensky of ukraine is saying, stop with the panic language. it doesn t help our economy. from president zelensky s perspective, this ramp-up has been going from 2014. so making sure i think we should all keep as eye on what comes from president zelensky, as ukraine braces for this impact from russia. susan, let s switch gears, at the u.s./canadian border.
suppression tactics. juanita tolliver and susan del precio, thank you. as president biden weighs his future pick for the supreme court, we re looking back at the trailablazing black women who showed up and showed how important diversity on the bench is. would-be black business owners say they re being shut out of the growing marijuana industry. why the issue seems to persist. that s later on politics nation. first richard has today s top news stories. rev, good saturday to you. president joe biden warned russian president vladimir putin, he said there would be swift and severe consequences if there was a full-scale invasion of ukraine. biden and putin spoke by phone call for over an hour.