from virtually behind bars before a trial on conspiracy charges. what investigators want to know and the chances they ll get it. just in in the last couple of minutes, what mitch mcconnell is now saying about former president trump s suggestions of pardons for capitol rioters. what he s saying now and why that s not the only headline involving the former president. plus at the white house what amounts to the official start to the scotus season with two key senators just wrapping up a meeting with president biden over his upcoming supreme court pick. and some brand-new reporting just in to nbc news on the name you may recognize who is expected to help sherpa whoever the nominee is around capitol hill. we also have live on the show a member of the senate judiciary committee, california senator alex padilla. plus an exclusive nbc report, books flying off the shelves across texas but not for reasons you might think. parents and leaders in the community moving to ban cer
130,000 of their troops stand ready to attack ukraine. if they do not back down, leader os tf senate foreign relations committee say they re on the verge of agreeing to, quote, the mother of all sanctions against moscow. i want to know what that looks like. key decisions on when and how the u.s. moves forward. we could hear about classified briefings scheduled for senate later this week. first, matt boughner in moscow. russia showing any signs of backing down? you re there. reporter: good morning. we have over the weekend seen two statement from the defense ministry claiming they have finished readiness checks on the western and southern military districts, but i m going to say we are not seeing any evidence of a drawdown yet. we re looking at two different things here. it s important to remember that russia s buildup mostly comprises of troops from the central and eastern commands that have traveled a very, very long way to kind of reinforce the troops that are always th
manchester city edge closer to the premier league title, but is it turmoil at tottenham? their manager claims the club s foundations are really fragile, after defeat. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one o clock. the prime minister has said no prisoner will be released early if they re deemed a threat to public safety. it comes as overcrowding in england s prisons has led the government to order a delay to some magistrates court appearances, to try to manage the flow of people through the criminaljustice system. from next week, some prisoners will be released up to 70 days early. labour says that convicted domestic abusers could end up being among them. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. across england, prisons are bursting at the seams, almost full to capacity, the result of years of neglect and funding cuts, say solicitors groups. the ministry of justice insists the pandemic and strikes last year by barristers are partly to blame. to cope, in parts
scotland well up into the 20s. but it is not sunny everywhere, parts of eastern england seeing a lot of cloud and some splashes of rain. also across parts of northern and eastern england with a slow moving weather front bringing outbreaks of light and patchy rain through the afternoon. further south and west, northern ireland, wales and south west of england a mixture of sunny spells and showers. a decent amount of scotland, of sunshine across scotland. as we head through this evening and tonight the weather front still bringing in some cloud and splashes of rain. some mist and merck lingering along eastern coast as well. where we have clear skies overnight some fog patches could develop and cooler than recent nights for some of us. but still temperatures holding up between eight and ii temperatures holding up between eight and 11 degrees. another pulse of heavy rain tomorrow most likely across parts of east anglia, the north midlands and then running into the north of wales.
Of that. even if, yes, they don t get someone like mike pence, they ve said they wanted to extend an invitation but that hasn t been made yet. if you get to the inner circle of advisers, that will get you most of the way there. nicholas wu, garrett haake, thanks to both of you. breaking news on the search for the new supreme court justice with nbc news learning former alabama senator doug jones will take a part on the sherpa team, right? the person who guides the eventual supreme court nominee, the person who is the pick, around the capitol for their hearings, et cetera, et cetera. kelly o donnell is outside the white house, it s her reporting, she should talk about it. leigh ann caldwell is on capitol hill. kelly, we saw senator durbin, senator grassley, and now another new piece of information as i m sure we will get new nuggets trickling out over the