is he putting pride over party? and escalating tensions on the border between russia and ukraine. right now the u.n. security council is holding an urgent meeting at the request of the u.s. ambassador. the purpose publicly confront russia as they face, quote, the mother of all sanctions. and in just a few minutes we re going to share a message from former first lady michelle obama. the major announcement from her nonpartisan group when we all vote. you ll hear it first first. let s jump right into the search for the next supreme court justice. carol lee is covering the white house, ali vitale is at her post and i m joined by kimberly atkins-storr. carol, nbc news is learning new details about the president s list of candidates. what more can you tell us about that? that s right. two sources are telling us that the president is really widening the net when it comes to who he s looking at to potentially fill this vacancy. the white house is saying this is something that the
on the russian/ukrainian border. that is not the case. we have never cited that figure. we ve never confirmed that figure. russia support bid china tried to block the meeting from even taking place but the u.s. and its allies voted them down. we ll have a lot more on their fiery objections. president biden expanding his list of black women to replace justice breyer on the supreme court as senators from both sides stake out their positions. and a stunning admission from former president trump saying his vice president mike pence could have overturned the election on january 6th, although we know that the vice president had no such authority under the constitution or election law. the former president said if he s elected in 2024, he would consider pardoning the january 6th rioters. if i run and if i win, we will treat those people from january 6th fairly. we will treat them fairly. and if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons. but we begin this hour with the l
and all around the world. i m kim bruin hibber. this is cnn newsroom. unexpected missile strikes hit ukraine, russia hits back with more attacks on ukraine. > israel s prime minister says the war will continue on for months. the 2023 economy turned out better than most had reason to expect. what could 2024 have in store? moscow has fired the latest shot in a wave of cross-border attacks and counterattacks between russia and ukraine. it came sunday morning when ukraine reported a russian drone strike on its second-largest city, kharkiv. several apartment buildings were hit. hours before ukraine says russian missiles pummeled the same city, wounding 26 people. those strikes damaged residential buildings, hospitals, businesses, and government offices. translator: this is our new year. what a present russia gave us this new year. they are black souls. simply black souls. they bomb residential areas. there are people here. how can one do such a thing? the second atta
declassified. and providing any evidence that he had declassified any of these documents. now as we and others have reported, and as every expert we have spoken to has said, there is a process for declassification. and if you don t believe them, take it from these republican senators today. there is a process for declassifying documents. there is a process that one must go through. okay. so that s pretty clear. what isn t clear or accurate is what the former president claimed in an interview last night with his tv friend sean hannity. if you re the president of the united states, you can declassify just by saying it s declassified. even by thinking about it, because you re sending it to mar-a-lago or to wherever you re sending it. and it doesn t have to be a process. there can be a process, but it doesn t have to be. you re the president. you make that decision. so when you send it, it s declassified. even by thinking about it. those are his words, which raises the
There was a far more tense scene today at the u.n. security meeting at the u.n. in new york. sergey lavrov arrived, gave his speech, blaming ukraine for the invasion. and then essentially walked out. he also attacked our next guest, karim khan, chief prosecutor for the international court who has been in ukraine investigating allegations of war crimes. translator: we have no confidence in the work of this body. for eight months, we re waiting for steps to be taken against impunity in ukraine, and we don t anything more from this institution or a whole range of other international institutions. i m joined now by karim khan, chief prosecutor for the international court. any response to what he said? no. it was interesting. i think you summarized it very accurately. no confidence in international situations, not just international criminal court, but the other institutions as well. all one can do is keep trying to do one s job.