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>> nbcs cal perry joins us now from lviv. cal, it is morning where you are. and for the last 24 hours, we keep hearing reports that russia is moving west towards you. what are you seeing there? >> yeah, shortly after we got off the air last night with you, there was an airstrike in the city of lutsk, its about 90 miles from where i am, this an airfield there, at least four people were killed in that airstrike, it is as deep as vladimir putin has struck in eastern ukraine since the war began. it ...

Commitment of these teachers is, there are limits. that young woman who fled to poland, she is now a refugee living in the homes of a polish family, and she recognizes that shes going to have to get a job now to try to make ends meet, so there may come a time where she wont be able to teach these kids, and that gets to the tragedy of 2.5 million people and growing who fled ukraine. theyve lost their homes. theyve lost jobs and livelihoods. and that may mean an end to education as well. >> and th...

Jacksons confirmation to the supreme court. white house correspond peter alexander has the latest. >> reporter: judge ketanji brown jackson making the case on her own bow half, the start of an -- behalf, the start of a confirmation hearing to become the nations first black woman on the nations highest court. >> i hope you will see how much i love our country. and the constitution and the rights that make us free. >> with her husband wiping away a tear and her daughters seated nearby, jackson als...

Began. it is changing the atmosphere here in the city of lviv. im 300 miles from the capital of kyiv, but that air strikes certainly as people on edge. they are starting to really deepen the defenses around the city. the checkpoints that existed on the outskirts are now dug in. there are more and more barriers being placed on the streets, as people here are concerned that this air strike that we saw yesterdays only committee followed by more. one of the things that residents here are doing is th...

Oil and gas, from russia. hes hosting a summit of leaders of the nuclear industry in downing street. his aim is to cut household fuel bills, by increasing nuclear output. after vladimir putins invasion of ukraine. the downing street summit today, comes ahead of the chancellor richie sunak spurring economic statement, in the house of commons on wednesday. mr. sunak is expected to cut fuel duty, by perhaps up to five p a leader. speaking on sophie ridge and sunday, and sky news yesterday with chan...

Unlike many barriers they have had to face growing up, my path was clearer. >> reporter: jackson spoke for 12 minutes monday. today shell face 30-minute rounds of questioning from all members of the committee. some senators previewing lines of attack. >> you once wrote that they have personal agendas that influence how they can decide cases so i can only wonder whats your personal agenda. you made clear that you believe judges must consider critical race theory when deciding how to sentence crim...

Then we heard from the nominee and she talked about her life, her family, and she promised if confirmed to be independent. >> do you affirm that the testimony you are about to give before the committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? >> i do. >> promising to carefully follow the law, judge ketanji brown jackson told senators she would decide case was fear or favor. >> i have dedicated my career to ensuring that the words engraved on the front of the ...

Vladimir putins regime, full stop. and, they could not have silenced him any other way. we put these findings to the russian government, and to the fsb, the kremlin denied any involvement. and said this story was a fabrication. the fsb did not respond. for many russian, the killing was a glimpse behind the mass of course a murderous state. seven years later, russia is engaged in an all out war in ukraine. and the mask is off. china has announced its biggest city—wide lockdown since the covid o...

Do you affirm that the testimony youre about to give before the committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> i do. >> reporter: judge jackson introducing herself to the country as the daughter of school teachers. >> to express both pride in their heritage and hope for the future, they gave me an african name, "ketanji onyika." which they were told means lovely one. my parents taught me that unlike the many barriers that they had to face growing up,...

Us on the program. to you, first, doctor, tell us about this new device. >> well, the device, which i have in my hands is the worlds face hand-held miniaturized and very ultra low cost defibrillator. and this is being designed from the very beginning to be easy to use and affordable, and we hope that it is going to address the barriers that we have right now to making these available to the public. >> so does it work in the same way that we understand the machinery works at the moment? >> yes, s...