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Introduced an amendment that would have barred the federal government from sending money to schools that required the covid-19 vaccine. it too was defeated because of the absences of those senators. plus, senators blunt and collins, republicans, threw in with the democrats in a post of the shameful. texas congressman chip roy has been threatening to force the government shutdown over the funding of these mandates. he joins me now. congressman, that was heartbreaking to read on to learn about yes...

Asian americans were using white supremacist thinking to assimilate and get ahead. theres a lot to unpack there. its safe to say it wasnt helpful. collins was recalled with a stunning 79% of the vote in an election where asian americans turned out in high numbers. that 79% in a city that voted for joe biden by 85%. there are a lot of lessons here. it is not what right wing pundits might want to think. now heres whats clear. democrats do risk real brand damage from association with a handful of f...

President, he named collins for the national institutes of health, the white house says they will perform these roles on a temporary basis until permanent candidates can be nominated and confirmed. that does it tonight. well see you tomorrow. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. russia claims it has pulled back troops from the border of ukraine but the u.s. says the opposite is true. the question this morning, is russia still ramping up its military presence in the region? >...

Republicans who voted for her in the last confirmation round, collins, murkowski and graham will vote for her again. that is a good place to start. and the next phase of this confirmation process im told is going to begin in earnest this afternoon. after she is announced at the white house around 1:45 or 2:00, that could change, depending on events happening in the world, of course, but after that, the confirmation process is going to begin. shes going to be sitting down with senators, democrats...

Presidents selection of judge ketanji brown jackson for that open seat. you know, republicans have made it pretty clear that many of them are going to oppose her nomination to the court. and im just curious what you think, are you going to be able to get any republicans to vote for this confirmation, or are we going to see perhaps the vice president? weve never had a vice president before break a tie on a supreme court nominee to my reco recollection. do you think that well have it in this case?...

The ukraine crisis right now. what is success for them on a bipartisan vote here? just anything more than she got the first time? and she got 53 the first time, which meant she got three republicans, collins, republica, collins, murkowski and lindsay graham. >> yeah, he did want a strong bipartisan vote, and that seemed to be one of the tea leaves that folks wanted to read as potentially elevating chiles in this process. and mitt romney was interesting in talking about his conversation with the ...

People who have now her fate in their hands and all three times it worked out. shes ready. >> last time she got collins, murkowski -- >> thats right. >> you pointed out on twitter that judge jackson has almost nine years have judicial experience, which is more than chief justice roberts, as well as justices barrett and others. how might that impact the dynamic of the court were she to be confirmed? >> it will impact it a lot. you heard her talk about the experiences, the public defender experien...

Judiciary committee. each time she received bipartisan support. so we know her record as of last year. we have to update that and were ready to go. >> you mentioned that she was, not just before your committee but before the senate, when it voted for her job she currently has on the circuit court. then three more republicans, lind sat lindsey graham, senator makowsky and senator collins supported her for that role. neither of them has said how they will vote this time. do you expect this to be a...

Collins. j. michelle childs also seems to have the support from lindsey graham, shes from his state. shes been outspoken. shes the type of judge he says he could get behind. senator clyburn could support him as well. judge kruger was interviewed. she of course is on the california supreme court. these are three strong picks. let me read you in on the record statement from andrew bates, the deputy press secretary here. he told me, quote, the president has not yet chosen a nominee. he continues to...

Thorough? >> i think thats part of it. i think a big part of this is people are bringing up north koreas a parallel. services more just shut off their overnight there no. thats a difference. people are going tos netflix and talking about it on tiktok. now you cant go to a gym in. you cant watch netflix. you cant post anything on tiktok from russia, because it might fall under the fake news. everything has to be approved. if youre a young person in russia right now, your life is dramatically diff...