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Matters shouldnt be criminalized. reserve our criminal justice system for shootings, for example. >> todd: here to react three business owners, owner of american brass, robert misken, co-owner of zazis pizza, richie romera and owner of carnegie, staplas. robert, first question to you, as someone running a business how devastating is it to hear a d.a. basically incentivize crime? >> it is extremely uncomforting for sure. i have a u-haul packed up ready to go to the sunshine state. this guy seems ...

A long time to keep the lid on something like this. are you now even more surprised that this was inevitably going to get out, are you surprised the white house did not move the whole ceremony up a bit? >> yeah, i dont know what the white house is thinking here. i just think it is very bad form to get out in front of a supreme court justice on their announcement for their retirement, especially a supreme court justice who has been on the court for 26 years and has been a solid justice for the li...

Stevens, she was the number -- she was one of the top supreme court attorneys for president obama, on the california supreme court many years. judge jackson was recently confirmed through the senate, and judge kruger turned down president obamas offer to be the solicitor general, at least that was the report. so, its interesting, you know, maybe she doesnt want to move to d.c., who knows. judge jackson seems like the leading contender, just went through the process. >> sandra: a question on timi...

Saying a lot, because hes quite brilliant, and he has not diminished at all. and so hes not leaving the bench because hes lost a step. hes leaving the bench to stay ahead of the midterm elections and to guarantee that the court does not flip another seat in terms of the ideological balance of the court. >> sandra: jonathan, just looking at the ages of the justices, ill ask you the question, do you believe that there will be pressure put on any of the other justices, obviously noting justice brey...

Line fighters in ukraine, including several hundred javelin tank missiles, and nato supplying man power to europe. and five western embassies are pulling out part of their staff, warnings from the u.s. about an imminent attack in ukraine, and ukrainian officials giving a strange different message. the defense messenger saying dont panic, dont pack your bags, it could be weeks away. russia does not have enough forces on the border to attack. puzzling to people, different messages, one from the u....

Official. >> sandra: so i guess we are left wondering when a possible announcement could come and i will ask you a question i asked jonathan turley last hour, top of the hour, they are running together now, not a lot of commercial breaks during the breaking news. do you believe shannon, or have any knowledge that some of the other justices, based on their age, might start to be pressured to move out? >> well, again, i mean, the most senior member is justice thomas, hes not pressured out by the l...

This was supposed to be just you and me. >> i barged my way in. >> alison will join us for this. alex, first question is, are you ready? >> we are ready. we have been preparing the last couple of days. we activated our department heads contacting utility companies just to prep for storm that comes late tonight, erm tomorrow morning. our three major concerns are snow, wind an cd coastal floodi. when you put those things together, we have done everything we can to prep for the storm. were encourag...

Alarm, but precious moments have been lost. by the time the rescue resumes, investigators have swarmed the area. >> first question has been answered, was this just a freak accidental explosion of some kind or was it intentional? we know now. >> it is quickly determined that the explosion at the federal building was caused by a truck bomb. >> there are certain things you can look for, particularly in the case of a large vehicle bomb. there was roughly a 32-foot crater in the street. it appeared t...

A half of gdp, and campaigns like the ones that affected alex i navalny and a british agent. a third it is estimated of natural gas imports from russia, and almost half, im sorry, a third of its oil imports, half estimated of its natural gas. it is cold in germany, they need energy, that is not a question. so they are dependent on russia. is germany on board for fight should it happen? >> with all respect to the wall street journal, i beg to differ. they are a strong ally and good friend and par...

Common theme, since he was appointed in 1994, a lot of things have changed and the way we put supreme court justices on the bench changes as well. what in those 27 years is the biggest change in your opinion, carrie? >> oh, wow. thats a big question for a short period of time. i think one of the things we are going to see is you know, obviously without the filibuster, there was a much quicker opportunity to move, but one thing we have seen very regularly is that there is a very consistent patter...