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Ukraine a special military operation. its stories highlighting moscows grievances against kyiv and its western allies along with russias military progress on the battlefield. they rarely mention the fierce resistance and growing suffering in war-torn ukraine. publicly, beijing stresses its impartiality in the conflict. even indicating its willingness to be a mediator. coverage in its strictly controlled state and social media tells a very different story. cnn combing through chinese tv and digit...

Walked through just a few cases today now. in some ways weve only scratched the surface of your decades and the 570 opinions that youve given. its clear to me from what i reviewed and this sample as we also heard from colleagues, conservative lawyers and judges that wrote to the committee that you are judicious and even-handed, you have a demonstrated record of excellent. that you adjudicate based on the facts and the law, not a partisan. i encourage my colleagues that want to know what kind of ...

Economic aid. what more do we know? >> reporter: weve asked the chinese foreign ministry for comment. we have not heard back. but i expect officials to stick to their usual talking points, stressing chinas supposed impartiality in this conflict, and denouncing the u.s. for quote-unquote trying to smear china. and talking about eastward expansion as the cause of the conflict. but the timing of this from washington is very interesting. jake sullivan is meeting the countrys key adviser to president...

And we see some of the most politically contentious issues. my record demonstrates my impartiality. >> along with that, because i watch this court. i used to go there as a young law student and sit in the back, just watch it, i continue to watch it. i see the chief judge of the federal district court, judge howell, who i was privileged to have her serve as my chief counsel on this committee and learned from her then, i learned from her now. but i also, as a lawyer, i hear a lot of talk about rev...

The war in ukraine in public remarks and at international summits. much of chinas domestic media coverage of russias invasion tells a much more one-sided story. cnns david culver reports now. ♪ >> reporter: chinas national broadcaster, cctv, looking increasingly like russian state television these days. its anchors parroting the kremlin calling the invasion of ukraine a special military operation. its stories highlighting moscows grievances against kyiv and its western allies, along with russi...

Public defender, in private practice and i know we confirmed you as a member of the u.s. sentencing commission. this may seem like an easy question but i just ask you. you have had such broad experience, but they are all different in a way. how does that shape your approach when deciding a case? >> thank you, senator. as i mentioned at the beginning, i have a methodology that i apply when i am deciding cases. and maybe my various experiences helped me the get to the point of understanding the im...

He should have recused himself from the january 6th case. im not a lawyer, but you do not need to be a lawyer to know that that is true. look, i think this opens the door. and this wont make a lot of people happy, but this opens the door to a complex conversation. which is, dozen individuals spouses activity necessarily implicate the impartiality of the other spouse? and before we charge in, demanding impeachment, demanding recusal. i think we need to come to terms about whats our standard there...

Bush 43 put forward and 2005-2006 she was filibustered two years as a black conservative judge and there were members of the senate at the time and biden was on the judiciary committee that did not want to put her forward because one of the people anonymously said in the paper they did not want a republican in a position to nominate a black woman to the supreme court because they wanted to do that themselves. she was a very qualified judge, the same thing, its been 22005-2006. judge soft on crim...

Lie sort of movement. and by the way, best friend, there are reports that that is how she generally refers to clarence thomas. second, so, first, that gives, you know, the standard is, but its for thomas to apply, could a reasonable person question his impartiality? you know, its very hard to ask, i think, the american public to be totally confident that he is calling it straight and true when his spouse and best friend has these beliefs. but second, and more concretely, he may not sit where the...

They are already in contact with russia and are fighting the informational war. is. beijing stresses its impartiality in the conflict, even indicating its willingness to be a mediator. coverage in the state and controlled social media tells a very different story. cnn combing through chinese tv and digital news reports in the first eight days of the russian attack, along with thousands of social media posts from the outlets. >> our findings? china has largely adopted russias talking points, ac...