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He said, i taught it to myself. its easy, he said. [ laughter ] >> im going to miss professor breyer. he was constantly trying to explain what he was doing. that place is so opaque, he at least tried to make it a bit more transparent. anyway, pete, as always, sir, youre on top of this great scoop. lets now sort of break this down of a bit of whats next. kelly odonnell, as pete pointed out, it sounds like we got ahead of the white house a bait, but as i said at the top, i dont think this could ha...

Positions at the u.n. rotate and tomorrow, russia takes over the presidency of the security council and with that comes a lot of control over the matters before the council. so todays action at the u.n. is really critical to try to get a world forum for the west and russia to be able to thrash out these issues and to expose whats going on in a big, wide audience as one of the levers through diplomacy, through pressure, to stop putin. jose? >> kelly, so important, what youre telling us this morni...

Reconnaissance, transportation and additional capabilities into europe. >> so what were all watching here is will nato activate that nrf, that response force in advance of a russian invasion, or will it not come until after an invasion? we do expect to hear more specifics, potentially even in the coming hours today or tomorrow about some of those units that are bases here in the united states who have about placed on those prepared-to-deploy orders, craig. >> courtney kube from the pentagon with...

A republican senator from south carolina, african american, would that be a draw? would that figure into the calculus as they go forward as well? so those are some of the things ill be looking for as well. and the outside groups will have their moment here, and that will be interesting to see how this white house interacts with those groups. and when you consider some of the groups that were so aggressive in pressuring justice breyer to make this decision, now, theyre some of the very voices who...

Last 24 hours, more accumulation of credible combat forces, a raid by the russians in, again, the western part of their country and in belarus. >> and then over at the state department under victoria nulen russian officials say president vladimir putin has received. >> this is a moment for diplomacy and for cool heads to prevail. thats what we want. however, if president putin rejects the peaceful, negotiated path we have offered we must and we will be prepared. >> i want to bring in kelly odonn...

Democratic senator is absent for a significant length of time, keeping all 50 butts in all 50 seats will be part of chuck schumers challenge for the next few months. >> well go live to that the second it happens. kelly, can you give us any insight into how much headspace president biden has put towards the short list of potential nominees? presidents spend a lot of time consulting, and we know he had been consulting about that list even before taking office. >> certainly hes spent some time, bec...

Of that. even if, yes, they dont get someone like mike pence, theyve said they wanted to extend an invitation but that hasnt been made yet. if you get to the inner circle of advisers, that will get you most of the way there. >> nicholas wu, garrett haake, thanks to both of you. breaking news on the search for the new supreme court justice with nbc news learning former alabama senator doug jones will take a part on the sherpa team, right? the person who guides the eventual supreme court nominee...

Theyll push, hallie. >> thank you very much to you and kelly odonnell too. well have more on the supreme court nomination fate later in the show, which judiciary committee member senator alex padilla will join us. next, escalating words in the crisis with russian president vladimir putin and how other countries are responding. with hcus getting bomb threats on the first day of black history month. and an exclusive new interview with fbi director chris wray. inside the effort to fight chine...

Chinese president? but the overall consensus was that if putin were going to act, the olympics would be a lessor factor and that the more significant factor would be the military advantage when he had the right troops in place, the weather and the potential response that he thinks he would have to receive so that the olympics would be more of a psychological factor, but it wouldnt be the overriding. >> certainly jarring to think about an event of athletic feats when were talking about the potent...

Theorist at the capitol insurrection found is way out of the qanon black hole. im hallie jackson, with you this afternoon. i want to bring in tom costello that we haves in all things transportation for us, kelly odonnell that covers all things biden-related. let me start with you. listen, yet another development, it seems like you have been on the air reporting every hour. this one seems to be significant as we hear from verizon and at&t. they will hit the pause button for now. >> lets be clear,...