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Against ukraine. so the president has said im going to use every tool in the toolbox. mr. president, this is a tool. >> and joining me now with their reporting and insights cnns kaitlan collins, tarini parti of the wall street partner and alex burns of the "new york times." kaitlan, biden is now effectively a war-time president, we dont have boots on the ground but we are in this sort of battlefield mode, but at the same time the white house is worried about the domestic front, worried about the...

Judge in the obama administration and the youngest secret next to it amy coney barrett and the first african-american woman to sit on the supreme court if she is confirmed. >> sandra: shannon bream, the announcement is made. >> clerked for justice breyer. the man she wants to emulate, he said i cant fill his shoes. are you have do look at the political makeup of the senate. the votes are there for democrats. she got 3 votes from republicans in the vetting from the senate last year. already we ar...

Joining us now is senator chris coons, a member of the foreign relations committee, a close ally to president biden. im wondering, lets talk first about oil. that is one way that it appears the u.s. may be stepping up here. are we going to see the white house announce that they are done with russian energy? >> likely, yes, brianna. i dont know if that will be today or tomorrow. but two things if i could up front about banning russian oil and gas from the american market. it is a fairly small per...

>> martha: absolutely. we think about the changes that hes forced in the past few days with getting jets and getting an oil ban from the united states and the u.k. hes pushing and pushing and at the same time telling how grateful he is for every single thing theyre doing but you must do more, and hes getting it, which is an extraordinary example. general keane, thanks very much. always good to see you, sir. >> great talking to you as always, martha. >> martha: so we have a breaking update from t...

Private businesses and the other was to block earmarks which happens when individual legislators can slide in their favorite pet project and blows government spend, there is $9.7 billion of earmarks, a few of them for derelict lobster pots, greenhouses in new york city thanks to chuck schumer, $1.6 million in equitable growth of shellfish, diversity and inclusion programs at multiple universities earmarks, sheep experiment station in the infrastructure, reduce inequity in access to solar power f...

Murkowski and collins. when you look at the line today and exercised about the guantanamo thing, does that suggest maybe hes not so enthusiastic about putting her on the court? >> i would be surprised if he does not vote to confirm her, just on basis to bend over backwards to give deference to the presidents choice and made the argument hes confirmed people that he would not himself have put on the court. hes exercised about gitmo but i dont know that ease exercised at judge jackson about gitmo....

What we all have to do every day, which is not get angry even though we deserve to be. >> sophia nelson. >> well, as the person on this amazing panel with these amazing sisters who was a republican for 20-plus years of her life, i have to admit this one hurt a lot because i was expecting a little bit better and i was expecting better because shes a historic nominee. and by that i mean that sandra day oconnor, first woman, thurgood marshall first black person, sonya sotomayor first latina, they a...

Will support joe jacksons nomination. only three republican senators voted in favor of jackson in 2021, when the senate confirmed her to the powerful dc-based appellate board. collins, lindsey graham, murkowski, and graham, not yet saying where they stand with jacksons nomination. senator mitt romney has also not yet said whether she will support jackson after accessing openness to vote in favor of her nomination. all the coverage of this, as the boat nears. up next, empty promises from the krem...

Being here. we just heard from senator booker suggest that, you know, she will be confirmed, and that doesnt seem to be much in doubt, white house aides throughout have said she will get on because they have 50 democratic votes but hoping to get at least two republicans to back judge jackson, have we heard anything from senators collins and murkowski how they view the last two days of questioning? >> jonathan, good morning. always good to starts the day with you. i just want to say that moment y...

Do you still think shes out of the judicial mainstream? >>s as i look at the decision made in the past, our judicial philosophy was different and thats something i wanted to dig into in more depth. >> reporter: so, erica, whether romney or murkowski or potentially another republican vote for her could determine whether this could be tied with one of the closest votes ever for any supreme court nominee on the senate floor in history. that was in 2018 when brett kavanaugh was confirmed by two vote...