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Matters shouldn't 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 zazi's 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 like he wants california to not have a monopoly of bad ideas.

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 don't 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 liberals. >> sandra: one last final question to you on possible replacements, you were talking about ...

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 obama's offer to be the solicitor general, at least that was the report. so, it's interesting, you know, maybe she doesn't want to move to d.c., who knows. judge jackson seems like the leading contender, just went through the process. >> sandra: a question on timing. unusual we have not gotten a statement yet. do you have any idea what we might get a statemen...

Saying a lot, because he's quite brilliant, and he has not diminished at all. and so he's not leaving the bench because he's lost a step. he's 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, i'll ask you the question, do you believe that there will be pressure put on any of the other justices, obviously noting justice breyer is the oldest currently sitting on the court, could there possibly be any pressure put on ot...

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 don't panic, don't 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.s. and the west, and the other from their own officials. >> admiral kirby, back in. steve stand by...