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The message. >> so, nick, is the bill expected to pass as is and what could it go into effect? >> well right now, it is in the hands of the mississippi house and they have until march to vote on it. and according to senator mcdaniel, he believes that the bill will pass with minimal changes, though he adds, john, that he has been wrong before. and look, we have spoken to a lot of educators here in mississippi, especially at the university. they say it would be a disservice to mississippians if crt is banned from the state. they point to the fact that it is already being taught across the countr...

Highly qualified, publicly educated, and i think there's some interest, not just in terms of an african american woman, but background. >> reporter: he has said that if michelle childs is ultimately nominated he will support her. he has not said that about the other condiandidates. these are all things that president joe biden is weighing as he looks at options and he has said that he would make the decision by the end of february. as you said, he's reviewing documents this weekend and will likely start meeting with candidates in person later this week. he doesn't want to do it virtually. he w...

Diplomacy is going to work. >> reporter: they're still putting a great deal of hope in the success of diplomacy or potential success of diplomacy, and at the same time, president zelensky yesterday, visiting his own ukrainian troops in the south of the country on maneuvers in mirror image to russian naval maneuvers in the black assseas, he's saying don' panic because that serves the interest of the enemy. elsewhere in the country in a series of different locations, the ukrainian military, numbering some 200,000 plus soldiers, are on maneuvers. they are conducting exercises trying to offset the...

Leaving. rush is now supplementing care teams with temporary staff. prior to the pandemic, rush had not used temp nurses in 20 years. rush nurses report leaving for more money or jobs with less stress. >> how is your shift going? >> not too bad. >> reporter: but a combat veteran is helping nurses cope with the trauma by using the same treatment given to soldiers experiencing grief and ptsd. >> when i was able to say, hey, you're fighting a war against an enemy that you can't see, feel, touch, hear or taste, and it's kicking your butts, yeah, they got it. >> reporter: the pilot program is simil...

Critical-race theory will be banned from being taught in the state, which rarely happens anyway but we'll get to that in a second. critical-race theory is the concept of seeking to understand and address inequality and racism in the united states. >> the framework of crt -- >> reporter: mcdaniel recently co-authored senate bill 2113, which says no school shall direct or compel students to affirm that any sex, race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin is inherently superior but that individuals should be adversely treated based on such characteristics. mcdaniel says critical-race theory is ...