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for the corporation for public broadcasting and from contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: russian forces are stalled in many regions of ukraine, and are resorting to an ever more punishing campaign of bombardment against several major cities. all this, as a kremlin spokesman said the prospects for a peaceful resolution have grown dimmer. metime, around ten million ukrainians have now been displaced, either within their country or seeking refuge outside it. in washington, president biden issued a stark warning for american companies, utilities, and other concerns to watch for the possibility of an increased threat of cyber attack by russia. from southwestern ukraine, jane ferguson again leads our coverage. jane: this is all that remains of the normally bustling shopping center in kyiv hours

after russian forces shelled it. mangled steel, piles of debris, and the burned-out shells of vehicles. the bodies of the dead like covered. >> it is hard for me to speak because my child used to work here. she was at work just yesterday. jane: drone footage captured the scale of the destruction. >> we don't have any strategic military objects here, as the russians say. jane: russian troops have been shelling kyiv for almost four weeks now as they try and surround the capital city. one residential building after another destroyed, leaving people's homes shattered. >> when your home is hit by a fragment of something, when your windows are blown out, you are left without a place to live. you don't know how to go on living. you don't know whether to stay here or flee. jane: he has mayor imposed a curfew beginng tonight in anticipation of more shelling.

further east, russian forces attacked a chemical plant on the outskirts, triggering an ammonium leak that took hours to contain. residents were told to shelter in place. russian forces also continued to strike all they can in the south. the first time today, odessa came under attack. these residential buildings on the outskirts, completely gutted. dozens were killed this weeke after russia bombed a military ba. residents and emergency workers cleared the rubble of the first strike in the city center since the invasion began. russia's strategy in this war is to grab control of major urban centers. most of the fighting in this country is happening on the outskirts of major cities. in the occupied city, hundreds ran for cover as russian soldiers fired at presters. images of the injured emerged on social media.

a senior u.s. defense official said today the increase in russian shelling may come from new ships to to the black sea. russian forces have not yet captured maybury population centers but the u.s. believes they still occupy other cities. volodymyr zelenskyy played the now well familiar sound of air raid sirens during his address today, reminding the world what it is like here for millions of ukrainians. >> this was just 20 seconds of sirens. ukrainians are living with the sound of this siren, working, going to sleep, treating injured, giving birth, and dying. jane: the united nations migration agency estimates more than 3.5 million people have fled the country and nearly 6.5 million have been displaced within ukraine. combined, that is one fourth of

the country's population. humanitarian groups are still unable to reach many heavily bombarded areas where the most desperate are. both sides hinted at progress in talks but after another round, kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov dashed hopes for a solution anytime soon. >> the degree of progress at the talks is probably not as high as we would want to see it. in order to talk about a meeting of the two presidents, first, it's necessary to do the homework. so far, significant movement has not been achieved. jane: this was also a grim day for the future of russian and american relations. after president biden called president newton a warm criminal war criminal, the kremlin summoned john sullivan, warning the comments have pushed bilateral relations to the brink of collapse. for the pbs newshour, i am jane ferguson in ukraine. judy: thank you, jane.

and the newshour's coverage from ukraine, coverage of this war is supported in partnership with the pulitzer center. the european union's foreign policy chief declared russia's siege of mariupol "a massive war crime." ukraine refused again to surrender the industrial port city, as russia offered safe passage for hundreds of thousands of residents who've been trapped for weeks without food, water, or power. nick schifrin reports on that brutal siege, the epicenter now of this war's suffering. nick: it's residents desperate and deprived. there is no water. we used to be better. apartment buildings where hundreds lived now blackenednd abandoned and from homes that took direct hits, survivors say only what they could carry and themselves for the dead have lost their dignity. they are buried by the roadside.

the siege of marou pull is designed to break this cities spirit and force families to flee or hide underground. the local universities librarian --we have been in a basement for 11 days >>. we hope to live as humans. nick: and mario paul, that is all that they can hope for -- marty ball -- mariupol, that is all that they can hope for. the theater with 1000 sheltering in the basement and the world "children" written on both sides was bombed in a direct hit. street to street battles prevent authorities from knowing their fate. >> they are barbarians. it looks so much close to what nazi germany did. nick: he escaped mariupol and he compares it to history horrors.

stalingrad, aleppo. >> russian aircraft hit by rocket and destroyed the eighth and ninth floors. we welcome and those -- there were cries from those floors saying "help us, help us." the door was blocked. two people, we could not find. nick: he leads a nonprofit that celebrates culture. he used to head the board of transparency international for ukraine. soldiers detained him around the corner from his house. >> for two or three hours, i was standing in the back and they were deciding what to do with me. but then military police, russian military police came and told me -- which was constantly

with me -- that, ok, let's shoot him. we already shot kind of two civilians just because they were kind of spies or something like that. and in the night, i was brought to the hospital where i actually have been cured as a child. and the, the gun was like, like, looking into my chest, you know, and i was standing and thinking, ok, it would be better if he would shoot just me in the heart, you know, not in the kind of other parts, just, just not to suffer. nick: they let him go, and he joined the thousands of mariupol residents who've fled the city. he had no car, so he walked. motivated to live, to see his son. even though he had to leave his -- you have to leave your parents behind. do you know how they are? >> my parents, they're 80 years old. the main reason to leave them alone was okay, just because i realized, ok, i will be just shot there, okay, what? what would be the use of me, you know? and no, and again, i was really dreaming about my son. nick: some evacuees paraded onto

russian state tv before they were forced to give up their ukrainian passports, and taken into russia, reportedly to be held in camps. or they were forced to a school in separatist-held territory, where putin and separatist leaders have pride of place. senior advisor oleksiy arestovych admitted on friday that kyiv could not recapture mariupol. >> there is currently no military solution to mariupol. you can blame me, the presidential office, the president personally, and so on, but there is no solution. >> if mariupol will be ukrainian, and i still do believe that it will remain ukrainian, yes, i am -- i am ready to get back. but we see that the situation is is worsening, that they keep blockading the city and they trying to, to kill all defendants. nick: and in this war's epicenter, residents still trapped are being forced to

starve or submit. for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. judy: -- >> i am vanessa rudy's. we will return to the full program after the latest headlines. u.s. supreme court nominee ketanji brown jackson opened her senate confirmation hearings with a pledge to act without fear or favor. the federal appeals judge woul be the first black woman on the high court. democrats praised her in opening statements. republicans promised tough questions about her views. we'll get all the details, later in the program. also, supreme court justice clarence thomas remains hospitalized in washington tonight with an infection. the court says he was admitted friday with flu-like symptoms, but does not have covid. it also says his symptoms are easing.

happening in china, search teams worked into the night after a domestic airliner crashed, with 132 people on board, and no signs of survivors. the boeing 737-800 was flying from kunming to gwahng-joh, when it dove to earth in 96 seconds. hundreds of rescuers were sent to a scene of widely scattered wreckage. it was china's deadliest aviation disaster in nearly a decade. we'll return to this, later in the program. the united states has declared that atrocities against rohingya muslims in buddhist myanmar are genocide. more than 700,000 rohingya have fled to bangladesh since 2017. secretary of state antony blinken made today's announcement at the u.s. holocaust museum. >> the path is a familiar one, mirroring in so many ways the path to the holocaust and other genocides. we see parallels in the dehumanizing hate speech. rohingya were compared to fleas, to thorns, to an invasive species.

just as tutsis were compared to cockroaches, and jews to rats and parasites. nick: -- vanessa: investigators and southeast arkansas are working to find -- it was 90 miles outside little rock. one person was being questioned. and in texas, three separate weekend mass shootings left one person dead and 17 wounded. also, several tornadoes tore through texas and oklahoma this evening. it stretch hundreds of miles from kingston, oklahoma, to east of san antonio. multiple homes and businesses are damaged and there are reports of injuries in round rock, texas. more than 3000 canadian pacific railroad workers were on strike today after a contract deadline expired. the walkout threatened economic

disruptions in the u.s. midwest. canadian pacific is a major shipper of fertilizer into the region. it also carries american grain into canada. federal reserve chair jerome powell has issued fresh warnings that the central bank will act forcefully to tame inflation. he said today that interest rate hikes later this year could be half a point, instead of the usual quarter point. the longest-serving republican ever in the u.s. house of representatives will lie in state at the u.s. capitol tomorrow. alaska congressman don young died friday after serving for 49 years. he steered major federal spending to alaska, but also faced several investigations. don young was 88 years old. still to come on the newshour, questions remain after a chinese airliner crashes with over 100 on board. our politics monday team examines the supreme court confirmation hearings. an artist gives his brief but spectacular take on combating

poverty through creativity. plus, much more. >> this is the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism. >> one neighboring country that shares a 300 mile border with ukraine is poland. more than two million ukrainian refugees have sought safe haven in poland over just the past three plus weeks. poland is also providing military assistance to ukraine. so how does this frontline country feel about the war next door? for that, we turn to marek , poland's ambassador to the united states. president biden is going to brussels this week. and then he is going to poland.

what do you think will come out of those meetings? ambassador magierowski: we are expecting an alliance had we have always been very close to each other. within nato, it's hard to find two countries which would be cooperating so closely, especially in recent weeks spirit i believe both presidents, president biden and president duda will reconfirm this ironclad alliance which has existed between our countries for so many years. >> but what does that alliance me and right now? your government is providing support to the ukrainian military. weapons are flowing from poland into ukraine. at what point does your government worry? do you worry that it is good to be helping your neighbor but you don't want to provoke vladimir putin to come after poland? ambassador magierowski: we have

been right about contemporary russia and putin's intentions all along and nobody listened. now, we are fully vindicated alongside our neighbors from the baltic countries, romania, the czech republic, slovakia, and many others who have been warning against russ's growing aggressiveness and imperial ambitions. now, we can see in plain view those barbaric orcs with terrorism. a new institution was established in poland, named after a famous polish diplomat who coined the term genocide and that institution is gathering evidence of war crimes committed by russian troops in ukraine. judy: how much more can your government possibly do for ukraine and not provoke vladimir putin and how much of a concern? ambassador magierowski: we have to be very cautious. i can only echo the words of the

nato secretary-general and many other western political leaders who are warning against a hypothetical potential escalation in light of the russian aggression against ukraine. we should keep delivering state-of-the-art weaponry to ukraine. the american administration is now talking about transferring long-range defense systems to ukraine which is a very good sign and a very positive development. poland is assisting also ukraine in this humanitarian crisis although poland is now -- our reaction was exceptional in the outpouring of solidarity and sympathy towards ukrainians. it was really remarkable, but poland is filling up so many mayors of polish cities are in talks with their counterparts in europe about the possibility of relocation of those refugees but we are doing what we really can

to ease the tensions and to provide humanitarian assistance for all those more than 2 million refugees who have already arrived in poland. >> i want to ask you about that. your premise to has proposed a nato peacekeeping mission of some nature into ukraine but we also know that nato pledged back in the late 1990's and 1997 that it would not base permanent troops in eastern europe so are you advocating for nato to change that policy? >> yes. that has already been violated by russia, not by nato. of course, i will argue about the definition of the substantial troops on the territory of the so-called new nato member states. i would like to stress very clearly that we are not new nato member states. we are just nato member states and according to the article five of the treaty, we are

obliged both poland and the czech republic and germany and france and spain and all the other member states of this alliance to defend each other so if we see that aggression on the part of one of our neighbors because russia is one of poland's neighbors, we have to be prepared for an escalation for every plausible scenario. judy: do you have any more information about the nature of any peacekeeping force? ambassador magierowski: it is a preliminary concept, not even a plan. idea. it could be one of the topics that the european and nato leaders will discuss during the upcoming summit in brussels. judy: i want to ask you about reporting. everyone knew just a few days ago that poland was prepared to send soviet era migs to a u.s. nato base in germany that would then be transferred to ukraine. the u.s. vetoed that.

why didn't poland bring that up first with the united states before announcing it? >> we were under immense pressure also on the part of the american public opinion but you have to remember one thing. this is one third of our arsenal of aircraft and we could not just deplete this arsenal unilaterally and voluntarily, especially in this troubling situation. judy: is that deal completely dead now? ambassador magierowski: i think we can move on and now do everything we can do in order to keep delivering weapons to ukraine and help the ukrainians defend themselves against this unprovoked invasion. judy: everybody wants to know how that -- -- how long can poland sustain this? ambassador magierowski: it requires a common effort to relocate across europe.

we are willing and ready to absorb even more waves of refugees. there was fertile ground for the absorption of ukrainian immigrants because before the war, we had roughly 1.5 million ukrainian migrants who lived and worked in poland and they were integrated into polish society smoothly so i believe this is what is happening right now. of course, we would like them to return to their homes as they would like to return to their homeland after the war. >> in your country expects -- you can sustain this for as long as you need to? ambassador magierowski: it's hard to predict. we expect more migrants and other countries ready to absorb them. also in polish homes because as you know, so far, there has been no refugee camps in poland. an overwhelming majority of those families who fled ukraine have been hosted by polish families in their homes. >> it has been a remarkable scene. you mentioned a moment ago that poland has been on the frontline

of eastern europe and standing up to russia. it is known that your government in recent years seems to be wanting to stay on good working terms with vladimir putin. was opposing many elements of european unity. just this war in ukraine change that? can poland ever do business with russia? >> it has not changed our attitude towards russia but i believe it has changed the attitude of many other western countries like germany, like france, like italy towards russia. i don't think there is a shred of a possibility of returning to business as usual with russia after this war. >> mr. ambassador, marek magierowski, poland's ambassador to the u.s. we appreciate it. ♪

it was an historic day on capitol hill as supreme court nominee ketanji brown jackson stepped into the spotlight for the first of several days of confirmation hearings. john yang reports on the round of opening statements. >> this hearing will come to order. john: federal judge ketanji brown jackson made the case for her nomination to become the first black woman on the supreme court. >> i have been a judge for nearly a decade, and i take that responsibility and my duty to be independent very seriously. i decide cases from neutral posture, i evaluate the facts , and i interpret and apply the law to the facts of the case before me, without fear or favor, consistent with judicial oath. during this hearing, i hope that you will see how much i love our country, and the constitution, and the rights that make us free.

john: republicans on thpanel signaled the questions ahead. >> the bottom line here is when it is about velocity when there is somebody of color on our side, we are all racist if we ask our questions, that's not going to fly with us. we are used to it by now. at least, i am. it's not going to matter a bit to any of us. we are going to ask you what we think you need to be asked. >> i'm a bit troubled by arguments you have made. presenting people who have committed terrorist against the united states and other dangerous criminals. i understand the importance of zealous advocacy but it appears that sometimes, this zealous advocacy has gone beyond the pale. >> will you follow the law? what does your record indicate? will y protect the rights of every american citizen

regardless of race, regardless of party, regardless of views? that is what the focus of this hearing should be. john: robo can senator -- republican senator josh hawley raised jackson's sentencing decisions as a trial judge in child pornography cases. >> what concerns me and i've been very candid about this, is in every case, in each of these seven, judge jackson handed down a lenient sentence that was below what the federal guidelines recommended, and below what prosecutors requested. john: committee democrats defended her against criticisms. >> as you have seen we're likely , to hear more than a few straw men today. worn talking points, imagined grievances, but this hearing really should be about you, not about us. john: -- >> judge jackson is no judicial activist. she is not a puppet of the so-called "radical left." she has been praised by republican-appointed judges for her jurisprudence.

judge jackson is not "anti-law enforcement." she hails from a law enforcement family. she has also won the support of preeminent, national law enforcement organizations, including the national fraternal order of police. and no, she's not judge jackson -- and no, she's is not, quote, "soft on crime." her background as a federal public defender would bring an informed perspective of the criminal justice system to the supreme court. >> y have the experience and record of a jurist who is dedicated to the fair application of the law, committed to consensus, and determined to make sure that t court and the constitution work r the people of today. >> committee stands adjourned. john: tomorrow, jackson begins two days of scheduled questioning. for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> for more on all this, i'm joined by lisa and marcia coyle

of the national law journal. you were listening very carefully and you were in the hearing room for so much of this day. we are accustomed to senators from different parties coming out these nominees from different directions. this was especially pronounced today. lisa: i have to say, i think, given the last two sets of hearings we have had for justices kavanaugh and amy coney barrett, this was a much more calm hearing room. there wa not the kind of tension you felt in your body and i felt in the last two hearings there was not the kind of vitriol, animosity between the senators that i had seen before. i do think we will see and we are previewing today as john reported some very serious and pointed charges at judge jackson including on her sentencing of child pornographers and i think the white house says that they are ready for that so she will get her chance to talk about that tomorrow, why she made those decisions. how did senator holly make those

charges? he first said i enjoyed meeting you, complemented her,nd said i want to hear your side of the story. even that was less pointed than we have seen before. maybe this is a good time to mention, we have no less than six senators in that room who either have or are thinking about running for president so anything could happen. >> you think that might influence what is going on? senator -- the senator called her stoic. marcia, it is the case that she has only been on the appellate court for a year, less than a year, but she has a lot in her record for this committee to pour over and they have indicated they are going to bring it up from the appellate record and years of being a federal district judge. her time in private practice, her time as a public defender. what is she expecting to face here? marcia in terms of her appellate career, as you

mentioned, she has not been on the bench that long and she has only written two majority opinions. e focus will be on her district court opinions and they range all through different areas of the law. she has written over 500 of those opinions. it is a treasure trove for the senators to plumb for whatever they are looking for. the district court opinions also her work on the sentencing commission when she was a vice commissioner there. her work as a public defender. in some of the comments you just ran, questions about her representation of guantanamo bay detainees, on her sentencing as a district court judge, the child pornography. the republicans flags where they were headed at least a week ago. the senator's concerns about her child poor sentencing -- porn

sentencing, he did that in a very long tweet on twitter at least a week ago so we heard where they are aiming to try to make some points on her nomination. >> it catches your ear when you hear child pornography and soft on crime. whats that about? lisa, speaking of that, on this so-called light sentences, soft on people who have been convicted of engaging in child pornography, what do we look to come from this? lisa: we have to wait and see. they will talk about how other judges at the time handled that kind of sentencing and say that she was not out of the norm. i think that judge jackson is going to have to speak personally to how she handles sentencing. that is the accusation, you were someone who was a defense attorney. were you too soft on crime? her answer is that this is an important part of our constitutional system. i hold everyone accountable but we need to have both defense

attorneys and prosecutors alike. tomorrow will be her chance to talk about that. >> having watched as many supreme court confirmations as you have and we were talking about that today, there's been four in the last few years -- >> that's right. marcia: i won't say when i started. >> just a couple years ago. do we expect -- what is the lion that she needs to be careful to walk? she answers these questions which is forthcoming but is not so forthcoming that she's getting into the realm of what may get hein trouble here? >> the line for her and all nominees prior to her have been do not ask questions about issues that may come before the supreme court or already are before the supreme court. in terms of her work, i fully expect that she will talk about the child pornography sentences. i think she will have room to give context.

this is 30 minutes for questioning. she should be given the time to explain what was happening with sentencing and child pornography that led to more lenient sentences as most other federal judges were doing because at the time, those sentences were perceived as too tough and a miss. the sentencing commission was struggling at the time with trying to work all that out so she was not out of the mainstream but she is going to have to provide context so that not only the senators questions are answered but the american people understand what she was doing as a judge in those cases that as you said, you know, really grab you. >> i know you are both going to be watching tomorrow and wednesday and thursday as this hearing continues. thank you. >> you are welcome, judy. judy: and we would urge you to

tune in to pbs tomorrow starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern for our coverage of day two of the hearings when judge jackson will begin to take questions from the committee. ♪ judy: we return now to that jet crash in southern china. more than 130 people appear to have been killed. william brangham looks at the many questions around what happened. william: that's right, judy. the flight took off normally when about one hour into the flight, once it was at cruising altitude, the jet plunged dropping over 20,000 feet in , just about a minute. at about 8000 feet, there was a brief change, but then it plunged again. this video, shared by the china aviation review, seems to show e near-vertical descent of the jet just before impact. joining me now is our

science correspondent, miles o'brien, who has covered aviation for many years and is also a pilot. thank you so much for being here. i mean, this is such -- what it seems to be is an awful event. i cannot imagine for those 100 30 something people to have been on that plane at such a steep descent before it crashed, can you walk us through the things the investigators are now going to be looking through to try to figure out what happened? miles:ure, william. there are three major categories that investigators focus on as they approach an accident investigation like this. that's the machine itself, the aircraft, the flight crew, and the weather. let's talk about the aircraft for just a moment. it's important to say at the outset that this is not a 737 max. th is the plane notorious for two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019. ultimately, that was a redesign of the aircraft that led to some bad software which led to those

crashes. this is a previous version of the 737 so we will take that whole issue off the plate. the crew itself, we don't know much about what was going on in that cockpit. there is no indication of any rt of radio call, any announcement that there was a mayday scenario. the weather does not appear to be a factor. the crash site itself is very contained which indicates that the aircraft was not breaking apart in pieces in flight. the wreckage is pretty much in one spot. that leaves investigators scratching their head and looking for the clues. one thing to point out, at that rate of speed, 350 to 400 miles per hour straight into the ground, there is a high likelihood we will not get any data out of the cockpit voice recorder or data recorder, which would be very unfortunate of course. william: that incredibly steep descent you are describing seems

like a near vertical drop into the ground. is that something the plane could have or would have gone on its own? miles: no. planes are inherently stable, william. what you saw would take really an awful lot of effort. let's go back to 97. the 737 crash out of jakarta, indonesia. almost an identical precipitous plunge. many years later, the ntsb came to the conclusion after studying it in great detail because they wanted to make sure it was not a mechanical problem with the 737 writer which caused -- rudder which caused problems previously. they could not come up with a scenario where they could maintain that kind of precipitous fall without human intervention. in other words, if you let go of the controls, the plane would have reduced its dissent dramatically and would have returned to a more stable flight. william: we know that boeing and

the ntsb have offered assistance to the chinese in this investigation. it's unclear whether that offer will be accepted but generally speaking, what kind of a track record do the chinese have when it comes to iation security? miles: much improved. in the 1990's, you may recall that china aviation was not good. it had not a good track record. hundreds of people died in that timeframe in a series of accidents. the chinese turned to the united states and the federal aviation administration and the national transportation safety board to ask those officials how to improve their system and they embraced that by all accounts and adopted a very meticulous safety program which kind of matched the faa ntsb approach. concurrent with that, they improved to modernize their fleet dramatically, the 737 that

crashed yesterday that was only six years old. pretty common in china to have that new feet. china aviation generally is a safe surprise. it would be very interesting to see how forthcoming and welcoming the chinese officials might be to representatives of boeing, for example. the faa and the ntsb, which i treaty are invited into these investigations because that is ter all where the aircraft was produced. william: it seems also that this is a chinese made manufacturer and there is a certain conflict of interest in the investigation going forward. miles: it is very much a gray area how this is going to go forward. here is the important thing to remember, china owns the airline and the investigation will be led by the government. there is an inherent conflict of interest here. william: thank you for getting us through all of this. miles: you are welcome.

♪ judy: as the senate judiciary launches the confirmation hearings for judge kentanji brown jackson to the u.s. supreme court, president biden is focused on uniting allies on a strategy to mitigate the conflict in ukraine. here to break down what's at stake is tamara keith of npr and laura barron lopez of politico. we welcome both of you to the program. amy walter is away. particularly glad to have you, laura. so much to talk about in the news as we were just suggesting. i know you heard the conversation with the ambassador from poland. president biden is headed to europe, meeting with nato, then going to poland. what are white house expectations for this? >> they are expecting there will be deliverables.

when a preside makes a trip, there is a lot of groundwork laid out in advance. the secretary of defense was already there and there has been a lot in the works already. when president biden goes, when these meetings between the leaders take place, when it's over, they will have something to announce. just -- the experts i talked to say this year after president biden going to europe, you know, brussels is a 17 hour drive from the border with ukraine. the president going to warsaw, poland. going to poland which is right on the border where all of these refugees are. to make a statement, he makes a statement simply by being there. judy: it also raises expectations for why he is there. right? laura: a number of refugee resettlement organizations i have been speaking to said that they really hope some of the deliverables are said and are made public when he is there in

poland, expediting the refugee process for ukrainians who have family here, family reunification, as well as eventually non-ukrainians who fled first to ukraine and now have to flee again given the crisis. they are really looking to see the administration which he can do without congress, use the refugee resettlement back to open the u.s. to a lot of refugees. they are disappointed it has not been done so far but they are hoping that this trip starts to move the administration in that process. judy: the president has been the recipient of criticism from republicans. the united states is supporting ukraine but they are saying it could have been more, it could have been sooner. how much of that is noise and how much does the white house worry about that? >> and there are democrats who said it could have been more, could have been sooner. there were democrats and republicans alike who said they wanted the administration to put

forward sanctions on russia before russia did anything, when pressure was building up troops along the ukrainian border. ultimately, president biden has made this choice and this trip is all about highlighting that choice. this choice is moving in lockstep with the allies, with tomato, with the european union. even at times when that makes him seem like he is behind the curve, when it makes him seem, based on american public opinion and certain congressional opinion, that he is a little bit behind. tamara: -- judy: i want to turn to the supreme court hearings. only opening statements today. we have not heard the senators pressed her on some of the questions. we did hear them raised but we did not hear them pressed. what is it that we expect to come from this politically for the white house? how much does it matter to them that these hearings go well? it is expected she will win confirmation. tamara: it is. the administration would like to

see some work properly -- some republicans vote to confirm her. it looks like senator susan collins is someone who could do that. in the white house ahead of these hearings has tried to get ahead of that attack from republicans that she is soft on crime by stating her personal relationship, members of her family who were in law enforcement. she has been endorsed by the largest organization which represents 30,000 chiefs of police. they have endorsed her. one thing i think is important about the context of her record, particularly the public defender experience she has is that no one on the supreme court has ever been a public defender. the closest was thurgood marshall who had experiences of criminal defense -- experience as a criminal defense lawyer. one thing i have seen even the cato institute mention is that they think that diversity on the court could be important because of the continued erosion of the sixth amendment, the fact that more and more in the modern dicial system, people are not

getting jury trials. that has disappeared a lot in the modern judicial system and that someone like her may seek to balance out those changes. judy: how much does it matter that they get some bipartisan support here? tamara: i don't know how much it really matters. in terms of -- it matters to the white house because the white house likes to tell this story about how bipartisanship is possible and the president tells that story whenever he possibly can. he talks about it. in terms of our confirmation, obviously, it does not need to be bipartisan. in terms of the modern age of the confirmation process where they went to clear a few years ago and ever since then, it's been pretty darn partisan, the age ■ofa judicial nominee getting 60 or 70 votes or even more, it looks like it is over. that there has become this real

ideological divide over the courts. the senate has essentially decided the president does not really get his prerogative. they are not going to put a rubber stamp on it. judy: it is a process. we begin to feel like we have seen this movie before when we watch these confirmation hearings. laura: she can be confirmed without republicans. of course, president biden is trying to have a lot of conversations with republicans. he has called susan collins at least three times as justice stephen breyer said he was going to retire so of course, the white house is making an effort for that but the likelihood of her getting more than one republican vote is really slim. judy: one other thing i want to ask you both about his we lost over the weekend the longest-serving republican member of th house. i think you told us he covered him on capitol hill. don young.

88 years old, longtime serving member from alaska. tell us a little about him. laura: congressman young was the dean of the house, one of the oldest members across both chambers to serve that long. so you know, he was known for his chairmanships of the natural resources committee, big on the infrastructure and transportation committee, and one thing notably that biden as well as others have highlighted in his passing is here fighting aggressively for alaska in terms of earmarks which were a thing earlier on in his career. they went away for decades and they returned again recently. most recently voting for biden bipartisan infrastructure package. he was only one of 13 republicans to do that. judy: earmarks, big projects that land in one state or another. may he rest in peace. thank you both for joining us. thank you.

laura: thank you. tamara: thank you. ♪ judy: born and raised in rochester, new york, shawn dunwoody is a local artist and activist. early in his career, he found traditional success in galleries and universities, but now focuses on his own neighborhood, hoping to ignite conversations through art, and to create tangible changes within the community. tonight, shawn shares his brief but spectacular take on bridging communities with art. shawn: activism informs art and art affects activism. they go hand in hand. when you take that brush to the wall or to the canvas or you're, you're, you're molding that clay, you're creating some sort of movement. you're looking for some sort of change. and i realize that art can actually be a fuel to kick that change off in a major way. ♪

you know, growing up in rochester, new york, i spent a lot of time alone, because mom's gotta work two jobs. and i started to spend a lot of time in drawing and coloring and comic books, and i wanted to be a superhero and help shape the world. and i saw that there were ways to actually do this with art and bringing people together. i began showing in galleries and at universities and colleges, and i was lecturing and talking about what some of the issues are that i'm dealing with here being a black man here in america. and i felt it was great. i'm like, oh yeah, look at this. people are paying attention to me, and it's gonna be great. and i got a chance to hang my artwork. but i had a moment where i was addressing an audience and the audience looked nothing like me, and, um, i said, do they really care what i'm talking about? and once i leave this room, will they actually try to create some change in my neighborhood? and i said, i need to be back in my neighborhood. i want to be what i wanted to see when i was 15 years old.

my partner and i, suzanne mayer, we started hinge neighbors. and what that was really about was about there's a highway that runs in the middle of our city. there are two totally different social economic groups on either side. and so, we wanted to be able to work together to amplify the voices of those people. first off, we created an art project, so they can actually beautify their neighborhood together. when i'm working on a community-based project or political project, whatever that may be, i want to infuse some sort of creativity in there. we're all making things happen together, and we're listening to music all while we're learning -- listening to music all while we're learning about the mission that we have to accomplish in the neighborhood. all while gathering names of folks who might not otherwise be -- otherwise come out to see or do anything if i said, “i want to find out how you feel about your community or your neighborhood.” no, but if they see something that draws their eye, makes them think about themselves differently in the environment, makes them feel a bit happy and connected and say, “hey, i actually did this in my neighborhood.” now they've actually committed themselves physically to a

project and mentally they're committed to moving and shaping this community. so that's how i use art as sort of this, it's the sort of hook way. i kind of hook 'em in there and say, hey, come on. this is cool. come in, join me. you'll like this. and what i've seen is that people will really talk to each other and engage in conversation. and when we listen, when we try to understand, when we reach out and we ask and we give and we ask and we give, we will find out there are amazing things that can be accomplished together when we connect. my name is shawn dunwoody, and this is my brief but spectacular take on bridging communities with art. judy: and it's pretty uplifting. and you can watch more brief but spectacular videos online at pbs.org/newshour/brief. two weeks after going viral singing frozen's "let it go" from a kyiv bomb shelter, seven-year-old amellia anisovych, now safely in poland, performed the ukrainian national anthem before an audience of

thousands at a telised event last night. here is a bit of that performance. ♪ ♪ [singing] ♪ ♪ [applause] judy: that has to touch you. seven years old. that is the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you. please stay safe, and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer cellular goal has been to

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