senator ben sasse of nebraska had a substantive exchange with the nominee. it is unfortunate that those substantive exchanges do not get as much airtime as the fireworks. host: as you mentioned, cory booker's statement getting a lot of attention. there was one moment in which judge jackson showed a little bit of emotion. this is about a minute of senator cory booker talking on wednesday to judge jackson. [video clip] sen. booker: your family and you speak to service, service, service. i am telling you right now, i am not letting anybody in the senate steal my joy. i told you this at the beginning. i am embarrassed. it happened earlier today. i just look at you and i start getting full of emotion. i'm jogging this morning and at the end of the block i live on because i put my music on loud when i'm jogging trying to block out the noise of the heart attack i am having. and this woman comes upon me and tackles me, an african-american woman. and the look on her eye, she just wanted to touch me because i am sitting so close to you, and tell me what it meant to he

. >> trace: we are joined by republican senator ben sasse, a member of the intelligence committee, tocuss america's response to the war. plus, two years since the start of the pandemic, a new wave of covid hits europe. we will ask surgeon general vivek murthy what the rising case overseas could mean for the u.s. only on "fox news sunday." then, from filling your gas tank to buying groceries or finding a plac live, inflation is on the rise.d's actions will provide relief. all right no one "fox news sunday." ♪ ♪ >> trace: into logan from fox news in washington. russian forces are pushing deeper into ukraine attacking cities but facing continued resistance. they have not yet claimed full control of a major city, but they have cut off at least one buried ukraine's president is repeating his calls to meet with russian president latimer boudin, and this week, the united nations sent at least 840's -- said at least 487 civilians have been killed and nearly 1400 wounded. the real toll is thought to be much higher. in a moment we will speak with a key republican member of the intelligence comm

that's the word from senator ben sasse of nebraska, a republican.one level you know why people are whipped into an emotional frenzy when they are talked about ukraine but russia's invasion of ukraine was shocking, wrong, the suffering of civilians is horrifying. it's entirely natural to wait for the ukrainians to expel invaders and obviously we are rooting for them to expel the invaders, russia. but. just because what russia has done in ukraine is wrong doesn't mean you have to lie about the ukrainian government. in fact, if you really cared about ukrainian people, and all people use on tv, "we care so much" -- you wouldn't want them to live under a dictator. you be highly upset with what zelenskyy just did. even when they know better, some are too dumb to know. but barack obama's ambassador to russia, unlike ben sasse, actually understands eastern europe. he has lived there. he knows exactly who zelenskyy is and exactly what he's doing. here's his assessment of the ukrainian government, not the people, the government of this afternoon. "if zelensky

and as one of their own members of the committee, ben sasse, called out. in the pudding. all of these republicans, who were some of the most vocal critics with the tv and viral moments that senator sasse was talking about, they found their ways to fog prime time. cruz went viral in a meta cell phone. if you look at the lower portion, an eof-eye journalist photographer called him searching for his own name on twitter after he tried to get some extra time and drama. you know what they say, out here in these streets, doing it all for the tweets. >>> my legal breakdown on this absolutely blistering resignation letter from the prosecutor who says trump is guilty of crimes. stay with us. ump is guilty of crimes stay with us dry eye symptoms keep driving you crazy? inflammation in your eye might be to blame. let's kick ken's ache and burn into gear! over the counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. those drops will probably pass right by me. xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye d

senator ben sasse of nebraska, thank you very much.many troops he loses. >> well, we don't know that. in fact, there's -- >> the speech yesterday didn't definitely indicate it anytime soon. >> you had lavrov, his foreign minister, being positive about the possibility of coming to a negotiated settlement. if vladimir putin does settle with the ukrainians and move forward, he's going to have to blame a lot of people domestically. we're starting to see that. he's blaming the traders in the west, the oligarchs in the west, blaming his intel community, he's putting them under house arrest. it sounds a bit like he's trying to clean up things to find other people to blame if he does, in fact, settle with the ukrainians. >> we'll be back tomorrow morning. that does it for us for now. chris jansing picks up the coverage right now. >>> good morning. i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york. it is thursday, march 17th. and we begin with the horrific toll of the war in ukraine reaching a new level this morning along with the ruthle

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ben sasse accused some of his colleagues of, hiss words, jack-assery.ut his line of questioning. take a listen. >> i have to ask you about your questions in the hearing. everything you pressed her on, on the gitmo stuff, on the child porn stuff, that was all stuff you knew or could have known before you vote for her last time. >> i didn't even go to the hearing. i thought she was qualified to be on the circuit court. this is a different game. >> so, erin, in your view, how does what we saw over the past week inform us about what we're going to see potentially over the next nearly eight months before the midterms? >> yeah. well, i think lee ann is exactly right. you know, judge jackson despite comporting herself with dignity and grace throughout the week, you know, had to contend with these attacks that were levied mostly by white men. but i think i would certainly point to some reporting that we had at the 19th, highlighting senator marshall blackburn. my colleague amanda becker noted interesting exchanges where he asked judge jackson to define woman an

it's a lie that's the word from senator ben sasse of nebraska, a republican. and again on onero level you ca understand why people are whipped into an emotional frenzy when they talk about ukraine. why wouldn't they be? russia's invasion of ukraine was shocking. itits was wrong. the suffering of civilians there is entirely real. we're watching on tv. it's horrifying. so it's entirely natural to root for the ukrainians to expel the invaders. and obviously we are rootinghe for them tom expel the invaders. russia. but just because what russia has done in ukraine is wrong w doesn't mean you have to liero about the ukrainian government. in fact,t, if you really cared about the ukrainian people and all the people you saw on tv, we care so much you wouldn't want them to live under a dictator. you'd be highly upset about what solinsky just did. but our leaders are not upset in the slightest. they're cheering it on even when they know better. some of them is too dumb to know, but some of them do know michael mcfaul, for example, he's barack obama's ambassador to russia

my favorite line was i think my colleague ben sasse was we to send them wanything that can shoot. >> are you safe to say a pick up the pace, safe to say you were heartened by ... on not putting words in your mouth but were you heartened by the briefing, you got the full classified briefing? >> it's a shame we've had to beat them into acting more rapidly but i think they are. picking up the pace and that gives the ukrainians a better chance to win. an example of something i think is utterly absurd. why would you consider it provocative to assist the polls in getting the makes into you ukraine. they're already shooting each other, the provocation is on full display. our approach to be give them everything we possibly can that gives them the chance to beat the russians. >> let me ask you a us follow-up, is there a, do you have a redline? i've been asking members of congress. if you can start using chemical weapons or altaking this success further than he already has is there any situation you could foresee in that realm where the us should get ... >> i'm not going to speculate about som

during the confirmation hearing of judge ketanji brown jackson, senator ben sasse introduced a thirdgory. >> i think we should recognize that jac jackassory is because of people mugging for opportunities. >> dickerson: is it questioning about an important issue? >> do you agree with me it is important to accommodate the sincerely-held religious beliefs of all americans? >> dickerson: is it concern about the judge's record. >> there is at least a level of empathy that enters into your treatment of a defendant that some could view as beyond what some of us would be comfortable with. >> dickerson: is it interrupting? >> so you're not going to answer my question? >> no, i've answered your question. >> you haven't answered my question. i'm sitting here asking you and you're declining to answer. >> dickerson: is it suggesting the witness is a liar? >> do you really expect this committee to believe that you don't remember what happened in this hawkins' case, when it came back before you? >> yes, senator, i do believe you to believe -- >> i don't find it credible, judge. >> dickerson: is it

. >> reporter: and senator ben sasse appearing to suddenly call out his republican colleagues. >> i thinkshould recognize that the jackassery we often see around here is partly because of people mugging for short-term camera opportunities. >> reporter: and then as the hearing ended last night when she was asked what she would say to the diverse generation of up-and-coming young americans, jackson described a scene from her freshman year at harvard. >> i was really questioning, do i belong here, and a black woman i did not know was passing me on the sidewalk, and she looked at me, and i guess she knew how i was feeling, and she leaned over as we crossed and said, persevere. i would tell them to persevere. >> reporter: if democrats stay united, and it's expected that they will, they won't need a single republican vote to confirm judge jackson. now, a vote on her nomination is scheduled for early next month. mona. >> alex, thank you. >>> there's new evidence a covid-19 surge could be looming. new data shows an increase in positive tests in the u.s. for the first time since january. meanwhile

you heard one reaction from senator ben sasse of nebraska saying we need to get them what they are asking for. we will get more reaction from lawmakers as they funnel out of that room and the capitol visitor center after listening to remarks from ukrainian president. you heard the speaker of the house introduce president zelensky and after she introduced him she said "glory to ukraine." you heard the ukrainian president invoke memories of 9/11 and pearl harbor for our lawmakers, and then asking for that humanitarian no-fly zone, saying is this too much to ask? then he invoked the words of martin luther king, i have a dream, saying i have a need to protect our sky. he also went on to ask for more sanctions for american businesses to leave russia, for the u.s. to sanction individuals associated with vladimir putin, for russian politicians and oligarchs. he said u.s. courts should be closed -- u.s. ports should be close to all russian goods. you agree with the sentiment? rodney in california, democratic caller. we go to you first. caller: good morning. i just heard the speech. i believe in h

senator ben sasse in washington said recently the us should be arming ukraine to the teeth and also offeringso they can kill these russian invaders." is that deep sort of military intel cooperation happening hour—on—hour, day—on—day between the us and ukraine right now? well, again, i don't want to get into specifics, but i can say that we are coordinating very closely with our ukrainian partners. and when it comes to warplanes, which again, zelensky is desperate to get his hands on, you are, should i say, encouraging very strongly poland to give those mig warplanes to ukraine quickly, are you? look, that's poland's sovereign choice. we are looking at all range of platforms to enable ukrainians to defend their skies and more importantly, to defend their neighbourhoods and their neighbours. because we are seeing a lot of civilians dying as a result of this unprovoked conflict, including strikes on hospitals, orphanages, schools, ambulances, pharmacies, etc. and so we're looking at a range of different systems. you have also — you, the government in the united states — have talked a lot about

senator ben sasse said the united states and nato allies to keep them in the fight in the skies and in the streets for as long as it takes, but there are fears that they could draw into the conflict as russian who do my cores and he would be seen as an act of war. the defense ministry spokesperson issuing a statement saying the use of airfield network of these countries are basically ukrainian military with force could be regarded as involvement of these days and armed conflict. the warning comes as u.s. intelligence estimates there have been 4500 russian casualties so far. and it comes as general milley warrants nato's commitment. >> we do tend to defend nato article five if they intend to attack. that is the purpose why these forces an army battalion is here. >> meanwhile no sign of holding onto civilians. that is why congress is rushing to get $10 billion in economic support for ukraine. interestingly, pelosi and note to members is saying that she will also ban russian oil outright in this bill. that is something president biden has not been able to do so far although the administra

senator ben sasse of nebraska came out and announced his opposition to judge jackson on the basis of his's agreements with her overall judicial philosophy. not referencing these sexual abuse cases that were brought up by senator cruz, lindsey graham, hawley. it is not the only basis for republican opposition to judge jackson and there were moments in the hearing room where things got in philly out of hand, particularly cruz shouting down the chairman of the committee. there is a strategy of republicans that were chosen to represent the caucus took. i think it is worth pointing that out even if not every single member of the caucus may feel the same way. host: by the way, if you like podcasts, you should check out the c-span podcasts available on our website tomorrow mobile outcome or anywhere that you get your podcasts. jimmy hoover, natalie rodriguez, "the term", thank you for joining us. that is all the time we have for today. we will be back again tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on "washington journal" on c-span. in the ♪ >> president biden met with president due to of

. >> he would not use the same words ben sasse because that would be swearing. he clearly was offended by what happened in the judiciary committee. i think it is entirely possible and just based on kind of reading the way he approached this with me that he will vote yes for ketanji brown jackson. i think it's possible he sticks with his party with mitch mcconnell and votes no. what i think is potentially at the center of this is civil rights and the advancement of african americans. the idea of voting against the first african american woman to be appointed to the supreme court might stand a little bit at odds with some of the things he takes the most pride in, particularly his father's legacy on civil rights, george romney had a legacy on civil rights. and as a mormon i think mitt romney is very acutely aware of what it's like to be a minority and to try and advance the rights of minorities. so that's what i'm going to be looking at as he tries to make the decision. i think it was part of the offense he described as to how she was treated. >> there used to be a

. >> your colleague ben sasse said yesterday, he thinks lawyers are slowing down sharing real-time intelligenceble, real-time intelligence. it is overly lawyered by the administration. it isn't good enough to tell someone where a tank was ten hours ago when the tank is now at the doorstep trying to do the bombing we've is a not in kharkiv. >> my understanding is that the nsc has not had any guidance. they signed off on what the pentagon proposed. if there is an issue causing delay, where is it? in the pentagon? the cia? where do you think? >> that depends. it will be in the hands of legal offices and the ultimately the president. the president can share and declassify evidence with whomever he chooses to. i think we should lean forward in providing actionable intelligence. number one, can it be communicated in a secure way in actionable, it has to be accurate. people think intelligence is just as black or white. it is a highly educated guess. you don't want to make a mistake. especially since the russians have shown the ability to adjust tactics. you don't want them chasing one thing when thing

got called out for jack assery by ben sass and all they've gotten in some case is the culture war. >>was raising his eyebrows at the behavior of people like holly and ted cruz who was asking the judge whether or not babies were racist. take a listen to chuck grassley who's the ranking republican on the senate judiciary committee. he had a town hall on friday after he watched republicans. take a listen to him talking to an iowa constituent. >> really mad and i think it was just -- the main thing they did this for is so they can get tv time. i'm not going to dispute what you said because i think you described it accurately. >> just in case. just beat her up really bad. the main they did this for was to get tv time. then grassley said i'm not going to dispute then he tried to distance himself from other republicans. grassley's a pretty partisan republican. >> he's one who respects the institution of the senate. he is one because he has been so many terms in the senate, one that respects not the grandeur of it, the grand standing, but frankly came from a time before television cameras and

on this very network a couple of days ago, ben sasse who is a republican senator who we are told is some objected to the phrasing of some donald trump tweets a couple of years ago, he was brave, that the u.s. policy should be to facilitate the ability of ukrainians to kill russians, "kill russians." that's a proxy war. that's what poland is enabling the facilitation of byway of the massive numbers of u.s. troops that have been deployed to this country. and so if that's the nature of the commitment that americans now have in this major war, you'd expect some measure, perhaps, of some transparency aloud. instead there is a shroud of secrecy around these operations. journalists are not allowed to take any kind of look to what the military is doing here. by politician i inquired with bothrepublicansn this trip, members of congress,o get basic information of what they were doing. i didn't area, schedule, what i was told is they couldn't provide those details to a journalist because of security reasons. one of those security reasons? is america at war? is poland at war? not apparently. there i

ben sasse you've voiced frustration that we asked the white house press secretary about.lligence sharing with the ukrainians? >> the administration will tell you they are sharing intelligence but not sharing the information most needed in the moments when it is most needed. it is not justful to tell somebody that a tank was at a certain spot 10 hours ago. you need to know when you will kill the invading russians. they're trying to defend their families from the atrocities putin is committing. >> bill: why would that be? >> putin has the largest nuclear arsenal in the world that we'll ever face and willing to provoke and constantly say it would be an escalating step for us to share targeting information. we should be sharing targeting information. >> bill: you've been in some of the hearings that we have not been. can you characterize the degree to which putin is willing to go? is this chechnya, a country that will be leveled in time? >> i think his intent is to target civilian populations the try to demoralize them. he knows supply lines are hard for him. his army has dem

she met with senator leahy this morning and will meet with senator ben sass and later meeting with senatorinue until the point the confirmation hearings again. we'll hear opening statements and then we'll get into the q & a portion of it. it looks like those questions could last for about two days and then we'll hear closing statements. from the time she was nominated to the time the confirmation hearings start, we're seeing democrats make good on their promise to do an expedited timeline here, akin to what we saw with justice amy coney barrett. there were just about 14 or 16 days there. compare that to judge jackson, from nomination to the start of hearings, it's about 24 days. democrats trying to do this in as timely a fashion as possible but also allowing senators to have the time that they need to meet with her, to digest her court opinions and to become experts on who this person is. >> judge jackson already receiving praise from both sides of the aisle for her intellect, her integrity and her carry. ali, nice to see you. thank you very. next right here for us, our team is live on pol

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we had ben sasse and others criticiing them.ven said sadly these have become testing grounds for lies and conspiracy for reps. through it ought, judge jackson kept her cool. >> senator sasse is not qanon, and may reflect what some moderate republicans are seeing in judge jackson. we have the approval ratings. it is an interesting objective measurement here, compared to ref nominees, roberts a republican, but did very well. ginsburg above 50%. jackson across america, a lot of coverage, people learned a bit about her. she's in our polarized time, more supported than other recent trump nominees, and on par with roberts, who styled himself as an umpire famously in those hearings. is there a note of optimism? >> absolutely. she's the second-most pop a here nominee in recent history. it's the same energy when biden announced he would be nominating a black woman on february 2020. it galvanizes people. people want to witness this history. people want this change, and they want the highest court in the land to be more reflective of the c

katie, earlier this week .with republican senator ben sasse on the intelligence economy. he said the u.s. government is not sharing intelligence with ukrainians at a fast enough real-time speed. the u.s. officials have now responded to this. what are they saying? >> yeah. they pushed back pretty strongly on any suggestion that they are either not providing enough intelligence to the ukrainians or it is not getting there fast enough. the u.s. officials told us, the u.s. is sharing intelligence on russian troop positioning and russian troop movements. they're sharing intercepted communications detailing russian military planning. officials say they've set up multiple channels for this information to get to the ukrainians including building a secure portal where the united states can put information, post information, and then they can pull it down securely on their side. officials also say this information that this intelligence is getting to the ukrainians quickly. in some cases, according to one source we spoke to, as quickly within 30 minutes to an hour of the united sta

. >> phil, there is this concern that senator ben sasse, republican of nebraska who's on the senate intelligenceently enough sharing realtime, actionable intelligence with ukraine. jen psaki at the white house says that the u.s. has been sharing intelligence in a timely manner. what could one of the hold-ups me? the white house insists their lawyers are not stopping anything. what do you think might be going on? >> sources and methods. that is someone says we're intercepting russian military communications. they're too sensitive to pass quickly to ukraine. we have to have a delay process to ensure that there's a term we use in intelligence that we mask that intelligence we're collecting. i would be surprised to see that's happening. this is a presidential decision. the president looks at the intel players and says as the cia told me, when there's intelligence for an ally, you pass it and you pass it immediately. there are ways to do this we can talk about, jake. there are ways to mask that intelligence so the ukrainians don't know how we gathered it. but i would be really shocked to learn there'

i would say this, ben sasse is a united states senator.introduce the bill separately and say, we'll vote for this? they sure didn't. virtually everything that comes out of their mouths is a talking point, is a hope that people are uninformed or not paying attention. and it's entirely disingenuous. and i think the white house, frankly, could be a bit more aggressive about calling out this stuff and start to be raising and re-raising the fact that republicans were willing to go along with the extortion of ukraine and feed them to the russian bear just a couple of years ago. their behavior is unconscionable. but at this point entirely unsurprising. >> yeah, do y'all's job, you can introduce a bill. eugene, is there any concern, yes or no, that ketanji brown jackson's nomination will not go from nomination to confirmation? >> no, none that i've seen at all. >> okay, eugene, i'm going to send you a picture so i can get on that refrigerator behind you. eugene daniels, jennifer rubin, thank you very much. >>> and we'll be right back. uch. >>> and

she would try to explain and he would interrupt and ben sasse of nebraska offered these thoughts about at events that are supposed to be sober and somber like congress or courts. >> a huge part of why this institution doesn't work well is because we have cameras everywhere. cameras change human behavior. we know this. you don't have the same kinds of conversation over the dinner table. >> sasse would go on to describe the debehavior with a word not suitable for television but something to do with donkeys. >>> nato experts say the russians may have lost as many as 15,000 troops killed in action. that is a staggering number. that's 28 days. america lost 7,057 troops in hostile fire in afghanistan and iraq combined in 20 years. the u.s. secretary of state yesterday talked about russian war crimes. there's a lot of evidence that that's true like the recent satellite pictures showing that the civilian theater that was targeted in mariupol. here it is before and there it is after. accusing the kremlin is likely a path out of the war for the kremlin and the prosecutor on the team looking into

his guest include senate intelligence committee member ben sasse and surgeon general dr. vindictive murthy. thanks for inviting us in your home tonight that's it for this "special report" fair balanced and still unafraid. "jesse watters primetime" starts right now. hey, jesse. >> jesse: hey, bret, thank you. >> jesse: bombshell from the "new york times america has a free speech problem. americans hold fundamental right free citizens as a country. the right to speak their minds and voice their opinions in public without fear of being shamed or shunned. something is definitely happening here in america. a full article from the "new york times," more than like 2500 words, blasting liberal hypocrites for shutting down the people they disagree with. here's another quote. you can't consider yourself a supporter of free speech and be policing and punishing speech more than protecting it free speech demands a greater willingness to engage with ideas we dislike. so if cancel culture is confirmed just like hunter's laptop, the newspaper of record says so. so it has to be true. and

you also heard ben sasse, the republican from nebraska. he said they need airpower urgently and america should send it. there's ongoing debate within the biden administration and among other countries that have these planes about whether this would be a smart idea. the same concerns of escalating this conflict further exists there, so it's not clear this is going to happen. as this call was wrapping up, all the senators on it unmuted their lines and said slava, euphoria, glory to ukraine. president zelenskyy was touched by the gesture but wants more than words from the united states going forward. >> his calls getting more urgent. they are daily. we'll see how and when the u.s. and nato respond. kevin lipta keshgs in delaware, than so much. >>> still to come, the number of refugees dpleeing ukraine has grown to more than 1.3 million people in just a little more than a week. i want also amazingly fast. we'll be live on the ground in moldova across the border of ukraine as companies and countries are pledging their support to ukrainians flee

she's not going to talk about policy issues that are left to the legislative branch and not judges ben sass of nebraska asked her more pertinent questions she debunked labels. her philosophy is much more nuanced and approaches it from a neutral standpoint and not ideologically. what's next is two more days of hearings, including another round of questioning and tomorrow and thursday we will hear from witnesses speaking on her behalf the chairman of this committee, dick durbin, wants to get this wrapped up by april 9th before the next recess. >> sahil kapur, thank you. >>> it appears there are no survivors of the 737 crash in southern china with more than 130 people on board. it nose dived and now we know burst into flames on impact. rescue crews report they found wallets and bank cards, phones and purses all scattered around this remote mountain side but nobody alive the conditions they say are rough. the jet went down in a thick forest on a steep hill you can get there only by foot or motorcycle, no cars or trucks investigators say their top priority is to find the jet's black boxes. they

. >> republican senator ben sasse raised the issue to our jake tapper, saying the ukrainian military back, claiming essentially red tape in the administration. is that true? >> we are providing our ukrainian partners precisely what they need to fight and engage in self-defense. they've been doing so with courage, with bravery, and with dignity and will continue to do that. i spoke to the defensive weaponry we provided, but we are robustly sharing information with our ukrainian partners. >> he believes russia is intentionally targeting civilians in ukraine. but earlier he declined to say whether he believes war crimes are being committed, saying it's too soon to say that? what is the line with war crimes? >> well, war crimes are spelled out very clearly, any number of the geneva conventions. what we are doing, what is important to us, and what we will continue to do are a couple things, one to provide our ukrainian partners precisely what they need to defend their country, which they are doing valiantly, in a way that president putin has not expected. and i think we can see that in th

his guest include senate intelligence committee member ben sasse and surgeon general dr.special report" fair balanced and still unafraid. "jesse watters primetime" starts right now. hey, jesse. >> jesse: hey, bret, thank you. >> jesse: bombshell from the "new york times america has a free speech problem. americans hold fundamental right free citizens as a country. the right to speak their minds and voice their opinions in public without fear of being shamed or shunned. so

senator ben sasse talked about what he would like to hear this week. >> i want us to vet judge jackson's judicial philosophy. i don't want us to attack her as a human but a debate what her judicial philosophy is. if you get lifetime tenure you don't confuse yourself with a super legislator and we need to know that's there. >> harris: that's a nuance on something that senator blackburn expressed and your first expression today, too, what you would be most concerned about. what i understand senator sasse there to be saying is he just wants her to be sensitive to the law and not follow lawmakers. >> what's fascinating about that comment is that in the barrett confirmation, democrats lined up and said that they would vote against now justice barrett based entirely on the fact she had a conservative judicial philosophy. so they really drew this line and said in their view that is a disqualifying criteria. they would vote against her because of that. it created precedent for republicans to do the same thing. they can say look, we disagree with the judicial philosophy of this nominee. either be

republican ben sasse was among the bipartisan group of senators taking part in that zoom call and saying needs air power, and zelenskyy's message is simple, close the skies and let's be clear-eyed about our options and sending american pilots against russian jets and air defenses in a battle between nuclear powers that can spiral out of control quickly. he goes on to suggest that sending ukrainians planes and helicopters to kyiv instead. what do you think of that instead of enforcing a no-fly zone, sending uavs and helicopters so ukrainians can potentially enforce one of their own? >> as president zelenskyy says send us the type of equipment that we have used in the past, that our military has used which was when they were part of the warsaw pact. so they probably have a lot of pilots that can fly russian-type aircraft like the s.u.s and the migs, and that would be acceptable and boy, wouldn't it be ironic, pamela, if suddenly the nato countries were providing lend leased much like the soviet union in world war ii to get them out of the grasp of the nazis. that would be an ironic thing a

you've also got some republicans who have been a little more critical of trump, ben sass from nebraskar the president. mike lee who might face political head winds because of criticism he made of former president trump. so ideologically, it's kind of a cross section of the republican party and that's going to make the next few hearings really interesting. >> this 2016, having an open seat was critical to donald trump becoming president and how -- >> i think there's a sense about her nomination and the confirmation process actually showcasing a talented judge like this and the nomination process that i think is going to really highlight an accomplishment for biden. i think there's only really an up side to this for democrats and a real risk for republicans. most likely the scenario is this will be like some of the confirmations that got a lot less attention because her credentials are pretty unimpeachable and the people tuning in will be african-americans and people who have been watching change in the country. ted cruz himself basically said there's nothing in her record that he can fi

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senator ben sasse says that's easy to unleash american energy. >> we should be moving towards energy independence of the biden administration should get out of the way with north american energy production so the europeans don't continue to make so many stupid decisions of tying themselves to pollutants energy supplies. we should cut afresh from energy supplies. alvin and the room and all of the presents have had so far in the invasion of ukraine the ambassador says nato is to blame for the invasion the president biden did not want the crisis in the chinese have also said that they will support russia's economy through normal economic operations. in a phone call with president biden and president xi jinping on friday, president biden outline consequences including sanctions on chinese companies, should try to get military equipment into ukraine and the u.s. right now watching and waiting to see what china does. cheryl: is a delicate dance. thank you. running low on missiles in the month-old war against ukraine. mark is here to tell us how he sees the next week and the battle for ukra

thursday on the senate floor, republican senator ben sasse was saying lethal aid to ukraine has beenow. here's that. [video clip] >> how much aid did they need, what kinds and how urgently? the answer is they need everything and yesterday. if they can shoot it, we should ship it. ukrainians are fighting for freedom and we should do more to help. javelins, stingers, lethal drones like switch blade surface-to-air missiles, coastal missiles, machine guns, ammunition, grenade launchers, nightvision goggles and, yes, planes, more and more of it faster. i applaud the president for some of what he has done but i would note there are important weapons that are not yet in ukrainian hands, like the s-300 and it takes time to cross the border and we should be sending this as fast as possible, not having the administration's lawyers debate how many angels can dance on the tip of a sam or what weapons are offensive or defensive. every weapon we give them right now is defensive and these distinctions don't make a bit of difference to a russian invading pilot if he gets shot down, which weapons of

let's bring in nebraska republican senator ben sasse a member of the budget finance committee.ks for being here. >> thanks, for inviting me. >> bret: is there a committee you are not on? that's a lot of committees. put the intelligence hat on first and talk about these mig 29 planes, these jets from poland. take a listen to this back and forth. >> if, for instance, the polish government, a nato member, wants to send fighter jets, does that get a green light from the u.s. or are you afraid that that will escalate tension. >> no. that gets a green light. >> we don't believe additional aircraft is the most effective answer to meeting those needs in the conflict. now, look, sovereign nations can decide for themselves. >> we are delivering lethal aid, do we honestly think putin is going to draw a distinction between the javelins and stingers coming across killing russians very effectively? from jets protecting the skies above? >> has the administration screwed this up? >> oh, yeah. i mean, yes, no, maybe to everything what are they for? you listen to secretary blinken and there is a

and i'm sort of intrigued by the questions and the tone and the tenor put forward by senators like ben sasseiously be considering substantive questions and putting forward very detailed analysis and issues, with judge jackson and their questions over the last two days, of panel hearings. and so you know, this is a symptom of the times we live in. and in the ways we move back over the last historic 48 hours and with judge jackson, took hundreds of questions and faced relentless scrutiny from a handful of republicans, many of whom have higher aspirations for political office, you have to look at where we are as a country. and that is to say highly divided time. that is a time when a lot of the national politics filtered into that room, and it's going to be a difficult vote for some republicans. >> democratic votes in the process, flagging senator tillis, whose questions perhaps suggested some support. there and gop colleagues were focused on other things, and they grilg grilled judge jackson on several rulings on child corn child pornographer cases. and how do you think this line of questionin

graham's fellow republican ben sasse of nebraska offered these thoughts about cameras at events thatd to be sober and somber like congress and courts. >> reporter: a huge part of why this institution doesn't work well is because we have cameras everywhere. cameras change human behavior. we know this. you don't have the same kinds of conversation over the dinner table. >> reporter: sasse would go on to describe some people's on-camera behavior with the word not suitable for morning television but generally has to do with donkeys. president biden is in brussels to meet with nato. nato is going to double the size of its forces on the eastern border. ukranian president zelenskyy spoke with nato as well asking for tanks and other weapons. meantime nato experts say the russians may have lost as many as 15,000 troops killed in action. that is a staggering number in 28 days. america lost 7,057 troops in hostile fire in afghanistan combined, and that was in 20 years. the u.s. secretary of state yesterday once again talked about russian war crimes. there's evidence that's true, like the recent

question that struck me, saikrishna prakash, she was asked to explain -- i think it was senator ben sasseer which justice she admirers or identifies with, and he named the three current liberal justices, cagen, sotomayor, and she did not want to be tied down. is that in keeping with how they handled these types of questions when asked who on the court they most admire and that kind of question? >> that's a great question, judy. i think justice barrett, when she was up before the supreme court, she insisted she would be her own justice, that she wouldn't just been a clone of justice scal leah.ia. i think it is consistent with how judge barrett handled that question. on the question of philosophy more generally, she wouldn't put a name to it. she talked about her methodology. she repeatedly referred to judicial refrain, how the court is focused on original public meeting. in many ways she sounded like a nominee that a republican senator might have put before the court. >> woodruff: i remember hearing one of the senators say it sounds to me like your describing your methodology, but we don't

assistant secretary of defense for eurasia, ukraine and russia and the obama administration senator ben sasse of nebraska said today that the biden administration is not sharing enough intelligence fast enough with the ukrainians. the biden administration says that is just false how important is that swrens, real time intelligence on exact locations, exact movements of russian forces to ukraine's real survival >> it could be a game changer. clearly the ukrainians are r relying on whatever intelligence they can get president zelenskyy was asking max ar and only satellite companies if they would donate to the ukraine government some of their feed. but they need the real-time intelligence that would come from the united states government which would be better, which would be more accurate. >> are they getting it >> well, it sounds like they are not getting it as much as they would like i mean, i think if senator sasse is signaling there is a problem, i don't -- i do know from previous discussions that i was privy to in the government under the obama administration that there are -- the lawyers o