they are painted by martin griffith's hell no one. well, either fully expected this or certainly a wanted anything like it, but there were some preparedness and that now in some ways, even though civilians that the needs of civilians are not being met in some parts of ukraine, there is a system in place that is helping certainly the many, many hundreds of thousands of refugees now prison salumi is live for us at the united nations, very strong words there for martin griffiths. what did you make of it, kristen? yes, the un humanitarian relief chief saying that the world is failing to meet the needs of civilians in ukraine painting a very dire picture. with 1700000 people having fled the country already. and now the, the meeting is continuing with a spokesperson for the director for unicef. the child agency saying that half of those refugees now are children. this very grim picture is happening as being painted in an open session. while behind the scenes security council members are working on a resolution to dress the humanitarian situ

martin griffiths. the security council will know begin its consideration of the agenda. >> i now give the floor to mr. martin griffiths. >> thank you very much, madame president. and congratulations on presiding over this council. in these extraordinary times. we are here to speak about the humanitarian situation in ukraine. none of us want to be here today. we already had enough on our hands. we had no need for another war. which would have such a swift impact for the fastest growing refugee crisis in europe since the second world war. today indeed is not a date we had in mind. in the weeks before the offensive began in ukraine, organizations went about their business. they had been working in the donbass region providing people there with humanitarian aid. a business they have been doing chronically and without fanfare these past eight years. and they are still doing it today. however and whenever they can. but of course, they are also prepared for the worst to come. two weeks ago, few thought the sc

she's be introduced by retired judge thomas griffith and lisa fairfax.ssor from the university of pennsylvania. >> i come here as someone who understands that there are few greater responsibilities under the constitution than serving as a justice on the united states supreme court. it takes a jurist of high character, keen intellect, deep legal knowledge and broad experience to ensure that the judiciary plays its unique role under the constitution. to uphold the rule of law impartially and not to be, in the words of justice stephen breyer, partisans in robe. i have the high honor to introduce judge ketanji brown jackson, a jurist with all of those qualifications. when president biden introduced her three weeks ago, the american people caught their first glimpse of judge jackson's character. she began her remarks with an expression of her faith in god and her gratitude for this nation, which she rightly observed is the greatest beacon of hope and democracy the world has ever known. i first met judge jackson in 2013 after the senate confirmed her nominatio

can you share with me what it means to hear that someone like judge griffith has such confidence you would make an excellent member of our highest court. >> thank you. it means the world to me to have the support of judge griffith, his coming here yesterday and testifying on my behalf was so gratifying. i have tried in every respect to follow my methodology that enables me to rule impartially in every case and understand the limits of my own judicial authority and reach decisions without fear or favor. my record demonstrates that i am not proceeding from any sort of pre-conceived notion about how a case comes out. i'm going what impartial and fair judges do which is to decide in every case based only on the facts and the law of that case. i'm very, very pleased that judge griffith has seen that in the years that he supervisesed me effectively as a kocourt of appeals judge when i was a district judge. i think it's wonderful that he was able to come here and testify to that. >> those watching my be confused. my colleague, the junior senator from the state of taxexas has tried to paint

professor fairfax and judge griffith, i am sure judge jackson and her emily appreciate you being here today. i want to add senator doug jones , who has introduced jeb -- judge jackson to many of us. doug, thank you for serving in this cause and helping the president and judge jackson. we are not going to move to the next phase of the program. that is to hear from judge jackson. if we can set up a table -- before you sit down, judge, i am going to ask you to take the oath. please raise your right hand. do you affirm that the testimony will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> let the record reflect that the judge has answered in the affirmative. you make now proceed. -- may now proceed. >> chairman at durban, ranking member grassley, distinguished members of the judiciary committee, thank you for convening this hearing and considering my nomination as associate justice of the supreme court. i am humbled and honored to be here. i am also grateful for the generous introductions that my former colleague judge tom griffith and my close friend professor lisa

can you briefly share what me what it means to you that someone like judge griffith has such confidence that you would make an excellent member of our highest court? >> thank you, senator. it means the world to me to have the support of judge griffith, his coming here yesterday and testifying on my behalf was so gratifying. i have tried in every respect to follow my methodology that enables me to rule impartially in every case and to understand the limits of my own judicial authority and thereby reach decisions without fear or favor. my record demonstrates that i am not proceeding from any sort of preconceived notion about how a case comes out. i'm not ruling consistent with any sort of ideology. i'm doing what impartial and fair judges do, what is to decide in every days based on the facts and the law of that case. i'm very, very pleased that judge griffith has seen that in the years that he's supervised me effectively as a court of appeals judge when i was a district judge. i think it is wonderful that he was able to come here and testify to that. >> judge, for those watching and for

champions of this bill, the vice president, jerry bustos, good to see you, sir, kent buck, morgan griffithmela, where is she? there you are, good to see you. and senators kristen gillibrand, and lindsey graham. [laughter] by the way, lindsay used to be a really close friend. i'm going to work on it again. and dick durbin, i'm leaving so many people out, but look, for the folks at home this is what this law is going to do. women are forced to face sexual harassment and assault on the job, and it took that courageous step to report what happened. and some of them when they did, they found out that reporting harassment behavior triggered a part of the employment contract they did not know existed, and that they were powerless to change. a mechanism called forced arbitration. forced arbitration isn't court. in fact, it prevents survivors from going to court. forced arbitration proceedings are conducted in secret, with arbitrators selected and paid for by the employer. the outcomes are usually hidden from the public and employees and coworkers, and they usually can't be appealed or overturned.

it means the world to me to have the support of judge griffith. his coming here yesterday and testifying on my behalf was so gratifying. i have tried in every respect to follow my methodology that enables me to rule impartially in every case and to understand the limits of my own judicial authority and thereby reach decisions without fear or favor. my record demonstrates that i am not proceeding from any sort of preconceived notion about how a case comes out, i'm not ruling consistent with any sort of ideology, i'm doing what impartial and fair judges do, which is to decide in every case based only on the facts and the law of that case. and i'm very, very pleased that judge griffith has seen that in the years that he supervised me effectively as a court of appeals judge when i was a district judge, and i think it's wonderful that he was able to come here and testify to that. >> well, judge, for those watching and for those following this they might be puzzled because my colleague, the junior senator from the state of texas, has tried to ascribe al

i couldn't agree more with judge griffith. you've demonstrated your unwavering commitment to that oath and your impartiality, your abundant qualifications. it will be my honor to support your confirmation for associate justice. with that, mr. chair, i yield. >> thank you, senator coons. the senator from nebraska, senator sasse. >> thanks, chairman durbin. judge, welcome back. i'd like to associate myself with parts of what chris said there in his closing. i would differ with him about whether or not getting to precision on judicial philosophy matters. but you know that. you know i've been wrestling about it for a couple of weeks. but i'd like to affirm chris's point about the beauty of the hymn to america you told and through the eyes of your parents and the changes, the growth in the country over the course of the last two generations. and the "wall street journal" had an editorial this morning that said pretty much the same thing as chris just said, which is that the hymn to america that you gave in youring opening on monday

when he sees zach griffiths, lofti karoui. see you same time, same time next week.his was bloomberg real yield. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> welcome to the bnn bloomberg audience. i'm mark crumpton with bloomberg first word news. president biden is calling for an end of normal trade relations with russia. he also announced a ban on russian-made vodka and caviar. speaking from the white house, the president explained what the steps will accomplish. president biden: this will make it harder for russia to do business with the united states, and doing it in unison with other nations will make up half of global economy, another crushing blow to the russian economy which is already suffering badly from our sanctions. mark: the president cannot unilaterally change russia's trait status because that lies with congress but the move has support from democratic and republican lawmakers. russia plan to send thousands of local fighters from the middle east along with weapons to join its forces in the ukraine. vladimir putin told the security council today, we need to help them to get

circuit judge tom griffith.last week on television one of their board members said our constitution -- listen to this -- our constitution is kind of trash. this group's entire purpose and fund-raising model is waging war on the legitimacy of the judiciary itself. and for some reason, these people desperately wanted judge jackson in particular to end up on our highest court. why? well, senators will need to explore that. a representative from this radical outfit told "the washington post" they like judge jackson for reasons that include her work as a public defender and on the u.s. sentencing commission. we're in the middle of a violent crime wave, including soaring rates of homicides and carjackings. even last summer when the pandemic posed a bigger challenge, more americans said violent crime was a big problem than said covid was. amid all this, the soft on crime brigade is squarely in judge jackson's corner. they wanted her above anyone else on the short list, and they specifically cite her experience defendin

hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff.eksandar trajkovski scored the winner in injury time, and they will face portugal in the final eliminator — they beat turkey 3—1. that's the second consecutive world cup italy have failed to qualify for. scotland drew 1—1 with poland in a friendly at hampden. arsenal's kieran tierney scored for the scots before poland equalised in injury time. £10 from each ticket went towards unicef�*s humanitarian work in ukraine. meanwhile, england will be without arsenal forward bukayo saka for the upcoming friendlies against switzerland and ivory coast, after testing positive for covid—i9. saka had been isolating from the rest of the squad at st george's park since yesterday, and has now returned home. england are not planning to call up a replacement. the resurgence of england's women at the cricket world cup has taken them to the verge of the semi—finals, after an outstanding nine—wicket win over pakistan. they made a dreadful start to the tournament, but katherine brunt was back in form, taking

our correspondent hywel griffith reports from cardiff.hemselves the red wall — welsh fans who have made this place a fortress for their team. before tonight, wales were unbeaten at home in 16 games, but few have compared to this. wales could face ukraine in the play—off final, but first they had to beat austria. the visitors could have spoilt the party early, piercing the defence and rattling welsh nerves. but then, ready to calm them, came the captain. commentator: it's bale... injust his third game in four months gareth bale showed he is still good enough for the world stage. maybe the lack of games had made him greedy. bale once again with the midas touch. everything he does is turning to gold! dizzy with celebration, wales were wrong—footed. the deflection helped austria back into the game. danjames could have settled it... james... in the end wales were clinging on. but the red wall wasn't breached again. gareth bale had carried his nation forward. thanks to arguably the finest footballer ever to play in a welsh shirt wales are nowju

judge thomas griffith, a george w. bush appointee, summed it up best when he said you, judge jackson, work based on the fact and the law and not as a partisan. having reviewed your record, i strongly agree with this statement, but you are not just extremely qualified to serve at the supreme court, your nomination is, of course, a historical and you're the supreme court has existed for over 233 years only five have been women, to have been black, and not single have been black women. this is a court that has decided cases that have sweeping effects on the everyday life, as a number of my colleagues have pointed out, including decisions that solidified right for the lgbtq plus community, decisions that have affected women, strengthened unions, and more. but this is also the same court that, throughout the course of history, upheld slavery, jim crow laws, and the unlawful internment of japanese americans. for over 233 years, the individual making decisions that have altered the course of this country have almost exclusive

judge griffith, we will start with you. >> i come here today as a retired federal appears court judge with 15 years of experience on the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. i come as a jurist appointed by george w. bush. i come here as someone who understands that there are few greater responsibilities under the constitution then serving as a justice on the supreme court. it takes a jurist of high character, keen intellect, deep legal knowledge, and broad experience to ensure that the judiciary placed its unique role , to uphold the rule of law impartially and not to be "par tisans in robes." i have the high honor to introduce judge ketanji brown jackson, a jurist who has all those qualities. when president biden introduced her, the american people got their first glimpse of judge jackson's character. she began her remarks with an expression of her faith in god and her gratitude for this nation, which she rightly observed is the greatest beacon of hope and democracy the world has ever known. i first met judge jackson in 2013 after the senate has confirmed her as trial judge. t

we have martin griffiths here, the un humanitarian trees, saying they have had their first technicalng with members of the russian ministry of defence, and they are trying to work out a way to allow for the safe passage of humanitarian aid, the safe passage for civilians, and this comes after the secretary general had a conversation on friday with the defence minister of russia, again trying to see how they can make it so that un organisations on the ground can work to help those most in need. we also heard from the us ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, saying as well maybe there should be a framework, away on the ground to communicate when there is going to be civilians coming through, humanitarian convoys coming through. everyone on the council really urging russia to abide by its international obligations, and to find a way to ensure that civilians won't get harm trying to flee. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: our special correspondent fergal keane speaks to ukrainians he met before russia's invasion, whose lives are changed forever.

martin griffiths told an emergency meeting of the security council in new york that corridors were alsoid. 0ur un correspondent nada tawfik gave more details on the exchanges at the security council meeting. it's what we've seen time and time again at security council meetings as the ukrainian ambassador relays what's happening on the ground, the russian ambassador presents his own version of events that really, i have to say quite frankly nobody else on the council really buys into. i mean, we have martin griffiths here, the un humanitarian chief, saying that they have had their first technical meeting with members of the russian ministry of defence, and they are trying to work out a way to allow for the safe passage of humanitarian aid, the safe passage for civilians. and this comes after the secretary—general had a conversation on friday with the defence minister of russia, again, trying to see how they can make it so that un organisations on the ground can work to help those most in need. we also heard from the us ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, saying as well, maybe

martin griffiths told an emergency meeting of the security council in new york that corridors were alsod to deliver aid. meanwhile, speaking at the meeting, the ukrainian representative to the un said russia is cynically disregarding international humanitarian law by blocking human corridors. he also accused russia of deliberately attacking civilians. it is even more appalling that the russian troops open firing on evacuees and evacuation vehicles, shell the roads allocated for humanitarian corridors. for instance, they shelled depots with evacuation buses near mariupol, blew up a railway near irpin in the kyiv region to prevent evacuation by train, destroyed the bridge on the way to another city. all dimensions where the main routes to evacuate civilians. in return, russia accused ukraine of using civilians as human shields. translation: we are accused of breaking off the operation i to evacuate people through the humanitarian corridors, but everything is actually quite the contrary. it's the ukrainians who won't agree to our proposals to honour ceasefire, and won't allow people to exi

said, judge jackson will be introduced by a widely known conservative legal mind, retired judge griffith as well as lisa fairfax and then she will deliver that opening statement. we'll bring that to you live when it begins. hallie. >> possibly in just the next few minutes, thank you. we'll keep an eye on that on how that is developing in the building behind me. but we also want to get to the latest on vladimir putin's war on ukraine. a war that the united nations has said has killed 925 innocent people, civilians, with officials bracing for that number to get much higher. we expect to hear from the pentagon spokesperson in just about ten minutes or so. josh lederman is live in brussels for us ahead of president biden's trip there. gabe, let me start with you. earlier today we heard no surrender from ukraine, right? unsurprisingly, they are rejecting russia's demand to surrender the port city of mariupol. in a couple of minutes we'll talk about one of the city council members there. i know you talked not too long ago with one of the leaders in ukraine. what is the assessment of the situat

and yemen, which is entering its 7th year of civil war. griffith hasn't ruled out a 2nd funding drive later in the year. but let us be under no illusions. we hope from all we hope from all. and it is a disappointment that we weren't able as yet to get pledges. from some we thought we might hear from 8 people have been rescued, but at least 15 a dead after landslide in northern peru, buried at least 60 homes, many who live in the top town of poor cory works in mines, peruse minute periods. president pedro castillo has called on the mining company, alameda to explain what caused the collapse shoreline, because president has promised to work with the international monetary fund in other countries to end its worst economic crisis in memory. it comes a day after protest is angry and got to buy a raja paxis handling of the crisis tried to storm his office in colombo for life because government is suffering from a shortage of foreign reserves, leaving it struggling to pay the imports of essential good medicine and food by japan, there is also able to limit the use of fuel and electricity. th

martin griffiths says all civilians should be allowed to leave in the direction they choose. in 0desa. the port city is an important strategic target for moscow. a third round of talks between ukrainian and russian delegations has ended in belarus. turkey says the foreign ministers from the two sides are to meet in turkey on thursday. the head of the international atomic energy agency has called for urgent talks on the safety of ukraine's nuclear plants. he said it was unacceptable that normal operations were not in place at the plant seized by russian troops. much by russian troops. more on these stories on the bbc much more on these stories on the bbc news website. you watching bbc news.

we heard from martin griffith and then from unicef, but then we also heard from the russian ambassador, didn't we? absolutely. the united nations security council is getting an update on the situation on the ground, even as it deliberates over the wording of a resolution to guarantee humanitarian axis for the united nations to those in need on the ground in ukraine. certainly the situation has gotten worse day by day, and we heard from martin griffiths as well as the director of unicef, the child agency of the united nations. and they point to 1700000 people who've left ukraine. now the number rising by the day they estimate that about half of those refugees are children and of course millions more are displaced with in ukraine and suffering from ariel bombardments that have struck schools, hospitals, and, and stopped essential services like water and medical care. and so on. so we're hearing the united nations demand safe passage, not only for aid, but for people. and that is some of what's being debated in this resolution that the french and the mexicans are working on with the backi

we are | listening to martin griffiths, friday's phone call.rian affairs and also energy release coordinator. he actually was a special envoy previously to yemen so everybody expects that the war between ukraine and russia will have far—reaching implications, including even food supplies to yemen, for example. interesting to listen to him there. in the main line to take away as he says the parties must allow safe passage for civilians to leave areas of active hostilities on a voluntary basis in the direction they choose. that, of course, was they choose. that, of course, was the point of contention today, some of the passage was back to russia. or, indeed, to belarus. when it comes to diplomacy there was a third round of talks between ukrainian and russian delegations in belarus. here you can both sides meeting at the table. a ukrainian negotiator said the talks did not lead to any result that significantly improves the situation. elsewhere, the turkish foreign minister said russia and ukraine's foreign ministers sergei lavrov and dmytro kuleba

today i'm announcing that in the exercise of mike with offices, i've asked the martin griffiths, the coordinator of all what you meant italian work wolfe wides immediately to explore with the parties involved the possible agreements and arrangements for humanitarian ceasefire in ukraine. since the beginning of the russian evasion when months ago, the war as lads to the senseless loss of thousands of lives, the displacements of 10000000 people, mainly women and children, the systematic destruction of essential infrastructures, and skyrocketing food and energy prices, wild wife. these must stop. united nation is doing everything in its power to support people's lives have been overturned by the world. in the past months beyond their support, the refugee austin countries already meditated agencies and that partners have reached nearly 900000 people, mainly in east that ukraine with food shelter, blankets, madison, bottled water and i. genes supplies that are now more than 1000. the united nations personnel in the country working via 8 you many teddy and hops in the ne portal ve needs ca

judge griffith, we will start with you. >> i come here today as a retired federal appears court judge with 15 years of experience on the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. i come as a jurist appointed by george w. bush. i come here as someone who understands that there are few greater responsibilities under the constitution then serving as a justice on the supreme court. it takes a jurist of high character, keen intellect, deep legal knowledge, and broad experience to ensure that the judiciary placed its unique role , to uphold the rule of law impartially and not to be "par tisans in robes." i have the high honor to introduce judge ketanji brown jackson, a jurist who has all those qualities. when president biden introduced her, the american people got their first glimpse of judge jackson's character. she began her remarks with an expression of her faith in god and her gratitude for this nation, which she rightly observed is the greatest beacon of hope and democracy the world has ever known. i first met judge jackson in 2013 after the senate has confirmed her as trial judge. t

meeting on the ukraine, refugee crisis, where more than 1700000 people have been forced to flee bottom griffith, the un humanitarian chief, called on all parties to allow safe passage for civilians to leave conflict areas. where failing to meet the needs of civilians to day at this time, we need safe passage for humanitarian supplies into areas of activity, active hostility, civilians in places like medical, calculator, paul, and elsewhere, desperately need aid. especially life saving medical supplies, the kinds that have been brought in in these past days by w h o. now the mayor of lives says the city in far weston ukraine is struggling to feed and house people who have fled there from war 2 regions or than 200000 ukrainians, displaced from their homes are now in live if before the war, the city's population was just 700000 hundreds of thousands more people could arrive in humanitarian corridors. if they are opened up, that is from cities now under siege from russian troops. a crane his hum to many foreign students who are now stuck in the country. around 20000 young people from india came to

martin griffith, the un humanitarian chief, called an old parties to allow safe passage for civilians to leave conflict areas. where failing to meet the needs of civilians today, this time, we need safe passage for humanitarian supplies into areas of activity active hostilities civilians in places like manner fall, concave, military, paul, and elsewhere, desperately need de, especially life saving medical supplies, the kinds that have been brought in, in these past days by w h o. ukraine is home to many foreign students who are now stuck in the country. around 20000 young people from india came to ukraine to study. and when a medical student was killed in car cave by russian artillery, fire, indian government set everything in motion to try to bring its people home. he met some indian students at the slovak ukrainian border now they are here envisioning him yet. sca in slovakia safe in a womb tent. the escape from ukraine was especially difficult for the young indians because they dont have ukrainian passports. we went through air 3 polish borders and we were drawn from there. and the

hywel griffith, bbc news.eak now to our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse. good morning. good to see you. what is the latest news from overnight? well, a couple of sirens and the faint sound of artillery now counts as a quiet night to be honest. we are told by ukrainian forces that they have taken again at the town to they have taken again at the town to the west of kyiv, but we hear reports from a place called borispol to the south—east of kyiv where the bear is calling for people to leave. so it shows how things to leave —— the mayor is calling. western officials say the russian event is continuing to start with the exception of mariupol, mainly because of logistical issues. this is what president zelensky is hoping will bring president putin to the negotiating table. he has once again called for direct talks in any format. this is where it gets a bit vague. his team has said there have will be no compromise on ukraine's security and territorial integrity. he said any compromises if they were to be mad

hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff.nsecutive world cup italy have failed to qualify for. scotland drew 1—1 with poland in a friendly at hampden. arsenal's kieran tierney scored for the scots before poland equalised in injury time. £10 from each ticket went towards unicef�*s humanitarian work in ukraine. meanwhile, england will be without arsenal forward bukayo saka for the upcoming friendlies against switzerland and ivory coast, after testing positive for covid—19. saka had been isolating from the rest of the squad at st george's park since yesterday, and has now returned home. england are not planning to call up a replacement. the resurgence of england's women at the cricket world cup has taken them to the verge of the semi—finals, after an outstanding nine—wicket win over pakistan. they made a dreadful start to the tournament, but katherine brunt was back in form, taking three wickets as pakistan were swept aside forjust 105. and england raced to their target insidejust 20 overs, danni wyatt with an impressive 76 not

name is joel griffith. i'm a research fellow at the heritage foundation. these views are my own and not should be construed as representing any official capacity the steep rise in home prices, spanning the pandemic era of 2020 through this fall, home prices soared more than 27%. over the past year alone, home prices are up close to 20%. residential property prices in the united states and adjusted for inflation are two below the levels of 2006. home prices are increasing far faster than family income growth. the home price to median income ratio is now near the prior record high set in 2005. despite near record low interest rates, the mortgage payment to income ratio hit 32.7% this fall. the highest level since 2008. imagine this. a return of mortgage rates even close to the historical average would increase a mortgage payment for a new borrower by 50%, even with no additional increase in home prices. and, of course, renters have not been spared. median rental costs have jumped 15% nationwide this past year

n, we did hear from representatives, for example, alva eunice, offend martin griffiths as well, just explaining how dreadful the situation had become in a ukraine and how, especially in the case of units of the bit that they highlighted how the situation had become dreadful. for the huge number of children that were part of the i refugees at leaving a ukraine. well that is it from me in london, my colleagues in though i will of moral developments from ukraine and the rest of the world news coming up next year and out 0. it's witness. thanks for watching of i, i care about how the u. s. engaging with the rough of the world. i cover foreign policy, national purity. this is a political im house here the conflicts are we telling a good story? we're really interested in taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise. and to actually feel as if you were there ah, a business associate, or teens mobility, those would in general. how yours is a good job with our new new tool? what don't you have? i show you go, going to little get what they say polio if they're not as high or what

i'm joined by evelyn griffiths and bailey griffiths, they both sadly lost their family in 2020.ailey, a lot more, edwin, i wonder if i can start with you, just tell us about the man your father was. >> my father was a very, very happy chap you could say he really enjoyed singing. and then which absolutely -- and trapping down on it. he didn't care kind of what -- and very comfortable, a huge example to bailey and i and the rest of our family what in fact the man he was >> bailey, you've obviously got a few years on evelyn. your stories about your dad may not entirely all be relevant for breakfast consumption. tell us your perspective i'm darn lucky enough to still have my father do. i don't know why we do i'm surprise your age right now if i were to lose my dad right now. you clearly loved him an awful lot. >> oh, yeah, we did. we're very much -- i mean, it's not been the same as it used to be so, yeah -- yeah, there's so many memories, we can't really bring up the memories we've had. we come up with little stories just what happened, it's a reminder, it's a spark of a memory of

but i've been handed over to us today that griffith sanctioned russian billionaire roman abram avila. she is also taking part in those talks. the wall street journal is reporting he and to ukrainians, had been poisoned early of this month. meanwhile, ukrainian president vladimir zalinski says his armed forces have retaken control of a pin. there's been heavy fighting in the city north west of cave since russia began its pushed towards the capital. last month, nearly 5000 civilians had been killed in mary paul since roches invasion began. that's according to the cities mer. it also says 160000 people remain trapped. however, some may get out on tuesday with ukraine opening 3 car doors in the john yet college jim. in the world news gunmen have attacked a passenger train in northwest in nigeria. it happened on a could do no bound train from a brougham, local media say almost a 1000 people were on board eye witnesses, same number of people were killed and kidnapped. security forces have not confirmed to any focus officials and the chinese city of chung should have apologized for food shor

thomas griffith has fully endorsed judge jackson for the supreme court.meone who makes her decisions based on the law. so the very person he identified by name has refuted the premise of his speech yesterday. on top of that, the order of police, international association of chiefs of police, dozens of police chiefs and sheriffs across the country who lead some of the busiest departments in our nation, 83 former state attorneys general, including many republicans, and i think those people would be rather surprised to learn they count as soft on crime. but she has been meeting at an incredible clip with senators from both parties in good faith, enjoying the conversations with them, talking about her record. and you've seen very positive responses from individuals on both sides of the aisle who have been noting that she would bring an invaluable perspective to the court. you had republicans noting that she -- >> right. >> -- would be someone with trial experience, which is something that only one other justice has. >> all right. >> and also, it's important f

we'll hear judge jackson be introduced by two people, one, retired conservative judge thomas griffithcond university of pennsylvania law professor lisa fairfax. then we will hear opening remarks from judge jackson herself. the remarks from the committee members are going to give us an indication of how contentious this battle will be. it is worth remembering she only needs democrat supports to be confirmed. as long as the 50 democrats in the senate stick together, there's nothing republicans do. that said, the white house and democrats want bipartisan support. it is plausible some of the more moderate republicans are not expecting to go scorched earth on this nomination. they have not been able to paint her outside the mainstream, but there are some conservative members on the judiciary committee who are known to have higher presidential ambitions, and expect them to try to score political points in this hearing to try to pick at elements of judge jackson's record and question her about them. she is likely to face questions about her judicial philosophy, her temperament, how she goes

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hywel griffith, bbc news.n under heavy daily bombardment by president putin's forces. it is in ruins and most of the city's 1.5 million residents have fled — but the ukrainian army is continuing to hold off the russian advance. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville and camera journalist darren conway have been following the ukrainian army as they defend kharkiv. russia says it's demilitarising ukraine. instead, it's creating a wasteland. what it can't have, it destroys with vengeance. these were family homes on the edge of kharkiv. civilians are daily targets in vladimir putin's war. suburban gardens have become battlefields... ..from europe's past. but here the men of ukraine's 22nd battalion have pulled off a miracle. they've stopped the might of the russian army at their city gates. ill—equipped and vastly outnumbered, three weeks on, they're still holding the line. russian boots have failed to gain hold here. frustrated, they've sent troops elsewhere, leaving heavy artillery to bomb the city into submissio

we're also learning who will introduce jackson tomorrow judge thomas griffith, a retired bush appointly and law professor lisa fairfax, a long-time friend of jackson's. kate. >> a big week ahead. ali, thank you. >>> coming up, an nbc news investigation our hidden cameras show just how easy it is to buy untrace al untraceabl and unregulated kits to make homemade ghost guns >>> we're back with a deadly shooting at a car show last night in southeastern arkansas. this was the moment shots rang out it was a gun fight that spilled over into the crowd. 28 people were shot, including six children a 23-year-old was killed police arrested one suspect and are still searching for another. >>> gun violence has been called a public health epidemic and tonight we have an nbc news investigation into homemade ghost guns which have sometimes been used in mass shootings vaughn hillyard reports. >> reporter: this is a ghost gun. it took no background check to purchase it because it's built with a perfectly legal prepackaged kit and then made into a working firearm, in just over an hour. >> it was a black m

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orders to require businesss that were operatinging out at the candlestick area close to the alice griffith residential project near aurelius walker to stop the noise and issues that had been a concern to the immediate community. in response to those complaints and the request of president of the board walton, we looked into that matter and issued those cease and desist orders and we'll keep you apprised of developments as they occur. the other thing i wanted to report on is that we are making progress on a transbay block four project. as you know, this is a significant project with close to 700 units, 45% of which will be affordable. we believe that we are making sufficient progress to continue our negotiations through the end of june. s the action period will run at the end of this month and the executive director has the authority to extend the negotiations and we think that is a likely outcome. we are currently starting an appraisal process to determine the value of the land, the proceeds of which will go to the transbay joint powers authority. again, i will keep you aprize prized of de

ros: this is martin griffith, from the office of the coordination of humanitarian affairs at the when he has some details but none of them are very good. he says the picture is grim and could get worse, leaves civilians already in some cases without the basics. highlighting that many roads and bridges are being damaged, which prevents services to being provided to civilians in the way they would expect. he talked about the high risk of indiscriminate weaponry being used in civilian or urban areas, particularly highlighting the attacks in kyiv, kharkiv, other cities. he also warned that if this continues, the ukrainian economy could clapse with a range of consequences both in ukraine and possibly neighboring countries. he also emphasized -- and this perhaps has not come through as much from people commenting in the situaon -- but he emphasized there was a pre-existing humanitarian crisis because of those two separatist regions in the east of ukraine, the fact that since 2014 there has been a conflict that revolved around the. we talked earlier about how the midst agreements were design

we need food a this year in yemen, which is entering its 7th year of civil war. griffith hasn't ruled out a 2nd funding drive and later in the year. but let us be under no illusions we hoped from all we hope for more. and it is a disappointment that we weren't able as yet to get purges from some we thought we might hear from a magnitude 7.3 earthquake has struck of japan's eastern fukushima coast. the tremor knocks out, power to, to 1000000 people in the tokyo area. a sing on the advisory was issued, but has since been lifted. the company working to decommission the fukushima nuclear plants says it's check the site and found no abnormalities. china is showing no sign of abandoning it 0 coven strategy, and it struggles with the west career of ours outbreak. in nearly 2 years, isolation facilities across the country, a being expanded with must testing and lockdown ordered in several large provinces . just on the 2000 locally transmitter cases were reported on wednesday, with around 3 quarters of those injured in all 24000000 residents of the northeast in provence, have been told to quar