no cash coming in unable to buy, so it allows us to so unprepared in new crow, this is crow. then you had shoes, choose the blackboard as people trying desperately to get it out by truck a whole bunch of rip bolts. but none of those were really big enough. we'll have to kind of shales if there's anything that like the kind of capacity needed. now. yes, this is working, but it's nowhere near business. as usual, the russians keep using all the numbers they have to try and delay these shipments is still much more complicated and expensive than it was before the war. and then when you look at your credit as a whole, you have to remember that this deal is just about food. what was your credit to the right sports metals? well, the other kind of crucial export products are still trapped inside the transport as well. having to be shipped at so huge cost by land, by truck. so this is no kind of normality here. this is just to kind of exception that i think russia was forced to because of pressure from customers. the training crane in asia, africa, who have had a relations with a frien

i want to i want to pick up on the michelle alexander or the new jim crow is her book. yeah. because you really go right at her in your book and in a respectful way. but you cite a lot of things. i want to get into that in a minute, but rape back. rafael, back to you. you in your book, just 2% of u.s. counties see about 50% of u.s. murders in a given year and 54% of counties in the u.s. don't see any murders in a given year. we wrote a paper because there as a rebuttal because there was, you know, this this red state crime, murder problem. right. and we realized, well, that's odd because first of all, you don't look at state rates. you look at grand killer rates. and so we found out and looked at the data and realized it's actually a blue city murder problem and who's running those cities? and you know of the top 30 cities. you know, almost half absorbs bought and paid for, wrote prosecutors. there's all sorts of issues. and so you can't really overlay the politics on this. you have to see where the crime is actually happening. what you learn from writing this book about, it

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now, for the first time, we're hearing from harlan crow himself. in a newh the atlanta, crow told my next guest, quote, i have never, nor would i ever, think about talking about matters that relate to the judiciary with justice clarence thomas. adding that they, quote, talk about the kind of things friends talk about. joining me now is graham -- staff writer at the atlantic, who interviewed harlan crow about his relationship with justice thomas. graham, thank you so much for being here. i was fascinated by your piece. you know, access to harlan crow is not being given liberally, it's not like he sitting down and talk to the media. so the fact that you got to chance to speak to him is very important. i wanted my viewers to start off by knowing, did harlan crow appear to you to be very forthcoming and very open and transparent about the information he's providing to you. >> yeah, he was mostly transparent. he thinks of clarence thomas as a friend, so they're always going to be intimacies between friends that one doesn't want to talk about, but i asked him pre

new report from propublica. alleging wealthy republican donor, harlan crow paid the tuition for thomas's grand nephew who he was ising as a son at two private boarding schools. nbc news has not independently verified this report, we have reached out to the supreme court and justice thomas for comment. in a statement, harlan crow and his wife did not deny the story. saying they have long been passionate about giving back to -- youth. joining me now, to discuss, is ian millhiser, senior correspondent at vox, where he focuses on the supreme court. he also wrote the book, the agenda, how the republican supreme court is reshaping america. okay, ian, the post reports that leo instructed -- republican pollster kellyanne conway to bill a nonprofit he advices advises and then give that money to ginni thomas. and, that same nonprofit filed a brief in to the supreme court in a huge voting rights case. what is your take away here? what are your thoughts? >> yeah, can i have any other take away other than the most obvious one? i mean, how corrupt does this guy have to be at this point? you have got leonard leo, who is sort o

supplies, had a 3 day locked out, ordered by or thirties, allegedly, to enable them to boot out crow russian spies. new cookies resolution journalist, an activist, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison, accused of plotting unrest and planning to seize power. robin protege, which was arrested in may 2021. when his ryan air flight was forced to land in minsk. you've had a telegram news channel used by protest as oppose it. alexander little shanks regime, shuffle u. s. navy has reached footage. it says shows iran seizing another oil tanker in gulf waters. the capture is the 2nd in under a week, comes amid heightened tensions over to runs nuclear program. ran says the judge ordered the panama flag vessel to be pounded over an unspecified complaint of police in italy and germany of arrested dozens of suspects and a crackdown on the italian matthew group, the drank getter, and accused of drug smuggling, money laundering. a fraud, similar to being carried out in other european countries. authorities according to the largest operation ever carried out against the mafia. group. german police getting ready to

but a new robot called crow over hopes to be a game changer.s are usually stored until they're ready to be used. but while grain sits in silos, it can be prone to damage from heat . moisture and bugs. temperature rises, bug start to develop start to breed generate heat the make a toxins mold, and then the greens written off, probably and it kind of entered the human food chain to combat this rover is designed to surf on top of massive piles of grain monitoring for any spikes in moisture and heat. a smaller version uses a special rotating motion to travel deep below. the devices can generate computer images showing the conditions in each grain pile so farmers can prevent damage to their crops. the technology will hopefully prevent death and injuries that can happen using the current approach to checking grains, the main way of money. taurean green balls at the moment is still sending a person to physically work on top of the screen balls, which is very dangerous to do because green anthracite mint i'm going in government can be fatal using data

new report from propublica. alleging what the republican donor, harlan crow paid the tuition for thomas's grand nephew who he was not independently verified this report, we have reached out to the supreme court and justice thomas for comment. in a statement, harlan crow and his wife did not deny the story. saying that they longley passionate about giving back to -- youth. joining me now, to discuss, is ian millhiser senior correspondent at fox, where he focuses on the supreme court. he also wrote the book the agenda, how republican supreme court is reshaping america. okay, ian, the post reports that leo instructed -- to bill a nonprofit he advices, then give that money to ginni thomas. and, that same nonprofit fault of brief to the supreme court, and a huge voting rights case. what is your take away here? because i have thoughts. >> yes, i mean, can i have any take away other than the most obvious one? i mean, how corrupt is this guy have to be at this point? we have lender lido who sort of the spin golly of the entire conservative legal movement, the co-chair of the federal society funneling this money to his w

, the wife and the land, the creator so that no one will approach but we have bad news for you, gentlemen, play the crowsnly the beginning and very soon bakhmut and mariupoli popasna will quietly knock on the russian cities where the patriots, who are not yet frightened by the war, are already hooting from every cotton. here is the storage warehouse for the campaign. warehouses and closed basements. russians can only blame putin for such a life, who for some reason believed that propaganda would cover up any injustice and justify any arbitrariness. it was he who sent the army and called it a local militia. talked about weapons. from the trading forces, he questioned the generally accepted borders of the countries, and now a boomerang has just arrived, and they can only blame themselves for this boomerang. the lure of recruitment and the involvement of russians in the war is in full swing in mordor, posters calling for the so-called ied, commercials, one in addition, he is younger than the other. apparently, his wards who, while writing the script for this video, decided that pathos in commercials, like b

mega donor harland crow picked up the tab for the school tuition and justin thomas did not disclose it. the newshomas on luxury vacations and thomas did not disclose those. friend and biographer says thomas broke no law and issued a statement today. quote this me malicious story shows nothing for the fact that the thomas and crows are kind, generous and loving people who try to help this young man. senate judiciary chairman dick durbin, who is pushing for reforms on the court said in a statement today, quote: i hope the chief justice understands that something must be done the reputation and credibility of the court is at stake. now, bret, important for viewers to know that justices subscribe to an informal code of conduct however the supreme court is the only federal body in the federal judiciary that does not have a formal code of ethics. bret? >> bret: many have altered their financial disclosures. that's right. david, thank you. we are just two days away from tthe kentucky derby fresh concen over deaths four animals at churchill downs. mollie lyon is at the track in belmont, new york tonight

crow told the dallas morning news that propublica, that first published the piece on crow and thomas,agenda to destabilize the supreme court. basically, for harlan crow, it's the media exposing clarence and ginni's shady behavior that's destabilized the court, not wiping out the rights of half the population, or eroding the separation of church and state, or the whining by the conservative justices. got it. joining me is mulissa murray, and ian, the author of the agenda, how the republican supreme court is reshaping america. ian, i want to show you a picture. i feel like it is emblematic of what we're dealing with. a painting, a lovely painting that features clarence with his friends. to the left of clarence is harlan crow. the man in the middle under the sculpture is mark paletto, a close family friend of the thomases, who worked on the trump administration, including preparing two of the court hearings. the man in the glasses is leonard leo, who funneled all that money to ginni, and the man in the red shorts is a former law clerk to thomas. he took up a case in 2008 before the supre

a rigged group called the rocking coalition to end the new jim crow, and building part of that communityescribed in what you mentioned just, now that so many of us. not even the -- injecting steroids into an alley but all of us who stood by idly, knowing that we have an institution that administers violence and harm and response to people who do violence in harm. >> i want to say this quick, i have said before, i think we should and policing as it currently exist, i'm a police abolitionist, but i'm not quite a prison abolitionist which is what you're writing about in this book. i want to point this out. you have amazing and notes and in tax notes that allow people to understand how the state of our current world is very similar to what's in the book. do you find that people, when they read this book, are coming back to you saying i didn't know things were this bad or are people coming back to you and saying they feel inspired to push against the state? what kind of responses have you've been getting from people who read this book? >> i just came off a pretty intense tour. i have 19 fight

and jim crow, i'm from new orleans and so when i was growing up in the ' 60s and '70s, the vestiges ofqcs of all the americans that said our values are so much better and better and that's what arthur miller really heightens witches do not crush this american family and the idea of the unobtainable dream and let this be the canary in the coal mine so we do not lose this wonderful country that we have. [applause] >> stephen: we only have a moment more here but i'm going to ask you a big question. that is about tragedy itself. what do you think tragedy -- because this is truly a truly tragic story. but one that is emotionally cathartic. what do you think the purpose of tragedy is in our lives? people understand why they go to a comedy, why did they go to a tragedy? >> wendell: it's the canary in the mind, the cautionary tale. don't make those same mistakes in the hubris that a man like him willy loman mix. that's why we gather in the theaters and turn off the lights, thoughts out to the individual where we toss and turn and reflect our own lives, triumphs where we hope to go. we gather l

news. but a representative of crow did respond with a similar statement saying in part, quote, it's disappointingose with partisan political interests would try to turn helping at risk youth with tuition assistance into something nefarious or political. the statement goes on to say that crow and his wife have, quote, supported many young americans through scholarship and other programs at a variety of schools including his alma mater. this story is just the latest story from propublica to raise ethical questions about the ties between thomas and crow. previous reports have included luxury vacations and private yachts and real estate transactions. thomas maintains that he and crow are long-time friends and that there was no real wrongdoing. let's discuss with one of the reporters behind this investigation. joshua kaplan and barbara mcquade is with us as well, a former u.s. attorney in the state of michigan and msnbc legal analyst. josh, tell us about thomas's relationship with this relative who received the tuition and why based on your reporting crow was involved here at all? >> so this is -- thi

today propublica is out with new reporting about more money, this time tuition money crow paid to schoolsthomas' relatives or relative. in the late 1990s justice thomas took custody of his grandnephew a man named mark martin, at that time a child. in the early 2000s he decided to send him to private high schools and harlan crow stepped in to foot the bill. crow paid tuition at two different schools though the duration and total sum of those payments remains unclear. in a statement to propublica another long time friend of thomas' says harlan crow paid two years worth of admission to those schools which would amount to about $100,000 of undisclosed tuition gifts. while nbc has not independently verified this reporting crow responded to propublica with a statement about how he supported tuition for many kids, and he did not deny the reporting. now, crow wasn't the only person who offered thomas tuition money. remember there was that 2002 financial disclosure form where clarence thomas reported a $5,000 gift for mark martin's education. that gift was from the owners of a florida based pest c

we've been reporting on crows unusual role helping fund the life of thomas and his family. and this adds a whole new to that. geoff: there is another unusual dimension here in that justice thomas did not disclose that crowe was paying for tuition, but he didn't disclose another much less generous payment of $5,000 by another friend that was paid toward the tuition and that raises the question, why disclose one payment and not the other? >> yeah, we had that question too. and we asked thomas, he didn't respond. ethics experts told us this can be seen as evidence that he understood his legal obligation to disclose such gifts. so there's a federal law passed after watergate that requires justices and most other officials to report most gifts to the public. and experts told us that they believe thomas is required by law to disclose these payments. they said he could argue that the gifts were to the child, not to him, and so we didn't have to, but they said that was far -- far-fetched. children do not generally pay their own tuition, it's the legal guardians responsibility to do so. geoff: well, the supr

new reality. the only reality was the crow at square allowed to form their own state while serves were not why. if muslims could have their own country, then why couldn't serbs have the same because they have their own country. why do you think you just loved the fella? part serves were a majority about 36 percent and they kept saying they couldn't tolerate the serbian domination. how were we supposed to tolerate the muslim domination in bosnia and herzegovina? what sort of justice is that? it's an injustice for which the english were responsible. and this injustice continues in various ways. there diplomats coming to the region were trained under the same system created during the fall of the ottoman empire. that is why we see this difficult situation on the will of the people is not taken into account. just let us hold a referendum in republic, a search come and see what people want. are their doubts about the will of the people? there are no doubts. and that is why we are not allowed to hold the referendum. they would agree to a compromise in other places in the west, wherever it suits them.

durbin urges the chief justice of the supreme court to take action after new reports indicate that real estate billionaire harlan crow paid for the private school tuition of justice clarence thomas's nephew, a nephew thomas himself said he raised as the sun, the credibility of the court when it comes to future decisions stake as the chairman of the judiciary committee, durbin has been an outspoken critic following allegations against justice thomas. that also include reports that crowe paid for the justice and his wife to take luxury vacations around the world. well, this is part of a 32 year campaign to discredit clarence thomas. republican senator john cornyn, defense justice. thomas. but there's no indication at all any of this have any impact on his official duties as a judge. but that's exactly what democrats say. they're worried about. and they say the supreme court should adopt a new code of ethics. but getting that done will be difficult as senator dianne feinstein has been absent from congress and the committee due to health issues and republicans are unlikely to go along with that plan. in fact, they were o

collin crow picking up the tuition talk for the justices grand. new ethics concern which the court needs to address a little later. all of this and more is coming up. so, for the third time in just over one week, the country is waking up to yet another mass shooting the latest happening at a packed outlet mall in dallas yesterday afternoon we know at least nine people are dead, including the suspect and at least seven others including a five-year-old child, were injured as of right now, we do not know the identity or the motive of the suspect but authorities are saying that they believe that the shooter acted alone in one statement, texas governor greg abbott calls the shooting an unspeakable tragedy the white house says president biden has been briefed on the incident we are going to go to texas state senator roland gutierrez in just a moment but first let's go to allen, texas, about 25 miles northeast of dallas that is where we have nbc news correspondent chesky there live morgan, sorry to put you in the morning for such horrible news but we need to

from crow because he had been, quote, advised that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the court, was not reportable. except bloomberg news later revealed that harlan crow did have business before the court, his family's business was involved in an appeal that the court ultimately declined to hear back in 2005. but clarence thomas is far from the only justice with a cloud over his head today. justice neil gorsuch has had some disclosure issues of his own. last, week politico reported that gorsuch was less than forthcoming about his involvement in a real estate deal in which the head of one of the nation's largest law firms, which does robust business before the court, purchased a property that neil gorsuch co owned in colorado. according to politico, the deal came together just days after neil gorsuch was confirmed to the court back in 2017. what great timing. and then there's justice samuel alito, who is still mad about the leak of the dobbs decision that he wrote, which stripped away the federal right to an abortion from millions of americans. in a recent interview with the wall street journal editorial board, alito cla

new reality. the only reality was the crow at square allowed to form their own state while serves were not why. if muslims could have their own country, then why couldn't serbs have the same because they have their own country. why do you think you just loved the fella? part serves were a majority about 36 percent and they kept saying they couldn't tolerate the serbian domination. how were we supposed to tolerate the muslim domination in bosnia and herzegovina? what sort of justice is that? it's an injustice from which the english were responsible. and this injustice continues in various ways. there diplomats coming to the region were trained under the same system created during the fall of the ottoman empire. that is why we see this difficult situation on the will of the people is not taken into account. just let us hold a referendum in republic, a search go and see what people want. are their doubts about the will of the people? there are no doubts. and that is why we are not allowed to hold the referendum. they would agree to a compromise in other places in the west, wherever it suits them.

the news organization previously reported that the same man, harlan crow, also took the thomas familyon lavish vacations. let's bring in nbc's senior legal correspondent, laura jarrett. so, laura, what more do we know about these new allegations against clarence thomas? >> so, according to this new report, he, harlan crow, this wealthy republican donor is making a series of tuition payments for thomas' grand-nephew, who thomas was raising as a son we don't know the exact dollar amount, but according to propublica, it could have been to the tune of $150,000. now, generally, justices are supposed to disclose all financial ties and gifts, especially expensive ones like this, but according to this report, thomas did not disclose these gifts from crow. however, the most interesting part of this, guys, he did disclose at least one tuition payment that someone else -- a separate payment that someone else made for this same grand-nephew so, the question is why didn't he disclose this one from crow >> he's basically saying, he knew he should disclose some things, so why that one and not this o

the exact amount crow paid is not clear, but propublica is citing both a financial statement from one of the schools and a former administrator. nbc newsasked him to pay for the tuition, and the billionaire republican contributor said he's long been passionate about the importance of quality education and giving back to those less fortunate, especially at risk youth. tuition and other financial assistance is given directly to academic institutions, not to students or to their families. these scholarships and other contributions have always been paid solely from personal funds, sometimes held and paid through the family business. joining me now is nbc senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. laura, there have been a number of issues in the last couple of weeks involving clarence thomas uncovered by propublica, and some fell within the loopholes of what needs to be disclosed, hospitality from a friend as large as they were, but this is a different kind of payment if this is established. >> well, that's right, and there really are two different issues here. there's one, the disclosure issue and exactly what the justice was supposed to re

new zealand. stays at harlan crow's resort in the adirondacks. compared to somebody that is a partner at a big d.c. law firm that might be making $2 million or $3 million a year, these two brengle justices are poppers. >> thomas could not afford to take the kinds of vacations that crow is taking him on. >> clarence and ginni thomas premieres tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on pbs and youtube. and that is "the newshour" for tonight. >> thanks for spending part of your evening with us. >> major funding for "the pbs newshour" has been provided by -- >> actually, you don't need vision to do most things in life. yes, i'm legally blind, and yes, i'm responsible for the user interface. data visualization. if i can see it and understand it quickly, anyone can. >> i was excited to be part of a team driving the technology forward. plo kno know bdo.he mostth pediatric surgeon. volunteer. topiary artist. a raymondjames financial advisor taylor's advice to help you live your life. life well planned. >> carnegie corporation of new york, supporting innovations in

requires justices to report gifts, but thomas did not disclose crow's tuition payment, yet he did report one made by somebody else in 2002 nbc news has not confirmed the propublica report. that tuition money now adding to a growing list of unreported perks propublica says crow paid for, including luxury vacations for thomas, a portion of his wife's salary, and thomas' family home, allowing his mother to live rent-free tonight no comment from thomas, who previously said he was advised he did not need to report those other gifts from crow, a long-time friend, who he says had no business before the court. crow's office saying he has long been passionate about the importance of quality of education, but democrats are demanding a formal ethics code for justices. >> the reputation of the supreme court is at stake here. >> reporter: while republicans argue democrats are bitter about decisions from the court's conservative majority. >> he has obviously been targeted because he is a conservative black man. >> reporter: without republican support, nothing will pass in congress it's up to the justices to act or not. lester >> all right, lau

about the system here, there are -- but in terms of the disclosure system -- harlan crow was asked by the dallas morning newsomas if clarence thomas were not a supreme court justice. and he said, it's an interesting, good question. i don't know how to answer that. maybe not. maybe yes. i don't know. i mean, there you have the man potentially admitting that he's only doing this for clarence thomas because he's a supreme court to justice. this seems problematic as well. >> it is problematic in the extreme. and let's also note that harlan crow was asked, how did you become friends with clarence thomas after he's already on the bench? and crow literally says, oh, i was flying around on my plane. and we became simpatico. so, it's so clear that this was about him using his immense resources to buy proximity and -- and he cops to that. and so it's just to keep hearing him say, no, we are dear, dear, dear, dear friends. we are dear friends. we are not lifelong friends. this is someone who has carried access and favor, and someone else who has been the beneficiary of that. and even though they may be dear, dear frien

crow. today, the new york times is out with the news that a nonprofit conservative activist group founded and021 in april 2022. mr. leonard leo himself described the work as an attempt to match democratic efforts in the world of so-called dark money, and that it was, quote, high time for the conservative movement to be among the ranks of george soros, and other left-wing philanthropists. but where did leonard leo's group get this kind of cash in the first place? >> from a different conservative billionaire. leonard leo's group got a 1. 6 billion -- with the -- billion dollar donation if years ago from a single conservative billionaire. and what did leo's group spend last year's $183 million on? we have no idea. the way groups like this work is they pass their money through other funds to obscure where all that money is actually gone, so it's all at one big black hole. but we do have a potential clue about the kind of things money might be going towards. last week, the washington post reported that in 2012, the same guy, leonard leo directed conservative pollster kellyanne conway to bill a non

again, from him you can get to clarence thomas, goose or gm ho yen, in from all of the new go back to harlan crowng from our eyes. >> i was seeing about your dogs playing poker analogy, and it would be like dogs playing poker is if one of the dogs owned all the other dogs. that's why it's really not a poker game, it's something much more nefarious. i think it's also worth saying that judge ho was out on the hustings given the barnstorming disclaimer that everything that clarence thomas did was noble and that judge kaz merrick, who you may recall, submitted a his name often didn't disclose that is part of his hearings. judge ho defended that as well so these guys are so deep in each other's stuff that that has become their defense in that part of it is like again, stop saying the quiet part out loud, because it doesn't make the judiciary look good. >> stop being part of each other stuff and stop wanting to be part of our stuff as well. just saying as. woman dahlia lithwick, thank you for your time and wisdom is always. still to come with, evening we gonna hear from congressman adam schiff about wi

new reality. and the only reality was the crow at square allowed to form their own state. while serbs were not, why, if muslims could have their own country, then why could this serves have the same? because they have their own country? why do you think you just loved the fella? part serves were a majority about 36 percent and they kept saying they couldn't tolerate the serbian domination. how were we supposed to tolerate the muslim domination in bosnia and herzegovina? what sort of justice is that? it's an injustice for which the english were responsible. and this injustice continues in various ways. there, diplomats coming to the region were trained under the same system, created during the fall of the ottoman empire. that is why we see this difficult situation on the will of the people is not taken into account. just let us hold a referendum in republic, a search come and see what people want for those are their doubts about the will of the people. there are no doubts and that is why we are not allowed to hold the referendum. they would agree to a compromise in other pl

the driver normally feeds the bird, but clearly the crow is now branching out to new avenues. she says that the whole thing immediately made her day ten times better. >> oh, my gosh. that is amazing. crows are some of the smartest birds and they are the one bird that can actually identify a person. >> oh. >> that's why you hear sometimes when a crow is not happy with someone. >> exactly. isn't that interesting? >> thank you, i'm out. >> the scarecrow itself shouldn't be that affected. >> they're really smart. they used to land on my brother's head all the time. we have a history of loving animals in my family. >> she's got a squirrel story. we'll tell you about that another time. >> i'll share that one another time. >>> my little squirrel is probably nestled up warm. >> it's cold and windy. it's going to be pretty gusty throughout the day, too, as we go into the next several days. big changes ahead, and now we're seeing a clear view this morning, but those high winds will continue. we may also see some showers moving in as early as late this evening, with a better chance of rai

the statements that get released by harlan crow each time is a new revelation from pro publica isn't prior relationship, it was a relationship that was based on harlan crow cozying up to a sitting supreme court justice and extending financial benefits to him. they are compiling quite the application for a pulitzer prize. i hope further revelations don't only come from them. we need congress to get more significantly involved. we need an investigation. we need a doj investigation, i think, at this point. if we're not getting from garland or durbin, maybe dick blumenthal. >> it feels like the time is now. at this point, the congressional branch of government looks either -- you know, incapable of disinterested. clearly, investigative journalists have done their part. i want to show you what senator blumenthal had to say about a doj investigation. >> the drip, drip, drip of these disclosures is going to destroy the united states supreme court unless there's a proper investigation. we need the department of justice to investigate clarence thomas' apparent failure to report or misreportin

from around 2010, when the first early reporting about thomas' relationship with harlan crow surfaced in "the newk times," never to be heard about again and the court did nothing to adopt binding rules. in fact, in ducking an appearance before the senate judiciary committee, the chief justice submitted a letter signed by all of the justices saying from this point out, we're committed to adhering to guidelines. but that moment where the supreme court can credibly say that has long passed and it may mean that congress needs to step in, there is some important issues of separation of powers that they will have to navigate, but at a bare minimum there needs to be a position in place that permits people to report ethical issues and to make sure that there is follow through because it is clear that the american people no longer have confidence that the court will do that on its own. >> joyce vance, thank you very much. good to see you. >>> up next, as the number of migrants at the border rises, we'll talk to a texas pastor whose church has become a safe haven for migrants seeking asylum. you're watchin

new danger. in particular, the inhabitants of raisins complain about crows carrying anti-personnel mine petals inheir beaks as a result of shells, they end up in those territories that have already been checked by sappers, so the birds again mine the territories. though not with malicious intent. this is what they write you have come across in general with this, which bring mines , no one has ever come across a part. yes, but still fake. here we are now facing. not heard did not read, i do not know, i know where the petals came from in the kharkiv region. the ukrainian forces did not clear the area, which they themselves had mined. here it is, i think it's possible. yes, not that probably this is the case, because we remember. how many min-petals. uh, then they scattered all over the measured cities, there are two options pfm-1 and pfm-1s - this means liquidation itself. that is, the question is that the petal itself is not insidious. here it is thrown out. yes the winter is gone the soil has become sour, then it grows in. ah, but if there is no self-liquidator, this is a mine, it can lie there f

crow also bought thomas's mothers house. the reports have prompted democrats to call for a new supreme court ethics rules. >> the reputation of the supreme court is at stake here. >> reporter: other justices have faced ethics questions. sonya sotomayor was criticized for not recusing herself from a case involving a publisher that paid her over $3 million to write her books. unlike thomas, however, sotomayor disclose that income. even though some republicans say thomas is being unfairly singled out, there is a rare bipartisan agreement on one thing. >> this pattern should be something that the supreme court should look at and figure out what they can do. >> jon karl with us live tonight. so far the justices appear to be pushing back on any kind of reform. >> reporter: just last week all nine justices signed a rare joint statement making it clear they believe it should be up to them to release their ethics, not congress or anyone else. >> the american people are watching. jon karl at the supreme court. >>> now to ed sheeran and the verdict tonight. he is winning his copyright battle. a federal grand jury bounty did not copy of