robert and susan rosenbaum. the cooration for public broadcasting.nd by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. (dramatic music) (narrator) the american civil war was over. enslaved people were now free people. ♪ though the chains of physical bondage were gone, new ways were found to restore the prewar social order to keep black people down and subjugated. ♪ racist jim crow bylaws, for example, were enacted in the south long before south africa institutionalized them as apartheid. they ensured that whatever the situation, black folks got the rough end of the stick. the worst housing, the worst schools, the worst jobs, and the worst protection in the face of the law. ♪ right across america, despite what the founding fathers had written in the constitution, it was apparent that not all men were created equal. for black america, the struggle continued. ♪

robert and susan rosenbaum. the corporation for public brought casting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: good evening and welcome to "washington week." as of tonight, president biden says he is convinced that president putin has decided to invade ukraine. though president biden is continuing to stress that russia can still choose a peaceful diplomatic solution. yet the people of ukraine are bracing for a possible invasion. u.s. officials are saying as many as 190,000 russian troops and separatists are gathered in and around ukraine, a significant increase over the last few days. and this week at nato headquarters in brussels, defense secretary lloyd austin said russia is making wartime preparations. >> we see them fly in more combat and support aircraft. we see them sharpen their readiness in the black sea. we even see the stocking up their blood supplies. i was a soldier myself not that long ago. and i kno

differences in our communities, sandra and carl d., rose herschel and andy shreve's, robert and susan rosenbaumcorporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> once again, from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: good evening and welcome to washington -- welcome to "washington week." tonight, we have two lead stories, russia's invasion of ukraine and the historic nomination of the first black woman to the supreme court. first, we begin a broad. this week, the world is seeing the largest military attack in europe since world war ii. russia is attacking several of ukraine's major cities by land, sea, and air. the assault has left hundreds already injured or dead. in response, president biden and nato leaders announced new sanctions aimed at stifling russia's economy. president biden promised the world will hold putin accountable. >> we have now sanctioned russian banks that together hold around $1 trillion in assets. between our actions and those of our allies and partners, we estimate it will cut off more than half of rus

robert and susan rosenbaum, the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs stationrom viewers like you. thank you. once again from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: welcome to washingtonweek. we begin with a rift between former president donald trump and his vice president mike pence. he said in statement that mike pence had the right to overturn the 2020 election. just hours ago, pence pushed back hard. >> president trump is wrong. frankly there's no idea more un-american than the notion that anyone person could choose the american presidents. under the constitution, i had no right to change the outcome of our election. kamala harris will have no right to overturn the election we beat them in 2024. yamiche: this is pence is most explicit rebuke of trump ever. trump recently held a rally in texas where he suggested pardoning those who carried out the january 6 capital attack. a few republicans pushed back. one of them is a key trump loyalist, south carolina senator lindsey graham. trump quickly criticized him. >> i want to deter people who did january