., correspondent anna wiernicki joins us live in the nation's capital with more. anna? good evening. that's right. one, a virtual appearance earlier today. president zelensky gave a graphic account. >> of the situation on the ground in ukraine and he's calling on world leaders to hold russia accountable. >> be stepped up to life in an emotional address to the united nations security council, ukrainian president zelensky detail the horror he saw in reesecsays russians killed at least 300 civilians for pleasure. killed entire families, adults and children. and they tried to burn the body. is the evidence emerging from has stirred a global response. secretary of state antony blinken says the people who committed and ordered the attacks must be held accountable. what we've seen has not. >> the random act of a rogue unit. it's a deliberate campaign. to kill. with torture. rate. to commit. >> atrocities at the un. russia denied the attacks accusing ukraine for staging the deaths as is a blatant criminally staged events. he needs to be defeated back on capitol hill, senate min

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i'm anna wiernicki rain at back to you. thank you for that update. anna. >> 18 house republicans are asking twitter board to preserve all the records related to elon musk offered to buy the company last week the tesla ceo launched a hostile takeover bid saying he had secure more than 46 billion dollars to via twitter. well, this comes as republican lawmakers have repeatedly accused twitter of censorship. gop lawmakers say their actions are a part of congress's examination of big tech. coming up next on the kron. 4 morning news victims of the former u.s. gymnast larry nassar are using the fbi why they say they're suing the fbi for negligence. we'll have that story and more once we get back. heidi covey: so, i have an eye disease that causes blindness. i have moments where i get a little bit sad because i just can't see things that i used to. dr. stanley taught me to trust in the lord even when you don't want to. god is such a faithful father. nothing that happens to us isn't without his eye upon it. >> 13 victims of former usa gymnastics doctor larry

washington correspondent anna wiernicki joins us live with the details. good morning, anna. >> good morning with the white house is really putting pressure on congress this week to act. they say that without the additional funding from congress, the u.s. will lose covid treatments. >> good afternoon, everybody. white house covid-19 response she's just says the u.s. is at an inflection point. deaths are continuing to fall. >> we're down about 300 deaths today. >> still to many, but john says the u.s. needs to ready itself for new mutations and variants congress has not stepped up to provide the funds that are needed for our most urgent needs earlier this month, congress announced they reached a bipartisan deal on a 10 billion dollar covid-19 relief bill. less than half of the 22.5 billion. the white house requested. but lawmakers left for recess without a vote. the holdup republicans will need to have. >> title 42 vote. at some point here in all likelihood on the covid package. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says republicans won't support it unl

washington correspondent anna wiernicki joins us live from dc now with more on this. good morning, anna. >> good morning with the news of trevor reed's release, it came as a shock to a lot of folks here in washington. but when president biden was asked about this yesterday, he said i did it saying that he actually has been working on this for 3 months. >> after nearly 3 years in russian custody, u.s. marine trevor reed is coming home. it's going to really hit us when we get to put our arms around him. give reed's parents. joey, in policy, president biden broke the news of the exchange wednesday morning. reid was serving a 9 year prison sentence accused of assaulting 2 russian police officers after a night of heavy drinking in moscow. a job i love you. they will cease reed's parents lobbied for years for the u.s. to negotiate their son's release, recruiting republican representative august pfluger to help put pressure on the administration to act a texan, a marine. >> and a patriot has been released from russian prison. after being held for an anguished 985 days as a p

i'm anna wiernicki. >> with no end in sight to russia's attacks on ukraine. some u.s. lawmakers say the u.s. needs to step in and take more action to stop russia. washington correspondent alexandra limon joins us live with the very latest. good morning, alexandra. >> reena, good morning. it's a delicate consideration for u.s. lawmakers and the biden administration to make, you know how much more involved the u.s. can get because of fears of what russia could do to retaliate. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said ukraine won't give up its fight against russia in the besieged eastern city of mariupol. it is very important for us not to allow them to stand our ground. that despite the warning from russia to the remaining troops there to surrender or die on cbs face the nation. delaware senator chris said the u.s. shouldn't give up either. the american people cannot turn away from this tragedy in ukraine. senator advocated for more u.s. involvement in ukraine. i think the history of the 21st century turns and how fiercely defend freedom in ukraine and that putin

i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. yeah, and i'm just curious as the white house to give an indication know when they plan to. >> swear her in. well, because justice breyer doesn't plan to retire until after the supreme court term. that won't take place until end of june early july. so that's what we can expect the white house to have their official swearing-in ceremony. but that's not stopping the we do know that the white house plans to host a judge jackson tomorrow and that president biden will remarks from the south lawn that schedule take place around noon. okay. >> sounds reporting live from washington for us. thank you, anna. and later on kron, 4 news that we're going to be speaking with bay area. congresswoman barbara lee d a get her reaction to judge ketanji brown jackson's historic confirmation into the supreme court. also coming up, a heads up from police, a man posing as a ups delivery driver. >> may be linked to burglaries in the bay area. plus, a masterful return to competition after that car crash that c

for now live in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. vicki, back to you. yeah. so just just really recently at 3 republicans have >> said that they're going to support the nomination. but, you even in spite of that, the democrats have enough votes to confirm jackson on the full senate floor. >> that's right. full senate really only need a simple majority confirm jackson, which means it all. 50 democrats are on board. then there are enough votes to push this confirmation through and confirm a judge jackson to the supreme court. so even with 3 republicans that we've heard from from the past few hours saying that they are now a yes vote for a judge. jackson. democrats don't necessarily need those right republicans, but it does give them a little bit of cushion when the full for a vote happens. and that could happen as early as friday. >> okay. good information. thank you. and have a good evening and a warning here reporting live from washington, d.c., or as side, see how things look at the golden gate bridge. see little clown fog layer up there by the top of the br

for now in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. >> congress could approve an additional 10 billion dollars in covid funding for treatment and vaccines as early as this week. the biden administration has warned the government is running out of money to keep up with the continued spread of the virus and the u.s. washington correspondent jessi tenure joins us live with the latest. good morning, jesse. >> good morning to you as well. right now the white house wants congress to pass this before lawmakers leave for their 2 week spring recess. but it's a tight timeline that could fall apart over one key issue. >> we are encouraged by the strong progress lawmakers land a 10 billion dollar compromise to fund more covid vaccines, treatments and tests as the u.s. braces for a spike in cases from a new variant to fund some of our most. a very urgent covid response needs. white house press secretary jen psaki has warned the government could no longer find testing and treatments for people without insurance and money is also running

i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. ok? thank you very much, anna. >> it is for 23. coming up next, masking rules are changing once again on bart will tell you how the agency is following the example set by other large metro areas will be back with that story in just a minute. 4.26. is the time and masks are required once again on bart. >> the board of directors voted to issue its own mask mandate. in the absence of the federal requirement, bart board president rebecca saltzman authored the measure thursday morning saying that because publib transit is not a choice but a necessity for many, it's necessary for them to protect those most at risk. >> he says have been continuing to and though lots of people have good protection from covid through vaccinations and boosters. there are still a lot of people at high there are folks who are immunocompromised or have underlying health conditions. and of course, all the kids under 5 who are still not eligible to get vaccinated. >> well, if you forget to bring a mask, free masks will be available at station agent booths and fro

reporter anna wiernicki is in washington. she has more on this. >> across the country, drones are the eyes in the skies for federal agencies. it's not just what you see is the preponderance of what you don't see. dennis initially knee with customs and border protection says drones allow agents to surveil hard to reach areas along the southern border. local law enforcement uses the same technology to catch criminals and conduct search and rescue operation. but when they get in the hands of the wrong person, california democratic congressman lou correa says the security system turns into a security threat. this toy. >> is actually causing. possible dangers to themselves and other people. lawmakers on the house, homeland security committee pointed to december of 2018 when a drone sighting paralyzed london's gatwick airport. >> disrupted travel plans for around 440,000 passengers and economic losses estimated in the 10's of millions of dollars tsa's austin gould told lawmakers that there's a little tsa and other government agenci

., correspondent anna wiernicki has more. >> ken and catherine in the final vote tally, judge jackson did get the support from a few senate republicans securing her seat on the supreme court bench and making history. >> on this vote, the yeas are 53. the nays are 47 with vice president kamala harris presiding and all 100 senators present. the senate confirmed judge ketanji brown jackson to be the 100 16th justice of the united states supreme court. this nomination is confirmed. >> the news brought cheers from democrats in the 233 year history. the supreme court never never as a black woman held the title of justice. senate majority leader chuck schumer says jackson is opening the door for future generations of black women to follow in her footsteps of ecstatic. but will democrats celebrated republicans criticize the entire confirmation process for being too partisan? president biden made a political choice. only 3 republicans joined democrats to confirm jackson, texas senator ted cruz says he voted no because he doesn't think her record as the trial judge makes for a good fit for the

anna wiernicki joins us live in dc with the latest. anna? >> good morning. that's right. the biden administration is beginning to unveil details of its plan to handle that surge of migrants that's expected once title. 42 ends. but how they plan to find that plan has caused lot of controversy here on capitol hill. >> they don't deserve it and we won't stand for arkansas. senator john boozman says veterans should not bear the burden of president biden's decision to lift title 42 at the end of may, this is going to be a crisis. >> but a biden administration manufactured crisis, bozeman and senate republicans introduced a bill to block the biden administration from diverting resources, including personnel. >> from the department of veterans affairs to help handle the expected surge of migrants following the administration's decision to end title. 42, this is absurd. tennessee republican senator marsha blackburn says the va is already stretched thin. you've got to wait even longer because >> we're going to send your medical supplies, your pharmaceuticals, your physician, sure

anna wiernicki has more live from dc hi, anna. good morning with the white house is really putting pressure on congress this week to actually they say that without the additional funding from congress, the u.s. will lose covid treatments. >> good afternoon, everybody. white house covid-19 response she's john says the u.s. is at an inflection point. deaths are continuing to fall. >> we're down about 300 deaths today. >> still to many, but john says the u.s. needs to ready itself for new mutations and variants congress has not stepped up to provide the funds that are needed for our most urgent needs earlier this month, congress announced they reached a bipartisan deal on a 10 billion dollar covid-19 relief bill. less than half of the 22.5 billion the white house requested. but lawmakers left for recess without a vote. the holdup republicans need to have. >> title 42 vote. some point here in all likelihood on the covid package. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says republicans won't support it unless it includes an amendment

anna wiernicki is in dc with why. hi anna. >> good morning. that's right. the white house is really putting the pressure on congress this week to act. they say that without the additional funding from congress, the u.s. will lose out on covid treatments. >> good afternoon, everybody. white house covid-19 response she's john says the u.s. is at an inflection point. deaths are continuing to fall. >> we're down about 300 deaths today. >> still to many, but john says the u.s. needs to ready itself for new mutations and variants congress has not stepped up to provide the funds that are needed for our most urgent needs earlier this month, congress announced they reached a bipartisan deal on a 10 billion dollar covid-19 relief bill. less than half of the 22.5 billion. the white house requested. but lawmakers left for recess without a vote. the holdup republicans need to have. >> title 42 vote. at some point here in all likelihood on the covid package. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says republicans won't support it unless it includes an amendment that t

i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. >>now to the very latest in ukraine this afternoon, russia unleashing a string of attacks on critical infrastructure in central ukraine this morning. missiles hit 5 train facilities. 5 people were killed, 18 others wounded in towns near the train stations. russia also destroyed a ukrainian oil refinery. meanwhile, 2 fires were reported at oil facilities in russia. the large fires tore through oil depots in. sic a russian city less than 100 miles from the ukrainian border and a key logistical hub in moscow's war effort. russian officials say they're investigating what caused those fires. ukraine is also calling on the united nations to step in and oversee the evacuation of civilians from the besieged port city of mariupol. new satellite images show the destruction at a steel plant where about 2000 ukrainian fighters are keeping russian troops at bay. an estimated 1000 civilians are sheltering underground bunkers at the plant with them. russia said it would allow humnitarian corridor to

and 3 republicans have come out in support of judge jackson kron four's anna wiernicki has that story. >> the senate judiciary committee is evenly split with 11 democrats and 11 republicans. but even with the committee's tie vote today, that didn't hold back. senate democrats who managed to push forward the confirmation without the support from republicans. >> senate judiciary committee will come to order when the senate judiciary committee gavel didn't monday. all 11 republican senators made their position on judge ketanji brown jackson clear they may like her as a person. i've known judge jackson for 30 years, always like to personally, but they don't like her on the high court. if judge jackson is confirmed, i believe she will prove to be. >> the most extreme and the for this left justice ever to serve on the united states supreme court, texas republican senator john cornyn question jackson's ability to decide cases fairly. i have concerns the judge jackson will be pinch hitting for one team or the other. judge jackson is not an extremist. she's not out of the judicial nor democrat

our correspondent anna wiernicki is in washington with more. >>good morning. the white house is putting the pressure on congress this week to act. they say that without additional funding the u.s. will lose out on covid treatments. >>good afternoon, everybody. white house covid-19 response she's john says the u.s. is at an inflection point. deaths are continuing to fall. >>we're down about 300 deaths today. >>still to many, but john says the u.s. needs to ready itself for new mutations and variants congress has not stepped up to provide the funds that are needed for our most urgent needs earlier this month, congress announced they reached a bipartisan deal on a 10 billion dollar covid-19 relief bill. less than half of the 22.5 billion. the white house requested. but lawmakers that for recess without a vote, the holdup republicans will need to have. >>title 42 vote. at some point here in all likelihood on the covid package. >>senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says republicans won't support it unless it includes an amendment that targets president biden's p

i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. thank you, anna. >> we'll take a break here at 6.22. coming up on the kron 4 morning news. finding healthy food and fresh produce produce is going to be little bit easier in oakland. we're going to show you one community organization that's teaming up with the city council member and make that happen. and after the break, gas prices in the bay area are actually easing off a little bit. we're going to give you a look at what the average prices near you. [ paint rolling ] your happiest spring starts at lowe's. experience all the deals at springfest. lowe's. home to any budget. home to any possibility. >> 6.25 good news for people in the bay area. gas prices have dropped a little bit since last month. let's take a look at what we're paying right now. according to triple a you can see. well, today, san francisco's at 5.79, a month ago as 5.93. that's pretty significant. you can see these numbers are down on average by maybe 10 or $0.15. a kind of depends where you are ticket little pru's and you can see, for example, sandra fells fall a goo

anna wiernicki is live in dc with the latest. anna? >> good morning. that's right. the biden administration is beginning to unveil the details of its plan to handle that surge of migrants. it's expected once title 42 ends, but how their funding that plan has caused a lot of controversy here on capitol hill. >> they don't deserve it and we won't stand for arkansas. senator john boozman says veterans should not bear the burden of president biden's decision. >> to lift title 42 at the end of may, this is going to be a crisis. >> but a biden administration manufactured crisis, bozeman and senate republicans introduced a bill to block the biden administration from diverting resources, including personnel. >> from the department of veterans affairs to help handle the expected surge of migrants following the administration's decision to end title. 42. this is absurd. tennessee republican senator marsha blackburn says the va is already stretched thin. you've got to wait even longer because >> we're going to send your medical supplies, your pharmaceuticals, your physician, s

our dc correspondent anna wiernicki joins us live now to explain what this all means. anna. >> good evening with the senate judiciary committee is evenly split with 11 republicans and 11 democrats. but without the support of republicans and senate democrats say they still managed to push this confirmation forward. >> senate judiciary committee will come to order when the senate judiciary committee gavel didn't monday. all 11 republican senators made their position on judge ketanji brown jackson clear they may like her as a person. i've known judge jackson for 30 years. always like to personally, but they don't like her on the high court. if judge jackson is confirmed, i believe she will prove to be. >> the most extreme and the for this left justice ever to serve on the united states supreme court, texas republican senator john cornyn question jackson's ability to decide cases fairly. i have concerns the judge jackson will be pinch hitting for one team or the other. judge jackson is not an extremist. she's not out of the judicial nor democrats, including new jersey sena

for now live in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. all right, anna, people clearly across the world are mortified or they're appalled by what's happening. but >> it is a biden administration considering any more sanctions for russia following the reports of this massacre and boettcher. >> yeah, president biden did say that more sanctions are to come against russia at the white house says that they'll be announcing those leader this week, a national security adviser jake sullivan didn't give details on what they might be. but he did say that sanctions on russia's energy sector are still on the table. and i do want to point out that because of what happened in bucha, the european union also announced that they're now working on a new batch of sanctions against russia as well. >> q a and want to keep reporting live for us from washington, d.c., tonight. thanks, anna. >> today van trump met with lawmakers investigating the january 6 insurrection, the daughter of former president trump appeared remotely before the house select committee. s

for now in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. >> jury selection has begun in the deadliest u.s. mass shooting ever to go to trial. a judge prosecutors and defense attorneys began screening the first candidates for that jury. that will decide if nicolas cruz is executed or gets life in prison. cruz has already pleaded guilty to the 2018 murders of 17 people at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. the court officials say 1500 candidates or more could be screened over the next several weeks to be selected. candidates must say they can judge crews fairly and vote for the death penalty. if the evidence requires it. turning now to the war in ukraine, the white house says that there will be consequences for russian president vladimir has after new evidence of russian war crimes emerged in communities just outside the capital. >> and kimberly chang has more. >> after russian forces retreated from the outskirts of kyiv last week. ukrainian authorities say at least 400 people were found dead. corpses were

for now in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. >> still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, california lawmakers made a new proposal to suspend the state's gas tax. why this one is different from the other plans. ♪ at usaa we've been called too exclusive because we were created for officers. but as we've evolved with the military we've grown to serve all, who've honorably served. no matter their rank or when they were in. a marine just out of boot camp or a petty officer from '73 and even his kids and their kids. usaa is made for all who've honorably served and their eligible family members. are we still exclusive? absolutely. and that's exactly - why, you should join. >> momentum is building in the state capitol for a yearlong suspension of california's $0.51 gas tax. a bipartisan group lawmakers is proposing using money from the state's budget surplus to fund transportation projects that are normally paid by that tax. the group says this measure would provide tools and oversight to make certain that the tax cut reac

i'm anna wiernicki looks beautiful out there to all right. still ahead here on this hour of kron, 4 news firefighters in new mexico battling a massive wildfire. what authorities are saying >> about their containment efforts tonight. >> plus, there's issue with a popular cereal. people are saying it's making them sick. what you need to know about this fda investigation. >> welcome back. a warning for cereal lovers tonight. the fda is investigating general mills because of complaints of lucky charms causing sickness. the agency says more than 100 people have reported feeling ill after eating the popular marshmallow filled cereal with thousands more people complaining of symptoms on a consumer website. general mills says it's working with the fda on this matter, but they found no evidence of illnesses linked to the serial during its own internal investigation. a new report tonight shows 65% of american workers say the ability to work remotely or in has impacted the decision. >> to accept a job offer with as many as 40% of respondents saying that

for now in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. >> still ahead tonight on kron, 4 news at 10, california lawmakers are renewing their push to strengthen the state's gun laws. a look ahead to a key action that's expected tomorrow. >> and bay area residents want to get people off the streets, how they want the government to end the growing crisis of to end the growing crisis of homelessness. oh, wow barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, but we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it we have at&t business fiber with hyper-gig speeds. -but i just... -so thanks, we're doing great. i'm so happy for you! but i'm just here for my order. oh. entre-pin-eurs? yeah, my bowling team. i like it. there's money in puns. do business like a gigillionaire at&t business fiber, now with speeds up to 5-gigs. limited availability. at&t business fiber, now with speeds up to 5-gigs. when a truck hit my car, limited availability. the insurance company wasn't fair. i didn't know wha

for now in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. 9.42. and we'll be right back. >> and >> room, say that rights happened while you were sleeping early this morning. the latest dragons, space x capsule taking a crew for the international space station this morning. and we actually have some skin in the game on this one, right? jessica watkins, doctor from stanford and and she is on board the first black woman to work on the space station. so she went up there in the early morning hours with the other members of the crew, which, by the way, also made some history as the first that a crew was comprised equally of men and so they've all gone up there. they're gonna spend 5 months in space doing a lot of >> experiments are actually going to arrive thursday morning at about 02:45am in the morning. and actually, nasa's preparing a little ceremony to welcome doctor watkins, online or space station. and that historic moment. why does she have the kind to say, doctor watkins, i presume what i want to say that because doctor ups kuz watson's i was t

well, that was anna wiernicki reporting. now the formal senate debate on that nomination could start as early as today. >> on the kron 4 morning news, kansas wins the college basketball title with a historic come back. we'll have highlights after the break. >> 6.45. right now and we're looking another nice day and kind of a slow warm-up, i guess. yeah, it's nice. that does not hit one. i know i'm looking forward to thursday because that's when we're really going to see those. >> warm temperatures but is preparing a slow need to see like the an aria? yes, john. the love it i like the 70's. biden and then come thursday, i'll be hibernate. that's for find a nice cool spot to get but today is one to enjoy, at least for a 70 degree lovers. we've got the clear skies up above. >> and temperatures may be in the 40's and 50's right now, but we will be looking at those comfortable numbers later on today. as of right now, skies are clear. we're going to stay that way, too, because the jet stream is set well to the north. and we know wh

i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. >> time now to talk winners and losers on wall street with financial expert rob black. joining us now and rob will get to twitter and elon musk a second as one of the big headlines this morning. but just set the table for us here as we take a look at the markets with the dow off by more than 300, the nasdaq negative as well. we've got a slew of earnings set for this week, but it looks like investors are too happy this morning. >> yes, stocks are falling kind of continuing the trend of the year. the nasdaq's down 18%. the s p 500 down 10% for the year. 2007%. facebook's down that gives you idea. now meta. it pepsi. microsoft. pull a ford. they're all good report earnings this week, such big earnings week. but now shanghai's basically shut down due to covid beijing looks like they could be the next to shut down due to covid and world oil supplies oil demand is dropping because this again is probably united states high gas. but when the world sees oil prices drop its time, t

i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. >> thanks, anna. 7.19, for your money this morning. inflation is not hurting mother's day shopping and san jose saw one of the biggest home price cuts in the past year. jane king is live at the nasdaq with those stories and more. hi, jane. hey, it's all right. good morning. it's the san jose housing market may be starting to cool. >> now reports say that the average price cut on homes in the city in march was just over $93,000. so that compares to the average prescott in march of last year was about 71,000. now, the numbers are put together by business insider based on zillow data. wells fargo confirmed it is laying off an undisclosed number of home lending employees. do the mortgage market conditions. this is a week after reporting in major decline in the interest in mortgages. so the bank didn't specify which employees were affected or the amount of staff that will be displaced in the national retail federation projects that consumers will shell out a record amount for mother's day this year. total spending is expected to reach almos

wiernicki has that story. >> the senate judiciary committee is evenly split with 11 democrats and 11 republicans. but even with the committee's tie vote today that didn't hold back senate democrats who managed to push forward the confirmation without the support from republicans. >> senate judiciary committee will come to order when the senate judiciary committee gavel done monday. all 11 republican senators made their position on judge ketanji brown jackson clear they may like her as a person. i've known judge jackson for 30 years. i always like to personally, but they don't like her on the high court. if judge jackson is confirmed, i believe she will prove to be. >> the most extreme and the for this left justice ever to serve on the united states supreme court, texas republican senator john cornyn question jackson's ability to decide cases fairly. i have concerns the judge jackson will be pinch hitting for one team or the other. judge jackson is not an extremist. she's not out of the judicial nor democrats, including new jersey senator cory booker defended jackson and said her work

four's anna wiernicki has more. >> the senate judiciary committee is evenly split with 11 democrats and 11 republicans. but even with the committee's tie vote today, that didn't hold back. senate democrats who managed to push forward the confirmation without the support from republicans. >> senate judiciary committee will come to order when the senate judiciary committee gavel didn't monday. all 11 republican senators made their position on judge ketanji brown jackson clear they may like her as a person. i've known judge jackson for 30 years. i always like to personally, but they don't like her on the high court. if judge jackson is confirmed, i believe she will prove to be. >> the most extreme and the for this left justice ever to serve on the united states supreme court, texas republican senator john cornyn question jackson's ability to decide cases fairly. i have concerns the judge jackson will be pinch hitting for one team or the other. judge jackson is not an extremist. she's not out of the judicial nor democrats, including new jersey senator cory booker defended jackson and said h

i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. so and we've heard president biden say he does have a plan to a lower gas prices by releasing some oil from the reserves. but that's going to take a little while when we think we'll actually see a change in the price at the pump. and that's why we'll prices have gone down a little bit and slowly over the past few weeks. but that average price for a gallon of gas right now is still out about of $4. and so like you just said, in order to fix that, the president announced last week that he would be releasing 1 billion barrels of oil per day over the next 6 months from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve. that definitely will bring down prices a little bit. but the white house when asked about this at said that they didn't know exactly when americans would see this believe at the pump. so it could be a few days, but it could be a few weeks more waiting. and i thank you so much. so let's take a look now. gas prices here in the bay area as the state average for a gallon of regular is n

our dc correspondent anna wiernicki reports. >> good evening. in the final vote tally, judge jaekson did get the support of a few senate republicans securing her seat on the supreme court's bench and making history. >> on this vote, the a's are 53. the nays are 47 with vice president kamala harris presiding and all 100 senators present. the senate confirmed judge ketanji brown jackson to be the 100 16th justice of the united states supreme court. this nomination is confirmed. >> the news brought cheers from democrats in the 233 year history. the supreme court never never as a black woman held the title of justice. senate majority leader chuck schumer says jackson is opening the door for future generations of black women to follow in her footsteps makes but will democrats celebrated republicans criticize the entire confirmation process for being too partisan. president biden made a political choice. only 3 republicans joined democrats to confirm jackson, texas senator ted cruz says he voted no because he doesn't think her record as the trial judg

. >> the republicans have come out in support of judge jackson kron four's anna wiernicki has more on that. >> the senate judiciary committee is evenly split with 11 democrats and 11 republicans. but even with the committee's tie vote today that didn't hold back senate democrats who managed to push forward the confirmation without the support from republicans. >> senate judiciary committee will come to order when the senate judiciary committee gavel didn't monday. all 11 republican senators made their position on judge ketanji brown jackson clear they may like her as a person. i've known judge jackson for 30 years, always like to personally, but they don't like or on the high court. if judge jackson is confirmed, i believe she will prove to be. >> the most extreme and the for this left justice ever to serve on the united states supreme court, texas republican senator john cornyn question jackson's ability to decide cases fairly. i have concerns the judge jackson will be pinch hitting for one team or the other. judge jackson is not an extremist. she's not out of the judicial nor democr

., correspondent anna wiernicki is a life in the nation's capital and joins us now. hi, anna. >> good evening. all in a virtual appearance of president zelinsky gave a graphic account of the situation on the ground in ukraine and he's calling on world leaders to hold russia accountable. >> be stepped up to life in an emotional address to the united nations security council, ukrainian president zelensky detail the horror he saw in reese says russians killed at least 300 civilians for pleasure. killed entire families, adults and children. and they tried to burn the body. is the evidence emerging from has stirred a global response. secretary of state antony blinken says the people who committed and ordered the attacks must be held accountable. what we've seen and bush has not. >> the random act of a rogue unit. it's a deliberate campaign. to kill. with torture. rate. to commit. >> atrocities at the un. russia denied the attacks accusing ukraine for staging the deaths is a blatant criminally staged events. he needs to be defeated back on capitol hill, senate minority lea

., correspondent anna wiernicki joins us live in the nation's capital with more. anna? good evening. that's right. one, a virtual appearance earlier today. president zelensky gave a graphic account. >> of the situation on the ground in ukraine and he's calling on world leaders to hold russia accountable.

for now live in washington, i'm anna wiernicki back to you. and and it is a 50, 50 senate. so we expect it's going to be very close in the final. >> talley. >> well, the senate only needs a simple majority to confirm jackson. so it's all 50 democrats are on board. then the jackson will be confirmed to the supreme court. but there are a few republicans who have come forward in the past a few hours seeing that they do plan to vote in her favor. so it does give democrats a little bit of making confirmation all but sure when it goes to that, a full senate floor, which likely will happen as early as friday. >> and we're going be live for us in washington, d.c.. thank you, anna. >> a fight outside a nightclub broken up by the sound of gunfire. as we reported at the top of the newscast, 6 people were killed. >> 12 others wounded in yesterday's mass shooting in sacramento. at least 100 shell casings were recovered at the scene. police say they have arrested a man on the salt and illegal firearms possession charges. you're looking for others. state lawmakers meantime say that mass s

i'm anna wiernicki. i love her enthusiasm. breaking news from overnight. 2 kids are dead after being shot in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> it happened just after midnight during a house party at a short term rental property. >> this is video you're looking at now from the scene this morning. 200 people were inside that house at the time of the shooting. we know that 9 other people were injured, trying to run away. >> 2 of those people suffered broken bones when they jumped out of windows. police say as many as 50 shots were fired inside the home and several more were fired outside. police say they are gathering evidence from at least 8 separate crime scenes all within a few blocks of the shooting area. there's no information about the shooting suspect or a possible motive yet this morning. but we're working to get that information to you. and now to developing news out of south carolina, a shooting injures 10 people at a mall in columbia. 2 others were hurt in the stampede of people running for safety. police say that this does

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