Friday, March 25th, 2022

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 25 March 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

We close this week with the latest on the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Next, we cover President Biden's support for expelling Russia from the G20 and more Russia-Ukraine updates. Meanwhile, North Korea tested their first intercontinental ballistic missile since 2017. Finally, we get to some Trump-related headlines, Virginia Thomas's questionable conduct in the 2020 election, and Arizona's two bills targeting transgender youth. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: NPR: "Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings: What happened Thursday" Washington Post: "Biden holds emergency NATO talks in Europe as Ukraine war hits one month" Axios: "Biden says he supports expelling Russia from G20" AP News: "Ukraine says Moscow is forcibly taking civilians to Russia" Axios: "North Korea tests first intercontinental ballistic missile since 2017" Axios: "Mo Brooks says Trump asked him to 'remove Joe Biden from the White House'" CNN: "Trump sues Hillary Clinton, DNC and others, alleging conspiracy to link his campaign to Russia" Washington Post: "Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 election, texts show" NPR: "Arizona Legislature passes 2 bills to curb transgender rights" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Friday, March 25th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented
0:07.5	by Beches Media, I'm Sammy Sage.
0:12.1	The week is over and so are the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Katangi Brown
0:16.8	Jackson.
0:17.8	Yesterday's hearings involve not Jackson herself, but testimony from outside witnesses and
0:22.8	the American Bar Association.
0:25.2	Representatives from the Bar Association spoke to a peer review committee who evaluated Jackson
0:29.9	and by conducting interviews with over 200 attorneys and judges who had worked first
0:34.3	hand with her, and they spoke to how extraordinary she is.
0:37.8	There were it's not mine.
0:39.4	They also noted that no one had expressed concerns over Jackson's sentencing history
0:43.1	when it came to child pornography defendants, which Republicans had continuously referred
0:47.5	to as problematic all week.
0:49.7	The confirmation vote is expected to be held on April 4th.
0:53.0	Hopefully we'll only have to endure about one or two more tiny tantrums from Lindsey
0:56.7	Grant before then.
0:59.9	Senate Biden is on his Euro trip, sorry, Jonsaki, and yesterday amidst his meetings, he voiced
1:05.4	support for expelling Russia from the G20, while promising that the United States will
1:09.6	take in 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and commit $1 billion in humanitarian assistance.
1:16.1	Biden also commented that NATO would respond if Russia used chemical, biological, or nuclear
1:21.0	weapons inside Ukraine, and that the nature of the response would depend on the nature
1:25.5	of the use.
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