Tuesday morning news - April 5, 2022

For WORLD Radio, I'm Kent Covington. 

Biden: Putin should face war crimes trial for Bucha killings » President Biden on Monday called for a war crimes trial against Vladimir Putin after Russian troops apparently tortured and executed civilians near Kyiv.

BIDEN: He is a war criminal. But we have to gather the information. We have to continue to provide Ukraine with the weapons they need to continue the fight.

He also said he’ll push for more sanctions.

After Russian troops departed the town of Bucha, authorities found bodies of civilians strewn in the streets. Some had been brutalized, had their hands tied, and were shot at close range.

Russia claimed the atrocities happened after its troops left the area. But satellite imagery has disproven those claims.

National security adviser said the Russian pullback from the Kyiv is not a sign that Moscow is relenting. The Kremlin is simply “repositioning its forces” …

SULLIVAN: To concentrate its offensive operations in eastern and parts of southern Ukraine. All indications are that Russian forces will seek to surround and overwhelm Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine.

The White House has vowed to continue backing Ukraine with military, humanitarian, and economic support.

Senate panel deadlocks on Jackson; confirmation on track » For the first time in decades, the Senate Judiciary Committee was evenly split Monday on whether to advance a Supreme Court nomination to the Senate floor.

AUDIO: The votes are 11 yeas, 11 nays. It’s a tie vote.

That vote was expected, as there is an even party split on the committee. All of the panel’s Republicans oppose Kentanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz …

CRUZ: If Judge Jackson is confirmed, I believe she will prove to be the most extreme and the furthest left justice ever to serve on the United States Supreme Court.

But Democrats are taking a series of procedural steps to wind her nomination through the Senate. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer started the ball rolling on Monday.

SCHUMER: I move to discharge the Judiciary Committee from further consideration of Kentanji Brown Jackson …

With the support of at least one Republican in the full Senate, Susan Collins of Maine, Jackson remains on a glidepath toward confirmation later this week.

Coroner IDs 6 people killed in Sacramento mass shooting » Police in Sacramento arrested a man on Monday in connection with a deadly mass shooting. Police Chief Kathy Lester told KCRA …

LESTER: We do have one person in custody. He’s 26-year-old Dandre Martin, and he was arrested in connection to the K Street shooting. He was taken into custody on assault with a firearm and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.

But she said police were searching for multiple shooters.

At least two gunmen opened fire in a crowd as bar patrons filled the streets at closing time around 2 a.m. Sunday morning.

The Sacramento County coroner on Monday identified the six people killed in the shooting. They range in age from 21 to 57, three women and three men.

Twelve people were also wounded, at least four of them critically.

UN climate report slams global governments, warns of ‘unlivable world’ » The UN’s climate change panel warned on Monday that the Earth is “firmly on track toward an unlivable world.” WORLD’s Josh Schumacher has more.

JOSH SCHUMACHER, REPORTER: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report sticks to the usual script. It warns that without drastic change, mankind will cause irreversible damage to the planet.

The report said governments around the world have failed to follow through on promises in the 2015 Paris Climate Accord. Commitments in the accord were aimed at keeping global temperatures from rising 2 degrees over the next century.

It said global warming has triggered more intense wildfires and hurricanes, longer droughts, and more floods.

The report urges a quick move away from the use of fossil fuels in favor of clean, renewable energy.

It also highlighted risky experimental methods of reducing temperatures along with simpler steps like fixing methane leaks in mines and landfills.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Josh Schumacher.

I’m Kent Covington. For more news, features, and analysis, visit us at wng.org.

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