Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon is seeking a commuted death sentence for a career criminal who kidnapped, robbed and shot a father of three in 1992.

Scott Forrest Collins, now 51, kidnapped Fred Rose, 41, and held him at gunpoint as he left his Palmdale office for his lunch break three decades ago.

Collins used Rose’s debit card to withdraw $200, shot him in the head, and dumped his body in North Hollywood where he was later found by a jogger.

Rose died a day later in the hospital, and Collins used Rose’s car to get involved in a gang-related shootout before crashing and being arrested and charged with murder.

Now Gascon, a vocal opponent of the death penalty who is also facing a second recall attempt by opponents who criticize his approach to mellow crime, is seeking to reduce Collins’ sentence from death to life without the possibility of parole. .

Rose’s family claims they were overwhelmed by Gascon’s pressure and accused the frantic prosecutor of “fighting on the killer’s side.”

Heather Scott, the victim’s daughter, said her family had been notified that Collins had been given a new sentence, only as a formality, and were kept out of plans to commute his death sentence.

Shelan Joseph, Deputy District Attorney for Gascon, reportedly contacted the family and explained the reason for seeking to resentence Collins.

“She went through the lists and the lists of good behavior he had in prison, and it’s great, anyone wants redemption for someone like him,” Rose’s daughter, Heather Scott, told Fox.

“But it was not the right place to give this information to our family, and she had already presented her decision when she tried to convince me of this. It was finished. We’re just political pawns,” added Scott, who was 12 when Collins left her fatherless.

Scott claimed that this process would further exacerbate the grief and pain her family experienced following Rose’s tragic and violent death.

Prior to Rose’s murder, Collins had a long criminal history despite being only 21 years old at the time. He reportedly started a fire, stabbed a man in the back, stole a woman’s car and threatened a black teenager with a knife while shouting insults before being jailed for Rose’s murder, Fox reports.

Fred Rose, 41, was robbed and killed in 1992. Now his killer might have his death penalty sentence commuted. Above, Rose with his wife and children, Julian. Amy and Heather

Scott Collins, 21, kidnapped and killed Rose in 1992. Collins (pictured in 2007) used Rose’s debit card to withdraw $200, shot him in the head and dumped his body in North Hollywood, where he was later found by a jogger

LA District Attorney George Gascon was slammed by the family of 41-year-old father-of-three Fred Rose, who was shot ‘execution-style’ in 1992 as he is seeking to have his death penalty sentence commuted

‘My feeling was that the detectives and the police department, they sought justice, they wanted to know the truth,’ Scott said.

‘They wanted to make sure they had the right person, and they didn’t stop until they felt confident that they had him behind bars.’

Gascon’s office argues that Collins’ good behavior, lack of ‘serious rule violations in more than 20 years’, and the fact that his crime only had ‘one victim,’ should grant him the opportunity to avoid the death penalty.

‘There were so many victims,’ Scott, whose mother never remarried, told Fox. ‘My whole family, we’re a family of victims.’

Scott also said Collins was on parole at the time he killed her father and that the convicted killer attempted to intimidate her family ahead of the trial in 1993.

Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Fox that Gascon’s push would traumatize Rose’s family and have little practical effect, as Governor Gavin Newsom declared a moratorium on executions in California in 2019.

Gascon, a 67-year-old former assistant chief of Los Angeles Police Department, took over as district attorney in the heavily-Democrat city in December 2020 and immediately embarked on a progressive justice reform agenda – eliminating the use of sentencing enhancements for gang membership, certain uses of guns, and for prior convictions.

An undated picture of Fred Rose and his family before he was killed ‘execution-style’ in 1992 by Collins

The family’s attorneys, Former LA County DA and open Gascon critic Steve Cooley (pictured) and Kathy Cady, filed a notice of on behalf of their client’s rights

The family’s attorneys, Former LA County DA and open Gascon critic Steve Cooley and Kathy Cady, filed a notice on behalf of their client’s rights.

‘The criminal justice system is designed to be an adversary system requiring a prosecutor and a defense attorney,’ the notice wrote. ‘The system does not work if there are two defense attorneys and no prosecutor.’

But Gascon’s office has contended that they are not seeking to release Collins, just to avoid his death penalty sentence goes through.

‘We’re not asking for his release, we’re asking that his sentence be commuted to life without the possibility of parole,’ Special Adviser to Gascon Alex Bastian told Fox in a statement.

‘That is something that is I think important to note. We are not asking that he be resentenced to something that would put him in front of a parole board.’

‘If that was the intention there would have been something different than the commutation to life without the possibility of parole,’ Bastian added.

‘The reason the petition here is for life without the possibility of parole is because we believe that would be the appropriate outcome.’

He added that the Rose’s family deserved the ‘utmost respect and compassion,’ and that Gascon’s office would continue to support victims.

Rose’s body was found by a jogger in an early morning in 1992. He was taken to the hospital but did not survive the head injuries caused by Collins.

Collins was later arrested after crashing Rose’s car in Bakersfield along with other three passengers, who told police he admitted to killing Rose.

Collins was convicted September 30, 1992, and sentenced to the death penalty. He has appealed twice and has been denied a re-sentencing.

As LA battles rising crime, critics are blaming Gascon’s ‘soft’ policies, and an effort to recall him is underway – which on Friday saw a former LAPD chief who previously endorsed him rescind his support.

Amid growing frustration with the progressive prosecutor, more than 600 deputy district attorneys throughout LA county endorsed his recall Tuesday during an Association of Deputy District Attorneys meeting.

Gascón was sworn in as LA County’s 43rd district attorney in December 2020, and critics have blamed him for a spike in violent crime in the region.

Los Angeles has seen a 54 percent increase in murders since 2019, a rise in the number of street shootings since 2020, and an increase in the number of armed holdups.

The city has also been shocked by the broad daylight murder of Brianna Kupfer on January 13 by a mentally ill man who stabbed her at random while she worked in an upscale furniture store.

About 98 percent of prosecutors participating in the vote supported Gascón’s ousting after he declined an invitation to meet with them and defend his controversial policies. There was a record-high 83 percent turnout in the more than 800-member union who voted.

‘This vote is by those who are intimately familiar with how Mr. Gascón’s policies actually play out on a day-to-day basis,’ said ADDA president Michele Hanisee.

‘We believe the vote of our members will resonate with the voters of Los Angeles as they decide whether to recall Gascón from office and restore public safety as the priority of the District Attorney’s office.’

Since being sworn into office, Gascón has refused to meet with prosecutors to explain the logic behind his policies, the union said.

Union Vice President Eric Siddall likened the DA to a failed experiment.

‘Over a year ago, Gascón began a massive social experiment by redirecting prosecutorial resources away from enforcing the law while simultaneously ignoring large portions of the penal code,’ Siddall said. ‘The result is an emboldened criminal element that knows the DA will not hold criminals accountable. This experiment needs to end.’

DA GEORGE GASCON’S FULL STATEMENT ON POLICY CHANGES

DA George Gascon on Friday backtracked on policies of not pursuing sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole, and not prosecuting juveniles accused of serious offenses as adults

‘I want to address some policy changes that we are making in our office, which made the news earlier this week. I want to reaffirm my commitment to the core values I expressed when I took office. We do not believe that children should be tried as adults. We should treat kids like kids and give them every opportunity to grow and change. We also do not believe people should be sentenced to death in prison. People change and evolve – most often, for the better. For too long, our system operated without recognizing this fact, ignoring entirely the capacity people have for change. We must restore that underlying value into our justice system. While we maintain our commitment to these principles and will continue working to improve our system, there are some cases and situations that require a different response. We have made some adjustments to our policies to account for these exceptions.

Like every responsible office, we learn as we go, take feedback from the community, and make necessary adjustments based on our experiences and the complex nature of this work. That is the responsible way to govern. I have always been open to learning and growing in this work. When I started in policing 40 years ago, I believed that arresting and jailing people would bring us safety. However, after several decades of work, it was clear to me that we needed a more nuanced approach. The same is true now. While I remain committed to the core values of our policies, I have seen a small number of cases that presented real challenges. As a result, we are making minor adjustments to our policies on juveniles and LWOP to allow for exceptions in the most extraordinary of cases.

Specifically, we learned a lot from the Hannah Tubbs case about the need for a policy safety valve. Rather than the usual case where a child is arrested close in time to their crime, police arrested Ms. Tubbs at 26 for a crime she committed as a juvenile. Ms. Tubbs had several charges in other counties after the juvenile offense but never received any services which both her past behavior and that subsequent to her arrest demonstrates she clearly needs. After her sentencing in our case, I became aware of extremely troubling statements she made about her case, the resolution of it and the young girl that she harmed.

Unfortunately, our juvenile system in its current iteration does not provide adequate support to help someone at 26 with this level of challenges except through the adult system. While for most people several years of jail time is adequate, it may not be for Ms. Tubbs. If we knew about her disregard for the harm she caused we would have handled this case differently. The complex issues and facts of her particular case were unusual, and I should have treated them that way. This change in policy will allow us the space to do that moving forward.

We have now implemented policies to create a different pathway for outlier cases, while simultaneously creating protections to prevent these exceptions from becoming the rule. Any time a prosecutor wants to deviate from our core principles, they must put a request in writing. That request will then go to a committee, staffed by my most trusted advisors, who must evaluate the case and approve any requests to pursue an exception. This process ensures that only in the rarest of cases, where our system has failed, will we diverge from our principles.

We do not always get it right, as no one can, but we do believe that our fundamental beliefs are the right ones. Kids should be treated like kids. People should be given an opportunity to grow and change. Victims and survivors should be given support, and we should always provide every opportunity for all people in the criminal legal system to receive what they need to heal. We will continue to uphold these values.’

The cause of death for Robert H. Witt and Diane Witt, the parents of Walking Dead actress Alicia Witt, has been listed as ‘probable cardiac dysrhythmia’ due to exposure to the cold

The Telegram and Gazette reported the news after obtaining death certificates for Robert, 87, and Diane, 75, which revealed their causes of death two months after they were found dead inside their run-down home in Massachusetts.

In addition, Robert’s certificate indicated he had ‘history of coronary artery disease, hypertension and multiple myeloma.’

The dates of their deaths were noted as December 20, 2021, which was also the day their bodies were found in their home. Neighbors said their home did not have a working heating system for some time.

Walking Dead actress Alicia Witt’s parents, whom were found dead inside their run-down home in Massachusetts in December 2021, died of exposure to the cold

The previous night had been the coldest of that month as temperatures going as low as 15 degrees, according to The Telegram and Gazette, citing the National Weather Service.

Witt broke her silence last month following the shocking death of her parents, revealing that they refused her help and hadn’t let her inside for ‘over a decade.’

‘It still doesn’t feel real,’ the redheaded actress, 46, began her Facebook post as she opened up about the death of her parents Robert Witt, 87, and Diane Witt, 75.

The star’s parents reportedly died from hypothermia a month ago after their heat went out in their ‘dilapidated’ home, but Witt said it wasn’t because she didn’t offer to help.

‘My parents were not penniless,’ she wrote on Facebook. ‘They were fiercely stubborn, beautifully original souls, and with that, they made choices – choices that I couldn’t talk them out of.

‘I did help them, in all the ways I could – in all the ways they would let me.

‘I had no idea that their heat had gone out. I will never understand how or why they made the choice not to tell me this, not to let me help them with this. My heart is broken,’ she wrote.

They did not take her help: She also noted that her parents were not ‘penniless’ and she had tried several times to help them out but they would not let her. And she shared that she had not been in their house for 10 years

Witt in hit horror television series The Walking Dead for season six

Alicia said that she ‘struggled’ and as much as she helped, ‘what else could I have done,’ she said.

‘Short of petitioning the court system for taking control of two otherwise very sharp, very independent, very capable adults. They were a united, intertwined, indivisible force, determined to do things their own way. knowing they had each other – battling them the way I would have had to in order to do this truly felt like it would have destroyed them,’ noted Witt.

She explained that she ‘begged, cried, tried to reason with them, tried to convince them to let me help them move – but every time, they became furious with me, telling me I had no right to tell them how to live their lives and that they had it all under control.’

Witt added: ‘It was not for a lack of trying on my part, or the part of other people who loved them.’

The star said that a detective had told her over the phone that her parents were found dead after she had placed a welfare call when she became concerned she had not heard back from them.

A relative found the bodies at their ‘dilapidated’ home in Worcester (pictured). One of the parents was said to have been clad in a coat indoors

Witt also shared that she had not been allowed in their house for ‘well over 10 years’ and didn’t know bad it had gotten.

The elderly couple were suspected to have died from hypothermia – a dangerous drop in body temperature caused by prolonged exposure to cold – after one of them was found with a coat on. But their health had been in decline for a while as her father Robert Witt, 87, was fighting cancer and her mother Diane Witt, 75, had Parkinson’s Disease.

‘She was a frail little thing, a good wind would blow her away,’ the neighbor told the Boston 25.

The couple was found in their home a day before Christmas when temperatures were hitting the teens at night.

Authorities said the Witts’ were found without any signs of trauma, but a space heater was found inside the home that needed repairs and that their furnace was malfunctioning, according to the Telegram and Gazette.

Police, alongside an unidentified relative, checked on the couple around December 24. The relative had reportedly told authorities that they had loaned the couple a space heater after their furnace went out a week prior.

In addition, no obvious signs of trauma were found on the bodies, and no traces of poisonous gases such as carbon monoxide were detected during a subsequent inspection.

‘There were no signs of foul play. It is under investigation,’ police said after the bodies were found in the Sussex Lane home.

The ‘reclusive’ couple reportedly kept to themselves and hadn’t been often seen by neighbors. The neighbors also said the couple rarely answered the door.

‘In the last four years we haven’t seen them at all,’ the neighbor told the Telegram and Gazette.

The neighbor also said the Witts’ have been having heating problems since 2018 and had declined an offer to fix it and saw ‘someone from the State’ dropping off food weekly to the couple, the Telegram and Gazette reported.

Court records also showed that the couple didn’t have cable, a television, or a computer in their home.

A neighbor did say that Alicia was involved in her parent’s lives, and whenever she would be in the area, she would send a car to pick them up. When one of the actress’ films was on TV, Robert and Diane would come over to the neighbor’s house to watch it because ‘they didn’t have a color TV,’ she said.

Authorities have yet to confirm the exact cause of death. An autopsy was conducted.

Witt also shared several throwback photos and kind words about her parents.

‘They were brilliant educators, deeply kind, curious, intuitive, wise, young at heart, funny – there will never be enough adjectives to describe them,’ she said of her parents.

Witt also turned her attention to the stories that have come out.

‘The circumstances around my parents’ sudden passings have become fodder for press, and there are some misconceptions rolling around – understandably so,’ she wrote.

‘This is very delicate for me to write because I’m wanting to honor their privacy, which they held so tightly.

Heart is broken: ‘It still doesn’t feel real,’ the redheaded actress began her Facebook note

‘There’s an awful irony in the fact that, because of the very lengths they went to in order to protect their privacy in life – that privacy has been stripped away in death.’

She said she never imagined she would have to talk about this publicly – much less, amidst overwhelming floods of grief.

She then shared that even if she could have had a crystal ball and looked into the future, and if she could have said to them ‘you are going to break my heart and the hearts of all who love you with a worst-case-scenario ending if you don’t let us help you’ – she thinks they still would have made the same choices.

She found out on the phone: ‘It’s been a month since I got scared, not having heard back from them, and called to have them checked on. Waiting, phone in hand, praying fervently that the next call would be from them, angry I’d gotten someone else involved. Knowing as soon as I heard the detective’s voice on the other line that they were gone’

Her note then said she knew she would never hear the voices of her parents again and she would look for them in a ‘breeze, in a song, in a dream’

They were not well: The elderly couple were suspected to have died from hypothermia as one of them had a coat on. But their health had been in decline for a while as her father Robert Witt, 87, was fighting cancer and her mother Diane Witt, 75, had Parkinson’s Disease

‘They weren’t willing to make different ones,’ she said.

Alicia said that her last words to her parents were ‘I love you.’

‘That part was simple; never in doubt. They loved me so. I loved them so,’ she ended her Facebook note, which was also partially shared on Instagram.

They were that way: She then delved into the circumstances of their personal lives. ‘My parents were not penniless. they were fiercely stubborn, beautifully original souls, and with that, they made choices – choices that I couldn’t talk them out of. I did help them, in all the ways i could – in all the ways they would let me,’ she noted

Also in her note said she knew she would never hear the voices of her parents again and she would look for them in a ‘breeze, in a song, in a dream.’

Alicia added that she was ‘deeply grateful for the gift of having been able to quietly travel to Worcester earlier this month for a beautiful service and burial, to mourn and to celebrate them in total privacy.’

And she said that she would be forever be indebted to Mercadante Funeral Home for going to great lengths to make this possible.

‘Thank you, also, to all those who have reached out with your memories about my parents.,’ said the Sopranos star.

Alicia added that she was ‘deeply grateful for the gift of having been able to quietly travel to Worcester earlier this month for a beautiful service and burial, to mourn and to celebrate them in total privacy’

And she said that she would be forever be indebted to Mercadante Funeral Home for going to great lengths to make this possible. ‘Thank you, also, to all those who have reached out with your memories about my parents.,’ said the Sopranos star

When they were found, it was noted that their house was ‘dilapidated’ and that they had not fixed their furnace. Alicia said that she ‘struggles’ and as much as she helped, ‘what else could I have done,’ she asked

The couple (pictured) had been described by a neighbor as having been ill for ‘some time,’ and were using a space heater to heat their home after experiencing ‘furnace problems’

Witt with her father, Robert Witt, 87, (left) and mother, Diane Witt, 75, (right)

The couple had lived in Worcester, about 50 miles east of Boston, for decades, according to reports.

Their daughter began her career at the age of eight after being discovered by David Lynch, who cast her in his version of the sci-fi classic Dune in 1984 and an episode of Twin Peaks.

Witt went on to appear in a number of hit television series, including the Sopranos, Two and a Half Men, The Walking Dead, and Orange is the New Black.

Witt is also a pianist and made her stage debut in Los Angeles in 2001.

ALICIA WITT’S ENTIRE NOTE

 It still doesn’t feel real.

It’s been a month since I got scared, not having heard back from them, and called to have them checked on. waiting, phone in hand, praying fervently that the next call would be from them, angry I’d gotten someone else involved. knowing as soon as I heard the detective’s voice on the other line that they were gone. knowing I would never hear their voices again. beginning the rest of my life of finding them on the breeze, in a song, in a dream.

I am deeply grateful for the gift of having been able to quietly travel to Worcester earlier this month for a beautiful service and burial, to mourn and to celebrate them in total privacy. i will forever be indebted to Mercadente Funeral Home for going to great lengths to make this possible.

Thank you, also, to all those who have reached out with your memories about my parents. they were brilliant educators, deeply kind, curious, intuitive, wise, young at heart, funny – there will never be enough adjectives to describe them.

The circumstances around my parents’ sudden passings have become fodder for press, and there are some misconceptions rolling around – understandably so. this is very delicate for me to write because I’m wanting to honor their privacy, which they held so tightly. there’s an awful irony in the fact that, because of the very lengths they went to in order to protect their privacy in life – that privacy has been stripped away in death. I never imagined I would have to talk about this publicly – much less, amidst overwhelming floods of grief.

I hadn’t been allowed inside my parents’ home for well over a decade; every time I offered to have something repaired for them, they refused to allow workers into their house. I begged, cried, tried to reason with them, tried to convince them to let me help them move – but every time, they became furious with me, telling me I had no right to tell them how to live their lives and that they had it all under control. it was not for a lack of trying on my part, or the part of other people who loved them.

My parents were not penniless. they were fiercely stubborn, beautifully original souls, and with that, they made choices – choices that I couldn’t talk them out of. I did help them, in all the ways I could – in all the ways they would let me.

I struggle, as much as i helped, with what else could I have done – short of petitioning the court system for taking control of two otherwise very sharp, very independent, very capable adults. they were a united, intertwined, indivisible force, determined to do things their own way. knowing they had each other – battling them the way I would have had to in order to do this truly felt like it would have destroyed them.

I had no idea that their heat had gone out. I will never understand how or why they made the choice not to tell me this, not to let me help them with this. my heart is broken.

And even if i could have had a crystal ball and looked into the future- if I could have said to them ‘you are going to break my heart and the hearts of all who love you with a worst-case-scenario ending if you don’t let us help you’ – I still think they would have made the same choices. they weren’t willing to make different ones.

Our last words to each other were ‘I love you’. that part was simple; never in doubt. they loved me so. I loved them so.

Legendary boxers Vitaly and Vladimir Klitschko promise to fight for Ukraine amid Russian invasion … while former heavyweight champions call for an end to the “senseless war”

• Vitali Klitschko vowed to fight for Ukraine with his brother Vladimir
• Both are former heavyweight champions, and Vitaly is now mayor of Kiev
• The brothers posted an emotional message calling for an end to the “senseless war”

from James Cohen for Mailonline

Published: 01:00 GMT, 25 February 2022 | Updated: 5:15 AM GMT on February 25, 2022

Legendary boxers and brothers Vitaly and Vladimir Klitschko have vowed to fight for Ukraine against the background of the ongoing Russian invasion.

The former heavyweight champions, along with Vitaly, now mayor of Kiev, have sent an emotional request to end the “senseless war” as their country continues to be attacked by Vladimir Putin.

As mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitaly declared a state of emergency in the Ukrainian capital, which is now under martial law.

Brothers Vitali and Vladimir Klitschko made an emotional request to end the “senseless war”

Vitali Klitschko is now mayor of Kiev after a successful heavyweight boxing career

The couple released a joint video message in Russian, Ukrainian and English on Thursday.

In the video, Wladimir Klitschko said: “I call on all international partners to watch this tragedy, which is happening in Ukraine today.

“And this senseless war, which will not have winners, but losers.

“I just want to tell you that we must remain united against this aggression, against Russian aggression.

“Do not allow this to continue to happen in Ukraine, do not allow this to happen in Europe and possibly in the world.

“United, we are strong, support Ukraine, thank you.”

Vitali Klitschko became mayor in 2014, as well as head of the city state administration in Kiev

Amid the ongoing invasion, Ukraine’s border agency has banned men between the ages of 18 and 60 from leaving the country. The agency says the measure is aimed at “ensuring Ukraine’s defense and organizing timely mobilization”.

The temporary ban will remain in force during the martial law announced on Thursday morning.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has just signed a decree on general mobilization. All Ukrainians who can bear arms are called to defend their homeland.

Soldiers and reservists from the country are also being called up, according to the decree, which is in force for 90 days.

Vitali Klitschko became mayor in 2014, as well as head of the city state administration in Kiev.

His brother, Vladimir, enlisted in Ukraine’s reserve army in Kiev earlier this month as the country prepared for an attack.

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Joy Behar caused outrage on Thursday when the presenter of The View complained that the war in Ukraine would disrupt her Italian escape in the latest controversy to enter the deaf talk show.

The long-standing holiday was being discussed Russia launches its full – scale invasion of Ukraine when Behar began to whine that her summer trip was failing. Behar’s “foot in the mouth” moment comes after global rage sparked by co-host Upi Goldberg after she said the Holocaust was “unrelated to race.”

On Thursday, co-host Sunny Hostin, 53, outlined some of the facts about the war in Eastern Europe, in which Kiev was a mass evacuation after Vladimir Putin launched his entire invasion of Ukraine.

“It is estimated that 50,000 Ukrainians will be dead or injured and this will start a refugee crisis in Europe. We are talking about 5 million people who will be displaced. It is heartbreaking to hear what will happen.

Behar, 79, tried to shift the discussion to Western Europe, in particular about her obvious plans to travel to Italy, about 1,500 miles from where Russian forces bombed a neighbor.

“I am also afraid of what will happen in Western Europe. You are planning a trip, you want to go there, I wanted to go to Italy for four years and I could not do it because of the pandemic and now this. Like what will happen there?

Joy Behar complains during a discussion with The View that the war between Ukraine and Russia will affect her trip to Italy

Behar speaks in response to View co-host Sunny Hostin, outlining the facts facing the people of Ukraine

Footage shows a large-scale air assault operation with Mi-8 helicopters at Antonov International Airport in Hostomel, 15 minutes west of the capital’s ring road

Social media quickly pounced on Behar’s apparent disregard for everyone else’s circumstances.

Radiant Liz Wheeler published the video, which reads: “I literally can’t believe Joy Behar said that.”

Ida Tawakoli added in: “You almost have to respect Joy Behar’s unwavering commitment to ensuring that the Boomers are the most hated generation alive.”

NY Post and Fox News columnist Carol Markovic he asked“Has Putin even stopped thinking about how his invasion will affect Joy Behar’s trip to Italy?”

Sports commentator @KFCBarstool accumulated: “The real horror of the global pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? Joy Behar failed to travel to Italy. Thoughts and prayers for joy. We hope that he will survive this tragedy.

This is just the most recent controversy over the decades-long ABC talk show.

Upi Goldberg made a surprise early return to The view on Monday, two days before her entire two-week suspension ended after the global response to comments she made about the Holocaust last month.

The 66-year-old presenter has missed just eight episodes after ABC announced it had spent two weeks – probably ten episodes – after its last broadcast on February 1, where it apologized for saying the Holocaust was “not for race “in a show from the previous day.

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Upi Goldberg addresses viewers after surprisingly appearing on ABC’s The View on Monday, two days before her two-week removal expires

Goldberg was in his usual place at The View with his co-hosts on Monday, its first episode after being stopped two weeks after the show on February 1.

Goldberg has been forced into a two-week unpaid suspension after the scandalous episode of January 31 by ABC boss Kim Godwin, who said she wanted to end the “culture” where The View presenter and her colleague Joy Behar can say and do whatever they wanted, “acquaintances told DailyMail.com.

Goldberg faced a revolt from officials who thought she had crossed the line with her deaf apologies for her comments on the Holocaust.

She did not shy away from the controversy on her return.

“It’s not always as beautiful as I said, and it’s not always as other people would like to hear, but it’s an honor to sit at this table and be able to have these conversations because they’re important,” Goldberg said.

The controversy began when Upi said on the air that the Holocaust was “unrelated to race.” She posted an apology on Twitter, then apologized on air the next day, February 1, but was stopped after the show.

The outspoken host had to lose $ 192,000 for the two-week suspension, sources told DailyMail.com.

Reactions on social media about her return were mixed, with many believing that removal was not enough punishment, and some went so far as to call for Goldberg’s dismissal.

Country music star John Rich has likened teachers and librarians to pedophiles trying to abduct children in vans at a hearing with Tennessee The House of Representatives’ legislative committee will discuss a controversial bill banning “obscene books”.

“What’s the difference between a teacher, an educator or a librarian putting one of these books like you on a student’s table?” Rich asked MPs at the Nashville hearing. “Or a man in a white van who stops at the end of school when school comes out and says, ‘Come on, kids, let me read you this book and show you these pictures?’

He continued: “What is the difference between these two scenarios? There is a difference, by the way. They can escape from the man in the white van.

Several attendees can be seen nodding, seemingly in agreement with the 48-year-old Rich.

The bill, discussed at the hearing, aims to ban unspecified “obscene books” in state and charter schools and was sponsored by Republican State Representative Scott Sepiki after a school district in the State of Volunteers banned a book on the Holocaust.

48-year-old country star John Rich has likened teachers and librarians to pedophiles trying to abduct children in vans for a hearing in the Tennessee House Legislature Legislative Committee on Wednesday

Rich later reiterated his support for the controversial bill banning obscene books.

Rich, who invites women to “save horses, ride cowboys” in the lyrics to his 2004 song of the same name with Big Kenny, said people are “the bulwark between tyranny and freedom.”

All — Today in the legislature of TN, testifying to @ CepickyTn64Censorship bill, singer @johnrich accuses schools / librarians of “shaping” children, because some library books there can discuss sexual content.

(Reminder: His big hit was “Save a Horse, Ride A Cowboy”) pic.twitter.com/KTVIiLoCxm

– The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) February 24, 2022

The bill will ban possession of obscene materials from a local education agency; public school, including state charter school; or an employee or private contractor of a local education agency or public school, if the obscene material is harmful to minors and is kept on public school premises. ‘

The bill was sponsored by GOP State Representative Scott Sepiki after a school district in the State of Volunteers banned a book on the Holocaust

However, the initiative fails to provide specific guidance on what is considered “indecent”.

Rich, who invited women to “save horses, ride cowboys” in the lyrics to his 2004 song of the same name with Big Kenny, later reiterated his position on Twitter.

“It was a big deal today to testify before the Tennessee House Legislature. “Some have supported, others have disagreed, but in these times we need to fight opponents,” he tweeted.

“We have to bring them the battle. We humans are the bulwark between tyranny and freedom.

Hearings on the bill will continue on Wednesday.

Cepicky’s bill was inspired by a decision by the McMinn County School Board in January to remove Maus from its curriculum because of “inappropriate language” and an illustration of a naked woman.

Art Spiegelman won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for his work, which tells the story of his Jewish parents living in Poland in the 1940s and depicts him interviewing his father about his experiences as a Holocaust survivor.

In an interview, Spiegelman told CNBC that he was “confused” by the school board’s decision and called the action “Orwellian.”

“It leaves me with an open jaw, like ‘What?'” He said.

The bill, released next week after Wednesday’s hearing, does not provide specific guidance on what is considered “indecent”

In January, the McMinn County School Board removed the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus from the curriculum for “inappropriate language” and an illustration of a naked woman.

The transcripts of the school board meeting show objections to some of the language used in Maus.

Initially, school principal Lee Parkison suggested that we edit it, “to get rid of the eight swear words and the photo of the woman who was objected to.”

The naked woman is depicted as a mouse. In the graphic novel, Jews are depicted as mice and Nazis are depicted as cats.

“It shows how people hang, it shows how they kill children, why the education system promotes this kind of thing? It’s not wise or healthy, “said school board member Tony Allman of the book, which was part of the county’s eighth-grade English arts curriculum.

Professor Julie Goodin, a former history teacher, said she thought the graphic novel was a good way to portray a terrifying event.

“It’s hard for this generation, these kids don’t even know about 9/11, they weren’t even born,” Goodin said. ‘

Art Spiegelman, author of the famous graphic novel about the Holocaust “Maus”, which was banned from a school district in Tennessee, said the decision “leaves his jaw open”

Are words undesirable? Yes, no one thinks they are not. But taking away the first part does not change the meaning of what he is trying to portray.

The Tennessee School Board said in the minutes that it did not object to teaching about the Holocaust, but some worried that the work was not age-appropriate.

Although they discussed editing parts of the book, this raised copyright concerns, and board members eventually decided to look for an alternative book on the subject.

The book is not the only one recently banned amid critical controversy over racial theory.

The decision came as conservative officials across the country are increasingly trying to limit the type of books children are exposed to, including books that address structural racism and LGBTQ issues.

Republican governors in South Carolina and Texas have called on superintendents to conduct a systematic review of “inappropriate” materials in their state’s schools.

Biden has “chosen his Supreme Court candidate”, who could be the first black judge in history and will make the announcement this morning, White House sources say.

• According to sources close to the issue, President Joe Biden has chosen his candidate for the Supreme Court
• The search comes down to three candidates: Ketanji Brown Jackson, Michelle Childs and Leondra Krueger
• Jackson is a judge at the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which supports theories that she could be nominated after a decision on Thursday
• Legal experts say this is remarkable because the court violated its usual schedule for issuing opinions on Tuesdays and Fridays.

from Brian Stiglitz for Dailymail.Com

Published: 04:44 GMT, 25 February 2022 | Updated: 4:54 AM GMT on February 25, 2022

President Joe Biden has decided on his own Supreme Court nominated and may make the official announcement as early as Friday morning, according to sources close to the issue.

Biden promised to reveal his nomination by the end of February, but two sources close to the trial said CBS News that he made his decision on Thursday night and could make the announcement as early as Friday.

The search has been reduced to three candidates to replace retired judge Stephen Brier, with finalists including Ketanji Brown Jackson, 51, Michelle Childs, 55, and Leondra Krueger, 45.

Jackson is a judge in the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; Leondra Krueger sits on California Supreme Court; and J. Michelle Childs is a judge in the Federal District Court of Columbia, South Carolina.

According to sources close to the issue, President Joe Biden has chosen his candidate for the Supreme Court. Ketanji Brown Jackson, 51, is a judge in the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

Another candidate is 45-year-old Leondra Krueger, who is in the California Supreme Court

Michelle Childs, 55, is a judge in the District Court of Columbia, South Carolina.

If Biden makes the announcement on Friday, it will mark two years since the primary debate in 2020 in South Carolina, when he first pledged to choose the first African-American woman of justice.

Coinciding with Biden’s decision Thursday night, the U.S. District Court of Appeals has raised theories that Jackson will be elected by Biden.

He came after the court left its usual procedure by issuing an opinion on Thursday, unlike its typical schedule for issuing opinions on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Jackson reportedly was in the majority in the 2-1 case and would most likely resign if the case was dropped after her nomination, which will split the commission.

Legal experts said CNN that the theory stems from a similar scenario that unfolded when current Judge Brett Cavanaugh was nominated.

“In part, this is because we saw a similar scene unfold in July 2018 with then-District Judge Brett Cavanaugh,” Steve Vladek, an analyst at CNN’s Supreme Court and a professor at the University of Texas Law School, told the paper.

“DC Circuit issued a 2-1 decision on Monday – a day when no decisions are usually made – in a case where Cavanaugh was in the majority. If the case was dropped after his nomination was announced a few hours later, he would probably withdraw and the commission would split 1-1.

“It is not difficult to imagine that the same calculation explains why this 2-1 decision with Judge Jackson in the majority came out today – another day when the court does not usually issue hasty decisions,” he concluded.

The case on Thursday was an unjustified decision on an urgent issue, a DC Circuit court official told CNN, adding that the court always has the opportunity to issue opinions at any time and has done so many times over the years on urgent issues.

The case involved a dispute between a Connecticut power plant and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, CNN reported. Earlier this month, DC Circuit intervened to suspend an order from FERC that would block the plant from selling energy to consumers.

Thursday’s ruling was a court ruling explaining why they issued the emergency order and was written by Jackson and District Judge Neomi Rao.

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Vladimir Putin may not stop after taking over Ukraine, warned US Secretary of State Tony Blinken, as satellite images show Russia gathering troops, armor and artillery Belarusborder with Poland.

Anthony Blinken was asked by ABC News on Thursday night if he thought the Russian president would withdraw his troops once Ukraine was conquered.

“Is it possible for Putin to leave Ukraine?” Of course, this is an opportunity, “Blinken told host David Muer.

But he stressed that moving beyond Ukraine to neighboring Poland, Slovakia, Hungary or Romania would mean an invasion of NATO Member State and will automatically withdraw to the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada and the other nations that make up the alliance of 30 countries.

“There is something very strong that stands in the way of this, and that is something we call Article Five,” Blinken said.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken talks to David Muir on ABC on Thursday about Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

Blinken was asked by ABC News on Thursday night if he thought the Russian president would withdraw his troops once Ukraine was conquered. “Is it possible for Putin to leave Ukraine?” Of course, this is an opportunity, “Blinken told host David Muer

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is holding a briefing in the head of state’s office in Kiev

“This means that an attack on one NATO member is an attack on all NATO members,” Blinken added. “The president was very clear that we would defend every inch of NATO territory.”

This comes after foreign policy correspondent Jack Detch said that “Russia has gathered troops, armor, artillery and more than 50 vehicles for heavy equipment in a training area in Brest, near the Polish border. Russia has also added more equipment to a nearby railway line in Belarus.

Blinken said he believed it would be “the most powerful deterrent” against Putin to move his artillery beyond Ukraine.

NEW: Russia has gathered troops, armor, artillery and more than 50 vehicles for heavy equipment at a training ground in Brest, near the Polish border.

Russia has also added more equipment to a nearby railway line in Belarus.

📷:@Maxar pic.twitter.com/H2SDzWQDPP

– Jack Detch (@JackDetsch) February 24, 2022

Satellite image shows military forces near Brest in western Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin was seen during a meeting with members of the Russian business community in the Moscow Kremlin

However, Blinken remains confident that Putin will try to bring about regime change in Ukraine.

“Are you convinced that Putin will overthrow this government?” Muir asked.

“I’m sure he’ll try to do that.”

Blinken added that he believes that no matter what happens, “democracy and independence of Ukraine will prevail” no matter what happens in the fighting.

Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine on Wednesday night against Thursday morning, with simultaneous attacks from the south, east and north, by land and air. Rockets and bombs rained down from the sky, tanks rolled across the border, helicopters buzzed and explosions were seen across the country after Putin ordered an attack.

The attack continued on Thursday, with a massive Russian helicopter attack on Hostomel, Ukraine, and its vital air base just 9 miles northwest of Kiev.

The president met with G7 leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan on Thursday morning after meeting his National Security Council in the White House Situation Room. The G7 summit was also attended by the President of the European Commission, the President of the European Council and the Secretary General of NATO.

Biden will comment on “Russia’s unprovoked and unwarranted attack on Ukraine” at 1:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon in his first public appearance since the invasion.

Biden announced on Tuesday the “first tranche” of sanctions, a modest move that has prompted both Democrats and Republicans to criticize the administration for not being tough enough on Russia and Putin in the midst of the war.

That certainly did not stop Putin from taking action in Ukraine overnight.

Even after further measures, including sanctioning the company behind the Russia-Germany Nord Stream 2 pipeline, there are still internal and congressional insistence that Biden impose more “crippling sanctions”.

Representative Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, left the Capitol Hill Center for Sensitive Information (SCIF) to call for more sanctions.

“Russia has launched an unprovoked, unjustified campaign against Ukraine with a complete invasion. “Civilians are being killed, Ukraine is mobilizing its opposition to the Russian invasion,” a congressman from the Democratic Party in California told reporters. “We need to support Ukraine to defend itself.”

“I think we will have to drastically escalate the sanctions we are imposing on Russia for this act of open aggression by the Kremlin dictator,” Schiff added.

Aides to the president continue to parade the impending heavier sentence, but Bloomberg notes that there is skepticism behind the scenes about the White House’s strategy so far.

Excluding military involvement, Biden must now take on the task of proving that sanctions will be enough to deter a major adversary, which has not been proven effective so far.

There are already about 90,000 US troops in Europe, many of whom have been relocated or stationed in NATO’s eastern allies to defend themselves against growing Kremlin aggression.

Russia continues its full-scale attack on Ukraine on Thursday after a report emerged that aides to President Joe Biden knew and warned that sanctions would not prevent President Vladimir Putin from moving forward with the invasion. Photo provided by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense shows burnt Russian military vehicles near Glukhov, Sumy region, Ukraine on Thursday

President Biden met with his National Security Council in the White House Situation Hall on Thursday morning after Russia waged war against Ukraine at night. The president will speak at 1:30 p.m. to update the nation after the full-scale invasion

There are currently approximately 90,000 US troops scattered across Europe, many of them relocating or deploying to the east of the continent to help those counties facing the risk of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – but no US troops stationed directly in Ukraine

Although U.S. officials spent hundreds of hours five months debating and drafting sanctions, at least a dozen current and former U.S. officials said they knew it would do little to deter Putin, but their hands were tied after as Biden ruled out U.S. military action in Ukraine. A man sits in front of his destroyed building after the bombings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Chuguev on Thursday

US troops from the 173rd Army Airborne Brigade arrive in Latvia on Thursday (February 24th) to provide additional assistance to Eastern Europe as Russia launches a full-scale attack on Ukraine.

WASHINGTON. President Biden told his advisers that he selected a candidate for the Supreme Court on Thursday, according to two people familiar with the selection process.

President’s decision ends month-long search for replacement judge Steven J. Breuer, a senior member of the three-member liberal wing of the court, who announced in January that he will retire at the end of the court’s current term this summer, once his successor has taken over.

Mr. Biden is under pressure to announce his choice of what he promised would be a black woman, somewhere between a reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and his first address to Congress, scheduled for Tuesday. The White House has not commented on his decision, which CNN previously reported.

The announcement could be made as early as Friday, but Mr Biden’s advisers said it could happen before the end of the month, which is Monday. Vice President Kamala Harris canceled a previously scheduled trip to Louisiana on Friday, although advisers to Mr Biden and Ms Harris said it was at least in part because she and Mr Biden would be focusing on Russia in during part of the day. On Friday morning, Mr. Biden is scheduled to hold a virtual meeting with other NATO heads of state.

Earlier Thursday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that the president had not yet made a “final, final” decision on the nomination. People familiar with Mr. Biden’s decision did not say Thursday night whether he proposed to the man of his choice.

Since the end of last week, Mr. Biden has conducted interviews with three candidates long thought to be on his short list. He spoke with Judge Ketanji Brown Jacksonwhich won the support of three Republican senators when Mr. Biden elevated it to the level of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

He also interviewed Leondra R. Krueger of the California Supreme Court, a former Supreme Court clerk whose Yale law ancestry is shared by four current justices.

The President also spoke with J. Michelle Childsa federal district court judge in South Carolina, a state whose black voters Biden says helped him win the presidential election.

While the nomination won’t change the ideological balance in the court—the Republican-appointed conservatives will retain their 6-to-3 majority—it would be another achievement: all three Democratic-appointed judges will be women.