Russian protester flashes ‘No War’ sign during evening live broadcast

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Unhappy information out of Ukraine Tuesday as Fox Information introduced veteran cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski was killed yesterday exterior of Kiev.

Zakrzewski was touring with Fox Information correspondent Benjamin Corridor in Horenka, a metropolis 20 miles from the Ukrainian capital, when their automobile was struck by incoming fireplace. Corridor was taken to a hospital with accidents.

Zakrzewski, who was no stranger to reporting in struggle zones, not too long ago acquired the “Unsung Hero” award throughout Fox’s annual worker highlight award ceremony in December. 

“Pierre was a struggle zone photographer who lined practically each worldwide story for Fox Information from Iraq to Afghanistan to Syria throughout his lengthy tenure with us,” Fox Information Media CEO Suzanne Scott mentioned in a press release. “His ardour and expertise as a journalist have been unmatched.”

Zakrzewski is survived by a spouse and remaining household, in accordance with the assertion.

Zelenskyy to handle Congress: Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy will handle Congress just about at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Speaker of the Home Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. and Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., mentioned in a press release that Congress stays “unwavering” in its dedication to supporting Ukraine amid the struggle.

President Biden to journey to NATO Summit: The White Home introduced Biden will attend the March 24 North Atlantic Alliance assembly in Brussels on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 

It is Amy and Chelsey with in the present day’s prime tales out of Washington.

Russian protester interrupts information broadcast

Marina Ovsyannikova, a former worker of the state-owned Channel One community in Moscow, ran onto the set of a Russian night stay broadcast with an indication that learn in English: “No Struggle.”

The signal additionally learn in Russian: “Do not imagine the propaganda” and “you’re being lied to.” 

Ovsyannikova was later detained and brought into custody. She might resist 15 years in jail underneath a brand new legislation handed by Russian lawmakers and Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month that criminalizes phrases like “struggle” and “invasion” with respect to the Russia-Ukraine Struggle.

In a pre-recorded video posted by human rights group OVD-Data after the protest, Ovsyannikova is proven calling Russia “the aggressor.”

“The accountability for this aggression lies on the conscience of just one particular person and this particular person is Vladimir Putin,” she mentioned. “My father is Ukrainian, my mom is Russian and so they have been by no means enemies.”

Zelenskyy later thanked Ovsyannikova for her bravery.

“I’m grateful to these Russians who don’t cease making an attempt to ship the reality, who’re combating towards disinformation and inform actual info to their buddies and households, and personally to that girl who went within the studio of Channel One with an antiwar poster,” he mentioned throughout a Monday video handle. 

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Biden nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin withdraws Federal Reserve bid

Missing a path for affirmation within the evenly divided Senate, Sarah Bloom Raskin withdrew Tuesday as President Joe Biden’s nominee to fill a prime regulatory submit on the Federal Reserve.

Raskin’s withdrawal as Biden’s nominee for vice chair of supervision on the Federal Reserve Board comes at some point after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., introduced he opposed her nomination, successfully ending her probabilities. All Senate Republicans remained unified towards Raskin’s affirmation, that means the White Home couldn’t afford to lose a single Senate Democrat.

Raskin, nominated by Biden in January, confronted criticism from Republicans and Manchin for previous statements as a Federal Reserve Board governor important of the Fed’s help of fossil gasoline corporations.

“Regardless of her readiness – and regardless of having been confirmed by the Senate with broad, bipartisan help twice up to now – Sarah was topic to baseless assaults from business and conservative curiosity teams,” Biden mentioned in a press release that didn’t point out Manchin’s resistance.

He accused Senate Republicans of being “extra targeted on amplifying these false claims and defending particular pursuits than taking essential steps towards addressing inflation and reducing prices for the American folks.”

Even after Manchin’s announcement, the White Home had remained defiant about urgent forward to hunt bipartisan help for Raskin’s affirmation, praising her credentials and highlighting her prior Senate confirmations for Federal Reserve posts.

Raskin is married to Rep. Jamie Raskin. D-Md. The seven-member Federal Reserve Board of Governors oversees the central financial institution of the U.S. and units the nation’s financial coverage.

It is Equal Pay Day, the first in a collection of days throughout the yr that highlights how little progress the nation has made towards closing the gender pay hole. This is what advocates say we are able to do to shut the divide. — Amy and Chelsey