ROMANS: All right. Breaking overnight the Boy Scouts of America filing for bankruptcy. The organization faces a wave of lawsuits alleging sexual abuse. The Chapter 11 filing will allow the Boy Scouts to continue operations while reorganizing its finances and handling the hundreds of abuse claims. It also provides a limited amount of time for any new victims to come forward before being barred indefinitely from seeking financial compensation. Boy Scouts marked its 110th anniversary this month.</s>JARRETT: An independent organization of federal judges now calling an emergency meeting about the Justice Department's intervention in politically sensitive cases. According to "USA Today", the head of the Federal Judges Association said the group could not wait until its spring conference to respond to the ongoing controversy at DOJ. Attorney General Bill Barr overruled career prosecutors initial sentencing recommendation for long time Trump ally Roger Stone last week after the president blasted it on Twitter causing all four prosecutors to quit the case. Meanwhile, more than 2,000 former prosecutors and justice officials are calling on the attorney general to resign. And today, a notable hearing on the docket. The federal judge overseeing Stone's case who Trump also targeted on twitter has called for a scheduling conference call with attorneys. It's the first time Judge Amy Berman Jackson may comment or seek an explanation on the DOJ's sudden request to change Stone's sentencing recommendation. Just last week, the chief judge of the federal district court in D.C. said judges would not be swayed by public criticism or pressure. Stone's attorney meanwhile had asked for a second request for a new trial. Sentencing is set for this Thursday pending the outcome of today's proceedings.</s>ROMANS: All right. Thirteen minutes past the hour. For those of you just joining us, Mike Bloomberg has qualified for the debate stage tomorrow night in Las Vegas. A strong showing in the national poll, leapfrogging over other moderate Democrats, but they're all chasing Bernie Sanders. More in a moment. Plus --</s>JARRETT: The best baseball player in baseball is ripping the Houston Astros over their cheating scandal. Carolyn Manno with this morning's "Bleacher Report", next.
Boy Scouts of America Files for Bankruptcy