stephen breyer officially announcing his retirement. president biden was by his side and made the bold pledge to replace justice breyer with the high court's first black woman justice. here is nbc's alice barr. >> reporter: president biden standing alongside supreme court justice stephen breyer and on the verge of history. >> today justice breyer announces his intention to step down from active service. >> reporter: he will retire at the end of this term after nearly 28 years on the high court. >> justice prior worked to give faith to the notion that the law exists to help the people. >> reporter: the 83-year-old had been under pressure to step down while democrats control the white house and senate. the opening allows the president to fulfill a key campaign promise. >> the person i will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity and that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court. it's long overdue. >> reporter: president biden planning to

and then today biden appeared at the white house alongside breyer to officially announce breyer's retirement, but made clear to reporters he would not take questions. >> i'm not going to take any questions, because i think it's inappropriate to take questions with the justice here. he is still sitting on the bench. but you'll have plenty of opportunities to get me later today and for the rest of the week next week, too so thank you very much thank you. [ reporters clamoring >> seth: and thank goodness this time president biden made sure to walk away from the microphone, because we all know what happens when he doesn't >> no, it's a great asset. more inflation what a stupid son of a bitch [ laughter ] >> seth: here -- here, though, here -- here's my question about that did he really think no one would hear him i mean, even if the mic wasn't there, you're still in a roomful of people, you're surrounded by reporters. you're on camera even if biden just mouthed the words, i'm pretty sure we could have read his lips like, watch my mouth [ laughter ] i think you can tell what i just said even with

justice stephen breyer set to retire. and we have now learned that president biden will make the announcement official at the white house tomorrow. the 83-year-old justice breyer, the most senior member of the liberal wing. tonight, president biden, what he said today about justice breyer and what comes next. the president campaigning on a promise to nominate a black woman to the supreme court. tonight, the short list right here. and how quickly will the senate move? what we're learning already. terry moran at the supreme court. mary bruce at the white house. rachel scott on the hill. >>> also tonight, what could be a dangerous nor'easter. this evening, the two new models just in. the two possible tracks. and how much snow is possible?

probably more to the left of where breyer is. that will make a difference in either of that six -- three cases or others the vote will be pretty similar to or breyer would have been. but could be perhaps a joining and justice dissents rather than keeping quiet toward the center left like breyer has. the tenor of the dissents might be different. and who knows behind that seems justice white was famously said every new justice makes for a court. negotiations with breyer together had influence over some of the more republican appointed justices. >> that's what i want to ask about particular. they did seem to want to work with john roberts, to find the incremental decisions not going as far as to justice thomas might want to go on some decisions. or finding moderate positions with the court. and yet you might have a fiery dissents. are you saying the chances of that new justice of the new progress of the names i have seen are not real progressives. that we are less likely to see that kind of accommodation and lack of a c# or disagree

justice breyer is 83 years old. presumably the president will choose a woman who is in her 40s or 50s. so that will change. and then ana, i know you've heard this many times over the last two days. there's a common adage that's attributed to the late justice byron white. you change one justice, you change the whole court, and that is so true. that whoever comes on will cause the other justices to sort of reorient around each other and one thing that will change is that justice stephen breyer is, right now, someone who wants to work the middle. he wants to find consensus at the middle. and the only two who will be left who work that way are chief justice john roberts and justice elena kagan. and the question will be, will this new individual add to that sort of middle seeking group or will it mean that the court becomes a much harder, very dominant six-member conservative court versus three liberals on the left. >> elliott, representation matters. having diverse perspectives, diverse backgrounds and experiences, that

justice breyer has wrote key opinions, affordable care act and women's right to choose. college of the law says the confirmation battle over his replacement may not be as kavanaugh. >> it is not a big change. >> reporter: breyer is one of three liberals split 6-3. his replacement will not change th power. harris now holds the tie breaking vote in a 50/50 split senate. as for the two senators that hit the brakes on biden's domestic agenda, profess over levine says don't be surprise if they fall in line with their democratic colleagues. >> they have gone along with the president judges that biden has nominated. >> reporter: chuck schumer says he will move swiftly to confirm whoever biden's nominee is. in san francisco, kpix5. >> bryer is 83 years old and the oldest justice. he was nominate inside 1994 by former president bill clinton. >>> in san jose, hours after passing the first law requiring gun owners to purchase liability insurance and pay a $25 fee, the city was slapped with a lawsuit. the national association for gun rights filed that lawsuit first thing this mornin

supreme court justice stephen breyer at the white house today handing in his letter of resignation. tonight the top three candidate and the debate within the democratic party on who should be the next nom to plas like new york and new tffers shot in housto nypd salutes the fallen. hundreds of mourners pay tribute to jason rivera, one of the new york officers killed in the line of duty.ukpares for war. president biden speaks with ukraine's president zelensky as russia sends in more troops. teacher shortages, the state taking extraordinary measures to deal with the lack of staff inside schools, calling in the national guard. >> i really like the uniform because i like how it has the patches and stuff. >> o'donnell: "eye on america," innovative way rampers are trying to maintain their way of life after two decades of drought. and on this holocaust remembrance day, how a 98-year-old survivor and her great-grandson are using tiktok to make sure the next generation never forgets. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good e

it looks like breyer's official retirement announcement is tomorrow. what do you know? what can you tell us? >> yeah. the white house has been very hesitant to say anything on the record so far. president biden today said i'm not saying anything until justice breyer has officially announced this. we all know it's coming. everyone has reported it. no one has denied it. but we are expecting it to be official tomorrow, don. and i am told by sources that there will be an event here at the white house with president biden and justice breyer tomorrow. it's not on the official schedule that was just released by the white house, but we are told you should expect to see both of them. and so of course that is going to be a big moment for this president, a big moment for justice breyer, who is the oldest supreme court justice on the court right now, on the bench. and of course a big moment for president biden, who has been talking about who he would put on the court if he got the opportunity. but not every president gets the opportunity to actually do so. so this is going to be a

supreme court justice steven breyer is retiring this june. justice breyer a huge part of the bay area, grew up in san francisco, graduated from lowell high school and went to stanford. he is stepping down now after 37 years. he was appointed by president bill clinton. people who work with him say he's always been a consensus builder, always working to bridge divides with his fellow justices. he spoke to his younger brother, u.s. district court judge charles breyer. >> he wanted to make sure the senate and the president had enough time to confirm someone to take that seat effective at the end of the term in june. >> who could replace justice breyer? a few judges are being mentioned as front runners. one of them is right here in california. there's leandra kruger. she was born in l.a. area in pasadena. another possible replacement, u.s. circuit court judge ka tan ji brown jackson. she's currently at the court of appeals at the district of columbia and she also served as a law clerk to justice breyer. and vice president kamala harris. >> that's

breyer was confirmed by an overwhelming vote of 87 to 9. but it's basically impossible to imagine a supreme court justice now being confirmed with such a large margin with the way that the court has gone and judicial battles have gone. and so, with this news, senate majority leader chuck schumer and -- both said they planned to move quickly to confirm whoever biden picks because there is no time to waste. now, there have been a lot of understandable concern in many democratic circles about the possibility of history repeating itself, hence my relief this morning. replacing justice breyer is something that people have been very focused on since the moment joe biden was sworn in for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the traumatic experience of justice ruth bader ginsburg. who, of course, chose not to retire back when barack obama was president. particularly, when democrats had the senate, despite being over 80 and a cancer survivor. and then, she passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2020, right before the election, allowing dona

. >> reporter: breyer is one of three liberals split 6-3. his replacement will not change that balance of power. harris now holds the tie breaking vote in a 50/50 split senate. as for the two senators that hit the brakes on biden's domestic agenda, profess over levine says don't be surprise if they fall in line with their democratic colleagues. >> they have gone along with the president judges that biden has nominated. >> reporter: chuck schumer says he will move swiftly to confirm whoever biden's nominee is. in san francisco, kpix5. >> bryer is 83 years old and the oldest justice. he was nominate inside 1994 by former president bill clinton. >>> in san jose, hours after passing the first law requiring gun owners to purchase liability insurance and pay a $25 fee, the city was slapped with a lawsuit. the national association for gun rights filed that lawsuit first thing this morning. the group wants to block the law from taking effect while legal challenges play out in court. the suit claims the annual fee is a tax on the second amendment. th

. >> justice stephen breyer is retiring. this gives president biden a chance to fulfill a promise to name the first black oman to the high court. the high court has grown increasingly conservative in recent years, leaving him as one of three progressive justices. senate democrats have been forced to stand on the sidelines during the last three supreme court nominees. now they are in control and plan to move fast. >> in the senate, we want to be deliberate. we want to move quickly. we want to get this done as soon as possible. >> we don't even know who the nominee is yet. so that's something that the president has an opportunity to make. should there be a vacancy and justice breyer will determine when and if there's a vacancy. >> and the official announcement could come as early as tomorrow. justice breyer has not publicly reported his the rapid 2020 confirmation of amy coney barrett, she was confirmed exactly a month after president trump nominated her. you might remember, democrats criticized that timeline. but now that the

it comes from retiring supreme court justice stephen breyer. though he spoke today at the white house with the warmth and gentle humor for which he's known, his message was unm unmis unmistakable. american democracy cannot be taken for granted. it is not self-sustaining. >> i'll tell you what lincoln thought, what washington thought, and what people today still think. it's an experiment. it's an experiment. that's what they said. and we have each of our grandchildren a certain amount of money to memorize the gettysburg address. what i want them to pick up there and four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought -- created upon this -- here a new country, a country that was dedicated to liberty and the proposition that all men are created equal. conceived in liberty, those are his words, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. and we are now engaged in a great civil war to determine whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. see, those are the words i want to see, an experiment.

of course, you know, think back to justice breyer's confirmation. 33 republican votes. those days are gone, however. the last three nominees got very few republican votes democratic votes. amy coney barrett didn't get any. i think the biden administration is counting on getting at least a few republican votes and that may be enough. now the question is how fast can the nominee zip through all those meetings with republicans in advance trying to shake as many hands or whatever we do now in this covid age at least do meet and greets with as many senators as possible and try to move this thing along. i mean, if he will do the nomination by late february, then i will certainly think, it's interesting the way justice breyer's letter was written today. he intends to step down at the end of the term assuming his successor has been nominated and confirmed by then. i think they will certainly have time to do that since we're looking at the very latest early july. >> pete williams, anita -- go ahead. >> the last time that happened was when justice alito was confirmed before sandr

justice stephen breyer set to announce his retirement after nearly 30 years on the high court. paving the way for president biden to make his first appointment. will he keep his campaign promise to put a black woman on the supreme court? this morning, a look at the short list to fill that vacancy. the road to confirmation in the senate and justice breyer's legacy on the court. >>> major nor'easter. the major cities bracing for a powerful winter storm with the arctic invasion already hitting millions with bitter cold. ginger is tracking it all. >>> all eyes on russia. how will vladimir putin respond after the u.s. hand delivered a formal response to his security demands refusing to agree to his top priority. the biden administration saying it's ready for any scenario with troops on high alert. >>> stealth variant. authorities tracking a new version of omicron detected in 55 countries. what experts are saying about it. plus, what moderna is saying about their omicron-specific vaccine. >>> grocery sticker shock. one of the leading food companies now warning of price hikes for some

with justice stephen breyer officially stepping down. democrats are hoping to match trump's record of getting his final nominee. amy cohen barrett, remember her? on to the court in just 27 days, instead of the typical 60 days plus. the buzzword today among democratic senate leadership, was expeditious. they've already begun strategizing their next moves. and one democrat on the judiciary committee has this message for republicans. >> we are prepared to fight, make no mistake. we are prepared to fight ferociously. and use all of the options that we have to get this job done. it is a job that will get done. this nominee will be confirmed. this afternoon, justice breyer appeared with the president at the white house to formally announce his retirement. but our carried the letter he sent from the white house to detail his plans to remain on the court, through the end of the term this summer and to not leave until a successor is confirmed. president biden outlined how he plans to move forward with the nomination. >> once i select a nominee, i

he praised stephen breyer for his years. kimberly harkin reports. pres. biden: i am here today to express the nation gratitude to stephen breyer. >> he served on the nation highest court for more than a quarter century. presiding over its most controversial cases. from abortion to the environment here thursday, president biden announced the 83-year-old supreme court justice stephen breyer was stepping down. pres. biden: he is a model public servant and a time of great division. >> breyer was nominated to the court by bill clinton in 1994. as he reflected on his years on the bench, breyer concluded united states is a complicated nation. >> it is a kind of miracle when you sit there and see all of those people in front of you. people that are so different and what they think. and yet, they have decided to help solve their major differences under law. >> breyer plants to step down this summer when the supreme court completes its term. his replacement, biden affirms, will fulfill a campaign pledge, to make history. pres. biden: the person i will nominate will

., about retirement announcement of san francisco native stephen breyer, the supreme court justice stepping down. >>> we begin with breaking news, a fiery and unfortunately deadly crash on the richmond/san rafael bridge, big rig and car collide, trapping a person inside the car. truck driver managed to get out and call 911. bridge closed partially for several hours. within the past 30 minutes it has started to reopen. >> alarming video. cheryl hurd from the richmond side with the latest. how did this happen tonight? >> reporter: as of 10:15, chp tells me the bridge has been deemed safe. only one lane open but at 10:40 cars starting flowing, 3 1/2 hours after this deadly crash. >> oh, my gosh, we can't go. we can't go. >> couldn't really back up. it's scary to be stuck behind a car engulfed in flames. >> reporter: so menacing that amelia got out her cell phone and posted them on social media. >> the flames got so high they were touching the top of the bridge, really, really on fire. >> reporter: happening just before 7:00 tonight on the eastbound side of the bridge. at one point amelia and h

justice stephen breyer, the bay area native will step away from the high court. our washington insider breaks down who is likely to replace him. this is "today in the bay." a very good thursday morning to you. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. if you're on the go this morning, we're not only broadcasting other on television but you can also watch us live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. >> pretty much everywhere. >> let's start this morning with a look at the forecast. vianey arana is in tracking what we can expect. >> it's so cold outside. in the 30s right now as you step out the door. look at san jose 30 degrees. morgan hill 35. livermore 37, and we're going to remain in these 30s to start at least until about 8:00, 9:00 and then it starts to warm up as the sun powers through. fog and visibility-wise, no dense fog in the south bay and still patchy areas through parts of san jose so depending on where you are you might encounter fog in the south bay. meanwhile, up in the north bay, down to four miles

supreme court justice stephen breyer at the white house today, handing in his letter of resignation. tonight, the top three candidates, and the debate within the democratic party on who should be the next nominee. a powerful winter storm targets the northeast, bringing heavy snow, strong winds, to places like new york and boston. breaking news-- three officers shot in houston, as the n.y.p.d. salutes the fallen. hundreds of mourners pay tribute to jason rivera, one of the new york officers killed in the line of duty. ukraine prepares for war. president biden speaks with ukraine's president zelensky, as russia sends in more troops. teacher shortages. the state taking extraordinary measures to deal with the lack of staff inside schools, calling in the national guard. >> i really like her uniform, because i like how it has, like, the patches and stuff. >> o'donnell: "eye on america." the innovative ways ranchers are trying to maintain their way of life after two decades of droughts. >> hello, tiktok. >> o'donnell: and, on this holocaust remembrance day, how a 98-year-old survivor and he

she's a former breyer law clerk. the other u.s. supreme court forul stevens and during the obama administration she was one of the government's top appeals court lawyers. she's argued a dozen cases here. but today is all about justice breyer with the formal announcement of his retirement at the white house and his plans to step down this summer, hoda. >> pete williams for us there at the supreme court. thank you. >>> now to our other major story, winter storm alerts posted along a lot of the east coast this morning a powerful nor'easter could create blizzard conditions this weekend in parts of new york and new england and that's coming on top of another day of frigid temperatures al has got the latest on when it all starts and who's likely to get it hi, al. >> all right, guys, we're watching these all important models, but already the winter storm watches for 33 million people from new england down into the carolinas we're looking at significant differences, the european model slower, stronger, closer to the coast with heavy snow,

with justice stephen breyer officially stepping down. democrats are hoping to match trump's record of getting his final nominee. amy cohen barrett, remember her? on to the court in just 27 days, instead of the typical 60 days plus. the buzzword today among democratic senate leadership, was expeditious. they've already begun strategizing their next moves. and one democrat on the judiciary committee has this message for republicans. >> we are prepared to fight, make no mistake. we are prepared to fight ferociously. and use all of the options that we have to get this job done. it is a job that will get done. this nominee will be confirmed. this afternoon, justice breyer appeared with the president at the white house to formally announce his retirement.

indicating he's looking for someone in the mold of justice breyer? >> i think he's a model public servant in a time of great division in this country. >> with breyer pulling out a copy of the constitution, politically talking about the challenges still confronting this country and reflecting on the american experiment. >> it is the next generation. and the one after that. my grandchildren and their children. they'll determine whether the experiment still works. and of course, i am an optimist and i'm pretty sure it will. >> if you haven't seen the whole speech, it is worth five minutes of your time to watch. it it was really well done. >>> tensions escalate in ukraine, president biden hold a call with vladimir walensky warning an attack in february and the president warned him there is a high degree of possibility that moscow could launch an attack when the ground freezes and the white house pledges more financial and diplomatic support for ukraine while reaffirming washington would respond decisively if russia further invades ukraine. meanwhile, mos

justice breyer has -- -- >> president biden gets tonight's last word. the 11th hour starts now. tonight'>> good evening, i'm re. day 373 of the biden administration. and the raised to confirm a new supreme court justice is on with justice stephen breyer, especially stepping down, democrats are -- getting his final nominee, amy coney barrett on to the court and just 27 days instead of the typical 60 days plus. the buzzword today among democrat

justice breyer brought a copy of the u.s. constitution to today's white house event and shared his thoughts on the importance of building on the experiment of our founders. >> people have come to accept this constitution and they have come to accept the importance of a rule of law. of courses people don't agree but we have a country that is based on human rights, democracy and so forth. but i will tell you what lincoln thought. what washington thought. and what people today still think, it's an experiment. four score and seven years ago our fathers brought -- created upon this -- here a new country. a country that was dedicated to liberty and the proposition that all people are created equal. conceived in liberty those are his words and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. he meant women, too. and we are now engaged in the great civil war. to determine whether that nation or any nation so conceived and dedicated can long endure, see, those are the words i want. to see an experiment and that's what he s

and president biden set a time line today for naming breyer's replacement. so what do we know about how that's going to work? >> reporter: president biden said he didn't want to take questions from reporters because he wanted this day to be about justice breyer's legacy given, of course, how many years he spent on the court, the time they spent together, given biden was the judiciary chairman when biden had the confirmation hearing. he did make news on the big question, who biden is going to pick to replace him, to fill that highly coveted seat on the supreme court. he said he plans to name his nominee within the next several weeks. >> our process is going to be rigorous. i will select a nominee worthy of justice breyer's legacy of excellence and decency. while i've been studying candidates' backgrounds and writings, i've made no decision except one. the person i will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity. and that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court.

breyer's retirement is not a game changer. if a conservative like clarence thomas had announced his retirement, that is a different ball game. the court remains 6-3, or 5-4 conservative. biden said he will name a black woman to the bench, he is shooting par. supreme court is important, bringing in pitcher from the same team to hold the score, it is not a big story when compared to inflation, crime, education and the border and overseas with russia and ukraine. >> carley: there is a tweet from a senior staffer at the democratic congressional campaign committee we would like to highlight. this person said another devastating threat on how police and propagandists are coordinating with journalists to falsely manufacture crime wave and create spin on the media and media publishes probganda and misleads police and proxy n. layman's terms, he's saying police are working with reporters to inflate how many crimes are happening across the country, despite the numbers we're getting that shows crime is spiking across the country, joe. >>

justice breyer is a very good man. he was very good to my former boss justice gorsuch and his low clerks when we joined the supreme court. he's been on the supreme court for 26 years. this is a huge announcement for any justice and for it to leak out like this is unheard of. that is a very good question for the biden white house. and it appeared at the press conference that even president biden was upset this leaked out the way it did. >> mike, we are just getting some indication that breyer is putting out there that he is not upset about what happened here. is that your understanding? >> i don't know. i have not heard that from anyone at the courts. i would suggest that this leaking out through nbc instead of coming out of a statement by the supreme court is highly unusual. >> highly unusual. >> unprecedented. >> okay. unprecedented. katie, let's get your thoughts on this. and also the con fir mission cot we just got from jenn psaki who would not confirm any of the justices plans because it has come forth in an unorth

cnn learned that justice stephen breyer plans to retire. >> breyer is 83 years old and he has resisted calls to retire from liberals who want president biden to have a supreme court nomination slot that he can use this year. apparently breyer has decided to nof forward with that retirement now. and it sets up a political battle here for president biden who will have the opportunity to nominate a supreme court justice as a result. >> justin -- justice stephen breyer will retire, we are not exactly sure of the time line but presumably not until the end of this term which ends usually at the end of june. >> trevor: diswrus tis breyer is retiring, yeah, probably to focus more on his eyes cream breathe, i brangd, i don't know, no one should be surprised by this news, it frobly isn't fun being hounded all day by people screaming at you to retire. i mean imagine, think about it, everywhere this guy goes people are telling him he should be retiring. he is probably in line at the grocery store and people are like retire bitch. starbucks the name on the cup is retire bitch. at the synagogue and

justice breyer made it official the next day at the white house. with president biden's 2020 campaign promise to appoint the first black woman to the high court, a short list of candidates circulated quickly. so in light of some ugly recent confirmation fights, what will this process look like and how might the new justice change the courts? our "sunday focus" this morning from pete williams. >> i, stephen breyer do solemnly swear -- >>> when federal judge stephen breyer was nominated to the supreme court by president bill clinton in 1994, he was confirmed by the senate 87-9 with the support of 33 republicans, but those days of easy, broadly bipartisan confirmations seem a distant memory. two of president trump's supreme court nominees atabted only a few democratic votes. amy coney barrett got none. >> this is the most unethical sham since i've been in politics. >> reporter: now with the senate evenly split along party lines for only the fourth time in u.s. history, president biden is about to nominate justice breyer's successor. >> someone with ex

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justice stephen breyer is looking at a summer retirement june or july, meaning a heated confirmation battle is all but certain before the midterm elections in the senate. we want to be deliberate. we want to move quickly. we want to get this done as soon as possible. as news broke of justice breyer is retirement after 27 years on the supreme court wheels in washington started spinning on who could be up for the job. the president has a stated and reiterated his commitment to nominating black woman to the supreme court and certainly stands by that, even before breakers retirement was officially announced. already, a few names have surfaced, including state supreme court justices and a u. s circuit judge. as senate leader chuck schumer has promised democrats want a quick confirmation process. they are facing the possibility they may lose majorities in the midterm elections and the president would be far more limited, if not totally blocked on which nominees he could put forward the fact that justice burger prior made this announcement or allowed word of his retirement to leak in januar

on all of these justice breyer led the fight. he wanted a government that works for the people, which he knew, men sometimes listen to experts. -- that's true whether was covid regulations, health care, greenhouse gas emissions. this was a man who understood, sometimes he doesn't have all the answers. experts do. the primary job of government is to work for the people. he carried our -- legacy forward. >> how much do you think he was feeling the pressure to resign? >> i can't speculate on that, except to say, for him, it was never about him. he did it because he felt that he could help the country, but, i'm sure, like every supreme court justice, he recognizes that there are presidential politics and elections going on. >> as we look at the replacement candidates for justice breyer, what should we be looking for, if we want to see the briar legacy continue? >> i think the first thing is to not rush the process. there is one name, and maybe a couple of others, but i think we have to take the the -- president has to take the time t

susan, let's start with justice breyer's retirement announcement. president biden has vowed to choose a black woman, because democrats hold the tiebreaking vote in the senate a confirmation seems assured. however, that handle called some conservative calling this an affirmative action pick, and minority leader mcconnell has warned against a radical nominee, quote. >> i don't think they'll be able to make it into a battle. joe biden ran as someone who said he was going to put a black woman on the supreme court. so president biden, given the opportunity, is going to nominate one, that is very acceptable and that's what he should be doing. i'm also of the belief that when you win the presidency, you get to put your person up. in this case, i actually think it's a wonderful choice that he's putting someone, a black woman in there. it is someone who will add a different life experience. that's what justice breyer was about. he was trying to make the law practical for everybody. so this is, i think, a really wise choice by president biden. you're going to

left at around the same age that breyer is, i thin kennedy was 80 to and breyer is 83. he had president of his party and the white house, the senate was in control of the party and they had a window of opportunit to get somebody he could look a as somebody who would continue his legacy on the court. i think that is the main thing. how it got leaked, the timing o the leak, it seems to me that the white house has eminent reason that they would want to put this out there so they coul turn the page from some of the other things going on in the country. i just hope that justice breyer was on board with that, i'd hat the idea that all these years o service on the court, that he didn't get to choreograph his exit the way he wanted to. >> those who know him have waited pretty heavily on that i think he would only make this decision if indeed it was his own and not anyone else's. andy, great to have you very thank you. >> thank you, sandra. the ukraine standout with russi has he give dusting off bomb shelters. we will take you inside one of them next. >> back to ukraine now wher

stephen breyer after 28 years on the u. s. supreme court officially announced he's retiring at the end of this term , parting with words of enthusiasm that the experiment of democracy as washington and lincoln viewed it will live on my grandchildren and their children. they'll determine whether the experiments still works. and of course, i'm an optimist, and i'm pretty sure it will. breyer a liberal justice who was nominated by president clinton and confirmed to the supreme court with strong bipartisan support in 1994 will be remembered for his belief that the law exists to help people and make government run more efficiently and effectively. i'm here today to express the nation's gratitude to justice stephen breyer. for his remarkable career of public service and his clear eyed commitment to making her country's laws work for its people. president biden said he'll announce his pick for briars replacement before the end of next month. our process is going to be rigorous. i will select the nominee. worthy of justice prior is le

's longest serving justice, stephen breyer, confirmed that he's stepping down. president biden repeated his promise to put forward a black woman to take justice breyer's seat in order toroaden the makeup of the court. >> i've made no decision except one. the person i nominate will be someone of extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity and that person will be the first black woman ever normal at a time-- nominated to the united states supreme court. it's long overdue in my view. i made that promise during my campaign for president and i will keep that commitment. >> ketanji brown johnson is 351 and sits on the circuit of appeals. she is considered the frontrunner. she worked with justice brewer prior to the supreme court. among over candidates are leondra kruger. justice breyer reflected on the cases he's heard during his career. >> this is a comely indicated country. there are more than 330 million people and my mother used to say, it's every race, every religion and she would emphasize this, and it's every point of view possible. and it

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jobina: multiple sources say that justice breyer will step down in june. the san francisco native is the most senior member of the supreme court's liberal wearing -- wing. president bill clinton nominated him in 1994 and he is known for several major opinions including upholding the affordable care act, abortion rights and limiting presidential powers over recess appointments. his retirement would pave the way for president biden's first supreme court appointment. on the campaign trail he vowed to fill the nomination with the court's first lack woman. pres. biden: i would be honored to appoint the first african-american woman to the court because it should look like the country. it is long past time. jobina: the front runner is believed to be d.c.'s circuit court judge, judge jackson. she is a former court and -- a former -- also on the list is leon drew kruger appointed -- leandra.t bw justice due to mitch mcconnell's 2017 change for scotus confirmations. that means that my crowds could confirm the nomination with only their boats. kumasi: we are learning

was justice breyer forced to announce retirement? >> well, i think the leaking of his intended retirement was probably designed to make sure he sticks to it. stephen is not going to be pushed around, and i think efforts the try to get him to retire may have backfired. but i knew right from the beginning that he would retire at the end of his term. he didn't want to be accused of doing what justice ginsburg did, and that is allowing the other side to replace him. stephen said over and over again he does not want to be replaced by somebody who will undo his quarter century of heritage. and that is an a understandable position by somebody who's been a judge for so long and has had such great influence on the judiciary. maria: well, the progressives have run so many decisions that joe biden has made. assess biden's criteria for replacing justice breyer. he's already said he plans to select the next justice based on race and gender, alan. mr. turley, jonathan turley, said it raises a question on whether it's actually appropriate for a pol

justice stephen breyer will retire, setting up a political showdown over who will replace him. the united states and nato have delivered written responses to moscow's security demands of -- over ukraine. they rejected russia's call to permanently ban ukraine from joining the nato alliance. concern in the west grows over a possible russian invasion of ukraine. >> on wednesday night, the u.s. ambassador to russia, john sullivan, hand delivered the american response to russia's demands for increased security guarantees amid its standoff with the west over the ukraine. the letter, several pages long, repeats the biden administration's position -- u.s. troops go where they are wanted. individual countries decide if they want to join nato, and russia must abandon any plans to invade ukraine. moscow says it has no such plans. >> the document is with them, and the ball is in their court. we will see what we do, as i said repeatedly, if they choose the path of diplomacy and dialogue, if they decide to renew aggression against ukraine, we are prepared either way. >> but the u.s. also off

dan: judge charles breyer is the u.s. district judge for the northern district of california in san francisco. now that his brother is stepping down, there won't be any recusal in the supreme court when they review his decisions. ama: neil young will be rocking in the free world without spotify. he told them they can they can n or young, not both. spotify confirms it has removed young's entire catalog which had 6 million listeners per young -- per month. they hope to welcome him back. dan: take a closer look at this video of gray whales migrating off the big sur coast. that is smoke from the c colorado wildfire burning. fire is at 700 acres and is 60% contained. a dramatic image there. ama: certainly. let's talk more about our weather. dan: sandy patel is -- sandhya a patel is tracking, we are hoping for some rain. sandhya: i hate to print -- disappointing both. unfortunately, the latest models are still trending dry. let me show you what is going on. we have this area of high pressure, what we call a resilient rage. ever

how do you understand this build bridges added to the justices kagan and breyer have versus go in and burn it down the justice sotomayor has? two of them will probably be around longer and remain in leadership positions on the liberal side, justice kagan and sotomayor? >> the difference in approach to the role. justice breyer or justice kagan, what they do best is to marginally modify, so now reach some of the justices to the right but to the extent that happen, they have certain cases, other cases that turned out to be more narrowly focused than we might have expected and i can't hear and prove, that they inserted some kind of influence than the others but they see that as a goal. sotomayor has given up on that goal and has a different goal and that is to tell the truth to the american public as she sees it about the failure of the majority and make a record because none of us will be here forever but history will be about the supreme court of this era and the executions the trump administration carry out in its last 7 months which is just astonishing, if the court did not stop any o

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but justice breyer was the exception. this was a person who is fundamentally decent and also brilliant. he was a fighter. lawrence, there is a war on reproductive rights going on in this country. there is a war on voting and they were unreasonable regulation and environmental regulations, greenhouse gas emissions and the like. there is a war on affordable health care. on all of these, justice breyer led the fight for ordinary americans. he wanted a government that works for the people, which he knew then sometimes listening to experts and not thinking that he was the smartest person in the room. and that's true whether it was covid regulation or health care or greenhouse gas emissions. this was a man who understood that sometimes he does not have all the answers. experts do. and the primary job of the government is to work for the people. he carried irgc our greatest chief justice, thurgood marshall's legacy forward. >> do you feel he was greatly feeling the pressure to resign? >> i can't speculate on that except to say t

supreme court justice stephen breyer is set to retire. president biden once a black woman to replace him. tons of unwanted clothing from the u.s. and europe has been in a desert. ♪ laura: welcome to world news america. the united states has seen written responses to russian demands for security guarantees. a senior u.s. diplomat says there is every indication that president putin will use military force against ukraine sometime soon. 100,000 soldiers have been a ploy. -- floyd. >> medicals and medicine. reporter: he is getting ready for a war he hos he does not see. he has packed an emergency back to grab and go. a basic survival kit for the worst possible scenario. what does it feel like to be doing this? >> it is unbelievable. i understand that i am leaving now in the 21st century. i am amazed that they should do this. this is what i have to do to keep my family safe. reporter: he things a major escalation is unlikely. he just feels better being prepared. today, the u.s. government advised citizens to leave ukraine. the government cal

dan: judge charles breyer is the u.s. district judge for the northern district of california in san francisco. now that his brother is stepping down, there won't be any recusal in the supreme court when they review his decisions. ama: neil young will be rocking in the free world without spotify. he told them they can they can n or young, not both. spotify confirms it has removed young's entire catalog which had 6 million listeners per young -- per month. they hope to welcome him back. dan: take a closer look at this video of gray whales migrating off the big sur coast. that is smoke from the cro colorado wildfire burning. fire is at 700 acres and is 60% contained. a dramatic image there. ama: certainly. let's talk more about our weather. dan: sandy patel is -- sandhya a patel is tracking, we are hoping for some rain. sandhya: i hate to print -- disappointing both. unfortunately, the latest models are still trending dry. let me show you what is going on. we have this area of high pressure, what we call a resilient rage. ev

he said justice breyer will get a hearing with speed. he offered rulings on abortion and the death penalty, among others, has yet to make it official. he argues that justiced should be loyal to the law and not political parties. biden is anxious to support any democratic nominee, whoever it may be, at a time when justices rushed through amy barrett coney's nomination. she was elected in just 26 datz. >>> eugene, and erin carmone and author of the great book, "notorious big." i haven't seen you in a long time, erin carmone. i'm going to start with you, author of the "notorious bgg." >> because of ruth bader ginsberg's decision not to retiring during the obama administration, as you just mentioned, amy coney barrett was rushed through against ginsburg's wishes. it was an undoing of her legacy and the denial of her dying wish. he can also see he can read a poll just like anybody else. he served on the senate judiciary council, he's a pragmatic animal. he realizes the clock is ticking and there are many who were there to remind him the clock

i think lots of people have been watching justin breyer. a lot of people have been hoping he will retire for sometime now. but he has always claimed that he is not interested in doing so in this climate, would be to appear quite political. he was always that great pains to avoid that. to some degree, that course was already out of the barn. and ironically, what's this potential nomination offers is something of a political gift to joe biden. he has an opportunity to maine at the first black woman to the united states supreme court at a time when his administration has really been battered and bruised. so, ironically enough, stephen breyer has managed to not be a political, but rather perhaps deliver the president the greatest political gift of all. >> it is a good point. the timing here is -- in that regard. and one of the background stories that i think has not gotten a lot of attention, brian, is just how successful the biden administration and senate democrats have been in judicial confirmations. biden's 42 first year appointees are goin