Craig, that his replacement is confirmed by that time. josh letterman at the white house for us on this friday. thank you. leann, what s the partisan temperature inside the senate right now as it gets ready to take up a nominee? hey, craig. well, all signs are very positive for democrats at this point. the reason is because democrats are really confident that they are going to get the support of all 50 of their members and that s what they need plus vice president kamala harris to break any sort of tie. they re also looking to see if any republicans are going to support this nominee. and i m also told by sources that republicans are waiting for the leadership of leader mcconnell to see what sort of tone he is going to take on this nominee. so far he s been pretty muted on it. let s listen to two key people, senator mcconnell followed by
Powerful words by dominique luzuriaga. that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. congressman jim clyburn joins craig melvin next. and a good friday morning to you. craig melvin here. there s a lot we re keeping an eye on this hour. president biden expected to leave the white house for pennsylvania in the next 30 minutes. that preplanned appropriate to pittsburgh to promote his bipartisan infrastructure plan coming literally hours after a bridge collapsed this morning in pittsburgh. we re going to see if he stops to make any comments on some big stories that we re following. first of course, the retirement
Talent from which to choose. if you get a call from the white house, let us know, please. thank you. you re not getting rid of me that quickly, craig. i hope not. but if we did, we would take that. i want to bring in congressman clyburn, democrat from south carolina, house majority whip. you ve been close to the president for a very long time. you ve made it known that you think it should be judge childs. have you had any conversations with the white house recently or with the president perhaps about judge childs? i have not had conversations with the president recently about judge childs we spoke about her some time ago. i sent a letter to him 13 months ago and of course everybody knows i ve been in touch with the white house about her for
About what happens if the russians make it to kyiv. this is part of what she said. you ve already made clear if russia invades, we will continue to support the ukrainian government. if there is a ukrainian government to support we will do so, including by providing further security assistance. so when you hear that, if there is a ukrainian government to support, that sounds a bit ominous. what kind of security presence would that require? so, craig, she knows this issue very well. she s been there for more than two years. she and i worked together in kyiv. so she s very well informed on this and she knows, as we have seen, that the russians have a lot of plans. they have a lot of capabilities. they have forces, special forces, in ukraine that are
East coast, you may want to make sure you have enough groceries, salt and shovels. we re tracking that monday center winter storm that s expected to slam a wide range of the coast, all the way from the carolinas up to maine. 73 million people are under winter weather advisories right now. some are expected to see up to two feet of snow. joining me now, kathy park, who is in scituate, massachusetts, about 30 miles south of boston. and meteorologist bill karins is with me as well. kathy, i ll start with you. let s start with that coastal town because they re, as i understand it, expected to see some high winds and nearly two feet of snow? what warnings are are you getting from officials there? hey, craig, that s absolutely right. in addition to that significant snowfall, a lot of folks here are concerned about widespread power outages as well as