swiftly on any confirmation, they re pointing to the last justice that was put on the supreme court, named by president trump, amy coney barrett, and her lightning fast confirmation process, just four weeks. so democrats are looking to mirror that for this successor to justice breyer. christine, laura? thank you for that. president biden and justice breyer are expected to appear together at the white house later today. the two men go back a long way. as you can see here. then senator biden, chairman of the judiciary committee, questioning breyer at his supreme court confirmation hearing back in 1994. here to help us put this historic moment in context this morning, cnn white house correspondent john harwood and kevin russell, a partner at goldstein and russell, who clerked for justice breyer and regularly argues before the court. good morning to you both. so great to have you. john, i want to start with you, the official line from the white house is that it is up to a justice to de
her this year after collapsing on the court last year. and undergoing surgery to remove a tennis ball-sized cyst from her ovary. that match is going on this morning. chiefs fans are still basking in the glow of their roller coaster overtime playoff win over the bills on sunday. and they re turning their victory into a positive for buffalo as well. fans in kansas city raised more than $255,000 to buffalo s children s hospital. most of the donations are in $13 increments, marking the 13 seconds it took the chiefs to tie the game at the end of regulation. the donations are being made through bills quarterback josh allen s charity, named after his late grandmother. there is a wing at the hospital there named after her. pretty cool that the chiefs fans are doing that. bills fans have done that in the past, when something positive happened to them, they made donations to the other team s charities that are important to other team members. so cool way to do it. nice to see. andy, thank yo
safe. it was a simple question for this top doctor wouldn t answer. why democrats walked out of his confirmation hearing and refused to vote. good morning, everyone. it is thursday, january 27th. it is 5:00 a.m. here in new york. thank you for getting an early start with us. i m laura jarrett. i m christine romans. good morning, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin here with a thunderbolt in washington, d.c. the retirement of supreme court justice stephen breyer. the liberal justice is expected to formally announce his decision at a white house event with president biden as early as today. more on that in just a moment. now, as for his replacement, the president has promised to make history here, naming the first black woman to the high court. such a move could serve as a political lifeline for democrats hoping to motivate the base before midterm elections this fall. but for now, many in the party are breathing a sigh of relief.
jeopardy champion amy schneider. you looked at this for a long time. no response. you re going to lose $8,000. you re going to finish in second place with $19,600. amy schneider, congratulations, what a run. thank you for the two months you spent with us. it was very special. it was remarkable. her impressive run ended wednesday, but she isn t walking away empty handed. lau lau laura, she won just under $1.4 million, that s incredible. she will be back for jeopardy for the tournament of champions this fall. she said the best part of this year was meeting her girlfriend and that jeopardy was the second best thing that happened to her. that s cool. all right, late night took a few jabs at long time liberal supreme court justice stephen breyer s announcement that he s stepping down. if you haven t heard justice stephen breyer, who is 83 years old, is reportedly planning to
going to get in the way of this nomination. and we don t expect them to. they supported every other lower court nominee that the biden administration has appointed or nominated. and the bottom line here being democratic leadership is looking to do this quickly and they will likely be able to. laura? what this shows you is how key for democrats those two wins, those senate seats in georgia were. this is the the supreme court is where you see this really come into sharp focus. danielle, thank you. at his confirmation to become florida s surgeon general, dr. joseph ladapo refused to answer this simple question about covid vaccines. listen. just a yes or no, do vaccines work? as a scientist, you know, i am compelled to answer the scientific question. scientifically, do vaccines, do the vaccines work? yes or no questions are not