and in health terms everyone is pulling for senator lujan obviously. in political terms, his absence from the senate erases the democrats razor thin majority, and of course, as president biden prepares to nominate and try to confirm a new justice to the supreme court. but again, the news is hopeful. senator lujan is expected to have a full recovery and get back to the senate next month. let it be so. watch this space. nth. let it be so watch this space p longer, and wake up refreshed. the brand i trust is qunol.
vice president in normal times. chad says it also means that any effort to rekindle build back better is dead, at least until the middle of march. lujan s absence could also affect a floor vote on a supreme court justice no. knee if the president gets one to the floor in that period of time. up next, a zucker punch for cnn. we will tell you about the end for the channel s long time leader. here comes another blast of winter. snowplow crews out in the thick of it and a warning for other motorists. it is a 12-ton vehicle with a blade on it that can cut a car in half. so, please, do not play chicken with a snow truck driver.
outreach with republicans? do you think he ll end up getting any votes? yeah, i do. i think at a minimum, susan collins has voted for every supreme court nominee that either party has put forward, except for amy coney barrett during the trump administration. she was up for reelection. susan collins was, but she had suggested it was a little too close to the election to vote for it. so, at a minimum, i think she ll vote for it. if you look at kind of the broad landscape, lindsey graham has suggested that he would vote for michelle childs, a judge in south carolina. there should be other people interested in michelle childs as well. the interesting thing to me with lujan s absence, is the white house forced to recalibrate, is the white house forced to pick a more palatable choice to get a is supreme court justice
lujan said he also looks forward to cooking and mountain biking again soon, which sounds great, but maybe start slow. maybe start with cooking. solid. and then voting. because every one counts. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow. now it is time for the last word with my friend lawrence o donnell. good monday evening to you, lawrence. good evening alex. i look forward to cooking sunday to. i ve been putting it off for decades now. america needs to see you in a chefs toe. it should be televised. the first time i cook should be televised. alex, we have a journalist tonight at the end of the hour. he has a big thing peace in the new new york times that he s written. really big thing. i m struggling to keep up with him. he has provocative questions
turned out to be. he s a native russian speaker. he has not been a confrontational politician when it comes to moscow. but at the same time, i think they ve come to realize now, after the first couple of years in office, that he s not, you know, a stooge of theirs. it may be that putin has decided he needs to crack the whip in order to stabilize ukraine and keep it further drifting to the west. i do love your experience in moscow with the new york times. this week the president is expected to meet with some of his potential supreme court nominees to replace retiring justice stephen breyer. how quickly do democrats want to seat the next justice and how quickly do they need to do so? it s a good question. obviously there s a great hunger to move with speed and alacrity. we know from the recent illness involving senator lujan exactly why, because the senate is a 50-50 senate and they can t afford to delay longer than