who that will be. also, how long it will take to get her confirmed. the legal and political aspects of that. supreme court reporter ariane de vo vogue. there s an interesting two track thing. he stays until the end of the term but start the process now. right. well, for years, the process was usually between two to three months. there was the pick and then the vet and the nominee would go and visit with all the senators but all that changed, remember, with justice amy coney barrett. the republicans really pushed it, compressed it from announcement to confirmation. it was about 30 days. so you could see here the democrats moving very quickly. they could have hearings, they could even have a vote and then the president wouldn t sign off on the commission until after the term, right? when breyer has finished on the term. on the other hand, timing is interesting because this hearing is about a lot more than the nominee. first of all, it s going to be, as you said, the first afr
the face of moscow s ongoing aggression to ukraine, would be similar to the battle groups already stationed in countries like the baltic states and poland. let s get to natasha bertrand who worked on this story with me. natasha, it seems the military responding to this criticism that support moves should be taken before aggressive moves instead of afterwards, and they re focusing their attention on the east flank of nato. reporter: that s right, jim. there are a number of critics who have asked why the biden administration hasn t taken more action for the russian encouragement of ukraine to deter that russian aggression, so one thing they are now considering are deploying additional forces to that southeastern flank of nato, along with some of the u.s. s allies including the united kingdom. that would be a chance to shore up the allies who are feeling very anxious about this russian aggression and really want the additional support from the u.s. and other allies as they fac
even though she didn t want to get into the details until breyer announcing this decision that it s a hypothetical, she did appear to confirm the big looming question, whether or not president biden intends to stand by his campaign pledge to nominate the first black woman to serve as a justice on the supreme court when that vacancy becomes official. just to give you a sense of how much the president s day has been up ended by this news, he was meeting with a number of ceoearlier today. we were in the room. all of the reporters in the room trying to get a quick reaction from the president to this news. take a listen. as the opportunity to decide what he or she will do and announce it on their own. there s been no announcement from justice breyer. let him make whatever statement he will be make. i ll be happy to talk about it later. thank you so much. you really can t underscore enough what a momentous decision this is for a sitting u.s. president to make. now president bid
the senior liberal justice followed by sotomayor and kagan. gives biden the first supreme court opening of his presidency. they have urged him to retire ahead of the fall s midterm elections. sandra: shannon bream, big questions whether or not he s choosing to retire now or forced to. well, we all remember over the last few years what happened with justice ginsburg, there was enormous pressure on her, op-eds, legal pundits, professors, law schools, people calling on her to resign so that her seat could be filled by somebody who was like-minded. she resisted the pressure. if anything, we thought it made her more resistant. i think justice breyer has much the same attitude. he s 83, leaves a legacy to be proud of on the court. many other interests, and he gets it. this is a smart, smart individual who is aware of the political climate. i think if he felt he was being forced into it he would not do it. if it feels like his own decision, and yes happens to be political pressu
after his partner was killed during a shooting over the weekend in harlem. we ve got the latest on the violent crime wave sweeping this country, and what lawmakers and law enforcement are doing about it. we start this morning s broadcast with president biden warning that a russian invasion of ukraine would quote change the world. this morning, he is weighing new steps to make sure that does not happen. on tuesday, biden says he s considering hitting vladimir putin himself with sanctions a move the kremlin says would effectively end relations between washington and moscow entirely. on the military side, the pentagon is in the process of identifying 8,500 u.s. troops that could be sent to europe. the united states has already sent its latest shipment of grenade launchers and anti-tank launchers to ukrainian forces. there is still hope that diplomacy can save the day. political advisers from russia, ukraine, germany, and france are meeting in paris. the first time russia and ukr