biden still has a path to replace him. while the president will likely get his pick on the bench, the country now faces what is sure to be another bitter supreme court battle. cnn s jessica schneider starts us off this morning in washington. this is a retirement progressive groups have been pushing for the past year. but justice breyer brushed aside those calls last june, but now with just months until the midterms and with republicans promising they would thwart a biden pick if they win, justice breyer has potentially injected some political calculation into this decision to retire. justice breyer has been on the supreme court for 27 years. but he was in politics before becoming a judge. he worked on the senate judiciary committee for the democrats, and investigated watergate in the 1970s. so he understands the political realities of this situation. justice breyer also said over the past year he would consider two things when deciding whether to leave. his health and the court. so w