wait! 5g included? yup, even these guys get it. nice ride, by the way. and the icing on the cake? saving up to 400 bucks? exactly. wait, shouldn t you be navigating? xfinity mobile. it s wireless that does it all and saves a lot. like a lot, a lot. any moment now the supreme court justice stephen breyer due to appear with the president of the united states, president biden at the white house. moments ago justice breyer releasing his official resignation letter. in that letter he 83-year-old
committee. a questionnaire the nominee will also undergo and a background check. democrats have to set hear,s and dick durbin did not indicate. he s the chairman of the judiciary committee. did not say when he plans to have them. but push it hard, push it fast and try to get their entire 50-member caucus in line and potentially pick off a few republicans as well. working with a president who has a lot of experience at that hearing process. let s see how they move through the process there. steve, as we wait for the who, the president promised an historic pick. let s talk about the what. the conservatives have six votes. the liberals have three votes, even with breyer now and with the replacement. so the ideological balance does not change but it s easy to say that. that does not mean that the what happens on the court, big issues on the court, the hiner w inner workings of the personalities on the court. when you replace a long-serving
senate. though everything, you can always hit a speed bump here or there. that said, this is and his opportunity to make history by putting the first black woman, nominating the first black woman, putting the first black woman on the supreme court. now whether or not this does become a motivating issue remains to be seen given your point about replacing a left of center justice with a left of center justice. i would actually be i think it s probably more the rulings on abortion and things like that, that will motivate democratic voters. but this certainly cannot hurt. cannot hurt. it changes the dynamic, paul, if you think about where, if we re having this conversation two days ago. republicans think about every political trend is in their favor. it s the president s first midterm election year. economic wins. the coronavirus pandemic winds in his face. history of midterm elections. democrats are struggling to pass key elements of their agenda. if you were on monday, mitch mcco
that hasn t happened since 2005 when justice o connor left. and the other thing i have to note is the fact he referred to his colleagues in the warm and friendly relations he has with them. and that s actually true. not all of his colleagues can say the same thing, but justice breyer is loved by his fellow colleagues and he is very generous in spirit. let s bring in chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. again, this is a tribute to breyer day. we don t expect to hear a lot from the president of the united states about what comes next but we know his history. chairman of the judiciary committee. the chairman wen justice breyer was the last of the justices confirmed to the supreme court when biden was chairman of that committee. what do we know about how he approaches this process? well, john, this is going to be fascinating because it is the lawmaker who was then senate judiciary chairman presiding over breyer s hearing in 1994 that is now the president standing next to hi
of the gettysburg address written by lincoln. in that bedroom. the sitting room. and so you got to come and see it. even if you can t come and stay, bring your grandchildren so they can see it as well. thank you all so very, very much for being here. and i am not going to take any questions because i think it s inappropriate to take questions with the justice here. he s still sitting on the bench. and but you ll have plenty of opportunities to get me later today and for the rest of the week. next week, too. so thank you very much. thank you. just listening for a second there. i m john king in washington, listening to the president. said he s not going to take questions. reporters tried. remarkable event. the president of the united states leaving the roosevelt