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
thank you for being here. we begin with the biggest and longest lasting decision made by any president. the chance to choose a supreme court justice. justice stephen breyer, the most senior liberal justice on the high court gave president biden the historic opportunity. he s meeting with the president today at the white house and then they ll appear together to formally announce his plan to retire at the end of this term. the focus immediately shifts to the president and who he will select. already vowing to make good on his promise to nominate the first black woman to the supreme court. senate democrats are pushing for a quick confirmation process and the way senate rules are currently set up. they can confirm a new justice with a simple majority, meaning, without needing support from any republican. but the road to confirmation for any nominee is never guaranteed. cnn s jessica schneider live in washington with the very latest. jessica, a big moment today when we see justic
february and that the nominee will be a black woman. the person i will nominate will be someone of extraordinary qualifications, character, experience, and integrity. that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court. it s long overdue, in my view. i made that commitment during the campaign for president, and i will keep that. in the end, i will nominate a historic candidate, someone who s worthy of justice breyer s legacy and someone, who like justice breyer, will provide incredible service on the united states supreme court. breyer s announcement today takes his relationship with the president full circle in a way. then senator biden presided over breyer s confirmation hearings in 1994. let s go now to cnn white house correspondent m.j. lee. the president, he made it clear he s not chosen his nominee to the court yet. so, what happens now? reporter: that s right. though it is clear that the search has already begun, choosing a
wheels up happened last hour. she is on her way to honduras, as we speak. this is the second or third trip she s taken to address the root causes of the immigration crisis. the other reason she s going to honduras is to support the president-elect at her inauguration ceremony, interesting she is a socialist in the country. honduras is typically conservative, the fact she was elect side interesting. the swearing-in ceremony will happen at 11 a.m. she will hold a meeting with the president, president castro and heading back to dc at 5:20. in the three-hour time span, they will address the root causes of illegal immigration. todd: have you seen an inauguration ceremony? not a lot of work or root cause discussion done there. correct me if i m wrong, carley, another place where border issues are top of mind for the administration, it is called ukraine. they are putting time and energy into the border situation at ukraine, yet kamala harris gets in a plane, flies over our borde
westchester, new york airport over the summer. harris: the government is betraying the american people from those contractors. one source with immigration and customs enforcement satisfy they ve become travel agents for illegal immigrants. the former westchester county executive running for governor of new york with this last hour. this is about a broken immigration system. a federal government that is completely off the rails and out of control and lying to us, not giving us the most basic questions and answers to those and we have a right to know. and it s that simple. the federal government literally is breaking the law. breaking the law and they don t care. harris: that s the part that we want to dig into. yes, they weren t telling us and being transparent but what about the law? arizona attorney general mark brnovich is in focus. let s begin with bill melugin reporting at the border in texas, bill. good morning to you. that body cam footage very likely to say w