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
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
has been on a serious diplomatic path forward. the question is will russia take it. stock futures turned lower overnight as investors digest news pointing to a likely interest rate hike next month, will the move from the head be enough to address raging inflation? it s way too early. good morning. welcome to way too early. the show that is lobbying for a new job on the supreme court. thursday, january 27th. let s start with the news. justice stephen breyer will step down from the supreme court at the end of the current term according to people familiar with his thinking. president joe biden and breyer are scheduled to appear together at the white house to announcement his retirement, sources familiar to the matter confirms to nbc news. breyer reportedly informed the white house of his plans last week but the president wasn t ready to break the news himself. every justice has the right and opportunity to decide when he or she is going to do and announce it on their own
russian invasion of ukraine. firing back, former president trump rips into his vice president after mike pence said trump was wrong about january 6th. a daring raid caught on video. police freeing michael bloomberg s housekeeper who had been kidnapped from his estate. was the alleged kidnapper after the billionaire s daughters. joe rogan apologizes of him using a racial slur multiple times. spotify has pulled dozens of his shows. we take you behind the scenes in beijing, and what the athletes are really doing between competitions. this is nbc news nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. we begin outside tonight in our expanded olympic home here at rockefeller center, the first full day of competition in beijing where it is already a new day. the american women off to a big start in the snowboard course and on the hockey ice, but it is a bittersweet announcement by snowboarding legend shaun white that has team usa talking tonight and we ll hear about h
electoral college results. the times adds that days before the insurrection, they both met with john eastman, the lawyer who insisted that pence had the power to stop certification of the vote. the washington post has reported that jacob clashed with eastman and his advice. maybe it is no surprise, then, that the committee had nine hours of questions for jacob. here is committee chairman bennie thompson s take. we are glad that he came. and obviously it is all part of the work that we do. he is a great patriot. he loves this country more so than other people who do not. and this afternoon another committee member explained what investigators hoped to learn. understanding what that pressure was and what plans were in place and what pressure was applied on the former vice president, to what extent was the former president or the people surrounding him involved in orchestrating and hatching this plan? that is the work of this committee, to get all of those facts and d