her role is supposed to be calling balls on strikes on what is truth and what is misinformation, is she the right person to do that? for a president who has no political capital to now defend a board that is very objectionable to most americans, it puts him in a position where mayorkas should be fired. in addition to not securing the border, in addition to all the problems we re having at homeland security, and the reality is the president can t afford the to have a confirmation fight for a cabinet secretary right now when he can t get his nominees through as they are currently. should mayorkas be fired over this? no, absolutely not. this is part of the job of the department of homeland security. we ve seen how troubling disinformation can be. we saw it a after the 2020 election, we saw it with covid. people actually died because of misinformation. his job so to protect the homeland, and and that s what he s doing, and i think they found a uniquely qualified personned to do it. s
of confirmation will be any greater than it has been within the last few nominees. i doubt whoever is picked will get more than 60 votes. eric: thank you ilya shapiro, appreciated thanks for coming in. coming back senate president biden set to announce his pick in the coming weeks. setting the stage for maybe a confirmation fight in the midst of midterm election year. our panel looks of the political panel ahead. and how republicans are preparing, next. helping them discover their dreams is one of the best parts of being a parent. one of the most important is giving them ways to fulfill them. for over 150 years, generations have trusted the strength and stability of pacific life. because life insurance can help protect and provide for the financial futures of the ones we love.
service on the court with the new justice, younger justice be there for very long time in the minority now but could be in the majority in the long term for it let me ask you a confirmation fight pretty wrote a book on this. do you expect to and in this case? oh well, the democrats do have a majority, slim as it is. several republican senators have voted for sotomayor, kagan, and a large number if not all of biden appointees and obama appointees to the lower courts before them, lisa murkowski, susan collins, lindsey graham, who likes speeches about how i don t agree with the bjorn titled you re not qualified your titles been the court, there is a bit of the margin left something unusual comes out about the people of been talked about for this seat it is not seen mike republicans can do anything to stop or slow down the confirmation. that does not mean the margin
the europeans are frightened of him. this isn t good for russia s future. if he goes into ukraine, he may be making the pivotal mistake of russia in the last 50 years, so we re still the u.s. is still a gigantic military and economic power. russia isn t. putin s a risk taker. he s a thug. he s on the verge of a major mistake. general barry mccaffrey, always good to have you, sir, especially in these very tense moments. coming up next, we ll return to the breaking news on the retirement of supreme court justice stephen breyer. what will a confirmation fight look like in a senate with a thin democratic majority? also ahead, new details emerge about a surprise birthday party organized for boris johnson during the peak of the uk lockdown. an aide now saying and i m quoting this person it was cake by ambush or ambush by cake. .
bench. the top names on his short list and the timeline he gave for making his choice as the 50-50 senate gears up for a confirmation fight. also tonight, tracking the major nor easter threat. 40 million under winter storm watches along the east coast up to two feet of snow expected virginia declaring a state of emergency al roker timing it out. the shootout in houston. three police officers wounded. what we re learning about the suspect. the pentagon warning russia has moved more troops to the ukraine border in the last 24 hours as president biden holds a critical call with ukraine s leader what they discussed. richard engel on the front lines. the deadline for millions of health care workers to get their federally mandated vaccines. the critical pilot shortage and the major airline launching its own flight academy no experience necessary. and after 42 years of telling america s story, a beloved member of our nbc news family signing off