groups as well and notably dick durbin has said as he s been speaking and reaching out to republicans in the senate, he said that he s come up with a series of names that he s not sharing but a much longer list than he says most americans might suspect of republicans who would be inclined to vote in support of one of the democratic president s nominee selections. who are some of the names? you ve heard some of the names. the white house is not detailing the names but it s more than the throw principal names that you ve heard, among them judge jackson being, a name that gets a lot of attention, of course, because she went through the confirmation process here at the appeals court in washington, d.c. within the last many months. hey, david, talk to us about the significance of meeting with grassley and durbin, right. porter walked us through the relationship of the history that the president has with these two men, but, of course, we know
so, we learned what secretary of state tony blinken said to his russian counterpart to foreign minister lavrov, and it included a warning. further invasion of ukraine will mean swift and severe consequences. we want to begin though with all eyes on the white house ahead of a crucial mogot between the president and the two bipartisan heads of the senate judiciary committee. the topic, of course, the president s pick to replace justice stephen breyer on the court. we ve got nbc chief white house correspondent peter alexander and ally vitale and joined by david druccers, political correspondent for the washington examiner and contributing editor for vanity fair s the hive. and the author of in trumpos shadow. if only we knew the answer to what s next. the question is who will be the