so, again, to repeat, as we begin this noon hour, justice stephen breyer has decided and set to notify the white house of his intention. sent a letter, as would be expected, to the white house and then general counsel and then chief of staff. someone he knows very well from having worked in the senate, justice breyer, before he was a federal judge in boston, he was a staff member for senator ted kennedy and involved in some very contentious supreme court confer magdss himself then. was nominate as the second nominee from bill clinton after ruth bader ginsburg. a close ally of ruth bader ginsburg and soed miure and often a swing on big decisions like same-sex marriage and others that were in sink with the liberal minority. at that point, steve breyer became part of a three-member minority, descenting very frequently. there he is with his wife, joana and of course justice scalia and al gore when he was first nominated to be part of the supreme court by, of course, bill clinton.
down roe versus wade. and will surely set off a political earthquake in this country. we re covering every angle as the 11th hour gets underway on this historic monday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle with a big one tonight. beginning with dramatic developments involving a woman s rights and ambition. according to the draft opinion obtained by political the supreme court has privately voted to strike down the landmark roe v. wade decision from 49 years ago. political reports tonight, quote the draft opinion is a full appreciation of the 1983 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights. in a subsequent 1992 decision, planned parenthood versus casey, the lodged and maintain the right. roll was a gradually wrong from the start. illegal rights. political also pointing out justices can, and sometimes do change their votes as draft opinion circulate. nbc news has not confirmed the draft ruling, and so, far the supreme court
woman s rights and ambition. according to the draft opinion obtained by political the supreme court has privately voted to strike down the landmark roe v. wade decision from 49 years ago. political reports tonight, quote the draft opinion is a full appreciation of the 1983 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights. in a subsequent 1992 decision, planned parenthood versus casey, the lodged and maintain the right. roll was a gradually wrong from the start. illegal rights. political also pointing out justices can, and sometimes do change their votes as draft opinion circulate. nbc news has not confirmed the draft ruling, and so, far the supreme court has declined to comment. even if this leak, even if this leak itself is unprecedented, the new york times pointing out, early jobs of opinions had never leak before the final decision is announced. so we ve got unprecedented across the board and a lot to begin to. with that, let s bring in our e
on this tuesday night. good evening, i m chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. the war on ukraine ends thursday 56, with the u.s. preparing to send ukraine even more lethal weapons, as russia launches a new campaign to capture the nations east. nbc hasn t learned that the white house will announce a new package later this week. it s expected this new package of security assistance will be similar in size to that 800 million dollar one announced last week. this morning, president biden held a video call with u.s. allies, to discuss next steps in their support for ukraine. earlier today, pentagon spokesman john kerry said this about u.s. aid to ukraine. we are doing the best we can, to focus on a, the kinds of capabilities we know they need, and they say they want, and are using. now the russians have prioritize the donbas area, that s a whole different level of fighting and type of fighting. today, russia did confirm the next phase of its war, the battle to control easte
jansing in for stephanie ruhle. the war on ukraine enterss thursday 56, with the u.s. preparing to send ukraine even more lethal weapons, as russia launches a new campaign to capture the nations east. nbc hasn t learned that the white house will announce a new package later this week. it s expected this new package of security assistance will be similar in size to that 800 million dollar one announced last week. this morning, president biden held a video call with u.s. allies, to discuss next steps in their support for ukraine. earlier today, pentagon spokesman john kirby said this about u.s. aid to ukraine. we are doing the best we can, to focus on a, the kinds of capabilities we know they need, and they say they want, and are using. now the russians have prioritized the donbas area, that s a whole different level of fighting and type of fighting. today, russia did confirm the next phase of its war, the battle to control eastern ukraine, is underway. the pentagon says th