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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, choo ....
formally asked to voluntarily cooperate in its investigation for spreading lies about the election. meanwhile, those who dare stray from the crooked path that today s republican party has paved are immediately blacklisted. think of liz cheney. booted out of her leadership position and no longer recognized as a republican in the state that she represents. wyoming. kind of ironic, because the rest of the country doesn t really recognize the modern republican party anymore, or what it stands for. donald trump remains its guiding light despite the fact he s facing multiple investigations involving serious matters. let this sink in for just a moment in new york state donald trump and his company investigated for fraud that stretches back many years. in georgia last thursday, a prosecutor asked to convene a special grand jury to compel witnesses to cooperate in the state s investigation into possible election interference by donald trump and his associates. and, of course, ....
get beyond the streets and do what they need to do and when they go home to put their hands on their pillow and they are not going to sleep. and they are going to cry. it is time the city cries with them and we know that they are. david: outrage in new york city after two nypd officers were shot, one killed, one critically injured last night in the line of duty. that makes five of these brutal attacks on police since the beginning of the year. welcome everyone i am david asman in for neil cavuto. three nypd officers were responding to a domestic violence call when the suspect, sean lashawn mcneil open fire in ambush style attack. 22-year-old jason rivera lost his life and 27-year-old wilbert mora is fighting for his. a third officer was not hit and shot the suspect who is said to be incredible condition. former nypd officer joined me now. lieutenant carnevale thank you good to see you. four cops shot in the past four days, five since the beginning of the year not to men ....
silence is not an option. nobody is asking you to give up the filibuster. i know where i stand. it s time for every elected official in america to make it clear where they stand. we re also following new developments in what is now a global investigation. british police making arrests in connection with that synagogue standoff in texas. what the fbi is saying now about a motive and how the now former hostages are doing. we re live on the ground. plus new details about the beijing olympics starting in just a couple weeks. the decision being made today that s affecting both the games and the athletes. more on that later in the show. i m hallie jackson with you this afternoon in washington along with our nbc news team kippur on the hill, evan perez. we have seen a drumbeat from people all across the country. chuck schumer hears that drumbeat. he wants to get a vote planned. it s not going to happen tomorrow, although there may be a new move. talk to us about the ....
increasingly convinced vladimir putin may be ignoring those warnings. state department correspondent benjamin hall has the latest tonight. good evening, benjamin. good evening, bret. yes, the state department and the rest of the administration say they are ready for any eventuality whether that is for diplomacy or russian military escalation. everything we have seen and heard today suggest the latter is increasingly likely. russian troops ready, and the stage is set. all putin needs now is the excuse. he could have that very soon. russia is already working actively to create a pretext for potential invasion. u.s. officials say intelligence indicate russian operatives feigned urban war ferrari and using explosives are already in eastern ukraine ready to carry out acts of sabotage and may be planning operations against russia s own forces. we have information that they prepositioned a group of operatives to conduct what we call a false flag operation. russia is ....