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, choosing a
waiting ten days. last hour, president biden was asked if the isolation guidance for all americans should be amended. listen to what he said. well, i just listened to my team, the docs, and they think we should keep it the way it is right now. let s begin this hour with our aviation correspondent pete muntean at reagan international airport. pete, so many flights cancelled today because of covid. reporter: that s right, poply. 600 flight cancellations in the united states. 2,300 globally, and airlines say as these coronavirus cases went up, their staffing levels went down, causing them to cancel some of these flights. these are the latest numbers from flight aware, 180 flight cancellations today on united airlines alone. 160 at delta air lines. big cancellations at jet blue and allegiant. airlines say there is a way to fix this. they want the cdc to reduce the amount of time one would need to spend in isolation if there is a breakthrough case. right now it s set for ten
hopes and dreams of children are following these stories and many more all coming in and right here to cnn news central major news this afternoon. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is ending his history making tenure in the senate. announcing today that he is stepping down from his leadership position we spoke briefly on the floor about the discussion father time remains undefeated. no longer the young man sitting in the back hoping colleagues would remember my name. it s tom. the next generation of leadership and just a short time ago, president biden reacted to this decision. let s listen and with that, a high-stakes race for his successor begins. let s take you now live to capitol hill with cnn s lauren fox. lauren, what are you hearing from mcconnell s colleagues about this? yeah, a lot of republican colleagues keeping their powder dry right now, they want to hear from whoever may want to fill mcconnell s shoes. of course, all eyes are on those three republ
governor and tomorrow in the contest for senate in pennsylvania. nearly 7.3 million people have already cast their ballots in 39 states according to one analysis. right now, president biden is making his pitch to voters. he s hoping to shift the momentum away from republicans. a new analysis of the political landscape in these final weeks shows republicans are making late gains as they try to win back control of the house. white house correspondent jeremy diamond is with us now. give us details on what the president is saying. reporter: president biden is delivering right now what he termed a closing argument here as we are just about two weeks from election day. the president, though, isn t in the battleground states where you might expect him to be delivering that kind of closing argument. he s at democratic party headquarters where he said his goal is to try to energize the organizers who are calling into those battleground states, the staff at the democratic party who
hospital system could be overwhelmed without immediate action to slow the spread of the virus. texas is also in trouble. the state just today reporting more than 5,700 new infections. it comes as governor greg abbott acknowledges he allowed bars there to reopen too soon. meanwhile, if you had any plans to travel to europe this summer, you might be forced to reschedule. diplomats from the eu say travelers from the u.s. and other countries with severe coronavirus outbreaks are, quote, unlikely to be allowed in when it opens its borders on july 1st. let s start in florida where the republican governor, ron desantis, is refusing to mandate masks despite surging number of cases. cnn s miguel marquez reports. reporter: the sunshine state in a state of crisis. the number of coronavirus cases climbing at alarming rates with florida reporting nearly 9,000 new cases, its highest single day to date. cities like holywood now mandating masks be worn in public, even outdoors, except when