supreme court. for 27 years, justice stephen breyer, is retiring, paving way for president biden s first supreme court appointment. and it couldn t have come at a better moment. liberals have been pushing hard for breyer to retire before the mid terms, to ensure biden would have the democratic votes in the senate to get a more liberal nominee through the process. breyer said in an bur view, it was on his mind. it was clear he wanted a successor to continue his legacy on the court. the white house said it had nor mo details to share, but during the campaign, one of the biggest promises biden made on the trail was on this very topic. we talked about the supreme court. i m looking forward to making sure there s a black woman on the supreme court to make sure we, in fact get equal representation. it s not a joke. it s not a joke. i would push very hard for that. politically supreme court nomination fights can come with huge risks, but they also present big opportunities to un
onto some of the pendants are now candidly acknowledging the power of these popular issues as well as president of biden s record. two academic is going to have to come face-to-face with this issue. this is just a race,. i think the numbers are coming across in ways that we do not recognize. they are annoying, and offensive and see and touch how much of this is just part of the democratic party that is developed. the entire campaign of youngkin was that he was a racist pretty. in terms out the normal people do not believe that they re sick of hearing it pretty. but even with them falling short, soft left-wingers in the are still pounding away, the call the youngkin racist appeal ready. trump really sort of deflecting the fragrant outbreaks and with the education names given alliant the label, he was education which is good for, by the parents don t like the idea of teaching about race and this is not affected there okay with white supremacy some are, let s call it
he s still got. it we heard nelly, we heard chloe bringing the house down. this has been an incredible show of talent. so many inspirational remarks honoring this federal holiday. it is now a federal holiday, juneteenth. and it s all about freedom. we are back with juneteenth on cnn. i m sara sidner along with van jones. it just keeps getting better and better. there are moments from now where we will talk to some of the folks that you saw on the stage. some of the headliners, kurt franklin, big freedia the members of swv. we will hem it up with them. i m proud to be an american. i am proud of kurt. it s an unbelievable show. you have the young folks. i guarantee people who had never heard of chloe, they now know who she is. i ll tell you what, charlie. he has still got it. he brought the house down. i love seeing people who love their craft and can do it for their entire lives. it s beautiful. now, speaking of a little surprise, a little coolness, a little duet, we saw s
served. with us to start off our coverage, nbc news white house correspondent, monica alba, at the washington national cathedral, melissa murray, a former law clerk to sotomayor, and laura jarrett, and presidential historian, michael beshlash. reporter: josé, we will hear from the late justice s son in addition to her biographer. as you will hear from president biden and chief justice john roberts, it s remarkable because both of them really first met her in 1981. john roberts was working in the reagan administration, in the white house, he was helping to prepare her for her confirmation hearing, and then, of course, senator biden was somebody questioning her as part of the process, and who engaged with her and even told her that she should use the fact that she was going to be this trailblazer, this first woman to serve as a supreme court justice as something she could use to go out and push the equal rights amendment forward, for instance, and that s something sandra day
harris: the heavy weight of a crashing presidency in the polls. president biden reportedly agitated and suddenly starting to care about what americans are saying about him. well, who could ignore voters signaling that bidenomics is a bust? and they are not better off under this president. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. a new fox survey shows the economy by far is the most important issue to voters. it usually is. and the word of the day for voters right now is pain. pain over stubbornly high prices under a president who tells them it is not happening. the average american is not benefiting economically, people are sad about how things are happening at our federal government? i do most of the shopping in my home. the prices were through the roof. when i sat down and looked at what they are telling me inflation was 6%, 8%, 10%, i roughly say for me it was 30, 35% easy. growing food and gas prices. again especially new york city has been a chall