California. That will do it from a this edition of Alex Witt reports. See you tomorrow at 1 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Up next, the Beat Weekend edition. Welcome to the Beat Weekend. Im trying it, lets get to the headlines. I cannot have this Phone Call without saying to my girl, kamala, i am proud of you. This is going to be historic to we call to say, michelle and i could not be proud to endorse you and do everything we can to get you through the selection and into the oval office. Oh my goodness, michelle, iraq, this means so much to me, im looking forward to doing this with the two of you, doug and i both. Getting out there, being On The Road. The Vice President is busy as a democratic nominee for president she is busy but that is a call you obviously take. The obamas are the most popular national figures, not just the Democratic Party, as a factual matter, in our politics these days. Consider both Barack And Michelle obama have higher approval than current President Biden and former Presi
Starts now. We are reporting on be a ram obamas entry into the race. Playing a unique role in the democratic party. He makes It Official for Kamala Harris today. Former President Obama tapped biden on his ticket reviving the career of a senator who had run for president twice. Obama was a much discussed but seldom publicly heard presence during these debates about whether president Bi Biden Shou do what he did last week. The unusual measure, after having clinched the nomination of stepping aside. Throughout that process, in public obama backed him. Another contrast, clinton backed harris immediately last weekend when this went down. Obama held back. He is coming in as a ceremonial closer. Kamala harris has the delegates. She has the party leaders. I bet you know that. Now tonight, she has Barack And Michelle obama. The Harris Campaign breaking the news with this endorsement video. I cant have this Folk Khan Phone call without saying to my girl kamala, i am proud of you. This is going t
harbor, the fallen u.s. serviceman finally laid to rest casket. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening let s begin with the fallout and a look ahead at the political battle to come following word today of supreme court justice stephen breyer s planned requirement from the court. a formal announcement from the 83-year-old clinton-appointed justice expected as soon as tomorrow president biden tonight positioned to make his first supreme court pick, an opportunity to fulfill a campaign pledge to nominate a black woman. democrats preparing to move quickly to capitalize on their razor-thin senate majority and confirm a nominee before the fall midterm elections though even a left-leaning pick will not alter the court s ideological balance. a lot of moving parts here, and our team ready to break it all down starting with justice correspondent pete williams. reporter: people close to justice breyer say he made the decision to step down within the
major obstacles stand in the way of passing new voting rights protections, namely democratic senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, who refuse to change senate filibuster rules. overseas, tensions continue to grow between russia and ukraine and the west. secretary of state antony blinken urged diplomacy on a call he just held with his russian counterpart, this as a bipartisan group of senators return from a trip to ukraine where they met with the ukrainian president zelensky. we ll have more on that story in just a moment. we begin with cnn s manu raju joining us from capitol hill. manu, has chuck schumer given any indication of what he will do if and when these votes likely fail? reporter: he needs all 50 senate democrats to weaken the senate s filibuster, which now requires 60 volt0 votes to over filibuster. they want to change that so a simple majority, 51 votes, 50 democrats with. have the harris breaking the tie could be enough to get this bill to the president s