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good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. a very busy morning. supreme court justice stephen breyer expected to announce his retirement today paving the way for president biden to make his first supreme court nomination. we ll look at who may be on the short list to succeed him in what could be an intense political battle over the nation. the kremlin says there are few reasons for optimism after the u.s. and nato delivered written responses to russian demands to end the threat against ukraine as russia continues to build up its forces along the border. we ll go inside afghanistan for a look at the desperate and disturbing measures people are taking just to survive. meanwhile, here in the u.s., covid cases are rising in some areas and falling in many others. a new trend is emerging, people becoming infected with the virus for a second time or more. around the world ceremonies and remembrances today honoring the 6 million jews killed i ....
candidates backgrounds and writings, i ve made no decision except one the person i will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience, and integrity, and that will be if 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 commitment. i will fully do what i said i d do. as we mentioned yesterday when the news was first breaking, breyer s retirement is supremely good timing for the president and his party, a chance for democrats to refocus their midterm messaging, reenergizing the base, and reengage on issues ranging from abortion rights and voting and more that might play in their favor in a midterm election cycle. senate democrats could move quickly on this once biden chooses a nominee next month. democrats are aiming to confirm the pick as soon as possible, maybe with the same warp speed that republicans ....
qualifications, character, experience and integrity, and that that person will be a black woman. we are reporting on who the likely front runners are. but right now, though, under an hour after that major event, the president is on a major call, speaking with the president of ukraine as the russian collar around ukraine tightens, vladimir putin s army conducted combat drills earlier today, live fire exercises with troops and tanks along the eastern border of ukraine. if the u.s. and nato were looking for signs of deescalation, this was not it. those drills happening just 24 hours after the u.s. hand delivered a letter to moscow yesterday addressing putin s demands. we don t know the contents of that letter, but russian morn minister sergey lavrov told reporters it failed to address nato expansion. the kremlin now warning that when it comes to diplomacy there is, quote, not much cause for optimism. putin himself has been largely silent on the matter, but he was seen in p ....
will respect breyer s timeline for any official announcement. we re coming on the air with breaking news. nbc news learned stephen g. breyer will step down as a justice on the supreme court. there s been no announcement from justice breyer. let him make whatever statement he s going to make and i will be happy to talk about it later. the president saying he won t talk specifics yet, a matter of respect and decorum, but news this big waits for no one. the u.s. senate gearing up for a major confirmation clash going into the mid-terms. a senator with a vote on the matter joins our special coverage later on tonight s show and white house staff already outlining some of the likely plans. breyer expected to announce his retirement as early as tomorrow officially. reports are he would leave at the end of this term, giving the white house plenty of time to select and push a nominee. now, is that breyer s way of also shaping the timing of his own replacement process? i act ....
jessica schneider. huge news. reporter: this has just been confirmed by our wolf blitzer that at 83 years old justice stephen breyer, the leading liberal on the court, he will retire. we re still not exactly sure of the time line, but presumably not until the end of this term which ends usually at the end of june. this retirement announcement comes after what has been a persistent drumbeat of calls from progressives to retire from the court dating back to about a year. it was about a year ago when the progressive group demand justice actually hired a mobile billboard that drove around capitol hill in front of the supreme court urging breyer to retire. now we know he will retire presumably at the end of this term. justice stephen breyer spoke with us last year, and he talked about what would prompt him to retire. he said it would ultimately be about two things, his health and the court. we don t know about any issues with his health, so presumably this is all about the ....