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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 ....
for optimism. that s the line from the kremlin this morning after the u.s. offers a diplomatic off ramp to the standoff off ramp. and the u.s. blows past 73 million covid cases suns the start of the pandemic. but we start with what happens now that justice breyer is retiring. peter alexander is standing by. leann caldwell is with us and also joining us aaron haynes, an msnbc political contributor. peter, do we have any word yet about when we might see the president and justice breyer today? and what can you tell us about where the white house is in terms of choosing a nominee? yeah, chris, no official guidance from the white house. in fact, this gathering with both justice breyer and president biden is not even on the official white house schedule but we are getting indications that this could happen within the next several hours here at the white house. and it is a significant moment for president biden. it s also a rare one. very rarely do you see a sitting presid ....
that will be within a month. as on the hill, democrats get ready to control a nominee s path for the first time in more than a decade. with most of the drama coming not from whether dems will hang together, they probably will, but how many republicans, if any, will get on board. new reaction coming in this afternoon. developing at the white house right now, president biden and the leader of ukraine may be still on the phone. what we know about what they re saying with the white house worried about a russian invasion of ukraine. plus, back here at home new polling out of georgia and spoiler alert, things are not looking quite so peachy for democrats. what the numbers say for people like joe biden and stacy abrahams going into the midterms. with reporting we broke here on the expensive lifeline to save vulnerable house seats. i m hallie jackson along with the rest of the team. ali vitali on capitol hill and peter is our justice correspondent and let me start with you. ....
breyer s decision to retire has electrified washington, d.c. adding a legacy making item to the president s agenda and could galvanize the democratic base at a time of sagging approval ratings and with the signature legislation of the president stalled amid gridlock in washington. the news wednesday came as a relief for liberal activists who worry that democrats would lose control of the senate before breyer left the court and a shot of confidence to the democratic leaders who view the politics as a brigtd spot in an otherwise gloomy election season. president biden has promised to nominate the first black woman to the high court, a prospect the party hopes energizes supporters. republicans are already gearing up to oppose the yet to be named nominee. the new york times reporting, quote, holding a bare 50-seat majority under threat in november s elections democrats acknowledge the need to act fast since an illness or death of a member could deprive them. senate demo ....
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in the morning in singapore and midnight in london, where the metropolitan police is now investigating multiple events since 2020 at downing street and across government to see whether there were breaches of covid restrictions. the commissioner of britain s biggest police force confirmed that her officers are now looking into potential rule breaking after civil servants who are also compiling a report on what happened passed on information. the bbc understands the met police has no objection to that report, by sue gray, being published while their investigation is ongoing. here s our political editor, laura kuenssberg. the law applies in every town, every city, every road and every house, and in the sm postcode of number 10. and the police have concluded they ve seen enough about what happened behind closed doors when the law was lockdown that it merits a full and proper look. i can conf ....