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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, choo ....
classrooms. many are questioning why. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and that major announcement by president biden about who will succeed supreme court justice stephen breyer when breyer retires at the end of this term. the person i will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity. that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court. now, biden says he has not yet made a decision on just who that person will be, but he is going to invite senators from both parties to hear their opinions, their points of view. biden says he expects to choose a nominee before the end of february. as cnn s m.j. lee reports, some have been lobbying the president on just who that nominee should be since back in february, 2021. this is sort of a bittersweet day for me. justice breyer and i go back a long way. reporter: a momentous day for the jo ....
arose. with justice breyer expected to announce his retirement, president biden might just get that opportunity. tonight president biden confronting a major decision about the supreme court. justice stephen breyer expected to retire, paving the way for the president to nominate his replacement. there has been no announcement from justice breyer. let him make whatever statement he s going to make. i ll be happy to talk about it later. reporter: biden now getting the opportunity to fulfill this 2020 campaign promise. i m looking forward to making sure there s a black woman on the supreme court to make sure i committed that if i m elected president, have an opportunity to appoint someone to the courts, i ll appoint the first black woman to the courts. we are putting together a list of a group of african american women who are qualified and have the experience to be in the court. reporter: the white house reiterating today biden s position on this front remain ....
moderna s booster shot remains durable after six months, even against the omicron variant but with a lower level of antibodies stand by for details. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the breaking news. a major moment for president biden as he faces his first chance to shape the nation s highest court. cnn white house correspondent mj lee is joining us. we re told the president stands by his campaign commitment to nominate a black woman to the u.s. supreme court. reporter: that s right, wolf. one of president biden s major campaign promises was to nominate a black woman to the supreme court should he get the opportunity to do so. and now that justice breyer is expected to announce his retirement, president biden will get just that opportunity and the opportunity to reshape the future of the supreme court, potentially for decades to come. tonight, president ....
breakthrough and an american promise to promise any russian incursion into ukraine, and this just in. the january 6th committee now has hundreds of pages of trump white house records. it ends a week of bad headlines for the former president, including this one. cnn reporting shows rudy giuliani led a quiet coup attempt trying to install bogus electors in seven states trump lost, and brand new numbers reinforce a crystal clear pandemic truth. cdc evidence out last hour shows the power of covid boosters versus omicron. get that extra shot and you will keep yourself out of the hospital. we begin the hour with the president s hope for a second-year reset. today president biden trying to connect his work with your anxiety highlighting a big new investment in the american supply chain. and it s about jobs. good paying decent jobs you can raise a family on. jobs, jobs now. jobs for the future, jobs in every part of the country, jobs that show and bring the industrial midwest ....