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 confir
That does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports, and chuck todd and mtv daily start right now. right now. welcome to meet the press daily. i m chuck todd. moments ago president biden and stephen breyer spoke at the white house officially announcing his retirement once his successor named an confirmed. president biden said he ll select a nominee worthy of breyer s legacy and aims to do it before the end of next month. i will select a nominee worthy of justice breyer s legacy of excellence and decency. while i ve been studying
On the other hand, you saw the chinese language seeking to cast some blame on the united states. didn t seem they wanted to play an assertive role in trying to side with ukraine or end the war. i took away with it, china wanting to stay out of this, keep its head down. and perhaps that means they won t be providing the military lifeline. or money, financial lifeline perhaps most importantly. thank you both. and reality control. vladimir putin celebrating in moscow today. eight years after taking over crimea. rallying russians to his cause in a huge soccer stadium. coming up, the creator of the americans in the hit show joining me and first, amidst the remains following a russian attack on kyiv, this message from the mayor of kyiv. he ll be coming up on mtv daily. and chuck todd speaking to the
Unless we get jaw dropping news, we ll see the president trying to explain to the american people why the wall is so important it s worth dragging out the shutdown. thank you so much. joining me is chuck todd, host of mtv daily. i understand you had an off-the-record lunch at the white house. i would say it the best way to put it without violating the off-the-record mindset and this is their way of trying to preview the argument they re going to make tonight, see if they can have influence in how we frame tonight. i like to get that transparent. number one is that they had they have to do tonight in order to calm congressional republicans down. they do seem to be concerned about that. there was an acknowledge they
Down, maybe he didn t know who this guy was. you re absolutely right. he s in the middle of a deep controversy in washington. senator grassley has directed accused the russian of failing to report and disclose as a foreign lobbyist. i mentioned i believe he s heatedly denied that. that s an active controversy playing out. there s actually a hearing about it next week. also by private figures to be fair. and who say they have legitimate questions about the story behind the magnitsky sanctions. it s something this lobbyist has been working on in washington. great reporting, ken delaney and hallie jackson in paris. chuck todd, of course is nbc news political director. moderator of meet the press, host of msnbc s mtv daily.