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majority whip james clyburn, who also paved the way making sure then-candidate biden made this commitment. we talked about the supreme court. i am looking forward to making sure there is a black woman on the supreme court, to make sure we in fact get [ applause ] i commit if i am elected president, have an opportunity to appoint someone to the courts, it will be i will appoint the first black woman to the courts. it s required that they have representation now. it s long overdue. 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. i am not going to release that until we go further down the line of vetting them as well. well, there are plenty of highly-qualified candidates, some of whom already vetted and we will talk about them tonight. we will speak with valerie jaret, as well. we will talk about the process of getting any nominee confirmed which as you know has produced memorable ....
good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is thursday, january 7th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. we are beginning with a rare opportunity for a struggling president to reenergize his party and to make history in the process. supreme court justice stephen breyer set to announce his retirement at the white house today, giving president biden a chance to deliver on a campaign promise to nominate the first african american female justice to the bench. let s get a sense of the timing, short list, and republican plans to slow down the process. jeremy diamond is there. jeremy, if i also in on the details. reporter: well, we learned yesterday justice breyer is set to retire after 30 years. he was tight-lipped on this. without a formal announcement, the president would not weigh in. but today they are set to make this official. and this opening gives biden a chance to nominate a justice to the supreme court and potentially make hi ....
welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, january 27th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. just a few hours from now, the fight officially begins to fill the next vacancy on the nation s highest court. president biden and stephen breyer expected to officially announce breyer s retirement at the white house. obviously this has major historical and political implications. so here s a look at the supreme court vacancy by the numbers. 108 of the 115 u.s. justices have been white men. the other seven, two black men and five women. it s been 28 years since bill clinton and breyer showed off their running legs in short-shorts. just another reason to love the 90s. 28 years since then senator biden presided over briar s nomination. six years since former president obama announced now attorney general merrick garland to fill antonin scalia s seat. that didn t work out. 1,239 days since one of the most heated confirmation hear ....
drama. we re going to have more on that in a moment. the president s standing by his campaign pledge to nominate the first black woman to the court. the question remains, however, who will that person be? and will the process be completed before the midterm elections. we are also following some breaking news on the economy. thankfully some good news. in the last year the u.s. economy grew at the fastest rate since 1984. this according to a new report out this morning, we re going to have much more on that coming up. but first cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider and white house correspondent jeremy diamond are standing by with more on the news about justice brierbreyer stepping down. how do we expect this to play out timing-wise? we re still waiting to hear from justice breyer directly or potentially a statement from the supreme court. we re expecting maybe that will come later this morning, early afternoon. but a source has told kaitlan collins that ....
thank you for being here. we begin with the biggest and longest lasting decision made by any president. the chance to choose a supreme court justice. justice stephen breyer, the most senior liberal justice on the high court gave president biden the historic opportunity. he s meeting with the president today at the white house and then they ll appear together to formally announce his plan to retire at the end of this term. the focus immediately shifts to the president and who he will select. already vowing to make good on his promise to nominate the first black woman to the supreme court. senate democrats are pushing for a quick confirmation process and the way senate rules are currently set up. they can confirm a new justice with a simple majority, meaning, without needing support from any republican. but the road to confirmation for any nominee is never guaranteed. cnn s jessica schneider live in washington with the very latest. jessica, a big moment today when we see ....