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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 ....
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 ....
anchor of the u.s. supreme court is retiring. 83-year-old stephen breyer will step down from the bench some time this summer after the current term. but how the announcement came out and what comes next is the definition of washington palace intrigue. we have fox team coverage tonight. shannon bream has the roster of possible replacements for justice breyer. we begin with white house correspondent peter doocy and the biden administration reaction live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. president biden is about to get his first chance to replace a a retiring liberal supreme court justice with a younger liberal supreme court justice. that is a process that the senate majority leader chuck schumer wants fast tracked but the head of the democratic party says it s okay to wait a little bit. every justice has the right and opportunity to decide what he or she is going to do and announce it on their own. peter: when bill clinton nominate ....
and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, javelins and east gander missiles, the u.s. and russia flooding the zone around ukraine as president biden warns u.s. troops could soon be headed there. pictures of 300 anti-tank missiles arriving in kyiv today as president biden says the troops are ready to go to eastern europe. i may be moving some of those troops in the near term. this would be the largest k i we move in with those, it would change the world. the white house believes this could happen. today telling reporters the biden administration believes an invasion by putin is, quote, imminent. that warning comes as russia is making new and aggressive moves along the ukraine border. we have seen a consistent accumulation of combat power by the russians in the western part of their country around the borders with ukraine and belarus. in addition to the troops, can you talk a little bit more, can you have specificity about with weaponry they are pili ....
president s view? imminent has a pretty intense meaning, doesn t it? okay. that s still the belief. yes. imminent, she said. as that was happening, the effort continued to make the effort as costly and possible to putin with another shipment of military equipment to kyiv, javelin anti-tank missiles designed to stop russian armor. the administration today also sought to reassure allies like germany which relies on moscow for natural gas, announcing it s working with other suppliers to cushion the blow if russia cuts them off. it also issued this warning to belarus, ukraine s unfriendly neighbor and putin s ally to the north. just as we have been clear with the russian federation about the severe cost that would befall them were this to move forward, in recent days we have also made clear to belarus that if it allows its territory to be used for an attack on ukraine, it would face a swift and decisive response from the united states and our allies and partners. ....