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cases and 10,000 deaths in the last week alone. with time running out to break the stalemate on his reconciliation bill, president biden is meeting with speaker pelosi and majority leader schumer on compromise options. then a lot of arm twisting in separate sessions with progressive and moderate members of congress. at stake, the entire biden domestic agenda. let s begin with the latest on the coronavirus pandemic and chief white house correspondent weekend today co-host, peter alexander, gabe gutierrez, dr. john torres, and dr. celine gounder. a lot of foreign and domestic issues the white house is struggling with but not stopping the administration from trying to keep covid front and center. that s the issue that really helped the president win the presidency and key to his dip in poll ratings. reporter: andrea, that s right. i was with the president alongside his u.s. ambassador speaking to world leaders, speaking to pharmaceutical executives and civil society or ....
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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 ....
give i ve been a miner for a heart of gold wow, what a great song. rock n roll icon legend neil young laying down an ultimatum telling spotify they ve got to choose between his music or vaccine denying podcast host joe rogan. and out of control crime in los angeles. what the hell is going on? looks like a third world country. the l.a. district attorney under fire for a criminal justice reforms that critics call an absolute disaster. let s talk about the news of the day now and bring in cnn s white house correspondent mr. john harwood and cnn s senior legal analyst laura coates the author of the new book just pursuit, a black prosecutor s fight for fairness. good evening to both of you. john, this new video is astounding. it s stunning. we shouldn t be surprised. we ve seen so much of it. every time i see another video coming out, it is even worse than the last. it shows a rioter slamming a police officer to the ground. difficult to watch. trump can claim ....
breyer who was appointed in 1994 has served longer than anyone currently on the bench other than clarence thomas and for decades a stalwart of the liberal wing. just last week he krafrtded the majority opinion rejecting a challenge to the affordable care act ensuring the survive of law. he s faced pressure. while breyer resisted the notion that judges are political appointees saying in a speech in april that they are quote loyal to the rule of law not to the political party that hemd to secure the appointment. he told the new york times last summer the person who will be named as a successor was a factor when to consider to retire and recalled something justice scalia told him. i don t want somebody appointed to reverse everything i have done for the last 25 years. this gives joe biden a chance to make the mark on a court likely to take up some of the biggest issues facing the country. it also gives the president a chance to inject a fresh face to the liberal wing and ....