russia s president to respond to written responses to putin s demand. we make clear there are core principles we are committed to uphold and defend, including ukraine sovereignty, and territorial integrity, and the rights to choose security arrangements and alliances. the document is with them, and the ball is in their court. we ll see what we do, as i said repeatedly, whether they choose the path of diplomacy and dialogue, whether they decide to renew aggression against ukraine, we re prepared either way. secretary of state antony blinken there, sticking with territorial integrity, and drawing a red line on nato. putin can get what he wants on nato in less direct ways with other concessions. his spokesperson has indicated there are concessions on the table, they include the state department was specific yesterday, today they didn t put the exact list out. they mentioned the place of s missi missiles exercises. now, on one hand it s important to consider that putin starte
campaign promise that may change the face of it. we ll be joined by james clyburn who also paved the way by making sure then candidate biden made this commitment. we talked about the supreme court, i m looking forward to making sure there s a black woman on the supreme court to make sure in fact that every i committed that if i m elected president, have an opportunity to appoint someone to the courts will be, i ll appoint the first black woman to the courts. it s required 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 and vetting them as well. well, there are plenty of highly qualified candidates, some of whom are already vetted. we ll speak with valerie jarrett. we ll talk about the process of getting any nominee confirmed, which is, as you know, has produced memorable mome
warnings from an expert straight ahead this hour. but i want to start now with cnn s supreme court analyst steve ladek and global affairs analyst susan glass here to talk about what is going on with breyer s official retirement has not happened but that s the word that it s going to happen soon. good evening to both of you. susan, president biden gets a supreme court pick, a chance to turn a new page in his presidency, a way to shore up the base and fulfill a big campaign promise. but still, it probably won t be an easy road, will it? in these divided times that we re living in right now. you know, nothing is easy, don, anymore in our politics. i mean, for president biden it s really full circle. as the chairman of the judiciary committee he was around three decades ago helping to preside over the confirmation hearings of justice breyer. now he ll get to pick his replacement. i m struck by the initial tone from conservatives which has not been fire-breathing, you know, this
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 and co
who that will be. also, how long it will take to get her confirmed. the legal and political aspects of that. supreme court reporter ariane de vo vogue. there s an interesting two track thing. he stays until the end of the term but start the process now. right. well, for years, the process was usually between two to three months. there was the pick and then the vet and the nominee would go and visit with all the senators but all that changed, remember, with justice amy coney barrett. the republicans really pushed it, compressed it from announcement to confirmation. it was about 30 days. so you could see here the democrats moving very quickly. they could have hearings, they could even have a vote and then the president wouldn t sign off on the commission until after the term, right? when breyer has finished on the term. on the other hand, timing is interesting because this hearing is about a lot more than the nominee. first of all, it s going to be, as you said, the first afr