the fed announcement which could make buying a house or car more expensive soon. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we start with breaking news in our politics lead. the supreme court justice stephen breyer, we re expecting him to announce his retirement as early as tomorrow. the 83-year-old who has served nearly three decades on the court plans to stay on until a replacement is confirmed. that replacement is now in president joe biden s hands. his first chance to nominate someone to the highest court in the land. today he refused to answer questions about breyer s retirement. kaitlan collins suggests, he is ready to fulfill a campaign promise on who he ll pick. reporter: with justice stephen breyer set to retire, president biden now has his first chaks to nominate a new justice to the supreme court. there has been no announcement from justice breyer. let him make whatever statement he ll make and i ll be happy to talk about it later. reporter:
moderna s booster shot remains durable after six months, even against the omicron variant but with a lower level of antibodies stand by for details. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the breaking news. a major moment for president biden as he faces his first chance to shape the nation s highest court. cnn white house correspondent mj lee is joining us. we re told the president stands by his campaign commitment to nominate a black woman to the u.s. supreme court. reporter: that s right, wolf. one of president biden s major campaign promises was to nominate a black woman to the supreme court should he get the opportunity to do so. and now that justice breyer is expected to announce his retirement, president biden will get just that opportunity and the opportunity to reshape the future of the supreme court, potentially for decades to come. tonight, president biden
Spacex has been picked by nasa to land the next american astronauts on the moon, including the first woman to walk the lunar surface. astronomers say the tumbling rocket will crash on the far side of the moon on march 4th. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer and the situation room. happening now, breaking news. a shake-up at the united states supreme court as justice stephen breyer decides to retire. president biden is now poised to make his first high court nomination. potentially triggering an ugly and partisan confirmation battle. also tonight, the united states responds in writing to the kremlin s demands amid fears that a russian invasion of ukraine is imminent. i ll ask ned price what the united states laid out and how vladimir putin might react. and a new study finds