Dramatic reading of backstage events at that South Carolina debate when jim clyburn convinced joe biden, as a candidate, to pledge that moment that he would appoint a black woman to the Supreme Court. And we just got confirmation from Simone Sanders that, indeed, she and other biden advisers told him that day, during debate prep, no, dont do it. There is congressman and other members of the black caucus debate prep day, Simone Sanders and others were telling biden, no, dont do it. And then, at the debate, Congressman Clyburn goes to him at the commercial the and says you have to do it. And now we are living the history of the results. Both in the fact of his presidency and in anticipation of his nomination. Yes. And so, the story of that movie, where the costar, clyburn, will be joining us to get his version of it. In composing my thoughts about this, leading into talking to clyburn tonight, i decided in the interest of time, to leave out the names of the people in the Biden Campaign s
Moment that he would appoint a black woman to the Supreme Court. And we just got confirmation from Simone Sanders that, indeed, she and other biden advisers told him that day, during debate prep, no, dont do it. There is Congressman Clyburn and other members of the black caucus debate prep day, Simone Sanders and others were telling biden, no, dont do it. And then, at the debate, Congressman Clyburn goes to him at the commercial break and says, you have to do it. And now we are living the history of that. Both in the fact of his presidency and in anticipation of this nomination. Yes. And so, the story of that movie, the costar, clyburn, will be joining us to get his version of it. In composing my thoughts about this, leading into talking to clyburn tonight, i decided in the interest of time, to leave out the names of the people in the Biden Campaign staff who advised against this. So, you know, who wants to have that on them . And then i turn on the Rachel Maddow show and there is the
Qualifications, character, experience and integrity, and that that person will be a black woman. We are reporting on who the likely front runners are. But right now, though, under an hour after that major event, the president is on a major call, speaking with the president of ukraine as the russian collar around ukraine tightens, Vladimir Putins army conducted combat drills earlier today, live fire exercises with troops and tanks along the eastern border of ukraine. If the u. S. And nato were looking for signs of deescalation, this was not it. Those drills happening just 24 hours after the u. S. Hand delivered a letter to moscow yesterday addressing putins demands. We dont know the contents of that letter, but russian morn minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters it failed to address nato expansion. The kremlin now warning that when it comes to diplomacy there is, quote, not much cause for optimism. Putin himself has been largely silent on the matter, but he was seen in public today for t
president biden speaks with ukraine s president zelensky as russia sends in more troops. teacher shortages, the state taking extraordinary measures to deal with the lack of staff inside schools, calling in the national guard. i really like the uniform because i like how it has the patches and stuff. o donnell: eye on america, innovative way rampers are trying to maintain their way of life after two decades of drought. and on this holocaust remembrance day, how a 98-year-old survivor and her great-grandson are using tiktok to make sure the next generation never forgets. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening. thank you for joining us. it s history in the making as president biden vows to make good on his campaign pledge to nominate the first black woman to the supreme court. if you look back, of the 115 justices, all but seven have been white men. the president said today he will name his choice
but you see, president biden isn t the first to do this. donald trump vowed to nominate a woman during his presidency and followed through by nominating justice amy coney barrett. 1981, president ronald reagan made a campaign promise to nominate the first woman to the supreme court. when he followed through on that promise, he received complete bipartisan support, 99-0 in the senate. senator dick durbin, who will be overseeing the process this year, making the case for why bipartisanship should prevail. think back on stephen breyer. he worked as chief assistant to ted kennedy. when his vote came up in the senate he was approved 87-9, an indication of the good old days when there was much more bipartisanship. but my goal is to make sure we have a deliberate, timely hearing but also to reach out to the republican side and see if they can join us in making it a bipartisan nomination. i think that speaks well of the court and it speaks well of the senate if we can achieve it.