thank you for being here. we begin with the biggest and longest lasting decision made by any president. the chance to choose a supreme court justice. justice stephen breyer, the most senior liberal justice on the high court gave president biden the historic opportunity. he s meeting with the president today at the white house and then they ll appear together to formally announce his plan to retire at the end of this term. the focus immediately shifts to the president and who he will select. already vowing to make good on his promise to nominate the first black woman to the supreme court. senate democrats are pushing for a quick confirmation process and the way senate rules are currently set up. they can confirm a new justice with a simple majority, meaning, without needing support from any republican. but the road to confirmation for any nominee is never guaranteed. cnn s jessica schneider live in washington with the very latest. jessica, a big moment today when we see justic
with minimal security. dhs contractor told him it was all by design. i guess the secrecy [inaudible]. you know what i mean? why? why? you know why. why? come on. what s the big secret? everybody knows it s happening. the government bill: that footage was obtained by former westchester county executive and acquired it through the freedom of information act. he is a candidate for governor in new york. here is what he told tucker carlson last night. we kept pressing them and they kept telling us nonsense. and this is all they do, right? where is the governor? she is complicit. she is turning a blind eye to all of this. she is more occupied about masking kids in schools and codling criminals than she is about this. i can t go into restaurants without showing a vaccination card or masking indoors. and she is refusing to do anything about this. dana: breaking this morning. ice agent weighing in on the massive migrant drops at the southern border and details
we don t talk about specific force protection. i will let you know that the u.s. forces there in remain at a heightened straight of alert. that s as far as i will go. as for any changes going forward, we will rely on the good judgment of general mckenzie and his chain of command in terms of specific changes they need to make in terms of defenses. we don t detail that from the podium. luis martinez? john, earlier this week there was a crash of an f-35 air craft carrier. are they trying to recover it? anything new on that? you can address any concerns about trying to protect the waters where this plane may have fallen into so other nations like china don t get their hands on it? you have probably seen the navy s statement. they intend to attempt to recover the air craft. i want to say right off the top that we have received word that those who were injured are doing better and we are absolutely delighted to hear that and continue to hope for a speedy and safe recovery for t
the senior liberal justice followed by sotomayor and kagan. gives biden the first supreme court opening of his presidency. they have urged him to retire ahead of the fall s midterm elections. sandra: shannon bream, big questions whether or not he s choosing to retire now or forced to. well, we all remember over the last few years what happened with justice ginsburg, there was enormous pressure on her, op-eds, legal pundits, professors, law schools, people calling on her to resign so that her seat could be filled by somebody who was like-minded. she resisted the pressure. if anything, we thought it made her more resistant. i think justice breyer has much the same attitude. he s 83, leaves a legacy to be proud of on the court. many other interests, and he gets it. this is a smart, smart individual who is aware of the political climate. i think if he felt he was being forced into it he would not do it. if it feels like his own decision, and yes happens to be political pressu
why? let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, on the brink. president biden holding a call with key u.s. allies for roughly 80 minutes tonight over growing fears russia is on the verge of invading ukraine. the president saying everyone is on the same page. the call comes as 8500 u.s. troops are now on heightened alert to possibly deploy. as president putin shows no sign of backing down. as their presence on the border enlarged or changed in a qualitative way that ises ses escalating? yes. they are continuing to add battalion troops to their western border, to the border with ukraine. and in belarus as well. the numbers there are increasing. so they have not only shown no signs of de-escalating, but they are in fact adding more force capability. they are in fact adding more force capability. this is just how fast the situation along the ukraine border has deteriorated over the past few days. i want to show you this new video tonight. okay, s