left has been quick to defend him as he considers who will replace justice steven brier. >> it's going be fair, deliberate, and we'll be timely about it too. this is a life-time appointment to the highest appointment in the land. we should take it seriously. this is in the hand of the president. as it should be. >> reporter: stay tuned. later this morning dr ben carson joins the show to discuss his thoughts on president joe biden's handling of the supreme court. thank you >>> thank you brook. we look forward to talking to dr ben carson later. tammy bruce is slamming the hypocrisy behind joe biden's promise it nom fate a black woman, listen. >> saying it's way too long. we need a black woman on the supreme court. he filler bustered opposing janice in 2003 and 2005. it would have been the first black woman judge on the federal bench nominated by george w. bush. joe biden filibustered and opposed that woman, who would likely have been on the supreme court by now. but because she wasn't a leftist. is why they opposed her. they made it 20 years longer. a generation longer for a black woman

while democrats excitedly speculate who the president will nominate to replace a justice steven brier on the supreme court, the president at the judicial crisis network that the retirement was ushered in by left wing dark money group and justice briar was upset. and how this is all played out. also, did you notice the headlines of escalated it? military action regarding ukraine have dramatically been reduced at the last 24 hours with adjusted briars announcement, pointed it, and speaking it borders. just because there's very little attention being given more than a 178000 migrants were encountered in december at the southern border along this as some, a smugglers are getting a very creative and how they bring their victims over the border, including a disrespecting of falling us folders, we're going to bring you the story. and disney is continuing to go woke. the latest is with the leading female mouth of the house. i'm sky now. he's in these stories plus more or what we're going to cover on today's news views here on our america. ah, ah, we begin with the retirement of justice, steve

but on thursday, you as president joe biden announced the 83 year old supreme court justice steven brier was stepping down. i think he's a model public servant in a time of great division in this country, brier was nominated to the court by democratic president bill clinton in 1994. as he reflected on his years on the bench briar concluded, the united states is a complicated nation. we know it's a kind of miracle. when you sit there and see all those people in front of you did people that are so different than what they think. and yet they've decided to help solve their major differences under law briar plans to step down this summer. when the supreme court completes its term, his replacement biden affirms will fulfill a campaign pledge to make history person. i will nominate me some of those extraordinary qualifications, character experience, and integrity, that personal be the 1st black woman ever nominated united states supreme court. it's long overdue. my biden says he's vetting candidates and will announce his nominee next month. one that won't alter the ideological makeup of the co

ah, we begin with the retirement of justice, steven brier from the supreme court, and the excitement around who the president could nominate. and how quickly they could be confirmed. i will select nominee worthy of justice, prayers, legacy of excellence and decency. all i've been studying, candidate backgrounds and rights. i've made no decision except one. the person i will nominate will be some of the extraordinary qualifications, character experience and integrity. and that person will be the 1st black woman ever nominated united states supreme court. while there's a lot of speculation about who i want to look at the why. now privately briar had told those around him he was going to retire. but the announcement this week took many by surprise as it was announced in the press, rather than by briar himself at 1st. and lecturing. groups had been very vocal the last few months urging briars retirement, especially demanded justice, which is a group which was form to fight president trump nominee and launch the brier, retire campaign, just a few weeks after bind's in operation. the forme

s. supreme court justice steven brier has formally announced his retirement presidential biden repeated his promise to nominate the 1st black woman to the court, to names topping the list of potential nominees, r u. s. court of appeals. judge cotton g brown, jackson and california supreme court justice leandra krueger. the use drug regulator has approve the use of pfizer is oral antiviral pill to treat coven 19. the european medical agency gave the green light to the drug packs low bid, which will be given to adults at risk of severe illness. thailand's navy says an oil spell off the country's eastern coast will take at least 5 more days to clear. the leak from an under see pipeline began on tuesday and was eventually stopped a day later, the government says it's examining the impact of the lake on the environment. here in germany, the archbishop of munich has been responding to a damning report released last week about how the archdiocese handled sexual abuse cases in the catholic church. cardinal guy had mark said he was ready to take moral responsibility for the church as failings du

nominee steven brier said, quote, the law must work for the people.ained us his faith that are complex legal system has a single purpose tell people. who make up our country. it was a different time. of course, but his brilliance values, a scholarship for white judge. brian became justice prior by an overwhelming bipartisan vote. this time. today just as prior announces his intention to step down from active service after for decades, for decades on the federal 28 years on the united states supreme court. his legacy includes his work as a leading scholar and jurors to administrative law freeze brilliance to bear, to make government run more efficiently and effectively. it includes his stature as a beacon of wisdom on our constitution and what it means and through it all, just as priors were tireless to give faith to the notion logs is to help the people. everyone knows his team has been exemplary justice. for the party before him courteous to his colleagues, careful in his reasoning. he's written landmark opinions on topics ranging from reproductive r

biggest political battles in washington in the coming weeks after a liberal supreme court justice steven brier announced he's retiring president joe biden confirmed. he will be nominating a new liberal justice very soon and it will be a black woman. that would be a 1st for the court. but if the last 4 supreme court justice nominations have been any indication, biden will have quite the fight on his hands to get his pick confirmed by the u. s . senate still, he has bowed to fulfill a pledge he made to one of his staunchest supporters. in the black community, when he was struggling in the early stages of his campaign to become president, there was an issue that needs to be address uploaded was very rare book that merge needed to be addressed, urged him to come out publicly for putting an african american woman on supreme court, a majority of the judges, he is nominated, are women that speaks to his desire and his interest in having courts around the country that look like america and that represent the experiences of america person . i will nominate we some of the extraordinary qualifications, c

he pledged finance as decision before the end of february, but in praised outgoing justice, steven brier for his 27 years on america's highest judicial body. or i paid it all, we will take you through the next few hours of news here on al jazeera and i will see you again from over 300 hours g m t to mara looming don't like mommy or not us a bulk of all the blue or all of was the amount of me lovely. do lou in the show? free. shocked. brazil. well, i suppose. abroad. if what does your locals move it 1st? pucker my boat. did not. i'm out of me. good luck. i didn't get to belmont the ball with with a, with a different route one more to watch a what rebecca remembered them go and then i'm going to open the human o lap louse. miss yo yo wow. you saw possibly combi abrazzo mitten? corman dimmsdale little little woocommerce blended milan wanted a new employee. he said the guy in fort worth in wood berth. 20. what is a promise? i will 40. i meant that he probably could shoot level bird, arguably, fox, your a live body guys. looked at the a different in the long drawn it analogy, actually wonder

this person will replace steven brier who will be stepping down when the court's current term ends this summer. we have a shot hudson standing by live in dc with the very latest on this good morning were shot. >> james, this is almost certainly going to be a battle here in washington. and president biden says he's going to announce his pick for the supreme court by the end of february. >> even before announcing his pick for the supreme court, president biden is already taking heat. mississippi republican senator roger wicker has criticized the president's promise to nominate a black woman comparing it to affirmative action, but not all republicans agree with that. put me in the making sure the court and other institutions like america, south carolina republican senator lindsey graham told cbs face the nation who he would like to see nominated. i can't think of a bp>> better for president biden to consider supreme court. the michelle chiles. she has wide support in our state. >> and democrats want to move fast to fill the seat. justice steven briar will vacate at the end of the term this

they can protect this country from further attacks. us media report face supreme court justice steven brier is said to retire at the end of the course current term, the $83.00 o 3 time. it will give you a spread, joe biden. his 1st chance to nominate a new judge to the countries highest judicial body. hydro, castro reports supreme court justice, steven briar had long rejected viewing the high court through a political lens. at 1st, dismissing calls from democrats to step down so that a president of their own party may name a replacement if the public sees judges as politicians in robes. its confidence in the courts and in the rule of law itself can only diminish, diminishing the court's power, including its power to act as a check or other bridge. born in 1938 in san francisco right, grew up in a middle class jewish family. he said his upbringing helped develop the pragmatism that later shaped his legal views. i stephen drive, you solemnly swear. he was a federal appeals court judge for 14 years before president bill clinton nominated him to the supreme court in 1994. every judge's particul

steven brier is set to retire at the end of the courts. current term. denmark says it will start pulling its troops out of molly, after military leaders there demanded the withdrawal of dana's special forces. they're a part of a french lead counterterrorism task force combat arm groups linked to all tighter and i saw soldiers in jordan say they've killed 27 drug smuggler is trying to sneak across the border from syria. an army spokesman says the traffickers, use heavy snow cover to carry large amounts of illegal drugs. the military is rules of engagement have recently been tightened to combat an increase in drug smuggling . more news at the top of the hour with rob matheson but up next it's the stream. thanks for watching. the 35th meeting of the african union will see heads of states discuss coven 19 in the conflict in ethiopia, with climate change, but king of raso and other west african, who's high on the agenda, can they deliver a unified response to the regions mounting challenges, special coverage on al jazeera with i for the okay, you're watching the stream on today's episode, the

you are a supreme court justice, stevens brier, will retire at the end of his current tom. prior is one of 3 remaining liberal justices in the conservative majority court. he is 83 years old. his retirement will give president joe biden, his 1st chance to nominate a new liberal judge to the country's highest judicial body. and kurdish, they're forced to say they've taken full control of a prison facility that had been besieged by iceland, northeast and syria. fighting broke out at the jail in the city of ha soccer on thursday when i sell mounted a bid to free thousands of its fighters in almost a week of fighting over control. the facility about $200.00 inmates and $27.00 kurdish fighters were killed. it's back to witness now, but i'll see you off that in about 25 minutes time. when i'll have the news out for you at 2100 g m t. i'll see you then. bye for now. ah more be it on the hodges hidden behind the guest olibo followed him by this is the surgeon they did that in on further out got was in their usual are classroom fassman anderson by the sis unsolved by them most the water buffalo

in speaking of the supreme court, justice steven brier, a consistent liberal, had announced he will be retiring before he leaves. he will have to look at a landmark challenge to affirmative action policies regarding college admission. our legal expert will lay out if their decision will affect the future of affirmative action in other situations. and a young woman withdraws from the road. alicia program after an investigation says she was not honest about her background. however, she believed she was wrongly accused and filing a lawsuit against the university. we're going to bring you the details. i'm sky now . here's the story. the warranty that news with you right here on our t america. ah, while the u. s. is down in the alarm, and the media is sending out messages of imminent war between russia and ukraine to big nato power houses. france and germany have a message of knock it off. we only want peace or to dallas to hell of it looks at how this newly formed alliance is trying to de escalate. what could be a new cold war? tensions are on the rise as the u. s. and some of their nato m

brook has more on the process of replacing steven brier. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. as joe biden is facing scrutiny over his handling of appointing the first supreme court justice, polling data shows how americans feel about the process. an abc poll shows 76% of americans want the president to consider all nominees rahless of rates. the poll sows 23% want him to follow through on his promise to appoint a black woman to serve on the supreme court. republican senator had concerns about how the president had managed this process. listen to this. i believe diversity is needed in the supreme court of the way the president handled this is clumsy, the way the president made his pledge, jeopardised the whole process. >> reporter: republicans criticized the process. the left raised the question who will replace season brier. >> it will be fair, deliberate and we'll be timely about it. this is a lifetime appointment to the highest pond in the land -- appointment in the land. this is in the hands of the president as it should be. >> reporter: later this morning dr ben carson jo

>>for the supreme court, this person would replace steven brier who will step down when the court's current term ends this summer. reshad hudson has the latest from washington, dc. >>this is almost certainly going to be a battle here in washington. and president biden says he plans to announce his pick for the supreme court by the end of february. even before announcing his pick for the supreme court, president biden is already taking heat. mississippi republican senator roger wicker has criticized the president's promise to nominate a black woman comparing it to affirmative action, but not all republicans agree with that. put me in the making sure the court and other institutions. >>like america, south carolina, republican senator lindsey graham told cbs face the nation who he would like to see nominated. i can't think of a >>better for president biden to consider supreme court. the michelle chiles. she has wide support in our state. >>and democrats want to move fast to fill the seat. justice steven briar will vacate at the end of the term this summer. it's going to be fair. it's going to

. >> this person will replace steven brier who is stepping down with the court's current term is over. rashad hudson has the latest from washington. >> good morning. this is almost certainly going to be a battle here in washington. and president biden says he plans to announce his pick for the supreme court by the end of february. even before announcing his pick for the supreme court, president biden is already taking heat. mississippi republican senator roger wicker has criticized the president's promise to nominate a black woman comparing it to affirmative action, but not all republicans agree with that. put me in the making sure the court and other institutions. >> like america, south carolina republican senator lindsey graham told cbs face the nation who he would like to see nominated. i can't think of a >> better for president biden considered for the supreme court. the michelle chiles. she has wide support in our state. >> and democrats want to move fast to fill the seat. justice steven briar will vacate at the end of the term this summer. it's going to be fair. it's going to be

s. supreme court justice steven briar will retire in june. brier is one of the liberal justices on the court. he now spent give president joe biden, an opportunity to nominate a replacement biden's predecessor donald trump secured the appointment of 3 supreme court justices. lawyers for britons, prince andrew, had asked for a jury trial for the sexual assault casey. as fighting in new york. the prince has once again denied accusations that he assaulted virginia ju fray when she was a teenager at the homes of geoffrey epstein. and he led maxwell kurdish lead. foresters say they have regained control of most of a prison in northern syria days after it was taken over by inmates. dozens of people were killed when detained members of the so called islamic state seized the site last week. the u. n. has expressed deep concern about hundreds of children being held at the facility. the battle outside these kurdish lead forces firing on i as fighters inside, hundreds of children were caught in the crossfire. the united nations children's agency says the situation is dire. he on concerned, i mean

steven brieer is said to retire at the end of the term. this was broken exclusively by justice correspondent, pete williams, just minutes ago. this is according to people who are aware of justice brier'sve he is on a flight right now and out of pocket. but a number of people who have spoken to the justice and were familiar with his thinking understand that he is going to step down at the end of this term. where he would still be involved in consequential decisions, decisions on guns and of course on abortion. most notably. justice breyer has been on the court for 28 years. he is 83 years old. he's been under extraordinary, unprecedented political pressure from progressives in the democratic party, who wanted him to step down because they feared that, with the midterm elections come up, with the possibility, indeed the likelihood the republicans could regain the senate, that there would not be another possibility for this president, joe biden, to nominate someone to be confirmed, given senator mcconnell's past record. in february, before an actual presidential election in february of 2020, justice scalia passed unexpectedly and mcconnell refused to even give a hearing to merrick garlan