breyer said, you are now considering my appointment to the united states supreme court, the court works within the grand tradition is made being full and practice guarantees of fairness andut freedom the constitutional provides thatd, a senate and i promise you and the american people that if i am confirmed to be a member of the court that i will try to be holding up that doubt in my mind, the mind of any objective o analyst, that stephen g. breyer has proven himself of worthy of the great commission and whoever's successor may be, i am confident she will do the same. and when i personally think justice stephen g. breyer as a member of the senate, but as an american citizen firstor

america was watching when justice breyer said, you are now considering my appointment to the united states supreme courtat court works within a grand tradition that is made meaningful in practice guarantees of fairness and freedom to the constitution provides. and he said, i promise you and promise the american people if i'm confirmed a member of the court, i will try to be worthy of that great tradition. there's no doubt in my mind or any objective analyst stephen breyer has proved himself worthy of that great tradition. whoever his successor may be, i'm confident she will do the same. i want to personally thank justice breyer as a member of the senate, but also an american citizen first for his thoughtfulness, his spirit of collegiality and concensus building and working to advance

and that's what president biden will do with his nominee to the united states supreme court. now i've argued for cases in the united states supreme court. mostly before white male judges. i was a law clerk to justice blackmun at a time when the court was all white male judges. the strength of the court has increased when litigants the ene american people go before judges who look like america and that's what president biden is going to be doing. the judiciary committee has begun preparing. we are comparing notes. the white house has begun reaching out very significantly, and we are prepared to move quickly but fairly. and i am looking forward to a nominee who has such a compelling life story and qualification. in fact there will be bipartisan support. i'm looking forward to a quick process that will be fair, but expeditious. i believe we can do it and we will. >> thank you, senator blumenthal. members of the judiciary and the congress. we will start from the left and work our way over. [inaudible] >> we are fighting hard for build back better. there are many provisions that ar

when the senate was in recess, justice stephen breyer announced he'll soon retire from the united states supreme court. i want to first thank justice breyer for his service, more than four decades, including nearly three decades on the supreme court itself. though i have disagreed with his rulings from time to time, i maintain deep respect for justice breyer's commitment to the rule of law and the integrity of our judicial system. last year, when some of our democratic colleagues renewed their threats to expand the supreme court and pack it with partisans, justice breyer, to his credit spoke up. he echoed the comments of the late ruth bader ginsburg and warned of the dangerous consequences of the democrats court packing threats. and i have great respect for justice breyer and the rule of law and protecting the court of an institution especially when sound principled leadership was needed. once again, i want to thank justice breyer for his service and a well-deserved retirement. mr. president, all eyes are now on the white house as we await news of president biden's nominee to succeed justice breyer. s

my nominee for the united states supreme court is judge ketanji jackson. four weeks ago when a member of the court, a friend of mine, we used to work together in the senate, justice stephen breyer announced his retirement, i said then, choosing someone to serve on the united states supreme court is one of the most serious constitutional responsibilities a president has and i mean it. i promise the process will be rigorous but i would select a nominee worthy of the legacy of decency. someone extremely qualified with a brilliant mind with the utmost integrity which is extremely important. i thought i would bring to this decision my perspective as a lawyer, former constitutional law professor, chairman of the judiciary committee for many, many years, and i am almost reluctant to say it, someone who has presided over more supreme court nominations than almost anyone living today, which makes me 28 years old. i started doing it when i was 32. and who has devoted much of my career to thinking about the constitution and the role of the supreme court. from that per

judge, today she was officially nominated to be the newest associate justice on the supreme court of the united statesominated by president joe biden. introducing judge jackson today, president biden said quote, for too long our government and our courts have not looked like america. i believe it is time that we have a court that reflects the full talents, and greatness of our nation. with a nominee of extraordinary qualifications. those qualifications are extraordinary. she went to harvard law, she was a clerk to the retiring supreme court justice stephen breyer, whose seat she may ascend to. she spent eight years as a federal district court judge, she is now a federal appeals judge, and while that is a very impressive resume, if you look at all of the other justices on the court, for good or for ill, that frankly sounds like a supreme court meant resume these days. she also brings unique experience to the court. she would be the only justice to have experience as a trial court judge. she would also be the first supreme court justice ever to have experience working as a public defender. joining us no

breyer announced that he will soon retire from the united states supreme court. and on the first think justice stephen g. breyer for his service, more than four decades on the including nearly three decades on this report itself. though i disagreed with his t rulings from time to time, i maintained deep respect for his commitment to the rule of law and the integrity's of our judicial system. last year, withcr some of her democratic colleagues renewed their threats to expanded the supreme court and packet with partisans, justice stephen g. breyer to his credit spoke up. hippo pool of the comet of the lake ruth bader ginsburg and what about the potentially dangerous consequences of democrats court packing threats. and as i said, i have great respect for justice stephen g. breyer's defense of the court and the role of law and protecting the court as an institution a special in the moment when sam principal needed. once again i want to thank justice stephen g. breyer forer his service in which he deserves and his well-deserved retirement analyzer now the white house

there's only one track and only one kind of education that fits you for a place in the united states supreme court ended up being not only the first of her gender, but one of the consummate peacemakers and -- her ability to get along and bring people together on that court and build consensus is unparalleled in the history of our united states supreme court. actually, she fits that kind of a profile. >> former south carolina supreme court justice jean toll and kill she dickie, thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up, breaking news on a very bad day for defendant trump. donald trump's accounting firm is dropping him as a client and refusing to do his next tax return, because of unanswered questions about the mysterious matthew kelly mary junior. and rudy giuliani might be cooperating with the january 6th committee. that's next. cooperating with the hey google. ♪ ♪ ♪ 6th committee. that's next. that's next. ♪ ♪ ♪ hey lily, i need a new wireless plan for my business, but all my employees need something different. oh, we can help

joe biden is the first president of the united states who has to make this historic decision about a supreme court nominee while vladimir putin is amassing over 100,000 troops at the ukraine border. joe biden is the first president of the united states who has to make a decision about the supreme court while trying to get control of a worldwide pandemic in which the united states has fallen far behind other countries in preventative measures because the opposing political party champions resistance to basic public health measures including vaccinations. and president biden has to make his decision about the supreme court while trying to figure out what no president before him has ever figured out, how to control inflation in this economy. the only person who works with the president every day on every one of those issues and more is our first guest tonight, white house chief of staff, ron klain. he is the most experienced white house chief of staff in the history of that position. he has served in all three branches of government, beginning with the judiciary. in his first job after harvard law sc

my nominee for the united states supreme court is jung ketanji jackson. four weeks ago, when a member of the court, a friend of mine, we used to work together in the senate, just stephen breyer announced his retirement, it is one of the most serious constitutional responsibilities a president has and i mean it. i promised the process will be rigorous and i would select a nominee worthy of the justice breyer's excellence and desenty, someone with the utmost character and integrity which is eeblg wally as important. sand though i would bring this decision to this decision, my perspective as a lawyer, former constitutional law professor, chairman of the judiciary committee for many years and someone who has provided over more supreme court nominations than almost anyone living today which makes me 28 years old. i started doing it when i was 32. and who was devoted much of the career to think about the constitution and the role in the supreme court. with that perspective, i carefully studied the record of candidates. i invited senators both political parties t

iran, and we confirmed 234 conservative federal judges, including three new members of the united states supreme courtd, by god, we can do it again. now, let me say a word about the biden administration. i say this gently. so far, the biden administration sucks. [applause] president biden has mismanaged covid, mismanaged congress, mismanaged the border, mismanaged crime, mismanaged foreign policy and he's mismanaged afghanistan. he's also mismanaged inflation. now, i don't like to brag about the expensive places i have been, but this morning, i went to the gas station. oh my god. please, dear lord, don't let president biden mismanage russian aggression. what else do i believe? i believe exercise makes you look better naked. so does alcohol. [applause] i don't know how that one got in here. i believe that no parent, no parent, should be required to send their child to a failing school. i believe that no parent, no parent, should be required to send their child to a failure factory where violence is common and learning is rare. i believe in the dignity of work. [applause] those who can work should work.

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to the cusp of being on the united states supreme court.ecome lawyers. and fight for the right to have a right to practice law, and fight for the right to serve on the bench. there have been barriers, that they have had to overcome because of gender and race. for too long or legal history has been dominated by white men lawyers who have opened the door, and give an opportunity to other white men lawyers. and so we see systems in place to maintain the status quo, and that is why places like the federal circuit court, which is the main theater court for the united states, still has only had 13 black women on it. three of whom were appointed by president biden. so the structural barriers have been built in, and just to get to this day, judge jackson had to use her hercules efforts, and excellence, and poise, and grace, that we do not generally require of white men to get to this point. >> you know, i think it is just shocking that we are talking about the first black woman to the bench in the year 2022. but what is also so surprising, rachel,

today, current and former members of the federalist society comprise the majority of the united states supreme court. think about that. four decades on. it has been an incredible journey. for all the progress we've made, i don't have to tell the conservatives in this room since january 2021, our movement to reserve -- preserve conservative principles is facing admitted -- headwinds. the biden harris administration has released a tidal wave of policies that seek to unwind the progress we made. democrats move so fast that i feel like the left hand doesn't know with the far left hand is doing. -- what the far left hand is doing. featured generations -- future generations are being saddled with debt and the left-wing policies have sent things skyrocketing. they raised gasoline prices by 40% in four-year -- one year. the american people have seen their freedoms a road and -- erode and democrats move the goalposts. violent criminals are being -- given free reign. after the radical left's war on police caused a 30% spike in homicide, murder increased even higher. they are decriminalizing theft, emptying ja

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supreme court that has direct implications on your constituents? >> well, reverend, the courts have already been stacked. particularly the united states supreme court with right wing idealogs, and they are poised to turn back the clock on voting rights. and then we have the lower court judges, and fortunately we've had great success, the biden administration, getting its judicial nominees confirmed in the senate. so we are leveling that playing field. trump appointed about 239. judges, these judges, like the ones in arkansas, some are renegade judges without any qualification or experience. basically unqualified for the bench but they are making decisions that will ultimately go to the united states supreme court. whether or not they will be affirmed or not remains to be seen. but voting rights is under attack on both the district court and the supreme court levels. what we have to do is to make sure the cbc understands, who we elect to the senate is very important. the senate gets to confirm the justices and the judges in the federal courts. those are very important positions. and we want, we have to let the people know that these ap

state supreme court. but she has the valuable experience of appearing before the united states supreme court 12 times. ce. you worked with her in the solicitor general's office. how important, for a supreme court justice, would you rate that experience in the solicitor generals office? >> i think it's really important, lawrence. the first thing is that, as you say, leondra kruger has [inaudible] for three years. i also know ketanji brown jackson. you have to understand how shortly both of these women are. and you have to think, as black women, to accomplish what they accomplished, particularly decades ago when systems were stacked against them, and they did all this, it is extraordinary. they kind of had to be like obama. just better than anyone else to get to where they are. i've watched ketanji jackson for two decades. she clerk for justice breyer after me. she is part of the breyer clerk family. and both of these women would be extraordinary justices, not to take away from the others, but these are the two that i. no leondra kruger maybe, if not the best attorney i've ever worked with, then the top

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already a pool of talent that could yield exceptionally well qualified people to be in the united states supreme courtnt, he made sure that there were -- was an ample pool on the federal bench and beginning with the district court and then the court of appeals, so that no one could say that it was nonsubstantive. it is a substantive decision to recognize that african-american women in the legal profession have grown enormously. >> maria, now we know judge jackson is the nominee we are getting an idea of some republican criticism ahead, this from senator mcconnell, republican leader in the that senate. >> jackson is the choice of far left dark money groups. now, that is political, of course, not substantive, we are talk about what is substance five and what is not, this comes after two very tense and political supreme court nomination fights, just to yap this up, can you help us with what you think is ahead in this process, what dynamics do you see? >> well, it is the flip side of what we saw with the last couple of republican nominations, certainly democrats accused republican nominees of being suppor

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god bless america. ♪ >> united states supreme court is an amazing site. very first and i hope it is the last in our nations capital as the united states supreme court is hearing a case that could possibly overturn roe v. wade. abortion is murder. abortion is never talk to me in school. they only told me about slavery at not being allowed to vote, all the important things, but never that the democrat party and planned parenthood -- i did all the research and i never knew my people had a place in this nation and racist democrats shutdown our rights at the very beginning. >> most clinics are in minority neighborhoods. blm is murdering more block -- blacks in white -- than white. >> over 60% of babies aborted have been people of color or minorities. wouldc you consider that the idea of abortion-would be on the same moral ground as slavery? >> i think i see it the same way. we are doing all these different things or we never be alive. >> as we wrap it up in the capital right outside the u.s. supreme court, i want to let everybody know how amazing it has been i

today, the united states supreme court, with three justices, who donald trump thought he bought and paidnion of the circuit court, ordering the national archives to turn overall trump administration documents to the january six committee. that is exactly what neil cut-out predicted on his program. no cocktail, who has argued many cases before the supreme court said, the court would reject trump appeal, without comment, which is exactly would happen today. also, former federal prosecutor, barbara mcquade, released a detailed prosecution memo of what's a case, titled, united states versus donald trump, would look like. barbara mcquade limits her model prosecution memo to public available evidence. saying, that includes enough evidence, in her detailed, 26-page memo, to bring federal criminal charges against donald trump, for trying to force vice president mike pence to change the outcome of the presidential election. prosecution memo says, at least two federal criminal statutes may have been violated in this episode alone, conspiracy to defraud the united states and obstruction of an offic

is now on president biden's shortlist of supreme lead qualified possible nominees to the united states supreme courtfrom both harvard college luge and harvard law school. she then served as a law -- stephen breyer, who seek she would occupy on the supreme court. she then served as a federal public defender in her hometown of washington d.c.. president obama appointed her to federal district court as a judge in 2013. she was confirmed to that position by a voice vote of the senate, meaning there was no opposition to her nomination then. last year, president biden elevated judge action to the washington d.c. circuit court of appeals, which is considered the country's most important circuit court of appeals, and has been considered by presidents the training ground for supreme court nominees. judge jackson was confirmed to the circuit court of appeals last year by the current membership of the senate in a bipartisan vote with 53 senators supporting her confirmation, including three republicans, through lindsey graham, susan collins and, lisa rackowski. during her confirmation hearing last year, judge k

if confirmed, she will be the first black woman to sit on the united states supreme court, a promise made during the campaign by president biden. what can you tell us about the deliberation here? >> reporter: savannah, that promise was made by then-candidate biden exactly two years ago today, during a debate. he said that he would, in fact, choose a black woman for the supreme court, and so here is the day. i can tell you that in the deliberations, the white house has consistently said that the president wanted to choose someone who was in the mold of justice breyer. as pete laid out, this is someone who clerked for justice breyer and that is something that she is quite proud of, as well as all of her other legal work. and so that was clearly one of the factors. but take a look at her background, savannah, in her confirmation process. she earned the votes of three republicans, senators lindsey graham, lisa murkowski and susan collins. could she get their support now? of course, the white house has said that bipartisanship will be an important part of this process as well. so that is

much their accident case is worth.h barnes. t ouour juryry aorneneys hehelpou >> today the united states supreme courtpaid for rejected donald trump's attempt to appeal the opinion of the circuit court ordering the national archives to turn over all trump administration documents to the january six committee. that is exactly what neal katyal predicted on this program. he has argued many cases before. the supreme court said the court would reject the trump appeal without comment, which is exactly what happened today. also today, former federal prosecutor released a detailed prosecution memo of a case titled united states versus donald trump would look like. barb mcquade limits her memo, and says that includes enough evidence in her detailed 26-page memo to bring federal criminal charges against donald trump for trying to force vice president mike pence to change the outcome of the presidential election. the memo says, at least two federal criminal statutes may have been violated in this episode alone: conspiracy to defraud the united states and obstruction of an official proceeding. depending on the fa

so i think that having a black woman on the united states supreme court will help to inform decisionswill help the country to grow and to be better and fulfill the promise of democracy. that is what this is really about. are we going to have a democracy that works for everybody, or just for some people? >> well, we're at a historic moment and i know we'll speak more here in the coming weeks. former senator carol moseley braun, thank you for being with us. >> thank you so much for having me. >>> shifting gears here, wordle, you might have heard of it, at least if you're on twitter you definitely heard of it. the online game has become a viral sensation. players get six tries to guess a five-letter word. it now has a new owner. the new york times purchased the game for a seven-figure price tag. joining us now is the general manager of games at the times, jonathan knight. i don't want to make this a hostile interview, but you need to answer the question that every wordle user wants to know. will you commit right here and now that forever more in perpetuity wordle will be free to everybod

the united states supreme court has voluntarily taken a case that calls into question a woman's right to choose. and the united states supreme court seems to be on track based on its refusal to stop implementation of the texas five-week ban on abortion to overturning roe v. wade. now, the united states supreme court will never say we hereby overturn roe v. wade. this majority influenced by right-wing ideology will in effect overturn it without saying so because across the street in dobz vd jackson women's health care, the ban on mississippi abortion is constitutional is squarely before the court, and make no mistake, if the court upholds that mississippi law, roe v. wade will no longer be the law of the land. planned parenthood v. casey will no longer be the law of the land. 50 years of jurisprudence will be gone without ever telling us that roe is overturned. the court will move that goalpost and roe will fall and at least 20 states through trigger laws are prepared to immediately prohibit abortion completely and entirely. if you don't understand this threat, just ask the women of te

also the news washington reacting tonight to president biden supreme court nomination my nominee for the united states. supreme court judge catania jackson. if confirmed, jackson would be the first black woman ever to serve on the high court. she's a harvard law school graduate and currently serves on the u. s court of appeals for the district of columbia. democratic lawmakers are praising her qualifications she has published over 500 opinions as a judge, so her record is well known and well established to my dear family. those who are here with me now and those who are watching from home i am forever indebted to you for your love and support. to my beloved husband. with the senate split evenly at 50 50. jackson can be confirmed without gop support. minority leader mitch mcconnell voted against confirming judge jackson to her current position less than a year ago. in a statement, he says he looks forward to meeting her in person and studying her record. south bay church hit with nearly $3 million in coronavirus violations coming up the decision from a judge allowing a controversial lawsuit to move for

. >> reporter: but of the 115 united states supreme court justices in history, all of them have been white men, except for seven. only two black men and five women have been served. the white house pointed out that republicans had no problem when former president trump announced who he would pick. >> we're going to pick an incredible woman, brilliant woman. >> reporter: press secretary jen psaki singled out senator cruz. >> he had no objection to donald trump promising he would nominate a woman in 2020. repeat, no objection at all. >> reporter: tonight, we are learning that democratic senator ben ray lujan is in the hospital recovering from a stroke. he is expected to make a full recovery, but some democrats say it's a reminder in a 50-50 senate, any unexpected development could bring a challenge to moving their agenda forward. norah. >> o'donnell: cbs' weijia jiang, thank you. and still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news," why thousands of people, including firefighters, are being told to stay away, and far away from this out-of-control fire. and buckle your seat belts for a windy

last but certainly not least associate justice stephen breyer of the supreme court of the united statesjustice breyer in particular not only gave me the greatest job that any young lawyer could ever hope to have and exemplified every day in every way that a supreme court justice can perform at the highest level of skill and integrity while being guided by civility, grace, pragmatism, and generosity of spirit justice breyer, the members of the senate will decide if i fill your seat. but please know that i could never fill your shoes. to my dear family, those who are here with me now and those who are watching from home, i am forever indebted to you for your love and support to my beloved husband pat rick, thank you for being my rock today and every day. for these past 26 years. i love you to my daughters, tall yeah and laila, you are the light of my life please know that whatever title i may hold or whatever job i may have, i will still be your mom that will never change there are so many other people i would love to be able to address and to thank but time is short so let me end by shar

for joe biden, it begins for chuck schumer tonight with the first supreme court nomination that he will try to get through the united states senate as majority leader. so this is a very important day for him. we will hear from him both about ukraine, and about the supreme court. and if we are lucky, james clyburn might be joining us depending on how the war coverage goes during this hour. i spoke to him earlier today, and he is fully supportive of the president's choice. he was openly hoping for just child status to be selected, but he is fully supported of joe biden's decision for the supreme court. >> you have a lot to get to. >> thank you rachel. there have been explosions throughout the night seen and heard in kyiv on and i'd that presidents lewinsky warned would be a decisive night for ukraine. it decisive night in that country's history. reporter for the kyiv independent post a video showing explosions in the area near the give zoo to the west of the city center. local news outlets in kyiv are also reporting heavy machine gun fire. joining us now is nbc news correspondent matt bradley in ukraine. we are relying on a

like to invite to the stage the executive director of the supreme court fellows program and counselor to the chief justice of the united states supreme court who will be moderating the conversation with our guest of honor today, the u.s. supreme court justice the honorable stephen breyer. justice breyer -- [applause] justice breyer is a graduate of stanford, oxford, and harvard law school. he taught law for many years as a professor at harvard. he has worked as a supreme court leclerc for a justice and assistant watergate special prosecutor and chief counsel of the senate judiciary committee. in 1980 he was appointed to the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit by president carter, becoming chief judge in 1990. in 1994 he was appointed a supreme court justice by president clinton. he has written many books and articles about administrative law, economic regulation, and constitutional law. his latest book is entitled the authority of the court and the peril of politics. we are so glad to have him today. justice breyer, is an honor. the floor is yours. thank you all. host: thank you, it is a great pleasure to be back at t

my nominee for the united states supreme court is judge ketanji jackson. m looking forward to making sure there's a black woman on the supreme court to make sure -- >> and now the confirmation continues, but the nomination part of that pledge fulfilled today. there's several important factors at play here. we'll get into them with our guests. one of them is certainly the import, substance and break through in the people and power presented here. you saw just a moment ago a u.s. president flanked by the power embodied in the executive and judicial branch. his choice to rule on the last word of what the constitution and the law mean in his new supreme court nominee judge jackson. and that image and that reality of power that you see out there, you see the first black woman to hold these roles. harris also by the way the first female vp ever. so this is already now part of history a long time coming and built through teamwork, which is something judge jackson noted today. in a special shout out she gave to the first blam woman to ever become a federal judge, a

. >> the irony is that the supreme court is at the very same time affirmative racia whi benefhis of quota. >> reporter: but of the 115 united statesreme court justices in history, all of them have been white men except for seven. only two black men and five women have served. the white house pointed out that republicans had no problem when former president trump announced who he would pick. >> we're going to pick an incredible woman, brilliant woman. >> reporter: press secretary jen psaki singled out senator cruz. >> he had no objection to donald trump promising he'd nominate a woman in 2020. repeat, no objection at all. >> reporter: tonight we are learning that democratic senator ben ray lujan is in the hospital recovering from a stroke. he is expected to make a full recovery, but some democrats say it's a reminder, in a 50-50 senate any unexpected development could bring a challenge to moving their agenda forward.s'eijia jianti ea why sa peoincluding stay awandar awayt-ofontrol . b a windy landing at london's heathrow airport. better skin from your body wash? try olay body wash with skincare super ingredient collagen! olay body

i'm so thrilled that ketanji brown jackson will be the next member of the united states supreme court history that's being made. one of things that's not talked about enough is most supreme court justices, most jury is on the federal bench come from a pool of supreme court law clerks. she'll be able to go in with the keen eye, add to that diversity because now it's not the most diverse pool of lawyers but she will add to that diversity, add to that ecosystem and we'll have more black judges. she'll have these attacks from right. there's people that aren't going to ovote for her. she should get a bipartisan vote just as she's done two or three times prior. >> the first black woman to be on the supreme court but also that experience that public defender. her experience in trials as well. something that the white house placed a premium on. >> you saw the president started with her qualification. she went to harvard, harvard law. sits on one of the most powerful federal appeals court across the cou country. then he said she used to work for justice breyey. he he made the point he is repla

it was a gross overreach by the united states supreme court and with the separation of powers. >> andount of this in the book also underscores the increasing polarization in the increased movement of a a right wing direction on the part of the republican party. early in my career i check on a lot of campaign reform measures and the requirement to take responsibility for it and i got that mccain-feingold reform bill. but that was mccain and feingold. that was' bipartisan it was almost unanimous at one point. host: it had huge, bipartisan support. >> campaign reform in general and voting rights also some in this area asth in so many others we have gotten to an almost polarized situation and if you think that has to do with changes in the republican party then any changes in the merits of these issues. host: you get back to congress and you have almost advice for a new member and what i can elaborate on this one that you say we can be all thinks all people you can't be an expert of every issue find your niche in congress especially in the body with 435 members. the other is piece of advi

rhode island, and last but certainly not least, associate justice steven breyer of the supreme court of the united states. justice breyer in particular, not only gave me the greatest job that any young lawyer could hope to have but he also exemplified every day in every way that a supreme court justice can perform at the highest level of skill and integrity while also being guided by civility, grace, pragmatism and generosity of spirit. justice breyer, the members of the senate will decide if i fill your seat, but please know that i could never fill your shoes. to my dear family, those who are here with me now and those who are watching from home, i am forever indebted to you for your love and support. to my beloved husband, patrick, thank you for being my rock today and every day during these past 26 years. i love you. to my daughters, talla and leyla, you are the light of my life. please know that whatever title i may hold or whatever job i may have, i will still be your mom. that will never change. there are so many other people i would love to be able to address and to thank, but time is short so let

supreme court. let's be clear. of all of the supreme court justices that have been nominated, only seven of them have been women. we've had no black women on the united states supreme court. it's long past time. i think senate democrats are getting ready to fill fill our still responsibilities and look carefully at the nominee that the president puts forth. i am sure she'll by qualified. i will be looking for an individual that i can trust to uphold the rule of law and fights for workers' rights, reproductive rights. that had what we should expect from the supreme court. some are deinvolving into racist attacks on a woman yet to be named. >>> as you know president biden spoke earlier today with president putin, as the white house reiterated its warnings for american to leave ukraine. according to a senior administration official, nothing much has changed after the cause ended. do you support the escalating use of american military force in the region to counter such an invasion, if it occurs? >> earlier today, secretary of state blinken set that a path to a negotiated agreement is still there, but russia must de-escalate. i strongly agree with that. i stron

a state, trying to end the filibuster, trying to pack the united states supreme court. and they're trying to get rid of executive privilege. by the way, this january 6 committee altered evidence. altered evidence and lied about it to the american people. but somehow it's republicans and donald trump who are a threat to democracy. the american people are so fed up with it. a few months ago with moms and dads in virginia, then it was kenosha who spoke for the truth and due process. now it is truckers in canada who are so fed up with this elite mind-set that says we are all adults and they are all smart. americans have had it with all this. i think you're going to see it manifest itself in a big way come this november. >> laura: i actually thought nancy pelosi was smarter than that. she's been around a long time, she's a wild cat. i she was smarter than tying herself to liz cheney. she doesn't represent anyone. she doesn't represent anyone. and yet pelosi thinks that that's the way to portray an optimistic vision for the democrats? she actually gave away the store in an in