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Democrats have the votes to, without republican votes, confirm a justice. but after mcconnell held that seat open after scalias death for a year, democrats are looking with a side eye over to mitch mcconnell to determine if he has some maneuver to keep it open again. what are we to make of the statement saying the president must not outsource this important decision to the radical left? what do you hear from mcconnell? >> i think that is a kind of normal state of play from republicans. theyre go...

Maneuver away that merrick garland choice from president obama. and so they wont be counting their chickens before they catch. the thing here is the supreme court, with the news that will come out will be about the decisions they make, the abortion rights decisions, the gun rights decisions. even at the end of this term there will be big things the supreme court still has to decide. by the time we get to midterms that will decide who biden chooses to be the replacement. >> remember when a suprem...

Administration. what did you learn then that you think could be applied now in this situation? >> hi, alisyn. thanks for having me. i think we learned a lot. what we learned was we know what the russians were asking for and they seem to be similar to what theyre asking the biden administration for now. very quietly just in january the united states began to send its naval personnel to its missile defense site in poland. theyve continued to complain about u.s. missile defense sites in romania and...

For this and, furthermore, ought to treat the presidents nominee with the same level of respect brett kavanaugh was treated with and amy coney barrett was treated with. >> basically saying its payback time. is that what were going to see? >> i think whether its in that tone or not, yes. amy coney barrett was the first nominee since 1869 that was approved on an accelerated time frame without a single vote from the opposition party . in truth that is how they are showing themselves. we have seen j...

Line today for naming breyers replacement. so what do we know about how thats going to work? >> reporter: president biden said he didnt want to take questions from reporters because he wanted this day to be about justice breyers legacy given, of course, how many years he spent on the court, the time they spent together, given biden was the judiciary chairman when biden had the confirmation hearing. he did make news on the big question, who biden is going to pick to replace him, to fill that high...

Speak with ukrainian president zelensky last hour as tensions along the border persist. a source has told cnn zelensky is expected to tell president biden hes concerned about the rhetoric from the u.s. and other allies about the situation in his country. >> the united states reportedly made no concessions to russia in its written responses to the kremlins security demands, and the russian foreign minister said there is, quote, no positive reaction, end quote, because it fails to address his gove...

Are training more civilian volunteers and are receiving substantial shipments of weapons from the united states, steadily flowing in almost every day now to reinforce the military position. alisyn, victor? >> sam kiley there for us in kyiv. thank you. we just got this in from the defense department. they said the buildup of russian forces near the ukrainian border has increased in the last 24 hours. lets go now to cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. kaitlan, what do we know ab...

And developed and deployed exactly that type of system. so they dont want to see the united states to continue the deterrence posture that the trump administration implemented, the obama administration implemented, and it looks like the biden administration will continue to build on. >> and, tom, given me your analysis on the two latest developments this report from the pentagon that theres been a buildup of forces on the border of russian forces but also, zelensky asking the u.s. to tone down t...

Build back better that stuck, voting rights were stuck, and said this was supposed to be the legislator who knew the senate for decades who could get this through. well, now you have a former chairman of senate judiciary an opportune time to show that experience. what should we expect to see from the president as this process continues? >> absolutely. this is a white house that will see this as a chance to put some points on the board, to show what kind of legislative pathway and have some succe...

To change the face of the court. but at the same time they will be facing a court that, as ron said, has already changed itself, and a country that is facing such massive challenges that is unsure whether that knowledge, that senate judiciary knowledge biden brings will be able to overcome this one. >> astead, risa, ron, thank you all so much for the perspective. really helpful. in 2021 the u.s. economy grew at the fastest rate since the reagan administration. more on what drove that growth co...