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The top name in speculation right now judge katanji brown jackson, joe biden recently appointed to the d.c. circuit court of appeals to replace merrick garland. jackson is a former clerk of justice breyer, confirmed in a 53-44 majority by the senate. joining me is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams, chief legal correspondent and host of "the beat" ari melber, kelly odonnell and "slate" legal correspondent dahlia lithwick. pete, you broke this news. justice breyer himself has not announ...

Justice. >> leon caldwell is on capitol hill. kelly odonnell is at the white house. the chair and the ranking member heading to the white house. the president doing some outreach. this is not totally atypical. this is something youd presumably expect to see from a president with a supreme court opening on the line. talk through expectations on that tonight. >> reporter: it is important and its important especially when you consider president biden was himself once the head of the judiciary commi...

Ukraine where russia has a knife to the head of ukraine and is bargaining. both sides are bargaining. both sides are ratcheting things up with the hope that it will culminate in a negotiation, not an invasion, and im still hopeful that that is the case. >> kelly odonnell, what more do we know about additional plans to see shipments like this from this administration to ukraine? >> well, what has been appropriated is in the pipeline, and we dont know if there will be additional armaments sent. wh...

Kelly, the presidents getting ready for a very important meeting as the white house officials president macron makes some headway in moscow with president putin at the same time, but the german chancellor visiting with the president today. >> reporter: the first time that olaf scholz will be here in his new role as chancellor, and so thats an important meeting, and, of course, germany being the economic power that it is in europe is such a key player, and it has been important for the united sta...

Continue to fall nationwide, a new study is raising concerns over long-term health issues. the study found increased risk of heart failure, stroke and other problems up to a year after an acute covid infection among unvaccinated people. the january 6th committee is negotiating with rudy giulianis legal team about giuliani answering questions about the committee. its not clear whether he will testify. also this hour, ill speak to david hogg on the fourth anniversary of the marjorie stoneman dougl...

Know them and then the key piece would be personal interviews that our reporting tells us could happen as early next week. i asked jen psaki about interviews at camp david. that is a key signal that the president is closer to making a final selection. >> kelly, thank you for being with us. well have much more on the developing story in the next hour and more on the interview with president biden in the super bowl pregame show. this sunday on nbc. well be right back. nbc nbc well be right back. w...

Lawmakers issuing a slew of new subpoenas, 14 people from seven states who were purported alternate electors for donald trump. what were learning about who they are and what the committee wants to hear from them. our capitol hill team is standing by. plus fresh nbc reporting on the new names under consideration for the supreme court. what we know about the two women now being considered for a seat on the nations highest court. good afternoon, im garrett haake in washington in for hallie jack...

For a nominee, but faces new republican criticism. kelly odonnell is at the white house. we now know the names that are expanding >> reporter: white house officials tell me those three judges who got all of the initial attention arent alone a list of black women, legal scholars, now numbers a dozen under consideration. president biden vowed to make history, choosing the first black woman on the supreme court, to better reflect the country, but some republicans tonight say the field should not be...

Also joined by wash wash post columnist eugene robinson and punch bowl news co-founder john bresnahan. kelly, i want to start with what we just heard from the president there. you could just tell and my conversations with sources at the white house yesterday, im sure you felt it, as you said on the air yesterday, you know when a moment changes and it almost feels like its changed the presidents posture, if you will. >> reporter: there is also a sense of relief coming through the president. he wa...

Is there still any juice left in the diplomatic push that still ongoing. andrea? >> well, to that point, exactly, kelly, michael crowley, is president putin just playing this out, participating today, for instance, with the eu presidency head -- france leading the eu, i should say -- just to show diplomacy until, you know, hes either ready or makes the decision to fully invade? >> well, thats a totally plausible scenario, andrea, and thats the problem here, which is that we dont exactly know wha...