and no matter who replaces him and it s going to be historic, a black woman and a different generation. but what is being lost on the bench by the retirement of this 83-year-old man? stephen breyer has read deeply of history, as you know and participated in a lot of it. when he was nominated to be a judge by president carter, who s just leaving office, that was the recommendation, as you know, of ted kennedy, senator from missesmous. massachusetts, carter s bitter rival. carter even blamed kennedy for having cost him a second term as president. right or not. nonetheless, he caused such stater that he caused kennedy and carter to get together on the appointment. i always thought that was a harbinger of stephen breyer on the supreme court. because for almost three decades has had very strong believes.
the highly trans miss inl variant. tonight a major bust in long island, two nurses arrested and charged with selling fake vaccination cards. prosecutors say they made $1.5 million. here in l.a. the rams will take on the 49ers this weekend. one of the teams will make it to the super bowl in just two weeks right here in l.a. it is a big event, but every attendee will get a kn95 mask and an at-home covid test. zohreen, thanks. details are emerging on who is on the short list to replace justice stephen breyer on the supreme court. abc news has learned there are at least 14 black women under consideration and the white house confirming one candidate, judge j. michelle childs favored by jim clyburn. president biden saying he will announce the nominee by the end of february. here is abc s white house correspondent mary alice parks. reporter: for the first time the white house confirming the name of one woman being considered for nomination to the
justice stephen breyer on the supreme court. senate gop members setting a very high bar for giving their support to the nominee. doesn t necessarily need gop support if democrats stick together. despite how qualified the women are on biden s short list, the possibility of confirming the first black woman to the high court is not enough to sway them. manu raju is on capitol hill this morning. the simplest question is, does it matter? do democrats expect to have their ducks in a row here to pass this even if no republicans join? they expect to. of course, a long process that has to play out. there has to be a nominee and then a vetting process. questions about the confirmation process, and will they get their members in line with the 50/50 senate and any concerns about the process, the process being one that the democrats want to move quickly. the majority leader chuck schumer wants to move this in potentially a month s time frame, as the republicans employed to get amy coney
about four people, and on the deep dive, meaning i m a thorough back checks, and see if there s anything in that background that would make them not qualified. is it important that you believe they re gonna vote on the republican side? well, i think, however, i think gets a vote on the republicans for the following reason, i m not looking to make any choice. i m looking for someone to replace judge breyer. with the same kind of capacity judge breyer had, with an open mind, who understands the constitution, and interprets it in a way that is consistent with the mainstream interpretation of the constitution. and it is a lot going on in the news right now, but this particular decision, who biden chooses to nominate for a lifetime appointment on the supreme court, could be one of the most significant decisions that he makes in his entire time and office. and he has narrowed that decision down to four potential choices. today, president biden met with democrats from the senate judicia
concerned about the idea that the president made an ideological choice. it was the idea of whether or not that judge or that lawyer was qualified to be in it and associate justice for the chief justice of the supreme court. and it seems to me that that s when the president was hinting at with lester, that when it comes down, we re gonna find an appointee who is qualified, will stand up for the scrutiny of the senate judiciary committee, which is what your job is. and let me make clear, i don t think in any way he needs his gun a short sell america on a strong nominee. when he s talking about someone like justice breyer, it s talking about someone that has an open mind and reaches consensus. but also, it is someone that he is taking very strong stance for equal justice, including on the death penalty, and so many other things. so i really came away from it thinking that the president has extraordinary nominees, that me, as the democrat on the