A new way for Joe Biden to make history, the lead starts right now.

President Biden says he's made one decision when it comes to naming that replacement for

retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

Then, a warning from the Pentagon, Russia adding even more forces near its border with

Ukraine as President Biden tries to ease tensions by phone and book removal outrage.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust is yanked from some Tennessee

classrooms.

Many are questioning why.

Welcome to the lead object tap where we start today in our politics lead and that major

announcement from President Biden about who will succeed Supreme Court Justice Stephen

Breyer when Breyer retires at the end of this term.

Now, Biden says he has not yet made a decision on just who that person will be, but he's

going to invite senators from both parties to hear their opinions, their points of view.

Biden says he expects to choose a nominee before the end of February.

As seen as MJ Lee reports, some have been lobbying the president on just who that nominee

should be since back in February 2021.

This is sort of a bittersweet day for me.

Justice Breyer and I go back a long way.

A momentous day for the Joe Biden presidency.

I'm here today to express the nation's gratitude to Justice Stephen Breyer for his remarkable

career in public service and his clear-eyed commitment to making our country's laws

work for its people.

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