Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer To Retire

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 27 January 2022

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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to announce he will soon retire, leaving President Biden with the opportunity to nominate a replacement. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that he is looking to follow a fast timeframe to confirm Biden's nominee. Scientists are working to develop a universal Covid-19 vaccine according to Dr. Fauci. Is this idea of a universal coronavirus vaccine realistic? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	One of Washington's favorite parlor games has started who will present and
0:05.7	Biden nominate. The lead starts right now. Supreme Court Justice Stephen
0:10.6	Breyer is retiring, giving President Biden his first shot to fill a high
0:14.5	court seat. A look at the potential picks. Then signed, unsigned and unsealed
0:22.0	rather and delivered the United States gives Russia a letter outlining a way
0:26.0	out for Vladimir Putin. What we know about the secret document. And the time to
0:32.6	re-fi is now. Today's Fed announcement which could make Biden a house or a car
0:37.4	more expensive soon.
0:43.6	Welcome to the lead on Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper and we start today with
0:47.8	breaking news in our politics lead. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
0:51.9	were expected to announce his retirement as early as tomorrow. But the 83
0:56.6	year old who has served nearly three decades on the high court plans to stay
1:00.9	on until the replacement is confirmed. That replacement is now in President
1:05.7	Joe Biden's hands. His first chance to nominate someone to the highest court
1:09.6	and the land. And today he refused to answer questions about Breyer's
1:14.0	retirement. But a CNN's Caitlin Collins reports the White House suggests he
1:18.7	is ready to fulfill a campaign promise on who he'll pick.
1:23.7	With Justice Stephen Breyer set to retire, President Biden now has his first
1:28.3	chance to nominate a new justice to the Supreme Court.
1:31.8	There has been no announcement from Justice Breyer. Let him make whatever
1:35.6	statement he's going to make. And I'll be happy to talk about it later.
1:39.5	The president declining to go into detail ahead of a formal announcement
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