The first clips of President Joe Biden's sitdown interview with NBC’s
Lester Holt were released Thursday night (the full video will air on
Sunday’s Super Bowl pregame show).

Biden announced that his shortlist of potential nominees to replace
Justice Stephen Breyer is down to four. Biden: “I’ve taken about four
people and done the deep dive on them — meaning thorough background
checks, and to see if there’s anything in the background that would make
them not qualified.” Also: “​​I think whomever I pick will get a vote
from the Republican side for the following reason: I’m not looking to
make an ideological choice here.” 

And WaPo’s Seung Min Kim has a look at the status of Biden’s SCOTUS
selection process. 

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