President Barack Obama will announce his nominee to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during a speech Wednesday morning, the White House says. You can watch a live stream of the speech above or by clicking here.
Obama will speak at 11 a.m. Eastern, the White House says.
The President has called on the Senate to hold a hearing on his nominee. You can watch him talking about the issue above.
“In putting forward a nominee today, I am fulfilling my constitutional duty. I’m doing my job. I hope that our Senators will do their jobs, and move quickly to consider my nominee. That is what the Constitution dictates, and that’s what the American people expect and deserve from their leaders,” Obama said in an email message announcing the speech.
Scalia died at the age of 79 on February 13.
