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I think its appropriate to put an african american woman on the bench. i think thats fine. i think its just better to lead with, you know, were going to have a process, welcome all applicants, people of all ger genders and races and then after you go through that process, then nominate an african american -- a highly qualified african american woman. i think it looks better this way because it basically told everybody else, dont bother applying. thats more of a procedural thing with me. i think ...

Staff were exhausted and struggling to cope with the number of casualties from the increased air strikes. lets speak now to amjad yamin, advocacy and campaigns director for save the children yemen. thanks very much for speaking to us today about what happened earlier today. how clear are the details? they have sadly shown they continue to be unclear. however, even an unclear picture is sadly horrifying. 0ur unclear picture is sadly horrifying. our understanding until now is that in sadah, at lea...

V. wade. the mediocrity of these people literally knows no bounds. theyre happy to play identity politics when it works in their favor and they get more conservative people than they could have otherwise gotten. now they want to turn around with this hypocrisy that when biden says he is going to pick the most qualified person that he could find, and that person is probably not going to be a white guy, because they had 108 out of 115 opportunities to be on the supreme court already. now that some...

We in fact get -- [ cheers and applause ] >> if im elected president and have an opportunity to appoint someone to the courts, ill apoint the first black woman to the court. its required they have representation now. its long overdue. >> we are putting together a list of a group of african american women who are qualified and have the experience to be in the court. i am not going to release that until we go further down the line of vetting them as well. >> so thats the promise. the white house s...

Issues. >> reporter: in his upcoming book "american reboot" will hurd writes about the importance of appealing to those in the middle, not on the edges. >> my title is representative. i represent all people, people that voted for me, people that didnt vote for me, and people that didnt vote at all. >> reporter: congressional crossover districts where voters choose a member from different parties are virtually disappearing. in 1996 there were 108. in 2016, down to 35. and today there are only 16....

>> when you let politicians draw their own maps, be they republican or democrat, theyre going to hold on to their power. creating partisan representation isnt good for citizens. you know, most people are not on the far left or the far right. you know, most people reside somewhere in the middle on most issues. >> reporter: in his upcoming book "american reboot," will hurd writes about the importance of appealing to those in the middle, not on the edges. >> my title was representative. that means ...

Woman -- tough louck, you are nt qua qualified. >> he didnt say you are not ineligible. he didnt say you are not ineligible especially most of the supreme court justice are white guys. did ted cruz go to an ivy league school? come on man. there has been 108 white men. oh, you know no mathematician but it seems like an over majority to me. out of 108 men, two black men and five women. four of them white, one latino and now if you do the math that means -- zero black women.

We are putting together a list of a group of african-american women who are qualified, and have the experience to be in the court. i am not gonna release that until we go further down the line of vetting them, as well. >> so, thats the promise. the white house saying today the president is still committed to nominating the first black woman to the supreme court. so, think about this. out of 115 justices so far, there have been 108 white men. okay? two black men and five women. four of them, whit...

Right now, have supreme call if occasions. from the professional side and then from the -- thats the part that needs to be said out loud. another challenge is the qualifications of the 108 out of 115 white males who have served in this place. but we dont question their qualifications. we should however, as intellectuals and people of good faith, whether we have the most inherently qualified -- from a universe of 100, from one perspective. >> before we run out of time, let me get stewart in here....

Earlier, i spoke to amjad yamin, advocacy and campaigns director for save the children yemen, and he explained details of the strikes were still emerging. our understanding until now is that in sanaa, at least 67 people have been killed and more than 108 have been injured. and in hudaydah, at least four children have been killed. another number of those killed is still unclear, and more than 70 injured. the health staff are still struggling to provide emergency medical aid. paramedics are still ...