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The fact that the nominee will be a black woman. they know nothing else about her. nothing. nobody does. she hasnt -- because she hasnt even been chosen yet. but theyre not willing to wait until they even know the littlest bit about her qualifications. theyre not willing to give the president the benefit of the doubt. they dont care that he promises the nominee will have extraordinary character, experience, and integrity. roll the tape. >> the person i will nominate will be someone with extraord...

And the rest, the only informal requirement was essentially that they be a white man. since 1789 of the 115 supreme court justices, 108 have been white men. thats about 94%. surely, those republicans know that there arent any constitutional requirements for being a justice. the person doesnt have to be a lawyer or have a law degree or more than 40% of justices nominated since 1900 didnt have any prior judicial experience but now that a black woman is under consideration, she has to be far superi...

Bandied about right now are immaculately qualified, particularly when you talk about jackson who is maybe the leader in the clubhouse right now. were talking about a woman with a harvard college degree, harvard law degree, who has served on the sentencing commission, who was a long-term judge sitting right now. you dont get more qualified than a leandre jackson. of the people who have served on the court, 108 of them had the right guy. so maybe the best available is the white man, when if we loo...

Ill give you a stat to talk about where the supreme court is. we have had 115 justices since 1789. 115. 108 have been white men. 108 out of 115 if you want the talk about where we need to fix this problem in this, its not like talking about whats the composure. its what have we been dealing for for 140 years where 92% of them have been white men. michaels right, but its an incredible insight that you can say these racist things out loud and not only not get castigated, youre celebrated by part o...

Chris morris, bbc news. lets speak to greg wixted, the founder of britain loves baking, a business which delivers boxes of baking ingredients to home cooks. thank you forjoining us. it is only a few days since the government published their 108 report, the benefits of brexit. has it been beneficial to you?— benefits of brexit. has it been beneficial to you? beneficialto you? sorry, i missed that? has brexit _ beneficialto you? sorry, i missed that? has brexit been _ beneficialto you? sorry, i ...

Potential nominees, is that your understanding, a short list? >> he didnt go through names and very clear he was not going to do that, and the meeting lasted over an hour and incredibly generous with list time and understands the historic nature of this, the fact that we have 114 justices and 108 of them, ali, have been white men, and i have been surprised at some of the pushback from some of my republican colleague, not all of them, but some of them, given that they were overjoyed when rond rea...

Legitimacy of the highest court. >> so lets elaborate on that, that its particularly significant and at this moment because in the 232-year history of the u.s. supreme court, there have been 115 justices over the years. 108 have been white men, 2 black men, 4 justices have been white women, 1 latina, and no black women until now and the president promises that his nominee will be a black woman. what kind of influence do you see that having on the court as a whole? >> yeah, i think that what many...

Inflations seven percent. racist. hes causing division. no were talking in the real world. you dont go to new york and talk about helping the police and make jokes about guys trying to help the police. the old joe biden when he wasnt trying to be progressive -- hes like having a midlife crisis a. the end because now he wants to be cool in the car and go to the club. its sad when youre 40, its even worse when youre 108. but he just, he doesnt get it. he went to police officerss funerals. he had p...

Everybody, people that voted for me, people that didnt vote for me and people that didnt vote at all. >> because you were in a swing district your incentive was to work across the aisle. >> absolutely. >> reporter: congressional crossover districts where voters choose a president and a u.s. house member from different parties are virtually disappearing. in 1996 there were 108, in 2016 down to 35, and today there are only 16. >> the number of competitive districts here in texas, you were in one o...

Krueger and michelle chiles of north carolina. think about these numbers. 150 justices have served on the supreme court thats 115 times that black women werent given the consideration. >> of those, 110 have been men. 108 have been white men and only five women and three people of color have ever served on the supreme court of theunited states of america. few americans ever get to serve on the supreme court in a generation. appointing a black woman to the supreme court would be a small step in re...