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School. undergraduate or law school. whats this notion that if you dont go to a public school, youre not qualified? heres a person with four degrees. all from southern schools. her zip code disqualifies her? i really believe that weve got to get beyond this notion of eiitism. there are a lot of people who graduate from public schools including the current president of the united states who ought to be considered for high office. and so i just think this thing has built up and its bothering a lot...

Country full of people from all different backgrounds, our democracy is not going to work, our institutions are not going to work unless you have people from different backgrounds operating at the highest levels. and so i think that will be a very important legacy for justice breyer, is that a number of the people who he hired, he helped elevate to the highest echelons of the profession, and they will go on to contribute long after he steps down from the bench. >> david, you know firsthand the p...

Potential democratic voters. thats the reason why theyre being allowed there. letsial a be clear these these the future democratic voters, , chaos criminals, people who are coming over here, illegal breaking the law, something ofre great value. its called citizenship. last word, steve miller, joe biden is diluting and damaging citizenship by allowing peoplent to come into this country in violation of our laws. laws. their first act on this soil. its to disrespect our sovereignty rather than peop...

Theres one thing we actually know for certain. >> while ive been studying candidates backgrounds in writing, ive made no decision except one. the person i will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience, and integrity. and that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court. >> now, this isnt exactly new information to be clear. biden was simply reiterating a pledge he made during his presidential campaign. but, as yo...

Aisle as they did beating up sinema and manchin. instead of saying who are the couple of republicans we can work with? thats what america wants. im expressing the same frustration that most americans want. >> lets move on to the supreme court. president biden pledged to nominate a black woman to succeed justice stephen breyer. on friday republican senator roger wicker says whoever biden picks will be a, quote, beneficiary of affirmative racial discrimination and fill a quota. do you agree with t...

That slur anymore? answer the question.. well, thats it. we kept pressing them and they kept tellingt us nonsense and this is all they do. right. and wheres governor kathy hochul? shes complicit in this too because shes turning a whole blind eye to all of this is happening right in our communities. e in her state shes more occupied about masking kids in schools and coddling criminals than she is about this . now the public has a right to know its a public health issue . were under our own orders...

One more time because this is the news and these are facts. even recent history, even president obama not able to really dent this. clearly, both joe biden and the people around him in the white house counsels office and the other places doing the vetting, it would appear they care about this, jason. >> yeah, they care about it. and they should, ari. look, the practicality is, if you want a judiciary that is remotely reflective of the country that we have, you should have more black women on the...

Line today for naming breyers replacement. so what do we know about how thats going to work? >> reporter: president biden said he didnt want to take questions from reporters because he wanted this day to be about justice breyers legacy given, of course, how many years he spent on the court, the time they spent together, given biden was the judiciary chairman when biden had the confirmation hearing. he did make news on the big question, who biden is going to pick to replace him, to fill that high...

Discrimination. and while adding someone who is the beneficiary of this sort of -- the majority of the court may be saying at large that it is unconstitutional. well see how that irony works out. >> gloria, do you think that whoever president biden nominates is the beneficiary of a affirmative racial discrimination? >> not at all. you know, what is so ironic about this, weve had white male affirmative action for nearly 400 years by law and by violence. and yet we have now these black women who h...

Nominee. >> judge, its interesting. i have heard you speak about justice breyers -- the emphasis he put on the importance of diversity. and that, in his hiring of staff of, you know, clerks, that was always something he wanted. a diverse background of -- of people in -- in his orbit. it seems especially fitting, whoever fills the -- the seat that it might be filled by a -- a black woman. >> yeah, i agree. he always wanted to hire a diverse group of people, and, um, obviously, i was a beneficiary...