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President has that theyre preparing for over the last year. >> and bob, courtney mentioned the president reviewing the biographies of the potential nominees. replacing breyer wont increase the number of liberals on the court. it will be 63 still. but many of these nominees put aside their agenda, they have very different backgrounds and breyer. how could the high court in the land change? how could the progressive -- change if one of these nominees is confirmed? >> so many of the justices on the...

The capitol police, sean, are examining backgrounds and social media feeds people who meet with lawmakers this, is not people who meet with lawmakers on capitol hill. this in some cases anyone meets with members of congress, fund-raisers, events in their own district. apparently this is wide open this, is a capitol police statement to "politico" in response to this reporting. they said quote, the more public information we have the better we can understand what kind and how much security is nece...

-- they have their team of folks within the white house. they will bring an outside advisers to help shepherd through whoever the president eventually names. and there are already outrage to folks on the hill. so this is not something that has necessarily been as frenzied as you might have had with other supreme court justices nominations, when weve had unexpected guests. this is something that the president has been preparing for over the last year. >> and barb, courtney mentions the president ...

And it includes history. listen. >> i have 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. its long overdue in my opinion. i made that commitment during the campaign for president, and i will keep that commitment. >> get to our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins at the white house. the preside...

Um, our dmemocracy 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 in the profession. and they will go on to contribute long after he steps down from the bench. >> david, you know firsthand the -- the process of what its like trying to get someo...

Dr. fauci say something very smart, nice, intelligent people suspend critical thinking and just march in lockstep with whatever -- >> laura: there were thousands and thousands of americans who showed up in harmony from all different backgrounds, all different races, it has cities, religious backgrounds, to stand against these mandates over the weekend. and it was a powerful statement. huge crowd. they put it together at the last minute and they sought a great crowd. a lot of doctors there to and...

Taken place in back rooms, it has been -- to the benefit of politically connected people who tend to -- or have backgrounds as prosecutors, which are viewed as sort of more moderate, less likely to draw republican opposition. biden has broken that mold. i think about 27 of the 42 judges nominated -- >> i think we are losing him. >> -- labor lawyers and the people that he is considering for the supreme court that you can see position now, we have a lot of people who are public defenders and civil...

Lectern as people like kavanaugh and thomas, et cetera, are taking our rights away? >> its usually important. everyone is a stakeholder, and last time i noticed, black women in this country were hugely important, contributing stakeholders who were not represented in the supreme court. and the other thing is all these candidates who you mentioned this evening, joy, every single one of them not only has wonderful backgrounds, as eli mentioned, not only smart people, not only meshed with the presid...

Their policies are discriminatory. studies show that white women are the greatest beneficiaries of affirmative action, a fact you rarely hear about on the practice. not only because it would make it harder to get into top schools, but those minority students who are admitted will find smaller communities of peers with similar backgrounds to support them and help them succeed. a gallup poll just last year showed 62% of americans support affirmative action programs for minority groups. the highest...

Role in history or the role in race in history and replacing him with clarence thomas and how that set us backwards. these conversations are too complicated, it appears, for ted cruz to understand and thats the travesty because he thinks diversity is the butt of all his jokes and he acts like he wants to the next jayleno or what have you. >> he says he wants to see the court look more like america, which is not a revolutionary statement. its something that, you know, you would think a lot of rep...