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Meet with several of the top candidates. ketanji brown jackson, the president already met with her last february, actually, when he nominated her to that d.c. circuit court of appeals. but the other candidates, those meetings will be crucial, of course, crucial step in this nomination and confirmation process. >> justice breyer will have served 28 years on the court by the time he formally steps down. we should note he was approved by 87 votes, quite a different change in the landscape in washin...

This adding urgency for biden to act quickly before the senate potentially changes hands. >> mitch mcconnell said that if republicans were to take back the senate in 2022, he did not see a way you could get a supreme court justice confirmed. do you have a response to that? >> mitch has been nothing but no for a long time. and im sure he means exactly what he says. but well see. >> reporter: appointed to the court in 1994, by president bill clinton, breyer, a consistent liberal justice on the ben...

Candace jackson-akiwumi, j. michelle childs. >> she has the kind of diverse background in life and education and work and an incredibly smart woman who i believe would do well. >> reporter: the eventual nominee will face a high-profile confirmation process with the 2022 midterms looming. senate democrats dont need confirmation of bidens nominee. but republican opposition could still be a factor. >> thats something that the president has an opportunity to make should there be a vacancy. >> report...

Anymore. this law stuff. >> i hope they see this, so they can see how ridiculous what theyre saying is. okay. so, you -- you can almost hear him chuckling about owning the libs there, right? owning the libs by mocking the sister of jogeorge floyd, black man who was murdered by a then police officer in a brutal and excruciating attack seen by millions of people all around the world. millions of people, who took to the streets of cities everywhere to demand justice. that word -- justice. justice. ...

The president said the nominee will be named sometime within the next month. what can you tell us about how quickly after that nominee is named that you could get the confirmation through? >> oh, our judiciary committee will operate expeditiously as we have been with all of the other judicial nominees by president biden. im looking forward to this confirmation process. >> do you expect it will be as quick as the amy coney-barrett confirmation? >> well, i dont see why not. but we will move forwar...

Quickly as coney barretts confirmation sped through the senate or is that an artificial period of time? >> theres nothing in the constitution that sets forth a period of days or weeks, as you know, no statute or even rule of the senate, but i think we can draw some inspiration from justice breyers own service, and i would be remiss if i didnt mention, having argued cases before him on the united states supreme court and having served as a law clerk, ive argued four cases in the court, that he br...

There is a baseline, it seems, for what is required to be extraordinary when it comes to women of color in this country. and weve seen it at play in so many different fields. >> im just saying if you look at the list, qualifications, i mean, all of these women are extremely qualified to be nominated -- >> absolutely. >> -- to sit on the highest court in the land. kaitlan, lets talk about the politics -- >> absolutely. >> -- of this. how fast are president biden and the democrats prepared to move...

Welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. this hour, stormy on the stand. porn star stormy daniels testifies against her former lawyer, michael avenatti, claiming he stole money from her. avenatti cross examining daniels himself even. plus, quick pick. president biden promising his supreme court pick in the next few weeks with democrats pushing for a speedy confirmation process. a member of the senate judiciary committee will join us live to discuss. and leading this hour, universal solution. w...

Confirmation process. breyer told several people who nudged him to retire that the confirmation process shouldnt be political. >> if the public sees judges as politicians in robes, its confidence in the courts and rule of law itself can only diminish. >> some democrats were worried breyer would remain on the bench and with the midterms looming, senate republicans have already raised the stakes around his retirement with five gop lawmakers telling cnn in december they would likely oppose any nomi...

From conservatives which has not been fire-breathing, you know, this will be the fight to end all fights. and it really reflects actually their success of the last few years in reorienting the court and now having what appears to be a 6-3 conservative majority. >> steve, why are you shaking your head in agreement? >> i mean, i think susan hit the nail on the head, don. this is not as nearly high stakes a confirmation process as, you know, amy coney barrett replacing ruth ginsburg, as brett kavan...