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Decision being made for someone who has never gone through the confirmation process. >> lawrence, i obviously agree that senate confirmation is a big advantage for someone. they are familiar with the process itself and they have gained, in those cases, bipartisan support. they have been confirmed in the senate. but it does not rule out candidates that have not been confirmed by the senate. candidates have outstanding achievement and character. candidates that come from other aspects of either st...

Confirmed that they are considering judge michelle childs of south carolina who has is being pushed by biden ally jim clyburn. we see on the screen more people we believe are under consideration from the white house to fulfill this role. now, you said president biden says he wants to have a nominee by the end of february and of course chuck schumer majority leader in the senate says he wants the confirmation process to go quickly. we will hear a this rhetoric about where it is, where the white h...

Discuss the confirmation process. >> we have worked on nominations a lot together overall, particularly supreme court nominations. selecting a justice is one of the most serious responsibilities. i am serious when i say that i want the advice of the senate as well as the consent and we can arrive on who the nominee should be. i am looking for a candidate with character, with the qualities of a judge, in terms of being courteous to those before them and treating people with respect, as well as a ...

Plate. >> reporter: they do have a lot on their plate. the supreme court nomination is going to be key among them because democrats know this is good for democrats, good for the democratic base, especially since its a black woman who is going to be nominated. also because this is something that unites the party and enables president biden to show that he is, in fact, a unified president, if hes able to get some republicans on board for this. but this is going to be a priority for democrats while...

That person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court. it is long overdue in my you. >> i made that commitment during that campaign for president and i will keep that commitment. >> no president has ever known more about the senate confirmation process than joe biden. joe biden used to run confirmation hearings for supreme court judges when he was chairman of the senate judiciary committee. white house chief of staff ron klain served as counsel to that commi...

The senator who beat rory moore. he was the first to be elected in alabama in three decades. he was on the short list for president bidens attorney general when he was first in office and picking an attorney general. now we are told he will be the person who leads that woman, whoever it is president biden picks, through the confirmation process on capitol hill. as you know, that is a process that involves a lot of meetings with senators, talking to them about their concerns, what theyre looking ...

Quote, will resist all efforts by politicians to bully the court. nbc news has also confirmed that doug jones, a former democratic senator from alabama, will serve as a guide for bidens supreme court pick during the confirmation process. the white house is also trying to defuse tensions with russia over ukraine. russian leader vladimir putin made his first public comments since december about the crisis. during a joint news conference at the kremlin with hungarian prime minister viktor orban, pu...

Can arrive on who the committee should be. i am looking for a candidate with character, with qualities of a judge in terms of being courteous to those before them and treating people with respect. as well as a judicial philosophy that, as has been suggested, there are an enumerated rights to the constitution. i intend to make this decision and get it to my colleagues by the end of the month. >> the white house says that senate minority leader mitch mcconnell also spoke to biden today about the n...

Mind will bolster the integrity of the supreme court. it of course would be a historic pick, potentially one of these women will be the first ever to sit on the bench as an african american woman if she is confirmed. despite the support for the potential nominees from key democrats, it is expected to be a rough confirmation process as president biden is already taking criticism from some republicans. after nearly 50 years university of nebraska is changing its mascots hand gesture to avoid bei...

Minority leader, may be wanting to find out what president trumps role was in january 6th, and thats something that hes looking inging into. >> yeah, mcconnell and trump has not spoken in months. no love lost there indeed. jeff zeleny and tolu olorunnipa, thank you so much. the white house is reaching out to potential supreme court candidates and says president biden is on track to reveal his nominee by the end of this month. >> former alabama senator doug jones tapped to guide potential nomin...