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Groups as well and notably dick durbin has said as hes been speaking and reaching out to republicans in the senate, he said that hes come up with a series of names that hes not sharing but a much longer list than he says most americans might suspect of republicans who would be inclined to vote in support of one of the democratic presidents nominee selections. who are some of the names? youve heard some of the names. the white house is not detailing the names but its more than the throw principal...

Country that weve seen anywhere in the world since the second world war. if america is for anything in the world, its for countries that are the victims of that kind of aggression. if were against anything in the world, its against what putin is trying to do right now. so im very concerned about some of this rhetoric thats bubbling up on the far right, and i dont want to see anyone on the left, i do not want to see anyone on the democratic side, echoing that rhetoric as well. we need to hold a b...

Certainly within months. this confirmation process is expected to be kickstarted by the end of february as president biden has said, by the end of february, he expects to make his nomination, make his nominee known, and then senate democrats, im told, are trying to condense this process and use a timeline, a fairly quick timeline that republicans used to push amy coney barretts nomination through successfully. so, it does matter a lot, and certainly, i think, the president and for this white hou...

Already, these are the same three candidates that we were talking and reporting were under consideration in the very first days after this vacancy became clear. that list expanded to roughly a dozen names and has now fallen back down to the same three candidates. it really speaks to the dual goals that the white house has in this confirmation process. one, to make this process fireproof, to make sure nobody can say they did not go through due diligence and at the same time they dont want to wast...

White house for the democrats, ron klain -- where he became the resident expert on the supreme court confirmations based on his experience with the confirmation process at the senate judiciary committee. just hours ago, senate majority leader chuck schumer met with president joe biden. in a statement, the white house said, president biden -- hosted leader schumer for a conversation about the supreme court, continuing his consultations with lawmakers as he considered a wealth of deeply qualified ...

The president every day on every one of those issues and more is our first guest tonight, white house chief of staff, ron klain. he is the most experienced white house chief of staff and history that position. he has served in all three branches of government, beginning with a judiciary. in his first job after harvard law school, he went straight to the united states supreme court where he served as a law clerk for justice byron white, who is appointed to the supreme court by president john f. k...

Nominate the first black woman to the high court has wrinkled some republicans who are openly questioning whether more qualified candidates will be passed over, even as gop senate leaders are warning their conference against backlash from a contentious confirmation process. lets talk about this now with senator dick durbin, democratic whip, also the chair of the senate judiciary committee before which this nominee will be testifying here in the coming weeks. senator, thank you for being with us ...

Rural voters, agricultural voters about their needs that most people, and both parties frankly, dont know how to approach. one of the issues of the day, any day now coming up in the senate will be president biden s announcement of his supreme court nominee. what would you suggest to the president, particularly? would you suggest the president that it should be a nominee who is already gone through the confirmation process for a previous federal judgeship? >> where theres no advantages to that, b...

Trey: tonight an opening on supreme court, confirmation process has changed over the years. scalia was confirmed 98-0. >> and steven breyer 87-9 even john roberts confirmed 78-22 but that is when it began to change because of who was in the group voting no, joe biden voted no, barack obama voted no. so did hillary clinton. and john kerry, last 4 democratic nominees for president voted no, roberts was rated well qualified by american bar association, not a single dissenting vote but not enough fo...

Trey: tonight an opening on supreme court, confirmation process has changed over the years. scalia was confirmed 98-0. >> and steven breyer 87-9 even john roberts confirmed 78-22 but that is when it began to change because of who was in the group voting no, joe biden voted no, barack obama voted no. so did hillary clinton. and john kerry, last 4 democratic nominees for president voted no, roberts was rated well qualified by american bar association, not a single dissenting vote but not enough fo...