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What president biden has to say in response to lesters questions on this topic. no doubt about that. we keep hearing about bipartisanship. the importance of bipartisanship in this process. here we are with the president meeting only with democrats and he, of course, several days ago did meet with the committee chairs including chuck grassley who is a republican. how important and how realistic does the white house think it is to get bipartisan support for the presidents pick? >> obviously, thats...

>> certainly, and it already has. i think its been out there for about a month. we know hes gonna pick a black woman, and that is a good thing. by doing that, biden will get a little bit more of an electoral van as we move into the spring and the summertime. so im sure it will follow up with more impressions with the biden administration, and for democrat ballots. as we see the black women were allowed, and the press gets to know her during the confirmation process. but at the end of the day, we...

Is already gone through the confirmation process for a previous federal judgeship? >> where theres no advantages to that, but i dont necessarily think thats the most important quality. i think the most important quality is to give somebody who knows the constitution, whos ultimately qualified, unbiased in his words, and interpret that constitution the way we all know it is. so, i just think theres gonna be an incredibly qualified person. theres gonna be in the senate, and i think thats whats the...

On kagan. ruth bader ginsburg was more liberal and yet got almost every republican vote. kagan not quite as liberal and got next to no g.o.p. votes, something has changed. who will the president select. what will the confirmation process be like, congressman cliburn, welcome, i dont not want to ask you about any specific candidates, do you have a sense on where the process nomination stands now. >> thank you, trey. i think process is final phase. i suspect. that the president will hold

Described what it meant to you to hear her nomination. so, this confirmation process, you know, its always unpred unpredictable. even though she has impeccable kcredkrecredentials and so many praising her, you know, with so many accolades, but at the same time, is there any way in which you can predict or look ahead at what this confirmation process -- what are you bracing yourself for in what this conversation process might be like for her? >> well, im bracing myself for the onslaught of unfair...

Years on the district court and the past year on the dc circuit, and politically, shes confirmed just last year with, on a bipartisan basis, what is the reason why a senator who voted to confirm her just last year could find a reason to vote against her now. so she looks like, i say, confirmation and i think all the factors play together to make her the front-runner and now the nominee. >> the nominee. gloria, what kind of confirmation process, getting to because its the politics, what kind of c...

Offer but shrouded in so much secrecy and she went to her day job and appeared on the court of appeals bench but shell be in the white house with her family this afternoon and then democrats would like to see her confirmed by the april recess, that is mid april, victor. >> before we goat to that confirmation process. joan, tell wlaus we need to know about judge jackson. ive enjoyed reading about her background including she was a public defender. >> that is right. and that is rare experience for...

Justice. one we should note, she clerked for in the past. that having been said, this is a defining moment for any president. >> historic pick, ground breaking pick. first black woman on the supreme court and first black woman nom n nominated and first woman of color to be the vice president of the united states. no doubt that the fact this is a historic pick will be central to this confirmation process going forward, and potentially could make it even harder for some republicans to mount a knoc...

First african american woman to ever sit on the u.s. supreme court. as jeff zeleny reports, some senate republicans are congratulating the nomination while others remain skeptical. >> for too long, our government, our courts, havent looked like america. >> reporter: president biden making history today, nominating the first black woman to serve on the supreme court. ketanji brown jackson accepted it last night, now beginning the confirmation process to become a justice on the nations highest cou...

Work resurface insane couple how dare you. she has a lot of experience. something that i readily accepted. the fact is that we dont know a lot about her judicial philosophy. there are only a few of these opinions where she delves deeply into these issues. shed the client to answer the question when her whether she followed the type of living constitutional approach. of many of the left. and she said that reason she would do that is it would not be appropriate because she has to follow the method...