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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 to his ti...

Gloria borger and tameka brown negan and author of "civil rights queen: biography of first appointed." whats your reaction to this news today? >> i did. i believe that president biden has made a smart selection. jackson is unquestionably qualified for the most. earned her credential at harvard college and harvard law school. she has vast experience in the law as a judicial clerk, as a lawyer, in private law firms, on the u.s. sentencing commission and a public defender. i dont think her judicial...

This should not be a terrifically controversial confirmation process. >> on paper. we shall see. this is a different washington today. abby phillip, if i can just get your analysis on the significance of this moment, obviously we knew that history would be made, the president would be announcing the first black woman to sit on the u.s. supreme court. once it is clear who that is, and that it is official, give us your take on what this means for the country. >> yeah, i think it is hugely signific...

There are two major stories coming from the u.s. supreme court today. president bidens supreme court nominee judge ketanji brown jackson will begin meeting with lawmakers this week. the meetings are the first step in her confirmation process that will play out very soon before a divided senate. cnns jeff zeleny with more on this. the white house hopes this will be a quick confirmation process. what are they planning for? >> reporter: good morning, kate. the white house hopes the confirmation vot...

But the outreach, the process of reaching out to outside groups as well as lawmakers, senators on capitol hill has been robust and obviously will only intensify as the confirmation process gets under way, andrea. >> and, linda greenhouse, youve been covering the supreme court and writing about it as a scholar for so many decades. this will not transform the court but its been a 6-3 court very strongly, but it is going to transform the back room, conference room deliberations to have this perspec...

Justice breyer, expressing grat tad to her former boss. >> justice breyer, the members of the senate will decide if i fill your seat, but please know that i could never fill your shoes. >> reporter: now, that confirmation process is already underway. judge jackson is expected to start meeting with senators next week. notably, jake, president biden noted today that jackson has been already confirmed by the senate three times in the past including by getting some republican support. but of course,...

The white house officials tell me it would be great to have some republicans backing her as well but the mattingly they are just concerned with filling the seat. >> tyler, one of the truisms of the presidency is sometimes you can dictate events and sometimes events come to you and were seeing the war europe as domina the headlines right now. we should anticipate, aides say, that will be part of what we hear from the president tomorrow night in the state of the union, but what else does he want t...

Excellent and outstanding choice. president biden has nominated an incredibly qualified group of nominees for the 41 federal judgeships weve confirmed so far. that this is one of his most outstanding picks. i am not that concerned, because senator grassley of iowa, ranking republican, has publicly said he will show up. he will not deny a quorum for a hearing. given how republicans played the last three nominations, we shouldnt take anything for granted. it should be a swift, fair, clear process ...

Removing russia assets from its portfolio so were seeing a ton of companies and ton of funds take similar measures or certainly question whether they should be. >> yeah. well need to keep a careful eye on the economic ramifications on this both in russia and around the group. thank you, juliana live from lonzo. still ahead, well shift away from russian-related news for a look at president bidens nominee for the supreme court. how the confirmation process could play out on capitol hill. thats c...

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