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Jackson, to get here. here she is. >> and im just so proud of her as a black woman. during the hearings just watching her, i felt her pain, and i think many people, many reached out to express the same thing, to see what she went through, to see that she was strong, that she persevered. it really speaks not only to black women, but women everywhere. anyone thats felt out of place or not welcome in an arena or they are the minority. >> that was antoinettecoakley. another one of her friends said s...

Of focus on senators manchin and sinema and their opposition to changing the filibuster rule. the vice president also had strong words for the 50 gop senators not backing either of the voting rights bills as recently as 2006, 98 senators voted to extend the voting rights act. what say you, congressman? >> well, look, i was a big supporter of the voting rights act, and i was in congress today, if i was there, id be voting to renew the voting rights act. craig, the problem here is that, again, the...

Great civil war. to determine whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. see, those are the words i want to see, an experiment, that next generation and the one after that. my grandchildren and their children, theyll determine whether the experiment still works, and of course, i am an optimist, and i am pretty sure it will. >> professor. >> well, he said it himself. justice breyer has been the courts cockeyed optimist for a varlong time. hes always had faith...

At federal judge brown jackson. shes on the d.c. circuit court of appeals, considered aaa, before you get to the supreme court. numerous justices on the bench now came through the court. shes viewed as highly intelligent, very qualified, and sitting on that court has given her even more of addition to her resume, thats where you go before you end up at the supreme court for many justices. i think justice krueger from the california supreme court, another woman of intellect, and often seen as a s...

Rights. if it doesnt succeed, then we will go on. ill tell you this. our odds are better than the odds that john lewis or dr. king faced when we were fighting for change. >> i hear that. but congressman, i mean, your home state senator is not going to vote against the rules change. you have manchin and sinema who are dug in. i struggle to understand what isolating them with another vote will do when you need them on everything else the senate might want topaz of president bidens agenda. >> look,...

Find a northwestern mutual advisor at nm.com paul: editor report i am paul gigot. steven justice breyer announcing his retirement on thursday to take place at the end of the current term. given president biden a chance to put his mark on the high court. the president praising the 83 old justice as a consensus builder and promising the process to replace him will be rigorous while reiterating his campaign commitment to appoint the first black woman to the bench. so how well breyers

And the white house has affirmed hes going to live up to it has smoothed a path ahead for what many hope will be a change in the conversation and reset, perhaps, his presidency. >> we wanted to talk to you, of course, because you clerked for justice breyer. many knew him so well. many are calling him a consensus builder. hes a man of great passion on some issues. he did build consensus. what do you think went into his thinking in retiring now? my own sense would be not political pressure because...

Consensus builder. since she has been nominated, she has received a broad range of support including the fraternal order of police and former judges afforded by democrats and republicans. folks, if we are to advance liberty and justice, we need to secure our border and fix the immigration system. [cheers and applause] and as you might guess, i think we get to do both. at our border, we install new technology like cutting edge scanners, and to better detect drug smuggling. set up joint patrols to...

United states was trying to keep peace in the world, restore peace in ukraine, and fulfill his duty under the constitution to nominate a supreme court justice. >> today as we watch freedom and liberty under attack abroad, im here to fulfill my responsibilities under the constitution to preserve freedom and liberty here in the united states of america. its my honor to introduce the country, a daughter of former public school teachers, a proven consensus builder, an accomplished lawyer, i distingu...

Im looking forward to making sure theres a black woman on the supreme court to make sure, in fact -- not a joke. [ cheers and applause ] not a joke. i pushed very hard for that. >> this campaign promise was made by then-candidate joe biden two years ago on friday. biden made good on that promise yesterday by nominating judge ketanji brown jackson of the u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit to replace justice stephen breyer. >> its my honor to introduce to the country, the d...