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confidence. the court, which still has decisions on a dozen argued cases yet to be announced this term. today inadvertently posted online a document related to an abortion case which was obtained by bloomberg law. a supreme court spokesperson confirmed that the document was, quote, inadvertently and briefly up loaded but noted that the ruling has not been release and would be in due course. nbc news has not independently verified the document. it is not known if it is a draft decision,...

good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. im jose diaz-balart. we begin this very busy hour with breaking news from the supreme court. in a major 8-1 decision, the court upheld a statute that bars people subjected to domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. joining us now, nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor. good morning. break this down for us, if you would. >> reporter: this is a supreme court saying there are limits to the second amendment an...

Me, look, you know, malcolm x back in the day said the most disrespected person in america is a black woman. that is exactly how a lot of black women felt, that they turned their back not on just jackson but the achievements of black woman. so very strong reaction to that. >> sara sidner, thank you for that reporting. watch every week day at 9:00 eastern only on cnn plus. thats when her show begins to stream every day. of course you can click on it any time you want. a russian missile strike a...

Publicans to put up a good fight. youre going to hear a number of republicans express commentary, expect concerns about the jurisprudence, thats possible in this process. that being said, they are not gonna put up the kind of a full fledged fight, that we have seen from democrats towards republican nominees, and republicans towards democratic nominees. the reality is she was replacing justice fryer, and this is a reality check. republicans would rather be focused on other issues as they move tow...

That was founded, and will inspire the future of americans. >> president biden made it official today, he wants judge ketanji, brown-jackson on the supreme court. she will begin meetings with senators next week. if confirmed, she will be the first black woman on the nations highest court. welcome back melissa from the and why use city law school. and -- chen, research and the -- and is the policy director for the romney ryan 12 campaign. good to see you melissa, you have met judge jackson. she w...

American people of that time, were called on, to be engaged in the work of the world. winston churchill came to the united states in 1943, in the middle of the second world war. he gave a speech at harvard in which he, the speaking pace of the isolation in this impulse in the united states. which kept america out of the second world war from september 1939 all the way until the middle of december 1941. and he said, you cannot become the greatest nation in the world, and say, we are not going to ...

>> well you let it to exactly where i wanted to go. after just months to confirm her to the bench, you have senator lindsey graham having this to say about the nomination. quote, the radical left has one president biden over yet again. you know this isnt his topic. your thoughts on what is motivating this commentary? >> well, i think the supreme court fights, unfortunately, have become in many cases, a part of affairs. even though historically we have seen many examples where the supreme court n...

Several republican senators voting for her. just jackson has been nominated to take the seat in the supreme court that is currently held by justice stephen breyer who is retiring. judge jackson was actually a supreme court clerk for justice breyer when she was just out of law school. so there is some nice symmetry to this nomination in that sense. we are going to talk tonight with someone who clerked alongside judge jackson on the supreme court at that time. someone who has been friends with her...

View that i will not let anyone steal the joy of this moment. you know, when judge jackson referenced moxley in her introduction, she was making a statement about the fact that she is going to be the first woman to be sent to the supreme court that is black. shes not the first woman, not by far. the first black woman lawyer was charlotte ring. that was 150 years ago. she became the first lawyer admitted to the united states. jalen bolden, 83 years ago, she became the first black woman judge. jud...

Some say affirmative action is the reason that judge jacksons ascending, in my view. it is affirmative action that kept a black woman off the court for so many centuries, and it isnt until now, 2022, that we will experience this triumph. >> melissa, to the point about what some may be saying about that, i know you caught that side eye. judge jackson gave some republicans. you know the look, i know it well. [laughs] i can tell you, every black man in america knows that look very well. whats where...