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Diversity in professional experience. >> i want to know, gloria -- >> and dont -- >> go ahead, go ahead, gloria. >> i was just going to say, dont forget, these people are appointed for life. >> yeah. >> so, they have to have had a life before they get to the bench. it would be useful for them to have varied kind of experiences other than the kind they have in their robes on that day in the court. >> gloria, we talked a little bit about the process and you said, no nomination process, especially ...

Entire nomination process. >> now, we hear her there saying that its made the process clumsy, but at the same time she said that she thought it was a good thing that the supreme court was more reflective and more diverse. we know that dick durbin has reached out to senator collins saying hes happy to make the eventual nominee available to her for extensive commentary and interviews. we know what that process typically looks like on capitol hill, meeting with key stake holders on the hill, all of...

And that helped politicize the entire nomination process. >> harris: moderate gop senator susan collins accusing biden of playing politics to pick a sudden vacancy on the u.s. supreme court seat. tammy bruce joins "focus" next.

And that helped politicize the entire nomination process. but what president reagan said is as one of his supreme court justices, he would like to appoint a woman. and he appointed a highly-qualified one in sandra day oconnor. >> huh? i mean, listen, i dont want to be disrespectful. but i mean, maybe -- shes a sitting senator. so, just to -- to -- just so there is no mistake or misconstruing about whatever -- whatever this is, right? so we can understand it. there is always a videotape. so, i wa...

News all day. >> nia, the three nomination process and the former president ram ramping up his reelection efforts, the drace is going to e turned up. >> oh, absolutely. america is perfect for this because america throughout history is an scapegoated black people and if you think of history, social progress has been followed by periods of white backlash. often the periods of white backlash are longer of the periods of social progress and there is this thinking and maybe america will quickly move ...

And, quite frankly, the real lack of a lot of people in the republican party coming out and saying this stuff is legitimately crazy just shows that donald trumps grip on the nomination process, on the rnc, and on republican members of congress has never been title, and it just doesnt look like its going to loosen any time soon. >> on the committees investigation in the meanwhile is continuing, but they have to put together this jigsaw puzzle not just metaphorically but literally. theyve shredded...

Only a limited number of people adding the white house plan to make an official announcement the next day. today, president biden will meet with leaders from both sides of the aisle to hear their response on a nomination process. listen. >> he is deep in the process and members of both parties on the hill. so tomorrow the president is going to host ranking member grassley at the white house to consult with them. >> ashley: jen psaki would not say whether expects bipartisan support for nominating...

For sticking around. the race based playbook that republicans cannot seem to resist. even before president biden names which of the well qualified black women he is considering will actually be his choice for the supreme court, there are those on the right trying to paint this as a case of reverse discrimination. it left two republicans on the sunday morning shows facing an obvious question, how is bidens pledge any different from ronald reagans which led to the choice of sandra day oconnor, but...

That does it for me. thanks for watching. ill see you back here next weekend at 5:00 p.m. eastern. alicia menendez picks up our news coverage now. >> thank you very much, reverend sharpton. hello, everyone, im alicia menendez. americans are weighing in on president bidens promise to nominate a black woman to the u.s. supreme court. a new poll shows 76% of those polled believe all possible nominees should be considered instead. that view is shared by half of democrats and nearly all republicans...

The supreme court? isnt it what president trump said when he would replace ruth bader ginsburg? >> i looked at what was done in both cases. what president biden did was as a candidate make this pledge, and that helped politicize the entire nomination process. what president reagan said is as one of his supreme court justices he would like to appoint a woman, and he appointed a highly qualified one in sandra day oconnor. >> well, senator collins, what if i told you your understanding of history i...