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His predecessors, going back decades. of that number, 78% were women. 50% were people of color. and so, you look at the chief of staff, ron klain, hes had 30 years of experience. before ron klain was chief of staff, he was clerk to joe biden and it was ron klain who advised the obama white house for the nominations of elena kagan and sonia sotomayor so when i spoke about the experience this white house has when it comes to supreme court nomination processes, thats what i was speaking about. so t...

Choosing someone to sit on the supreme court, i believe, is one of the most serious constitutional responsibilities a president has. our process is going to be rigorous. i will select the nominee worthy of justice breyers legacy of excellence and decency. while ive been studying candidates backgrounds and writings, ive made no decision except one. the person i will nominate will be someone of extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity. and that person will be the first bla...

Update. so as you have heard the president say he is -- he will do his duty to select a justice not only with the senates consent, but advice as somebody who served on the senate judiciary committee and as chair and ranking member, steeped in the process and looks for advice from both parties on the hill, and top scholars across the country and the vice president and the team at the white house and consultations this week. tomorrow the president is going to host chairman durbin and ranking membe...

Nomination processes that i constantly seek the advice and consent, but the advice as well of the senate. im going to invite senates for both parties and offer their ideas and points of view. i will also consult with many of these scholars and im fortunateto have advising me vice president, her. an exceptional lawyer, former attorney general and the state of and i will listen carefully to all the advice that im given, and i will study the records and former cases carefully. i will meet with pote...

States and advising consent responsibilities need to understand their things in this record that are troubling for. >> im just curious do you think theres going to be the acrimony we have seen some of these past nomination processes? not brett kavanaugh that was over-the-top. but it seems to me like a lot of republicans of kinda withheld their opinion in this it doesnt really change the balance of the court is still six -- three she is a liberal your final thoughts. ask the idiotic wsrc version ...

States and advising consent responsibilities need to understand their things in this record that are troubling for. >> im just curious do you think theres going to be the acrimony we have seen some of these past nomination processes? not brett kavanaugh that was over-the-top. but it seems to me like a lot of republicans of kinda withheld their opinion in this it doesnt really change the balance of the court is still six -- three she is a liberal your final thoughts. ask the idiotic wsrc version ...

With his confirmation. instead hes naming mark esper the new secretary of defense. what do you think of that? >> i think mark esper is a great choice. hes a west point classmate of mine, as is secretary pompeo. i think he will do a fantastic job. >> melissa: why do you think there was that change, if you had to guess? i just want to be clear, naming him as the new acting secretary of defense. >> its really hard to know, getting to those nomination processes. there are so many different things th...

Interesting sort of hypothesis that a lot of us have which is that activists tend to drive nomination processes. the idea being all the candidates look similar ideologically, so you have to have cues on who to go for. a political scientist interviews democratic activists in the early states and said, who would you consider supporting even if you are undecided at this point. we see harris in number one in iowa, nevada two, first in south carolina. thats by far the strongest position among the act...

Emotional, congress should step up and pass laws and hopefully that will happen but its been the greatest privilege of my life regardless of how we function to serve in this body and i think you -- thank you and others of how you treated him. bill: thank you for being with us today. back on the floor of the senate. to give you an idea, dana, we are about an hour away? dana: yeah, less than. bill: former chief nomination council, involved in at least two nomination processes, senator cornyn on th...

But i guess i am. mark judge has provided sworn statements saying this didnt happen and that i never did or would do. >> but we would like the fbi to be able to follow him up and ask him questions. you know, we talked about past nomination processes, and you talked about those and i note that president george bush in the anita hill/justice thomas case, he opened up the fbi investigations and let questions being asked and it was helpful for people. >> was his decision reasonable? >> i dont know t...