Questioning Jackson News Today

Jackson will ultimately be confirmed and democrats would like to see her confirmed before they leave for the next recess on april 8th. >> thank you. lets discuss this truly historic hearing. the chairman of the hearing is joining us. thank you. so for joining us. give us your thoughts on judge jacksons opening remarks today, and what you hope to learn from her during the question and answer sessions that actually begin tomorrow. >> think about it. if you were a nominee and you sat through an ent...

President bidens supreme court pick, judge kentanji brown jackson. the hearing just wrapped up a little while ago. if confirmed, she will welcome the first black woman on the nations highest court. the senior legal affairs corn paula reid reports. >> reporter: on the first day of her historic confirmation hearing, judge kentanji brown jackson told lawmakers she was humbled to be the first black woman nominated to the supreme court. >> my parents taught me that unlike the many barriers they had h...

Senator feinstein in the midst of questioning jackson talking about women serving on the supreme court. jackson would be the sixth woman to do so if confirmed. lets jump back in. >> provides for the opportunity for role models. since i was nominated to this position, i have received so many notes and letters and photos from little girls around the country who tell me that they are so excited for this opportunity and they have thought about the law in new ways because i am a woman, because i am a...

First. its not easy being the first. often you have to be the best, in some ways, the bravest. >> reporter: jackson currently sits on the federal appellate court and was always considered the front runner for justice steven breyer for whom she even once clerked. she would bring unique work experience as a former public defender and mental of the u.s. sentencing commission. >> you will be the first public defender on the court. you understand our justice system uniquely through the eyes of people...

Q & a. the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell praised judge jackson for reaching what he called impressive heights in her career but questioned her judicial philosophy. so what does that tell you? >> they go back and forth on this judicial philosophy. some of them are so-called originalists, some are texturalists, some create as they go along. she has 573 written opinions. it isnt like were grasping for straws. what could she possibly be thinking? shes decided these cases, written these opin...

Judicial oath. >> but republicans on the committee had several lines of attack against her. some gop lawmakers signaled they will take on her judicial philosophy. >> i can only wonder what your hidden agenda is. >> reporter: josh hawley took a different tact. >> let me say a few things that im concerned about. >> reporter: and has tried to paint her ago being soft on crime, specifically sex offenders. >> im not interested in trying to play gotcha. im interested in answers. >> reporter: but cnn r...

Soft on crime? >> well, its a natural thing to do. shes being nominated by a democrat and theyve blamed every democrat for being soft on crime. weve had 40, 50, 60 nominees before us. every single one of them has been accused of being soft on crime by republicans. why? it is one of their talking points on the election. and secondly, being an african american woman and a republican defender, there are some still struggling to accept the reality that weve reached a point in history where that kind...

Has incredible genes. >> reporter: but its the presidents doctor who would now be in charge of the governments second-largest agency. overseeing care for more than 9 million veterans. with little management experience on this scale, veterans groups are skeptical. in just two weeks, secretary of state rex tillerson, fired. national security adviser h.r. mcmaster, out. and now the v.a. secretary. and the presidents controversial new pick for national security adviser, john bolton, was at the penta...