with consequential cases with abortion rights, gun rights and then, of course, the work for the white house begins. it will have to decide who his successor will be and at this point, there are three people at the top of the list. there's judge katangi brown jackson, recently confirmed to the dc circuit court of appeals with a handful of republicans voting for her. she interestingly met with president biden last february and then california supreme court judge l leandra. a judge in south carolina and the key here, kate, is that congresswoman, jim clyburn, a top ally for biden, pushing for her. those are the top three contenders. we'll see what plays out here. >> thank you so much for that. let's go to capitol hill now where the battle for confirmation is already taking shape. cnn's manu raju standing by for us this hour with that. >> reporter: chuck schumer the