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Law, she clerked on the supreme court for justice stephen breyer, the man she's nominated to replace. another first: jackson would be the court's first former federal public defender. >> i take extra care to communicate with the defendants who come before me in the courtroom. >> reporter: a mother of two daughters, jackson acknowledged the gravity of her nomination. >> i can only hope that my life and career, my love of this country and the constitution, and my commitment to upholding the rule of law and the sacred principles upon which this great nation was founded will inspire future generat...

Explaining why he was for the process and letting it get to a final no vote but then at the end of the day had to be against. >> the reason we're talking about joe manchin is we're minutes away from susan collins making her decision. you're so right, mark. this historically is not the way it works. it's gotten more and more partisan as time has gone on. and by "it," i mean the conformation process. >> it also means two things for collins. it means, first of all, she was the one who wanted those fbi investigations, right? so it means that when she got that information back, she was satisfied. i...

Are appointed by the white house. those with with judicial positions, all of them require background and who could do the background on is to be obtained by the white house. that would go norm theel white house attorney for their review. in this case you have one more step because ja senate committee in vauvled in this. but thuis is different than a criminal investigation and it would be to edetermine what needs to be done and how to go forward. >> final question for both of you. what's the likelihood this final process brings you to some clear conclusion? >> something occurs today, can

This week's kavanaugh/ford hearing. while kavanaugh frequently interrupted his question airs, ford took a soft spoken accommodating approach >> i'm here today not because i want to be. i'm tirified. i iumler here because i believe it's my stiffic duty. al the constitution gives the senate an important role in the conformation process. but you have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy. >> at the end of the day both were praised as effective and convince ig. but the same have been true if

Judge kavanaugh was 17 when the allegations took place. >> so much of the focus seems to be on judge kavanaugh and fact checking his testimony. does dr. ford also run some riskz in this process? >> she has bp because her credibility is essential. she can't recall where this took place or who was there or can't quite place all the facts that's going to be a major difficulty for her story going forward. whenner the fbi starts looking into her background, did she have a problem drinking too much or prumisc ws or what was she up to? if she's fwaen and at part waez