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Promises some fulfilled, some diluted, some abandoned, it's notable today the president formally announced his nomination of the first black woman to the supreme court of american history, judge ketanji brown jackson. and this occurs exactly two years after his campaign promise to do so. >> an accomplished lawyer, the distinguished jurists, one of the -- on one of the nation's most prestigious courts. my nominee for the united states supreme court is judge ketanji jackson. i'm looking forward to making sure there's a black woman on the supreme court to make sure -- >> and now the confirmation ...

Conscience. >> there's going to be some opposition to her, we have heard it all laid out by the republicans so far today in their opening statements, savannah? >> reporter: no doubt about it, but the republicans are seizing on a couple of issues, they say most of her experience as a political operative, they're really hitting that hard, and just saying she has a very thin resume. obviously a lot is being made of the fact that she's never been a judge. there's many distinguished jurists, supreme court justices who have never been a judge. the issue is how many legal experience, she certainly sp...