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Nominee. there has been no announcement from justice breyer. let him make whatever statement he is going to make and i will be happy to talk about it later. reporter: now the focus turns to the president s short list with the white house saying president biden will stick to this campaign promise. i m looking forward to making sure there s a black woman on the supreme court to make sure that, in fact, we get every representation. reporter: president biden has nominated eight black women to federal appellate courts so far and one of the top contenders for the supreme court comes from that list. 51-year-old ketanji brown jackson, a harvard law graduate who formerly clerked for justice breyer, nominated last year for the u.s. court of appeals of the d.c. circuit. i am even handedly applying the law in every case. reporter: she won support from all 50 kihei maekawas and three republicans. another front-runner lee and ....
Statement he s going to make and i ll be happy to talk about it later. reporter: now the focus turns to the president s short list with the white house saying today president biden will stick to this campaign promise. i m looking forward to making sure there s a black woman on the supreme court, to make sure we in fact get every representation reporter: president biden has nominated eight black women to federal appellate courts so far and one of the top contenders for the supreme court opening comes from that list. 51-year-old ketanji brown jackson, a harvard law graduate who formerly clerked for justice breyer, nominated just last year by president biden for the influential u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit i m even-handedly applying the law in every case. reporter: jackson won confirmation in the democratic-controlled senate with support from all 50 democrats and 3 republicans. another likely front-runner, 45-year-old leondra kruger, a justice on california s supre ....