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American people of that time, were called on, to be engaged in the work of the world. winston churchill came to the united states in 1943, in the middle of the second world war. he gave a speech at harvard in which he, the speaking pace of the isolation in this impulse in the united states. which kept america out of the second world war from september 1939 all the way until the middle of december 1941. and he said, you cannot become the greatest nation in the world, and say, we are not going to be interested in what happens elsewhere. he said, with greatness comes responsibility. and that gene...

>> well you let it to exactly where i wanted to go. after just months to confirm her to the bench, you have senator lindsey graham having this to say about the nomination. quote, the radical left has one president biden over yet again. you know this isn't his topic. your thoughts on what is motivating this commentary? >> well, i think the supreme court fights, unfortunately, have become in many cases, a part of affairs. even though historically we have seen many examples where the supreme court nomination isn't really fights. in my conversations with senior republicans today, with republicans ...

Several republican senators voting for her. just jackson has been nominated to take the seat in the supreme court that is currently held by justice stephen breyer who is retiring. judge jackson was actually a supreme court clerk for justice breyer when she was just out of law school. so there is some nice symmetry to this nomination in that sense. we are going to talk tonight with someone who clerked alongside judge jackson on the supreme court at that time. someone who has been friends with her ever since. we are also going to speak tonight with cheryl and eiffel, who herself was reportedly c...

View that i will not let anyone steal the joy of this moment. you know, when judge jackson referenced moxley in her introduction, she was making a statement about the fact that she is going to be the first woman to be sent to the supreme court that is black. she's not the first woman, not by far. the first black woman lawyer was charlotte ring. that was 150 years ago. she became the first lawyer admitted to the united states. jalen bolden, 83 years ago, she became the first black woman judge. judge constant baker motley, when judge jackson referred to in her opening statement, was able to argu...

Some say affirmative action is the reason that judge jackson's ascending, in my view. it is affirmative action that kept a black woman off the court for so many centuries, and it isn't until now, 2022, that we will experience this triumph. >> melissa, to the point about what some may be saying about that, i know you caught that side eye. judge jackson gave some republicans. you know the look, i know it well. [laughs] i can tell you, every black man in america knows that look very well. what's where you thinking during that questioning of her, when you see that look come on her face? >> well, i...