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He has worked in this field for decades and now has an opportunity to shape the court. it's a process that began after he became president, before ste ste ste stephen brooieyer announced his retirement. cia is reaching out to vet the backgrounds of some of these candidates. candidates submitting documents for review to the white house, documents about their record in the law. we have a clear top tier, that is to say, the front-runner is katangi brown jackson with all democrats and three republicans for the dc appeals court which is the next step below the supreme court. leondra kruger and mich...

Are is a front-runner emerging? >> reporter: it's still unclear because only one man makes that decision, that's joe biden. we do know there are a number of judges on joe biden's short list. some of them who have confirmed by the united states senate. like ketanji brown jackson who was confirmed to the u.s. court of appeals with dc last summer. three republicans vote in favor of her nomination to the lower court. also, michelle chields, a district judge from south carolina and pushed hard by jim clyburn but support from some republicans, lindsay graham pushing for her nomination. tim scott, so...

Committee told me and democratic leadership will try to get her confirmed before the recess on april 11th trying to get done about 5 or so weeks. the question will be, can they get the votes? at the moment, a high likelihood they will. democratic senators have expected to be united on this, even joe manchin, kyrsten sinema, and did get three n nominating that time but lindsey graham criticized him for not picking someone he was advocating for, michelle chields, a district court judge but nevertheless likely to get confirmed as this process plays out in earnest next week. >> john harwood, as we...