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Murkowski and collins. when you look at the line today and exercised about the guantanamo thing, does that suggest maybe he's not so enthusiastic about putting her on the court? >> i would be surprised if he does not vote to confirm her, just on basis to bend over backwards to give deference to the president's choice and made the argument he's confirmed people that he would not himself have put on the court. he's exercised about gitmo but i don't know that ease exercised at judge jackson about gitmo. a lot going on at gitmo that is obviously important. >> sandra: andy, if you could stand by, w...

What we all have to do every day, which is not get angry even though we deserve to be. >> sophia nelson. >> well, as the person on this amazing panel with these amazing sisters who was a republican for 20-plus years of her life, i have to admit this one hurt a lot because i was expecting a little bit better and i was expecting better because she's a historic nominee. and by that i mean that sandra day o'connor, first woman, thurgood marshall first black person, sonya sotomayor first latina, they all got 100 votes or better. and i thought they would look at history and say she's immensely quali...

Will support joe jackson's nomination. only three republican senators voted in favor of jackson in 2021, when the senate confirmed her to the powerful dc-based appellate board. collins, lindsey graham, murkowski, and graham, not yet saying where they stand with jackson's nomination. senator mitt romney has also not yet said whether she will support jackson after accessing openness to vote in favor of her nomination. all the coverage of this, as the boat nears. up next, empty promises from the kremlin. claims of de-escalation, proven false. in all his attacks, ongoing here in ukraine. we'll c...

Being here. we just heard from senator booker suggest that, you know, she will be confirmed, and that doesn't seem to be much in doubt, white house aides throughout have said she will get on because they have 50 democratic votes but hoping to get at least two republicans to back judge jackson, have we heard anything from senators collins and murkowski how they view the last two days of questioning? >> jonathan, good morning. always good to starts the day with you. i just want to say that moment you just played, there are not only tears from senator booker and judge jackson and the room from a ...

Do you still think she's out of the judicial mainstream? >>'s as i look at the decision made in the past, our judicial philosophy was different and that's something i wanted to dig into in more depth. >> reporter: so, erica, whether romney or murkowski or potentially another republican vote for her could determine whether this could be tied with one of the closest votes ever for any supreme court nominee on the senate floor in history. that was in 2018 when brett kavanaugh was confirmed by two vote margin. t it is still uncertain as we head into the confirmation vote next week. >> we will be w...