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This. as we talk about the traditional role of advice and consent of the senate, is this more a meeting about advice or getting closer to the consent phase here? in other words, is the president coming in still soliciting some names from the member of the committee whose votes will be key to this process or maybe at the point where he can run through a shorter version of that longer list that we showed just a few minutes ago. in terms of the search for it, it stands former senator doug jones who has been named as the nomination adviser by the white house sometimes called the sherpa. he started...

Majority districts because some of the challenges involve state laws, not federal law. that's why what the supreme court has done here is important. >> pete williams, appreciate it. >> you bet. today, former alabama senator doug jones officially becomes his role as the supreme court nomination adviser to president biden. the senator will act as a so-called sherpa for the nominee working with top officials to advise on the nomination and confirmation process and being there for that nominee. the white house told nbc last week they have narrowed the search down to less than 12 candidates. up...

Ukraine in just a moment. right now, though, president biden and the white house -- well, president biden, i should say, is preparing for his state of the union speech and the nomination of judge ketanji brown jackson, the first black woman to sit on the highest court in the nation if confirmed. >> if i'm fortunate enough to be confirmed as the next associate justice of the supreme court of the united states, i can only hope that my life and career, my love of this country and the constitution and my commitment to upholding the rule of law and the sacred principles upon which this great nation...

Americans who never had anything close to this kind of opportunity. from my gardenparandparents wit gradeschool education but instilled in my parents the importance of learning and my parents who i mentioned here already, the first in their families to get to go to college. so this nomination, against that backdrop is significant to a lot of people -- >> let's bring in now white house nomination adviser for legislative affairs and former senator from alabama, doug jones, and our former colleague here on cnn as well, doug, thank you so much, appreciate you joining us to talk about this. a long ...