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Get official word from justice breyer himself. so, let's bring in abc's senior white house correspondent mary bruce tonight. mary, i want to go back to what we heard from then candidate joe biden, what he said about who he would nominate to the supreme court. let's listen. >> 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. >> that was just before he won south carolina. mary, there's already a short list of potential nominees? >> reporter: there is, david, and the white house today says the president is standing by ...

Will be shaping the jurisprudence that people will rely on in years to come. he's going to be mindful about that amongst the various talented black women he's looking at, including melissa murray. >> you tweeted if biden picks brown jackson, we'll have another seat to fill on the powerful d.c. circuit while dems try to control the senate, hard not to read attacks on her through that lens. tell me more. >> i want to step back and tell you about attacks you previewed. if you remember the nomination of justice sotomayor, it's played against women of color. and donald trump said he was going to no...

Are going to be shaping the jurisprudence that people will rely on in years to come. and so, he is going to be very mindful about that amongst the various, very talented black women that he is looking at, including melissa murray. >> i -- i want to say you tweeted, quote, if biden picks judge ketanji brown jackson, he will have another seat to fill on the powerful d.c. circuit while dems still control the senate. hard not to read attacks specifically through her on that lens. tell me more. >> i want to step back for a second and talk about these generally which you previewed because i think fo...

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...

I mean, she was a cabinet secretary herself, and together they were indeed a powerful d.c. couple. >> they were a powerful couple. you no doubt wanted to be invited to spend time with them, and they were both in their own way dedicated to public service. i think a real takeaway when we stud eat life somebody like bob dole, we live in such a harsh political climate, a toxic political climate today. bob dole is a reminder that you can have sharp elbows. you can be really tough in american politics and still be a decent human being and try to work for a better country. bob dole wanted government ...