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A black woman on the highest court in the land, i mean it's just -- it's more than symbolism but i've got to bring it back to that because we know she's qualified. we know her qualifications are ready. right now i want to relish how important this moment really is for not just americans but black america. >> yeah, i appreciate both of your heartfelt reactions as both human beings, which we are all humans here. we sometimes forget that when everyone's in super professional mode. the credentials as you mentioned i want to get into, and i mentioned the 97% because it's a reminder for people that ...

Beyond the military. and you see people often at one time clogging the roads and clogging whatever areas of escape that you can do. but right now the city is being cut off. there are check points now. the major check points inside the city, they're being barricaded. i saw them myself when i was coming into the city from a northeast town coming back into kyiv. so just this confluence of people leaving at one time, a city the size of chicago managing just millions of people in this city and they're all just saying we need to go is causing a massive problem. >> yeah, no, i think you gave us sever...

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And people know women lawyers around the country or minorities or all the other categories that have been shutout. when you hear it was 97% white across history, it just tells you something about how the court has been traditionally staffed. so that's a change today. i do want to get into some of what you just both mentioned. so our panel stays. tonight many americans hearing about her for the first time. a harvard alum who served on that law school's prestigious law review like former president obama. she's done civil rights work, dealt with judge sentencing reform. her most direct experience...

Become permanently separated. and that's sort of a reality here for people, a possibility given the scale of the violence that we're now seeing across the country. i was also speaking to another woman. she was there with her two friends and a cat. she was adamant, though. she said she was going to fight for her country no matter what, ari. >> erin mclaughlin with some really important and harrowing details there. stay safe. thank you. reporting from ukraine. and now we turn to the other historic news today, which i mentioned, and it reinforces just how presidents must balance several deeply si...