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Was asked about it, he dodged it and said he didn't want to give away his strategy. but this clearly also factored into the decision-making of some republicans who saw lisa murkowski in her statement brng up the corrosive politicization we're seeing these days. and i think in part that's why she decided to support jackson's nomination. >> this -- the partisanship, congress is, of course, a partisan body. it's democrats, republicans. this afects the court and how the public sees the court. and over the last several decades, public confidence in the court has been dropping. and now the public se...

League school. this is a big deal for not just democrats but for the country. and we should commend the democrats. they were able to get this through with a 50-50 senate and a short window with a pandemic that is sidelining lawmakers, including today, speaker pelosi in the house tested positive. it's a very big deal, the fact they got the republicans, another huge win for biden. they didn't need those republicans but that was important to him. so this is a very historic moment. >> at this moment, the senate vote will be next hour, let's listen to this now judge jackson, soon to be justice jack...

In the lead up to the midterms trying to portray democrats as being soft on crime, even if, in particular for this judge, the record is there and sound. just in terms of this moment and i don't think you can say enough about the ripple effects here. my colleague has a piece today where she actually went back to cambridge. went and talked to the harvard black law students association and described how the law students there, you know, are setting up screenings for the hearings. so while we're focused on the divisiveness here, you have so many people that saw themselves in judge jackson as well ...

Yes vote from at least one republican senator. that would be susan collins, who has told "the new york times" that she will support jackson's confirmation to the supreme court. early start anchor laura jarrett with us on this fascinating development. i had talked to doug jones, the sherpa for ketanji brown jackson, and he wouldn't say that they were going to get a republican. here they are. >> we have been watching for this one, of course, because republican susan collins had voted for judge jackson in past. obviously when she had been nominated to be on the federal appeals court, she voted in...

Foreseeable future. this is a partisan enterprise. and, you know, it is -- this will be -- the president will say this was a bipartisan confirmation, but barely. we'll see whether she gets -- whether judge jackson gets even one other vote. but that's how it's been, basically, since, you know, with obama's two nominations, sonia sotomayor and elena kagan, there were a handful of crossover votes by republicans, but by the time the three trump nominees came before the senate, it was almost a straight up partisan vote, and that's what we're looking at here. >> yeah, i mean, it makes it clear that ...