statement he's going to make and i'll be happy to talk about it later. >> reporter: now the focus turns to the president's short list with the white house saying today president biden will stick to this campaign promise. >> 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 >> reporter: president biden has nominated eight black women to federal appellate courts so far and one of the top contenders for the supreme court opening comes from that list. 51-year-old ketanji brown jackson, a harvard law graduate who formerly clerked for justice breyer, nominated just last year by president biden for the influential u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit >> i'm even-handedly applying the law in every case. >> reporter: jackson won confirmation in the democratic-controlled senate with support from all 50 democrats and 3 republicans. another likely front-runner, 45-year-old leondra kruger, a justice on california's supreme court. kruger, a former justice department lawyer, has argued several cases before the u.s. supreme