making this decision. >> kelly o'donnell, the president met his own self-imposed deadline. what do we know about when judge jackson found out that she was going to be his choice? and what about the fight that's coming up, the confirmation fight moving forward? >> reporter: just imagine the phone rings on a thursday night in washington, d.c., and it's the white house operate or the calling for judge ketanji brown jackson and the president is on the line. that's what happened. the president, we're told, according to sources familiar, placed that call last night to offer this position to judge brown jackson, and she accepted. they have known each other through the years and through the interview process, and they have that bond already, and of course she was the front-runner in many people's eyes from the beginning, certainly a prime contender. it doesn't always work out that way, but it did in this instance. so she was notified last night. this morning, there are notifications going on as we