confirmed by a vote of 53-44. this time around, even the gop senate leader says, yes, he expects hi to be confirmed even with few republican votes. when could that happen? democrats are hoping to get her confirmed before they leave for recess on april 8th. poppy? paula read, thank you very much for the reporting. let me bring in cnn senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor and author of a fnlts book i just finished, laura coates. let me begin to talk about the diversity she brings to the court outside her race and gender, but her work, her work as a federal public defender, her work as a criminal defense attorney. how important is that in this moment when, as you say, and i think you put it so well, this country is dealing with a legal system still aspiring to really be a justice system?
jackson will ultimately be confirmed and democrats would like to see her confirmed before they leave for the next recess on april 8th. thank you. let s discuss this truly historic hearing. the chairman of the hearing is joining us. thank you. so for joining us. give us your thoughts on judge jackson s opening remarks today, and what you hope to learn from her during the question and answer sessions that actually begin tomorrow. think about it. if you were a nominee and you sat through an entire day of people saying nice things and not so nice things and you had no opportunity to respond until an opening statement, which is kind of general airing in nature. so for a way, it must be a little frustrating for the judge. i have full confidence in her credentials, her ability to answer the questions that are raised. that starts tomorrow. that s the real exchange where each senator has 30 minutes to ask questions. 30 minutes is a long time for
of this and that, heck, in honor of you might be called a communist. but don t worry my sister, don t worry. god has got you. and how do i know that? because you are here, and i know what it has taken for you to sit in that seat. i want to talk, and hear from you about why that moment was so significant, and what you are hearing from the white house about judge jackson s confirmation? are they still fully confident? white house officials are very confident, based on my conversations. and democrats want to see her confirmed by april 8th, which is before the senate goes to recess for easter. but i want to also just mark that moment, what senator booker did was really to honor her. he said not only don t worry, god has you, he also called her
a bench, if confirmed. she says that the resume speaks for herself. she is obviously very qualified. mitch mcconnell says there is a high likelihood that she is confirmed. but we keep an eye on several gop 2020 hopefuls, who we think could use this very high-profile platform, and use it to their advantage. one of them, specifically, is missouri senator josh hawley, who is already come out and attack jackson on her criminal defense marker, specifically setting nearly a dozen child pornography cases. also a representation of several detainees in guantánamo bay. but vinita, republicans at the end of the day know that they are likely on the losing side of this. this is a democratic president who has nominated her. she would, be if confirmed, filling a liberal justices seat. she only needs 50 democratic votes to be concerned, something she likely already has. and it is a likely victory of the democrats hope to see by april 8th. we heard that campaign
april 8th. paula, big day, big week on capitol hill. hundreds of protesters in central ukraine taking to the streets after their deputy mayor was detained by russian forces. plus several high-ranking russian generals killed in ukraine. we ll discuss the significance of that and why they were so close to the action to begin with. the world is full of make or break moments. especially if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis ait s time to make your move,