not just with democrats but with republicans. as i was talking to senator dick durbin yesterday, he said he still feels there could be a handful, in his words, of republicans who could come to the table and ultimately vote to confirm her. that s some of the meetings she s going to be having today, still meeting with the members of the judiciary committee. she met with senator leahy this morning and will meet with senator ben sass and later meeting with senator amy klobuchar. those meetings will continue until the point the confirmation hearings again. we ll hear opening statements and then we ll get into the q & a portion of it. it looks like those questions could last for about two days and then we ll hear closing statements. from the time she was nominated to the time the confirmation hearings start, we re seeing democrats make good on their promise to do an expedited
to be overturned. that s why you heard some of the senators referencing cases like dread scott which was overturned because it held black people can be owned by white people. clearly bad law. that s the sort of argument that republicans will offer if roe versus wade is in fact overturned so the issue becomes an issue of whether additional case, for instance cases that entitle american women to obtain contraception. joyce, i hate to cut you off, but we are going back to the confirmation hearings for judge ketanji brown jackson. we know senator ben sass is up next. we ll return to those hearings now and take a listen. thank you for answering the questions of the committee today and tomorrow. what you ve said in public matches what you ve said in private and that s a testament to your character. that also could be helpful to rebuilding public trust. so thank you for the way you ve
examined. sure. which is why it s such a disservice. of course. to turn these hearings into a total circus. there were plenty of other republican senators like ben sass who did engage with her on legal issues, like her judicial philosophy. there were ways to do this. other senators chose to do otherwise. jackie kucinich, thank you. thank you. the hearings resume at 9 a.m. be right back. andy, justin tested positive. let s do a cue test. okay. (whispers) whoa, what is that? who is this new vice? i m cue and i m re to protect the family. i m a smart home testing lab. i m fast and super accurate. please be negative. don t worry, i got this. woah!
russia s forces have committed war crimes in ukraine. now blinken says the u.s. is going to leave it up to international courts to figure out how to proceed next and this comes after weeks of president biden and other western leaders trying to hash things out, trying to stop putin with diplomacy via zoom, and we have reason now to think the president does not think that was working very well, because when he said on his way out the door. what would you like to say to european partners? i m going to say that to their face. say all i have to say, say it when i get there. nato leaders are signalling they plan to punish russia by sanctioning a few hundred more members of the lower house of parliament and warn china not to help russia. some lawmakers at home want more. senator ben sass is saying president biden should outline the plan to help zelenskyy win
them were crafting the reasons they were going to give why they would not vote for her including you know, someone like ben sass who focused on judicial philosophy even though the judge said repeatedly she s about doing the work. she doesn t have any predisposed philosophy and he treated that as if that was a knock against her. i think it s really transparent here. i don t think these hearings serve much of a purpose anymore except to exhaust the nominee. we ve only got 30 seconds, but do you agree, michael, with pat who said this is a sad day for the u.s. senate. yeah, it s been a sad day in a number of these hearings. i absolutely agree. the process is so broken down that it doesn t really serve a broader public purpose to engage in this conversation because no one s coming to the table with clean hands and no one s being serious in trying to get to the idea of what kind of judge they re about to put on the bench. we saw that in the trump years.