Chairman of the senate jacket, he was in judiciary committee. None of them know exactly what senator collins is going to do. Just to set the stakes here, wolf, you named senator jeff flake. Thats 49. If he stays where he is, thats 49 senators, republicans need 50 and the tie breaking vote from Vice President pence. If Susan Collins says she will vote yes on the nomination, that is the vote that they need. Obviously were still waiting to hear from senator joe manchin, whether he plans to maintain his vote as well. A senator who has been undecided for the last couple of weeks, who has been going through a very, very difficult and complex process, a senator who on some of her crucial issues, most notably health care, roe v. Wade
said she feels very comfortable. She spent a lot of time behind the scenes reviewing that fbi report and now she has to make the decision, guys. Well find out soon enough, in the next few minutes. If she says shes going to vote yes in favor of confirmation, thats
ways everybody, all people can understand. a new perspective. when i made the commitment to nominate a black woman on the supreme court, i could see this day. i literally could see this day because i thought about it for a long, long time. as jill will tell you i wasn t going to run again but when i decided to run this is one of the first decisions i made. i could see it. i could see it as a day of hope, a day of promise, a day of progress. a day when once again the moral arc of the universe, as barack used to put it all the time, bends a little more towards justice. i knew it wouldn t be easy but i knew the person i nominated would be put through a painful and difficult conformation process but i have to tell you what judge jackson was put through was well beyond that. there was verbal abuse, the anger when the constant
sports-like reaction. she was a bit tearful. they held hands and embraced. and had that moment where they could each sort of see this important personal but much larger moment coming together. today, for those who are outside the washington area, we have pleasant weather, which we have not had in days. so, to be able to have a beautiful event on the south lawn after we ve had days and days of rain is itself kind of a parting of the clouds after what has been a contentious conformation process and now there will be a celebration. and celebrations at white houses are few and far between. the day-to-day grind of governance, the kinds of issues any white house has to deal with usually don t allow for much celebration. this is a special occasion in that way where they can celebrate the achievement and what it represents to the country to have a court that
and they say she is someone who was a serious student, who had been working for a long time to be a judge, for a long time tabe in this position. they said they were pained to watch her supreme court hearings and she, herself, was at times dirs rbed. but because of her background, as a descendant of enslaved people and parents who were both lawyers and educators, that she was ready for this moimt. and one of her friends said she was very caring and texting on her at 2:00 in the morning, checking on her children, even as she was going through the conformation process. this is going to be a moment that will also be a big win for the baden administration, given they have a lot of challenges ahead. this is a moment they can celebrate and there s talk that tomorrow, at the white house, they ll be celebrating her. but today will be at the senate where history will be made.
house here because you mentioned ron clan. and you have to consider the fact that president biden was the chairman of the senate judiciary committee for many years. between the two of them, they know how to get somebody through the conformation process. as for justice breyer giving a speech in france, he taught himself french. and he once told a small group of us, you know you can learn french. you can teach it to yourself. for it s easy. which i think speaks to his mental capacity. he s certainly going to leave a legacy on the court that you ve talked about. he s an expert on administrative law. and for that reason, he was not always a consistent sort of rubber stamp vote with the liberals because sometimes on questions of administrative law, he would vote with conservatives as well. generally speaking, his record was one of the court s liberals. and as his position now is the