tells us which is likely. but i hope judge jackson proves me wrong. the lone african american republican in the senate, tim scott, is a no. he says provided could have diversified the court when he chaired the committee on the judiciary. he said to clarence thomas, no way, no how, not on my watch. he did everything in his power to make sure that the court that he now is concerned about diversity would have been completely white. jackson want take over until this summer. justice stephen breyer will not step down from the court until it finishes its term. it s rare to wait that long after confirmation. the senate wants to get it done because of a covid outbreak at the capitol. house speaker nancy pelosi tested positive and also a few moments ago, democrat greg meeks from new york.
yet, so we are waiting for that to happen, bret. it s a done deal here, 53 likely 53-47. earlier today we heard senators weigh in on judge jackson s qualifications and this moment. one of the senators was raphael warnock, praising judge jackson saying it reflects the promise of progress on which the democracy rests. thorrogood marshall was the first african american, and sandra day o connor, and judge jackson in 2022. and the senator from georgia, brings me back to january 5, 2021, and that run-off in georgia where two senate seats were on the line. had republicans won one of those they would be in control of the
states mr. trump did not comply at all with the subpoena s request for documents and information requested by james s office by the march 31 deadline. says the judge s order was crystal clear, trump must comply and turn over relevant documents to my office instead of obeying a court order he is trying to evade it. no one is above the law. and also making it clear that while this has been filed in the new york county state supreme court, it seeks to impose a $10,000 fine on trump for every day he continues to violate the court s order to produce those documents. this just in. john. john: we ll keep watching to see how that goes. and judge ketanji brown jackson expected to be confirmed as the first african american woman to sit on the supreme court. every democrat expected to vote for her. how many republicans will join them? chad pergram is watching the proceedings on capitol hill this
hampshire, and south carolina. his strategy is to have chosen to not do that, probably because that is not mayor bloomberg s talent. he would not do very well there. and you know, he s foregone taking any donations, probably because he wouldn t raise that much money, so he s left, you know, essentially buying a seat. although i just don t think it will be successful. and that is one good thing, if i m correct, that remains in this process, is that billionaires won t be able to buy the presidency. i m hopeful, anyway. i want to pivot and play a comment from former u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley, in an interview with glenn beck talking about confederate flag. let s listen to that. south carolina fell to her knees when this happened. this is one of the oldest african-american churches. these 12 people were amazing people. they love their church. they love their family, they
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