so much in recent weeks, which is that joe biden ran on the idea that he was somebody who had all these relationships in the u.s. senate, he was someone who could get things done. to reiterate, there are few decisions by any president more consequentially and more long-lasting than nominating a supreme court justice. tell us what you re hearing from inside that building behind you right now. reporter: one of the things we ve been reporting on extensively, chris, in the last couple weeks is the reset for week 2 of the biden presidency. we talked about how could the president reach out and try to repair some of the disappointment in his core constituency of african-american voters? how could he get out and look in the eyes of american voters, trying to get out into the country more?
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or is this bigger than the nominee. and i believe we are dealing with issues right now that are bigger than a nominee. and how we ensure that our institutions, not only the legislative branch, but our judicial branch, continue to be respected. this is what i ve been wrestling with. john, senator murkowski has articulated a concern that other people have here that is not necessarily tied to whether or not you believe that brett kavanaugh was involved in sexual assault. might not even be about his temperament now or a partisanship displayed. it is about what it does to the supreme court, what it does to the process of nominating a supreme court justice. strikes me that her commentary could be used by others as cover to vote no on kavanaugh. look, this is now bigger than
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seriously. joyce, on kavanaugh, anything stand out to you? one of the perplexing issues is we have never before had a situation where a president is nominating a supreme court justice who could very easily end up considering issues that have to do with that president s criminal exposure, and that puts, i think, a very new dimension, a new sort of a spin on a process that s become unduly political over the years. i don t envy the senators having to sort this out, but it will be a difficult process for the country. joyce vance, ben wittes, thank you very much. and the race for a senate seat that has been held by a republican for the past 24 years is tightening in, of all places, texas. ted cruz is just one point ahead of democrat beto o rourke inside the margin of error. after a video featuring o rourke talking about the nfl protests went viral, his senate run is
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justice kennedy will be retiring. he s a man i have known a long time and a man i respected a long time. a great justice of the supreme court. he is a man that has displayed great vision and tremendous heart. he will be missed but he will be retiring. other than committing troops to war and nominating a supreme court justice is about the most important thing that a president can do. in this particular case, the president has a chance to submit a 5-4 conservative majority at the court for a number of years at the very least. justice clarence thomas is the elder states man. he s 70. justice roberts could serve another generation. so depending who the president nominates, he can look this up for a while to come. shepard: give us a run down of what the president said about
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