statement he s going to make and i ll be happy to talk about it later. reporter: now the focus turns to the president s short list with the white house saying today president biden will stick to this campaign promise. i m looking forward to making sure there s a black woman on the supreme court, to make sure we in fact get every representation reporter: president biden has nominated eight black women to federal appellate courts so far and one of the top contenders for the supreme court opening comes from that list. 51-year-old ketanji brown jackson, a harvard law graduate who formerly clerked for justice breyer, nominated just last year by president biden for the influential u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit i m even-handedly applying the law in every case. reporter: jackson won confirmation in the democratic-controlled senate with support from all 50 democrats and 3 republicans. another likely front-runner, 45-year-old leondra kruger, a justice on california s supre
kept. among the contenders, ketanji brown jackson, leondra kruger. brown jackson, a former breyer law clerk 51 and twice confirmed by the senate including once by this senate. i m not ejecting my personal views, i m evenhandedly applying the law. leondra krueger a justice on california s supreme court, and clerked for john paul stevens, 45, a deputy in the solicitor general s office during the obama administration arguing a dozen cases before the supreme court. and mi sheld childs a federal judge in south carolina, recently nominated to the court of appeals for the dc circuit, 55 and clerked with jim clyburn. she s got a bachelor s degree from university of south florida, she has a doctorate she has a jurisdoctorate from the university of south carolina, from duke university. she s thoroughly southern. now a vote that requires the senate will give him months of