be the first black woman ever on the supreme court and the first justice since thurgood marshall, who retired 30 years ago, to have significant experience defending accused criminals, because she s a former public defense lawyer in washington. at age 51 she d be one of the youngest on the current court. she d be second in age only to amy coney barrett, who turned 50 last month, chris. so, c.k., the things pete williams pointed out about her background background and being the first black woman on the court, give me your sense of this moment in history. well, good morning. this is an extraordinary moment in history, an extraordinary moment. i m happy that i ve lived to see this day. exceptionally qualified candidate, stellar background and reputation who already has the judicial temperament to be able to ascend to the u.s. supreme court, taking her proper place if confirmed. and i have no question that
around the supreme court. she was a law clerk for justice breyer. she s now a judge on the federal appeals court in washington, and perhaps one of the reasons that motivated the president to choose her is she was confirmed for that position just eight months ago with the volts of three senate republicans. for the previous eight years she was a federal trial court judge in washington. at her confirmation for that position, she got some support from, all of people, the former republican house speaker paul ryan, because it turns out that his in-laws and hers are distantly related through marriage. judge jackson was born here in washington, but she grew up in miami where her mother was a school administrator and her father was a lawyer for the school board. she has said that watching him was an early inspiration for her to seek a career in the law. she graduated from both harvard and harvard law, and there s where she met her husband, patrick, now a surgeon in washington. they have two dau
making this decision. kelly o donnell, the president met his own self-imposed deadline. what do we know about when judge jackson found out that she was going to be his choice? and what about the fight that s coming up, the confirmation fight moving forward? reporter: just imagine the phone rings on a thursday night in washington, d.c., and it s the white house operate or the calling for judge ketanji brown jackson and the president is on the line. that s what happened. the president, we re told, according to sources familiar, placed that call last night to offer this position to judge brown jackson, and she accepted. they have known each other through the years and through the interview process, and they have that bond already, and of course she was the front-runner in many people s eyes from the beginning, certainly a prime contender. it doesn t always work out that way, but it did in this instance. so she was notified last night. this morning, there are notifications going on as