anita: to the supreme court where republicans are crit sighing the president s clumsy handling of appointing a new truz. todd: they want joe biden to have factors other than race and gender. brook has more on the process of replacing steven brier. reporter: good morning. that s right. as joe biden is facing scrutiny over his handling of appointing the first supreme court justice, polling data shows how americans feel about the process. an abc poll shows 76% of americans want the president to consider all nominees rahless of rates. the poll sows 23% want him to follow through on his promise to appoint a black woman to serve on the supreme court. republican senator had concerns about how the president had managed this process. listen to this.
i don t think it was just all about money. when he was, you know, chair of g-8 in 2006 and russian television showed him in the company of bush 43, blare, berlusconi, harper, it added to his image as a leader who could lead russia and you know solve russian problems. people are not happy now but they believe putin s luck will play later on. so put will recover from the misfortune. you ve not been shy crit sighing the u.s. president, not tough enough in handling putin. what do you do? how do you think you should handle this? i have to say, the idea that russia was no longer foe but must be friend and do something, you know, to improve the situation, it started with clinton and then bush 43 and obama continued it. now putin s far more aggressive than ten years ago what happen s important to undersand that