nominee. there has been no announcement from justice breyer. let him make whatever statement he is going to make and i will be happy to talk about it later. reporter: now the focus turns to the president s short list with the white house saying 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 that, in fact, we 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 comes from that list. 51-year-old ketanji brown jackson, a harvard law graduate who formerly clerked for justice breyer, nominated last year for the u.s. court of appeals of the d.c. circuit. i am even handedly applying the law in every case. reporter: she won support from all 50 kihei maekawas and three republicans. another front-runner lee and
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
talking about the fact she s a harvard law graduate, a federal appeals court judge. and also talking about her values as a mother, as someone who has understood the criminal justice system for long time. it s going to be a very interesting part of the speech to watch and the white house is hoping possibly to change hearts and minds when it comes to trying to get her through the senate with a bipartisan conformation. we re so glad you re part of the team. we re told ketanji brown jackson will not be in the chamber tonight and as you know as we do, the president s challenge is to talk about domestic agenda. we re told he is going to speak about the build back better agenda but not under that umbrella. the parts, including trying to lower prescription drug costs, all of which we ll be watching. we ll be watching to see how he balances foreign policy and domestic policy and inflation on everyone s minds. that does it for this very busy hour.