republicans come on board is this several voted for the short list including katangi brown jackson and three republicans supported her nomination to lower court. one was susan collins but raised concerns yesterday about the process, urged democrats to move slowly but democrats still plan to push ahead rather quickly. kate? manu, thank you so much. appreciate it. joining me right now for more on this, cnn chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin and the dean of the harvard ratcliffe institute and harvard law school. and tamiko, and con stance baker and the struggle for equality. how do you reflect on this historic moment and this historic opportunity? thank you, kate. it s important for politicians to keep their promises. and especially for president
crazy and offensive can be described in a lot of what we see coming out of washington. so i guess if it fits a lot of moments. dean, one of the women on the short list as mentioned by our correspondent is katangi brown jackson and biden nominated her to the dc circuit. you supported her for that nomination. and we hear often that the dc circuit in particular is a theatre to the supreme court and i believe i ask it almost with every confirmation, but i think i m always curious, why is that? what is it about the dc circuit? well, that s a funny question. it s a theatre to the supreme court because it has been a theatre to the supreme court and it s also true the particular court handles a wide range of issues including administrative issues and so the judges who are appointed to that court are well equipped to handle a range of issues that would be before them on the supreme court.
with consequential cases with abortion rights, gun rights and then, of course, the work for the white house begins. it will have to decide who his successor will be and at this point, there are three people at the top of the list. there s judge katangi brown jackson, recently confirmed to the dc circuit court of appeals with a handful of republicans voting for her. she interestingly met with president biden last february and then california supreme court judge l leandra. a judge in south carolina and the key here, kate, is that congresswoman, jim clyburn, a top ally for biden, pushing for her. those are the top three contenders. we ll see what plays out here. thank you so much for that. let s go to capitol hill now where the battle for confirmation is already taking shape. cnn s manu raju standing by for us this hour with that. reporter: chuck schumer the