because it s necessary. 115 justices so far. there have been 108 white men. two black men. five women. four of them white. and one latina. and those are the potential nominees up on your screen now. there s a lot of talk about d.c. circuit judge ketanji brown jackson. bakari, who served as a clerk for justice breyer. but clyburn is talking up michelle childs. could that give childs a boost here? how much impact could would clyburn wants impact this? i mean, i think it matters. but i think that judge childs record matters as well. you have supreme court justice kruger from california. but the difference between a michelle childs and many of the other justices on the court, say for amy coney barrett is that she doesn t have that harvard, yale pedigree. what she does, though, is bring that diversity from another perspective. university of south florida.
kruger from california. you about the difference between michelle childs and many other justices on the court save for amy coney barrett is the fact that she doesn t have that harvard, yale pedigree. what she does, though, is bring that diversity from another perspective. university of south florida. university of south carolina school of law. simply saying that someone checked the box because they went to ivy league does not necessarily qualify them for the supreme court. we re looking for an entire plethora of experience. and judge childs brings all of that including her full self to the court. i will not knock any of these women. they all deserve to be on the court. however, there is something that needs to be said about that level of diversity by having someone who didn t just have that yale, harvard experience but actually had a maybe more full, diverse experience with their background and upbringing. scott, there s now going to be a huge political battle ahead of the midterms.
0 his campaign promise to nominate a black woman? the short list circulating in washington signals history s about to be made. and you ve got to hear this. podcaster joe rogan thinks he has the definition of what makes a black person. unless you re talking to someone who is like 100% african from the darkest place where they re not wearing any clothes all day and they ve developed all that melanin to protect themselves from the sun, even the term black is weird. okay. professor michael eric dyson s name coming up as part of this uninformed rant. he joins me just ahead on that. and the country might be sick of covid but the cdc is predicting more than 62,000 deaths over the next month. warnings from an expert straight ahead this hour. but i want to start now with cnn s supreme court analyst steve vladeck and global affairs analyst susan glass here to talk about what is going on with breyer s official retirement has not happened but that s the word that it s going to happen soon. goo