the final day of the hearing from the committee heard from ann williams, well known, she served in the northern district of illinois then as a circuit in the seventh circuit and only that she is first african-american woman do so and she is now retired at this point but she has volunteered with the abrupt and murky bar association to do the careful review of judge ketanji brown jackson and make certain that we know every comment that is been made by professionals who been familiar with her work experience. judge williams' anomaly politically, as were looking at for evidence of whether she is democrat or republican, she is initially pointed to the district court by president reagan and into the circuiten court fight president clinton in a bipartisan nominee all the way and she came to report to the committee that judge ketanji brown jackson, has been reviewed with careful personal interviews of 250 separate individuals in her legal career emerged unanimously well qualified to serve on the supreme court and judge williams said that in and interviewing these and judges, the sr questions,

ann williams is well known to the presiding officer as well as myself. she served as a district court judge in the northern district of illinois and then as a circuit judge on the seventh circuit. i believe she was the first african american woman to do so. she's retired at this point, but she's volunteered with the american bar association to do the careful review of judge jackson to make certain that we know every comment that's been made by professionals who have been familiar with her work experience. judge williams is a nominally politically, those who are looking for evidence as to whether she is democrat or republican, she was initially appointed to the district court by president reagan and then to the circuit court by president clinton, a bipartisan nominee all the way. she came to report to the committee that judge ketanji brown jackson, who had been reviewed with careful personal interviews of 250 separate individuals in her legal career, had emerged unanimously well qualified to serve on the supreme court. judge williams said that in intervie

today that the letter that came from the aba, finding her well qualified was written by former judge ann clair williams who herself should be on that court right now but for our history of just not nominating and pursuing really qualified and excellent and tremendous black women. >> well, you make several important points including one that we touched on before. discrimination by its very essence is the nonmericratic and nonsubstantive disappearance of people. that not only hurts those people and unfair, period, it also hurts the rest of us in society when we're denied those talents and skills. so i appreciate your point there. i'm curious what you thought of the white house, we showed this because i was there in talking to them, and it's always funny as a journal ust, a lot of civil rights add voluntary kts are the advocates are excited. you bring that up around the white house and they say, yeah, that's cool. that's cool. but look at the police endorsement. look it at the other stuff. i'm curious what you think about all that. >> well, i think it's hilarious, of course. because the bea

and ann. in high school, william was a four-year varsity athlete as well as a member of the national honor society and the mountain service organization. by the time he graduated high school, he accumulated over 260 community hours of service. as a first-year at penn state,ess a' part of the air force -- he's part of the air force rotc and earned his private pilot's license from university park airport. i'm confident william's experience in and out of the classroom will serve him well as he looks forward to this exciting new phase of life. william, thank you for your commitment to our nation and best of luck in colorado springs. mr. speaker, it was an honor to nominate these young men, their dedication to serving our country as inspirational. i look forward to seeing their successes in the years to come. thank you, again. thanks to all of them for their commitment to our great nation. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes

three witnesses from the aba, the honorable ann claire williams, mr. joseph drayton and ms. jean veta. i am glad all three are here. i would be remiss if i did not say a word about judge williams. the first judge of color to sit on the seventh circuit and she has a special attachment to notre dame university. she was nominated by president reagan in 1985. in 1999, she was nominated by president clinton to talk about bipartisanship to serve on the seventh circuit. after stepping down from the bench in 2017, she joined a chicago office to advance the rule of law in african nations. she is a respected leader in the chicago community and i am looking forward to her testimony. these panelists are here to talk about the rating of judge jackson. the committee confines evaluations to qualities of integrity, professional competence and temperament. they unanimously found judge jackson in all of these areas to be deserving of the highest rating. it is exactly but we saw in the last few days from judge jackson. i am looking forward to hearing more about the standing committee's evaluat

leigh ann caldwell is on capitol hill for nbc news. also with us is pete williams. betsy woodruff swan, an msnbc contributor, joins us as well. leigh ann, let me start with you and about jared kushner set to appear in front of the committee this week. talk to us about what we know. >> we don't know that much, hallie. we do know that he's scheduled to appear on thursday. perhaps because with he wasn't subpoenaed, he was requested to come, as they do with other trump family members. that he might actually speak to the committee. if he does, though, would he actually give them any information or would he plead the fifth? but it is on the schedule, and this is another sign that the committee is moving very closely to the former president and trying to get as much information as possible, hallie. >> leigh ann, there's also this piece of reporting that i know you and our team have as relates to ginni thomas. what is your sense as to whether the committee will seek to talk with her, seek to ask her questions about these text messages that were revealed between her and form

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talented actor previously diagnosed with prostate cancer passed away yesterday. >> anne thompson joins was more and a look at hurt's remarkable legacy good morning. >> good morning, the news was a real shock william hurt died at his home in portland, oregon, just a week before his 72nd birthday, leaving a body of work that spans generations. >> alpha team. let him have all of it. >> today's movie goers, know william hurt at general thaddeus ross in marvel movies like "the incredible hulk. but hurt made his mark as the quintessential movie actor, commanding your attention even in an ensemble piece like the "big chill." discussing the film here on "today" in 2008. >> the classic notion was that we were always caricatures of ourselves as all generations are. >> reporter: the juilliard trained actor made his movie debut at altered states. >> i told you, i've got a husband. >> i'll buy him one too. >> reporter: then sizzled on the big screen with kathleen turner in "body heat. nominated finish best actor three times. winning as a gay prisoner in the "kiss of the spider woman. >> i am very p

and i asked point black justice ann williams, who led this investigation by the a.b.a., did you hear from anyone who said she was soft on crime, that she somehow was not in the norm when it came to sentencing? none, not one. 250 people interviewed, not one came up with it. all we've heard against her has come out of the mouths of three or four people in the committee, and that's it, because there is no record for it. well, how did the american bar association grade her when it was all said and done? unanimously well qualified. unanimously well qualified. it doesn't sound like the same person just described, does it? because it isn't. what you've heard on the floor here is a mischaracterization of her record. i'm sorry to say it's unfair, and i wish it hadn't been part of the record today. what about guantanamo? well, i have some serious differences with the senator from south carolina about guantanamo. hundreds of detainees have been sent through guantanamo since the war on terror began. many of them should have been there. but hundreds and hundreds of them have been released by pres