senator durbin: no. it was in the "washington post," the white house gathered information when hawley set up his charges. they gave it to us today. i don't know where they got it from. reporter: do you think if senators cruz and hawley that employed black women, they would have approached they are indifferently? senator: good question. i don't know if they do, so i can't comment. senator padilla: she wished me a happy birthday. [laughter] senator klobuchar: i thought when she talked about how she is able to do things that generations before her, and her mom's generation, that women were just as qualified and could have done but did not have that opportunity. you could see her tear up a little bit as she talked about that. what alex was getting at is this incredible opportunity that she has, but also the burden that she is carrying, carrying this torch for so many that came before her that could not have that same job. senator durbin: we will see you tomorrow. >> the confirmation hearings for ketanji brow

senator durbin: i said there were three. there are four, welcome. senator cornyn has asked if he could introduce our first witness. senator cornyn: thank you, mr. chairman. honored to introduce our final witness, rabbi charlie walker of the congregation beth israel in texas. he's originally from lansing michigan and dedicated his life to caring for those in need and living out his faith through service. after college, rabbi charlie worked at community centers in michigan and massachusetts. helping connect people with lifesaving resources and job training skills. in 2006, he became an ordained rabbi and joined the congregation beth israel in collieville, texas, as its first full-time rabbi. over the last 16 years he has built bridges within that community bringing together people with different viewpoints, backgrounds, and religious beliefs to foster a strong sense of community. on january 15 of this year, a stranger knocked on the synagogue's door and rabbi charlie welcomed the man with open arms. even making him a cup of tea. it soon became clear t

senator durbin: thank you. senator klobuchar. senator klobuchar: we had similar moments at that time. i wanted to add mine. we had a bombing of a clinic in our area. and i still remember getting a box in the mail and it was from someone i knew. we opened it up and this private citizen had sent me a bulletproof vest because i kept going to all of the events around the clinics to protect them and stand up. i just want to reiterate what senator whitehouse so beautifully said. that was that time. senator durbin: thank you. no further business come before the judiciary committee, we're going to really stand adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. scanlon: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. scanlon: this bill, by

chair durbin: 108 have been white men. none have been a black woman. you, judge committed can be the first. prepared to

durbin: thank you, mr. ambassador. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today on this important topic. i worked on these issues from the legal side at the department of state and the policy side at the national security council. numbers of the committee, in september 2021, the president told the u.n. general assembly i stand here today for the first time in 20 years with the united states not at war, but the united states is still waging war. last year marked the withdrawal of forces from afghanistan, but it did not mark the end of its counterterrorism operations around the world. those operations which, to this day, are conducted under the 2001 alteration --authorization for use of military force, directed against an amalgamation of groups like al qaeda, associated forces, and isis. they extend to territories far beyond afghanistan. this campaign is referred to as the war on terror. much about the war on terror is hidden. we hear about it when there is a success like last week and when things g

chairman durbin notes she's been confirmed three times before including for her current position on the d.c. court of appeals. we're going to start this very special coverage with our team of reporters and experts. chuck rosenberg, a senior u.s. attorney and eugene daniels, co-author of the play book "news letter." chuck, what will you be looking for and listening for from the committee and judge jackson as these hearings get under way? >> academically and experiencially she's a sue superb candidate. i was a prosecutor for many years, i never wanted to be a public defender but thank goodness we have public defenders, we live in a country that values their work, the protections of the 4th, 5 and 6th amendments. we need advocates on the other side, she did that work. she did it honorably and well and i just hope, i just hope she's not attacked for doing that. that would be sad and it would be pathetic. >> and we are seeing ketanji brown jackson now talking to some members of the senate. it's worth pointing out and dick durbin talked about this this morning that she spent a lot of time on

senator durbin: thank you. senator klobuchar. senator klobuchar: we had similar moments at that time. i wanted to add mine. we had a bombing of a clinic in our area. and i still remember getting a box in the mail and it was from someone i knew. we opened it up and this private citizen had sent me a bulletproof vest because i kept going to all of the events around the clinics to protect them and stand up. i just want to reiterate what senator whitehouse so beautifully said. that was that time. senator durbin: thank you. no further business come before the judiciary committee, we're going to really stand adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> now available for preorder in the c-span shop, c-span's 2022 congressional directory. go there today to order a copy of the congressional directory. this compact spiral-bound book has contact information for

durbin: thanks. senator durbin has gone to vote. as is customary, one of the members of the committee takes its place. >> i am in the chair now. i am very pleased to have my round of questioning while i am taking the chair first senator durbin. let me ask, you have an starting harry career yourself as a trailblazer, the first -- you have a extraordinary career yourself, as a trailblazer. a number of us on this panel have talked about the legitimacy crisis that the supreme court faces. maybe the result of self inflicted wounds, maybe where we live. but justice breyer very thoughtful, deliberate methodical approach as without line by judge jackson as well seems to be one of the hallmarks of his ability to bring to bring the court together and overcome divides and disagreements. which in my view is important at this point in the courts history, would you agree? >> i went. i think it comes from its deliberative nature. it does not have the power. what it has is its reality and perception of being a neutral orbiter. i think breyer plays

durbin: -- bipartisan leadership. i hope we see again. there were some questions asked of her she did not have a chance to respond to. tomorrow she will. we are looking forward to her being given a fair opportunity to respond to some of the charges on the questions raised. we believe she has a compelling story to tell for the american people. her close i thought was especially touching. she spoke at somebody not just for the supreme court but as a mother. my republican colleagues have raised issues and she has had to sit back quietly. tomorrow she has her day and it begins at 9:00 in the morning. i invite my colleagues who would like to say more. senator lahey. >> thank you very much. i have been here for 20 of these confirmations -- hearings. and nominees. they have all been different for one reason or another. there is not a single nominee that strikes me in such an extraordinary way as this one has. not only her tremendous abilities she has already demonstrated. her background, her knowledge, and her experience, which again, stands out

chair durbin: no evidence? mr. drayton: no evidence. judge williams: not just the individuals who were listed there that the nominee selects, but beyond that, to test her ability, to test her integrity, to test her ability to be a fair and impartial jurist, and it never came up in any group. chair durbin: the assertion was made over and over and over again that judge jackson was soft on crime when it came to prosecution versus defense, that her background as a public defender, the fact she would consider representing a detainee being detained at guantanamo bay raised a question on whether she was soft on crime. i assume that means releases people who would be a danger to the community. did you find any evidence from all the people you interviewed of that assertion? judge williams: none whatsoever. jean veta did most of the work in that area. ms. veta: mr. chairman, in response to the question you raised, we heard consistently from not only defense counsel but prosecutors how unbiased judge jackson is. we heard phrases like, doing things

he had a heated exchange with senate judiciary chair dick durbin. sen. graham: being a public defender, did you consider that rewarding? judge jackson: yes i did. public service is very important to me. it is an important family value. it is something that now i have dedicated my career to. deserve a system that can keep terrorists off the battlefield that understands the difference between war and crime. you considered 9/11 you set a terrible tragic event. would you consider it an act of war? judge jackson: yes. sen. graham: i would too. you are rightly proud of your service as a public defender. you represented gizmo day chinese -- gitmo detainees, part of our system. what is the recidivism rate at gitmo? judge jackson: i'm not aware. sen. graham: 31%. how does that strike you? judge jackson: i don't know how it strikes me. sen. graham: it strikes me as terrible. judge jackson: that's what i was going to say. sen. graham: of the 229 -- 749 chinese release from gitmo 220 nice -- of the 749 detainees from gitmo 229 went back. a former gitmo detainee was

chair durbin: thank you, senator hawley. certainly the judge deserves to be heard on that type of a charge. senator? >> thank you, mr. chairman. judge jackson, a low hot. i know there are people here to support you. aloha to all of you. congratulations, judge jackson, to all that you have accomplished throughout your life and career. i know a lot of your backgrounds and experiences have been cited, but some things are worth repeating, so i am going to repeat them. you are the national champion of speech and debate as a highschooler. you have undergraduate and law degrees from harvard, each with honors, three clerkships of federal court, including one for justice breyer, who you have been nominated to replace. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., march 21, 2022. i hereby appoint the honorable donald s.beyer jr. to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house o

chairman durbin -- >> my job is -- >> chairman durbin, i'm not interrupting your questioning. >> i'm asking you to give her a chance to answer. you're refusing -- >> but she's consistently said she's not going to answer. i want to clarify the case i was discussing is cooper and not chazin. but chazin is -- the case that i was reading from your transcript was cooper but chazin -- all right. let's get to chazin. i pulled the wrong tab. chazin is equally horrifying. and you say in chazin, this is something senator graham asked you. the guidelines lay out different enhancements and you said repeatedly, and this is true in all your cases you say you disagree with the guidelines, you think they're wrong. and the two guidelines you disagree with is one there's an enhancement for use of a computer. and you say the world has changed and now all of these are on a computer. i understand that. i don't agree with you but i understand that. that is an understandable thing to say. but the second thing you say over and over again is there's an enhancement for the number of images and you say repeate

. >> coming up next on c-span show, illinois senator dick durbin talks about the confirmation process for president biden supreme court nominee. then armed services committee on authorization for use of military force. later, president biden traveled to wisconsin to talk about the bipartisan infrastructure law. >> senate judiciary chair dick durbin talk to reporters after meeting with supreme court nominee. he gave a timeline for confirmation hearings which are set to begin march 21. senator durbin said he's not a post in-person hearings, but the decision has yet to be made because of the covid 19 pandemic. >> i just had an opportunity to sit down with ketanji brown jackson, the nominee from president biden to fill the vacancy is not the first time he

dick durbin wasn't kidding when he said today's the easy part. the next couple of days she could face 24 hours total of questioning. and we heard today some of the things that are going to be put in front of her. look, this is not her first trip to the rodeo. she's been before the judiciary committee three times before. by all accounts obviously has been successful and stellar in her presentation. but there never have been stakes quite this high. and for a lot of people out there watching, the way mazie hirono put it, frankly for young girls and women of color, tomorrow and the next day are going to be incredible days for them and incredible days for history. >> we're looking live at senator dick durbin it looks like taking a few questions from reporters. let's listen in for a little bit. >> has been honored by this committee on three separate occasions to win its approval with bipartisan leadership and i hope we see it again. there was some questions that were asked of her which she did not have a chance to respond to. tomorrow she will. and i h

but i was just looking at klobuchar, i believe senator durbin is beginning. let's listen in right now. >> okay. >> to be the 116th justice of the supreme court. welcome judge jackson, and to you and your family. >> thank you, senator. >> this is a moment and you have much to be proud of. i know you have members and friends, and we all look forward to hearing those introductions when you make later. at the outset, i want to note i'm sorry clarence thomas was hospitalized yesterday. i speak for all members of the committee in wishing him a speedy recovery. before i turn to my own opening statement, i want to briefly go over the events of the hearing. the committee has ten minutes to make an opening statement. we'll go with switching between democrat and republican senators. who made their opening statements, we'll hear from judge thomas griffith, professor lisa fairfax, here today to introduce judge jackson. each introducer will have five minutes to make an opening statement. finally, we'll administer the oath of judge jackson and she'll make, that will conclud

durbin: the 30 you refer to goes back to 2009. sen. graham: what does it matter what it goes back to, they got loose and started killing people. if you are one of the people killed in 2005, doesn't matter when we released them? i'm suggesting the system has failed miserably, and advocates like she was advocating would destroy our ability to protect this country. we are at war, not fighting crime. as long as they are dangerous -- i hope they will all die in jail -- it will not bother me one bit if 39 die in prison. that is a better outcome than letting them go. if it costs $500 million to keep them in jail, keep them in jail. look at the afghan government made up of detainees at gitmo. this thing by the left about this war is not working. sen. durbin: let me know that larry thompson served as deputy attorney general under president george w. bush, the assistant attorney general for legal policy in the george w. bush administration, john belanger and former circuit judge, ken starr, prominent conservative lawyers signing a letter defendi

>> senator durbin, can you just wrap up the issue about publicans requesting the pre-tall -- pretrial sentencing report second and also, if i may, what happens of the committee deadlocks on this nomination? >> it doesn't stop. it slows us down on the floor for a few hours, but does not stop us. we hope that we can prevail, but that is the situation. in terms of the presentencing report, i made my position clear. i hope my friends here back me up. the notion of making those presentence reports available for this political environment and be potentially available for public consumption is reprehensible and dangerous. these reports contain sensitive information about innocent third parties and victims and children , for god sake. why do republicans and ted cruz insist on pouring through these now to try to build their case against her? i don't know. i will fight it every step of the web. i am counting on victims rights group's to be with me in this process. >> how do you respond to -- >> you can't do it. let me turn it over to former prosecutors, and i am not one, but this information --

durbin: i ask the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i was disappointed but not surprised that senator mcconnell said he would not support the nomination of judge jackson. just this morning or early afternoon, we wrapped up the four-day process in the senate judiciary committee considering her nomination and that's why some of the statements which the senator made and just -- in justifying his opposition, i believe need to be addressed. i'll be brief in doing so but i wanted to make a record of it quickly. it seems he is as concerned as many republicans are with the notion of packing the court. packing the court. the notion behind that is the democrats are inspired to appoint some number of new justices to that court and thereby tip the balance the democratic side. and so the question obviously before us is, where does that idea come from. and i'll be honest with you, even as chairman of that committee, i don't know. i suppose there are some academics and theorists and researchers who believe that's well worthy of conversation,

>> thank you, chairman durbin. ranking member grassley, thank you for having me with you this morning. it's vitally important that as representatives of american people, we are here in congress to address the continuing threat of hate and discrimination. i understand this issue very well, not only because my own constituents have been the subject of anti-asian hate, but also because i myself have been called horrible racist slurs, such as, we don't eat dogs like you do. as a proud american and somebody who loves this country dearly, i take this rise in hate crimes very seriously, and i'm pleased to join you today as a part of our joint effort to tackle this issue. one year ago, i testified before the house judiciary committee about the troubling rise of hate crimes and discrimination, especially against members of asian american pacific islander communities. the situation has only gotten worse since then, and members of the aapi community continue to suffer hate and discrimination in alarming rates. reports of anti

durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, the republican leader referred to the american rescue plan which did not receive a single republican vote in support. he referred to it as runaway federal spending. what did we buy with the american rescue play? we bought vaccines and we bought an administration and management of delivering those vaccines to the american people in the midst of a pandemic that was claiming american lives every day. runaway federal spending, how much stronger would this nation be if we were still in the depths of the pandemic? we're emerging from it, thank god. yes, we spent the money, we administered the shots and people across america are now protected from hospitalizations and death because of it. no apologies here, to my colleague from kentucky. it was money well spent not just for that -- and that was the number-one public health purpose. but secondly, to keep businesses afloat so they could reopen their doors as the pandemic ebbed. that investment in the capital of america, in the busin

>> first, you just had senator durbin on. he and i were in ukraine together in 2014, the day that russia took crimea. there's a bipartisan group of senators right now at the border between poland and ukraine. there is a bipartisan committed group in washington committed to helping the heroic people of ukraine. so proud of president zelenskyy and the courage that he has shown and in congress we are trying to get the administration on board to a level that we feel we've filled the void in a bipartisan way. the president has had to be pushed and pulled to where he is today. it was congress that brought about sanctions, brought about the ban on russian oil, brought about weapons and all of this big aid package that i voted for a week or two ago, $13 billion. so far the administration has only released $1 billion of that. as president biden -- if they did more in sanctions we might not be in this situation. if they had done punishing sanctions before the tanks began to roll. president biden is going to nato this week. he's going t

durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: i ask the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i was disappointed but not surprised that senator mcconnell said he would not support the nomination of judge jackson. just this morning or early afternoon, we wrapped up the four-day process in the senate judiciary committee considering her nomination and that's why some of the statements which the senator made and just -- in justifying his opposition, i believe need to be addressed. i'll be brief in doing so but i wanted to make a record of it quickly. it seems he is as concerned as many republicans are with the notion of packing the court. packing the court. the notion behind that is the democrats are inspired to appoint some number of new justices to that court and thereby tip the balance the democratic side. and so the question obviously before us is, where does that idea come from. and i'll be honest with you, even as chairman

>>> let's bring in dick durbin. senator durbin, thank you for joining us. you heard ian pannell there. putin shows no signs of backing down. what more can the u.s. do to put pressure on him? >> i might add that ukraine has shown no signs of backing down either. the united states through our president and nato allies are totally committed to the ukrainian effort to stop putin. the desperate things he's doing now, killing innocent civilians and children, for goodness sakes, he'll have a stained name in history forever for this. >> you say we're totally committed. president biden and the west ruled out a no-fly zone. several democratic colleagues called for sending mig 29s to ukraine. they say it gives ukraine a chance at a fair fight. you've been resisting that. why are they wrong? >> i can just tell you we're asking for one third of the polish air force to be sent into ukraine. the people of poland, of course, want to make certain they're safe. they're only a few miles away from the devastation going on in ukraine. there are other way for us to provide surfa

meanwhile, i welcome chairman durbin to schedule hearings on judge jackson as soon as we can. once the judiciary committee completes this court judge jackson, i will move to have her nomination come immediately to the floor of t the senate. the senate wasted no time fulfilling its constitutional duty. we will have a fair but expeditious process when members from both sides will get to ask questions and explore the judge's record. judge jackson is no strange the senate, this will be the fourth time she comes before this body in each previous instance, republicans and democrats together voted in favor of her various nominations, who voted last year to confirm judge jackson to the influential d.c. circuit court of appeals and she received support from all 50 democrats and three republicans and first time she came is a district judge, a voice vote which meant no one objected to her. ... nomic aid and of the kind of military aid that will help the ukrainians defend themselves. we intend to work on a bipartisan basis to include it in the upcoming omnibus bill. already, the reports o

>> chairman durbin, thank you for the question. we have long-standing relationships with the federal bureau of investigation, department of homeland security, and customs and border protection, specifically in state and local law enforcement in all 50 states and u.s. territories. this topic is very near and dear to nibc. we have done investigations were over 100 years. regarding secondary markets, the carjackings are associated in a conspiracy of other violence and criminal drive-by shootings, and other offenses. the secondary market for auto thefts or cars sullen is also different. we've seen a 39% increase in used vehicles over the last two years, approximately. there is a high demand and a low supply. cars are being stolen in the united states, there's been swaps utilized to resell vehicles, not known that they are still. and shipped overseas, middle east criminal enterprises, they go outbound and many are but you are aware funding for terrorism investigations by -- in my capacity as the department had four intelligence for the

>> chairman durbin, thank you for the question. we have long standing relationships in all 50 states and u.s. territories. this topic is very near and dear to nicb. we have done car investigations for over a hundred years. so regarding secondary markets, the carjackings are usually associated in a conspiracy of other violations, criminal drive-by shootings and over offences but theauto thefts is different. we've seen a 39% increase in used vehicles over the last two years, approximately. there's a high demand and a low supply. cars are being stolen here in the united states. there's been swaps that are utilized to resell the vehicles so it's not known they're stolen. they're shipped overseas, middle east criminal enterprises, they go outbound, many of you are aware, they're funding terrorism investigation, my prior capacity for dhs, we talked about that in the past, cars are shipped to mexico, we repatriate hundreds of cars a year after they're stolen. senator, there is organized crime, criminal conspiracy throughout the united sta

durbin: you may respond. judge jackson: senator, as in every child pornography case that i sentenced, i considered all of the evidence, all of the relevant factors. it is not the same exercise to look at a transcript, to think about guidelines, to not have in front of you the individuals, the victims, the pictures, the circumstances that trial judges have to review in these cases or any cases. i understand, senator, that there are some questions about records, etc. courts have all of the evidence, and courts have all of the recommendations of various parties, and courts have, under congress' authority, the responsibility of using our judgment to make determinations that are sufficient but not greater than necessary, to comply with the purposes or promote the purposes of punishment, taking into account things like unwarranted sentencing disparity. and it may seem, it may seem like an easy exercise. it may seem, in retrospect, when you look back at a few pieces of data, that courts have not done what it is that

durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, i'm glad i was on the floor to hear the republican leader's comments about our supreme court nominee, ketanji brown jackson, because there are a couple of elements that he obviously inadvertently missed that he should have reported when he was talking about the support which he's received from across the political spectrum. he made her out to be a product of creation of some far-left political cause or movement but she's much more than that. and he went on to say that judge thomas griffith of the d.c. circuit was harassed by this same special interest group that supports judge jackson. he missed one key element. i just received a letter within the last two weeks from judge thomas griffin, a well-known r retired conservative federal judge endorsing ketanji brown jackson. how about that? it doesn't sound like a special interest group to me. it sounds like a republican-appointed judge who saw her in action an

chair durbin: thank you, senator hawley. certainly the judge deserves to be heard on that type of a charge. senator hirono? sen. hirono: thank you, mr. chairman. judge jackson, aloha. i know there are people here to support you. aloha to all of you. congratulations, judge jackson, to all that you have accomplished throughout your life and career. i know a lot of your backgrounds and experiences have been cited, but some things are worth repeating, so i am going to repeat them. you are the national champion of speech and debate as a highschooler. you have undergraduate and law degrees from harvard, each with honors, three clerkships of federal court, including one for justice breyer, who you have been nominated to replace. in washington dc to to public school teachers. you moved to miami, florida at a young age. that way your deck to go to law school. you are inspired to pursue a career in law by watching your dad study his law classes at the kitchen table. you considered attending harvard, i thought that had not previously e

durbin: without objection. sen. grassley: yesterday, you refer to your record of decisions as the best thing to look at when explaining and evaluating your nomination. but you also said that you have not had enough cases involving constitutional law to develop a judicial philosophy. if you have not had to develop a philosophy for deciding cases yet, what else do you think would be helpful for us to look at? judge jackson: respectfully, senator, i do have a philosophy. the philosophy is my methodology. it is a philosophy that i have developed from practice unlike some judges who come to appellate work for macadamia -- academia and have some overarching theory of the law, i approached cases from experience, from practice and consistent with my constitutional obligations. my philosophy is one in which i look at cases impartially consistent with my independence as a judicial officer. i understand my limited role in the constitutional scheme and therefore, take very seriously all of the constraints on the exercise of my

the chairman of the committee, dick durbin, he spent several minutes and questions on this main line of attack that we had seen was going to be coming in from republicans, specifically, josh hawley, that the argument being the attack that the judge has been lenient in the past with sentencing of people guilty of child porn crimes. she was asked to respond. let me play what she said. >> as a mother, and a judge who has had to deal with these cases, i was thinking that nothing could be further from the truth. when i look in the eyes of a defendant who is weeping because i'm giving him a significant sentence, what i say to him is do you know there's someone who has written to me and who has told me she has developed agoraphobia, she cannot leave her house because she thinks that everyone she meets will have seen her, will have seen her pictures on the internet. they're out there forever, at the most vulnerable time of her l life, and so she's paralyzed. i tell that story to every child porn defendant as a part of my sentencing. so that they understand what they have done. >> you can fee

. >> rangers claim illinois democratic senator durbin is slamming republican senator josh hawley. he says the missouri senator is intentionally spreading lies about president biden's supreme court pick. judge brown jackson is holly is accusing judge jackson of being too soft on crime, particularly crimes against children. she has a record of being consistently lenient too soft on child offenders. hawley says after combing through jackson's record, he's found major red flags. she's question whether or not there ought to be a offender registry. i think it's very serious. but senator durbin says there's a reason judge jackson has the support of the fraternal order of police and also the international association of chiefs of police. >> and also why no other senate republicans are backing senator hawley's claim is just not true. doesn't reflect her record sort of that center poll was a >> surely for the insurrections. mama january 6 is referred to those still senate republican leader mitch mcconnell says he's concerned judge jackson's time as a public defender made her sympathetic to

durbin: at some point you have to do question. sen. cruz: you have taken a big chunk of the time, will you allow her to answer the question? she is welcome to answer it right now. will you letter? -- will you let her? sen. durbin: senator cowan's -- senator kunz. host: that exchange yesterday. we are asking you, would you support the confirmation of ketanji brown jackson to the supreme court? max in michigan, good morning. caller: i would not. number one, she cannot explain to her daughter what a woman is and the problem with the democratic party and the media is they normalize and support pedophilia. what is going on there? host: this is paul in arizona. good morning. judge jackson: -- caller: good morning. i don't know how to follow ted cruz. if these republican senators -- it is like they took a really bad acting class. senator graham yesterday -- it was laughable. than never allow her to answer. ted cruz took 30 minutes of ranting and raving and never allowed her to answer one question. he then says it is the democrats that don't l

senator durbin has gavelled back in. rrs let's listen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. judge, i want you to do me a favor. will you nerd out with me a little bit. >> i will try, senator. >> we'll start with starry decis and i never figured out why lawyers speak in latin rather than english when describing these concepts by which judges apply precedent. but would you agree with me that even under at appropriate starry decis analysis that dread scott and pursy verses ferguson were overturned by the supreme court? >> i have not engaged in the actual analysis but i think it's well established now that the cases that over ruled, dread scott and plesy were correctly decided. >> i mean, there is a means by which the courts can correct their mistakes, correct? by overruling previous decisions? >> if the various considerations that the supreme court -- uses to make that determination isn't satisfied. >> you have ever heard a federal judge talk about super precedent some. >> i have not. >> i've never seen it either in any opinion. i've heard it here in the judiciary committee on

and dick durbin, i'm leaving so many people out, but look, for the folks at home this is what this law is going to do. women are forced to face sexual harassment and assault on the job, and it took that courageous step to report what happened. and some of them when they did, they found out that reporting harassment behavior triggered a part of the employment contract they did not know existed, and that they were powerless to change. a mechanism called forced arbitration. forced arbitration isn't court. in fact, it prevents survivors from going to court. forced arbitration proceedings are conducted in secret, with arbitrators selected and paid for by the employer. the outcomes are usually hidden from the public and employees and coworkers, and they usually can't be appealed or overturned. in some arbitration clauses, you can't even acknowledge that you are bringing a claim. parenthetically, employees -- sorry, employers can still forbid people from talking about what happened to them through nondisclosure clauses, and i think that should be changed as well. [applause] pres. biden: when

and dick durbin, i'm living 70 people out but look, for the folks at home this is what this law is going to do. women are forced to face sexual harassment and assault on the job, and it took that courageous step to report what happened, and some of them when they did, they found out that reporting harassment behavior triggered a part of the employment contract they did not know existed, and that they were powerless to change. a mechanism called forced arbitration. forced arbitration is in court. in fact, it prevents survivors from going to court. forced arbitration proceedings are conducted in secret, with arbitrators selected and paid for by the employer. the outcomes are usually hidden from the public and employees and coworkers, and they usually can't be appealed or overturned. in some arbitration clauses, you can't even acknowledge that you are bringing a claim. parenthetically, employees -- sorry, employers can still forbid people from talking about what happened to them through nondisclosure clauses, and i think that should be changed as well. [applause] pres. biden: when it comes

the chair of the influential senate judicial committee, dick durbin, joins us. there is the controversy over clarence thomas and his wife's secret texts now busted to the white house which doubles back to january 6th, and there is joe biden's supreme court nominee. you can bet if we're talking to the jlgs chairman we'll get into all of that. it's a big show with some major guests with reports of this cover-up inside the trump white house based on what nicolle and i were just discussing which is there is a probe effective. there is, though, they have now discovered an over 7-hour gap in the formal official legally required phone logs that went over to the select committee. basically from about 11:00 a.m. in the morning to approaching 7:00 p.m., which is of course the key time everything went down from the stop the steal rally to the insurrection, to the violence, well, that's where they're missing the white house logs. we also know kevin mccarthy was calling trump that afternoon. that's during this now missing period. he was as the top republican in the house urg

so, she was beside in favor of dick durbin. the ability to run a hearing is not based on age, as senator patrick leahy showed when he jumped in to show dick durbin how to shut down interruptions from republican senators. >> -- >> -- -- >> -- >> mister chairman. >> i know the junior senator from texas. i used to get on television. but most have been here a long time, we try to follow the rules. and i can very easily hand you a letter to go to the record, he is saying this to do and help senator hawley. let's get back to -- >> senator hawley did not write the letter. >> republicans spent the day saying that they don't think that the prison sentences that judge jackson gave to defendants who possessed child pornography were long enough. lindsey graham said that the lightest sentence that judge axing gave, which was three months, should have been 50 years. that's it. that's what the republicans spent the day saying, something that took me less than a minute to say just now, but it is literally a one sentence objection that they hav

>> thank you for that question, chair durbin. working to ensure that our local and state law enforcement agencies are doing a better job capturing data is one of our top priorities at the justice department. we are working to provide guidance and working to shine a light on this issue. we know that accurate data is critical to ensuring we are deploying resources to the right places, critical to identifying hotspots, critical to preventing violent hate crimes from happening. so this is one of our top priorities. in terms of our current, present-day efforts to counter white supremacy, this is also a top priority for us. you noted the history that led to the founding of the justice department, and attorney general merrick garland speaks to that history often. and sadly, too many of the events we see unfolding in our communities across the country today remind us that while we have made progress, racially motivated hate remains a stark problem in our nation today. the justice department's recent conviction secured against the three m

durbin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i want to begin my remarks by joining senator mcconnell by expressing my condolences to our friend and colleague senator dianne feinstein on the passing of her husband and partner richard blum. dick blum was a trailblazer in the senate family, one of the first men to join the senate spouses club. he was proud of senator feinstein's historic career in public service. he was a success at business and invested his wealth and easing human suffering from the streets of san francisco to some of the poorest corners of the globe. he founded the american himalayan foundation to assist the people of the himalayas. he also founded the blum center for developing economies at u.c. berkley to help teach students about microlending, social enterprise and other ways for poor people in developing nations to lift themselves from poverty. his passing, the story includes an anecdote that captured his kind and generous spirit. he said in all the conversations he had over the years with buddhist fr

as we wait to see the opening of this by senator durbin, set the scene for us. what's the mood like on the hill, and how are you expecting today's hearing to play out? >> chris, we are getting ready for a long and tense day at the judiciary committee. there are 22 senators on this committee. all of them are beginning to get to question judge jackson for 30 minutes each. this is expected to go on for at least 11 or 12 hours and we're likely to get a second round tomorrow. judge jackson had to sit there patiently and watch these senators say all sorts of things, positive and negative about her, yesterday. today she's going to get a chance to respond and we got a series of clues about what they're going to ask her about. they will ask her about her judicial philosophy and her record. is she an originalist? does she believe in a living constitution? does she describe her approach to judging and the law differently? they're going to try to pin her down on a variety of hot button cases, gun rights, abortion rights, one senator brought up the 1965 contraception and pri

. >> senate judiciary chair dick durbin talk to reporters after meeting with supreme court nominee. he gave a timeline for confirmation hearings which are set to begin march 21. senator durbin said he's not a post in-person hearings, but the decision has yet to be made because of the covid 19 pandemic. >> i just had an opportunity to sit down with ketanji brown jackson, the nominee from president biden to fill the vacancy is not the first time he met. in fact is not the first time she was in my office. she was there, we think we were trying to guess and 2011 as a member of the sentencing commission. i had passed a reform of sentencing on crack cocaine and she was a member of the sentencing commission that ultimately, unanimously decided to make that decision retroactive. included support of conservative republicans and others on the bipartisan basis. let me tell you why i believe this woman is ready to make history and america. she is an extra name back if you're going to be the first in america you better bring credentials to the task and she does. she has been an outstanding law s