>>> FOR MANY OF SENATORS
YESTERDAY WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SHOWCASE TALKING POINTS FOR THE
NOVEMBER ELECTION.
YOUR NOMINATION TURNED OUT TO BE
A TESTING GROUND FOR CULTURE WAR
THEORIES.
>> THAT'S CHAIR DICK DURBIN
OPENING DAY THREE OF THE SUPREME
COURT NOMINEE'S HEARINGS THIS
MORNING DEFEND JUDGE KETANJI
BROWN JACKSON'S RECORD ON
SENTENCING AND DISMANHATTANLING
THE REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUE'S
CONTINUED ATTEMPT TO USE THE
QUESTIONING FOR POLITICAL
POSTURING.
THE PERFORMANCE THIS WEEK
SHOWING WHAT A POLITICALLY
FRAYED SENATE CAN LOOK LIKE IN
AN ELECTION YEAR AND CAN DO TO
EVEN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
PROCESSES IN THIS COUNTRY.
NOT LONG AFTER DURBIN'S DIRECT
WARNING MORE REPUBLICANS PROVED
HIS POINT.
>> YOU COULD BE THERE AND
WITNESS ITS DEMISE REALTIME.
IF WE'RE ALLOWING IT, THE COURT
TO BE PACKED.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO
VOTE, JUDGE JACKSON?
>> THANK YOU, SENATOR.
UNDER OUR LAWS YOU HAVE TO BE A
CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES IN
ORDER TO VOTE.
>> CAN AN UNBORN CHILD OF 20
WEEKS FEEL PAIN IN THE BIRTHING
PROCESS?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> THE CONSTITUTION DOESN'T
MENTION THE WORD ABORTION.
CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> JUST LIKE IT DOESN'T MENTION
THE WORD MARRIAGE.
CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> JOINING US IS CHRIS COONS A
MEMBER OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS
AND JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
SENATOR, YOU WERE IN THERE.
13 HOURS YESTERDAY.
I THINK AT THIS POINT ANOTHER
SIX HOURS TODAY AND JUDGE
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON CALMLY,
CLEARLY ATTEMPTED TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS AND REPEATEDLY STOPPED
FROM ANSWERING BY GRAHAM AND
CRUZ.
CRUZ DELAYING YOUR QUESTIONING
DEMANDING MORE TIME.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON WHAT YOU
SAW AND WHY SHOULD THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THINK THERE'S VALUE IN
THIS?
WHAT DID THEY LEARN ABOUT A
WOMAN NOMINATED TO ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN THE
COUNTRY AND REPEATEDLY
INTERRUPTED?
>> WHO I SEE IS SOMEONE HANDLING
THIS MARATHON, THIS EXCEPTIONAL
PROCESS WITH GRACE AND HUMILITY.
THERE'S INSIGHT INTO THE
INTELLECT.
I HAVE TRIED TO LIFT UP THROUGH
LETTERS READ AND QUESTIONS ASKED
ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE, AS A
DISTRICT AND CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
AND COURT CLERK TO UNDERSTAND
THE DEPTH OF THE EXPERIENCE, THE
EXEMPTIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND
CREDENTIALS AND THE WAYS OF
WHICH THE STORY OF HER FAMILY,
THE ARC OF HER LIFE AND THE
REMARKABLE JOURNEY IN HER LIFE
TO ALLOW HEIFER TO MAKE SPECIAL
CON TREMENDOUS
CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUPREME
COURT.
A NUMBER OF THEM HAVE
QUESTIONED.
THERE'S ABRASIVE LINES OF
QUESTIONING OF WHICH SHE IS
HARASSED AND INTERRUPTED.
CHAIRMAN DURBIN KEPT US FOCUSED.
I SIT ON THE COMMITTEE
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SENATOR
CRUZ AND MY QUESTIONING
YESTERDAY AND TODAY FOLLOWED HIS
AND BOTH CASES TRYING TO HELP
REDIRECT TO THE ISSUES IN FRONT
OVER US.
HER RECORD, HER EXPERIENCE, HER
QUALIFICATIONS.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF POLICY
ISSUES THAT SENATORS HAVE TRIED
TO FORCE HER TO ANSWER BUT AS
HAS LONG BEEN THE CASE IT IS NOT
APPROPRIATE TO WEIGH IN ON