>> HE THOUGHT HE WAS FIGHTING
THE GOOD FIGHT, THOUGHT HE WAS
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT DAY.
WE WILL FIND OUT IN DUE TIME.
JOINING US DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY
WHIP, SENATOR DICK DURBIN OF
ILLINOIS.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
SUPREME COURT NOMINEE KETANJI
BROWN JACKSON AND THE VOTE WE'RE
EXPECTED TO SEE OUT OF JUDICIARY
TODAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE AN 11-11 DEAD
LOCK.
IS THAT THE WAY YOU'RE READING
IT?
IF THAT'S TRUE, WHAT HAPPENS
NEXT?
>> IF THAT HAPPENS, IT'S TAKEN
UP BY THE FULL SENATE, MAYBE
EVEN AS EARLY AS THIS EVENING TO
BEGIN A PROCESS OF SEVERAL DAYS.
THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME, I FEEL
POSITIVE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU LOOK AT IT, THE MEMBERS OF
THE SENATE ARE GOING TO REACH UP
AND GRAB THAT ARK OF HISTORY AND
PUM IT CLOSE
PULL IT CLOSER TO JUSTICE.
I THINK THIS IS OUR CHANCE THIS
WEEK.
>> WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM
REPUBLICANS ON THAT COMMITTEE
WHO YOU WORK WITH ALL THE TIME?
WHAT ARE THEY TELLING YOU ABOUT
THEIR "NO" VOTES?
WHAT'S THEIR PRINCIPAL OBJECTION
TO THIS NOMINEE?
>> THEY HAVE MANY DIFFERENT
REASONS.
I'LL LEAVE IT TO THEM TO EXPLAIN THEIR POINT OF VIEW.
THEIR POINT OF VIEW.
WITHOUT EXCEPTION, EXTRAORDINARI
QUALIFIED.
WE HAVE PORED OVER ALL HER
OPINIONS, 10,000, 12,000 PAGES
FROM THE SENTENCING COMMISSION,
THOUSANDS OF PAGES FROM THE
OBAMA LIBRARY.
SHE'S BEEN SO CAREFULLY
MONITORED AND REVIEWED OVER AND
OVER AGAIN.
SHE'S CLEARLY WELL QUALIFIED.
THE THEORIES THAT ARE BEING USED
AGAINST HER, THROWN AT HER, JUST
DON'T WASH.
THEY DON'T MAKE SENSE.
THEY'RE NOT NEW AND THEY'RE NOT
TRUE.
THE START OF THIS WEEKEND, TWO
OR THREE DIFFERENT SOURCES CAME
UP WITH POLLS WHERE THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE WATCHED THE PROCEEDINGS
AND CONCLUDED IN EVEN GREATER
NUMBERS THAT SHE'S READY FOR THE
SUPREME COURT.
I AGREE WITH THEM.
>> SHE HANDLED HERSELF VERY
WELL.
ONE REPUBLICAN, LINDSEY GRAHAM,
VOTE FOR HER CONFIRMATION TEN
MONTHS AGO TO THE CURRENT SEAT
SHE HOLDS.
>> NO GOOD EXPLANATIONS.
MAYA, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
54 YEARS AFTER MARTIN LUTHER
KING WAS ASSASSINATED, 54 YEARS
AGO LAST NIGHT HE GAVE THAT
EXTRAORDINARY SPEECH WHERE HE
SAID I'VE BEEN TO THE
MOUNTAINTOP AND I MAY NOT GET
THERE WITH YOU, BUT WE'RE GOING
TO GET TO THE PROMISED LAND.
WHAT DOES A DAY LIKE TODAY MEAN
THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A BLACK
WOMAN BEING VOTED ON BY THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE FOR THE
SUPREME COURT?
IT'S TAKEN FAR TOO LONG.
I THINK WE ALL AGREE WITH THAT.
BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
>> IT MEANS THAT SADLY THERE ARE
CYNICAL FORCES THAT ARE TRYING
TO PUSH US BACK DOWN THE
MOUNTAIN.
AND I DON'T SAY THAT LIGHTLY.
THE TRUTH IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
MADE PROGRESS IN THIS COUNTRY ON
RACE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE
SEEN FORCES THAT ARE USING RACE,
USING LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY
OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT,
LEARNING ABOUT -- LEARNING
HISTORY ABOUT SLAVERY, AND NOW,
EVEN TAKING THE MOST QUALIFIED
CANDIDATE WE HAVE SEEN, FRANKLY,
WELL QUALIFIED RATING FROM THE
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, VETTED
THREE TIMES BY THE SENATE FOR
CONFIRMATIONS.
TO YOUR POINT, TEN MONTHS AGO.
AND YET THE DEBATE IS WHETHER
SHE IS A SCARY RADICAL.
I MEAN, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY -- IT
IS A KIND OF DEBATE THAT HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH HER
QUALIFICATIONS AND PART OF
WHAT -- I'VE HEARD REPUBLICANS
RIGHTLY SAY THIS MANY TIMES,
JUDGE US BY THE CONTENT OF OUR
CHARACTER, NOT BY OUR SKIN
COLOR.
YET THE CONTENT OF HER CHARACTER
WAS ALSO ON DISPLAY IN THESE
HEARINGS.
AND I THINK THIS IS WHY WE CAN
NOW SPEAK FOR 95% OF DEMOCRATS
BUT ALSO 30% OF REPUBLICANS IN
SAYING, CONFIRM.
AND IF WE ARE TRULY A NATION
THAT BELIEVES IN EQUALITY, IF WE
ARE TRULY A NATION THAT SAYS
THAT WE BELIEVE IN THE LEGACY OF
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., THAT
WE ARE A PLURAL DEMOCRACY THAT
CARES ABOUT WHETHER WE ALL HAVE
A VOICE AND WHETHER WE GET WHAT
WE'VE EARNED, THEN SHE GETS
CONFIRMED.
>> YOU KNOW, SENATOR, WE DON'T
REALLY KNOW AT TIMES, WE'VE ALL
BEEN SURPRISED IN THE PAST FIVE
YEARS WHERE POLLS ARE GOING,
WHERE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
GOING, BUT YOU ARE SO RIGHT
LISTENING TO MAYA THINKING ABOUT
THE DEBATES THAT ARE GOING ON IN
CAPITOL HILL REGARDING THIS
EXTRAORDINARILY QUALIFIED
CANDIDATE.
THAT'S NOT A DEBATE GOING ON IN
MIDDLE AMERICA BECAUSE MIDDLE
AMERICA SAYS SHE DESERVES TO BE
ON THE SUPREME COURT, SHE SHOULD
BE PUT ON THE SUPREME COURT, AND
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE TREATED HER
BADLY.
>> I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT
BETTER THAN WHAT YOU JUST SAID
AND MAYA SAID AS WELL.
WE HAD ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE
COME THROUGH THE HEARING ROOM IN
FOUR DAYS, LAW STUDENTS, A
VARIETY OF FOLKS.
ONE OF THEM WAS THE LADY WHO
CLEANS UP OUR OFFICE, WHO WE
TALK TO AND SAID WOULD YOU BE
INTERESTED?
SHE SAID I WANT TO BE THERE.
SHE SAT THROUGH SEVERAL HOURS OF
THE HEARING.
SHE CAME OUT AND SAID I'M SO
PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS MOMENT,
BUT WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO
BE SO MEAN?
THAT WAS THE IMAGE THAT CAME
THROUGH TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
I WOULD SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST,
SENATOR GRASSLEY AND THE
MAJORITY OF THE REPUBLICANS WERE
FAIR.
THEY ASKED TOUGH QUESTIONS, AND
THEY SHOULD.
BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL THAT WENT
OVER THE LINE, AND I DON'T HAVE
TO NAME
NAMES.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE DECIDED
SHE'S READY AND I COULDN'T AGREE
WITH THEM MORE.
>> I'M CURIOUS YOUR THOUGHTS
ABOUT THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE,
THE LONG GAP IN THE FORMER
PRESIDENT'S PHONE RECORDS.
DO YOU THINK WE'LL GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF THAT?
IS IT INEVITABLE WE ARE GOING TO
FIND OUT WHO DONALD TRUMP WAS
TALKING TO WHILE THE RIOTERS
WERE TEARING DOWN THE CAPITOL,
BREAKING INTO THE CAPITOL,
DEFECATING INSIDE THE CAPITOL,
ABUSING POLICE OFFICERS OUTSIDE
AND INSIDE OF THE CAPITOL?
AND MEMBERS WERE BEGGING DONALD
TRUMP, FAMILY MEMBERS WERE
BEGGING DONALD TRUMP TO CALL OFF
THE RIOTERS.
>> DONALD TRUMP CAN RUN BUT HE
CAN'T HIDE.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE
DISCLOSURES DESPITE HIS EFFORTS
TO THWART THEM THAT WILL TELL
THE FULL STORY.
I WATCHED THE INTERVIEW WITH
CONGRESSMAN RASKIN.
I RESPECT HIM VERY MUCH.
I THINK THEY HAVE INFORMATION TO
PIECE TOGETHER WHAT ACTUALLY
OCCURRED IN THE SEVEN OR EIGHT
HOURS THAT DISAPPEARED FROM THE
OFFICIAL RECORDS.
THIS ROELZSEMARY WOODS MOMENT
TURNED INTO CRITICAL HOURS IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
THE FACTS AND TRUTH WILL COME
OUT.
HE WAS PROMOTING HIS BIG LIE AND
WAS PREPARED TO DISRUPT THE
PROCEEDINGS ON CAPITOL HILL, AND
WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED WITH 150
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
ATTACKED BY THESE DEMONSTRATORS.