• WATCH: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds news briefing after Jackson confirmation

    WATCH: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds news briefing after Jackson confirmation

    Apr 07, 2022 05:14 PM EDT

    White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds a news briefing after the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday. Watch Psaki's remarks in the player above. The confirmation shattered a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President ...

  • Pelosi tests positive for COVID-19 a day after event at White House with Biden

    Pelosi tests positive for COVID-19 a day after event at White House with Biden

    Apr 07, 2022 03:59 PM EDT

    ... Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. Collins' office announced she had tested positive late Thursday, shortly after the Senate voted to confirm Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. The CDC says people vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 are much less likely to suffer adverse outcomes, including serious illness and ...

  • News Wrap: China sends 10,000 health care worker to battle COVID outbreak in Shanghai

    News Wrap: China sends 10,000 health care worker to battle COVID outbreak in Shanghai

    Apr 04, 2022 10:45 PM EDT

    ... not include aid for other countries. Lawmakers hope to pass it before a recess in two weeks. The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked today on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court. Democrats then moved to bring it to the full Senate on a procedural vote. Earlier, Jackson ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on funding to fight COVID and Sarah Palin's political pursuit

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on funding to fight COVID and Sarah Palin's political pursuit

    Apr 04, 2022 10:35 PM EDT

    ... both of you on this Monday. And we have a little bit of news. Just in the last few minutes, we have learned that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has picked up a third Republican Senate vote, and that is Mitt Romney. It's a landslide, I guess, by modern standards ...

  • WATCH: After committee deadlock on Jackson's SCOTUS nomination, Democrats push full Senate vote

    WATCH: After committee deadlock on Jackson's SCOTUS nomination, Democrats push full Senate vote

    Apr 04, 2022 10:14 PM EDT

    ... to send the nomination to the floor without a recommendation, meaning it could still be brought up for a vote. NEWS WRAP: Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson picks up Sen. Joe Manchin’s support Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky set the tone for most of his party ...

  • April 3, 2022 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    April 3, 2022 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    Apr 03, 2022 10:27 PM EDT

    Sunday on PBS News Weekend, Ukraine's President Zelenskyy says Russia engaged in genocide following shocking images of civilians killed outside Kyiv. Then, we analyze the latest revelations from the Jan. 6 committee and look ahead to Ketanji Brown Jackson’s possible confirmation to the Supreme Court. Also, we spotlight ...

  • Dissecting Democrats' narrow path to a Supreme Court confirmation, pace of Jan. 6 probe

    Dissecting Democrats' narrow path to a Supreme Court confirmation, pace of Jan. 6 probe

    Apr 03, 2022 09:39 PM EDT

    ... few minutes that remain. Margaret, I want to come to you and ask about Senate Democrats, their goal of wrapping up the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson this week, she's on track for a narrow confirmation. But her hearings to a lot of folks I think really illustrated ...

  • News Wrap: Severe storms leave widespread damages across six state in the Deep South

    News Wrap: Severe storms leave widespread damages across six state in the Deep South

    Mar 31, 2022 10:50 PM EDT

    ... And the militant group Islamic Jihad announced a mobilization of its fighters. Back in this country, a leading Republican senator confirmed that he will oppose Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina supported Jackson for a federal appeals court slot last ...

  • Justice Thomas joins Supreme Court arguments remotely after hospital stay

    Justice Thomas joins Supreme Court arguments remotely after hospital stay

    Mar 28, 2022 08:12 PM EDT

    ... of arguments last week while he was hospitalized, although he is planning to take part in the decisions, Roberts said. NEWS WRAP: Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson picks up Sen. Joe Manchin’s support Thomas was admitted to the hospital March 18 after experiencing "flu-like symptoms" and was ...

  • WATCH: Senate Judiciary Committee postpones Jackson's Supreme Court nomination to next week

    WATCH: Senate Judiciary Committee postpones Jackson's Supreme Court nomination to next week

    Mar 28, 2022 05:56 PM EDT

    ... with a robust bipartisan vote, dashing Biden’s hopes for a grand reset after partisan battles over other high court nominees. WATCH: Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘on track for confirmation’ On Thursday, just hours after the hearings came to a close, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said in ...