confirmation fight. the president leaving the white house on this holiday spending four hours at his golf course in sterling with virginia, but taking calls along the way. at times, the president sounding like his mind is already made up. >> i think you'll be very impressed. these are really talented people, really brilliant people. and i think you're going to really love it, like justice gorsu gorsuch. we hit a home run there and we'll hit a home run here. >> to replace justice anthony kennedy, the white house is following a similar rollout like justice neil gorsuch, president trump's first nominee to the supreme court. >> please, louise judge. here they come. >> but his question is whether his second nominee will follow in the same ideological mode. the president has interviewed at least seven potential justices, including these federal judges thought to be leading contenders. brett kavanaugh and raymond kethledge, and amy coney barrett and joan larsen, who clerked for the late justice antonin scleal.