by saying "you're fired." knows that when it comes to tonight and leaving his mark on american history, it is not the fired part that counts but the actual final few words that he used to say in all of his "apprentice" finales. >> randall, you're hired. >> and jeff zeleny is "outfront" live at the white house. i don't know if we'll get the screams and the applause that came in "the apprentice" finales, but that is certainly the mood and the pomp the president is building towards. what are you learning right now, jeff? >> reporter: erin, good evening. if it was only that easy to put someone on the supreme court saying you're hired, i think the president would be in much better shape. the reality is that this is the beginning of a summer-long intense confirmation fight. already battles playing out. it's coinciding with a midterm election year. in some ways it helps fire up his base in other ways it complicates it because the democrats are fired up as well. the finalists you were just