>> michael, when you crisscross this country and speak with trump voters, particularly in the wake of controversial things that he said or tweeted and you asked them, why do you continue to support the president, very often what they'll do is point to the fact that he will put the kind of people they want on the supreme court. the president has, in fact, acknowledged that the court was a big reason that voters turned out for him in 2016. just a couple weeks ago, he wrote, quote, the supreme court is one of the main reasons i got elected. i hope republican voters and others are watching and studying the democrats' playbook. so if we look at the number of judges that trump has put on the bench, i mean, he's put two on the supreme court but more than 70 on federal benches. this is a clear recognition by the president that this is one of the easiest ways to fire up his base, is it not? >> it is a very easy way, and he's on track, i think, to appoint hundreds of federal