combined. god bless him." they also like that line of questioning of the yearbook from senator sheldon whitehouse. they believe the judge "minimized, made stupid the questions about the yearbook." when the issue of boofing he -- judge kavanaugh said we are talking about flatulence. that was a turning point as well. the president very happy with the way kavanaugh is comported himself at this point he thought his opening statement was very, very strong. the white house thinks that might've been a turning point as well. one official did tell me that since they enter the questioning and marie, i think you mentioned it, they think he is a little "hopped," at some point. maybe he needs to dial it back at some points but the president is very happy with the way things are going so far. >> bret: john roberts live on the north lawn. that was quite something, sheldon whitehouse.