go. an aide said. anyone there telling you they wouldn't be surprised if the president dropped this name early? >> that might explain a wall of reporters just a few feet where i am. right behind me, the president is leaving in about five minutes for his motorcade. it's possible he shouts out his pick to us. it's more likely he does it in a more formal way. when you look at how neil gorsuch was done, it was very formal. that was their way to do it then. we're going to hear from the president around 6:00 p.m. tonight, he'll be at that rally. he really has a delicate task. yes, he wants to get jon tester out of the senate but he may need tester for the vote for whoever he ends up nominating. you saw the awkwardness when he visited north dakota last week right before the announcement was made that justice kennedy will be retiring. he was quite critical of heidi hi hidecamp, the democratic senator there. then the next day, he had hide