polls, even some of those voters who had misgivings about president trump said they were voting for him for that very reason. because they wanted to see a more conservative supreme court. on the other hand, what will it do for democrats? it gives them a number of talking points in terms of ab t abortion rights, voting rights. very little they can do to block him from getting confirmed, kasie. but joe biden, the former vice president, was asked about all of this from our own mike memeli at a parade in pittsburgh. listen to what he had to say. >> vice president, tomorrow is the day of the supreme court confirmation process. you're the former chairman of the judiciary committee. what's your advice to democrats about how to handle this going forward? >> stay in the room. demand answers. and keep pointing out that you have -- they have not given the material that was expected of the committee. >> worth noting, biden and former president obama expected to have a big presence on the campaign trail in 2018 as well. will he be in 2020? we'll have to wait and see about that.