president biden confirming today that he'll nominate the first black woman to the supreme court to replace retiring justice stephen breyer. he is said to choose a nominate by the end of february. and a source saying that the president's excited that he is getting the chance to make a historic pick for the court. let's bring in now cnn's chief political analyst gloria borger and ella williams, the former is a assistant attorney general under president barack obama. good evening to both of you. hi, gloria. i'm going to start with you. >> hi don. >> sure. >> some are saying this nominee won't face as tough a confirmation is going to be. they're really underestimating how nominating a black woman is triggering some on the right. what do you think? >> first of all i think no confirmation battle is ever easy, particularly in this kind of environment. obviously it depends on the