>> reporter: laura, that's right. they don't think the fact that president joe biden wants to nominate a black woman is enough for them to get behind supporting any sort of nominee president biden nominates to replace justice breyer to the supreme court. the other problem is the bigger picture, they believe whoever president joe biden nominates will be much too far left for them to get behind. this is the majority -- where the majority of republicans are with any sort of choice president biden makes. as jasmine said by the end of february to nominate someone to replace justice breyer. mitch mcconnell sums it up. in a statement this is what he said. he said the president must not outsource this important decision to the radical left. it's exactly as you said. they're hoping to slow down this process. they think that the time line