>> reporter: that's right, victor. as you can see from that chant that we heard, the president's rally in fayetteville, north carolina, just yesterday, republicans in the white house are hoping that filling this vacant supreme court seat will help galvanize their voters ahead of the election. and as a result we're seeing them move very quickly to move to nominate someone to fill this seat as soon as possible. we're expecting an announcement this week on who the presidents'president nominee will be. he said he plans to pick a woman, we're getting a sense of who the president might pick already, and the president hopes to nominate someone ahead of his first debate with joe biden on september 29th, so that, again, he can start to energize his voters and have that talking point ready for the debate. but, of course, there is this question of whether the president should be nominating someone with the election just six weeks away. a new president possibly coming into office in january. of course, voters will decide