much of a surprise. but give us the details here. >> reporter: look, it's not just a concern for the midterms. we have a 50/50 senate as we all know at this point. some are aging, some who have been in bad health who colleagues themselves fear could die and throw things into disarray even on this. republicans telling cnn, telling me and my colleague manu raju that they would not likely move on a biden nominee for the supreme court. and senate democrats saying they are worried, and this worries the white house too, if they push stephen breyer too much, he may not retire. >> when it comes to the white house, where does the white house stand? >> well, president biden has been pretty firm he doesn't think it's his place to push for