potential replacements? they definitely have potential candidates for the president to look at and they ve gone through this once before. a year ago when they were deciding who to replace justice suter when they chose sonia sotomayor. they ll look at some of the people they looked at then, elena kagan, diane wood a federal judge from chicago. merrick garland a federal judge from washington. also possibly janet napolitano the homeland security secretary former governor of arizona and jennifer granholm who is governor of michigan. so the president has said he wants someone who has some political experience as well but they re pretty well along i think in terms of looking at potential finalists. nbc justice correspondent pete williams. thanks so much. reporter: you bet. thousands of children descended upon the white house lawn today to take part in the annual easter egg roll. the first family was on hand to welcome visitors and take part in the event that included