century. reporter: democrats are promising a fight for the ages but all president trump needs to get the second supreme court pick through is a simple majority. he has that, provided he can secure the support of blue state republicans like senator lisa murderkowski or convince joe mansion, joe donnelly and hide camp to jump on board. all of the key senators met with president trump to discuss the supreme court vacancy. now on president trump short list are two female candidates no doubt two highly qualified individuals. also no doubt, shannon, a female nominee could go a long way to sway some of the senators on the fence. shannon: kristen fisher, thank you very much. the president says he will announce his pick to replace justice kennedy on july 9, the battle lines have been drawn with democrats viewing they will try to derail the confirmation process, until after the
we should evaluate this president nominee fairly, based on his or her qualifications. and we should treat the process with the respect and the dig at this that it deseverals. reporter: mcconnellel recommended former arizona senator to guide the nominee through the senate confirmation process and today the judiciously chairman warned he won t allow any stall tactics. i i have already heard severl weak arguments. made in an attempt to delay the confirmation hearing, but the democratic leaders have shown their hand. the motive is the block any nominee from the president s list. reporter: democratic outside groups will look to put intense pressure on moderate susan collins of maine and lisa murderkowski of alaska to see if they can drive a ledge in the g.o.p. andhe democrats and allies are warning it will threaten the women s right to choose.