He did speak to both democrats and republicans. Can you say how many . I dont have the specific numbers here. But the president convened many calls with democrats and rms opt Judiciary Committee. You say these are intensive consultations. Are names exchanged . Well, i dont have a beyond just saying do your job, ill do my job, we all know the constitution. When you say intensive, can you give some indication of what again, i think it depends on the person and on the view of the person on the other end of the phone. Well, the best possible circumstances. Well, yeah. Look, as ive noted earlier, there are some people who have publicly and privately said theyre not going to consider anybody. It is hard to have a detailed conversation about who the president is considering if theyve already said it doesnt matter who you choose, im going to oppose them. Unfortunately, thats the approach thats been taken by a large number of republicans and thats unfortunate. Is that the response he got from s