confirmed last year and nominees that the white house and mitch mcconnell have been shepherding to the senate. we reported not only that tid bit but mitch mcconnell and donald trup p were on the phone before the kennedy retirement talking about the prospect of a kennedy retirement and immediately after. don mcgahn started to make phone calls and brought up see key senators to the white house on thursday evening. you'll see a lot of attention paid on swing senators and a lot of coordination with leadership. coordination with the deep pocketed outside groups that can provide the air cover for red state democrats to support whomever trump picks up. it will be quite the battle. >> in an odd way, working off his existing list, right? the names have been out there. that allows the white house if there are things that anybody wants to whisper about anybody's past or anybody's record, it's been out there as opposed to naming a pick and having to deal with that on the fly. >> the president -- one of the main reasons why the republicans